I'm alive! I am!

Current state of me:

- in Canberra for a few days off, which has been a lifesaver in terms of ADEQUATE SLEEP

- pleased because my mother and I have finally, finally gotten my dad hooked on the Discworld novels

- in a roiling state of constant indecision re: Yuletide! I wish I had my assignment right now so I could start making gleeful overambitious plans

- newly auburn-haired; what with it being summery enough for my blindingly white shoulders to be exposed to the world, I apparently look Irish beyond belief at the moment