Aaaaand back.
Beware discombobulated thoughts.
I didn't realize that it's been more than a year since I've posted here. I knew I hadn't really been on since I lost my job last August, but still. Now that I have a job again (yay!) and have moved to the Washington, D.C. area (boo!), I haven't had all that much worth writing about. My life is nowhere near the over-booked pace it was back in Chicago, but I always liked the fact that I was spending pretty much every weekend with friends I considered (and still do consider) my family. Now they're rather a long way off. And I barely know anyone in the SCA around here yet. I very much miss my Ravenslake people. I'm going to be visiting in December, so I can look forward to that.
In more recent news:
My health has been pathetically frail since the move. There's something around here that my sinuses REALLY don't like, so I'm frequently plagued by headaches. I've also been nauseous a lot, and very dizzy and lightheaded for about a month and a half, and I'm really tired of it. I miss feeling normal.
I turn 30 next weekend. Still not sure how I feel about that. My mom's coming out to celebrate with me (yay!) but I still wish I could spend it with my friends as well. I think I'm more sad about the "We are SO going to give you hell for your 30th" threats that can't be fulfilled than the fact that I'm turning 30. I still wish I knew when I was going to feel like an adult.
The schedule is picking up lately. I've been quite busy getting ready to merchant at an event next month. It's been explained to me that this event (Holiday Faire) is rather like the Val Day of shopping for Atlantia. And since it's right before Thanksgiving, people are looking for gifts. Here's hoping I can make at least enough to pay for my traveling home for Christmas. I look forward to it. If you know any Atlantians, tell them to come check out the Gilded Thistle booth!
I'm also debating what to do to get back into this LJ. I'd turn it into a dress journal, but the way I work on projects isn't conducive to documenting what I'm up to step-by-step. It would be more of a here's-my-plan, here's-how-it-turned-out kind of thing. The great debate rages.
In crazy family news (for those who follow along):
My youngest cousin threw the world for a loop: she's pregnant and, as of this past weekend, married (she told us all the day before they went to the justice of the peace to do it). The pregnant was surprise enough--she was on birth control and she only has one ovary (and was told she'd have trouble conceiving when the other one was removed. HA!). She's all excited, even though she's a bit young for it (not out of college yet), and her husband (that sounds weird) is a good kid, so I'm happy for her, too. It just means that Grandma Bloom will get on my ass again to finally marry John and have kids.
My sister has left her husband (hubby #2, for those counting) and moved to Phoenix, AZ. Not sure if divorce proceedings are started, but I don't think she plans to return to the asshat. Good on her for finally getting away from him. Boo on her for moving to the other end of the country. Laughs on her because she seems to be a scorpion magnet and has been stung three times already in the two months or so she's been there. Twice in the ass. I get more amusement out of that than I should. ^_^
I didn't realize that it's been more than a year since I've posted here. I knew I hadn't really been on since I lost my job last August, but still. Now that I have a job again (yay!) and have moved to the Washington, D.C. area (boo!), I haven't had all that much worth writing about. My life is nowhere near the over-booked pace it was back in Chicago, but I always liked the fact that I was spending pretty much every weekend with friends I considered (and still do consider) my family. Now they're rather a long way off. And I barely know anyone in the SCA around here yet. I very much miss my Ravenslake people. I'm going to be visiting in December, so I can look forward to that.
In more recent news:
My health has been pathetically frail since the move. There's something around here that my sinuses REALLY don't like, so I'm frequently plagued by headaches. I've also been nauseous a lot, and very dizzy and lightheaded for about a month and a half, and I'm really tired of it. I miss feeling normal.
I turn 30 next weekend. Still not sure how I feel about that. My mom's coming out to celebrate with me (yay!) but I still wish I could spend it with my friends as well. I think I'm more sad about the "We are SO going to give you hell for your 30th" threats that can't be fulfilled than the fact that I'm turning 30. I still wish I knew when I was going to feel like an adult.
The schedule is picking up lately. I've been quite busy getting ready to merchant at an event next month. It's been explained to me that this event (Holiday Faire) is rather like the Val Day of shopping for Atlantia. And since it's right before Thanksgiving, people are looking for gifts. Here's hoping I can make at least enough to pay for my traveling home for Christmas. I look forward to it. If you know any Atlantians, tell them to come check out the Gilded Thistle booth!
I'm also debating what to do to get back into this LJ. I'd turn it into a dress journal, but the way I work on projects isn't conducive to documenting what I'm up to step-by-step. It would be more of a here's-my-plan, here's-how-it-turned-out kind of thing. The great debate rages.
In crazy family news (for those who follow along):
My youngest cousin threw the world for a loop: she's pregnant and, as of this past weekend, married (she told us all the day before they went to the justice of the peace to do it). The pregnant was surprise enough--she was on birth control and she only has one ovary (and was told she'd have trouble conceiving when the other one was removed. HA!). She's all excited, even though she's a bit young for it (not out of college yet), and her husband (that sounds weird) is a good kid, so I'm happy for her, too. It just means that Grandma Bloom will get on my ass again to finally marry John and have kids.
My sister has left her husband (hubby #2, for those counting) and moved to Phoenix, AZ. Not sure if divorce proceedings are started, but I don't think she plans to return to the asshat. Good on her for finally getting away from him. Boo on her for moving to the other end of the country. Laughs on her because she seems to be a scorpion magnet and has been stung three times already in the two months or so she's been there. Twice in the ass. I get more amusement out of that than I should. ^_^