Tonight we party, for tomorrow we die
Dec. 8th, 2019 03:30 pmAn overly melodramatic title for this post? We'll see on Thursday night. But it really has felt that I've spent the past two weeks storing up happiness in case I need to remember the feeling later, trying to do as much as possible in some kind of frenzy to keep the fear at bay.
( Last weekend in London )
( TV, books and films of the past two weeks )
This weekend began with the annual Christmas party for Cambridge librarians, which one of the booksellers in the town always puts on for us. It was nice to spend a few hours with Matthias,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
notasapleasure and her husband, clutching glasses of mulled wine and moving around the bookshelves, while outside the rain poured down. The books in the shop are discounted to librarians during the Christmas party, and a lot of my colleagues use this as opportunity to buy all their Christmas presents, but I was restrained and bought nothing.
Yesterday was the annual Mill Road Winter Fair, when all the restaurants, cafes and other shops throw open their doors and sell hot food from stalls outside, joined by live music, various food trucks and other market sellers. Last year Matthias had been too sick with a cold to go, but this year we were determined, and spent a nice few hours out in the sunshine, eating, drinking, and generally enjoying one of my favourite events of the Cambridge year.
Today has been all about resting and recuperating, drinking soup and tea, preparing meals in advance for next week, and writing another Yuletide treat. I've now written four fics for the collection — my main assignment, and three treats — and have two ideas for more fic percolating in my mind. The best I've ever managed has been four fics per Yuletide, so if I can get these two written in the next week it will be my most productive year by far. I'm hoping all will be well received.
What's everyone else been up to, this weekend or otherwise?
( Last weekend in London )
( TV, books and films of the past two weeks )
This weekend began with the annual Christmas party for Cambridge librarians, which one of the booksellers in the town always puts on for us. It was nice to spend a few hours with Matthias,
notasapleasure and her husband, clutching glasses of mulled wine and moving around the bookshelves, while outside the rain poured down. The books in the shop are discounted to librarians during the Christmas party, and a lot of my colleagues use this as opportunity to buy all their Christmas presents, but I was restrained and bought nothing. Yesterday was the annual Mill Road Winter Fair, when all the restaurants, cafes and other shops throw open their doors and sell hot food from stalls outside, joined by live music, various food trucks and other market sellers. Last year Matthias had been too sick with a cold to go, but this year we were determined, and spent a nice few hours out in the sunshine, eating, drinking, and generally enjoying one of my favourite events of the Cambridge year.
Today has been all about resting and recuperating, drinking soup and tea, preparing meals in advance for next week, and writing another Yuletide treat. I've now written four fics for the collection — my main assignment, and three treats — and have two ideas for more fic percolating in my mind. The best I've ever managed has been four fics per Yuletide, so if I can get these two written in the next week it will be my most productive year by far. I'm hoping all will be well received.
What's everyone else been up to, this weekend or otherwise?