Award Season

It's award season again.  I've been inviting some friends over to see Oscar noms from Netflix.  I saw The Black Swan with Jean Jeanie last week.  I thought it was really good.  Not so sure about all the fantasy elements.  I think I'll have another Oscar Party with ballots and prizes.  I'm waiting for my transcript from Nature U. to get uploaded.  I'm sure my grades will be fine.  I just want some closure on the semester.  Fall 2010 semester was nearly a disaster as I was moving during part of it and took on too many classes at first.  Life is going pretty good.  I ordered this book, Order From Chaos, and it is helping me get organized, potentially.  So I'm trying this new system.  I think I'll give the book to my Pastor, as she has problems staying on top of things too.  That was one of her goals, better scheduling.  We are doing goals/resolutions in the adult youth group at church.  My idea.  Of course!  Well, I have blogging on my to-do list for today.  Guess I should put it on other days as well.  All for now!

Mornings

Oscar Night went well. It's a long show and I woke up sore today from sitting so long. I've been so tired today. I took a long nap and am still in a low energy phase. Roasted a chicken tonight, that turned out good. I like to make chicken salad and chicken noodle soup with the leftovers. Mmmmmmmm!

I went to see my job counselor today, Mary Jane. We talked about my employment history, education and skills and she typed it out on the computer. We didn't finish it. Plenty more appointments scheduled. She is also going to have an employment support group for four of us. She sees me as a leader, which was nice to hear. It's best to get to know people before leading them, they may not follow! And that group is going to be meeting in the mornings, once a week. This will be difficult for me, I'm a night person. To put it mildly. The high energy time of day for me is 9pm. I usually schedule writing at that time if I'm doing regular writing. I will be taking the bus in the mornings, starting? The group isn't set up yet.

I'm starting to get excited. My best bud, Star, is coming home on Saturday. I don't know if I'll see her this weekend or next week. I'm sure she'll be glad to get her freedom back!

OK, I did all the stuff for Prehistory except I have to rewrite and type my story and notes. Then I'm done with the first assignment out of four. I'm so glad I found an angle/hook/story for my short story.

I am just bushed today. I did clean off the table, which was really bothering me. And I worked on my Top Secret craft project a little bit today. Also watched a Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals DVD. It's really quiet in here. I think I'm also dealing with some side effects from my new medication for Diabetes. Either that or it's just allergies. Cold and windy here today, a real Winter day, plus hail. We are studying Tarot on one of my creativity websites. I didn't start it either, but I am contributing. Not much happening on my Divination website. Oh well! I suppose I should care more. Well, that's all for today! bye

Appliances

The rain is pattering on my roof. The dryer wasn't working, but I think it might be working now. The dishwasher repair guy didn't get the switches on the breaker box all pushed back correctly. Will go check. Yay! It's working again! At least I didn't tell Mom the dryer was broken, she would've had a cow. I get along pretty well with my landlord. :)

I had a creative breakthrough today. This is for my Prehistory class. I think I may actually get my homework done this weekend! Another victory, I finished the St.Patrick's Day coasters for Star. All I have to do is get them laminated and put feet on them. I'll probably do that on Tuesday. I also did my meditations for Ancient Rites, just have to type them up.

Saw The Hurt Locker and Up last night. Jean Jeanie came over and watched the movies with me and my brother. The Hurt Locker was really intense, grim. Up was OK. I recommend the first movie. We are going to watch more Oscar movies next week.

I've been in my jammies all day. I didn't feel so hot today. Achy and tired. The neighbors moved out at the end of January. They've been doing some work on the mobile home next door today. I hope I get good neighbors. We share a fence. That should make good neighbors, but doesn't always.

That's all for now! bye

Punchy

I just finished watching Wimbledon, the movie. It was a nice light romance. I used to watch a lot of tennis on TV. Nice! I get most of my movies from Netflix, a few from the library. The Oscars are coming up so I put a few Oscar nominated movies in my queue.

I had a really nice day all around. It started early when the dishwasher repair guy came and fixed the dishwasher. Then Mom was over for awhile. We had apple cinnamon rolls and coffee together. I got two packages at the PO, a book I traded for, The Anatomy of Motive, all about why people kill and commit violent crimes, from Paperbackswap.com. The other an order from Joann's containing a kitty crosstitch that I mostly bought for the 3-inch embroidery hoop, some more transfers, a booklet of embroidery stitches, and a punch embroidery kit and punch tool. This leads into my next paragraph.

So this afternoon I did some embroidery for awhile, just boring stitching around a border. Then I opened the punch tool and punch embroidery kit. The kit is a flower in a vase with a backround, all in pink, cream, and green colors. I've never punch embroidered before. I figured it out, but I spent about half the time threading the punch needle. I may have done about a quarter of the pattern, if that, in 3 hours! Fast and easy, hmmmm. I'm not really into kits, but I wanted to learn how to do this. Then tonight I crocheted on the afgan for my mom during the movie.

I think it's the stress, really. If I'm learning something new or crafting I don't have to think about things so much. I saw my job counselor, Mary Jane, I'll call her, yesterday. We just did paperwork. So that is not so stressful except I'll have appointments once a week for awhile and maybe a job search support group to go to, once a week. I miss my best friend. I will go visit her cat tomorrow, he is staying with my family for a few days. I'm really scattered right now. I'll probably be up late since my sleep schedule is so off the charts lately. I'm seeing my doctor on Friday. I'm wondering if I have the balls to say No to someone if they ask me for a big favor. We shall see. Star always said I was good at saying No.

It's still Winter Vacation at Nature U. Until the beginning of March when a few classes start. My class doesn't start until Mid-April. Yes, Runes 4 is happening! I'm looking forward to it. The thought of no classes 'til next Fall was really weighing on me. Like a big empty space. I thought the class wasn't offered since it wasn't on the final list. Someone must have registered for it late. This class is supposed to be about doing Rune spreads and learning how to read them. Sweet! I'm kind of lost when it comes to the Runes.

I'm listening to U2 videos, The Best of 1990 to 2000. The 90s pretty much sucked for me, but some of the music was good. :) That's all for tonight!
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