On calling someone English

Wow, I totally suck at understanding people with accents over the phone. I just made an ass of myself trying to book a trip to Europe by having to go "huh?" "pardon?" quite a few times. I think I rely on watching a person speak as part of the whole hearing experience a lot of the time. I've always found it easier to understand someone when I can see them talking...maybe this is another reason that I don't especially enjoy calling people on the phone!

Anyway, I have booked my trip to Europe for this summer. Haven't actually paid anything yet, but I'm at least moving in the right direction. Woohoo!

Now...if only I had some of that chocolate M. sent to me yesterday...too bad I left it all at home!

Larry, Moe, & ....

Curly!

And this is what I look like without glasses.

Had some time on my hands, decided to see how this hairstyle behaves curled...not too bad. Still working on reading Cryptonomicon...its really long!

Rearranging

So, yesterday I promised myself that I would clean up the main room in my apartment, and for once I kept the promise. I put on the soundtrack to Across the Universe and got to it. First task was to clean up the mess from pulling everything off my wall and reorganizing it which occurred earlier in the week. Then, I thought, what else can I do with this space, so it ended up in more of a reorganization than a clean. The ugly blue chair thing that folds into a bed is now hidden in the closet, the table is up against the wall, and the chest that was in the closet is out as a cat perch under the window. I think I'll have to find something better to cover it over, but for now tis covered with a pretty sheet. The results:

And here is my tiny Christmas tree, given to me in college by Auntie C. Thanks!

Here's a close up on part of the wall...if you didn't know already, I have issue with white walls, this is my cheap solution. Some are my photos, others are calendars, copies of book covers, etc. I'm having some problems with the photo paper curling, but hope that with a bit more double sided tape, things will stay in place better.

And here is a close up on the blanket currently in progress. I put the blue and white one on hold because I think that this one will be a Christmas present, although it's so pretty that I am tempted to keep it for myself! This is about 3 days in...maybe about 10 hours total?

Life

My car is still broken, cost for parts: round $400

My computer doesn't always work right, its probably the hardware...or maybe the software...I've already had it "fixed" once and its two years old....cost of new computer: several hundred $

Sarah J. probably wants to book our trip to Europe this summer soon. Cost: $2000 for the tour. Another $1000 for the plane.

It's going on Christmas and presents are needed, cost: another several hundred probably.

Being Sarah: pricey