Plume The Plumber
Twas a cold morning. Frost on the lawn and leaves. That’s the first frost I have seen this winter.
Oh wait, it’s not even winter yet. Oh well. Oh cold.
Fed the animals today. Cold, cold hands. Water and buckets and sliding doors with metal handles. Cold, cold hands. The sun started coming out as I was getting done, though. Warmed me up a bit. Other than the cold everything was fine. Lots of sweet animals. I will post some pictures tomorrow. Too tired to get them done now.
Hey, there’s less than a week till the Greenland trip. It’s almost time to panic now. Almost. You know, when I figured I was going blind and all there was a part of me that thought “well if I’m going to get emergency laser surgery then maybe I won’t have to go on the Greenland trip”. Always look on the bright side.
There have been no drastic changes to my eyesight so far. I’m not blind yet. I am even sort of getting used to the floater in my eye. It’s not so annoying anymore. At least I don’t feel like clawing my eyes out. So that’s a plus. I could learn to live with the floater. Sometimes I make it dance in tune to the music I’m listening to.
I have made a shopping date with my dad. He’s going to come downtown and meet me when my appointment at the eye doc is done. Then we’ll go buy boots. He took a look at my old boots and proclaimed that nope, they would not cut it in Greenland. I don’t know if you have heard, but it’s cold in Greenland. So I’m going to buy new ones. And they’re going to cost me a thousand (Danish) bucks. That’s a lot to spend on footwear. Much, much more than I would usually spend. But I am assured that not only will my feet be nice and warm in Greenland but the boots will last me a lifetime back here in Denmark too. So I guess it’s worth it in the end.
I also need a hat. As much as I love the cap Debster got me, it won’t keep my ears warm I’m afraid. So a warm hat. Maybe some new gloves too. The ones I have now aren’t very handy. The fingers are too long. It makes it hard to operate a camera while wearing them. I hope I can find something that better fits my stubby little chopsticks.
But enough about me. Let’s go to sleep.
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:05
Shopping! Hooray, hooray! New boots, warm hat and gloves. We want to see a picture of you in all your new Greenland wear.
Have you read “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson? I’ve just started it. I guess it’s been a hit in Europe (Sweden, Denmark, etc.) and has just been translated to English in Sept. of this year.
It is a trilogy and what’s so sad is the author died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 50.
November 2nd, 2008 at 20:02
Debster – How about if I dress one of the goats up in my gear? They can model it for you.
I have not read that particular book. That is sad about the author yes. Did he finish the trilogy before he died?
November 4th, 2008 at 4:04
Yes, I’d like to see one of the goats model your new winter wear. Or maybe one of the sheep would be a model for you. (Especially if any of the items were made of wool!)
Yes, the author did finish all three books before he died. The first one came out in English this year, the second one will be next year (I think), and then the third one the following year.