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Nico ([personal profile] vilakins) wrote2013-07-16 09:21 pm

Catch-up (yet again)

I have been driven in here by a sense of duty because I haven't posted for so long. I was even more then two weeks behind on LJ and DW which means posts fell off the end of my flist.

Sorry.

Anyway, first I went on that 3-day course which was heaps of fun, very interesting, and exhausting, then promptly went to Christchurch for a Greg's family reunion which involved a limousine packed with far too many of his sibs and partners plus champagne, formal photos, and a dinner at a vegetarian / fish restaurant that would be my new favourite if I lived down there (Dux Dine for those who do). Even the complaining brother-in-law liked it. In fact we went for breakfast there the next day and I had an excellent huevos rancheros. I have also discovered that one of Greg's sisters is known to her sibs as HRH, the Anointed One, and the Chosen One, and her spoiled (but rather sweet) little boy is Prince Ari. Apparently people said in her yearbook that she was going into haughty-culture. [sniggers] I can so see all of that. I get on well with her, but it took her a couple of years to accept me.

I took Monday off after I got back and I really needed it as I was socialised out - just me, the cats, the Kindle, ahhh. This did not help with all the work that had pied up during the course so I've been too tired to post or write and last weekend just did the vege out with books thing. Plus it's damned cold in here where my puter is, but tonight I managed to heat it up to 17C so my feet aren't achy blocks of ice.

I still suspect I'm not going to get much writing done tonight, and I had planned hoped to finish the big AU I've been working on before the end of this month.

Right, I'll see if I can squeeze some fic out.
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[personal profile] mab_browne 2013-07-18 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Is Dux Dine so named because it's housed in the the Dux hotel? Spouse and I stayed there about seven-eight years ago when we had the gift of a Mystery Weekend where we went to Chch, and we have fond memories of the weekend for several reasons.

[identity profile] threeoutside.livejournal.com 2013-07-16 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad to see you are back!

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-07-16 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2013-07-16 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, well glad you're okay - and that the reunion wasn't too bad. (Or it doesn't sound like it here, anyway.)

Good luck with some writing - more fic from you is never a bad thing!

:-)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-07-16 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It was a bit boring at times (long drive to a cemetery with two wrong turns, making polite conversation) but not as bad as I was expecting. The formal photos were fairly painless, being done at the restaurant so I could fortify myself with brandy and dry. :-)

The trouble with stories that appear in my mind full of interesting scenes is that I have to fill in the bits in between.
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[personal profile] lolmac 2013-07-16 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
If you want to drop in on [community profile] fic_rush this weekend, we're doing a round -- we'd be glad to cheer you on in your writing!

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-07-16 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for that kind offer, but I'm doing [livejournal.com profile] picowrimo this month (hence the guilt) and they're very good at encouragement and feedback. The fault lies with me just not feeling like it. This weekend however I should be over the wanting to curl up and retreat into other people's fic thing. :-P

I'll check out [livejournal.com profile] fic_rush when it's over, though August is art month and I may take part this year though it's a big commitment with a fulltime job.

[identity profile] jaxomsride.livejournal.com 2013-07-16 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you are well and have survived the family get together.

I wish I could download the heat here, we are sweltering in old Blighty at the moment. It's night time and the indoors temperature is about 28'C!

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-07-16 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I heard! Sounds like our summers. We put a big Dyson fan in our bedroom then to allow us to sleep in what can be up to 32C at night - and humid with it. Moving air and an open window really does help.