Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!

Anyone out there a size 8 1/2 or 9 in shoes and have a pair of hiking boots/shoes that you won't be using in April and that you would be prepared to lend me? Seamus and I have two jungle treks planned on our honeymoon, each less than 6 hours, and it seems silly to buy a pair of shoes if I don't need to.

I would be very, very grateful!

I've had an awful throat infection the last half week. It made me miss all my uni classes which is very annoying, as well as a day of work, which is expensive.

Yesterday I saw Dr Lum and he gave me MegaSteriodsOfDeath to kill the thing in my throat. So far they seem to be working so I will head back to work today, yay!

I'm feeling a tad bummed about having basically missed everything since Saturday due to being either unconscious or in a stupid amount of pain (it seriously felt like I had a ball of barbed wire stuck in my throat) so today I drove mc_shamo to work then navigated a vast amount of roadworks to get to the Kathmandu outlet.

My old faithful backpack that had been all over Europe and done a fair bit of Australia finally packed it in after my last overseas jaunt. When I left for Greece I had a backpack and a roll of gaffa tape, when I returned from Rome I had a weird, vaguely backpack-shaped concoction with just visible canvas between the gaffa tape. So today I thought I'd go in the Kathmandu outlet "just to price" Ha! Yeah...

To be fair, I was not expecting a bag that was near bloody perfect, almost exactly what I had in mind, to be sitting there with a pricetag that had $400 crossed out and $100 written in it's place. That's cheating. I quickly did some sums, decided it was possible and bought said bag. The only issue with it is no detachable daypack (I'll live) and it's a trolley bag that does not convert to backpack (I'll still live, I don't plan to take it hiking and I can haul it up stairs if need be). It's lightweight, 90 lts, has compartments, has decent wheels and handle, packs away flat and is even my favourite colour. Yay! And from everything I've read Kathmandu bags are really well made, which is why they are usually expensive, so it should last me at least as long as my old backpack, if not longer.

I also bought a microfibre towel as they were on special. Apparently a lot of Malaysian places still don't provide guests with towels (and when they do they are often of questionable cleanliness even in more ritzy places) so I figure one large emergency travel towel between us is a good idea. i also have to admit my inner geek (who some may say is not too inner) wanted to ensure I had a towel and knew where is was :-)

I have spent today feeling progressively better and better. Now if only my nose would stop running everything would be sweet.