I've been on a break the past week. We had planned to go mountain hiking and just travelling around, but then of course, everything went against it, even the weather.
Just a recap.
The past weekend I joined a bachelorette party for one of my best friends who is getting married this upcoming saturday. The party lasted a good 12 hours (!) and we had a blast and sadly nearly killed the bride, but everything was ok in the end :) Part of the party consisted also of all 14 girls envading the concert stage of a popular Slovenian band - we had an agreement with them that they'd dedicate a song to our bride, but instead, the funny people they are, they brought all of us on stage where we had to dance and sing with them for about 5 songs or so in front of our whole hometown!
I slept about 4 hours and when I returned home I found my partner had injured himself, cutting his heel deep and ugly and there went our hiking plans. Then, even the weather turned ugly and has stayed like that for the past days, so we have about 14°C today and is just damn cold. Not the usual July's 30°C by far. I hope the weather turns better until weekend otherwise we'll all freeze to death on the wedding! Summer cocktail dresses, anyone?
So, instead of travelling and having fun, we did some shopping and some minor trekking and slept really late everyday. And we cooked and ate, wrapped up in blankets like hot dogs.
With colder temperatures, the dishes went heartier, too.
Barley minestrone with fresh swiss chard
Grilled tofu with zucchini & cherry tomatoes, corn on the cob and oven-roasted potatoes
Conchiglie in creamy pecan sauce
Hearty zucchini cream soup
And just as all things put together weren't weird enough, on Saturday, while having my breakfast and looking up the news on my laptop, the ugliest thing happened. Just like that, when I reached for a glass of juice, the glass tripped, broke and the juice spilled all over my laptop keyboard.
I froze. I panicked. I didn't know where to start cleaning - the table, the couch, my clothes, the laptop. The laptop!! I hopped up, grabbed a dish towel and tried to drain the liquids off the keyboard. I even turned the laptop upside down in hope it will drain off. Of course it didn't. The liquids reached the processor or motherboard or all of it. It died. I'm laptop-less the past few days and know I need to buy a new one, but I honestly don't want to pay a month's income on it.
So I started looking for a new one and with all the offers I'm lost and don't even know what I want or need. I mean, I know what I need is not much - something to browse, mails, write and edit photos. But the thing I really need now is a laptop that is immune to my clumsiness. And to bombs & disasters as well, with my luck.
This summer is a real burden to my wallet. What with birthdays, bachelorettes, weddings (gifts & clothes) and now a new computer. And did I mention we still didn't go to holidays anywhere? And I wanted to go to Bali or Thailand or... and instead what? Just Italy or Croatia yet again?
I'm back in the office today so there goes my summer break. 5 days of laziness and now, who knows when I'll have the time again to take the time off. Or the money, for that matter.
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