December Update
So, I guess it's time for a monthly newsy update, huh? I think it is! I'll just type away here between bites of my chicken salad sandwich. My grapefruit may have to wait. It's hard to eat grapefruit and do other things at the same time. Nay, it is impossible.
Anyway, my life has only improved over the last month, in nearly every way that matters: social, career, personal, spiritual. Emotionally, probably the same--I keep an even keel in most matters. But I suppose I am a bit more sanguine about the future, so that's good. Romantically--exactly the same. Which is to say, nothing. I am okay with this. Mostly because I have to be, but still okay.
Exciting news! I am expecting babies. Beautiful little babies. I decided to breed my two prettiest and sweetest mice, Cornelius and Tear. Tear is now very, very preggers. As of yesterday, she has officially reached the "swallowed a golf ball" stage of mousie pregnancy. Imagine her slim, pretty little brown head, twitchy whiskers, dainty feet, smooth brown coat, slender tail, and between the head and tail, a big ball of mouse. She is huge. She also has the softest fur of any of my mice, like the smoothest and best velvet ever made, and holding her is like holding a little warm ball of bliss. Plus pregnancy makes her tired, so she is usually content to just snuggle in my hand. Peace on earth, good will to men and mice! I'm hoping that she'll have her babies on New Year's Day--she'll be exactly one year old, and it will have a very pleasing symmetry.
This random photo from the internet looks somewhat like Tear now, but she is brown, and much prettier. Her head and chest are slimmer than this, as well--she really is shaped like a fat teardrop, at the moment.
My Christmas was excellent. Mostly spent it playing games with my family, extended and immediate. Clue, euchre, chess, Settlers of Catan . . . all very good. Instead of getting nice presents for every family member (though I did get each sibling something small, like Fuzzy Posters for the three youngest girls), I got a couple of video games that I hoped everyone could enjoy. Beautiful Katamari and Dance Dance Revolution. Excellent fun times! I think I may be addicted to DDR, and I've only played it for one evening. I keep wanting to go home and play games when I really ought to be washing the dishes or cleaning the cat pan in my apartment.
I also bought Roller Coaster Tycoon for myself, because it was ten dollars, and I love that game. It was a mistake. I stayed up way, way, way too late last night, like I used to do in college. Only now I have work, not classes, and it's a full eight hours, not just a few with pauses between for naps. I am a stupid idiot. Feel free to remind me of this often, so I won't do it again. It was so much fun though! Man, I love building things. Little civilizations full of people. So awesome. I'm not much for war games, but I do enjoy Age of Empires for the fun of making much from little. I don't care about the armies, except for keeping my people from being attacked. I often tried to win by building a Wonder, rather than conquering my opponents.
The Sim games, though--pure building! I always did love SimCity. It's so fun to watch your personal metropolis grow, and be able to look back at certain sections and remember where you started. Sigh. Much love.
I guess this is another reason why I love Settlers so much--it's a building game AND a strategy game! So perfect!
On my Netflix right now is Friday Night Lights. Oh. My. Goodness. It is so good. People! They are people! And they have real problems, and try to fix them, and fight and make up and omg Coach Taylor is so cute. The hair! I love Landry so much, so nerdy and full of free association. Poor Matt, too, with so much on his shoulders and that perpetual look of worry. Character growth! There is character growth! Lila and Tyra and Jason and Julie and Tami and Riggs and Smash and his fantastic mama and even Buddy Garrity, I love them so much. It's a Christian culture, too, which is not often seen on television. Granted, not everyone lives as a Christian should, but God is not dismissed or ignored, and that's very refreshing.
Oh, and work. Suddenly I seem to be kind of in demand, with several projects coming my way. Some of them are more office-type administration things, but I don't mind--it keeps me busy. But now it appears that I will be deeply involved in this huge baby planner project, 144 pages, and I won't just be proofreading--they want me to do a bunch of the research and copywriting too. Very cool! I like being busy.
Also, my SW RPG group has decided to meet weekly, because we like each other and want to spend more time doing stuff together. This is good. We won't always be doing RPG--we might play Settlers, or watch a movie, or just hang out. But I am so down with this.
All in all, my life is full.
