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A little update...
I don't really have anything to say about Hurricane Katrina. It's just too big and my mind can't grasp it. I've been watching the news all week and reading all the sad, angry, worried, helpful posts on my flist and I think everything has been said better than I could. My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims... it's so odd to look out the window and see life continue as it always has. It's sort of the same dis-connected feeling I had after I saw 'Schindler's List'. Something's unreal.
The last week has been very nice, if obviously full of parents! But the weather was nice, and we had a lovely time generally. Took them to the train station this morning, waved goodbye and then waited 15 mins for Darcy's friend C. to arrive. Thankfully C. is the nicest, most undemanding house guest anyone could wish for, but still it means that my lurker-status stays pretty much unchanged.
Anyway, I have a bit of time now, since Darcy and C. took the girls to the cinema to see 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. I chose to stay at home to get some stuff done (house mostly tidy again now) and to catch up a bit with LJ. And maybe to get some writing done... only two chapters left! Oh, and the next one is with my beta and I'll hopefully post early next week.
Don't really have much to tell, except that we had a very nice - and still unexplained - surprise last night. After dinner, Darcy was a bit annoyed because there was nothing for dessert (it being my parent's last evening - he was considering running up the road to the local shop). I said: "But what about that ice cream in the freezer?" He looked at me strangely: "What ice cream?" "On the top shelf." I replied. "Didn't you buy it?" He shook his head and went to look. And sure enough there was some nice ice cream (which I had noticed in the morning because it fell out). Only we don't know where it came from. We didn't buy it. Neither did my parents - or Darcy's (it's the sort of his mother might do, but she denies all knowledge). So there you go - a small miracle in our very humble freezer!
See you all next week!
The last week has been very nice, if obviously full of parents! But the weather was nice, and we had a lovely time generally. Took them to the train station this morning, waved goodbye and then waited 15 mins for Darcy's friend C. to arrive. Thankfully C. is the nicest, most undemanding house guest anyone could wish for, but still it means that my lurker-status stays pretty much unchanged.
Anyway, I have a bit of time now, since Darcy and C. took the girls to the cinema to see 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. I chose to stay at home to get some stuff done (house mostly tidy again now) and to catch up a bit with LJ. And maybe to get some writing done... only two chapters left! Oh, and the next one is with my beta and I'll hopefully post early next week.
Don't really have much to tell, except that we had a very nice - and still unexplained - surprise last night. After dinner, Darcy was a bit annoyed because there was nothing for dessert (it being my parent's last evening - he was considering running up the road to the local shop). I said: "But what about that ice cream in the freezer?" He looked at me strangely: "What ice cream?" "On the top shelf." I replied. "Didn't you buy it?" He shook his head and went to look. And sure enough there was some nice ice cream (which I had noticed in the morning because it fell out). Only we don't know where it came from. We didn't buy it. Neither did my parents - or Darcy's (it's the sort of his mother might do, but she denies all knowledge). So there you go - a small miracle in our very humble freezer!
See you all next week!