Bliss is...

[aruan]

-velvety hot cocoa on a balmy Florida night on my own little air-conditioned oasis, with extra heavy whipped cream I can't muster a single cell to feel guilty about.

-making good friends laugh.

-making yourself laugh.

-having nothing other or better to do than tinker with HTML for an entire day.

-being inundated with good music because your download service of choice has finally decided to cooperate.

-getting feedback and acknowledgement from people you look up to.

-jenn. and jenn. and jenn.

-having nails pretty and long enough to polish.

-cozy red sweaters.

-Roxette - I Wish I Could Fly

-discussing fic that seems to have endless layers. Just discussion period, because while gratuitous drooling is all well and good, my skull filling has been going *seriously* neglected. Mmm, stimulation. Thinking, you gutterchildren.

-a renewed sense of purpose. I looked over some old pictures for my biography page today and felt I had to start doing right by the ambitious little funloving spitfire in them.


Addendum: I'm choked up. I'd hoped no one would hurt me tonight, and fortunately, I'm just all kinds of happy messy goop after Kitty Fisher's latest installment in the (::fans self::) Blood Sports series. Love her. I did.

Addendum the Second: A happier birthday I couldn't wish to Michael Rosenbaum. Love, luck, and chocolate by the organic produce cratesful to you, good sir.

Comments

[pierydys.livejournal.com]

Hey, hon! Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know what's going on with our trip... we'll be arriving on Wednesday the 24th in the afternoon and leaving the following Wednesday at noonish. I was just wondering when we could meet up... give me a ring, or I can call you -- my cell is 310-383-0708.

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[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Would I be able to stay with you overnight? Do you have theme park or otherwise plans? I'm free the entire week, so just tell me what and when and I'll be in the first red Mustang there. ;) My cell is 352-514-1787. I'd call you now, but even with the three hours' difference it's rather indecent. More tomorrow.

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[pierydys.livejournal.com]

Of course you can stay with us, and yes, we do indeed have theme park plans! :-) We were planning on going to Islands of Adventure on Thursday the 25th -- would you like to come? You can stay over that night and we'll pay your gas and all that jazz. And hey... would you like to come to Challenge for the Children that weekend, out of curiosity? If you're into the whole celebrity basketball thing, that is. Because we have extra tickets and I'd like not to be sitting alone... :-) I'll call this weekend, too, but just to answer some questions right away.

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[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Okay, two things:

One, I am a sadly, irreversibly and inherently flawed person who doesn't return phone calls with any semblance of promptness. I got your message, I just haven't made it as far as pressing the redial button. Two, I *will* give you a call this evening and we can coordinate to our hearts' content. And thirdly because occasionally I underestimate myself, I'm always and eminently reachable on email. Sigh. We're going on 30 hours here and doing fine, I *swear* it so.

The British thing started somewhere around 2. God help us all if someone doesn't slip something in my orange juice soon. :)

Later,
-Eva

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[pierydys.livejournal.com]

No prob... I have the same problem with both calls and email most of the time :-) I left a message on your phone... I get home from work around 5ish my time on weekdays (that'd be 8 your time) and am up until midnight or so, so just give me a ring whenever you have a chance and are, like, coherent :-) I'll also have my phone all this weekend, so I'm sure something can be worked out. Just let me know what day you'd like to arrive, since it looks now like we'll be doing Islands on Monday the 29th... We'll probably hit Epcot on the 25th and Friday is free to suggestion. Like I said, you're free to stay with us as long as you'd like, we have two beds so you don't even have to sleep on the floor! :-D We insist on paying gas because you'll be the hostess with the mostess and all. We might be able to get some park discounts, too. Don't forget the swimsuit, of course... and we might have a spa outing, but we'll see... That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Question away!

Angela

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[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

How's Thursday night for arrival? That way I won't have to negotiate weekend traffic and we'll be able to drive around Orlando on Friday and see the non-theme park stuff like Church Street and/or whatever else. Tell me when your friend is getting in that night so I know to be at the hotel either before or after. This is going to be outrageous fun. And don't worry, I'll get some sleep somewhere before buckling down for the three hour drive through the wasteland of central Florida.

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[pierydys.livejournal.com]

Thursday night sounds great! We shouldn't be back from Epcot *too* late, and you have my cell phone (and vice versa) in case anything comes up. I'll call you with the room number when we arrive and this (http://www.marriotthotels.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=MCOAP&checked=True&Marriott_BD={52E51EDA-F129-4DD1-9D18-062348DAD092}) is our hotel. I think that covers just about everything? :-) Janine arrives Friday afternoon, so that's no big. Me and Sheila arrive Wednesay afternoon and will hopefully be there when you arrive at the hotel. And yes, be sure to get plenty of rest, because being on west coast time, chances are we'll be up far later than is probably healthy :-) Whee! Four more days! This is crazy, yo.

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[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Hee. Love the icon. :) In other news, I totally forgot that Epcot is the one open the latest - the fireworks alone aren't over until 9:30! So how's this: I'll meet you wherever on Friday around lunchtime? I didn't realize I'd be driving so late on Thursday night, and I'd feel better navigating new places in the daylight.

P.S. I don't do healthy sleep. There's a reason why none of my classes next semester start before 1:50. So the three hour difference should just about break us even. :)

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[pierydys.livejournal.com]

Friday at lunchtim would work. We won't be going anywhere in the morning and Janine arrives in the afternoon so things will be pretty mellow. And you have my cell and I'll call you when we get in on Wednesday with the final details. Gads, there's packing to do! Eeek.

Ooh, and congrats on managing to pull off a schedule like that -- I've never been able to not schedule morning classes, but perhaps I just wasn't dedicated enough *g*