Kate’s allegedly a human (although increasingly right-wing bigots would say otherwise). She’s definitely not a vampire, despite what some other people claim. She’s also mostly built out of spite and overcoming oppositional-sexism, racism, and other random bullshit.
So she’s either a human or a lizard in disguise sent to destroy all of humanity.
Either way, she’s here to reassure that it’s all fine.
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In preparation
So, after Monday I can abandon my nursing revisals, because I’ll have done the exam. Of course, 2 days after that I get the provisional results (because otherwise I’ll drive myself insane wondering), but assuming I pass, I’ll need to get-on learning stuff for the Washington State Driver’s exam. So I’ve downloaded their version of…
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Progress, at least in some areas
So, today I picked up my beloved bike, also known as Molly (as in Mrs M. Lane, which is what it said on the tag when I bought her) from Roll for the Soul. She’s been fitted with a shiny new wheel (I’ve still got the original, should I manage to find a spare BSA…
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And in other news
We have many boxes. Our shipping company brought around the many boxes so that we could work out if we can cram both Rebecca and all our stuff into the shipping container. If we can fit everything we want to take, and the furniture, into the space currently occupied (essentially) by our dining area, then…
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Well, this dough is more important…
So I’ve been cold all day. We leave our thermostat at 18°C (~64.5°F) which is apparently ‘adequate’ for an ‘appropriately dressed’ person. However, when we’re actually home, we tend to wind it up to 20°C at some point which is a balmy 68°F, and still feels coolish at times. Anyhow. It’s been at 18 all…
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With each revelation
Each time I hear about the shameful depths corporations will go to assuage their greed for wealth at the expense of the rest of humanity, each time I read about the latest horrific thing done in the name of capitalist success, or ‘for the good of the shareholders’… each time, I think that perhaps that’s…
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As we get closer to leaving
We become more and more aware of the things we’re really going to miss about Bristol. If we could take Bristol with us, along with our cozy little house, we would. It’s a big, big adventure, and I know others have done harder or bigger things, but for us this is a big, big adventure.…
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SURVEY Survey survey
Today has been stressful. Not in the sense of I had to do anything super stressful, but just in the sense of we had the mortgage valuation survey, the actual survey-survey (*house inspection) and the prospective purchasers popped around for another visit. This meant our house had to be back up to show-standard, which wasn’t…
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So that was sad-lovely-odd
This weekend we went down to visit my mum in what is probably the penultimate visit to her house before we move to the US. Thanks to my lovely friend John, we were equipped with a slide projector, which meant my mum could finally look at the slides from her last visit to Sri Lanka,…
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Vis-à-Vis a Visa (Part 2)
I can has VISA! Also: because these things are happening in pairs – we have a date for the survey of the house. Progress! Also, we’ve another quote for shipping on its way… I think we’re moving.
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After all that effort
So I’ve chased all across Bristol (telephonically, and via web, and occasionally in person), and then a while back had the random chance meeting with the guy at Fred Baker cycles who said he could repair my BSA three speed hub. Then, yesterday, part of it unscrewed itself. Apparently, you can just screw it back…