:: been a long time ::
I have not updated in forever. Nyah.
I can't count the number of times I've looked at Mike in the last couple of weeks and said "Damn, I can't believe how close it is to Christmas." And now here I am, and Christmas is just 4 days away. Lords but this year has gone by in a blink.
Most of my shopping/gift procuring/gifty creativity is now complete. I finished knitting up my Dad's scarf today (Em, don't ruin the surprise, LOL!) and need to bang out a hat for the brother yet. Mom's gift is done, Emily's as well (nyah nyah!), and Mike's is close to finished. I just keep buying him more odds and ends that I see and know he'll like, which has resulted in a whole bunch of wrapping for me. Next year, I swear, really truly, I'm not knitting for half of the continent. This is two years in a row. It's getting old. But it's gratifying. Giving hand-knitted items to people, ESPECIALLY to your parents, is like automatic ego stroking. And I like giving things that are personal and I made myself.
Applied for a pseud-promotion at work today. I'm not sure I'd get a raise, but I'd get full time status and thusly accrue paid time off, get holiday pay, and have access to benefits. Right now, to me, that's almost a raise in itself. Any good job mojo that came my way would be greatly appreciated.
Did not win NaNoWriMo this year; I did however come pretty damned close, with just over 45k I believe. Once the bits I wrote are adequately strung together, I'll start thinking about letting some people read it. The plot is only just now really getting underway and starting to move, but that's okay with me as for being that many words in, it's right on track. I'm not even looking at the thing until after the new year for fear I'll just set fire to it and then begin to systematially erase all proof that it ever existed.
Going home on Friday for the holiday. I can't wait - I miss my family so much, and I want to see the tree and eat cookies and all that stuff. Dad sounds like he's starting to get better, and that's something I need to see. The only bummer is that Mike's birthday is Christmas Eve, and I'll already be home, and I hate that even more this year than I did last year...blah. Oh well. I'll drink an extra glass of wine for him, hehehehe.
*scampers off to wrap presents*
I can't count the number of times I've looked at Mike in the last couple of weeks and said "Damn, I can't believe how close it is to Christmas." And now here I am, and Christmas is just 4 days away. Lords but this year has gone by in a blink.
Most of my shopping/gift procuring/gifty creativity is now complete. I finished knitting up my Dad's scarf today (Em, don't ruin the surprise, LOL!) and need to bang out a hat for the brother yet. Mom's gift is done, Emily's as well (nyah nyah!), and Mike's is close to finished. I just keep buying him more odds and ends that I see and know he'll like, which has resulted in a whole bunch of wrapping for me. Next year, I swear, really truly, I'm not knitting for half of the continent. This is two years in a row. It's getting old. But it's gratifying. Giving hand-knitted items to people, ESPECIALLY to your parents, is like automatic ego stroking. And I like giving things that are personal and I made myself.
Applied for a pseud-promotion at work today. I'm not sure I'd get a raise, but I'd get full time status and thusly accrue paid time off, get holiday pay, and have access to benefits. Right now, to me, that's almost a raise in itself. Any good job mojo that came my way would be greatly appreciated.
Did not win NaNoWriMo this year; I did however come pretty damned close, with just over 45k I believe. Once the bits I wrote are adequately strung together, I'll start thinking about letting some people read it. The plot is only just now really getting underway and starting to move, but that's okay with me as for being that many words in, it's right on track. I'm not even looking at the thing until after the new year for fear I'll just set fire to it and then begin to systematially erase all proof that it ever existed.
Going home on Friday for the holiday. I can't wait - I miss my family so much, and I want to see the tree and eat cookies and all that stuff. Dad sounds like he's starting to get better, and that's something I need to see. The only bummer is that Mike's birthday is Christmas Eve, and I'll already be home, and I hate that even more this year than I did last year...blah. Oh well. I'll drink an extra glass of wine for him, hehehehe.
*scampers off to wrap presents*