I must have had a very receptive brain last night, because my dreams featured the book I just finished (Second Strike, Mark Abernathy), the movie I just saw (Sherlock Holmes), and meeting Alan's son Chris, along with Tarns and the twins (that 'How did we meet' meme going around fb) which yeah.... oh, and dreaming that Alan's snoring was the sound of the recycling truck going down the steet--woke me up with a fright because we hadn't put the recycling out yet. Of course it was still dark and my fear was all for nothing.
Also for some unknown reason, the cat came into our room calling loudly, which, since I had refilled her food and water bowls, I could not figure out why she wanted our attention. However, we were both tired and managed to not wake up fully at her demands. Just registered that they had been made.
Haven't been online as much lately, for a couple of reasons. One is that I appetite for fanfic has been temporarily sated, and though I know of an archive or two I haven't explored fully yet, I'm in no rush. Second is that I decided to indulge with my Christmas money and bought the Sims 2 and some of the 'stuff' expansions. This was possibly a mistake, because now I have little inactive buttons throughout the game telling me of other expansion packs I may want to indulge in. Fortunately, Alan hasn't complained (he doesn't want to become a Sims widow) but I also make a concerted effort not to play heaps and heaps and never give him the computer.
Oh, actually, there's a third reason. We are borrowing the Farscape dvds from my dad, and have watched two seasons so far. Just two more to go. It's quite odd for me, because I recall seeing a few of the earlier episodes as my step-dad watched the show. But I only caught snippets of later episodes, so I'll be watching and then suddenly recognise a scene or something. Alan had somehow missed ever seeing the show, didn't know anything about it except that Ben Browder and Claudia Black were in it, which is why I kept giggling about them working together on SG-1.
Yesterday was a gorgeous hot day. I may have got a little too much sun. Not badly burned thank goodness. But Alan went up to Peka Peka for ages, did some fishing and sun bathing, and then came back and got me so I could have some sunning. See, I only sunbathe for about half an hour (15 mins each side, no more, else risk burning. In this case the burn came from reading in the hammock earlier in the day and not having any sunscreen handy) before putting on the sun screen, and then either lay in the sun because it's warming, or find something else to do. Also, normally when we go to Peka Peka, there's an on-shore breeze coming off the ocean than can be rather chill, and if we want to sunbathe, we go up into the dunes. But yesterday it was so hot and the breeze was next to nothing, so we could actually lay on the beach and sun ourselves. And then if we got too hot, walk down to the water and cool off for a tick. The water was still a bit cold for swimming in my opinion, but a couple people were doing it.
Coolest thing about going to the beach yesterday? There was a giant squid washed up on the beach. Its body was about four foot long. It looked like a dead alien. :D
Fin.
Also for some unknown reason, the cat came into our room calling loudly, which, since I had refilled her food and water bowls, I could not figure out why she wanted our attention. However, we were both tired and managed to not wake up fully at her demands. Just registered that they had been made.
Haven't been online as much lately, for a couple of reasons. One is that I appetite for fanfic has been temporarily sated, and though I know of an archive or two I haven't explored fully yet, I'm in no rush. Second is that I decided to indulge with my Christmas money and bought the Sims 2 and some of the 'stuff' expansions. This was possibly a mistake, because now I have little inactive buttons throughout the game telling me of other expansion packs I may want to indulge in. Fortunately, Alan hasn't complained (he doesn't want to become a Sims widow) but I also make a concerted effort not to play heaps and heaps and never give him the computer.
Oh, actually, there's a third reason. We are borrowing the Farscape dvds from my dad, and have watched two seasons so far. Just two more to go. It's quite odd for me, because I recall seeing a few of the earlier episodes as my step-dad watched the show. But I only caught snippets of later episodes, so I'll be watching and then suddenly recognise a scene or something. Alan had somehow missed ever seeing the show, didn't know anything about it except that Ben Browder and Claudia Black were in it, which is why I kept giggling about them working together on SG-1.
Yesterday was a gorgeous hot day. I may have got a little too much sun. Not badly burned thank goodness. But Alan went up to Peka Peka for ages, did some fishing and sun bathing, and then came back and got me so I could have some sunning. See, I only sunbathe for about half an hour (15 mins each side, no more, else risk burning. In this case the burn came from reading in the hammock earlier in the day and not having any sunscreen handy) before putting on the sun screen, and then either lay in the sun because it's warming, or find something else to do. Also, normally when we go to Peka Peka, there's an on-shore breeze coming off the ocean than can be rather chill, and if we want to sunbathe, we go up into the dunes. But yesterday it was so hot and the breeze was next to nothing, so we could actually lay on the beach and sun ourselves. And then if we got too hot, walk down to the water and cool off for a tick. The water was still a bit cold for swimming in my opinion, but a couple people were doing it.
Coolest thing about going to the beach yesterday? There was a giant squid washed up on the beach. Its body was about four foot long. It looked like a dead alien. :D
Fin.
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