Answerphone messages

I'm so so tired. Not-revising takes it out of a person.
And I am bored. Oh, so bored. And I somehow just want all my exams to be over tomorrow so I can go out of the house like a normal person.
There are supposed to be people coming here later, and Em just called, but the stupid phone rejected the call, and I tried ringing all of them back, and as they're on three different networks, I was treated to three different answerphone messages.
So I am vaguely annoyed.
And bored.
Don't forget bored.

GIP

Yes, second GIP in as many days. But I found this greatly amusing.

Good luck

Ah, niceness.
purplerainbow, snowdrop24, and osiris13 were just here, giving me Christmas presents. They gave me a soft alarm clock (you can throw it at the wall, plus it talks!) which now refuses to work - Pedar says he'll look at it in a moment - and a Shawshank Redemption poster, a bag of chocolate coins, two bracelets (both from Hannah, one of which she made) and my SG-5 photo with JR Bourne, and I actually look normal in it, surprisingly.

I think they liked the presents I gave them - mirrored bags, a blue one for Emily and a red one for Clare, with the wooden beaded necklaces I got in Janpath, and a purple lahariya scarf for Hannah, along with a purple bracelet and that Alyson Hannigan picture I got at SG-5.

As for the presents they gave each other - my favourites was Hannah's pen, transparent, that lit up so you can use it in the dark (from Emily) and something Em got from Hannah, that I initially thought was a shot glass but is actually a rather decadent-looking transparent gel candle in a small glass. Clare suggested using it as a shot glass after the candle burns down, and if you're using tequila, what does it matter that it might taste of candle?

There's still wrapping paper lying around, and I really don't care. Hannah was telling me about a top she saw ("army colour" and with the word "M*A*S*H*E*D" on it! *giggle*) and I told her about how I've always wanted a top with "Slashers for more porn" on it, or else "Slashy happy people."

And then they went, and on the way downstairs we met Pedar, whose initial reaction was: (and he thinks I didn't hear) "Oh, my God."
I think it might have been something to do with the bags, or the sudden invasion, or perhaps the amount of purple on purplerainbow, but he rose to the occasion very well and suddenly remembered something that has slipped everyone's mind for four years. He disappeared mumbling something about having to give something to Clare, baffling everyone, but when he came back with a white envelope with Clare's name on, I suddenly remembered myself. When we moved into this house, we did the traditional good-luck puja for it, and part of it was we had to give money to five unmarried girls. Clare's has been sitting in an envelope since August 1998.

Nevermind, she seemed happy to receive the sudden windfall, and they left on a happy note.

I'm happy now too.