stressed to chill

it didn't start off as such a good day. i woke up well, but then my mom and i had a misunderstanding as far as scheduling was concerned, and i annoyed her by not keeping to her timetable.

soon afterwards, we discovered that SxS's car had been broken into. according to the security guards who sit about 10m away from where he'd been parked, it had happened between 7.30 and 8am. but they're security guards, they're not allowed to do things like get involved or even call the police.

as it was boxing day, no dice on getting a replacement window either.

my mom and i went to fairview - some family friends have a house there. i drove, and we got seriously lost on the way :/

the farm has changed some since i was last there as a kid. lots and lots of tourists, all smelling cheese and tasting wine; we went around the back way, avoiding the crowds, to sit and chill with the people who actually stay there.

it's really, really pretty - and well worth a visit if you're in the area. the house itself is beautifully done, but the view is just amazing. and the goat's cheese totally works for me - it tastes good and it doesn't make me sick :)

we returned home in the evening, and i took SxS up to my old place to stop and appreciate the sunset. some rich tossers have closed off access to the trees by building a frikkin' house in the way, so we had to maneuver around until we could get up there. we didn't get much of a sunset view from where we were sitting, but it was nice enough.

we drove from there to protoplasm's in woodstock - he's running a nice place there. we sat chilling and watching tv for a while; payback looks really good. yes, i know it's an old film. from there we moved to call-a-pizza, where we ate great pizza and listened to timecode discs. i bought multistate, which starts off with seriously dirty, grinding beats, and we then came over here, to sit on the balcony with coffee until a few minutes ago.

now's bedtime, although i'm finally feeling alright enough to read a bit before passing out :)