Deer in the Snow

I finished up Prehistory and got an A for the course!  It's on to finishing up New Testament class after the move.  I've been keeping up with my homework OK.  Next week is gonna be tough.  I'm switching to cable from DSL, as Qwest doesn't have fiber-optic cables to the south end of town.  I should be running mucho errands today, but it is 26 F out, so I may run just a few of them.  Mom and my brother are coming over for chicken salad sandwiches and homemade chicken noodle soup at noon.  I've had the heat running a lot lately.  My last electric bill here is going to be a big one.  There were a couple deer sitting in the snow (just a little of that) in the backyard this morning, but they scampered off.  They seem quite contented.  Thanksgiving is this week.  I'm making deviled eggs for dinner that day.  I'll be offline next week for at least 2 days, maybe longer.  C'est la vie!

Progress

I'm almost finished with Prehistory class!!!  I've just got to finish the poem I wrote last night and finish my process notes.  I turn those in with the photos of the Stonehenge model I built yesterday and voila!  I'm done!  Yay!!  The model didn't turn out quite the way I envisioned it, but what does? 

Watched Iron Man 2 with Reggie last night.  Pretty good movie.  I'll give it to my brother to watch today. 

My family is moving into a rented house together.  Mom is really stressing about it.  Me not so much.  We had a spaghetti feed at church on Saturday night.  It went pretty well considering the weather.


What's next?  Four craft and writing projects for the New Testament class.  Hmmmmmm....!  I'll have to do some studying about that.

"reality continues to ruin my life"

I found that cross-stitched on one of my Flickr groups.  I figured out tonight I have to take 10 more classes plus do a Master's Thesis to get my Master's Degree in Interfaith.  Four of those are creative approaches to traditional religions, the rest are regular classes, all general electives except for one.  I'm finishing up one class right now or it'd be 11 classes.  I'm closest to getting my Divination Certificate, but even that will be awhile.  Almost 3 more years for Ancient Rites, Shamanism.  I haven't made any progress on Modern Rituals, Shamanism, for months now.  And here I am gleefully considering getting my MFA. :) I don't think I'll be applying for that until I finish something!  I feel kind of pathetic.  People are always asking when I'm going to get my degree or what am I gonna do with it. When is anybody's guess. Frame it and hang it on the wall!  This is all happening, or not happening, depending on your POV, because I take whatever I'm interested in.  Actually, I take "degree" programs in what I'm interested in.  And also because I pace myself and don't take 5 classes at once.  Well, I sorta am taking 5 classes at once, but not really...  Ancient Rites, I Ching, Runes, Prehistory, (Modern Rituals).  More like 4.  I must be nuts!  Oh yeah...

Creativity and Flexibility

I finally started working on the short story inspired by the Uffington Horse for Prehistory class.  I had an idea and took notes on it awhile ago.  It's shaping up OK.  I only have the first half or so written, longhand.  Still not sure how exactly the rest of the story will go.  School, officially, doesn't start for awhile.  I still have stuff to do for Ancient Rites before the start of school.

I'm "seeing" a guy, but not much (nothing) has happened yet.  I think he is really shy, even though he talks a lot.  I'm really shy too. Hmmmmm...!

I haven't been feeling very good physically lately.  I'm pretty much over my cold.  Yesterday, I went for a walk.  Today it poured.  Maybe I just need to get more exercise.  Tomorrow I'm going to town with my mom, to see my job counselor and do a little shopping.  Oh and me and Lucky are starting an I Ching discussion tomorrow. I might go to Bible Study and I have to back up my docs and pics too.  Busy day tomorrow!

Lines in the Sand

Last Wednesday I went down to the jetty to do the first part of my 3rd Prehistory project.  I still have to write a short story, luckily I already have an outline of that.  I made a geoglyph on the wet sand, a horse.  This was patterned after the Uffington Horse geoglyph in Wales, but a lot smaller. The tides have already erased it.

No one paid me any mind.

It was my mom's birthday on the same day.  I came down with a cold that day too.  On Friday me and my brother took Mom to the airport.  She is visiting relatives for a week.  My Uncle is having his 80th birthday party tomorrow.  Sounds like the whole county is invited!  I still have a cold.  I was planning a party for my NAMI friends, but I think I will postpone it 'til next week.

