Oop North

[wildeabandon]

I've been Oop North for the last few days doing many things, most delightful, a couple less so. I have:

• Seen Everybody's Talking About Jamie, including leonato being unreasonably hot as drag queen Laika Virgin
• Been to the wedding of an old friend WINODW, and caught up with various Cambridge and ex-Cambridge folk
• Travelled back from Keighley to York by bus, because the trains into and out of Leeds were completely fucked (one of the less delightful bits)
• Had a lovely quiet Sunday with M, mostly reading whilst he pottered and packed to go away this week, interspersed with eating simple but tasty food, low key chatting, playing board games, and so on
• Visited the mother of an ex-boyfriend who died last year, to share some of my memories of him (also not exactly a fun afternoon, but I think she found it helpful, so I'm glad I did it)
• Stayed with my parents for another quiet day of low key and relaxing conversation
• Discussed John 9 with Bible Club. We still haven't managed to find a theodicy that completely solves the problem of evil, but I'm sure if we keep coming back to it then we'll get there eventually.
• Had someone shove a needle followed by a rather thick metal ring through my genitals three times in quick succession. (And yes, that definitely counts amongst the delightful parts of the trip. Getting my tongue done a few months ago has firmly reawakened the bug, and I may be in 'Pierce All The Things' (whilst being sensible about not getting more than three at once and giving my body time to heal between each set cos I'm a grown up now) mode for some time
• Taken advantage of being in Manchester to visit cosmolinguist, angelofthenorth, diffrentcolours, and mother_bones

Now on the train home, which is of course running late, and looking forward to the sleep of someone who has been having altogether too much fun...

Comments

[barakta]

Hurrah for the good bits, many good and interesting bits and people.

I think your visit to your ex's mum will have been a great kindness, I hope it wasn't too exhausting for you tho.

[sfred]

Sounds (mostly) good! I hope the rest of your journey was OK.

[angelofthenorth]

Yay update and yay for seeing you!

[diffrentcolours]

Lovely to see / meet you!