The weirdest part about it is not knowing anything. Especially with the talk about this possibly going on for half a year… or maybe just a few days. It’s confusing. ^^;

Luckilly, I have a place to stay. I feel really sorry for all the people stuck at airports, or those having to try to find hotels (especially since hotel prices apparently have gone all bonkers).

My travel agency (not “my” as in I own it, silly) said they’ll help me get a refund which I’ll be able to use while booking another ticket home, and Emil has been super helpful in trying to find alternative ways of getting home in case the situation gets worse or drags on for too long. He’s awesome.

On the bright side, England is lovely and I’m having a good time. On the bad side, my host returns to college this week so I’m worried I’ll get bored. Then again, I can use his computer so I’m sure I’ll be fine :3

I went snowboarding.
How perfectly awesome!

There’s a slope not far away from where I live. Not very big, but enough to be amusing.

It was around -30°C when we left in the morning and our friend Majk had to spend about half an hour getting the ice off the car before he could come and pick us up. My hair grew frost and turned white.

After a few hours of absolutely lovely time spent in the slopes we went back to the car to pick up our lunch which, luckily, hadn’t frozen solid. Parts of my hair was white from the frost by then.

And a question: is it considered sane to talk to your snowboard the way some people talk to their kids (and/or pets)? Because I… know… someone who does. *shifty eyes*

I so need to create a shifty eyes emoticon that matches the rest of this set.

PS: Thanks for the lovely, supportive comments on my previous post!

We’re still friends though. In fact, I’m going to visit his place tomorrow. This isn’t a drama break-up, although things are slightly awkward at times.

And as for the question “why?”, let’s just say it’s a very long story and I don’t want to go into details about it. This post is mostly because it had to be said.

The stupid thing is that we get along so much better since we separated. It’s silly how things like that work sometimes.

New Years 2009-2010 was spent in the house of some lovely friends of mine (the same couple who’s flat I lived in when I’d just moved out from my boyfriend’s place). They’ve just bought the house and it’s absolutely gorgeous.

The theme was The Phantom of the Opera, so everyone was in pretty dresses and/or suits, and of course sporting fancy masquerade masks. I made mine myself and I’m rather proud of it.

As for clothing, I was excited to get another chance to wear my prom dress. Ended up being a tad overdressed since the other ladies were in pretty cocktail dresses. But hey, it’s new years.

→ Outfit photos here!

The mask was made to suit the dress in terms of colours. I glued my fingers together quite a few times in the process of making it, but it was fun.

We had dinner, dancing, wine spilling incidents (I’m sorry ^^;), karate shots, golf in the garden, champagne during the countdown and much more.

The day after (or well, evening) I went into the city and had dinner with Cross and Q Nat and Roy (ahoy, WoW people) who were utterly charming. It’s always a bit interesting to meet internet friends IRL, and I rarely do, but I’m glad I did.

All in all, a very lovely time. ♥

Unfortunately (?) it turned out that I wasn’t the only one having problems finding an outfit in white, so the theme was cancelled and everyone was said to dress in whichever colour they preferred.

That’d all have been lovely unless my friend hadn’t forgotten to tell me. I’m so very thankful it was just a colour theme and not a costume party.

So I’m making a mental note to wait that long before wearing white again, because some of my friends reactions were priceless.

And I actually wrote this post a few days ago, but I… forgot to press “publish”. Go me? ^^; Also, thanks for the lovely compliments on the layout. It makes me very happy!