Helenka, Queen of Outer Space

And I'm tired.

Did 4 loads of laundry, but drew the line at doing the stupid dust ruffle/bed skirt/stupid whatever. I even did my winter horse blankie and it is nice and soft and clean. Because I am the Queen of Laundry (or laundry whisperer) and knew to put the blankie in the dryer for no more than 10 minutes on delicate. Yes, I can sense these things, you know.

Well, enough domestic stuff. I need some confusion cleared up. Why is Mad Cow Disease brought up when referring to Denny Crane (Boston Legal). Yes, I know this happens when you just start watching a show at the end of the season. But I'm so confused!

I waited until M was riding in the evening to crawl in the shower to wash my hair. I must have gotten some water in my eye, because my vision is clearer. But don't get the idea that I'll use any eye drops. Because ick is still ick!

Even though we're all celebrating my birthday tomorrow, I had to finish my birthday prezzies for M (horribly delayed). I wrote two stories: an adorable one about our pigs; and the second one is about ... well, I'll post it here tomorrow, because it's outrageous and very special.

I finally finished off the last pork steak and added quasi-roast potato (nuked in micro, then tossed onto a hot skillet). I also finished off the sauteed leeks from yesterday. Cheapest (what, two bucks for a healthy meal?) good food I've had in a long time.

Tomorrow M is picking up two bottles of Asti Spumante I asked for (because it's not heavy and Brian can drink and it'll wear off quickly so he can drive us home). And Brian and I will have lots of shopping and stuff to do before the party. So I'm actually being good and crawling into bed. It just thundered a few minutes ago, so it can rain all night. I don't care, because the party's indoors. La-la-la!

Excited hugs,
H.

Oh, the good is easy.
Talking to M and wishing each other a happy anniboobery in advance. [Hey, we're a couple and we're allowed to make up our own language. So, there!]
Corn on the cob.
Open faced smoked salmon and onion sandwiches, even though I was too impatient to allow the salmon to defrost fully.

The bad.
More of the usual I'm tired and achey stuff.

And, just for something really hideous, the ugly.
I have black mould.
In the bedroom.
And, because of where it is, I'm going to have the guys move the bed away from the window and switch the wardrobe in its place. ::hates, hates, hates:: I hate beds that have only one plane against the wall (hey, I'm an expert in falling out of beds). And the reason I'm doing this before I report it is that I control the furniture placement. Even so, the building peeps will have so much fun, because my workstation with the 'puter can NOT be moved at all. Arrgghh. I do not need this, not with the physio appointment coming up on Tuesday.

Well, I'll end on a happy note. Would someone help the old, blind lady? I'm looking for an SGA ep where Rodney sits in the Chair and gets that look, you know the one that means I'm a genius. Because, oh, that look makes me very happy. Which I need right now.

Mostly irritated hugs,
H.

Yes, I tried to sleep for an entire 45 minutes, but then got up as I was already writing my summer_of_giles fic in my head. Oh, my poor head. Anyway, I Yahood this and found one entry for a particular university and was wondering if most/all U.K. universities followed the same school year.

Here it is:
Michaelmas Term: beginning October - end December
Lent Term: beginning January - mid/end March
Summer Term: mid/end April - end June

If this is accurate, then I can get on with fitting my fic into the time frame.

Thanks and, as always, hugs - even in the middle of the night!
H.

I was not awake this morning. When I thought I was renewing my useless blob in my user info, instead of removing the expired section, I deleted the code for my sparkly name. ::pouts:: But I *liked* the sparkles. Does anyone know where to go (link, please) to get them?

And, no, it's not an earth-shattering problem but, with the physical trauma I'm inflicting on my body every day with the move, it would cheer me up immensely.

Loves my flist ... and strangers, too!
H. (feeling bereft without her sparkles)
...goes off to do more moving...grrrrr ... and arg, too...

Okay, all you peoples out there. I need some help. Well, today, I learned all about memories. And I linked all my fics in there. Yay me.

But (and this is not exactly LJ), I really want to know what "teh" and "meh" stand for. Acronyms I do know are WTF (especially effective when all caps), BTW, ROTFLMAO but, until I joined LJ, I had never encountered these two alien expressions.

Send in your suggestions - even the ones that you know are wrong! But tell me they're just your artistic expression.

Thanks to all,
H.