And now, the end is near...

School holidays are great. Even when marred by extended sickness, not being at school is a lot cooler than being at school. Tomorrow I'm back for a day and a half before taking an afternoon off to take Dom to Porirua to see the specialist. Dom's having an x-ray before the appointment, which is a standard follow-up dealy, so it should be relatively stressless (though getting him to sit still for x-rays isn't always easy). We are the proud owners of a new set of speakers for our computer - speakers which sound a lot better than the old ones and work in stereo :-) Our desk setup precludes subwooferness, so it's a 2.0 pair, and I'm happy to have them. They were $50, so not exactly high end, but given that the old speakers were probably sub $20 (they came as part of the package with the computer) it's still an improvement. I have a small amount of marking I should probably do, but I'm feeling distinctly unmotivated. I don't need to do the marking today, it'd just be nice to be starting the term with a clean slate. I suspect it won't get done, though. I have been thinking about my impending birthday, and whether I could make some suggestions for family about pressies I might want. Here's the working list: - A4 visual diary (blank page sketch book) - Armani Code smelly stuff - Cheap USB flash drive (I have a big expensive one, but could always use a couple cheaper ones to have kicking around the house/in my bag etc) - Interesting graphic novels - Colourful/cool t-shirt (size M) - Comfy black socks I'm sure there are loads of other things I'd like...