Sunday, January 29, 2006

January Blues

For those of you that know me, it will come as no surprise that Craig is a very patient man. He has to put up with all kinds of mad ideas and idiosyncrasies that would baffle any lesser beings. For instance, at the moment I'm desperate for a couple of ferrets. I've got him to agree to go and see people with ferrets so we can learn more about the critters and of course I firmly believe that as soon as he sees them playing he'll fall head over heels in love with them. He on the other hand firmly believes that I won't be nearly as taken with them in person as I think I will and that I'll simply chnge my mind. We're yet to see which one of us is correct. I had found a woman in the area who was willing to have us visit and show us her ferrets. This was supposed to happen on Friday, but I haven't heard from her in almost two weeks and something tells me she's having IT problems. I'm very disappointed, I'd been looking forward to this for the whole of January and then it falls through at the last minute. But Craig's promise stands so I'll just keep trying to find someone near to here who wants to brag about their critters. I'm getting a little extreme here, but on the other hand in his despair he's practically promised me a puppy instead. So however it turns out, the results are pretty darned good...

I've been very blue this week. I could see the ferret visit thing coming on Friday and we still have practically no hot water and our new bed which was due this week still hasn't showed. So I've been terribly sad and lonely somehow. Miserable wretch, really. Miss friends and family as usual in January, can handle the away-ness better in other months. Maybe because in January I've just got back and don't foresee any jaunts for now.

Anywho, amazing how the lack of hot water gets my goat. It's clearly a civil rights violation, not being able to have a hot shower when you wake up / want to. Wonder if we can contact the UN and get check out the position, get Angelina Jolie involved.

I may have overdone the retail therapy slightly. Invested in some sandals for the summer and stuff. Bought this really cool black and 'summery' skirt which has so much fabric half of it would easily suffice. But my bat impression is really coming on, leaps and boudns wearing that thing - it totally sorts out the wings.

Craig does what he can to cheers me up when needed. Cooks every night I can't be bothered, laughs at my bat impressionism and other peccadilloes, redraws our bedroom in the proper proportions in AutoCad just so we can rearrange the master bedroom. He understand the value of reorganising furniture and how it restores the soul. He even puts up with going to IKEA (which is a little more hassle and grief here in the UK than in Iceland) and bought me a pad of mm paper and some pencils when we moved in just so that I could organise everything just the way I wanted it. In fact, after we rearranged the kitchen he even looked for the tinned goods in the schematic I did and stuck to the fridge! Although, to be fair by now (a year later!) he really should know where the tins are. But really, is it any wonder I married him? That sweetie x

Valentine's Day is coming up. Dunno what to do over here. Do something though, that's key.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

My Birthday thingamajig

Your Birthdate: June 16


You're incredibly introverted and introspective. You live inside your head.
You spend a lot of alone time meditating and thinking.
People see you as withdrawn, and at times they are right.
You are caring and deep, but it may be difficult for you to show this side of yourself.

Your strength: Your original approach to thinking

Your weakness: You tend to shy away from others

Your power color: Pale blue

Your power symbol: Wavy line

Your power month: July


Monday, January 09, 2006

300 000 today - 300 000 í dag!

Being broke at the start of the year, as you are, I aimed to be productive and sent off the paperwork to Iceland for a name change. Wasn't really expecting much, but got a lightning fast response saying that as my lawful abode and residence is stated as the UK, then my jurisdictional status is within the UK. So my name's still same old same old.

While I was at it I also consulted with the Student Funding System in Iceland to see if they'd lend me some money, and guess what, they really don't have a problem with it. We'll see how that goes..

I've also discovered a new pet hate question. It used to be 'aren't you gonna have some young'uns soon?' which I've started answering rather snappishly 'how do you know we haven't been trying and simply can't?' as I find the question incredibly rude, personal and nosy. Mum, don't worry though, I don't know one way or the other as to how our reproductional status is. Anyhow.

The new pet hate question is this. Upon learning that I reside permanently abroad, all Icelandic people ask me if it is because I'm studying! Cause clearly you can't be happy living elsewhere if you're not forced to by outside circumstance. Unsaid, but implied is that if I am studying then I'd bloody well better get back to Ancient Iceland as soon as I finish, thank you so much. Unbelievable snobbery for degrees in the country, could drive me barmy.

In other news, we're practically out of water. Our hot water boiler is acting up after a weekend of hardly any pressure on the cold water coming into the house.

And today is a proud day for Icelanders. As of 07:20 this morning, we number 300 000 for the first time in history.

Monday, January 02, 2006

Happy New Year!

Happy new year all !
Last night was a resounding success, if I do say so myself.

As Craig and I have been incredibly bored on the NYEs we've been here in the UK, we decided to do something about it rather than complain. So our bi-annual NYE bash was born, with the now traditional mexican fajita vegetarian dish thingy. We had a good turnout and people generally seemed to have a mellow and nice time. Pics to follow...