Showing posts with label crossword. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crossword. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Much smile? bring on the crosswords of the cryptic variety

The festive brunch time celebration and the couple of days following were bliss - eating, drinking (alcoholic and non alcoholic varieties of drinks naturally!), swimming, relaxing, spending time with the bf's family, playing cards, watching football etc...

I had an epic smile - one that I thought would herald in the new year.

Alas this is not to be... I don't exactly have my snarl on, but I've definately got smile failure.

I stayed home on Sunday night, spending time with the cat and trying to get more than 3 hours of sleep that night. The bf went out with his siblings and it seemed that things were going to be ok..

well it seems that there was a little too much drinking, words were had, and that the smile that I thought would pull me through my after-new-years-mostly-blood-and-soon-to-be-extended-meet-the-families-gathering-for-my-younger-sibling-and-the-live-in-partner, is not to be.

Instead I find myself calling a stack of people to find out what happened and listening to my bf vent, whilst the house cleaning I wanted to get done before NYE proper is getting further behind.

It looks like I've had to change my plans for the nye festivities - blah! And I think it will be easier to go solo to my blood and extended family shindig (no need to subject the bf to years of pent up everything thrown together at a special event!).

On a side, and smiley note, the Summer Herald has a guide to the cryptic crossword for those of us who don't quite get how to do them... I am epic smile when I sit down and do them!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Smile, Blah and Snarl?

At the moment I'm feeling blah - neither smiley or snarly... just blah... I think I might have caught it from someone at work!

Blah moments today included:
  • trying to make my way around a CBD department store without being accosted by perfume wielding workers, and being trampled by others
  • realising just how long the to-do list has got at work
  • wanting and still waiting for a number of decisions to come through - blah bureaucracy
  • nearly finishing the crossword
  • receiving a "don't panic" letter from my super fund

Though on a less blah note - I reread the letter one of my siblings sent me... that helped to make me feel less blah...