"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

I meant to go out for a hike today, but I didn't. gr_c17 and soccer_fox came over, and we sorted through the kitchen stuff so that N could collect what of that was hers. Pretty much the only thing left of hers here is the big wardrobe in the front room and its contents, and they're going to haul that off later in the month after she's been to see her folks.

It feels kind of like the early scene in "Comfort & Joy", when Alan is helping Maddy and her friends move her stuff out of their flat. Only it's not quite so bare. :-)

Early dinner, I think, and a movie and then bed. It'll stop me brooding...

ETA: Oh, and the house I liked so much I even asked the estate agent to send me the comps and disclosures? Someone's already put in a contract on it. Second or third time this year that's happened--I think there's a message here. :-)

It would seem that though Neta severely bruised her knee, probably banged up the nerve along the front side, and may have strained some muscles, nothing got torn or broken. Which is good to know, since she's still limping and in some pain, even though the soccer-related collision (one slender female defender vs. one taller, heavier male attacker, running into each other at full speed) was a couple of weeks ago. The orthopedist also detected some mild sciatica; PT was prescribed for the knee, and ibuprofen for the sciatica...

I was commiserating with soccer_fox about her hectic schedule (she's working on the Hill, finishing grad school, and getting prepped for her new job, all at the same time--any wonder why she is so tired?) I pointed out that she has a *lot* of things going on (all of the above plus playing on two soccer teams, refereeing, DC United season tickets, and occasionally spending time with me, her friends, and her cats! :-)

She quite rightly pointed out that I have a lot of stuff going on too. I have work. I don't play footy, but I do ref (or I will when it stops raining every weekend) and go to United matches. I like to go hear musicians (mostly, but not exclusively folky ones). I like to cycle (or used to, before things got so busy). I like to hike and camp (haven't done either of those lately) and travel (ha!). It would be nice to go white-water rafting again, and kayaking or sailing. At one time I thought I was going to try to learn how to play the guitar, and I still have hopes of writing (fiction or history or some combination) someday. I have a degree to finish and other skills to learn. It would probably help next year's plans if I were to start doing some freelancing now. I have the whole move to re-plan. And of course, there's the gaming:

De Bellis Antiquitatis (local club, once every couple of weeks)
Advanced Squad Leader (local club, once a month)
Flames of War (buddy in Virginia, weekly engagement)
The Burning Blue (Battle of Britain boardgame PBEM with a friend, ongoing)
umpiring a kriegspiel (ongoing)
playtesting and scenario development for the Too Fat Lardies (ongoing)
various other miniature and boardgames (various friends, as often as possible)

Yah, I do have a lot of things going on...

Yes, more... These are Neta's pictures and mine from the trip in January. As usual (for me--I can't speak for Neta), there are some that are decent, a few that are good, and a pile that are "Herro, I have just arrive from Osaka; can I take pikcha?"

There are a pile from our flat on the Royal Mile, from around Edinburgh's Old Town, from the Castle, the Canongate, Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat, the House of Binns, Blackness Castle, a lot of Linlithgow Palace, some of Stirling Castle, of Neta and Hamish the Hielan' Coo, and of Loch Lomond. One of these days, when I have the time, I'll go through and caption them properly.

Typing from an Internet cafe in Edinburgh!

Limo tried to leave before we were ready to go, flight was delayed going into Chicago, leaving Chicago, shared a row with a under-two-year-old named Thomas and (at any one time) one of his parents. Baggage fell behind, hopefully catching us up soon. Got into the flat, but when N used the nifty washer/dryer, she couldn't get it to actually dry the clothes it had washed--it just kept steaming them...

Still, we're here. We have the wedding dress. Tomorrow we get the license/schedule. The essentials are in place...

The registrar says it is OK--we *can* get married.

:-)

Got an email five minutes ago saying that my visa has been issued and my papers are on their way back. Neta got the same message! Super--we can actually legally *go* to the UK.

Now to square things with the registrar...

Kind of a slow, quiet weekend. I needed that. ( Read more... )

So, I need to make posts about Thanksgiving and work (much to tell), but the REALLY exciting news of the weekend was that soccer_fox picked a Premiership team to support. Thankfully, it was not Sunderland or Middlesboro, so we can still get married.

Read all about it here.

Of course, we are both going to have to find a Scottish team to support, but I think that decisions should be left until we know where we are living...