keladry_lupin | Entries tagged with cabin pressure

I have made a discovery. I can add my new white-to-blue scarf to any outfit that has blue in it, and my outfit it automatically twice as cool as it was seconds before. Even when I'm wearing my big blue tunic. Wednesday, it was a blue flowered dress, jean jacket, and the scarf added a bit of floaty somethingness to it. Today, the scarf is tucked under the collar of the same jean jacket, but I'm wearing a navy striped t-shirt and navy jeans. This outfit was nice but a little boring until I added the scarf. I don't know what it is, but this scarf is fantastic.

Dad's in the middle of tax season now, though it won't get really bad until the Ides of March. But he has enough work now that finding time to see him isn't easy. But we're carving out a few hours for a late lunch or early dinner tomorrow, so that'll be nice.

If only Dad's sodding dentist would stop changing his appointment, that'd be great, because he expects he'll be uncomfortable enough that he wants me to drive, which means a day off work. I don't mind, because USC's dental school is next to the museums at Exposition Park, so I shall meander the gardens and museums until he texts me to come get him. It was originally supposed to be two days ago, then it was changed to Wednesday the 29th, and now it's been changed again to March. As annoyed as I am, Dad's going nuts -- he just wants it over with, but with tax season and his teaching schedule, he has few options.

I'm looking forward to cleaning the flat tomorrow. Never thought I'd say that.

Next week is the calm before the storm that consists of Dad's big dental appointment, my big dental appointment, two opening nights at the Mysterium, the San Diego Zoo with

madeleone and some of the local friends list, and the King's Singers concert in Palm Desert. The week of the 4th, I'll only be at work for twelve hours.

Discovering Cabin Pressure fanfic. Hee. Poor Martin is the Charlie Brown of the airways, isn't he?

Underworld's Frankenstein soundtrack arrived today. It got lost or stolen the first time they sent it off, so I finally got it six weeks after I ordered it. It's well worth the wait, though.

It's Monday. Yay. Here's my weekly Cheer Myself Up to Get Over the Monday and Tuesday Blahs List of Happiness:

1. I proved last night that I definitely have one of those brains that will come up with SOMETHING if I just force myself to sit down and write. It's not fantastic, but it's words. One scene down, about a dozen to go.

2. Saw the family Saturday. Everyone was sick, unfortunately, but well enough to go through with Squirt's baptism and lunch afterwards. Had a nice chat with Boo-Girl about college plans.

2a. Neither Dad nor I has showed signs of getting the dreaded lurgy that the Jimbos have, though we won't be sure we haven't caught it until tonight.

3. Mom was home very briefly this weekend. Not long enough to hang out properly, though she did listen to an episode of Cabin Pressure and laughed her butt off. And she adored the Ottery St Sherlock crossover vid I posted here last month.

4. Finally ~~bothered~~ remembered to get iTunes so I could get the aforementioned Cabin Pressure from Audible and burn it onto CDs for the commute.

5. New-to-me books! A few overviews of subjects I might try at college and a novel sent by mistake -- I was ordered Bob Balaban's Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me (his diary of making Close Encounters of the Third Kind) and got the novelization of Close Encounters of the Third Kind instead. They refunded my money, told me to keep the book, and I'm trying my luck with another bookseller.

6. A clean-ish hobbit hole. I maintain a certain, slightly-below-average level of neatness and cleanliness most of the time (the black dog's visits and tech week of plays being the exceptions), but I make an effort when I expect someone else -- even Mom -- to set foot inside any time soon. And once it's halfway decent, I make an effort, at least for a while, to keep it that way.

7. Rain tomorrow!

Happy Monday, y'all.