Like a Good Book

As promised.

( The Met )

( Chelsy Market )

*Some of you may say "Finally!" - here it comes, pics from NY...

Since my trip was long and since it's more comfortable there will be several posts, each with a theme.

This one is NY streets.

( A whole lot of photos )

See y'all when I get back!

I've a lot of stuff in my bathroom, my god...

Found the perfect way to get all the products I need and still have them take a very small space in my suitcase - we've been collecting little shampoo and such bottles for years now, from all kinds of hotels. The shampoo and lotion that are in the bottles don't interest me - but I'm taking the bottles, so I emptied them and filled them with all my stuff (It'll be enough for two weeks time) and packed them in one of the little kits I have. 15*15 cm, and everything, from peeling to face lotion to remove make up, is inside. I'll need some more places for my shampoo and conditioner (since I don't trust the hotel's products to be good for my hair) and I'm all done. :)

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!".
I will then give you five words that remind me of you.
Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

Mel gave me ( these. )

Just dropped off the parental unit at the airport. Two weeks for them in the US, and for me...

*Sigh*

Work.

Bla.

So the vacation's over, and I'm back at work.

Yesterday went by in a blur of tiredness and heat. The flight was horrible, the worst flight I remember - for one thing, the plane that was supposed to take us was stuck in Tel Aviv with mechanical problems, so another plane had to come. This little fiasco delayed the flight from 23:15 to 2:50. We only took off at 3:00 a.m., and the inside of the plane was hot and dry. Throughout the vast majority of the flight I was taking very fast and shallow breaths, because it hurt me to take deeper ones, and the amount of water I had to drink was immense, with the flight attendants being less than nice. To top it all, after we landed we got stuck in the plane for another 20 minutes or so, because the operator of the sleeve through which we were supposed to descend the plane just didn't show up...

Took us another 45 minutes or so to finish everything we needed to, and we stepped outside into our parents' arms.

After saying goodbye to Mel, we went home, and I spent the day drifting in and out of sleep, watching T.V. and reading. Of course my sister and my Brother in law came over to say welcome, and I gave them what I got for them, after which I resentfully took the dogs out (my mom spent no access time in letting me have that particular job), and then I went to sleep, trying to dose off when inside my inner clock it was only 21:00.

When I did fall asleep I went into a very deep and dreamless sleep, from which I only awoke at 8:15, when my mom came into my room. It took me a few minutes to understand that I'm late in waking up, and I was very tired. It was only 6:15 in the morning for me, after 3 weeks of enjoying the luxury of waking up when my body wanted to and staying in bed stretching for a good time after.

Luckily, even though my brain was still fuzzy my body kicked into auto-pilot and went through my morning ritual - breakfast, coffee, brushing teeth and shower. It was only after I finished my shower (with cold water) that I truly was awake, and then I knew I had to hurry, and I rushed through finding clothes that were already dry from yesterday, getting dresses, putting on my make up and getting a bag ready with everything. I was out the door 3 whole minutes before my normal schedule, so yey.

Got here today to find out that Racheli and Lily are both not here - Racheli is fasting (it's the 9th od Av) and Lily slipped on Thursday and cracked her pelvis as it seems, so she's at home, resting. Yael, the girl who substituted me is here,and so is Ika, Dovi's secretary (Dovi is the CEO of Yediot Books).

I brought DH with me for another round, and after I finish it I'll lay off HP for a while to get ahead on my other readings,and then I'll probably go for the entire series again. No doubt, DH is my favorite of the books, and is a superb finale for the entire story.

As the banner said, before the release - "7 books, One story, The final Countdown".

The countdown is over, and the end has come, with a bang. I'm so happy I was a part of it.

More later.

Why must I have read that?

I was having a nice peaceful morning up until now...

Well, never mind.

We're in Cork, with Mel's lovely friend Ifa, and we're going scenery seeing in some time.

Kilkenny was really boring, probebly mostly because of the rain. We spent almost all our time in our room, reading, listening to music and writing. We actually had a very good time, so we didn't really mind the rain.

The bus ride to Cork was fine, except Mel getting a bit claustrophobic so I sat on another bench to give her some space. I managed to read almost all of my new book (Just in Case, Meg Rossof), but it made me feel a bit bad, so I slept for some time and woke up fine again.

Ifa and her boyfriend took us to a vegi restaurant to have some lunch, and then to a chocolate place that was really good, and then to drink coffee. I was with my boots, so my feet were really sore by the time we got home (and I was bitching about it for the whole time... I was annoying).

We spent the afternoon doing nothing, and went to see OotP at night, which proved to be not as bad as I've heard it is, and it got me really excited about having only 5 more days (eep!) until DH, and we carried on the HP and other stuff talk until we got home.

A good day behind me and a good day in front of me.

:)

We went to se "Les Miserables" last night, and it was un-fucking-believable.

We both had a really great time, and we both cried our eyes out (Mel continued on with the sobbing even after we left the theater). The choreography is superb, and the actors are so moving and sing so beautifully, it was just divine.

The funny part was that people around us started laughing at us for crying... :)

Oh, well, it was worth the small fortune it took to buy tickets, and we finally found the allusive 113 bus (even though we did have a nice trip looking for it around Oxford Circus, but neh).

We're leaving London today, so I'll probably have no internet for a while. We're going to Alton, and tomorrow... Alton Towers!!! Woot! Roller coasters!!!

I love roller coasters, can you tell? :)

Oh, the Tori Amos show. Well, I've already said how much I love her, and she played "Winter". That particular song hit such a nerve - I kept thinking about myself at 17, sitting on the bed with my earphones listening to "Little Earthquakes" because I had a bad day at school or my mom annoyed me, and I told the girl I was "This is real! You're at a Tori Amos concert!". It's just I've been dreaming about this time for so long, that it was something so big when it actually happened, and I didn't feel empty at all when it was over. On the contrary - it just made me happier and fuller.

For all those years i had this moment in my head and now it came true, and I have a one minute movie (lousy quolity, with my phone) of Tori singing "I believe in peace, BITCH!" with Mel and I singing in the background.

Oh, good times.

I'm leaving in a few minutes to go to the airport.

Hopefully I'll be able to post once in a while, but if not, see y'all in three weeks.

*sqeeking noises*