nishatalitha

I have been endeavouring to study today; took the day off work for it and everything. I didn't do nearly enough. Fortunately, I have tonight and tomorrow morning, since it's an afternoon exam. Did two loads of washing and (so far) one of dishes. Flat is not much cleaner otherwise, which I consider a success, since I find it very easy to start cleaning instead of studying.

What's been harder is having stories in my head. I watched Heroes 2.05 late last night and now the nice people in my head just won't shut up. And they're not the normal nice people either; they get plenty of story time, so aren't as fussed. No, they're old characters who want to be played with again. And what I really want to do is stitch and tell stories in my head and listen to music but I have to go look at stupid conveyancing stuff and even stupider statements. Because what law firms nowadays don't use an electronic means of generating invoices and statements?

Company that makes desired sampler for brother does not sell it in just a pdf format and has not yet got back to me about whether they can sell me the entire kit and then scan the pattern and email that to me. It's somewhat frustrating.

I should go make myself a cup of tea or coffee. Maybe I'm caffeine deprived.

I feel quite proud of myself. Last night, I finished The Reality Dysfunction, and I even almost want to read the next one. Not for a while though, I have plenty of other things to read which I am now catching up on. The Chosen by Robert Picado is still put to one side while I read something more cheerful; both of the two books named being closer to the horror genre than I am really comfortable with.

I also *bounces* picked up a framed sampler from Walrus Gallery on Taranaki St after work today. It looks very good, and I'm quite pleased with it. I will post photos when I am able. I've also started the small one that stephanie_pegg and repton_infinity gave me for my birthday. I thought about trying to do it in a day, and then I decided I wanted to read...

Work is going to be very quiet tomorrow - we will have three of our five authors away, and I doubt the remaining two will do enough work for four secretaries. What do people do at work when it's quiet and they're bored?

Tonight, as I do most Sundays, I was watching C4's Choose 40 (this week - Fashion Disasters!), now broken by watching Numb3rs, and the cat brought in another dead thrush. Which makes four in the space of seven or eight days. As expected, I am less than impressed with my 10.30pm trip down to the wheelie bin with a plastic bag containing said bird in my hand. If she brings in more during the next week, I'm putting a bell on her collar, although it will drive me as insane as it will drive her! Stupid cat.

Went to the last free organ concert for this year. There were two Pomp and Circumstance Marches (one of them Land of Hope and Glory), Rule Britannia and a soloist who did some of those two pieces and Rejoice from Messiah. And then I came home. I actually missed my next bus (distracted with a book) and almost missed the one after (same reason).

The weekend has been reasonably busy. Had Alessan over on Saturday afternoon to build a firewall out of three computers that mostly works, and maudlinrose's birthday dinner that evening. Today I was on the pre-service coffee at church, there was a church meeting for hearing the recommendation of the Call Committee for a new Minister (after much dicussion, the motion was carried, and I even said stuff some people liked). And then there was only an hour or so before the concert, so I went to the library.

Oh, yes. My exciting news for the weekend - I've finished the sampler! In plenty of time, and it looks very pretty, being hardangered and beaded and crystaled and all. And now it's time for the other expensive part. Framing. But go me! I started it in April, and it's finished by mid-September, a month and a half before the wedding. And I'm back onto my dragon now (see the icon) and it's so strange doing something which I have to change my thread every stitch or so. I did two and a half rows tonight, say 120 stitches, rows being more or less even in length at the moment. Used about a dozen colours. And the longest stretch of colour I had in a row was 8 stitches. Next was 5, a few sets of three, and everything else was one or two stitches. The stitching itself is easier, but the colours are not, thanks to the subtle colour changes. I'd forgotten how much work I had to do on it (I've finishe one quarter and a little bit of it so far).

...for some reason, I have a craving to watch Labyrinth.