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marnameow, sbp, Pete & I made it over to kitty_goth's a bit later than intended, with Pete bearing large quantities of fruit for drink-experimentation. The raspberry TVR seemed to work rather well (though I stuck to raspberry VR), as did the strawberry. But would have been a lot better with a blender - squishing raspberries with a spoon isn't ideal. marnameow cut my hair for me, over Kitty's protests that it would take too long & we had to go out in a minute - of course, we were done long before he finished getting changed :-) And very successful the hair-cutting was too - I now have significantly shorter hair, & less of it, & it has been behaving very well. Hurrah for Marna.
Assorted people were collected at Ben's, includingbootpunk, wintrmute, mouseboks, shadow_jess, ali_anarres, & various others - we also managed to acquire uon on the platform at Kings X tube, which was odd. Headed off to Full Tilt, which was actually pretty good fun. Music was somewhat erratic (though they did play the Smiths just after we got in!) but there was some good stuff, & there were enough of us there that there were always people to dance with & people sat upstairs to talk to as well. A couple of blokes offered me a pint if I was able to lift mouseboks over my head (I politely declined this generous offer, citing my bad back), which was a bit random. Chatted to people lots, which was good. Just after 2 people started flaking, so Marna, Sean, Pete & I headed back to Bermondsey, & the others went off to Islington, where apparently much drinking continued, & consequently very little sleep happened.
Met up withkitty_goth & shadow_jess in the Dev on Saturday afternoon, for a pint, noodles at Wagamama's, & for me to go chase Fairygothmother about my corset. It transpired that they'd managed to lose the order (due to a no-longer-working-there employee writing it in the wrong book), so it's been placed again, & it would seem that they're getting me a better corset for the same price, as an apology, which is rather nice of them. Couple of weeks (hopefully this time this will be true!). Then off to Cambridge (collecting marnameow & sbp en route) for ejde's birthday party. Which was much fun. Lovely Simes & EJ had acquired vegan foodstuffs to put on the barbeque for me (which were v nice indeed), & Simes was heroically barbequing under the marquee despite the rain (sod's law...). daneel_olivaw had produced an impressively alcoholic punch (& it even tasted nice as well). Met some new folk, chatted to old ones, had a go in the spa (which is very nice!), most enjoyable all round. Also Simes had a go at my back for me, & it *definitely* feels better, not to mention *straighter*!
Green Man for lunch today, then the Cambridge folk went to play in the maize maze (don't ask me...), & the Londoners headed homewards. I had a sudden moment of realization on the train of just how horrendous my schedule currently is (& specifically, of concern about fitting in preparation for teaching next week), got a bit upset & had to be calmed down by Kitty. Looks like taking a half-day off work this week is going to be the best bet. Stll feeling pretty crap when I got home, though. I suspect it's a combination of over-full diary (it's *nice* to go out lots, but I'm feeling a bit oppressed by it right now - think this is being exacerbated by other stuff, but it's also a problem of making enough time for seeing people), some emotional stress, worry that I'm handling things/people badly, need for processing-time, that sort of thing. A nice glittery bath (that Fairy Jasmine Lush bath bomb, so yes, am now very glittery indeed) & a cup of tea has helped a bit. The curry that should be winging its way towards the house as I type will hopefully also help. Don't know what else to do. The thought of work tomorrow is causing slight panicky feelings, which is unusual, as mostly I like my job & cope with it fine. I do have a review tomorrow, which I'm nervous about (for no specific reason, just worried that I'll be told I'm not doing well enough), maybe that's part of it. But then, even the thought of doing anything as much as playing with the rats is making me feel weepy right now :-/
marnameow, sbp, Pete & I made it over to kitty_goth's a bit later than intended, with Pete bearing large quantities of fruit for drink-experimentation. The raspberry TVR seemed to work rather well (though I stuck to raspberry VR), as did the strawberry. But would have been a lot better with a blender - squishing raspberries with a spoon isn't ideal. marnameow cut my hair for me, over Kitty's protests that it would take too long & we had to go out in a minute - of course, we were done long before he finished getting changed :-) And very successful the hair-cutting was too - I now have significantly shorter hair, & less of it, & it has been behaving very well. Hurrah for Marna.Assorted people were collected at Ben's, including
