This is an interruption into the ongoing intermission!
I really needed this holiday. I was tired. An ongoing family crisis meant I couldn’t go away, but we’ve been for coffees and afternoon teas. I sewed and knitted. I’ve weeded books, tidied the garden, and we’ve had the bathroom gutted and totally refitted. (This is not the epitome of restfulness, especially when the loo’s decommissioned!, but the end result is gorgeous. )
But please, never ever ask me about multi-vehicle car insurance. I do not wish to relive those hours wasted entertaining the thought. It was a terrible idea. Ironically, I don’t even want to share my experience of finding that my data had been shared without consent, or that a non-existent traffic conviction had also been attributed to me. (The ‘incident’ was my being stopped after the midnight Christmas service. Doing 30 mph, stone-cold sober, in a fully compliant vehicle, it was a routine check, that’s all. No breach of the law, no points on licence.)
A couple of email exchanges during my vacation have reminded me how far I’ve moved from librarianship to research in just one year, and I’m looking forward to carrying on in this direction now. Anyway, I’m back to research mode on Monday. The coming week might be as close to normal routine as I could hope for, in the circumstances. Here’s hoping!
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 