Happy Christmas Eve Eve, if you celebrate! I had big plans today to take advantage of the fact that there was no rain predicted for once (if you're unaware of the recent horrific weather in the PNW, check out some news to see the flood and wind damage we've experienced for weeks now) and go up to the clinic for a blood draw, since my primary care physician wants to see how my thyroid levels are doing now that I've been on the thyroid medication for a couple months. But I've been trapped here waiting for UPS to come to deliver my main chemo drug; I have to sign for it so not only can I not leave till they come, I can't even take a shower.
I'm extremely unhappy with UPS now for a lot of reasons, most of them still including the fact that I'm out $700+ because of the returned laptop that some asshat didn't bother to scan in. There are no options that will help me--everything requires that the tracking number be in the system, which is the very problem I have. The pickup person didn't put it in the system. And the company that it's supposed to be returned to won't do anything, either, so I'm just...screwed. And now I'm stuck here in my house waiting for my meds, which were supposed to be here this morning (they always wake me up early). Booo UPS.
I was feeling pretty low last time I posted, and I think I haven't really improved in terms of my mood. It's mostly the financial issues, but also the health stuff, and what next year will bring. I've been trying to find out about financial assistance for my chemo med that costs $23k a bottle (the one I'm waiting for) but it's looking like I won't qualify because of how much I messed up my taxes this year, or at least, I've been looking at the thresholds and it seems like because of what I screwed up on, I'll probably be just over the limit. I did sign up for the Medicare thing where they cap out of pockets/copays to $2k and allow you to spread it around over time, but I also signed up for that last year and the Part D drug insurance I had never did that. I basically blow through all my deductibles and copays right away, because when I get that first bottle of obscenely expensive Pomalyst pills, the $3k copay wipes out all the remaining balances. So I'm not sure what to expect in '26. And also I have a feeling, since that two thousand dollar cap was put in place under Joe's administration, they're going to do everything they can to get rid of it. America!
Sometimes I find myself feeling so bitter about all the lucky people I know who are able to get out of this country. There's nowhere for me to go, no place that would take me since I'm not rich (which would overcome my disability and age issues), and I just wish so much I could go somewhere else more sane. But I also think, good for them, get out while you can.
And while I was dealing with all the money stuff, it was like, I got a notice that my Dreamwidth account was expiring, and then my Editorial Freelancers Assn. dues were...um, due, and I was like, sure. Why not. Of course. But some really lovely person out there gave me six months of paid time, and I wish so much I knew who you were so I could properly thank you. It really came at such a perfect time, just struggling with that hopeless feeling, and reminding me that there are so many nice people out there. Thank you so much, friend! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.
I know I should not be putting more stuff on my credit cards, but I have decided that I'm going to Escapade next year again. Fortunately it's not ridiculously early like this year, and hopefully I won't have to drive home from the airport in a blizzard, but while I'm still physically able, I want to at least see some of the folks who will be going and just be in Southern California again. There wasn't a lot for me to do fannishly this last time, but just being around folks is enough.
For a while I wasn't able to continue with my reading, which bummed me a bit since I had been excited about catching up on books, but I'm back to it at least for a while. I left off The Golem and the Jinni about 1/3 of the way in, so I restarted that, and I'm also hoping that even though I'm not doing Yuletide again this year, I can go through the archive this time and find some fun stuff to read (last year, I somehow missed reading Yuletide entirely). I'm not doing anything as usual on actual Christmas, except I'm going to try to bake the ancient anise cookie recipe that no one else likes that Dad and I used to make. It's very challenging even when you're healthy, and I found it very physically taxing last time I did (2 years ago), but I feel determined.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mlyn helped me with the cutting out and baking part, but since it's the actual holiday, I figured I'd be doing it myself. It could be very interesting.
And then I need to schedule an appointment with the endodontist after the holiday, because my worst fear came true and I will have to have a root canal for the tooth I had a crown replaced on last year. She warned me it might be a possibility, but still...everything was going great till a few months ago. The oncologist has stopped the infusions of zometa because of the necrosis of the jaw risk, but NGL, that whole thing still scares the shit out of me! Though I managed to walk out of chemo a couple weeks ago without getting my new chemo schedule, so I don't even know how soon any of it can happen!
