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misguidance) wrote2012-04-22 11:02 pm
misguidance) wrote2012-04-22 11:02 pm
Holiday with Dad & Liz
So, I am finally back from my holiday. The journey back was 7 and a half hours by coach, including an hour's stop-over in London, but I am finally back, and I finally have internet again so I can catch up with everything. ^__^.
It was a nice holiday. Very slow, but very nice. I managed to tick 5 books of my massive list of stuff to read, and I spent most of my time sitting in the front room reading, and watching it rain. I think I needed that- I have been working my ass off for uni, and really I just needed some time to empty my brain before heading back in to the next term.
It was, as always, lovely to see Dad. He and Liz and in the throws of planning the wedding, so there was much talk about that and they spent a lot of time stuffing invites into envelopes. The big day is 26th May, so not long now at all! I am looking forward to it. I mean, there are still times when I wonder if it is too soon, and when I miss Mum and wish that she was still here instead of this 'other woman', but Liz is nice and I think she and Dad will be happy together... and really that's the main thing.
Also, because I will miss out on my Birthday this year because of the wedding (my Birthday is May 21st), Dad bought me an early birthday present! A tablet- a Viewsonic ViewPad 7. ^___^ It's a very cute and shiny little 7-inch tablet, and I have to say, I love it! I have no burning need for a tablet, it's true, but I love the idea of them and it is a very welcome toy indeed! I spent much of my coach ride home watching CSI on it! XD
Other than that.... well... I have been doing a lot of thinking about my hobbies and how I feel about them all. My last post kind of explains about the dolls, but there are other things, too. Games Workshop just re-released all their paints, which means I may have to completely re-paint all my elves in order to match the new colours.... which makes me wonder if it is worth carrying on. It has been 6 months or so since I last painted anything, after all. I also don't draw much any more, so is it time to get rid of my unused sketch pads? I dunno. >_>;
It's funny, but just recently I feel as if I am changing all over again. >_>; Things I never thought I would consider, like giving up doll collecting and Games Workshop, are starting to appeal to me, and my taste in past times is mutating. I have found that I really love reading, and I am listening to more classical music (although classical music still makes me cry, so I can't listen to it in public.) I no longer have a burning desire to watch every bad horror film that comes out at the cinema, and while I still prefer fantasy, my taste in novels is widening. I can't really put my finger on what it is exactly, but it almost feels like growing up. And I don't mean that in a sweeping 'I am no Mature' way- just that it's the same kind of feeling I got when I was about 11, and stopped needing a light on in order to sleep. Just... I dunno... a kind of natural continuation of what I was before, but now somehow different.
It's hard to explain.
It was a nice holiday. Very slow, but very nice. I managed to tick 5 books of my massive list of stuff to read, and I spent most of my time sitting in the front room reading, and watching it rain. I think I needed that- I have been working my ass off for uni, and really I just needed some time to empty my brain before heading back in to the next term.
It was, as always, lovely to see Dad. He and Liz and in the throws of planning the wedding, so there was much talk about that and they spent a lot of time stuffing invites into envelopes. The big day is 26th May, so not long now at all! I am looking forward to it. I mean, there are still times when I wonder if it is too soon, and when I miss Mum and wish that she was still here instead of this 'other woman', but Liz is nice and I think she and Dad will be happy together... and really that's the main thing.
Also, because I will miss out on my Birthday this year because of the wedding (my Birthday is May 21st), Dad bought me an early birthday present! A tablet- a Viewsonic ViewPad 7. ^___^ It's a very cute and shiny little 7-inch tablet, and I have to say, I love it! I have no burning need for a tablet, it's true, but I love the idea of them and it is a very welcome toy indeed! I spent much of my coach ride home watching CSI on it! XD
Other than that.... well... I have been doing a lot of thinking about my hobbies and how I feel about them all. My last post kind of explains about the dolls, but there are other things, too. Games Workshop just re-released all their paints, which means I may have to completely re-paint all my elves in order to match the new colours.... which makes me wonder if it is worth carrying on. It has been 6 months or so since I last painted anything, after all. I also don't draw much any more, so is it time to get rid of my unused sketch pads? I dunno. >_>;
It's funny, but just recently I feel as if I am changing all over again. >_>; Things I never thought I would consider, like giving up doll collecting and Games Workshop, are starting to appeal to me, and my taste in past times is mutating. I have found that I really love reading, and I am listening to more classical music (although classical music still makes me cry, so I can't listen to it in public.) I no longer have a burning desire to watch every bad horror film that comes out at the cinema, and while I still prefer fantasy, my taste in novels is widening. I can't really put my finger on what it is exactly, but it almost feels like growing up. And I don't mean that in a sweeping 'I am no Mature' way- just that it's the same kind of feeling I got when I was about 11, and stopped needing a light on in order to sleep. Just... I dunno... a kind of natural continuation of what I was before, but now somehow different.
It's hard to explain.