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Random musings...
Nov. 12th, 2007 08:53 pmI played hookey this evening from everything and finished the book trilogy I started over a year ago (book # 2 vanished when I was in the middle of it some many months back and I only just found it a couple weeks ago - and have since finished it and tonight #3). I feel a bit guilty at having taken this time for myself - and am working on soundly smacking myself upside the head for that foolishness. But now I get to pick up and finish "What the Dickens" the new Gregory McGuire book about toothfairies. And then it's onto "Son of a Witch"... the sequel to "Wicked" which I started and then had no time to finish and now Cruz has claimed it. ARGH - but he just finished Wicked and wanted to read them together. So I am not being too cranky - people picking up and reading books I am in the middle of is a picky point for me... But I digressed onto other books so it's ok.
Right now Cruz is tapping away on his puter on some contractor detailing work he found - and trying to nail down a 10k pound discrepancy between the weight on the bar list and what they told him roughly the final weight should be. And though he was feeling super crappy when I got home, is now feeling better after a short nap, some soup and a little time reading. Hopefully he can get these drawings sent off in the morning and we can bill out the work. And then he can start on the larger, more money, contract he has. We also found his super-duper ankle brace, the one that actually WORKS, when we declared war on the kitchen this past weekend. This is especially good since his ankle has decided that it likes to go out and not leave a forwarding address. Him being able to walk around and not hobble or limp is a good thing. It's easier for him to concentrate on work when he is dealing with less pain, go figure.
One of my silk wrap nails came off rather painfully today, (put hand in pocket, catch nail on seam, swear not so softly when there is PAIN *OW*OW*OW*) but as it's been over three weeks since the last time I had them done I was almost expecting it (the edges lift ya know??). And we are not talking a corner broke or something, NO, the whole dame thing peeled off and DAMN that hurts. So, gotta find time to go get them filled/fixed. wheeeee. Like in the next couple of days... Now the eternal question - what color next???? HHmmmm
Small moments of joy this week... rediscovering my Gowan CD's and ripping then to work puter and then discovering many Gowan videos on YouTube! I swear "A Criminal Mind" is a masterpiece. Lawrence Gowan is the current front man/vocalist for Styx but his solo stuff is fun. Also discovering that Figures on a Beach has an official website, and while my fave album of theirs (Standing in Ceremony) is still not on CD, their only video is on their web site and it's one of my favorite songs of theirs called "No Stars" (up there next to "A Pagan Gift" - and yes it REALLY IS called that). The album in question, while not on CD, is apparently available digitally various places (like itunes) and I just need to figure out how to go get it - I happen to hate, loathe and despise the itunes interface on my mac, to the point that I don't use it. Finding the video was an extra bit of happiness cause it has literally been over 10 years since I heard this damn album cause I only have it on vinyl. I also dug out my Dolphin Brothers (Steve Jansen from Japan and Richard Barbieri) and Alison Moyet CD's. I had almost forgotten how much I love this music. Yeah yeah yeah - I know my 80's are showing. So what, big deal... There was some GOOD music then, yeah there was some bad stuff too, but some of the good stuff was REALLY GOOD.
Some sadness today - found out that the sister and family are not going to be able to come up for Xmas as originally planned. This has hit me hard as the prospect of seeing them for the holidaze was a big chunk of what was getting me through a bunch of the crap I am dealing with. Now we get to figure out how to see them before the end of the first week of Dec (the timeline is crazy for various reasons). We were originally going to go down to SoCal a day early for LosCon and see them for Turkey Day and then do LosCon and all. But now really cannot afford to do LosCon at all. So first I lose that chance to see them, but thought it would be ok cause they were supposed to come up here in December. Now that's not happening. I am thinking that perhaps LosCon may not happen, and if we DO go down to SoCal for that weekend, we will skip LA and go spend a few days with my sister and the boys cause I would really rather see them. We would spend the gas money either way - but we would not need hotel money to see them and we would not be spending money to eat in the hotel - which is SPENDY. A double bonus - spend half the money and get 3 or more days with my sister and her hubby and the nephews... Gawds. I think my mental health needs that more than almost anything else. There is also the fact that it's been roughly a decade since I got to do Turkey Day with my sister... So I am currently waiting on an email back from her about some of this.
So yeah - besides feeling overwhelmed to the point of wanting to cry, some of this other random stuff is going on.
We kicked the kitchens ass this past weekend, as well as the downstairs room. The couch actually looks like a couch and is not lost under piles of my old and too big clothes - although it IS lost under the pile of carefully arranged pillows (what is it with me and pillows?). I still need to sort through the clothes to figure out what to give away and what to try to sell. But some crucial ground work got done for neatening things.
This past weekend, while shopping for food for the CAT meeting yesterday, I bought a miniature orchid at Trader Joes. And while yes, it is one of those in the small 3" pot - that's not all that's miniature about it. The flowers are not more than a 1/2" big. And Cruz got me roses for our Anniversary last Thursday that are just starting to open in the lead crystal vase that was one of our wedding presents. And I got home today and the house smelled LOVELY - I thought for a second that he had been burning incense. But no - it was the orchids and roses and incense is not always a good idea around him cause of the breathing issues. But it was still neat.