bootpunk, wintrmute, mouseboks, shadow_jess, ali_anarres, & various others - we also managed to acquire uon on the platform at Kings X tube, which was odd. Headed off to Full Tilt, which was actually pretty good fun. Music was somewhat erratic (though they did play the Smiths just after we got in!) but there was some good stuff, & there were enough of us there that there were always people to dance with & people sat upstairs to talk to as well. A couple of blokes offered me a pint if I was able to lift mouseboks over my head (I politely declined this generous offer, citing my bad back), which was a bit random. Chatted to people lots, which was good. Just after 2 people started flaking, so Marna, Sean, Pete & I headed back to Bermondsey, & the others went off to Islington, where apparently much drinking continued, & consequently very little sleep happened. Met up with
kitty_goth & shadow_jess in the Dev on Saturday afternoon, for a pint, noodles at Wagamama's, & for me to go chase Fairygothmother about my corset. It transpired that they'd managed to lose the order (due to a no-longer-working-there employee writing it in the wrong book), so it's been placed again, & it would seem that they're getting me a better corset for the same price, as an apology, which is rather nice of them. Couple of weeks (hopefully this time this will be true!). Then off to Cambridge (collecting marnameow & sbp en route) for ejde's birthday party. Which was much fun. Lovely Simes & EJ had acquired vegan foodstuffs to put on the barbeque for me (which were v nice indeed), & Simes was heroically barbequing under the marquee despite the rain (sod's law...). daneel_olivaw had produced an impressively alcoholic punch (& it even tasted nice as well). Met some new folk, chatted to old ones, had a go in the spa (which is very nice!), most enjoyable all round. Also Simes had a go at my back for me, & it *definitely* feels better, not to mention *straighter*!Green Man for lunch today, then the Cambridge folk went to play in the maize maze (don't ask me...), & the Londoners headed homewards. I had a sudden moment of realization on the train of just how horrendous my schedule currently is (& specifically, of concern about fitting in preparation for teaching next week), got a bit upset & had to be calmed down by Kitty. Looks like taking a half-day off work this week is going to be the best bet. Stll feeling pretty crap when I got home, though. I suspect it's a combination of over-full diary (it's *nice* to go out lots, but I'm feeling a bit oppressed by it right now - think this is being exacerbated by other stuff, but it's also a problem of making enough time for seeing people), some emotional stress, worry that I'm handling things/people badly, need for processing-time, that sort of thing. A nice glittery bath (that Fairy Jasmine Lush bath bomb, so yes, am now very glittery indeed) & a cup of tea has helped a bit. The curry that should be winging its way towards the house as I type will hopefully also help. Don't know what else to do. The thought of work tomorrow is causing slight panicky feelings, which is unusual, as mostly I like my job & cope with it fine. I do have a review tomorrow, which I'm nervous about (for no specific reason, just worried that I'll be told I'm not doing well enough), maybe that's part of it. But then, even the thought of doing anything as much as playing with the rats is making me feel weepy right now :-/
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Date: 2003-07-27 01:14 pm (UTC)You weren't the one who got an SMS while we were crossing Kings Cross (this should be impossble since there is no signal down there) from
That was odd. No idea how he did that.
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Date: 2003-07-27 01:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-27 01:44 pm (UTC)I'll just wander off to have a cold shower. And then stare at my phone a lot.
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Date: 2003-07-27 02:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-27 01:20 pm (UTC)I'm not feeling too stable at the moment, either. Sleep will help, and the eating will help. And squeek if you want me to come and talk nonsense at you. And thank you for nonsense.
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Date: 2003-07-27 02:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-27 03:57 pm (UTC)I think I'll wuss out on tomorrow, though, as I'm getting twitchy just thinking about it. I shall try to forget about it for a bit and see if that helps.
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Date: 2003-07-27 01:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-28 02:04 am (UTC)