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todayiamadaisy) wrote2020-10-31 09:57 pm
todayiamadaisy) wrote2020-10-31 09:57 pm
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Do serpents make oblong echoes?
A good week, this week. Here in locked down Victoria, we had donut days, the first in months. Three days of double donuts, even: zero new cases, zero deaths.
Also this week, the City by the Sea took part in a trial for the new census website. So that was a bit of fun.
Also also this week, my permanent contract at work hasn't yet been finalised, but I seem to have been promoted up a grade. Permanent job and pay rise, if/when it eventually happens.
A random lady walking past while I was in the front garden said to me, over the fence, "I love walking past your garden, it's so wild and colourful." It does look good just now, with blue love-in-a-mist, red poppies and purple irises all jumbled together.
Today I made pecan shortbread, which was unimpressive, and used up some leftover wonton wrappers by filling them with strawberries and Nutella and frying them, which was delicious.
The downside of this week is that Alistair has coughed up furballs on three separate days, including one night when he jumped on my bed specifically to start coughing on my pillow. Fortunately I managed to get him onto the wooden floorboards in time.
October books read
A light reading month, this one. It took me ages to get into this and ages to finish and ages to get started on something new. A reading fog.
* Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures - Stephen Fry (2019) ★ ★ ★ ★
A bread-and-butter version of stories of the Greek heroes. Breezy and brief, it's a good primer.
Also this week, the City by the Sea took part in a trial for the new census website. So that was a bit of fun.
Also also this week, my permanent contract at work hasn't yet been finalised, but I seem to have been promoted up a grade. Permanent job and pay rise, if/when it eventually happens.
A random lady walking past while I was in the front garden said to me, over the fence, "I love walking past your garden, it's so wild and colourful." It does look good just now, with blue love-in-a-mist, red poppies and purple irises all jumbled together.
Today I made pecan shortbread, which was unimpressive, and used up some leftover wonton wrappers by filling them with strawberries and Nutella and frying them, which was delicious.
The downside of this week is that Alistair has coughed up furballs on three separate days, including one night when he jumped on my bed specifically to start coughing on my pillow. Fortunately I managed to get him onto the wooden floorboards in time.
October books read
A light reading month, this one. It took me ages to get into this and ages to finish and ages to get started on something new. A reading fog.
* Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures - Stephen Fry (2019) ★ ★ ★ ★
A bread-and-butter version of stories of the Greek heroes. Breezy and brief, it's a good primer.