O frabjous day!!!
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schmericaMy father drove me down to Eugene first thing Friday morning. Shortly after he left, I realized I had left my wireless card back home at my parents' house. My parents mailed it back to me first thing Saturday morning, but, uh, there was no mail on sunday, Monday or Tuesday. Thus, I have been completely without internet access since then, and haven't checked my email or anything since Thursday night.
I do love having the house to myself, and I've been looking forward to my week of peace before the roommates get back, but ... Man. All of my plans very much had internet involved in them! I did not expect to feel so completely cut off from the world. Especially since![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
speshope, whom I usually force to entertain me and drive me around places, had prior plans this week and was across the state this week. So it was just me and the cat all alone in the empty cold house!
Still, the internet is back now, thank lord! And I did manage to get quite a bit done. Oh, vacations: even when one has no choice, you can still be relaxing.
Here is what I have been doing since Friday:
1. Sleeping! Sooooooo much sleep. I start classes again on Monday, you know; who knows when I will get another chance like this! Sleep + me = OTP.
2. Reading! Books finished since I got home: 1776 by David McCullough; Artists in Crime and False Scent by Ngaio Marsh; The Lion's Daughter by Loretta Chase; Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman; Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer; The Secret Swan by Shana Abe; and part of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
3. Cooking! I made my first batch of homemade pizza dough this weekend, and it was so easy I am a little ashamed. Yeast, I will be afraid of you no more, what with my trusty food processor to knead for me! Also cooked was some very yummy potato salad -- yukon gold potatoes, chopped and boiled; bulk Italian sausage meat cooked and crumbled; some fried onions; mayonnaise mixed with a healthy spoonful of pesto and a dab of sour cream. It got better the longer it set. Ooh, and last night I made white bean soup using the ham bone left over from Christmas dinner last week. Which was ... okay, but also apparently ALL THE SOUP IN THE WORLD.
4. Doing crossword puzzles! Sadly, the number of ones I have started and abandoned is much, much, much larger than the number I have actually finished. Stupid brain.
5. Practicing Russian! Only a little bit, because I am lame and unfocused, but some is better than nothing.
6. Playing in Photoshop! Only a little bit for this, too, but last night I made this wallpaper, which I am very pleased with.
7. Listening to music! At the same time as many of the previous activities, in fact.
8. Cuddling the kitty! I do not pretend to have had a choice about this matter. The kitty is very social, and he misses having people around, so I have to do extra duty to keep him loved.
9. Doing laundry! So there -- I am responsible sometimes! Also other chores such as organizing all my stuff, cleaning my room, doing dishes, etc.
Note that "watching dvds!" is not on this list, alas. My computer has decided it has reached the age where it becomes cranky and slow for no reason, and has decided to no longer acknowledge the cd-rom/dvd drive's existence. I shall have to get this fixed soon enough.
I do love having the house to myself, and I've been looking forward to my week of peace before the roommates get back, but ... Man. All of my plans very much had internet involved in them! I did not expect to feel so completely cut off from the world. Especially since
speshope, whom I usually force to entertain me and drive me around places, had prior plans this week and was across the state this week. So it was just me and the cat all alone in the empty cold house!Still, the internet is back now, thank lord! And I did manage to get quite a bit done. Oh, vacations: even when one has no choice, you can still be relaxing.
Here is what I have been doing since Friday:
1. Sleeping! Sooooooo much sleep. I start classes again on Monday, you know; who knows when I will get another chance like this! Sleep + me = OTP.
2. Reading! Books finished since I got home: 1776 by David McCullough; Artists in Crime and False Scent by Ngaio Marsh; The Lion's Daughter by Loretta Chase; Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman; Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer; The Secret Swan by Shana Abe; and part of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
3. Cooking! I made my first batch of homemade pizza dough this weekend, and it was so easy I am a little ashamed. Yeast, I will be afraid of you no more, what with my trusty food processor to knead for me! Also cooked was some very yummy potato salad -- yukon gold potatoes, chopped and boiled; bulk Italian sausage meat cooked and crumbled; some fried onions; mayonnaise mixed with a healthy spoonful of pesto and a dab of sour cream. It got better the longer it set. Ooh, and last night I made white bean soup using the ham bone left over from Christmas dinner last week. Which was ... okay, but also apparently ALL THE SOUP IN THE WORLD.
4. Doing crossword puzzles! Sadly, the number of ones I have started and abandoned is much, much, much larger than the number I have actually finished. Stupid brain.
5. Practicing Russian! Only a little bit, because I am lame and unfocused, but some is better than nothing.
6. Playing in Photoshop! Only a little bit for this, too, but last night I made this wallpaper, which I am very pleased with.
7. Listening to music! At the same time as many of the previous activities, in fact.
8. Cuddling the kitty! I do not pretend to have had a choice about this matter. The kitty is very social, and he misses having people around, so I have to do extra duty to keep him loved.
9. Doing laundry! So there -- I am responsible sometimes! Also other chores such as organizing all my stuff, cleaning my room, doing dishes, etc.
Note that "watching dvds!" is not on this list, alas. My computer has decided it has reached the age where it becomes cranky and slow for no reason, and has decided to no longer acknowledge the cd-rom/dvd drive's existence. I shall have to get this fixed soon enough.
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3/1/07 20:57 (UTC)Darling, I missed you so much!
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3/1/07 22:01 (UTC)this is when you call me!
i've been at home doing nothing, which is good mode, except... school for me doesn't start for two weeks. hrm.
KITTY! :: pets butter's head ::
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4/1/07 00:56 (UTC)(no subject)
3/1/07 23:10 (UTC)*goes back to refreshing lj*
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4/1/07 00:57 (UTC)(no subject)
4/1/07 07:28 (UTC)I haven't actually read any of her books, but I still feel the need to comment! KIWI AUTHOR! \o/