Hil, this one is AWESOME, too. I've had their stuff and it is delicious.

Right the fuck on! That's great. Good job on the rehearsing, too.

Yes! This!

The rehearsing was all for naught!

Now I have to wait for her to e-mail about details for getting together, but I can be more patient this time now that she has acknowledged my continued existence.

(((Omnis & family)))

Yay, P-C!

Nope. A persistant muscle knot, probably tied in to all the nerve weirdness in his lower body. So yay for the non-life threatening conditions.

Yay!

Not an embolism, but still has pneumonia.

Really glad to hear that, omnis! I hope his pneumonia improves soon.

This is a traumatic paradigm shift! Except the good kind.

Heh. I remember that. I had to sit in the hallway for two days after The Girl agreed to go out with me. My flatmate kept stepping over me. Very glad to hear it's going well so far! I hope drinks/dinner go well too.

Codeine is niiiice.

I agree.

People who have done weddings: What do you when you can't invite all the family members in the world (not least because you can't afford it, but also because you haven't seen them for years) and another family member objects to this? My grandmother is really peeved that my uncle probably isn't being invited. I barely know my uncle, on account of how my mother doesn't get along with him. I told my grandmother we're unlikely to be able to afford to have all that many people at the civil partnership reception (this is a bit of an excuse). She said "Maybe I can pay for him." I said we needed to have the people WE want, given that it's our reception. She's dropped it for now, but I think she's going to make a fuss again soon. Gah. Family.

Still, at least this will take her focus away from the fact that I will not be inviting thirty cousins and twelve great-uncles/aunts to come over from Ireland, Australia and Boston...

Still, at least this will take her focus away from the fact that I will not be inviting thirty cousins and twelve great-uncles/aunts to come over from Ireland, Australia and Boston...

Yeah. That's kind of a ways for people to travel for a wedding anyway. Maybe it's just my family, but for anything beyond the 1st degree relatives (ones parents, siblings, and kids) it's kind of a toss-up whether they'll be crossing state lines to make a wedding. They may or may not send a gift.

{{{{omnis}}}} I'm glad for the good news, but still the situation ain't no easy.

Good news, Connie. And excellent news, P-C! Seriously, how I understand you, you have no idea. My current situation with the dating world is this: people I want to have all to myself with sexual/relationship intentions aren't interested in me, and vice versa. So I very envy you, and very glad for you.

Good luck with the planning, Seska. I cannot help with this.

ION, my living situation for next year took a radical turn. This morning someone who might be interested in my parents' house came. He was from Ma'ale Adumim (the settlement), and just got stationed here after building a new home for him and his family. A home which now could be excellent for my family.

So, in case we won't find a place in Jerusalem - and this will take more time than any of us planned - it seems like my parents might be renting his new place, while I'll stay in my old place in Jerusalem.

The bad news about this plan is that we won't be saving much this year, as a family. The good news is that it'll allow us to take things easy. I still don't know what to think - I feel little guilty to taking my parents' money for another year when they'll live so close, but this whole situation drove us crazy.

I'll keep looking for places we can afford. And keep my fingers crossed that the girl who wants to come and live in my place isn't all settled and will have other option (she didn't signed anything yet), because it looks like I'll stay for another academic year there.

This whole thing becomes a saga, I know.

My current situation with the dating world is this: people I want to have all to myself with sexual/relationship intentions aren't interested in me, and vice versa.

This has generally been my experience! And, who knows, maybe she just wants to be friends. Then my world will make sense again.

And, who knows, maybe she just wants to be friends

Oh, I know this so much. Mostly from the "I thought we're just friends" that turns out to "oh. You want more" situation.

In fact, I'm in a similar situation now. Or something that might be more. Don't know.

There's this guy, that the only thing I can say against him is that he's a bit older than me (in the beginning of his 30's, I'd say). He was in one of my classes last year, taking complementary classes to start his PhD this year. And from time to time, we talked. Every week or so we'd talk for about 30-40 minutes after the class, sometimes more than once a week. One time, after the last class of the year, he gave me a lift, and since it was the final class we "scheduled" to meet for coffee sometime next year when we'll run into each other.

It was nice and all, and he's a nice, very ambitious guy (he's planning to climb the Everest in 8 years. He's into these things). Also a computer geek, so we share some things in common.

But there came a point where I started wondering what's going on. I mean, I was cynical as usual, and usually that's enough to scare most people away and leave me time to watch TV and catch up on Natter, you know. Turns out my humor doesn't scare him, and when he's confused about my statements he's asking questions and trying to understand. Seriously, this is not something that's happening everyday in my life.

For me, it got Just a Friend writing all over it. I'm just not used to new male friends (who aren't married or in relationship) and are taking so much effort in trying to see me, talk with me and understand me (or as the civilians call it, "hang out"). I wouldn't mind dating him, I wouldn't mind him as a friend, but if we'll meet more I'll have to know what's the direction.

As I said, it's just weird for me.

Yeah, looks like you and I aren't so different, Shir. Except that you can use an M-16.