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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008 (1:51 PM)

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Need a break - off I go

(I'm feeling content)

Seldom have I been so little sad about leaving my workshop, my cats and my home as tonight. Hubby leaves for USA early tomorrow morning, and I leave for Mallorca, Spain around lunch time. I decided that I had had enough of waiting around for spring to spring and didn't want to spend yet another week home alone, so I am off to stay until Friday with my friends in Mallorca. Down there, spring has sprung and the daytime temps are way more comfy. Maybe spend some time out on the terrace in the sunshine reading up on pottery or trying to make my way through one of the chemistry books I bought.

Also need more time to figure out the Outlook 2007 calendars - so far, I have managed to get 4 different calendars going on there! AGH! Thank goodness there is an overlay-mode so that I can see everything in one big picture. Still need to figure out which one of the 4 calendars synchs with my mobile, though! SHEESH! AGH!!! WAHHHH!!!!

I must say I feel very priveledged to be needing to get away for a while and actually able to do it! I think one of the best things internet has brought to the world is friends that live far away. Friends that welcome you into their homes for a while, so that your visiting their part of the world isn't by far as expensive as it could have been otherwise. I also have the advantage that my husband has to fly a lot for work. The being home alone is something I have gotten quite used to over the years - so much so, that I sometimes actually NEED to have some time alone in the house! It still sucks sometimes, though. But since he travels so much for work, I get the "pay-back" that he earns a lot of frequent-flyer miles which I can use to go home to visit my family or elsewhere to visit friends, such as my dear friends in Mallorca.

My friend there said that I am such an easy guest to have around - I just sit there at the kitchen table with my computer and don't really demand much! Hahaha! She's right about that! Usually, what I enjoy most at their place is the quiet atmosphere. They have a lovely home and they are the type of people that never really argue (everyone discusses now and then!), so that the days go by with chatting and happily cooking together or just having some wine and good company in the evening.

I lucked out with my timing this time, as the son of the house is coming home from his domicile in North Africa on Thursday, so I get a little time to catch up with him as well.

Back to the main theme here, which is how amazed I am at how little sad I am about leaving. Usually, on my last night home before a trip, I am all "I want my workshop! I'll miss my cats!! Can't leave the house when it is so nice here!". But that's not the case tonight. Tonight I am fine with my friend coming to stay with the cats, and I don't feel sorry for them at all, and I can do without their nagging for a few days - though I will miss their cuddles. As for the house, it is fine, but the weather here is driving me around the bend, and the weather report says more of the same for the coming week - so GOOD RIDDANCE!

As for my workshop... I just emptied another kiln (2nd firing in my Christmas present!) and have tons and tons of stuff to glaze, but even being in the workshop has lost a bit of lustre lately due to the ugly weather outside the window.

So off I go! Over the alps again! I might well film it with my new DV camera, but I have lost or never got the software to import the film files to the computer, so I can't say when I will be sharing more vids with you! I have filmed both kiln-openings, though, and I have some older ones that I might just manage to edit and get posted while I am away (advantage of staying with friends with home networks!).

I might even do a vlog from Mallorca, though I am sorry to say that I probably won't be experiencing anything special enough to film and post (besides over the alps), because I am there to relax - which is very special to me, but rather boring to watch for you!

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