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What have I been up to?
Aug. 28th, 2006 06:10 pmIt's be a rather quiet weekend, which is just how I like them. Overslept on Saturday, but managed to get to town for coffee with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
terrylbirch eventually, so that was alright. It had to be an abrieviated coffee session, though, because there was washing that needed doing and in my rush to get out of the house I hadn't had time to put a load on before I went out.
So the rest of Saturday was spent sorting out a couple of loads of washing and reading while using a timer to ensure that I remembered to do important things like take the washing out of the machine. All of this was to ensure that when Mom returns from Italy tonight, she isn't faced with a mound of washing and a dirty house because that makes her Very Miffed with Dad and I.
Sunday was spent mostly writing my French assignment and today has been a partially lazy day, involving a run to the supermarket (where I found that they were selling camomile and spiced apple tea, which I usually need to drive miles and miles to find so bought several boxes), lunch and then a nice ramble with Dad.
I have also managed to practise the violin all three days and do a satisfying amount of reading. Katherine Kerr's Daggerspell is now finished (very good read so I need to find the rest of the series) and I started Naomi Novik's Temeraire: The Jade Throne today. This is a hardback book, so I'll need something lighter for reading during lunch breaks at work - I'm thinking that it's time for the year's re-read of Lynn Flewellings Nightrunners series.
In exciting news for Alex and Seregil fans, Lynn Flewelling has apparently signed a deal with her publisher for two new Nightrunners books. Yay! No word yet on publication date yet, but at least we'll be getting some :-) And for anyone that I recommended Lynn Flewelling to who hasn't wanted to read a WIP, The Oracle's Queen came out in July (over here, anyway) so she's finished The Tamir Trilogy. It's slightly different from the other series, but still a very good read with some really interesting gender-choice stuff.
And that is all from my weekend. It seems that the secret to me feeling happy and relaxed is me not constantly pushing myself to achieve tons of stuff all the time. Why did it take me a year of feeling exhausted and frequently miserable to work that out? Taking the time to read and relax rather than constantly running around and beavering away is actually making me more productive and improving my general outlook on life. Huh. It feels weird to have the odd bit of lazy time, rather than working on something every minute that I'm awake, but it seems to be better for me. Maybe sometimes I need these little ideas applied to my head with a large mallet before they'll sink in :-)
To which end, I am now signing off to cook sausages and watch the final part of the Time Team Big Royal Dig with my father.
terrylbirch eventually, so that was alright. It had to be an abrieviated coffee session, though, because there was washing that needed doing and in my rush to get out of the house I hadn't had time to put a load on before I went out.So the rest of Saturday was spent sorting out a couple of loads of washing and reading while using a timer to ensure that I remembered to do important things like take the washing out of the machine. All of this was to ensure that when Mom returns from Italy tonight, she isn't faced with a mound of washing and a dirty house because that makes her Very Miffed with Dad and I.
Sunday was spent mostly writing my French assignment and today has been a partially lazy day, involving a run to the supermarket (where I found that they were selling camomile and spiced apple tea, which I usually need to drive miles and miles to find so bought several boxes), lunch and then a nice ramble with Dad.
I have also managed to practise the violin all three days and do a satisfying amount of reading. Katherine Kerr's Daggerspell is now finished (very good read so I need to find the rest of the series) and I started Naomi Novik's Temeraire: The Jade Throne today. This is a hardback book, so I'll need something lighter for reading during lunch breaks at work - I'm thinking that it's time for the year's re-read of Lynn Flewellings Nightrunners series.
In exciting news for Alex and Seregil fans, Lynn Flewelling has apparently signed a deal with her publisher for two new Nightrunners books. Yay! No word yet on publication date yet, but at least we'll be getting some :-) And for anyone that I recommended Lynn Flewelling to who hasn't wanted to read a WIP, The Oracle's Queen came out in July (over here, anyway) so she's finished The Tamir Trilogy. It's slightly different from the other series, but still a very good read with some really interesting gender-choice stuff.
And that is all from my weekend. It seems that the secret to me feeling happy and relaxed is me not constantly pushing myself to achieve tons of stuff all the time. Why did it take me a year of feeling exhausted and frequently miserable to work that out? Taking the time to read and relax rather than constantly running around and beavering away is actually making me more productive and improving my general outlook on life. Huh. It feels weird to have the odd bit of lazy time, rather than working on something every minute that I'm awake, but it seems to be better for me. Maybe sometimes I need these little ideas applied to my head with a large mallet before they'll sink in :-)
To which end, I am now signing off to cook sausages and watch the final part of the Time Team Big Royal Dig with my father.
