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bookgazing) wrote2010-09-13 02:49 am
bookgazing) wrote2010-09-13 02:49 am
Technology - It Hates Me
The plan was for me to post up a little ‘what I’ve been up to’ return post complete with pictures before getting started on Book Blogger Appreciation Week posts this week (yay) but a few weeks ago Vista decided to end my laptop and those backups it kept saying it was taking – yeah not so much. I (or rather my dad) managed to manually back everything up, during the reinstall process but I keep finding things that my laptop no longer does automatically. Like pick up connected devices like my phone, or my camera. So no pictures for you and now it’s the first day of BBAW so let me explain what’s been keeping me away from posting, commenting and various blog projects quickly:
Leaving the house: If I wasn’t spending a weekend with friends then I was probably out with my parents, or getting my hair done. Hen dos, barbeques, the International Glass Festival, a trip to Chester cathedral (such a good cathedral if you like pretty things – and Mallory has a stained glass window there), general drinking and cinema trips. I have been socially busy and it’s speedway playoff time right now, this year’s wedding season starts in a couple of weeks, then I go on a very impulsive holiday (at one point I was planning to go from a wedding reception to a plane, but then I became sane again) so I don’t expect it to slow down much.
Tiredness: Transitioning from getting up in the light to getting up in the dark of British autumn has been HARD. I feel pretty knackered right now as I’m not yet used to waking up, rolling over in expectation of a few more hours sleep, then hearing the dreaded alarm.
Reading: I’m half way through the RIP challenge already – accomplishment, I feel it! I have four books to review since I last made a post– ‘Walk to the End of the World’, ‘Tapestry of Love’, ‘Shiver’ and ‘The Winter Ghosts’. I’m about to start what promises to be a hilarious readalong of Roth’s ‘The Plot Against America’ with Bonjour Cass tomorrow! I have somehow lost my copy of ‘The Turn of the Screw’ and spent a looooong time hunting through our various piles and trunks for it. No joy, have the ghosts stolen it?
Ok so I’m off to get my BBAW act into gear. Today could be a bit of a dangerous day, with everyone making posts about their favourite new blogs my feed reader might explode! Happy BBAW everyone : )
Leaving the house: If I wasn’t spending a weekend with friends then I was probably out with my parents, or getting my hair done. Hen dos, barbeques, the International Glass Festival, a trip to Chester cathedral (such a good cathedral if you like pretty things – and Mallory has a stained glass window there), general drinking and cinema trips. I have been socially busy and it’s speedway playoff time right now, this year’s wedding season starts in a couple of weeks, then I go on a very impulsive holiday (at one point I was planning to go from a wedding reception to a plane, but then I became sane again) so I don’t expect it to slow down much.
Tiredness: Transitioning from getting up in the light to getting up in the dark of British autumn has been HARD. I feel pretty knackered right now as I’m not yet used to waking up, rolling over in expectation of a few more hours sleep, then hearing the dreaded alarm.
Reading: I’m half way through the RIP challenge already – accomplishment, I feel it! I have four books to review since I last made a post– ‘Walk to the End of the World’, ‘Tapestry of Love’, ‘Shiver’ and ‘The Winter Ghosts’. I’m about to start what promises to be a hilarious readalong of Roth’s ‘The Plot Against America’ with Bonjour Cass tomorrow! I have somehow lost my copy of ‘The Turn of the Screw’ and spent a looooong time hunting through our various piles and trunks for it. No joy, have the ghosts stolen it?
Ok so I’m off to get my BBAW act into gear. Today could be a bit of a dangerous day, with everyone making posts about their favourite new blogs my feed reader might explode! Happy BBAW everyone : )