Happy father's day to all
The weekend ended up being mostly of the good. A few little arguments about jobs, but nothing major. *crosses fingers*
Yesterday I went downtown and took a self-defense class, which was totally awesome. It was three and a half hours long, and we learned a bunch of different attacks, the most effective ways to elbow someone in the face, the best ways to knee them in the face, and how to get out from being pinned on your back or stomach. It was a very intense experience, and I got told that once I got going, I was a very aggressive person, which was especially true for the floor work. I have a personal space thing; if someone is on me, I very much want them to get off. And will do whatever necessary to accomplish that. But it was a pretty cool experience, and I do feel better prepared. We also got a month of free classes at the gym-thing where we took the class, so I'm thinking of trying kickboxing. Because that's damned good exercise, and it's pretty fun.
In other news, I finally have a desk! The neighbor was going to sell one at the city-wide garage sale, and dad found it, and it matches the room. So my harddrives and such are no longer being stored on top of my bookshelf, and I have a place for my printer...it is all of the good. Also, I don't have to spend all day on my bed anymore. Well, I do for a while, since I don't have a chair yet, but that's coming hopefully fairly soon. If I don't find one at the garage sale, I might splurge and get the really nice one from the store that is too expensive but is very very comfortable. Since the desk only cost $5...
Anyway, off to Mel's birthday open-house thing. I'm giving her hard syder, since it's her 21st...it makes me nervous giving her alcohol, but mom advised it, and said that at least there's very low alcohol content, so maybe she'll drink that instead of something worse. At the very least, it wasn't my idea, it was mom's.
TTFN
ETA: slightly sad news, we're not quite sure how, but the mint plant dried up. The soil is still wet, so I don't know what the hell happened. We think the air conditioning might have dried out the leaves. It's outside, and we're attempting to bring it back to life. Pray for the poor little plant.
Yesterday I went downtown and took a self-defense class, which was totally awesome. It was three and a half hours long, and we learned a bunch of different attacks, the most effective ways to elbow someone in the face, the best ways to knee them in the face, and how to get out from being pinned on your back or stomach. It was a very intense experience, and I got told that once I got going, I was a very aggressive person, which was especially true for the floor work. I have a personal space thing; if someone is on me, I very much want them to get off. And will do whatever necessary to accomplish that. But it was a pretty cool experience, and I do feel better prepared. We also got a month of free classes at the gym-thing where we took the class, so I'm thinking of trying kickboxing. Because that's damned good exercise, and it's pretty fun.
In other news, I finally have a desk! The neighbor was going to sell one at the city-wide garage sale, and dad found it, and it matches the room. So my harddrives and such are no longer being stored on top of my bookshelf, and I have a place for my printer...it is all of the good. Also, I don't have to spend all day on my bed anymore. Well, I do for a while, since I don't have a chair yet, but that's coming hopefully fairly soon. If I don't find one at the garage sale, I might splurge and get the really nice one from the store that is too expensive but is very very comfortable. Since the desk only cost $5...
Anyway, off to Mel's birthday open-house thing. I'm giving her hard syder, since it's her 21st...it makes me nervous giving her alcohol, but mom advised it, and said that at least there's very low alcohol content, so maybe she'll drink that instead of something worse. At the very least, it wasn't my idea, it was mom's.
TTFN
ETA: slightly sad news, we're not quite sure how, but the mint plant dried up. The soil is still wet, so I don't know what the hell happened. We think the air conditioning might have dried out the leaves. It's outside, and we're attempting to bring it back to life. Pray for the poor little plant.