vacay

I can't believe the weekend is finally, FINALLY here.
Because by yesterday I was totally out of it. Left for the Austrian-Hungarian border in the morning, did some talking to people about the Schengen-expansion, froze my ass off and took the train back to Vienna at about noon. I went straight to the office, wrote a huge article about it, edited another article, finished my other huge article so it is ready for use on Wednesday when I'm not at work. Then I had a mini-meeting with a colleague, we're gonna be producing a whole page together some time in the near future so we had to discuss who's going to do what. Then I did some minor work until we all left for our departmental Christmas dinner at about 7 p.m. our boss was buying. very very yummy Nepalese food. mhhhhh. and I had fun. I really like working with these people. They're all nut cases, but that way I just fit in better ;)
So Finn picked me up at the place after dinner, by that time it was already past nine I think. and we walked to a cocktail bar where a school friend of mine was celebrating his birthday - I was completely knackered already, but I genuinely like the guy so we went anyway. and had fun again. And at half past two, 17 hours after having left our apartment I finally got home, had a shower and crashed - only to be woken by Sam and Lorelei creating HAVOC at nine in the morning. grrrrrr. I love those bunnies, but... argh. I really was planning on more sleep. Ah well, they had a right to be hungry and they totally make up for waking me by being adorable just now. Sam is dozing in a corner and the little one is looking for things she could destroy :D

I'm quite content at the moment. Finn is on the floor trying to take pictures of the LEGO beach club we spent the last couple of hours building. (So cool!) Tomorrow is my birthday and besides breakfast in bed I was promised a big surprise in the afternoon. I have no clue where we're going but supposedly it's gonna be great. also we'll be making our own sushi for lunch. oh how I love sushi....


btw.
I think I'm hungry now.

see the cripple dance...

I sprained my ankle and finn probably ripped some muscles in her thighs - whatever it is we're both not quite walking right these days. it's actually more of a wobble than a walk. but that's not the reason why we decided to skip pride this year. no, we just wanted to have a nice saturday instead of spending it at a parade that gets more boring with each year, with a community that is crappy throughout the rest of the year, and loads of bystanders who just come to gape. Sorry, I'm not your regular zoo animal...

So we stayed at home, made burgers for three when a friend of finn's stopped by for lunch, watched loads of movies and series, played computer games, read comics, ate junk food, cuddled up on the couch, slept in and overall had a lovely weekend at home. same on sunday. It was the best decision ever to keep away from the phoney fun! (thanks babe for convincing me)

now it's monday - how did THAT happen again? -, babe's off to work, and I have a 260 page thesis to read, cuz I have to bring the book back to the library, like yesterday, and haven't even started reading it. Ah well... watch the cripple dance...

money, kids and a rabbit

we went over to sophie's place last night and had a blast playing poker. I've never played it before, but last night showed me that I should definitely not try it in a real casino with real money. I seem to have difficulties getting out of the game even if my hand sucks. I just keep betting more and more... not good, but fun as long as the chips are only chips and don't really symbolise money. at one point I managed to get out early in a couple of rounds and then finally won a couple of times. aaaah, gaming can be fun. and we munched yummy stuff all the time. it just was a really really nice evening.

and this afternoon we had guests. the single mom living upstairs from us with her 1.5 yr old toddler who is adorable. at least for a couple of hours. oh, and finn (a.k.a. the girlfriend, not USUALLY a child) wants a rabbit now. we've gone past both the goldfish and the chinchilla phase, it's gotta be a rabbit these days. I have yet to win this game - where are my poker chips?

uch

i'm so tired i feel like someone has attempted to run me over with a truck. come to think of it i also LOOK like i've been run over with a truck. or a beetle or a mini at least...
not that i drank a lot of alcohol, a beer and one g&t can't exactly be considered binge drinking, i also only smoked one cigarillo. but i certainly did not get enough sleep.

it was really nice thougth reviving my singledom all-nighters WITH the gf. good to know we can have such fun together as well, going to a party, meeting some really nice people... it really felt good not being that old married couple for once but still leaving the party together.

unfortunately not being used to excessive partying anymore also means not being able to do anything the following day. we didn't get around to doing the laundry or changing the bedsheets or making bread, let alone get some work done. i wasn't even able to cook properly so i just made some pasta that tasted pretty lame. lesson learned: don't let me cook when i'm not in the mood for it. also all we did was play some online puzzle games. what. a. day.

and I'm still tired, so I'd better get something done. I still have a reportage to hand in on friday and nothing written yet. 30,000 characters. which brings me back to: uch