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Thursday 13 May is a holiday in Austria (Ascension) but not in Macedonia. So it seemed quite reasonable to suggest that Janine come here for the long weekend, we hire a car and go to Ohrid together with Irene. Surprise, surprise, the hotel doesn't have any available rooms at that time. I know that an interreligious conference will be taking place there from 6-9 May, but I have no idea what might be happening afterwards, so as to block the place completely (it's rather huge). Anyway, no rooms, and they don't have that many acceptable hotels down there, esp. not with pools. Bummer.
So I said, well let's go to Greece instead, but of course this lovely seaside ressort near Thessaloniki has only suites left, because evidently all the Austrians (and others who don't have to work on the 13th) are going there. Bummer.
Irene just found another hotel, so I'll try that. Let's hope they aren't fully booked as well, because the place looks nice and has a pool.
Also, am irritated because today and tomorrow are No Sports Days, not because I decided they'd be, but because work dictates they have to be. And I'll have to have lunch *and* dinner tomorrow. The fact that I'll be hosting both doesn't make me much happier.
Anyway, from Wednesday on things are looking up.
Am feeling unaccountably fat today. Probably hormones, although -- again -- I have no idea as to why. And I'm feeling grumpy, but I'm pretty sure why. I'll be holding this lecture tonight at the university, and I don't really want to. The problem is, I don't really know if what I have prepared will be enough for 1.5 hours. If it's too much, no problem, I'll just stop at a convenient point and make it seem intentional. But if it isn't enough... Yes, the wibblingness is definitely the reason for the grumpiness.
OTOH, the weekend was good. Had to prepare lecure, of course, and study Macedonian, but there was tennis as well, and the weather was fine.
And I'll have Friday off work. That's something to look forward to.
Will stop now, because entries of grumpy blah-ness shouldn't be too long.
So I said, well let's go to Greece instead, but of course this lovely seaside ressort near Thessaloniki has only suites left, because evidently all the Austrians (and others who don't have to work on the 13th) are going there. Bummer.
Irene just found another hotel, so I'll try that. Let's hope they aren't fully booked as well, because the place looks nice and has a pool.
Also, am irritated because today and tomorrow are No Sports Days, not because I decided they'd be, but because work dictates they have to be. And I'll have to have lunch *and* dinner tomorrow. The fact that I'll be hosting both doesn't make me much happier.
Anyway, from Wednesday on things are looking up.
Am feeling unaccountably fat today. Probably hormones, although -- again -- I have no idea as to why. And I'm feeling grumpy, but I'm pretty sure why. I'll be holding this lecture tonight at the university, and I don't really want to. The problem is, I don't really know if what I have prepared will be enough for 1.5 hours. If it's too much, no problem, I'll just stop at a convenient point and make it seem intentional. But if it isn't enough... Yes, the wibblingness is definitely the reason for the grumpiness.
OTOH, the weekend was good. Had to prepare lecure, of course, and study Macedonian, but there was tennis as well, and the weather was fine.
And I'll have Friday off work. That's something to look forward to.
Will stop now, because entries of grumpy blah-ness shouldn't be too long.
