Did you notice i was absent?

all day sunday abed reading 'the girl with the dragon tattoo'
(well most of the day)
all day monday in bed (day off) or curled up in nest of blankets and pillows on lounge room floor with cats settling around at each move - lots of sleeping and purring and reading - highly recommend as a way to spend a day, though does not get the domestic chores done

laptop screen busted
sister's computer not functioning
two days without internet
will take me days to catch my reading up

went to estiford to watch one of my nieces perform
pay five dollars to be tortured with the same two poems over and over again

it is odd the ones that win
they always seem to chose the ones that are insanely over the top
they look like they are going to dislocate their jaw when they talk

my niece did not place in her section
it was improv
she was given 'The Fortune Teller' as her theme
so of course, she was sitting down at an imaginary table reading a crystal ball etc

but the adjudicator was marking on use of stage
doesn't seem quite fair, but there ya go
there was some crying afterwards
i am dreadfully biased