I'm at work. How am I supposed to concentrate? I see ROTK tonight. I'm cold, the heating has been off here for 3 days, I have stomach pains (an old complaint flaring up again), Christmas is almost here and I have a thousand things waiting to be done. I don't have time for all this, I just want to think about ROTK, I'm impatient to have my heart broken, but I dread it.

Yesterday I received a piece of LOTR history from the wonderful lilithlotr - a postcard from Wellington, NZ, posted on 1st December which was, of course, the day of the ROTK world premiere, and bearing one Frodo stamp & one Merry/Pippin stamp. I will treasure it always. She was there on that day and very kindly did this for quite a few people. Her great pics & reports made me feel that I was there too.

The next time I write here, I will have seen 'it'. Am scared.