Last night

My sis' friend is here and last night we went for a little night out. First stop Mexican food, second stop hula bar, third stop home. It was short but sweet!

Pill-popper

My evening snack tonight consisted of antibiotics, paracetamol and ADs.

I freaking hate swallowing pills and I'm really rubbish at it too...

I finished off with a swig of cough medicine.

Today, after 4 days of fever, my temperature has been normal. Yay for that! I don't know if it's the ABs or just the chest infection running its course. I just wish the cough would go to...

What did you do last weekend?

Egg (Mc)Muffin

Had 3 for lunch whilst working on the presentation I have to give on Monday.

The egg muffins were delicious, the work was less nice. My presentation is on gender equality since WW1 (actually since Victorian times) and I know the stuff like the back of my hand, both because it was part of my research project and because I'm a rabid feminist. My worry is that I'll get really nervous, forget it all and start stammering.

The egg muffins were easy and part of my new low carb high fat approach to life.

I just beat together 2 eggs, a glug of double cream, a bunch of grated cheese and a pinch of oregano. It made enough to half-fill 3 muffin cases which I baked at 180 degrees fan for about 20 minutes.

And then I ate them all!

P.s. I don't know if I'm back. The whole working+studying+being an aunt is hard work and very time-consuming...

It's a free bag innit?!

Went to Goldsmiths university for an applicants day today. It lasted from 12-5 pm and of that I'd say about 2hrs were spent in any productive way. I was actually quite unimpressed by the whole thing. When I went to the open day at Queen Mary uni I came away with a great feeling about the place. A real "yeah, I want to study here" kind of feeling. Didn't get that from Goldsmiths.
I did get a canvas bag and various bits of chocolate. So the day wasn't a complete waste!

I can be organised if I want to be

I like to tick things of my to do list/hand when they're done.

Number one!

After a lot of waiting and a delivery that perhaps did not go as smoothly as my darling sister had hoped, her beautiful daughter, my niece, finally arrived at 03.02 on Friday the 17th.
And she promptly stole my heart.
She is the most perfect thing I have ever seen, and so fascinating even though she doesn't do much.

I still can't quite get my head around my sister being a mum. When she says things like "my daughter" I think "You can't possibly have a daughter, you're just a baby yourself!" It feels a bit surreal, like it's all just pretend!

And my heart aches every minute I am away from this miracle. It has now been 3 days since I last saw her, held her, stroked her soft skin. And with this cold/flu/black death that has taken hold of my body it will be a while before I see her again. I am counting the minutes!