*drums fingers*

Okay, so it's almost quarter past ten and there's no work. I have done my two action diaries and now I'm waiting for my supervisor to get back from his break.

Something tells me this is gonna be a very long five hours.....

Also? I cleared out my sent-items in Outlook last night, and forgot to transfer my latest bit of fic into a keeper-folder, so I don't have it here to work on....*sighs*

Well, Denzil's back now so we'll see how it goes.

*jumps for joy*

Guess what I found sitting outside my door when I got home this evening?

A big parcel from richardjgrayson! That he posted in October....

So now I have a little bag of what you guys call 'candy', and some presents to go under my tree. When I get the tree put up....

Yes, I know. It's December 23rd and I don't have my tree up yet. My mother only brought it over in the car about ten minutes ago - I haven't had the time to fetch it till now. Plus Rowan'll want to help me decorate it, so I'll finish it tomorrow. I spent a while this evening re-sellotaping the paperchains back up on the ceiling - double stuck this time.

I'm in two minds whether I'll put the tree up this evening and leave it bare. Probably the best plan, as Rowan'll only get in the way tomorrow. We also have shopping still to do as I don't have half the cards I need (I hate cards - such a waste of paper if you're also giving them a present...) nor any wrapping paper.

I know...I'm so organised aren't I! *tongue in cheek*

In other news, I have yet again lost my hot water. It's only been three sodding weeks since the last time! And of course because it's Christmas weekend, there's no way I can get anyone out to sort it till next wednesday - and that's even if they work next week! The Council staff took an extra day off after the August Bank Holiday when my flooding really took hold, for some reason I have yet to understand. God knows if they'll work between Christmas and New Year...

Musings about chocolate...

As I mentioned earlier, I recieved some sweets in the mail today. Mostly chocolate and peanut stuff! *grins*

It's very wierd how different chocolate is in the UK when compared to the US stuff....

For example, the Twix bar? Tastes nothing at all like the ones I can buy in any corner shop here. And Hershey's milk chocolate reminds me of the cheap chocolate you get in advent calendars and stuff - not enough milk in it, but can't be registered as dark chocolate either.

It reminded me of chaos_pockets's surprise at how differently Dr Pepper tastes over here (Though personally I prefer our fruitier-tasting version).

When it comes to the generic stuff, like Twix and Snickers, I think I'll stick to the UK version. But at least there's no difference in taste with the Reeses stuff, which has just started to be sold over here too.

Plus I got to try some Tootsie Rolls!

And...'bro, just how eerie is it that you also included a packet of Goldfish!! *dies laughing*