This is only the second time since I started work in April that I've had to work four full weeks without a day off. I am so spoiled. :-)
Tuesday night was the pub quiz night, and although our team was a bit depleted (our whole department is sick, me included), we still had a good time! I wish I could say our score fared so well, but it's just about having fun anyway, right? I realized fairly quickly I was only going to be of limited help when our first task was to "fill in the next line" of famous bits of TV dialogue - none of which I had ever heard of before, as they were all British shows! And we had a fairly amusing moment during the actual quiz where I thought the answer to a question was Boggle (you know, the game with making words out of letters), and they all thought I was making it up 'cause they'd never heard of it before. Just goes to show American culture isn't quite as prevalent here as one might think. Anyway, we didn't come last, so avoided the wooden spoon, which was our main quest after about the third round! :-)
Other than that, and a couple of drinks after work last night, my week has pretty much consisted of staying at home and trying to get completely better. I've had this cold/stomach thing since Peggy got here, which is 4 weeks ago now! I'm quite ready for it to go away.
While at home, I've been amusing myself by planning (as I do). There's the Christmas getaway for Todd and I - we're deciding between a castle in Wales and a chateau in France - what a life! I've also started work on my big post-England trip, which is actually not going to be quite as complicated as I thought, as I only need to get visas for two countries. The trick will be finding the time when I am not planning to leave the country, so I can leave my passport at the embassies for two weeks!
Other trips before then are hopefully going to include Portugal and a skiing weekend in Switzerland, and a trip to a Christmas market somewhere on the continent in December - just have to figure out which one! I'd still love to get to Morocco, but I don't think it's going to happen at this time. And then there's Croatia/Bosnia, which I was hoping to do with Zorana, but she's actually there right now, and I can't go because a) I'm broke and b) I'm going to Toronto.
I don't know if I mentioned, but Krista is coming back with me when I return from Toronto! She's actually flying on the same flight out of Toronto, and will be here for two weeks. So I won't have any time to pout about missing my boys.
In theatre news, when I get back from Toronto a group of us from work are going to see Hairspray (with Michael Ball - hee!), and I'm going to see Macbeth with Patrick Stewart, which should be awesome. I had actually considered going to Footloose, but I've talked to a couple of people who've seen it and said it was horrible, so looks that might be a pass. I also still need to get to Joseph, which I keep forgetting about. Maybe I can go with Karen and Gill once they've made their move over here - shouldn't be long now!
I've found where I want to live - and guess what, it's only $70 million! :-) Check it out at Christie's Great Estates.
Alright, better get a start to my day. I'm planning on having a quiet weekend - running some errands, starting to pack, that sort of thing. Hope you all enjoy yours as well!
