An (incredibly long overdue) Update:

[cybermathwitch]

So... life's been just a little bit crazy. Or, really, more than a bit.

I don't even remember the last time I posted... which kind of sucks. In a nutshell, about the middle of last month, my mother-in-law died. It wasn't unexpected, she's been sick for a really, really long time, but there was much dealing with that, and my husband managed to come down with walking pneumonia at the same time and nearly had to go to the ER because he was coughing so much. He missed a week of school which he's trying to make up now, and there was the fourth of july weekend, and the memorial service, and another memorial service about 3 or 4 hours away that was a weekend trip we had to take, and the beginnings of going through her things (which mostly falls to my husband, his sister, and my bff (who was my MIL's sister), but I'm helping them some.) There was all the usual work things, and more training at work, and general trying to keep a "normal" life together (cooking, laundry, should-be-cleaning-but-I'm-going-to-sleep-now and etc.)... basically, I've been doing a LOT of reading/avoiding/sleeping/being exhausted lately. Before all that, well. There were some of my own health problems (starting to resolve themselves now, yay!) and the general stress and uncertainty that comes from living in a house not your own, in limited space, and without entirely reliable internet access. There's actually some more craziness going on right now, but I'm trying really, really hard not to think about it too much or get too involved in it if I can help it.

I'm working on life though, both online and off. At the moment, I'm in the midst of posting the entries for this year's pilotsbigbang. I just needed a break for a minute, and thought I might as well do an update.

So... what's up with all of you? Any books or shows or movies I may have missed? (I haven't really been reading my flist or anything all year, either.)

Comments

[elflore.livejournal.com]

Heya--and thanks!

Somewhere I have the first Temeraire, and have been meaning to get around to reading it. I've heard only great things, and a friend of ours knows Naomi. It's been a good week for reading, though--at work, I managed to snag a preview copy of the new Vorkosigan novel that comes out in November! Rachael read it in a day, I finished it this morning, and of course it is AMAZING.

We just checked out the first couple of LXD eps, after I saw your rec. Interesting set-up, and the dance rocks! One of the actors is actually a regular on Glee--mostly in the background so far, story wise, with very little dialogue, but he's always stood out as the best dancer on the show. (And Glee is just generally awesome anyway.)

Doctor Who, oh you've got so much awesome left to see! Runaway Bride is where you meet Donna, who comes back later, and is one of my favorite characters ever. In anything. Caprica I haven't seen yet...I've heard some interesting things, but BSG really lost us in the end. *shrugs*

Thanks on the puppy/house! The puppy (she's five years old, but energetic and small enough we still think puppy a lot of the time) is settling in wonderfully, very well behaved and extremely cuddly and loving. The house hunting seems to be going very well too--hopefully we'll have more news on that front in the next few days.

We definitely need to find more time for gatherings. Miss you too!