how do people live like this??

[electricalgwen]

I am so spoilt. Me in my uber-First World with more than enough food and water, clean air and clothes, all-present-and-accounted-for (albeit slightly insane) family, and oodles of books (which I am able to read, having been edumacated, despite being female.) And many, many other blessings of which I am not sufficiently conscious day to day.

But oh, man, I've missed my Internet connection!!

I have a brief time online here in which I want to say a huge THANK YOU for the super birthday wishes from iadorespike and quinntzadok, the e-card from entrenous88 who clearly has me pegged (omg dancing squirrels and multiple musical genres!!), the wonderful post to birthdayrecs by cordelianne (it made me blush and squee), and birthday fic from apreludetoanend here and madame_meretrix here. You are all so thoughtful, lovely and talented people, and you really made my week extra special. And, at some point when I have a few more minutes online, I hope to get back and comment properly and stuff, and catch up on the highlights I've already missed and will miss in the next couple of weeks. (Keep track of fics, yours or others, I need to know about when I get back! Oh, and if I missed anybody/thing in the above list - it wasn't intentional, I just have trouble with a skip=>300 kind of flist! Point me at anything I overlooked! *g*)

But I'm having a really good time, seeing a lot of people I haven't seen in far too long, cooking and eating good food, helping my sister clear out both physical and psychic junk, travelling and hiking and snuggling the baby and reading books and falling in water and drinking hundreds of cups of tea and...just generally living.

Yay Canada.

Also?
HOLY COW I GUESSED RIGHT.

Comments

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Living in Canada sounds so lovely! I"m glad you had a birthday filled with good wishes and fun. And AWWWWW, baby-snuggling! :D

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I didn't mean to imply you were moved there, but more...living, yay! :D

[laisserais]

whee! i'm so glad that you're having fun and enjoying your visit! :D hope your special day was filled with lots of fun. we've been missing you!

[iadorespike]

Yay! I'm so glad you're enjoying your trip...although the lack of internet gives me chills. ;)

Anna *hugs*

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm pleased to hear that you're having a lovely vacation and that your birthday was awesome!!!

I finally (as in today) posted some birthday fic for you: http://cordelianne.livejournal.com/73233.html

It's actually chapter four of If I Can't Dance and I suspect that I also posted chapter 3 (http://cordelianne.livejournal.com/72314.html) while you've been away.

I look forward to your return! *hugs*

[electricalgwen.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was a lovely, lovely time - but it is nice to be home, back online, and catching up.
I was so sorry to read about your flood disaster! I hope things get sorted out as easily as something like that can.

[iadorespike]

Well, I'm glad that you had such a good time, but I'm really glad that you're home safe and sound (and on-line and writing!). *g*

Thanks for the good wishes getting things sorted out. We're going to have a long haul, I'm afraid, but I'm trying to keep a positive attitude. Eh.

Anna *hugs*