I pretty much worked out what I have to do for my Interfaith degree.  Alternative coursework (creative) for the rest of my classes, some electives, and a Master's Thesis, also creative.  Every time I think of applying to a new program of study I slap my hand because I just can't handle the coursework.  I may have a job one of these days.  Anything is possible!  I finally registered for Runes 5 and the year-long I-Ching class. That should take care of most of Divination, except for one class and the practicum.  If the I-Ching class is not a go I'm going to unregister from it. I can only do so much at my own pace.  I need deadlines!

The Parable of the Busy Student

I just spent a week going to Vacation Bible School for adults at my church.  We did some creative stuff and learned about the Parables.  I even wrote one of my own! I went with my mom and sat next to Reggie.  Some of the stuff we did was really stupid.  We sang songs.

I saw Snow Dogs on Friday, that was a silly and funny movie. I made brownies yesterday with walnuts and chocolate chips. 

As far as school goes I turned in my 3rd craft/writing proposal for Prehistory. Ancient Rites will have me busy this month and the next as we are finishing up our first year.  Papers to write, journeys to take! :)

I just finished my first month of my personal Happiness Project.  July's focus was Energy.  I don't know if I have more energy, but I'm a little more happy.  The four things I did and will continue with were: Getting to bed before midnight, taking a nap, exercising, and tackling a nagging task.  Not that I did all four every day! For August I'm doing Spirituality.  We'll see how that goes...

The Willendorf Venus

Here are the Goddess figurines I made for Prehistory.  I sent one to Dean Dharma and one to Coraline, a friend at school.   I kept the small red one.

OMG

Well, I've had a busy week. I finished my goddess sculptures and poem for Prehistory and turned that in. Yay! I did a paper for Ancient Rites and am still working on Runes 4. I am doing publicity for a lady. Mostly research, looking up addresses on the internet. I think I am hired for the summer to do baking, decorating cookies and possibly barista(ing). I need to get some good shoes! That just occurred to me. I also need to get a car. I haven't driven in a long time. I'm going a little crazy right now. This is a lot of stress for me. And I haven't even started yet. OMG. What have I gotten myself into? All for now! bye

Unwell

So I'm not going to my employment counselor appt. or the Employment Support Group meeting this week. This new drug kicking my ass, up one side of the street and down the other. Mostly nausea, but a couple other side effects as well. I'm not good with stomach pain. I already have acid reflux so this is in addition to that. Take pills for that too. Well, enough about that.

I still have to finish my application for Peer Counselor Training. Will probably get to it sometime today and mail it off tomorrow. Went to a NAMI meeting last night. Lots of personal politics. I guess people without mental problems still like drama in their lives. Kind of disillusioning. The parents outweighed the consumers last night.

Indy wants her treats. I usually give her some kitty treats around noontime. As far as Nature U. goes, Runes 4 has started. We get to do readings for others and ourselves too, with Runes. That should be a good time. The only other person who's posted a question/query is another student, Glenda. I wonder what happens if no one does a reading for you. I guess you just do your own reading and call it good. I haven't done many Rune readings so this is all pretty new to me.

Not making much progress on Prehistory. I guess feeling like shit isn't conducive to getting things done. I was gonna write about something else... Oh well! All for now! Bye

Lemon Cake with Lemon Frosting

I haven't posted for awhile. I've been busy! I had two appointments this week, plus shopping after. Today was Jean Jeanie's birthday party. Prepped for that by making Irish Soda Bread and the frosting for the lemon cake my brother baked. Mom made corned beef and veggies for dinner. And then I had to smell the bread, cake and corned beef all afternoon. :) Then we played cards and watched 2012. I really liked the disaster sequences, but the rest of the movie was just so-so.

In my convoluted way I got two friends to give me their opinion on my first short story for Prehistory. I should have just went with it, but here it is a week later and I have editing to do before I turn it in. Writing is just not a priority for me right now. I want to kick myself and get my butt in gear. It won't work though. I guess I need to find another way to motivate myself.

What I have been doing in my spare time: finished the orange and brown afghan/throw for my mom, including weaving in the ends, so totally done. Yay! I embroidered the other peaches on the fruit-themed floursack towels. Now all I have to do is the green border on that one, then the first four are all done.

Any excuse will do for me to throw a party. I'm an inveterate hostess extraordinaire. No doubt about that! I have Ancient Rites homework to do tomorrow as well, the final for this section. Well, that's all for now! Bye

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