My box of chocolates

I did a quiz on Facebook the other day, the quote that describes your life. Mine made me smile, it's from one of my favourite movies.

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"
Meaning: "You have a pretty mellow and easy going outlook on life. You are ready for any curveball that life throws at you."

Well, it certainly fits at the moment, there's plenty of curve balls to cope with as well as the odd peppermint cream. Most of it's small stuff so I don't get too disturbed, like the plumber not turning up tonight. Some of it's a bit more major like spending hours writing PD then losing it somehow on the horrible, horrible dtk computer I'm using. Yep, there really is a brand called dtk, all lowercase and I'm sure I can make some acronyms that fit at the moment.

I've got a cold, dusty eyes and a rotten head ache so feel a little sorry for myself tonight. Couple that with the plumber and the computer and that makes tonights chocolate one of those hard nut ones no one really likes and you almost break your teeth on.

I always seem to have plumbing problems in my flats, usually floods and this is no exception, except this time I have some control over the flood. The flood happens when I use the kitchen sink, when I do the dishes. The sink water bubbles up through the drain vent and all over the kitchen floor. Unfortunately it smells bad, fortunately it's probably drowned all the cockroaches. Anyhow, the plumber was booked for 5.30pm so I had a snooze, missed my gym and swim wating for him to arrive, not sure my dishes will get done tonight, sigh.

At least I had Lesley over to entertain me for a while. Lesley remind me of my auntie Heather, in a good way, shes like having family to visit. I am enjoying the range of people I get to interact with on a daily basis. Friends who come and visit or who I meet out and about, like Liz at the pool yesterday and the girls on the zoo outing.

I'm hoping tomorrow is going to be a peppermint cream day or at least a soft caramel. That might require an early night and a good sleep. I'm finding I'm getting tired now. It's been along semester with no break and given that I've not had a real break for a few years now, I'm looking forward to some down time in NZ in front of the fire watching the snow fall, drinking good coffee. It's also very hot, consistently in the high 40s. A four week winter might do me some good, seeing the family will top up my soul.