I hope those of you celebrating this holiday have a great time. Thanks for listening to me whine this year, I really hope things will be a bit brighter this year for all of us.
I'm extremely unhappy with UPS now for a lot of reasons, most of them still including the fact that I'm out $700+ because of the returned laptop that some asshat didn't bother to scan in. There are no options that will help me--everything requires that the tracking number be in the system, which is the very problem I have. The pickup person didn't put it in the system. And the company that it's supposed to be returned to won't do anything, either, so I'm just...screwed. And now I'm stuck here in my house waiting for my meds, which were supposed to be here this morning (they always wake me up early). Booo UPS.
I was feeling pretty low last time I posted, and I think I haven't really improved in terms of my mood. It's mostly the financial issues, but also the health stuff, and what next year will bring. I've been trying to find out about financial assistance for my chemo med that costs $23k a bottle (the one I'm waiting for) but it's looking like I won't qualify because of how much I messed up my taxes this year, or at least, I've been looking at the thresholds and it seems like because of what I screwed up on, I'll probably be just over the limit. I did sign up for the Medicare thing where they cap out of pockets/copays to $2k and allow you to spread it around over time, but I also signed up for that last year and the Part D drug insurance I had never did that. I basically blow through all my deductibles and copays right away, because when I get that first bottle of obscenely expensive Pomalyst pills, the $3k copay wipes out all the remaining balances. So I'm not sure what to expect in '26. And also I have a feeling, since that two thousand dollar cap was put in place under Joe's administration, they're going to do everything they can to get rid of it. America!
Sometimes I find myself feeling so bitter about all the lucky people I know who are able to get out of this country. There's nowhere for me to go, no place that would take me since I'm not rich (which would overcome my disability and age issues), and I just wish so much I could go somewhere else more sane. But I also think, good for them, get out while you can.
And while I was dealing with all the money stuff, it was like, I got a notice that my Dreamwidth account was expiring, and then my Editorial Freelancers Assn. dues were...um, due, and I was like, sure. Why not. Of course. But some really lovely person out there gave me six months of paid time, and I wish so much I knew who you were so I could properly thank you. It really came at such a perfect time, just struggling with that hopeless feeling, and reminding me that there are so many nice people out there. Thank you so much, friend! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.
I know I should not be putting more stuff on my credit cards, but I have decided that I'm going to Escapade next year again. Fortunately it's not ridiculously early like this year, and hopefully I won't have to drive home from the airport in a blizzard, but while I'm still physically able, I want to at least see some of the folks who will be going and just be in Southern California again. There wasn't a lot for me to do fannishly this last time, but just being around folks is enough.
For a while I wasn't able to continue with my reading, which bummed me a bit since I had been excited about catching up on books, but I'm back to it at least for a while. I left off The Golem and the Jinni about 1/3 of the way in, so I restarted that, and I'm also hoping that even though I'm not doing Yuletide again this year, I can go through the archive this time and find some fun stuff to read (last year, I somehow missed reading Yuletide entirely). I'm not doing anything as usual on actual Christmas, except I'm going to try to bake the ancient anise cookie recipe that no one else likes that Dad and I used to make. It's very challenging even when you're healthy, and I found it very physically taxing last time I did (2 years ago), but I feel determined.
mlyn helped me with the cutting out and baking part, but since it's the actual holiday, I figured I'd be doing it myself. It could be very interesting.And then I need to schedule an appointment with the endodontist after the holiday, because my worst fear came true and I will have to have a root canal for the tooth I had a crown replaced on last year. She warned me it might be a possibility, but still...everything was going great till a few months ago. The oncologist has stopped the infusions of zometa because of the necrosis of the jaw risk, but NGL, that whole thing still scares the shit out of me! Though I managed to walk out of chemo a couple weeks ago without getting my new chemo schedule, so I don't even know how soon any of it can happen!
I hope those of you celebrating this holiday have a great time. Thanks for listening to me whine this year, I really hope things will be a bit brighter this year for all of us.
Day 22: 100 words of longfic, on a busy pre-Christmas day. How about you?
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Day 21:china_shop, trobadora, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, chestnut_pod, chanter1944, goddess47, sanguinity, cornerofmadness
Day 22:badly_knitted, trobadora, goddess47, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, chestnut_pod
Bonus farm news: I had no idea about the existence of Cucurbita melo var. flexuosus, a k a the cucumber melon! I totally want to try that. Also check out this very cool long-storage cucumber. Must try that as well.
