Really really quick entry to assure people that I am not dead - merely mildly sunburnt. Have inflicted two Austrian backpackers and a Swiss girl on my ever-tolerant flatmates, which turned out fairly well. Back at work today, and didn't get enough done owing to tiredness (combination of external factors and my own fault), and trying to do too many things at once (including, unfortunately, failing to stop myself from catching up on various non-work-related web pages).
I think I've mostly caught up on other people's journals, apart from a non-public one that I have no link for at home. I still have my home email account to go through, though my work email was a lot less painful than I thought it would be.
I failed to win Lotto, and thus won't be buying the lovely house with two stories worth of built-in bookshelves (plus ladder!) in Thorndon that my mother picked out for me.
Anyway, more later - for now, I've got to resist reading another book, and get some sleep.
Posted by svend at January 5, 2005 11:09 PMMum said it was a moderately new house. Unfortunately, I've since deleted the email, so I can't provide a reference, though Mum may be able to find it in her Sent Mail folder. :)
Posted by: Svend at January 6, 2005 9:45 PMAnd good ol' Mum comes through again:
http://www.harcourts.co.nz/pcQSearch?qsa=&qst=wl18747
I guess borrowing enough to get it would be possible, but Thordon isn't really convenient for me qua getting to work, and I don't really need two bathrooms. I think starting out with a smaller debt would be less worrying for me. :)
Though this is the one that she suggested next:
http://www.open2view.com/96569
I think it'd be interesting to live with that wallpaper and carpet. :) In fact, I can see how it might suit me in some ways...
Posted by: Svend at January 7, 2005 12:59 PM