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If I were supersticious (and could spell it), I would think someone is out to get me given the coincidence of lunar phasing, a potential cold (hello stuffy nose, slight sore throat, headache and general fuzzyness), and the joys of packing. Instead I just put in down to "tough shit".
But in any case:
Last post was a grump on Fri. Since then...
Sat: Chemical blitzkrieg on the weeds in the paving in the garden, both front and back. Fingers crossed, they should be carking it in about a week or so. Evening went to the Ball - nice to catch up with people and relax. We may have startled people by turning up in late period clothing. Nice to dance Ballo del Fiore with Z - for years we have tried to dance it at balls but never quite managed it (as in gotten around to it, as opposed to making it through without mucking up).
Sun: Some actual packing. 5 wooden boxes (4 chests and 1 box) filled with ~240 books so far (recording ISBN numbers for books in each chest for reference as we go). Only about 400 books to go, but the biggest ones (and about 150 paperbacks) are packed, so fingers crossed the rest will pack more densely. Evening spent in good company with very good food - really liked the fish cakes. And while I still vaguely remember, the astronomy talk mentioned is on Weds 5 Sept at 8pm (at Adelaide Uni) on the Lake Acramen (?sp) impact site (yay asteroid(?) go splat) - I posted the link here a while back. And the current icon shown for this post is of the solar spectrum (yay rainbows).
Today: A continuation of the paper culling that has been going on since Fri. The recycle pile is at my knee height, and the keep pile is only slightly higher, so probably a good balance or a least a good volume reduction. Having fun giggling at the doodles in margins when bored during seminars - a lot of knotwork, cartoon snails, penguins and goldfish. But if I can no longer read my own handwriting of the seminar title enough to tell what it was about, it is probably worth ditching it. This has definitely culled down the thesis/astronomy work collection. The garage salable list of general stuff to get rid of is also growing and will be publicised shortly.
However I am still quite brain dead and may just go for some clothing repairs and hood seam finishing.
But in any case:
Last post was a grump on Fri. Since then...
Sat: Chemical blitzkrieg on the weeds in the paving in the garden, both front and back. Fingers crossed, they should be carking it in about a week or so. Evening went to the Ball - nice to catch up with people and relax. We may have startled people by turning up in late period clothing. Nice to dance Ballo del Fiore with Z - for years we have tried to dance it at balls but never quite managed it (as in gotten around to it, as opposed to making it through without mucking up).
Sun: Some actual packing. 5 wooden boxes (4 chests and 1 box) filled with ~240 books so far (recording ISBN numbers for books in each chest for reference as we go). Only about 400 books to go, but the biggest ones (and about 150 paperbacks) are packed, so fingers crossed the rest will pack more densely. Evening spent in good company with very good food - really liked the fish cakes. And while I still vaguely remember, the astronomy talk mentioned is on Weds 5 Sept at 8pm (at Adelaide Uni) on the Lake Acramen (?sp) impact site (yay asteroid(?) go splat) - I posted the link here a while back. And the current icon shown for this post is of the solar spectrum (yay rainbows).
Today: A continuation of the paper culling that has been going on since Fri. The recycle pile is at my knee height, and the keep pile is only slightly higher, so probably a good balance or a least a good volume reduction. Having fun giggling at the doodles in margins when bored during seminars - a lot of knotwork, cartoon snails, penguins and goldfish. But if I can no longer read my own handwriting of the seminar title enough to tell what it was about, it is probably worth ditching it. This has definitely culled down the thesis/astronomy work collection. The garage salable list of general stuff to get rid of is also growing and will be publicised shortly.
However I am still quite brain dead and may just go for some clothing repairs and hood seam finishing.
