Hey all. Sorry, I've been semi-procrastinating all evening it seems. I've been searching for more clip-art for my page, and I found some nice classical Japanese stuff.
So, what have I been up to today? Got up at the hideous time of 8:30 am and was in the lab at 9:15 am. I was fairly busy even though I didn't get much done. Put two reactions on, and I hope they will turn out alright. I organized lunch with Nikki for tomorrow, and Szusza on Wednesday. On Thursday night I have the Science dinner at Johns, and a Chemistry barbecue on Friday, so I'm really doing the social rounds it seems. I took my dress, coat and corset to the dry-cleaners. They are charging me a royal fortune (~$42) for those three items (taking me to the cleaners perhaps… *lol*), hopefully they should be ready by late Wednesday. Then I rang Gloria's salon to organize make up for Saturday, and the girl there said Gloria would ring me back tomorrow. Decided that I would get an eyebrow wax and eyelash tint on Friday, but haven't yet made the appointment. I also copied the Long Line Shoes order form and sent of for a pair of casual boots in size 12. I don't know if they will still have them in stock, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I don't know what their turn around time for getting deliveries out will be though. I paid by credit card, and sent it express post, so if they were here before the weekend it would be nice.
What else? Oh, the wife of my co-worker A****** had her baby, a boy it seems, no more information as yet. Also filled out my RACI application form and got an email from my supervisor (nothing exciting).
So I got home about 5:15 pm and ate, chatted with Soba on ICQ and then had a snooze between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Woke up, chatted with Boozer and Jules and then came back and was on ICQ to Red and Boozer…
Finally sent an email to Shirley who I had unfortunately neglected, and started writing this thing up. I'm desperately trying to think of what I can do to get my skin half decent for the Ball which is on this Saturday (expect a lot more chat about getting ready for the Ball I assure you) *g*. I guess plenty of water, stay away from the sugar and caffeine containing drinks and moisturize like mad. I was thinking about stopping my Roaccutane for a few days, but decided that in the end it wouldn't be worth it.
Put one of the rings I bought on Saturday on tonight to see how it looks, not too bad, obviously I'll have to sleep with the studs in, also because the piercings still bleed due to the Roaccutane treatment. Still, they give me some added variety. When I was at home talking with Mum after the "cat escaped the bag" she gave me a bracelet which had belonged to her mother. It's silver with green cut stones, and I'll wear it on Saturday at the Ball. It means a lot to me… Phew, I took it out of the bag, and one of the stones fell out onto the floor. I had to search for about five minutes to find it. Thankfully I was able to put it back in with super glue… I just hope others don't follow… it must be pretty old. I guess Mum wanted to sort of help me to feel like a girl, and she did it as well as the situation allowed. Sort of her mother to her (the daughter), and then a generation later it repeats itself with a twist… *lol* It looks quite nice with the gloves, I'll go through a dry run on Friday when I have everything back, just to make sure it all fits and matches (shouldn't be any problems I don't think *touch wood*).
Mmmm anything else to report? I don't think so. It's 1:00 am now and I'm not yet tired, I should do my laundry, but I'll try and tackle that onerous task tomorrow.
Still no idea if Jen is back yet, no updates to her diary in a while either. Should send email, but I'll follow my instinct and hope she'll be at the Ball.
Thank god it's payday this week, I forgot how expensive social occasions like this can add up to. There will be the taxi rides to and from Gloria's salon, and then to Julia's place, not to mention the cost of make up services, waxing and the whole bit. Looks like it'll take a reasonable chunk of the budget. Thank God John's is paid off. I am slightly worried about getting back to John's at some early hour of the morning, the holidays will have just started so I'm not sure how many people will have gone home and/or how many will be arriving home late. Mostly I only have to deal with the international students, so it's not really phasing me. Having enough energy to make the most of the night will be my main concern… ;)
So yeah, I'm still thinking about my chats I had with my Mum… It was easy and nothing too exciting at all. I suppose that I made myself expect the worse so I wouldn't be disappointed, so I was therefore surprised when it turned out alright. I guess it just seems a little strange because it's one of my parents were talking about here… not a friend or stranger or even someone I've known for a few years, my mother! Maybe this is delayed after shock and it will become something I'll take quite casually when I see her again?
Ok, I'm getting early morning hunger, which means time for me to "find respite amongst the pillows"… see you all soon…