ONLINE at last!!!

[panik]

YAY!!!

I'm away from home  - a two week Permaculture Design course at Middlesex Uni. They promised me free broadband in my room; this promise was withheld until today.::tut tut tut:: )o:
Oh man! I couldn't log on for - whatever reason (never did get to the bottom of it) and have been chasing pillar to post since Sunday night, trying to get someone to DO something about it! Anyway; finally, got it sorted out tonight. Am I happy or what?! ::grins stupidly and does a little shimmy, to make the point::

The course is wonderful. Great subject (but I knew that anyway), wonderful teacher (the lovely Mike - Blair at 50! I'll post a piccie when I can); really nice group. The accommodation leaves a LOT to be desired ('HM Prison' wouldn't be a bad description )o:) but hey... I've stayed in much worse places. I have beer - I can deal. The 'no drugs. No weapons' (complete with little symbols - a gun and a syringe with red lines through) sign on the Student U was a trifle startling, I admit, but I've seen nothing untoward as yet and can only assume they're just covering their arses for legal reasons ::VBG::

No TV is turning out to be A Very Good Thing (especially since the beloved is tivioing 24, Boston Legal and sundry other un-missables), and after one night's writing, I now have 3,000+ words of one of my Moonridge stories written.

So... I'm back my babies! And it feels good! (o:

Comments

[angelvette67.livejournal.com]

LOL
it feels good!
No internet gives some serious withdrawal symptoms! Good to see you back *g*

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's good to BE back!

[luicat.livejournal.com]

There you are!
::waves at you::

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

::Waves back, jumping a bit and squeeing happily::

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Wheeeee - you're back! ::lick lick:: I'm on the chocolate ice-cream - don't worry *g*

I have deep envy - Permaculture design? Oh yes please! Is that going to lead you to doing something, or is it just something you're interested in? Details, woman!

Glad you're back - withdrawal can be a bitch *hg*

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

I'm on the chocolate ice-cream - don't worry *g
Well thank goodnes for THAT! ^^

I've been doing Perm for years on and off and since I have a landscape design degree thought it was about time I got off my ample behind and did something with my life. I'm thinking about, maybe, an online design/consultancy service or something... maybe. Not really sure yet tbh!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Wonder if you could get that to work? Sounds like a great idea - especially with all the talk about global warming now - permaculture should start to become more popular. Anyway - enjoy the course ;~)

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

:Denjoy the course ;~)
Thanks - I am! :D

[arnie1967.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you've finally got a connection - it's horrible when you can't get online at all.

Hope you have fun!

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Thanks sugar. It didn't worry me too much, in all honesty, because I'm so busy and there are tons of things I have to do that not getting online was more of an irritation than the TOTAL DISASTER it would've been at home. But it is nice to be back - and I've got a nice fat chunk of one of my Moonridge fics done, too, so all's well. ::G::

[archaeomom8.livejournal.com]

Glad your enjoying your permaculture course! (and have got back online)

We worked with permaculture in the high desert on a mini-ranch we had several years ago. It was good fun. We learned a lot. I guess what we did was seat-of-our-pants permaculture. We read a lot but never took a course. I'd like to try it again some day. Sooner than later...

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

I've been studying it for years - almost did a doctorate in it ::G:: I thought it was time I took a bona fide course. Desert permaculture is wild! Did you do the whole 'gravity' n underground dam thing with your water?

[archaeomom8.livejournal.com]

An almost-doctorate in it - how cool!

We never did any underground damming (that sounds weird! LOL) - we used gravity and runoff a lot. We tried some terracing. We composted enormously and played with gray water too. I would like to take a course sometime. I'm enjoying your posts about this!