Panic over!

SkiDaddles op went well. So well that he's at home already. The anaesthetist decided that he did not need the general, so he had the op under local anaesthetic. *Phew*

Andy Murray is in action again. Today he is playing Ernests Gulbis. Currently Gulbis has the first set and it is 5-1 to Murray in the second set.

I am still battling with the Wallace essay. It is turning into an epic of grand proportions. I am just wishing that I hadn't been lazy and noted the references while I put down the essay. Stupid me! So today I will go through and put in the references, then get down to finishing the damn thing off. Then I can start the next block: Myths and conventions. Just got to decide on which two of the set texts I shall do the next essay on. I have Medea, Pygmalion, Wide Sargasso Sea or Don Juan to choose from. I can't believe I'm nearly onto writing TMA07! This course seems to have gone by so fast!

My love don't cost a thing...

So, I had to call the bank today. While on hold, waiting for the call to be answered, the interlude music was 'My Love Don't Cost A Thing' by J-Lo. Yep. Dripping with sarcasm.

The tennis has been good today. No surprises as yet, though I was kind of hoping that Troicki could beat Nalbandian. No such luck! I'm just pee'd off that I can't watch the doubles matches. The stupid BBC cut transmission just before it started. Bah! Humbug!

I shall discover if the soup I prepared today will taste OK tomorrow. I'm just a little dubious about it. The smell of the maitake mushrooms was quite unpleasant at first, but now the full soup base is done they don't smell too bad. I just hope I put enough ginger in. We shall see.

Tomorrow will be a day of dubiousness in more ways than one. Dad is going in to hospital to have a ganglion removed from his thumb. It'll be his first time under general anaesthetic, so I'm a bit worried.

Well, going to watch the end of Question Of Sport with skiDaddles.

Wow, it's been along time since I was here last, and it feels very strange being back. It feels strange putting down in words in cyberspace what's been happening. And I used to be good at this!

So, it's been what? About five years since I actually posted a blog here, the least used of my blog accounts. Good a place to make a new start as any, I suppose. So, what's been happening? Well, I now have my beautiful 2 and a half year old Principessa, who is going to be a languages genius. She is already muttering things in Italian and Japanese. I have started learning Japanese myself, which is why Principessa knows some Japanese. Still writing, a little, anyway. Need to do more, and not just when the mood takes me. Not if I want to actually be sucessful at writing a novel (that doesn't include having it published, btw. Nooooo, that's just a dream for now!).

Yup, on the novel side, I have about 4 stories on the go, but I am at an all time low on self-confidence and haven't written anything for ages. I think this is the most I have written in months!

My dad was in hospital for a week, and only got back home last Friday. He's suffering with an ear infection, which, considering what it could have been (mild stroke) is good news. He just needs to rest and get better now, because I've heard dizzy spells whislt driving just aint good! But seriously, I'm just happy to have him home.

Anyways, I'll write some more some other time, it's just a little late now and I know Principessa will have me up at stupid o'clock in the morning.