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badly_knitted, trobadora, goddess47, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, chestnut_podBonus farm news: I had no idea about the existence of Cucurbita melo var. flexuosus, a k a the cucumber melon! I totally want to try that. Also check out this very cool long-storage cucumber. Must try that as well.
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(wychwood Dec. 23rd, 2025 10:16 pm)
wychwood Dec. 23rd, 2025 10:16 pm)Christmas is here aaaaaaah I am somehow not mentally prepared for Christmas Eve to be tomorrow.
However, all my preparations are sorted except for the things I need to do on Christmas morning, and I have done the tragic washing up so my house is ready for me to mostly abandon it for a couple of days.
Choir went pretty well - our Christmas concerts have had real issues with falling audience numbers for the last few years; we used to sell out four or five concerts, but lately it's been more like "two or three half-full". So this year they obviously decided to try something new, and we did three different, although overlapping, concerts with different vibes - two were basically sold out, and the third was all but the top tier, which only had about 50 people in it, but was probably still better turnout than any of the concerts last year. So it looks like that has worked, and we can expect more of that in the future.
We did a lot more "popular" music - White Christmas, Mariah Carey, the JoBros, Shakin' Stevens... I'm kind of torn, because I'm not really good at that sort of thing, and I'm not really sure why you would want to come and see us do "Like It's Christmas" rather than a rock or pop choir, whereas we can do you a genuinely excellent rendition of O Magnum Mysterium or Stars or something like that which plays to our strengths. But the audiences really seemed to enjoy it, and most of the songs were quite fun to sing. And we did do Darius Battiwalla's arrangement of "O Holy Night", which is gloriously over-the-top (the bit where the fortissimo orchestra drops out from under the chorus!).
Our conductor kept encouraging us to "bop" while singing the more fun pieces, but I really wasn't sold - the community choir were doing something similar, and frankly I thought it looked messy and distracting no matter how often he claimed it was essential for the music. I think you do actually need to do properly synchronised movement if you want it to look good (NB: I absolutely do not want to do properly synchronised movement either! this is not why I am in a choir!).
Tomorrow I'm going for brunch with Miss H and then over to my parents', probably to help with last-minute prep before the rest of the family arrive! I won't see them, though, because I'll be off to church before they get there. That will be a Christmas Day treat.
However, all my preparations are sorted except for the things I need to do on Christmas morning, and I have done the tragic washing up so my house is ready for me to mostly abandon it for a couple of days.
Choir went pretty well - our Christmas concerts have had real issues with falling audience numbers for the last few years; we used to sell out four or five concerts, but lately it's been more like "two or three half-full". So this year they obviously decided to try something new, and we did three different, although overlapping, concerts with different vibes - two were basically sold out, and the third was all but the top tier, which only had about 50 people in it, but was probably still better turnout than any of the concerts last year. So it looks like that has worked, and we can expect more of that in the future.
We did a lot more "popular" music - White Christmas, Mariah Carey, the JoBros, Shakin' Stevens... I'm kind of torn, because I'm not really good at that sort of thing, and I'm not really sure why you would want to come and see us do "Like It's Christmas" rather than a rock or pop choir, whereas we can do you a genuinely excellent rendition of O Magnum Mysterium or Stars or something like that which plays to our strengths. But the audiences really seemed to enjoy it, and most of the songs were quite fun to sing. And we did do Darius Battiwalla's arrangement of "O Holy Night", which is gloriously over-the-top (the bit where the fortissimo orchestra drops out from under the chorus!).
Our conductor kept encouraging us to "bop" while singing the more fun pieces, but I really wasn't sold - the community choir were doing something similar, and frankly I thought it looked messy and distracting no matter how often he claimed it was essential for the music. I think you do actually need to do properly synchronised movement if you want it to look good (NB: I absolutely do not want to do properly synchronised movement either! this is not why I am in a choir!).
Tomorrow I'm going for brunch with Miss H and then over to my parents', probably to help with last-minute prep before the rest of the family arrive! I won't see them, though, because I'll be off to church before they get there. That will be a Christmas Day treat.
