Weekly round-up
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tarotgalMe this week!
Last weekend I bashed my thumb into the banister and couldn't move it/type well for days. For a day I thought it might be broken, but it was (and is still) just badly bruised. Made typing hard though and I had to be careful about how I used it (I kept forgetting and picking up books a certain way and admonishing myself for it).
Last weekend I went extremely introverted and needed a me weekend. Luckily, it was also Highlander Maxi-Gathering weekend, where people all over the world watch Highlander episodes and then we see who was watching what at the same time. I ended up watching one episode per disc from seasons 1 through 5. I ended up succeeding in my goal and making it through 39 episodes + about an hour of bonus features in 55 hours. So much Highlander goodness. it was wonderful, even though I felt a little ill by the end of the weekend and had to slow down my pace at the end so I could get in a few loads of laundry.
Got strong-armed by a friend into attending a Doubleclicks concert on Monday. Sarah Donner opened for them. Both performances made me laugh & cry, though not necessarily at the same time. I have since bought albums from them both.
Also Monday... gay marriage is now legal in my state. Just like that. I almost missed the announcement as it came four paragraphs down in, like, the 4th email I'd gotten that day from the Equal Rights Campaign. But there it was, same-sex couples could get married as of 1pm that day in VA (and it was 4:30pm when I was reading it). Wow. I'm shocked and so, so, so happy. I spent Tuesday morning during breakfast crying my eyes out over all the wonderful photos of people who'd gotten married all across the state the day before--some just down the road from me and some in other parts of the state. Seeing couples who'd been together 30 or 40 years finally being able to make it legal was beautiful. And on Tuesday afternoon I teared up again when the state of VA sent out an email to all its employees (of which I am one) explaining the procedure for adding a new spouce to one's benefits package. So wonderful to see so many couples finally getting treated like married couples now with the rights and benefits they deserve. So, yeah, that was extremely happy-making.
I started a new crochet project--another scarf. This one's for a charity drive my Harry Potter group is running. I only just learned how to crochet last month, and this is the least interesting scarf ever. But I'm proud of it so far.
Work could be better. Looks like I won't be getting fired, but I don't think I'll ever like the job again. Which is so sad. I used to be so excited to go to work every morning.
Yesterday I read & really liked this: http://elwarre.livejournal.com/1024.html Aww, boys. I don't know what's wrong with me that I like my SPN with a little rape & non-con every so often... as if regular SPN angst isn't enough, I apprarently need more???
I finished Gilmore Girls Season 5 today. Just two more seasons and I'll be done with it (OMG it's going so much faster now that it's on Netflix streaming and I don't have to mail DVDs back and forth).
I'm planning to drive to the Book Thing tomorrow. I have some books to donate and also the Ikea up there has the bookcase shelves in stock and mine here doesn't. Also, my mom has some magazines and books to donate, so I'll be taking her there. Her first trip to the Book Thing. I am curious to see her reaction to it. It's one of those places book-lovers can't help but love, but usually one's image of a warehouse of thousands of free books is somewhat different in one's head compared to what the Book Thing actually looks like.
The drive is a trial run to see how I do on long drives. My hip sometimes hurts when I'm driving, because of how I sit (tense behind the wheel) and I have a day trip planned for later this month, so I want to be sure I can handle that.
Sunday I'm supposed to go to the MD Ren. Faire, but between having no money, a leg that hurts if I walk too much, and an inability to eat any food or drink sold there (and apparently they're cracking down on the no outside food/drink rule now) I suspect I will have a somewhat miserable time. So I think I might skip it.
I'm reading Geography Club right now. It's nothing at all like the movie, which I've now seen 3 times, so that's disappointing. Actually, it's disappointing that it's a good book but I can't like it as much as I should because I keep comparing it to a movie I love.
I'm behind on ALL THE SHOWS. I have hundreds of hours of shows DVRed and my DVR is at 99% full and I'm doing my best to keep up, but there just isn't enough time!!! Plus, yeah, Gilmore Girls keeps calling to me...
I have no clue what I'm doing for NaNo this year.
I'm tired of my fangirl blog schedule. I'd hoped I could hold out until December, but it's been a year and it's time to change things up so that it's fun again. So I'll be doing that soon. This weekend, I hope, if I can get out of this lazy funk I've been in lately. Today I stared at my LONG To Do list while sitting and playing Bubble Mouse for HOURS and watching, like, 6 GG episodes. Granted I was rocking in pain with a heat patch on my abdomen and a heating pad-like-thing on my back, but still. I felt lazy and didn't feel like doing anything but sitting and eating. So that's what I did. Anyway, look for the new blog post stuff soon!
Now I'm going to go read before bed and try to make it through a chapter before falling asleep.
Last weekend I bashed my thumb into the banister and couldn't move it/type well for days. For a day I thought it might be broken, but it was (and is still) just badly bruised. Made typing hard though and I had to be careful about how I used it (I kept forgetting and picking up books a certain way and admonishing myself for it).
Last weekend I went extremely introverted and needed a me weekend. Luckily, it was also Highlander Maxi-Gathering weekend, where people all over the world watch Highlander episodes and then we see who was watching what at the same time. I ended up watching one episode per disc from seasons 1 through 5. I ended up succeeding in my goal and making it through 39 episodes + about an hour of bonus features in 55 hours. So much Highlander goodness. it was wonderful, even though I felt a little ill by the end of the weekend and had to slow down my pace at the end so I could get in a few loads of laundry.
