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I have walked in Roman ruins. I have looked out the window of the ladies' toilets over the spring of Minerva Sulis, and taken the waters in the Pump Room ("It tastes like pennsic water," said grauwulf). I have walked in ancient stone circles, ruined cathedrals, and the footsteps of all the pilgrims to Canterbury, marveled at ancient earthworks, spent more money on trains than I care to contemplate, seen more sheep than I can count, and looked upon the colossal stonework of the palace of Ninnevah, and the Elgin Marbles. (er... I can't quite account for the fact that I somehow failed to be aware that the Elgin Marbles were actually all the good bits left from the Parthenon...)

apparently, I don't deal well with 5 hour time shifts...

Possibly combined with 9 hour flights and all that... I got sick (slightly) on the way out, and today I'm freezing and slightly headachy, which is silly given that it's warmer here than it has been where I was for the last week and a half. At any rate, I'm pretty much caught up on e-mail, and have looked at about as much lj as I'm going to, with the possible exception of a run through the doll-underwear pics later on. I think I'm about done with the computer for a while, although there are several thousand pictures to be dealt with soon. For the moment, though, I think it's time to unpack everything and then see about doing horrible things involving dremmels and a dust mask to Beryl-creature's eye sockets so that she can actually wear the eyes that turned up right after I left.

I am also pleased to report that I have not missed fall after all, and the *cough* virginia creeper in England was much redder than the vines here. Mmm leaves. Now if only my nose weren't so cold...

nanonanonano!

Ok, I have no idea what I'll be working on yet, but I have signed up. And am contemplating astormorray's thoughts of nursery rhymes, because they're fun.

Who else is playing this year? (I'm thanate on the nano site, too, although the only thing I do there is update word count, which happens here, too...)