I finally got my new phone. As part of my whole working on my issues things, I'm being more communicative and just rebuilding my phonebook from the ground up.

Please send me your phone number and email address! Comments are screened :).

Andy discovered the Wii. I spent fifteen minutes showing him how to serve on the tennis game then five minutes watching him having what looked like a seizure as he bounced around the room hitting the tennis ball until the nice man told him he lost (although, by Andy's story, he totally won that game and kicked butt).

I suppose I'll show him bowling here shortly, as soon as I am allowed to talk to him again. He ran away to play with his robots and I was told that I was "Not allowed" in his room to talk to him. Because robots are super sekrit and were "transformin". I swear, that child is the elemental attitude combined with epic awesome most days.

Now, more cleaning.

It was a long weekend. It's been a long month. I am surviving and I am looking forward to Winter break. I am pretty sure, once I catch up with school work, I'll be working on the projects for the winter formal as well as a couple of sewing things.

In any case, going to spend a few evenings with R and some movies (and steaks, apparently), and try to stay caught up with homework as well as the holidays.

Things are very quiet as we gain or lose people. It's kind of like the net loss or gain of electrons. Cool in a chemical sort of way.

( Lost at Sea )

I forgot yesterday for some reason or another. Hopefully, I'll have a new piece up for next weekend.

( Gristle )

I am working on my Web Dev project (which leaves me only with the final in this class...this week is insane) so this is another archived piece. Depending on how far I get with cleaning this weekend after I get all my finals done, perhaps a new original will be up next week.

I will also attempt to catch up on email throughout the next two weeks, since I have a VERY small break in classes. Yay!

( Orion's Belt )

I was frustrated with my pants today. Due to some other drama, I participated in retail therapy. I was looking for a pair of jeans that fit.

I haven't bought a pair of jeans in forever. I know my sixteens are hanging off me and my fourteens are loose, so when I venture into the store, I pick up a couple of different sizes and head to the fitting room.

I first tried on the 12s, which were still loose. Since I plan on loosing more weight, this wasn't going to be okay long term. I slid out of them and put on the tens. They still hung loose in the back.

I put on the eights, which gap slightly but were snug across the thighs.

I'm a size eight. A SIZE EIGHT.

I'm going to happy dance right to the end of time.

My bed is calling to me, because after test and lecture today, yeah.

The Husband Unit signed me up for classes. Introductory Chemistry, Pre-Calc, English Comp, and FYE. Somehow, I thought I had less work and still ended up with 14 credit hours. At least English Comp and FYE should be simple. Introductory Chem and Pre-Calc-- I may cry a little.

( School Rambling )

I think I just crossed the line into the super dorkdom. This just became the most beautiful thing I did today. With a little help as there were two things missing from my code.

( I Have Fallen and I Will Never Get Up )

Guys,

I am very, very sick. As in, sent home by my professor/spent most of the night up wondering if I was going to be drug into the ER sick. It's still a possibility today, and the husband stayed home to make sure there was someone here if I asked to go.

I have gotten my head to a roar rather than an icepick; however I am still not social. I'm working on homework in between spikes and my g-chat is up for one person alone (which, I suppose, means I should change my away message). If I snippy, bitchy, or otherwise intolerable(more than usual), please take it as a hint to leave me alone. I appreciate people caring about me, but I'm trying to manage the hell out of my last available spoon (with so much work left to do) and it makes me more difficult to deal with than I want to be.

I'm trying to be well by Saturday, but at the rate I'm going, I may spend it whacked out on whatever they give me in the ER. In any case, this does not mean I do not love you. It means I am trying to get the things done I have to, even though I really don't feel like it.

I'm returning to lipds, and proteins, and anabolic steroids. It's good I love this class or I would say to hell with it already.

I'm working on school stuff (A post for later) and I came across this as I was listening to Pandora.

In the Garage, Weezer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMcrbWC6PQY

This was another piece I did in April for a birthday present. It came out of a kit (that I bought for directions for something else) and I added the different color crystal beads and altered the pattern to my needs. I am thinking of getting a good pair of cutters and sterling silver wire to try a necklace/earring thing for a costume piece. I have some awesome deep blue and gold beads I can use, especially if I expand the pattern in several rows.

( Bracelet Piece-- Picture taken by Lesley M. )

Over a year ago, someone told me they really wanted a jewelry piece that looked like the rosary out of Hellboy for their character. In other words-- huge and a PITA. I made the the actual jewelry piece out of chain from Home despot, jewelers chain, hematite, and sterling silver beads. I spray painted the chain link and chain with red paint, then black. It, painfully, made the jeweler's chain brittle, so I've repaired it a couple of times.

However, I was unable to find a cross for the end piece. He has been using an alternative (a small vampire symbol thing). A few months ago, I found something at Hobby Lobby that fit the bill. Large (the size of my hand) and very "archaic" looking. I hit it with my spraypaint, roughed it up with my sandpaper and some crackling (there are some silver parts I missed, but really, it will chip as it's used).

I am finally done, other than repairing it. I'm going to see if the jeweler's chain can handle the weight of the cross through repeated use and if not, I'll attach it to the chain link. However, that's something he's going to have to let me know. This thing is probably five feet long or so.

( I Can Make Pretties )

We all have them, especially with music, when you hear something that just defines a moment perfectly or describes a point in your life to a tee.

( Silver Lining- Rilo Kiley )

I need a pattern or a resource for pants like those seen here. Aviation pants and flying pants? Apparently these are pretend things.

http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/earhart&CISOPTR=21

I AM SURROUNDED BY BOOKS!!!

Glorious books.

The books I ordered from Amazon came in today. Coincidentally, I also picked up my stuff from school so I could get my id and parking pass.

After I finish some outstanding stuff from work, I may just wallow in organizing my backpack and basking in my office supply love.

On a more serious note, my eye exam is scheduled for Friday and I have an appointment for my headaches on the second. The household was seven flavors of productive today.