The residencia has a new coffee machine, which makes rather nice coffee. You buy a token from reception, put it in and press the button for your choice of coffee. Then you see the coffee pouring down the drain, swear, and grab a cup fast enough to catch the second half of the coffee. That’s right – no plastic cups. It’s better for the planet, and anyway I prefer drinking…
I think I made a reasonably thorough job of item one on my post-Starlight-Guide-course list, which was “Chill”. I don’t seem to have got much further, though. Well, I managed the overdue haircut before my fringe reached my jaw and I caught up with the laundry backlog and excavated the kichen. But I’ve made very little progress on the rest of the list. That’s partly because I’ve been doing a…
I should have done it years ago, but better late than never. I’ve finally started the process of getting my English university degree registered in Spain. Actually progress to date consists of going to the government offices this morning and asking what I have to do. So far it’s not as bad as I feared. If my subject (mechanical engineering) is on the list of EU professions covered by the…
First it was a tum lurgy, and then I worked three days up the mountain instead of the usual two, and then it was a cough and sore throat. One way and another, I’ve hardly done any writing and the house is grubby. And now I’ve got a friend staying, so I’m far too busy having fun to do any housework.
Well, I’ve guided two tours at the Roque, started the paperwork to re-register my son at the same school (yes, I’m still his mother, yes, I’ve still got the same ID number), picked up a small travel writing job (yay!), repotted a bunch of plants, submitted three stories, handed in my tax return and written several thousand words of fiction. Phew!
I have a head cold, and so does my son. ‘Snot much fun. On the other hand, I’ve been a good girl and sent off five submissions in one day. They’re all flash fiction, so they won’t make me rich, but at least I’ve done something about my writing career.