Still here

Sydney and I have been relatively quiet here in part because I think we might actually be getting some work done.  He has been doing much cooking (borscht, bread, pumpkin pasta, and other delicious things) and I just pulled off a pretty fantastic apple crisp (Christi, you’re right: it’s all about adding orange zest and juice!), but, unless I’m mistaken, we’re also doing a fair amount of writing or rewriting of dissertation material.  I can’t say that writing always makes me a terribly happy camper; it’s the most unruly thing in my life other than human emotions (and yes, I find it more unruly than Katherine; go figure), but it’s really nice to start down the writing road after so much recent reading.

Katherine has started showing more interest in having us name objects around her.  Or, at any rate, she seems to like pointing her finger imperiously and having us respond with the name.  I think she might just like being imperious, but I’m trying to be hopeful here.

After FIVE MONTHS of fighting with UPS over some packages it sent from New York to Nova Scotia in June I seem to have finally won a refund.  A warning: I would give them an F for customer service.  It’s too bad that I’m not paid by the hour (or even, well, paid, currently), since then I would have a good sense for how much I should bill them for the 30-40 hours I spent with them on the phone.

The Oxford public library has a sizable selection of audio/visual materials, as well as books.  Unlike the States, library books are borrowed but library videos are “hired” for a moderate fee.  For a little over a British Pound I walked out with all four seasons of “Jeeves and Wooster” for a week.  In case we need some decompression time after Katherine goes to bed.

Erin