Thank the Baby Jesus for Hotspot Shield!

Because now I can post through the Great Firewall of China!
A lot has happened, but here’s a synopsis:
-I got engaged in May
-I got married in July
More on both later but we actually just got back from Canada (where we got married) so I have a million things to do, including going to buy milk so [...]

I can’t express how awesome it is to be busy again.

I’ve gotten a contract that will (hopefully!) keep me busy until the end of October.  I started a couple days ago and so I’ve  been pretty busy with that and with preparing for the house guests coming on Monday.
My title is pretty fancy: Information Management Specialist.  If I play this right, it could mean more [...]

My life is a series of manicures.

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On Saturday night we went for a friend’s birthday and met a bunch of new people. This is always fun and demoralising; fun because our social group here is a bit small so meeting new people is always welcome, and demoralising because inevitably the question comes up, “So, what do you DO here?” and I [...]

Torture

I ate so much at lunch today for no reason because I’m a fat pig.  I feel so bloated and gross now.
Urgh.

Total upheaval of your life if a lot of work, you know.

Last night I picked up a book called Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse by Brigid Keenan.  It has been recommended to me by a variety of people and the bookstore near me finally had it in stock so I picked it up.  So far, it’s incredibly depressing.  The loneliness that’s amplified by [...]

Highlights

Highlights from last Saturday (our karaoke sendoff):
-My brother showing up and staying all night and having a great time (he’s even more introverted/hermit-like than me and I know this was a huge effort for him to be around so many people he doesn’t know).  And then he tried to pick up one of my friends.
-The [...]

How much more dorky can I be?

I’m at home today, looking after BF, who had laser eye surgery this morning.  Oh, and doing laundry, cleaning the house and maybe catching up on my reading (and computer game playing).
I love days like this.

Scatterbrain

Yesterday I had my shot for Hepatitis A, which didn’t hurt at all compated to Japanese Encephalitis, but which made me feel a little loopy for an hour.  I have two more Japanese Encephalitis shots that I’m really not looking forward to.  And Typhoid.  The nurse said that Typhoid really hurts too.
I’ve done everything I [...]

BF comes to the rescue!

Last week the BF and I forgot to empty the garbage before garbage day. Ooops. Blame it on our hectic lives.  So, we put out the garbage out Thursday and it sat in the bin outside, in over 30 degree weather until today.
This morning we went to put the bin to the crub only to [...]