Occasional Notes

To do today:

- buy a new laptop!!! :D
- do lots of work on the new laptop, beacause I am very behind since my old one died a week and a half ago. :/
- drink coffee.
- eat stuff.
- feed the fish.

Woot woot. One down already.

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Just got onto the bus to the family planning clinic for my contraceptive injection...and am SURROUNDED by babies. There are three in the seats around me and more upstairs.

Most of them are crying or yelling.

It's a warning from the universe about the perils of being careless with contraception!

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My mother-in-law-to-be and I are at a spa today. I bought her a treatment for two for her birthday. She raised two strapping boys and experienced a distinct deficit of girly activities, which is what made me think of a spa thing for her birthday. Of course, as my own mother points out, SHE never did spa day things with either of the two GIRLS she raised, so it's not particularly reflective.

(mental note: book spa and pampering time for mom, sister and I for Christmas!)

In any case mother-in-law-to-be and I are each getting a 40 minute facial, along with a head and shoulder massage, followed by a traditional cream tea (tiny sandwiches, pastries, jams, etc.) and a glass of champagne.

The facial seems to involve a lot of scraping and peeling and exfoliating. I won't be recognisable afterwards! Under this face, I have a completely different face waiting to be revealed.

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Am off to Heathrow and, thereafter, Canada! Someone call Tim Horton's and tell them to stock up!

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Watching the Stage 2 highlights from yesterday while Stage 3 tapes today. The commentators have spent the last half an hour billing and cooing about Mark Cavendish - what a great cyclist he is, how gracious he is towards his team, how he is always willing to sacrifice his own achievement for the good of the team, etc. They're about two seconds away from offering to have his babies.

In other news, the Eff came home from the grocery store today clutching the official Tour guide for me. He said he was thinking of picking up some flowers, but thought I'd like that better. I knew I agreed to marry him for a reason. He even pretends to listen when I talk about the Tour for hours on end! That's love, that is. ;)

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Happy Canada Day!

Once the nasty business of teaching is out of the way, am off to Canada Day in Trafalgar Square festivities this evening. Bison burgers, Sleeman's beer, and free concert - woot!

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noooooo morning bad!!

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HO YEAH WOLVERINE: ORIGINS!

I was hoping it would be good - I loved the original comic series when it came out. But it was phenomenal.

In Poland with 26 14/15 year olds. We've been to Auschwitz and down a salt mine so far. We also went ice skating and to a water park. Heading out by coach today to Beelin. The kids have been great, but I have to say that I am looking forward to no longer having an entourage everywhere I go!

Long live the iPhone and the ability to have the internet in my pocket everywhere I go.

Hello. I got engaged tonight. I am too happy for words. I will describe the moment and everything in more detail when I (eventually) stop flapping and bouncing and billing and cooing.

:)

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