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[electricland]

Potterwatch: 88 of 4040, still in transit. I also have to go in and ask them why, if they have 103 copies of Small Island, half of which are happily sitting in the library, they need MY copy back to fulfill a hold?

Jen and I took the GO train up to the cottage last night. Well, not right to the cottage, but as far as Bradford, where John picked us up. Not a bad trip, except for the chatty woman with the penetrating voice who was sitting in the next bank of seats. One of the nice features of the GO, I've always understood, is the groups of people that become GO buddies and always sit in the same seats and get to know each other. That is indeed cool, but the rest of us learned more than we needed to.

Anyway, it was a good thing to do in the grip of a heatwave. The lake is a perfect temperature -- I swam, and we admired all the ducks and ate shrimp and lamb and chocolate cake and raspberries, and then oohed and ahed over the slightly-past-full moon as it rose over the bay.

And then I got up at 6:30 this morning and admired the ducks again and we did the whole thing in reverse. Lovely, although if I do it again I'm making coffee.

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[aprilsnark.livejournal.com]

Regarding Small Island... here's a little trick I learned recently.

Put it on hold yourself (this is what I often do when I can't renew a book and I'm not done with it). If you wait maybe ten minutes between returning it and going to check out your other books (I visit the library once a week, so I always have holds waiting), they may have already marked your return book as on hold... for *you*.

This happened to me recently with BITCHfest.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Sneaky! I may try this!

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

Oh you're making it sound so lovely... Will we have to time to see it? At least do a drive-by? :) I'd love that.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Of course! We need to figure out timing, that's all. I will plan to take some time off, which we'll need for the cottage and perhaps Niagara Falls (assuming I come with you and don't just send you off on a bus... speaking of, apparently Safeway Tours is the cheap option: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/alexndean/world-trip-01/1153749600/tpod.html).

Cottage at the start of your trip might be a good way to decompress and plan. Let me know what you think!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

when is this?

I can dream, right?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

hey, you are welcome any time!

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

October! COME ON!!! :)

[mrs-cake.livejournal.com]

I don't mind taking the bus at all, hon. I love public transport. Also, never mind me! I totally understand you have to work and things and I totally don't want to be a pain.

But if you do have some free time that weekend and you'd like to show me that cottage you always speak of so highly ... that would be just so, so great :)