Oh, and did you read that short story in the last post? I'm writing again! And having more ideas! And writing some more! Makes me happy.
And that's it for the monthly update. Stay tuned in January!
Anyway, my life has only improved over the last month, in nearly every way that matters: social, career, personal, spiritual. Emotionally, probably the same--I keep an even keel in most matters. But I suppose I am a bit more sanguine about the future, so that's good. Romantically--exactly the same. Which is to say, nothing. I am okay with this. Mostly because I have to be, but still okay.
Exciting news! I am expecting babies. Beautiful little babies. I decided to breed my two prettiest and sweetest mice, Cornelius and Tear. Tear is now very, very preggers. As of yesterday, she has officially reached the "swallowed a golf ball" stage of mousie pregnancy. Imagine her slim, pretty little brown head, twitchy whiskers, dainty feet, smooth brown coat, slender tail, and between the head and tail, a big ball of mouse. She is huge. She also has the softest fur of any of my mice, like the smoothest and best velvet ever made, and holding her is like holding a little warm ball of bliss. Plus pregnancy makes her tired, so she is usually content to just snuggle in my hand. Peace on earth, good will to men and mice! I'm hoping that she'll have her babies on New Year's Day--she'll be exactly one year old, and it will have a very pleasing symmetry.
This random photo from the internet looks somewhat like Tear now, but she is brown, and much prettier. Her head and chest are slimmer than this, as well--she really is shaped like a fat teardrop, at the moment.
My Christmas was excellent. Mostly spent it playing games with my family, extended and immediate. Clue, euchre, chess, Settlers of Catan . . . all very good. Instead of getting nice presents for every family member (though I did get each sibling something small, like Fuzzy Posters for the three youngest girls), I got a couple of video games that I hoped everyone could enjoy. Beautiful Katamari and Dance Dance Revolution. Excellent fun times! I think I may be addicted to DDR, and I've only played it for one evening. I keep wanting to go home and play games when I really ought to be washing the dishes or cleaning the cat pan in my apartment.
I also bought Roller Coaster Tycoon for myself, because it was ten dollars, and I love that game. It was a mistake. I stayed up way, way, way too late last night, like I used to do in college. Only now I have work, not classes, and it's a full eight hours, not just a few with pauses between for naps. I am a stupid idiot. Feel free to remind me of this often, so I won't do it again. It was so much fun though! Man, I love building things. Little civilizations full of people. So awesome. I'm not much for war games, but I do enjoy Age of Empires for the fun of making much from little. I don't care about the armies, except for keeping my people from being attacked. I often tried to win by building a Wonder, rather than conquering my opponents.
The Sim games, though--pure building! I always did love SimCity. It's so fun to watch your personal metropolis grow, and be able to look back at certain sections and remember where you started. Sigh. Much love.
I guess this is another reason why I love Settlers so much--it's a building game AND a strategy game! So perfect!
On my Netflix right now is Friday Night Lights. Oh. My. Goodness. It is so good. People! They are people! And they have real problems, and try to fix them, and fight and make up and omg Coach Taylor is so cute. The hair! I love Landry so much, so nerdy and full of free association. Poor Matt, too, with so much on his shoulders and that perpetual look of worry. Character growth! There is character growth! Lila and Tyra and Jason and Julie and Tami and Riggs and Smash and his fantastic mama and even Buddy Garrity, I love them so much. It's a Christian culture, too, which is not often seen on television. Granted, not everyone lives as a Christian should, but God is not dismissed or ignored, and that's very refreshing.
Oh, and work. Suddenly I seem to be kind of in demand, with several projects coming my way. Some of them are more office-type administration things, but I don't mind--it keeps me busy. But now it appears that I will be deeply involved in this huge baby planner project, 144 pages, and I won't just be proofreading--they want me to do a bunch of the research and copywriting too. Very cool! I like being busy.
Also, my SW RPG group has decided to meet weekly, because we like each other and want to spend more time doing stuff together. This is good. We won't always be doing RPG--we might play Settlers, or watch a movie, or just hang out. But I am so down with this.
All in all, my life is full.
Oh, and did you read that short story in the last post? I'm writing again! And having more ideas! And writing some more! Makes me happy.
And that's it for the monthly update. Stay tuned in January!