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09 December 2007

Three positive developments in the last 24 hours! →[More:]
1. A friend who's studying in the States but is going home to Paris soon asked me to join her and her family for Christmas. I thought plane tickets for the days right around Christmas would be too pricey, but I found a great deal on non-budget-airline, totally normal, use-main-airports, one-stop flights, with airlines I can collect miles on, at reasonable times! And I get to fly in one of these bad boys, which is awesome because I LOVE propeller jets and I've only ever been on this one, which felt just dangerous enough to make the trip exciting. What makes this really great is that neither of us thought we'd get the chance to see each other for a long time. Her parents are also amazingly warm people, and I can't wait to practice my French again!

2. I went to a party last night at a colleague's apartment and met some really cool people from all over the place, and post-party we headed into town and danced the night away! And people actually danced, not just shuffled! And there was no cover, and drinks were cheap, and the DJ took requests, and I got home thinking, "why don't I do this more often?"! Being an expat where you can't really speak the language of the place you're living can be tough if you haven't really networked and met lots of other people, but last night reaffirmed my confidence in my choice to give living abroad a try for the medium-term.

3. One of my Saturday afternoon teen classes read a small part of 1984 yesterday - we're studying the language of fear and what sorts of things you can say in emotional situations, so I grabbed a few paragraphs from the scene where Winston and O'Brien meet in Room 101 - and everyone seemed really into it; we ended up having a conversation about betrayal that went on much longer than I'd planned.

post by: mdonley at: 07:32 | 10 comments

1. Finished mixing (with Vo) what is possibly the best recording I've ever done.

2. Played two really ace musicians last night, one of whom is a music teacher with my same background.

3. Got to hang with two of my best friends, both of whom were very kind to me.

posted by chuckdarwin 09 December | 07:36

Cool mdonley! The party and dancing sounds especially fun. And I'm envious of the holiday-in-Paris thing.

1. made oatmeal choc chip cookies yesterday, there are some actually still left. Today's batch is for giving away. :D

2. my idea to sell our entire building of condos as a package to a developer is getting serious consideration. which would be cool because we could get more than if we all sold individually.

3. almost done writing holiday cards! and friends are in town and we'll be catching up over a glass later!

posted by chewatadistance 09 December | 09:18

1. Job-that-sucks is planning on offering me a promotion and a raise soon.
2. I'm done with work for the week.
3. I finish with my classes on Wednesday.

posted by sperose 09 December | 11:39

1. My wife and I both led tours of the historic houses in our new neighborhood yesterday. I've got some huge stage fright and hate to talk so the fact that I managed to walk 17 people around the neighborhood for almost three hours, talking the whole time was a big personal triumph for me. I had been really stressed about doing it beforehand but it went well and I had a lot of fun doing it.

2. There were 105 tours led Friday and Saturday of 15 - 25 people each. Each person paid $20 for the tour so we raised a huge amount of money for the neighborhood group.

3. There was a great party afterward for all the volunteers with lots of food and booze.

posted by octothorpe 09 December | 11:53

(24 hours is hard... good thought exercise...)

1. We got a Christmas tree, and it's all decorated, and that makes me happy (both that it's pretty and that it's done).

2. I am done with almost all my holiday shopping -- just one person left, and I'm doing all his online, so that happens once the coffee has kicked in.

3. I had an amazingly lovely dinner last night with my amazingly lovely boyfriend at which we had amazingly lovely wine and amazingly lovely food in an amazingly lovely little restaurant that's super amazing because it's just a little neighborhood place but it's in a neighborhood rather short of such places; plus, it's walking distance from our place, which makes it even nicer.

posted by occhiblu 09 December | 12:16

Octothorpe, your tour sounds absolutely awesome.

1. We got halfway through the three-weekend holiday program last night. Downhill slope now.

2. Decided I wanted to make arroz con pollo and have a little holiday party.

3. Got to sleep in. Going to get Christmas tree.

posted by Miko 09 December | 12:16

1. I slept until 4:30 in the afternoon yesterday. I may be part grizzly.
2. Brisket's thawed and ready to go in the oven soon. Mmmm... brisket.
3. All four of my top right molars fell out, like a partial, but it was just a dream. *rolls tongue over teeth to be sure*

posted by Pips 09 December | 15:27

1. I had dinner with my boyfriend, his roommate, and his college friend. We had lychees for dessert and we looked at YMNTD!
2. I watched a funny movie, Idiocracy.
3. I finished a three-star Sudoku in The Onion, and there is a new issue out, which means a fresh Sudoku!

4. My sister chatted with me online! (It's hard to get in touch with her.)

posted by halonine 09 December | 17:04

1. Husband has had very little pain, and therefore cleaned the house while I was at work!
2. It stopped raining when I walked the dog this morning and also when I went for bagels.
3. Finally got our tree up and decorated the inside of the house. My daughter helped, everything looks great, and it's done.

posted by redvixen 09 December | 19:46

1. Finished the Xmas shopping! (Wrapping- my least favorite part- comes later.)

2. Had an awesome conversation today with a semi-elderly woman (the shopkeeper where I bought my last Xmas gift) telling me all about the two Ford Mustangs she owned back in the 1960s/70s. She really knew her cars.

3. I've had an email, a phone call, a text message, or something, from LOTS of people that I love today... everybody from my mom (who lives across town) to a friend on the opposite coast. I'm reminded just how lucky I am to have so many amazing people in my life.

posted by BoringPostcards 09 December | 21:30

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