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lois_mcmaster_bujold_feed Dec. 23rd, 2025 01:27 pm)I am delighted to announce that the 4th Penric & Desdemona collection on paper is coming from Baen Books in May, 2025, to be titled Penric's Intrigues. (I believe we had some title brainstorming on that a while back in a comments section on this very blog. Titles are always a challenge...)
It will contain the novel-length The Assassins of Thasalon, and the novella "Knot of Shadows".
I proofread the galleys last week. Cover art is not yet available, but the copyright page lists the artist as Kieran Yanner. This is a new artist to me, but a visit to his website looks promising.
Amazon has a listing already -- www.amazon.com/Penrics-Intrigues-Worl...
I hope Baen will be encouraged to reprint the mass market paperbacks of first two collections, which have been out-of-print for a while. (All the hardcovers, plus the paperback of Penric's Labors, remain available.)
Ta, L.
posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on December, 23
It will contain the novel-length The Assassins of Thasalon, and the novella "Knot of Shadows".
I proofread the galleys last week. Cover art is not yet available, but the copyright page lists the artist as Kieran Yanner. This is a new artist to me, but a visit to his website looks promising.
Amazon has a listing already -- www.amazon.com/Penrics-Intrigues-Worl...
I hope Baen will be encouraged to reprint the mass market paperbacks of first two collections, which have been out-of-print for a while. (All the hardcovers, plus the paperback of Penric's Labors, remain available.)
Ta, L.
posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on December, 23
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hlh_shortcuts Dec. 23rd, 2025 12:41 pm)
killabeez posting in hlh_shortcuts Dec. 23rd, 2025 12:41 pm)Heads up that we will take a break from posting on the 25th, to allow everyone a little time to catch up.
Properly Executed by Anonymous for Banbury
Category: Gen
Characters: Connor MacLeod, Duncan MacLeod
Relationships: Connor MacLeod & Duncan MacLeod
Summary: Of ancient blessings, glimpses of the future and learning to say ‘I love you’.
Kastagir's Hotel Américain by Anonymous for Merfilly
Category: F/F
Characters: Amanda Darieux, Rebecca Horne, Rachel Ellenstein, Sunda Kastagir
Relationships: Amanda Darieux/Rebecca Horne
Summary: Rebecca visits Kastagir at his fancy new hotel. Then Amanda shows up. Antics ensue.
Properly Executed by Anonymous for Banbury
Category: Gen
Characters: Connor MacLeod, Duncan MacLeod
Relationships: Connor MacLeod & Duncan MacLeod
Summary: Of ancient blessings, glimpses of the future and learning to say ‘I love you’.
Kastagir's Hotel Américain by Anonymous for Merfilly
Category: F/F
Characters: Amanda Darieux, Rebecca Horne, Rachel Ellenstein, Sunda Kastagir
Relationships: Amanda Darieux/Rebecca Horne
Summary: Rebecca visits Kastagir at his fancy new hotel. Then Amanda shows up. Antics ensue.
An all-new Bundle featuring the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game, the tabletop game of eldritch horror from Monte Cook Games based on Steve Shell and Cam Collins' Old Gods of Appalachia anthology podcast.
Bundle of Holding: Old Gods of Appalachia
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This is the last day to vote in this week's Idol poll. Only the top 3 writers advance, and I could really use your help. Thank you for your support all of these past months!
We're nearing the end of the year, and I've been looking at my Goodreads stats. Last year, I didn't make my goal (I think it was 70 books? It was ambitious). This year, I backed it down to 60. But! I seem to have read a lot of longer standalone short stories and some unexpected novelettes. So, I'll easily make 85-86 "books." I got in a few extra while we were in Hawaii (I always read more on vacation), but I've increased my reading time each day by pairing it with foot exercises for the plantar fasciitis that returned with a vengeance in May. That has definitely helped.
I'm currently reading the second book in the 2 Sisters Detective Agency series (and hoping there will be more at some point). But I recently finished The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, which was fun. It involves a school for magical creatures, or those who can do magic, and is told from the POV of one of the parents who is dealing with petty social circles and politics in an atypical setting. At some point, I'll read the fourth book in T. L. Huchu's series that starts with The Library Of The Dead. It will tank my stats— those books are gripping, but on the long side. I'm pleased to see that there's a fifth one now!
How's the holiday prep coming? I've wrapped most of the presents, but I'm afraid to put them (and their curly ribbons) under the tree. See yesterday's post...
