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So yesterday evening the roof went from 'leaking in one location through two floors but in a manageable fashion' to 'GOUTS OF WATER BURSTING INTO THE KITCHEN AS IF THERE WAS AN INWARD-FACING GARGOYLE SPOUT oh and also there's at least three more major leaks in the upstairs bedrooms have fun moving stuff including all of Mr Lupin-Jude's mum's paintings to safety [long story] and running around with towels and buckets suckers' in the space of five minutes

Thank heavens it eased up after ? an hour or so and nothing has actually caved in or anything, and the rain stopped overnight, but fucking hell

Current Mood: pissed off
Current Location: out of my goddamn mind

I am TRYING to make dinner and a cake for Fannish Best Friend whose birthday it is next week but I keep distracting myself with literally everything else?? Good lord get a grip Lupin

Current Mood: ditzy

It has been an absolutely bonkers couple of weeks what with:

- Mr Lupin-Jude in Poland for the UN climate conference
- end of year shenanigans for le Pip (school concert and paediatrician appointment on the same day!! why!!)
- end of year shenanigans for me which include starting a new job lmao AND organising two different volunteer streams for taking care of the school garden (to be fair I brought that on myself, but still)
- fostering Tiny Teddy the orphan kitten for a week (so cute, I miss his little feets but not having to feed him 4 times a day)
- and Christmas stuff to organise good grief
- OH also we're getting months' worth of rain in just a couple of days and our roof is leaking through two floors so THAT'S fun

*Fallen London voice* tea consumption is increasing

~~On the other hand I clearly have enough time to wail about this here so there's that~~

Current Mood: busy

We've been watching the holiday season of Nailed It! and I really need to finish my Poirot-Nailed It crossover fic... but GAH where is the time

...maybe next week

Holy crap there's a Deaf character who only uses sign language, sometimes without it even being interpreted, in The Dragon Prince????!!?! I have NEVER seen anything like this before??

Current Mood: ecstatic

- tomato plants are taller than me and flowering prolifically but I'm not sure if they're setting fruit yet

- zucchini (a variety called tromboncino) are set to take over the washing line this year; about time they had a turn as previously the washing line has been colonised by spaghetti squash and pumpkins

- flowers everywhere: chamomile, calendula, oregano, marjoram, strawberries, hyssop (first time flowering!), parsley, coriander

- corn seems to have set??

- there is ONE fig on my baby fig tree

- pumpkin plants not setting fruit yet but it's early days, they're still very small

- sunflowers will be opening soon; I should plant more

- capsicum plants ready to set out in the bed

- none of my chilli seeds have germinated I will need to keep trying (or maybe just buy some seedlings this year)

- purple basil is sprouting, vietnamese and regular basil are starting to take off

- I forgot to get any amaranth ~~like I have room for it anyway lmao~~

- I need to get some lettuce/rocket seeds in, I don't have any salad greens

- FUCKING CATERPILLARS

- praying mantises like bronze fennel

- needs more cornflowers

Current Mood: satisfied

and haven't got around to sorting out proper cross posting from Instagram, have some links to photos from today:

Tiny Teddy with background Pip

First beans (Purple Queen dwarf variety) of the summer

White chocolate peppermint bark

(...how do you change the pictures that go with the moods...?)

Current Mood: accomplished

Pip declared he went past several 'Mercedes farms' yesterday on the school bus

(Jude lost their mind trying valiantly to explain that they are actually car dealerships, but as I unhelpfully could not stop laughing, cars come from farms now #it is law)

Current Mood: amused

...writing instructions for the parents & kids who are volunteering to babysit some of the school's potted strawberry plants over the summer holidays

...Teddy watching

...drinking iced black tea with raspberries

...listening to the howling gale that's blowing outside on this 38C day fuck it's hot

...hoping my most vulnerable plants don't get frizzled but I'm damned if I'm going out in this to check on them sorry guys

How about you?

I found (and devoured) this extremely enjoyable fic last night--an unusual pairing for this fandom, which I haven't seen before. Very recommended!

A photo of a very small grey tabby kitten chewing on a white toy mouse while lying on a pink blanket

Breaking news we are fostering this TINY TINY KITTEN for a week while his usual foster carer has to travel

Watching Pip be so gentle with little Teddy is MAKING my day, this comes at such a perfect time to be a wonderful learning experience he can actually take part in

*___________*

...I don’t know if the picture worked. Did it work? I’m doing this on mobile so really who knows

ETA picture didn't work but if you want to check it out it's on my instagram

Current Mood: happy

On AO3 I'm tea_for_lupin, writing fic for a few niche-ish fandoms including Agatha Christie's Poirot, Midsomer Murders, and The Dark Is Rising (there's also a spot of LOTR and my oldest fics which are for Harry Potter)

On Instagram I'm teaforlupin as well so join me there for pictures mostly of my garden with its assorted wildlife, and various craft and cooking projects

....and that's about it, actually, tumblr having been my main platform for quite a while now! A moment of silence, etc etc

So I really do need to get my sorry arse out of bed but before I do I’m just going to faff about with this for a minute... dear god why do I need my reading glasses for everything ugh

Reading glasses would be so much more convenient if I didn’t have to wear regular glasses the rest of the time

Bah humbug

This has been your quality content for the morning

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Bed

Looking forward to exploring more... If you know me, say hi!

Current Mood: curious

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