----- Original Message -----
From: Haldir < haldominion@crazysexycool.com >
To: Lainie < ********@tiscali.co.uk >
Sent: Saturday, May 15th 2004
Subject: Re: Fw: 'hi from the frozen north' just ain't gonna work for an email going to the frozen north bloody pole, is it???


Oh dear! I really have got to stop procrastinating!

Hehe.

Hi dearest, Haldir here, not Elrond. He’s rushing to catch up on his work schedule, so he forwarded it to me instead. To tell the truth, we’re actually still in Scotland. Erm… yeeeeessss… I know it’s been some time since we left, but we’ve been a bit … *ahem* busy… *blushblushblushfuriousblush*. Yes… what with all the *coughliarcough* paperwork and everything… you know, Elrond’s a busy man *coughliarcough* and he cant just you know…. erm… leave everything on a whim… so yeah. To use the same lingo, we’re busy and all. And *all*. So yeah. We’re still in Scotland.

Good news though! I’ve been doing some research and everything, and this afternoon I booked us a spot on the arctic icebreaker Yamal. It’s supposed to be one of the most powerful ships in the world, and it’s been on a few North Pole expeditions before, so it’s pretty established. Well, when I say I booked it what I mean is ‘I booked it using his card’, but *blush*…

Anyway, we’re leaving sometime in june. Cant remember the exact dates, and I cant be bothered to re-check at the moment, so you’ll have to do with a ‘june-ish’ thing. I just had a look at the itinerary and it looks really exciting. It sounds really cool. It’s going to be like a cross between a cruise and a guided tour. Hehe. Never thought I’d say something like that, but it’s true. It’s a cruise, really it is, complete with the suite and the indoor swimming pool and casino and day-long buffet and all… and yet it’s a bit like an educational tour as well. We’ll be visiting historic sites (if we’re lucky we’ll get to see that cabin that whatzizname built!! You know, the first human to reach the North Pole!! It’s still standing, and if we’re lucky we might actually get a chance to go in!!!!) There’s even going to be a team of scientists on board, collecting samples and doing research and stuff! It’ll be so fun!

Okay, okay, I admit, cruising the arctic with a whole bunch of other people and a science team isn’t exactly my idea of a romantic getaway, but on the other hand, it *will* be a great way for us to extend out social circle. They’re all respectable people, and there’s going to be parties and stuff on board, and we can get to know a whole bunch of new friends. And the educational tour bit is cool too. I mean, we get to visit historic sites, we get up close and personal with arctic flora and fauna, we learn about the whole ecosystem… that’s kinda cool too. In fact, it’d be almost a waste to go all the way to that magical, mysterious part of the earth and miss out on it’s history and ecology. Anyway, just in case you’re interested, here’s the itinerary. http://www.travelvantage.com/arc_north.html

Actually, well, to tell the truth, I haven’t told Elrond about it yet. He really has been busy, the poor dear, and I haven’t been doing much to improve the situation. *blush*. I feel bad actually. Haiz. He really does have quite a lot to settle before we can leave, and I’ve been a terrible distraction to him. Sure, he says he doesn’t mind, but still… haiz. I’m too self-centred, it’s a habit, and it’s awfully hard to break it even though I AM trying. Really I am. I’m a dead weight on his shoulders. He might not mind giving in to me all the time, but the thing that bugs me the most is that I’m so demanding without even realising how very demanding I am. It’s just the way I am. I can’t help it. In fact I don’t even notice it until very much later.

Anyway, what was I saying? Oh yes. Haven’t told Elrond. Now that I realise how much of a distraction I am, I try to keep out of his way while he’s working (incidentally, and this it thoroughly off-topic, Elrond looks so amazingly adorable when he’s working!) and I just haven’t had the time to tell him about it yet. Plus, since he’s so busy, I was kinda planning it as a surprise… you know, to save him the hassle of looking himself…

About the moving house, they can always come and stay with us if they like… well, if Elrond likes actually. Goodness knows we have enough room. And I don’t think E would mind building a sort-of-outhouse for them. They can have their seven bedrooms and double garage and huge garden.

Come to think of it, maybe Elrond might be persuaded to buy a plot of land somewhere near-ish your place and build a clump of four-storey condominiums… the type where all four storeys belong to the same block…. What do you think? Whatever your opinion, don’t you DARE breathe a WORD of it to the rest. Legolas hates me enough as it is without thinking he’s being patronised.

>And Leg actually apologised (miracle!!!) to Ary for being snappy about the bike and the garage, >and promised to consider it and take it into account and all, and they went off and made up. Ah >bless.

You mean, ‘made up and went off’. *grinz* or ‘went off and made out’. Or why not just ‘made up and went off to make out’. Hehe. ^_^

Anyway, I have to get going now. Elrond just called me, and that means that he’s finished his work for today and wants a bit of a rest before dinner. Eeek, he called again, man, something must be up, I’ve hardly ever seen him impatient, EVER! Okay. Gotta run! Send my love to everyone there! And sorry about Elrond, I swear he’ll read through your email thoroughly later tonight.


~haldir.


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I pick all my shirts to be a little too… sexy
Just like all my thoughts always get a bit… naughty
When I’m with the guys I always play a bit …bitchy
Can’t change the way I am; sexy, naughty, bitchy me.