Some things
- Tomorrow is our family’s yearly open house party. Up to 70 people will pass through our apartment during the evening, many who will be attending for their eighth or ninth time. Last year the doorbell broke and people gradually amassed behind the door, waiting for someone to hear their knocking over the thrum of conversation. The doorbell’s been fixed. Welcome all!
- My brother Joel’s having a house leaving party tonight. He’s moving back “home” to our parents’. Unlike me, however, his stay will last only December. After that he’s moving to Turku to live with his girlfriend.
- Elexa called today. She’s moving out of our apartment and into a caravan. This means I have no place to live if or when I go back to Copenhagen. It seems she will be borrowing 500 euros from me for the three months’ rent advance on the caravan.
- The ADSL line went out this evening. While on the phone to Elisa’s customer service, it was discovered that Joel had accidentally pulled out the phone jack while vacuuming. Oops.
- There is at least one other word in English besides “vacuum” that has two U’s one after the other. Do you know what it is?
- Last night I finished reading Nabokov’s Mary. It’s scary to admit how much of myself I saw in the main character.
- There is an email that arrived on Tuesday that I still haven’t opened. To the sender, if you’re reading this: I’m sorry, I’ve been waiting for some time to both read and answer it.
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