Bah - RL stuff
Apr. 11th, 2005 02:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
estepheiaIt's aunty alert again on Thursday. *sigh* An 85 year-old houseguest is certainly... high maintanance. My aunty (actually my dead granny's little sister) is in many ways fascinating. She looks about 20 years younger than she is, drives a nice little car (badly), has red hair, likes to wear pink and other gaudy colors, and always smells strongly of stinky perfume and disgusting facial creams. She has a boy friend, sorta, loves going out for meals (although she claims that she never eats a lot), and used to buy me wonderful prezzies when I was a kid. She and her (long dead) husband often took me on holidays or paid for my horse-riding lessons. Unfortunately, she has, like most old people, a handful of very unpleasant habits that haven't exactly improved over the years. She is politically right-wing and utterly opportunist, is nosy (she will pick up anything that lies around, even private letters, and will read them), and has several convictions and habits that annoy me no end. She openly prefers Viktoria because she's 'the little one'. My aunty has all the trappings and mannerisms of a spoiled younger sister - even at 85. *sigh* Even hubby, who is one of the most tolerant and calm people that walk the earth, tends to get irritated with her.
So, from Thursday to Sunday, I will have few opportunities to spend time at the computer, writing.
Until then I am saddled with other commitments. Teaching, and the sooper sekrit play writing project, where I'm so blocked, it's pathetic. *sigh*
Oh, and today I had 48 short stories dumped in my lap, because I am the prose judge for the Daniil Pashkoff Prize competition that our local club awards every year. 48 stories from all over the world. Crikey. Judging ends on the 29th. I have to compile a short list ASAP. Entries look better than last year. Longer too. This will be a lot of work. And I can't even remember volunteering. *double sigh*
A friend and I did tons of web-building today, for our creative writing club. We also cleaned the house. When aunty comes on Thursday, I want the place to look decent.
Yesterday, hubby and I went to the movies, because both kids were away for a sleepover. We saw Barfuss a movie with Til Schweiger that we enjoyed very much. We also watched the movie Big Eden yesterday. Someone from my flist recommended it, I forgot who. We liked that movie very much. A romantic love story between two men in a small backwater town...
Right, I'm off to bed. TTFN.
So, from Thursday to Sunday, I will have few opportunities to spend time at the computer, writing.
Until then I am saddled with other commitments. Teaching, and the sooper sekrit play writing project, where I'm so blocked, it's pathetic. *sigh*
Oh, and today I had 48 short stories dumped in my lap, because I am the prose judge for the Daniil Pashkoff Prize competition that our local club awards every year. 48 stories from all over the world. Crikey. Judging ends on the 29th. I have to compile a short list ASAP. Entries look better than last year. Longer too. This will be a lot of work. And I can't even remember volunteering. *double sigh*
A friend and I did tons of web-building today, for our creative writing club. We also cleaned the house. When aunty comes on Thursday, I want the place to look decent.
Yesterday, hubby and I went to the movies, because both kids were away for a sleepover. We saw Barfuss a movie with Til Schweiger that we enjoyed very much. We also watched the movie Big Eden yesterday. Someone from my flist recommended it, I forgot who. We liked that movie very much. A romantic love story between two men in a small backwater town...
Right, I'm off to bed. TTFN.