Got strong-armed by a friend into attending a Doubleclicks concert on Monday. Sarah Donner opened for them. Both performances made me laugh & cry, though not necessarily at the same time. I have since bought albums from them both.
Also Monday... gay marriage is now legal in my state. Just like that. I almost missed the announcement as it came four paragraphs down in, like, the 4th email I'd gotten that day from the Equal Rights Campaign. But there it was, same-sex couples could get married as of 1pm that day in VA (and it was 4:30pm when I was reading it). Wow. I'm shocked and so, so, so happy. I spent Tuesday morning during breakfast crying my eyes out over all the wonderful photos of people who'd gotten married all across the state the day before--some just down the road from me and some in other parts of the state. Seeing couples who'd been together 30 or 40 years finally being able to make it legal was beautiful. And on Tuesday afternoon I teared up again when the state of VA sent out an email to all its employees (of which I am one) explaining the procedure for adding a new spouce to one's benefits package. So wonderful to see so many couples finally getting treated like married couples now with the rights and benefits they deserve. So, yeah, that was extremely happy-making.
I started a new crochet project--another scarf. This one's for a charity drive my Harry Potter group is running. I only just learned how to crochet last month, and this is the least interesting scarf ever. But I'm proud of it so far.
Work could be better. Looks like I won't be getting fired, but I don't think I'll ever like the job again. Which is so sad. I used to be so excited to go to work every morning.
Yesterday I read & really liked this: http://elwarre.livejournal.com/1024.html Aww, boys. I don't know what's wrong with me that I like my SPN with a little rape & non-con every so often... as if regular SPN angst isn't enough, I apprarently need more???
I finished Gilmore Girls Season 5 today. Just two more seasons and I'll be done with it (OMG it's going so much faster now that it's on Netflix streaming and I don't have to mail DVDs back and forth).
I'm planning to drive to the Book Thing tomorrow. I have some books to donate and also the Ikea up there has the bookcase shelves in stock and mine here doesn't. Also, my mom has some magazines and books to donate, so I'll be taking her there. Her first trip to the Book Thing. I am curious to see her reaction to it. It's one of those places book-lovers can't help but love, but usually one's image of a warehouse of thousands of free books is somewhat different in one's head compared to what the Book Thing actually looks like.
The drive is a trial run to see how I do on long drives. My hip sometimes hurts when I'm driving, because of how I sit (tense behind the wheel) and I have a day trip planned for later this month, so I want to be sure I can handle that.
Sunday I'm supposed to go to the MD Ren. Faire, but between having no money, a leg that hurts if I walk too much, and an inability to eat any food or drink sold there (and apparently they're cracking down on the no outside food/drink rule now) I suspect I will have a somewhat miserable time. So I think I might skip it.
I'm reading Geography Club right now. It's nothing at all like the movie, which I've now seen 3 times, so that's disappointing. Actually, it's disappointing that it's a good book but I can't like it as much as I should because I keep comparing it to a movie I love.
I'm behind on ALL THE SHOWS. I have hundreds of hours of shows DVRed and my DVR is at 99% full and I'm doing my best to keep up, but there just isn't enough time!!! Plus, yeah, Gilmore Girls keeps calling to me...
I have no clue what I'm doing for NaNo this year.
I'm tired of my fangirl blog schedule. I'd hoped I could hold out until December, but it's been a year and it's time to change things up so that it's fun again. So I'll be doing that soon. This weekend, I hope, if I can get out of this lazy funk I've been in lately. Today I stared at my LONG To Do list while sitting and playing Bubble Mouse for HOURS and watching, like, 6 GG episodes. Granted I was rocking in pain with a heat patch on my abdomen and a heating pad-like-thing on my back, but still. I felt lazy and didn't feel like doing anything but sitting and eating. So that's what I did. Anyway, look for the new blog post stuff soon!
Now I'm going to go read before bed and try to make it through a chapter before falling asleep.
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Date: 2014-10-11 01:20 pm (UTC)Also don't like my job anymore. Spent a lot of yesterday thinking about how disappointed I am in the library.
Also planning on going to the Ren Fair tomorrow, but hoping I'm not going to feel crappy tomorrow.
Also no freaking clue what I'm writing for NaNo.
And the way I found out about the gay marriage thing was in a staff newsletter. And then the next day during our staff meeting when it was announced something like this, "It doesn't apply to any of us, but same-sex couples can now have joint benefits." ...Um, how do you know it doesn't apply to any of us? Just because some of us are currently single doesn't mean it doesn't apply. And then I had a little moment of rage in my head and didn't pay attention to the next couple of minutes of the meeting... So maybe I need to go find some happy-making photos. :D
Anyway, I hope your weekend is good, and bad things get better, and all of the fun things are super fun with no pain!
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Date: 2014-10-11 02:41 pm (UTC)Sorry to hear you were in so much pain, but I'm actually kind of pleased to hear that you didn't do anything but sit and eat. I remember not so long ago when you couldn't do the latter at all. That, and the pain probably would not have improved any by tackling your to-do list.
Be sure to post what your mom things of The Book Thing. You're right - it's not really what most people picture when they're told about a book warehouse.