The Weekend and the upcoming week
Well It was a pretty nice, lazy weekend, although rather productive overall.
I finally got some BOOKCASES! Yeah! I now have 4 bookcases filled with part of our library, imagine actually being able to see, touch and browse my old friends again. OK maybe that sounds hokey, but my library is probably one of my best friends. I can escape to other worlds, and forget whatever’s bothering me, or seek answers, knowledge.
I finally feel like this little house Rob and I bought is home. It’s starting to come together really well. The new couch, the herb garden, the bookcases, the new home for the igs. It’s starting to become stamped with “us” rather than just the empty shell.
Oh there’s still plenty to come. I want to eventually add a “proper” master bedroom suite, with it’s own bath, hopefully one larger than the current water closet. (Albeit this is probably 5 years off.) I want to put a outdoor furniture set in the back, and rope lighting for use during the warm summer nights. We’ll need some larger nice “Persian” rugs for the floors, although I don’t really want to entirely cover the hardwood, just enough to define spaces, and help protect some high-risk areas. Eventually I want to replace the “newlywed” dinning table with something a bit nicer, to work with the period feel we’re trying to create in the living/dining room. And we HAVE to find an acceptable alternative to the god-awful “country” curtains in the kitchen. I’ve been tolerating them, but they’ve got to go, preferably sooner, rather than later....
This week is shaping up to be kinda rough. I’ve got the IEA class tonight for work. I’m glad it’s a small class, and the instructor is pretty good, but I’ll be glad when it’s over. It’s just a lot to do, especially since I’m expected to come in early to put in my 8 hours, then go to class for another 2.5....it makes for a really long day.
Tomorrow, I have the Association Board meeting. Gods I wish they’d appoint a president or chairperson or someone to try and keep these meetings in line. I sometimes think some of these folks don’t have anyone to talk to for weeks, so they save it up for the meeting and can talk for hours and say absolutely nothing. I hope Lynn’s right about how this can help my career, because right now it feels like a colossal waste of time.
Wednesday I have the spinning/weaving class. Lots of cool folks, a few freaks, but overall a nice group, all passionate about fiber, w/o the politics of some groups. I wonder how many will show up spinning silk after the workshop? I know I’m addicted, thinking of trying a “ring” shawl, now that I’ve mastered long fine, smooth silk. Maybe out of a fine merino? I need to get my butt in gear or I won’t have anything for the County Fair, and I know we need more fiber entries if we’re going to keep the categories, but it’s hard with working Full Time and all the other responsibilities of being “an adult.”
I know Rob’s brother wants to come over either Thursday or Friday, and have me look over some stuff for his girlfriend, and then Rob wants to invite folks over Saturday for the Ars Magica game. So that means cleaning up the living/dining room area, kitchen and bathroom Thursday and Friday, and figuring out what to do for dinner. Hopefully some more people can come on down and play, and get this group growing a bit bigger. I probably should dust off and figure out what to do with my characters and play for a bit, but I really prefer the board or card games to the roleplaying games. Just me I guess.
Anyway, enough aimless rambling, I need to get back to work, and have to train the latest batch of hirees for the firm, I wonder how many will last more than a week out of this batch?
I finally got some BOOKCASES! Yeah! I now have 4 bookcases filled with part of our library, imagine actually being able to see, touch and browse my old friends again. OK maybe that sounds hokey, but my library is probably one of my best friends. I can escape to other worlds, and forget whatever’s bothering me, or seek answers, knowledge.
I finally feel like this little house Rob and I bought is home. It’s starting to come together really well. The new couch, the herb garden, the bookcases, the new home for the igs. It’s starting to become stamped with “us” rather than just the empty shell.
Oh there’s still plenty to come. I want to eventually add a “proper” master bedroom suite, with it’s own bath, hopefully one larger than the current water closet. (Albeit this is probably 5 years off.) I want to put a outdoor furniture set in the back, and rope lighting for use during the warm summer nights. We’ll need some larger nice “Persian” rugs for the floors, although I don’t really want to entirely cover the hardwood, just enough to define spaces, and help protect some high-risk areas. Eventually I want to replace the “newlywed” dinning table with something a bit nicer, to work with the period feel we’re trying to create in the living/dining room. And we HAVE to find an acceptable alternative to the god-awful “country” curtains in the kitchen. I’ve been tolerating them, but they’ve got to go, preferably sooner, rather than later....
This week is shaping up to be kinda rough. I’ve got the IEA class tonight for work. I’m glad it’s a small class, and the instructor is pretty good, but I’ll be glad when it’s over. It’s just a lot to do, especially since I’m expected to come in early to put in my 8 hours, then go to class for another 2.5....it makes for a really long day.
Tomorrow, I have the Association Board meeting. Gods I wish they’d appoint a president or chairperson or someone to try and keep these meetings in line. I sometimes think some of these folks don’t have anyone to talk to for weeks, so they save it up for the meeting and can talk for hours and say absolutely nothing. I hope Lynn’s right about how this can help my career, because right now it feels like a colossal waste of time.
Wednesday I have the spinning/weaving class. Lots of cool folks, a few freaks, but overall a nice group, all passionate about fiber, w/o the politics of some groups. I wonder how many will show up spinning silk after the workshop? I know I’m addicted, thinking of trying a “ring” shawl, now that I’ve mastered long fine, smooth silk. Maybe out of a fine merino? I need to get my butt in gear or I won’t have anything for the County Fair, and I know we need more fiber entries if we’re going to keep the categories, but it’s hard with working Full Time and all the other responsibilities of being “an adult.”
I know Rob’s brother wants to come over either Thursday or Friday, and have me look over some stuff for his girlfriend, and then Rob wants to invite folks over Saturday for the Ars Magica game. So that means cleaning up the living/dining room area, kitchen and bathroom Thursday and Friday, and figuring out what to do for dinner. Hopefully some more people can come on down and play, and get this group growing a bit bigger. I probably should dust off and figure out what to do with my characters and play for a bit, but I really prefer the board or card games to the roleplaying games. Just me I guess.
Anyway, enough aimless rambling, I need to get back to work, and have to train the latest batch of hirees for the firm, I wonder how many will last more than a week out of this batch?