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Two days’ entry

Despite making a vow to myself that I'd write a short entry every day, I couldn't find time yesterday to do so. It's not that I wouldn't want to, but the circumstances had different plans for me. For some inexplicable reason, the gum behind my tooth, which they had replaced the filling in last Friday, got inflamed. By the end of the day, I couldn't close my mouth, so I decided to check the non-stop dental ambulance at eight p.m. We drove to Budapest and waited half an hour to get in, but the swelling reduced completely, fortunately. They gave me some mothball-smelling ointment, which made me feel like being in a wardrobe amongst my granny's favourite fur coats. Anyway, by the time we got home at 10:30 p.m. I wasn't in the mood for writing. Today I had to pop into Budapest for a check-up at my dentist, and the good news is, there is nothing wrong with my inflamed gum. Hurray.

As for my English: I went through the sixth lesson yesterday and today, and it went exceptionally well. The much-loathed open-cloze task was flawless, and I solved the other exercises with minimal mistakes. I've got high hopes. I believe in myself now and can prepare and sit a CAE and a CPE exam. I only need to expand the vocabulary, strengthen a few grammatical hiccups, and speak and write more. I wish Charlette would return soon.

Other than that, I bought two language books today: both from the "Teach Yourself" series, "Discover a new way to learn Finnish" and "Discover a new way to learn Turkish." We'll spend ten days in Austria, and I can speak and practise Turkish there. I bought the Finnish book because I took a shine to the language while watching the "Deadwind" series in Finnish. I wish to find time to learn all the languages I'd like to.

The roof guys - masters of the trade - came early in the morning to install the new shingles. The roof will look stunning. They plan to finish it in four days; too bad that due to the Easter Holiday, they can't complete it this week and must return next week. 

The weather is shite. Cold and windy. It'll get worse till Saturday, and then it'll improve. It's high time we had warmer temperatures, as the winter was long enough.

We decided to take Abby with us to Vienna in May. It might be a complete disaster, but things might pan out well, and we'll have an obedient dog with whom we can travel the world.
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