I was thinking of you over the weekend while trying to do a jigsaw puzzle

Yay me! How big was it? What was the picture?

Currently I'm doing a 9000-pieces puzzle of the tower of Babel which belongs to a friend. I have to do it in halves, because my whole room isn't big enough for the full size one. Luckily, the manufactors thought about it and sold it in two seperate bags for each half.

I have decided to give notice at my hated job on Thursday.

Yay!

I went back to sleep! Yay me.

Still ignoring my sore throat. Sounds like Allyson should join me in ignoring.

Also, cough. sniffle. cough

NOOOO.

A puppy just rubbed his face all over my wet hair. It was cute. But it's dry now and so I'm being ignored again.

To me, this means: a 9000-at-least-pieces jigsaw puzzle. But, yay, Kate! Do you have anything specific you want to do in that time, other than the obvious relaxing you deserve?

Oh, if only we had the table space for a huge jigsaw puzzle. No, I think I'll do a lot of reading, take some walks, hang out with friends... all the stuff I haven't been able to do all semester. Oh, and do some major cleaning and some minor home-improvement stuff. And I'd really like to take a couple of small trips. Top of the list is visiting friends in New York, but I'd also like to go up to Montreal again if possible.

Yay me! How big was it? What was the picture?

We're not super-puzzle-y, so I think it was just like 500 pieces? It was small -- like a half meter by 2/3 of a meter? (You use metric, right? Heh.) It was a Van Gogh painting of a garden and stuff. Pretty.

So, Canadians, should be some fun times tonight, huh? God damn, I wish we had the no-con in the US.

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Well...

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I think I'll do a lot of reading, take some walks, hang out with friends... all the stuff I haven't been able to do all semester.

I think that's an excellent plan. I have books waiting for me for over a year nw (including a couple I got as presents in the USA) that I didn't dare open yet, so I know exactly what you mean. I hope (and trust) you'll have a great time.

You use metric, right?

Yup. I was surprised that you did, when describing the puzzle.

It was a Van Gogh painting of a garden and stuff. Pretty.

I'm yet to see a Van Gogh which doesn't turn into a beautiful puzzle.

I was surprised that you did, when describing the puzzle.

Well, I was going to say it was 18 by 24 inches, but then thought that might not be so helpful for you.

then thought that might not be so helpful for you.

Thanks!

I have a link bookmarked for all sorts of conversions, and I'm at a point where I can pretty easily estimate stuff in inches (multiply by 10 and divide by 4 for around 2.5 cm for an inch). I still don't have a good enough intuition for temperatures converting, though.