We're nearing the end of the year, and I've been looking at my Goodreads stats. Last year, I didn't make my goal (I think it was 70 books? It was ambitious). This year, I backed it down to 60. But! I seem to have read a lot of longer standalone short stories and some unexpected novelettes. So, I'll easily make 85-86 "books." I got in a few extra while we were in Hawaii (I always read more on vacation), but I've increased my reading time each day by pairing it with foot exercises for the plantar fasciitis that returned with a vengeance in May. That has definitely helped.
I'm currently reading the second book in the 2 Sisters Detective Agency series (and hoping there will be more at some point). But I recently finished The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, which was fun. It involves a school for magical creatures, or those who can do magic, and is told from the POV of one of the parents who is dealing with petty social circles and politics in an atypical setting. At some point, I'll read the fourth book in T. L. Huchu's series that starts with The Library Of The Dead. It will tank my stats— those books are gripping, but on the long side. I'm pleased to see that there's a fifth one now!
How's the holiday prep coming? I've wrapped most of the presents, but I'm afraid to put them (and their curly ribbons) under the tree. See yesterday's post...
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2025/197: The Listeners — Maggie Stiefvater
Luxury felt like a different game when the people involved were officially enemies of the state. [loc. 1328]
Appalachia, 1942: the luxe Avallon hotel has been designated as an 'assembly point for Axis diplomats and their families' -- an arrangement made by the Gilfoyles. who own the hotel. June Hudson just runs it (and is conducting an ongoing clandestine affair with Gilfoyle heir Edgar: clandestine because she comes from an unsuitable, i.e. poor, background). The luxuries of the hotel, and the benefits of the mysterious 'sweetwaters' that bubble and flow beneath it, are turned to the service of Nazis and fascists, and it's up to June to keep the peace between the various Japanese and German factions, the hotel's staff, and the FBI.
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(brightknightie Dec. 23rd, 2025 09:51 am)
brightknightie Dec. 23rd, 2025 09:51 am)The "Shakespeare Network" YouTube Channel has posted a "restored" 4K version of Patrick Stewart's 1999 TNT production of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, free to watch (#EducationalVideo #Exclusive #OpenLearning). They've been partnering with Stewart since the pandemic, when he shared a video a day of himself reading a Shakespeare sonnet. This isn't Stewart's famous one-man-show version of A Christmas Carol, based on Dickens's own script, but it's an excellent and faithful adaptation of the novel, which he produced as well as starred in, with supporting cast including Richard E. Grant and Joel Grey.
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A few months (?) ago, Discord updated on my computer and promptly stopped working. [It would technically launch, but the program window was just a blank rectangle.) Subsequent updates (which happen pretty much every time I relaunch my browser) installed cheerfully enough and made no difference. I grumpily chalked it up to not having updated my OS in ages (I'm very resistant, but usually enough things eventually get creaky or stop working that I give in and get scruloose to update the system), and since Discord was still working on my phone, I figured that was that for the foreseeable future.
Then a couple of days ago, I let Discord install its newest update...and suddenly everything worked again. o_o I certainly wasn't going to complain, but it surprised me enough that I mentioned it to Kas on the weekend, and having just dealt with some Discord shenaniganry himself, he had an answer: Discord has decided it doesn't play nicely with some VPN locations, and I had happened to change my location setting to one it liked.
I mostly lurk on Discord, but there are a couple where I make tentative attempts at being social, and my dislike of typing more than a sentence or two at a time on my phone meant I was even quieter than usual for a while there, so this is a good development. But also, WTF, Discord.
Did I forget to mention the new-to-me Christmas ice cream here? It looks like I did.
A local ice creamery (Dee Dee's) does Advent calendars, which I had largely forgotten about until I saw mention of it on Bluesky, at which point I was safe from ordering one (too late!), but it got me to look at their seasonal flavors. Next thing I knew, I was askingscruloose to stop at a local-groceries shop that carries their ice creams, because I had to know what the chicken bones* flavor was like.( more about that, plus a cheese stash )
scruloose to update the system), and since Discord was still working on my phone, I figured that was that for the foreseeable future.Then a couple of days ago, I let Discord install its newest update...and suddenly everything worked again. o_o I certainly wasn't going to complain, but it surprised me enough that I mentioned it to Kas on the weekend, and having just dealt with some Discord shenaniganry himself, he had an answer: Discord has decided it doesn't play nicely with some VPN locations, and I had happened to change my location setting to one it liked.