Ok - off to bed. Have to go to work tomorrow. Can you sense the excitement rolling off of me at the prospect? Yeah, I knew you could. *feh*
Right now Cruz is tapping away on his puter on some contractor detailing work he found - and trying to nail down a 10k pound discrepancy between the weight on the bar list and what they told him roughly the final weight should be. And though he was feeling super crappy when I got home, is now feeling better after a short nap, some soup and a little time reading. Hopefully he can get these drawings sent off in the morning and we can bill out the work. And then he can start on the larger, more money, contract he has. We also found his super-duper ankle brace, the one that actually WORKS, when we declared war on the kitchen this past weekend. This is especially good since his ankle has decided that it likes to go out and not leave a forwarding address. Him being able to walk around and not hobble or limp is a good thing. It's easier for him to concentrate on work when he is dealing with less pain, go figure.
One of my silk wrap nails came off rather painfully today, (put hand in pocket, catch nail on seam, swear not so softly when there is PAIN *OW*OW*OW*) but as it's been over three weeks since the last time I had them done I was almost expecting it (the edges lift ya know??). And we are not talking a corner broke or something, NO, the whole dame thing peeled off and DAMN that hurts. So, gotta find time to go get them filled/fixed. wheeeee. Like in the next couple of days... Now the eternal question - what color next???? HHmmmm
Small moments of joy this week... rediscovering my Gowan CD's and ripping then to work puter and then discovering many Gowan videos on YouTube! I swear "A Criminal Mind" is a masterpiece. Lawrence Gowan is the current front man/vocalist for Styx but his solo stuff is fun. Also discovering that Figures on a Beach has an official website, and while my fave album of theirs (Standing in Ceremony) is still not on CD, their only video is on their web site and it's one of my favorite songs of theirs called "No Stars" (up there next to "A Pagan Gift" - and yes it REALLY IS called that). The album in question, while not on CD, is apparently available digitally various places (like itunes) and I just need to figure out how to go get it - I happen to hate, loathe and despise the itunes interface on my mac, to the point that I don't use it. Finding the video was an extra bit of happiness cause it has literally been over 10 years since I heard this damn album cause I only have it on vinyl. I also dug out my Dolphin Brothers (Steve Jansen from Japan and Richard Barbieri) and Alison Moyet CD's. I had almost forgotten how much I love this music. Yeah yeah yeah - I know my 80's are showing. So what, big deal... There was some GOOD music then, yeah there was some bad stuff too, but some of the good stuff was REALLY GOOD.
Some sadness today - found out that the sister and family are not going to be able to come up for Xmas as originally planned. This has hit me hard as the prospect of seeing them for the holidaze was a big chunk of what was getting me through a bunch of the crap I am dealing with. Now we get to figure out how to see them before the end of the first week of Dec (the timeline is crazy for various reasons). We were originally going to go down to SoCal a day early for LosCon and see them for Turkey Day and then do LosCon and all. But now really cannot afford to do LosCon at all. So first I lose that chance to see them, but thought it would be ok cause they were supposed to come up here in December. Now that's not happening. I am thinking that perhaps LosCon may not happen, and if we DO go down to SoCal for that weekend, we will skip LA and go spend a few days with my sister and the boys cause I would really rather see them. We would spend the gas money either way - but we would not need hotel money to see them and we would not be spending money to eat in the hotel - which is SPENDY. A double bonus - spend half the money and get 3 or more days with my sister and her hubby and the nephews... Gawds. I think my mental health needs that more than almost anything else. There is also the fact that it's been roughly a decade since I got to do Turkey Day with my sister... So I am currently waiting on an email back from her about some of this.
So yeah - besides feeling overwhelmed to the point of wanting to cry, some of this other random stuff is going on.
We kicked the kitchens ass this past weekend, as well as the downstairs room. The couch actually looks like a couch and is not lost under piles of my old and too big clothes - although it IS lost under the pile of carefully arranged pillows (what is it with me and pillows?). I still need to sort through the clothes to figure out what to give away and what to try to sell. But some crucial ground work got done for neatening things.
This past weekend, while shopping for food for the CAT meeting yesterday, I bought a miniature orchid at Trader Joes. And while yes, it is one of those in the small 3" pot - that's not all that's miniature about it. The flowers are not more than a 1/2" big. And Cruz got me roses for our Anniversary last Thursday that are just starting to open in the lead crystal vase that was one of our wedding presents. And I got home today and the house smelled LOVELY - I thought for a second that he had been burning incense. But no - it was the orchids and roses and incense is not always a good idea around him cause of the breathing issues. But it was still neat.
Ok - off to bed. Have to go to work tomorrow. Can you sense the excitement rolling off of me at the prospect? Yeah, I knew you could. *feh*
