Ad1tu wrote:

Magpie: Try turning the modem off for about 2 min and then back on again, either with the power switch and/or unplugging it from the wall. That's what I do when our internet doesn't work, and it usually fixes whatever the problem really was.

I'll try that when I can - as soon as the brotherbeastie is out.

*waves at Ad1tu*

It's nice to see a bit more activity in the Mint again!


I should be working on my novel, but I'm still too busy getting to know my new computer. It's so odd to sit in my room and hear nothing but my typing - none of the humming and grumbling and groaning from my old computer. Very, very strange.

Oh... yeah... that novel... I knew there was something I was still supposed to do.
I've fallen into some kind of motivation hole again, but I really need to get a move on. I'm still ahead, I think, but I need to get done soon. Moving preparations to be made, and then my crazy Christmas market job.

cyan wrote:

G'maen Mint!  This is a drive-by post, bf and I are off to meet my brother for Dim Sum, ymmmmm!

Is so very jealous..... can you send some over for my birthday????

I have plenty of time... but seriously lacking in the motivation department. I like the basic idea behind the story, but I have no idea about the plot, and I don't know the people... they just trudge around and say, "Ok, so we're in Fairyland and have to kill people here... so what? And why is there no toothpaste here?" They spend more time whining about the absence of toothpaste and toilet paper than actually doing something.

Except one, who's just decided he's had enough, and has run away. And now I need to turn someone else into a bear.

Just applied to yet another NGO job.... I so want this... please just give it to me, or at least give me the chance to talk to you guys, 'cause seriously when you talk with me, you'll know that you want me.... Pretty-pretty please??????

Yes.... I have succumbed to pleading and begging.... I so want to get going with my life... even sitting here contemplating to follow the advise of a publisher-friend who told me that I don't need experience or papers to get into  publishing.... Still have my doubts, but at this point I'm about ready to do anything....

Thanks I need all the luck I can get....

An NGO is a non-profite organisation, usually charities or similar organisations.... And I really want to get into that world, as it's always been something I feel strongly about... so with a financial function in such an organisation... it's still finance, I know, but at least it's moving away from the commercial side!

I still haven't got the internet to work properly. *grrr* But I don't have time to fiddle with it any longer today - need to get my bike fixed again (now the light is not working), then borrow the car and go shopping. First time driving on my own, argh!

And I had my last write-in in Vienna for this year. I can't go to the last one, or the TGIO party, because of my Christmas market job. *pouts*

Left the knitting needle I needed at home.  Brought the wrong one to work. *sigh* Will have to find something else to do at lunch.

Carpet cleaning today, house is all 6's and 7's. Husband forgot to inform me that the kitchen is full of furniture and I cannot cook dinner. *pouts* Oh, well.

Time to order in dinner!

Trying to get back into my NaNo novel. I decided to skip ahead to the end, because I know what has to happen there, compared to the rest of the plot, which is just random bits and pieces. It's still hard to feel excited about it.

Also, I've got an annoying cold.

I really could do with those cough drops!

*curls up in the blanket and sips tea*
Too much biking in the cold last week. This had better stop before I start working on Monday.

Couldn't get out of bed at all today - not until nearly 1 PM. But at least my cold is better.