ok... exciting news!!! i'm going to berlin this november on business. now, in the past i've been invited to berlin about 3 different times (our headquarters is there), but knickers would never let me go. BUT emma is the exact opposite. she said that marilyn and i must attend the meeting or the rest of our team won't go either :) so we're all going - yay! we'll be there for the whole work week and will travel on the sunday and return on the saturday. marilyn and i may extend our trip a few days on our own dollar so we can do some fun touristy stuff. wow, this is going to be so rad. we'll get to travel business class and have our expenses paid :D i haven't travelled on business since 2008, so this will be a nice change. i'm quite delighted that i'll be going overseas again this year :D it will be something fun to look forward to in november.
all that being said... i will miss my b - we've spent one single night apart since we were wed. and i hope he won't be too lonesome in my absence. last time i was away for a week (trip to cuba) he was pretty miserable. BUT he'll be in the thick of school by then and will be quite occupied. plus, we've been together longer and spending time apart may be more comfortable by then.
we saw deathly hallows part 2 last night. it was great. but man oh man... was it stressful! i'd have to say i was stressed out for about the second half of the film. i'm toying with the idea of re-reading the books. they are so clever and complex, and yet entertaining and fun. my only reluctance is that it's a big commitment, and i'd want to read it in order. beckie has always been able to pick up any of the books and start reading, but i don't want to miss anything so i'd need to start at the beginning.
i got 1984 on audio book yesterday. i'm quite pleased. i'm really enjoying audio books. especially when its a book i'd never read in real life.
our cats have fleas :S i found one this morning. they're indoor cats so they shouldn't get fleas! except they go on the balcony, and i suppose fleas get around. ugh. i'll have to pick up some anti-flea stuff asap.
my toe is on the mend. i'm still limping but i think that's more to do with the fact that i usually need to crack the toes on my left foot every morning to pop them back into their joints, and i haven't been able to do that.
all that being said... i will miss my b - we've spent one single night apart since we were wed. and i hope he won't be too lonesome in my absence. last time i was away for a week (trip to cuba) he was pretty miserable. BUT he'll be in the thick of school by then and will be quite occupied. plus, we've been together longer and spending time apart may be more comfortable by then.
we saw deathly hallows part 2 last night. it was great. but man oh man... was it stressful! i'd have to say i was stressed out for about the second half of the film. i'm toying with the idea of re-reading the books. they are so clever and complex, and yet entertaining and fun. my only reluctance is that it's a big commitment, and i'd want to read it in order. beckie has always been able to pick up any of the books and start reading, but i don't want to miss anything so i'd need to start at the beginning.
i got 1984 on audio book yesterday. i'm quite pleased. i'm really enjoying audio books. especially when its a book i'd never read in real life.
our cats have fleas :S i found one this morning. they're indoor cats so they shouldn't get fleas! except they go on the balcony, and i suppose fleas get around. ugh. i'll have to pick up some anti-flea stuff asap.
my toe is on the mend. i'm still limping but i think that's more to do with the fact that i usually need to crack the toes on my left foot every morning to pop them back into their joints, and i haven't been able to do that.
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Berlin! How exciting! I have found that being apart does not get more comfortable with time. But that's just me - might be different for you two. I'm sure it'll help that Brendan'll be busy with school.
1984 is one of my favourites. By the end I was in tears and wanted to rip the book apart and throw it all over the room. Very powerful story and writing.
that's very affirming. i kind of don't want it to get more comfortable with time. i think i'd rather be like paul and linda mccartney who only spent one night apart during their whole marriage (when he was held in jail for drug possession). i suppose we'll become more experienced with time apart, but don't image it will be comfortable.
woo! that's also a good book review. i always like hearing that :) you always amaze me when your favourites are futuristic ;) i like you a lot.
Scott and I spent a week apart when we lived in Vancouver; I came home to Ontario. Neither one of us really liked it and, aside from when I was in the hospital, it hasn't happened since. I have a girls cottage weekend coming up in August and I'm not looking forward to the sleeping apart part of it. Especially because it'll be my first time away from both kids!
Marlene
We got the Harry Potter audio books from the library and we love them. Jul especially!
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