Just cuz I wanted to say hi...

[auntiemeesh]

Only 80 days until Dragon*con. Good thing I actually worked on that costume yesterday and today. It's coming along nicely. I have the pattern pretty much worked out, just have to figure the peplum out. I'm pretty sure that's how it's made, but I haven't decided for 100% certain. I've also started preparing to quilt the vest fabric. It would have been nice if I could have found prequilted fabric, but I didn't so I'll do it by hand. I've got the quilt pattern nearly all laid out, just have to finish one set of diagonals. Then I have to make a quick trip to Walmart or somewhere similar and buy a quilting hoop, seeing as I failed to think ahead and keep that with me (sent it off to Harrisburg without a second thought).

Did some more driving today. I've gotten pretty comfortable with cruising along at 40mph on dinky little, perpetually empty roads, but today my sister surprised me by heading out on the highway with a 55mph limit. It was a nice wide, empty highway so it was great to be able to get a little speed. So far we've spent most of my driving time on roads that don't get a lot of traffic, but P seems to think I need to start doing some driving in town, dealing with intersections and traffic and other such unavoidables of driving. I can do that. I'm sure I can. *tenses up just slightly* I'm also spending a lot of time practicing things like parking and reversing and parking while reversing. I haven't hit anything, so I suppose I'm doing okay. But we'll keep practicing, lol. P's plan is that by next Friday, when we drive to Boston, I can help with the driving on the interstate. I suppose that's a good thing. It scares the hell out of me, but I have to get over that fear if I want to be a person who drives.

Getting closer every day to having internet on my computer again (please let me have internet on my computer soon). We got the DSL hooked up on P and Mr. P's computer this evening, but we need to acquire networking cables and such before we can establish a network and then hook me up to that network. But it will happen sometime this week, with any luck.

ETA: Let me just add, DSL is so much faster than dial-up! I had forgotten what it feels like to not need something to do while I'm waiting for each screen to load. :D

Comments

[eve11]

Yay! NEtworked auntiemeesh!!! :) :) :) :)

And yay for dragoncon! I'm so excited! :) :) :) *bounce* *bounce* *bounce*

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

eve11, are you a little bit intoxicated? If so, let me just join you.

*imbibes Smyrnoff something or other*

*joins eve11 in excited bouncing*

:D

[eve11]

Eeeeee! Tipsy bouncing!!!! Bounce bounce boaunce!

I'm only hafl watching Stargate right now but really that's all you need. It's the one where the tollan blow up.

[eve11]

Right, getting close to bee ee dee tee eye em ee for me... I'll talk to you tomorrow. And if I am not at the FCG meet on Wed., I'll pass your # on to someone who will call you :P

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

How are you feeling today? No headache from all the bouncing, I hope. :D

[eve11]

I'm feeling pretty darn good. 'Course I didn't get up until quarter of nine which is pretty late for me these days. Nonetheless, pretty darn good. :)

[lil-banik-slave.livejournal.com]

Nothing quite beats Broadband internet.

Dragon*con YAY!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Everything is just zooming right along, now, except my Yahoo mail, which is just barely ticking over.

Can you tell I'm excited about Dragon*con? Just a little bit? Maybe? Lol!

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

heh, friended you back... [seems I don't look at that page very often...]

best of luck with the interstate driving... it may not seem so to you, but it is actually a good place to get the feel of driving. Since there are fewer decision points, only on/off ramps, you can get more comfortable with how the car feels. Also with planning. You don't react as much with the interstate, but plan to do things instead. You'll do great, no doubt! ;)

AFD

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the encouraging driving thoughts. I really don't know how I've got to be as old as I am without learning how to drive somewhere along the line, but at least I'm doing it now. :)

[atomicpagan.livejournal.com]

Dude! I'm planning on going to D-Con, too. yay!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Dude! It is going to be so much fun! Yay!

[atomicpagan.livejournal.com]

Didn't realize how much of a dork I sounded like there, sorry.

But, yay yay yay yay!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

You didn't sound like a dork!

I'm very excited about Dragon*con. Just got my travel arrangements ironed out today, so I'm all aflush with eagerness. :D