The long weekend was nice
Dec. 26th, 2021 11:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkI had a lovely weekend with my family, including my grandparents, who I hadn't seen for over a year so that was especially nice. We sung Christmas songs for an hour on Christmas Eve, the tree was pretty, the food was delicious, and we played some games together.
It's tradition by now that I always get a book as a gift for Christmas and my birthdays, but in the past few years my parents struggled to find books I enjoyed. For a while they kept giving me non-fiction books about topics that I'm interested in, but I'm very rarely in the mood to read non-fiction. So this year my mom was especially delighted that she found a book for me that I told her I'd already been looking forward to reading: Piranesi, a very pretty paperback edition. I read it the next day and enjoyed it a lot. I was glad that I didn't have any spoilers, the slow uncovery of the plot/mystery worked well for me, and so did the setting.
The next day my mom "sold" me a new kitchen knife for 50 cents, because she knew I could use one but apparently there's a saying that one shouldn't gift knives? I've never heard of that.
I enjoyed my Yuletide gift fic and several other Yuletide fics too, recs to come hopefully soon. I went home to my own flat early today in the hopes of using the time to clean and tidy up, which didn't really happen but that wasn't much of a surprise tbh. Next attempt tomorrow. DD is still at her own family's, and this week will be very stressful at work, fortunately I have a lot of chocolate.
It's tradition by now that I always get a book as a gift for Christmas and my birthdays, but in the past few years my parents struggled to find books I enjoyed. For a while they kept giving me non-fiction books about topics that I'm interested in, but I'm very rarely in the mood to read non-fiction. So this year my mom was especially delighted that she found a book for me that I told her I'd already been looking forward to reading: Piranesi, a very pretty paperback edition. I read it the next day and enjoyed it a lot. I was glad that I didn't have any spoilers, the slow uncovery of the plot/mystery worked well for me, and so did the setting.
The next day my mom "sold" me a new kitchen knife for 50 cents, because she knew I could use one but apparently there's a saying that one shouldn't gift knives? I've never heard of that.
I enjoyed my Yuletide gift fic and several other Yuletide fics too, recs to come hopefully soon. I went home to my own flat early today in the hopes of using the time to clean and tidy up, which didn't really happen but that wasn't much of a surprise tbh. Next attempt tomorrow. DD is still at her own family's, and this week will be very stressful at work, fortunately I have a lot of chocolate.
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Date: 2021-12-27 06:34 pm (UTC)So much shiny new fic! (Now if only my recipients would comment on their gifts...)
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Date: 2021-12-28 03:04 pm (UTC)(Now if only my recipients would comment on their gifts...)
Argh, I know that feeling! Some years ago, I also waited for my recipient to react, and thought, "Well, who knows, maybe they're snowed-in, in hospital etc.," but then I saw they did actually comment other authors' fic from that year, and I was like, "Wtf, I did not write that badly, and even if: that's just bad manners, not to say even thank you, I'll comment later or something." I admit I wailed at the mods after about two weeks, and the recipient eventually dropped a comment, but honestly it felt a bit stale. :/ I hope yours are alright and appreciate your fic eventually properly! ♥
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Date: 2021-12-28 05:56 pm (UTC)In the meantime I got some very nice comments on my Madness treat :)
My main gift recipient, meanwhile, left kudos on day one and nothing since - I hope this means they liked it and are waiting until they have more time to leave an actual comment.
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Date: 2021-12-28 06:32 pm (UTC)