I mostly lurk on Discord, but there are a couple where I make tentative attempts at being social, and my dislike of typing more than a sentence or two at a time on my phone meant I was even quieter than usual for a while there, so this is a good development. But also, WTF, Discord.
Did I forget to mention the new-to-me Christmas ice cream here? It looks like I did.
A local ice creamery (Dee Dee's) does Advent calendars, which I had largely forgotten about until I saw mention of it on Bluesky, at which point I was safe from ordering one (too late!), but it got me to look at their seasonal flavors. Next thing I knew, I was asking
scruloose to stop at a local-groceries shop that carries their ice creams, because I had to know what the chicken bones* flavor was like.( more about that, plus a cheese stash )
(verushka70 posting in ds_noticeboard Dec. 23rd, 2025 10:39 am)
verushka70 posting in ds_noticeboard Dec. 23rd, 2025 10:39 am)FB user Lon Val posted these pics of PG as Santa on the Due South by South East Facebook group.
ETA: Tumblr folks identified Lon Val as the original artist, TYK!
ETA: Tumblr folks identified Lon Val as the original artist, TYK!
📍Phoenix, Arizona - December 2025 / All Photos / Pixelfed
Update: There's two more photos in the comments of more skeleton Christmas decorations-- from different houses, btw!
Merry Christmas, everyone. 🎄 And happy Yuletide reading to those who participate in Yuletide. 😊
And here are my gifts for you – two fanvid recs. One for Sugiki Shinya/Suzuki Shinya from 10Dance, and one for Scott/Kip from Heated Rivalry. Both are lovely, hot and very spoilery.
And let me tell you that I’m super glad that Scott and Kip keep getting new fans thanks to the show. I remember looking at fics on AO3 tagged with Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, after I finished reading their book and before the 3rd episode aired. And there were only 23 fics then. Now there are over 130 fics. I can even be a little bit choosy with my fanfic reading. 😊
One more thing – uncut version of Harmony Secret is now available on Youtube. It's here if someone would maybe like to spend their holidays watching a sexy and entertaining GL drama with rivals-to-lovers romance.
And here are my gifts for you – two fanvid recs. One for Sugiki Shinya/Suzuki Shinya from 10Dance, and one for Scott/Kip from Heated Rivalry. Both are lovely, hot and very spoilery.
And let me tell you that I’m super glad that Scott and Kip keep getting new fans thanks to the show. I remember looking at fics on AO3 tagged with Kip Grady/Scott Hunter, after I finished reading their book and before the 3rd episode aired. And there were only 23 fics then. Now there are over 130 fics. I can even be a little bit choosy with my fanfic reading. 😊
One more thing – uncut version of Harmony Secret is now available on Youtube. It's here if someone would maybe like to spend their holidays watching a sexy and entertaining GL drama with rivals-to-lovers romance.
Had not been seeing these lately, but over the past few days have been spotting several out of the back windows.
Which is one cheering thing among various niggles and peeves -
Yesterday I was informed that my order from Boots was being delivered, and then got two texts saying they had tried to deliver it but no-one answered. WOT. There was somebody here all the time.
Also a text that my other package (fresh yeast via eBay) had been delivered (this comes through the letterbox) - no sign of this so presume it has gone to the wrong door, and so far nobody has come round to pop it through ours.*
However, at least the Boots parcel turned up today: address label had street number blurred so reasons for mistaking, usual postperson recognised name, possibly yesterday was a seasonal worker?
Other annoyance: Kobo ereader running very sluggish - though this does not seem to apply across all books, which is weird?? Anyway, I connected to wifi in order to update the software, as possibly bearing on the matter, and dash it, it synced a whole load of things I had already downloaded and I have been obliged to clean up the duplicates.
I am, though, grateful that Christmas grocery orders have been nothing missing and no substitutions except for 1 thing which was not at all critical. Also oops, the pudding I ordered was rather smaller than I anticipated, but I feel one can have too much Xmas pud, and there are mince pies, brandy butter, etc.
In further happy news, the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has been saved from oil drilling.
^ETA: somebody from 2 doors down brought it round this evening. The address on the package was perfectly clear.
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