I have a warm woollen dress, cardigan and thick tights on today as it's been almost wintry here, with snow above 1300 metres. The local mountain is exactly 1299 metres high so presumably if you're at the summit you can wiggle your toes in sunshine whilst a blizzard blows about your ears!
Below: foodie news, girly weekend plans and worries, backing up, and a dip in the archives to my first time out thanks to UK Angels which is closing its forum.
Foodie news
I love local Italian food but just occasionally I need a change. I really fancied a curry and there are no Indian restaurants to speak of in Italy as the two countries have no shared history (apart from Sonia Gandhi) so I took the train to Nice where there are Indian restaurants with rave reviews. I picked the raved-about one nearest the station and the meal was OK but it was hardly exciting. I compounded the disappointment by not bringing my list of Slimming World 'syns', which are the nice/bad things that hinder weight loss. I ordered lamb pasanda, pilau rice and a naan bread and when I got home I found that it's not actually possible to order anything more fattening than that! You're allowed up to 15 of these syns a day; I had 75 in one meal! So I have lost no weight this week. Big oops! But I wanted curry and I got one so that's that itch scratched!
Tomorrow is Burns Night and, surprisingly, they don't stock haggis locally, either!
In Nice I also looked at kitchen gadgets in the big stores. Some of these are so complex they probably have GPS, fire flares and launch life rafts if you get into difficulties! I declined to buy. Gone are the days when you just roasted a mammoth outside your cave. I miss those days!
Girly weekend plans
I have been frustrated these last couple of months by building issues that have given me little privacy as workmen and others snoop around my home checking and mending stuff, hence I've been unable to get my full face and hair done properly. This weekend I hope to stay home and try out some new clothes and looks and, if all goes to plan, I'll have some photos to show for it next week. There is a but, though ...
I am worried about the return of eczema that ruined my face in 2014-2017. At the start of the week I noticed characteristic red welts on my neck that are the precursor to an outbreak. They're gone now but I must be very, very careful with my makeup and other preparations as another attack will probably make me give up on any future attempts at public visibility. There's only so much pain and frustration one can take in life.
Backing up
I'm busy backing up this blog in case all the IT platforms from the USA go weird. I'd advise anyone else to save their stuff.
I notice that UK Angels forum is to close at the end of this month. I haven't been there for a decade for reasons previously explained but you have about a week left to save anything from there you may want. The site was a big part of my graduation from the closet to real life living so I remember the good times with great fondness (see below).
A dip in the archives
You know, this week is the 15th anniversary of my first trip in public. It was the UK Angels 10th birthday party at Pink Punters and I wrote about the event here. You never forget your first time! And I'm still in touch with most of the people I met there.
Sue x
You didn't pre order your sheep's stomach and grain then? 🙂 I guess you'll have to make do with a mini kilt, poetry, and a large whisky 😉
ReplyDeleteOoo, a good curry, though! Fab to share with friends, with sauces, poppadoms, Nana's, and a mix of dishes. Maybe if you're lucky, there's room for kulfi.