Joyriding in Terriland

Perhaps 'Joyriding' isn't exactly the most accurate term.
It's been a tough couple of days - I seem to be in one of my 'worrying' modes, where everything just gets a little too much and I end up with thoughts spinning out of control inside my head. I'd tell you some of the dreams I've been having but they are so confused and haphazard that I couldn't even begin to string the words together. What can I say, I am a worrier. No, not a warrior [although some might disagree :-) ], a worrier, as in sometimes I just seem to worry about everything. And nothing. But, in the immortal words of... someone... "this too shall pass".
Yeah, I know, deep thoughts.

Moving on to shallower thoughts... did I mention we are going skiing in the French Alps this weekend? Yep, I'll be gone for the whole of next week, jet-setting with the rich and famous. Well okay, don't know about that but I will be with friends which is superbly brilliant in my book. I went and bought Hubby and I each 2 pairs of ski-socks today so at least my toes will be comfortable. I suspect it might be a little chilly where we're going - you know, the whole altitude and lots of snow thing.

Tonight is for sorting out the MP3-players for the trip. Hubby got one for Christmas and this evening he sat down to read the manual and figure out how it works. He's slightly technophobic, so this is necessary. Only... there's a slight possibility the manual was originally written in another language [Martian, perhaps?] and translated into English.
Check out the opening paragraph:

"To make you can operate the player expertly as early as possible, we prepare a detailed user manual acessory with the machine, in which you can get the related information such as introduction for production, operating measure and saftey notice. We edit the manual carefully and we think that the information provided in the manual is right and reliable, while the error and missing is incident, please excuse us and point out mistakes so that we can correct it."

[Where do I even begin...?!]

I won't bore you with the operating instructions but I just had to share one of the Warnings with you:
"2. Not fall the player down during using"

Then of course there is the section on "Basal function" [???!]
"Enter every kinds of menu by pressing the key of Mode."

Maybe that's what my problem is - I need to press my 'key of Mode'. {Plink} Happy Mode. Ooh, there ya go that's much better!

But never mind all of that, I've been playing with my new camera and it has a close-up mode. This is (part of) the Christmas Flower plant I bought myself in December. Seems like a good thing to end this post on.