My Weekend

I had a vacation weekend.  I drove out to Star's apartment and we had a Smallville-a-thon.  She crocheted and I embroidered.  Then we spent Sunday with her folks, for Father's Day and her mom's birthday.  She spent the night and stayed part of Monday.  I had a NAMI meeting last night, it was uncomfortable for me.  You have to realize the dynamic of NAMI is mostly parents and their wayward (mental) kids.  That creates all sorts of communication problems.  So guess who acts out?  It's not the ones with mental illness. :)  So I didn't get much done all weekend.  I'm trying to play catch-up today.  That includes blogging.  I'm always so tired in the mornings.  I realize it's after 1pm now.  Gonna try to get a handle on that. 

bye!

Friends

I haven't posted here for awhile. I ordered a new sleeping bag from Amazon. I plan to go car camping this summer with my friends and possibly my family. I heard from my friend, Penelope, yesterday. She and her hubby decided to move onto a farm. She is going to raise her own food, veggies and eggs, stuff like that. I finished a pink baseball hat with embroidered roses for Star. Jean Jeanie came over and got an extra embroidery hoop for cross-stitch and borrowed a couple crocheting books.

I've been pretty overwhelmed lately. I'm trying to figure out my new schedule, how to best approach going to town twice a week. And then today was all about my poetry group and posting the April PAD poems. I'm really tired tonight. Just thought I'd check in. 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!
bye

Computer Hell--Another Level

Still having computer problems, but I'm seeing the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Tip: if you are having computer problems but can still do a search, search for the problem. You can get some good results that way.

Had Chinese with Mom today, this spicy chow mein. Pretty good. I still have leftovers. Talked to Star a little today, but I had to pee, so was kinda short with her. She is into her own transformation right now, like a former caterpillar, now looking for her wings. I miss her. I can't call her up or even email her. Weird! I made a couple Valentines today and mailed one off. Mom made about 8. They were so cute! She loves holidays. I'm partial to them too. All of them. We are having a nice dinner next Sunday and even invited a guest. A party of special magnificence. :)

My online college is now offering an MFA. You don't know how tempting that is. But I am signed up for 4 programs already. Maybe someday. I'm kind of worried about Dean Dharma, she is having some health issues. I guess they are more chronic than critical, but still. I've learned tons already. I'm not kidding. I'm listening to Erasure videos. I was watching them and crocheting, but then I decided to tackle the computer again. The kitties are being really quiet. They are both napping. I guess that's it for tonight. Bye!