auntiemeesh | Entries tagged with family

So, the state of me.

I'm exhausted and cranky and I kind of hate my new room at work. I'll get used to it, I'm sure, but currently it just sucks.

The past two days were insanely crazy and today I didn't get a lunch break (which was a shame since I needed to run to CVS in order to buy some lunch - oh well, who needs to eat?) which meant it was crash time when I got home (apparently, I need to eat). One minute I was mostly fine, the next I was soaked with sweat, feeling all wobbly and shaky, and frantically stuffing all the wrong sorts of food into my mouth in a vain attempt to make myself feel better. Real food was eventually obtained, though, and I'm feeling much better now.

There are some good things, though. I'm very grateful that my family is all safe from the flooding in central and northeast PA.

westwindschild,

wbkbb and Younger Brother were all evacuated, but they all had somewhere to go, so as far as I know, none of them ended up in emergency shelters. WWC was the hardest hit and it will take a long time to get her life back to normal, but she and Nephew are safe and dry, which is the most important thing.

And it's the weekend. Two days to relax, get caught up on household chores and shopping, and hopefully sleep in a bit. Mornings have been extra hard this week, so sleeping in would be really, really nice.

Every costume I work on teaches me new sewing skills. Today I learned how to understitch a lining. The pattern directions were useless and the picture misleading, so thank goodness for Youtube. I understand the reasons for understitching, but the mechanics nearly broke my brain. I think I actually had to create a bubble of inverted space/time in order to do it, but I got it done. Attaching the one sleeve I got done was even worse. Well, strictly speaking, attaching the sleeve was fiddly but not that hard. Figuring out what they wanted me to do with the sleeve lining and then successfully doing it was a bitch. In theory the whole thing was supposed to be slip stitched in order to hide the inside sleeve seam. But my slip-stitching skills are minimal at best and I was tired, so I didn't even try to make the stitches invisible. They're mostly tiny, but they're not all that neat and they're definitely not invisible. But I'm now down to one sleeve, buttons and trim. Yay!

The cats were extremely well-behaved through the whole sewing process. I had Zoe locked up briefly yesterday and Mal for a half hour or so today, but otherwise, they kept their excitable little paws (and teeth) to themselves.

I also spent about an hour and a half on the phone with big brother M and his wife. Lil A is starting daycare in a couple of weeks and they wanted some advice on transitioning him. I can't believe he's already old enough to be starting in a toddler room!

I have a new friend! Her name is Zoe, and she's a sweet, tiny little girl. She introduced herself to my big brother a few weeks ago, looking for a home. They knew I had a cat-shaped hole in my household and thought of me.

She is not quite a year old according to the vet, although I think I'll count October 17 (the day she arrived here) as her birthday.

Mal was pretty freaked out when M and A first got here last night and he spent a fair amount of time hiding, skulking and hissing, but by bedtime they were sniffing noses, and right now they're curled up on the sofa, all jammed together. They are so cute.

And because no cat post is complete without picspam, ( here is the picspam. )

I had a really nice visit with bro and sis-in-law. They got in late, just around 11pm, and we stayed up until nearly 3am talking and drinking a bottle of wine. This morning we went for breakfast at Eat-N-Park and walked around Squirrel Hill for a while, before coming back to my place and talking more. Poor bro spent a lot of time listening to sis-in-law and me jabbering for hours. I was sad to see them go when they headed home this afternoon.

Well, I've got a chapter of Troll Slayer off being betaed tonight, so I suppose today was not entirely unproductive. I also broke out the crockpot and made some lentil stew (enough to feed a small country for a week). It's not bad, but I think I need to adjust the recipe before I make it again. Now if only I could identify what needs to be changed... *shakes head at self's culinary cluelessness*

( Apropos of nothing )

( Ten things meme )

Current Mood: gloomy

I'm taking a short break from the cabin in the woods. I'm at my mom's doing laundry. Apparently, going on vacation in the middle of the summer means it's going to be cold all week. I only packed a few things for cold weather, foolishly expecting it to be summer. So now I'm washing everything.

( Vacation stuff )

Got up early in order to get to the train station early, in order to ensure that the train will be late. Spent eight hours sitting on my tush. I am not used to sitting for that long. One good thing about day care is that you do precious little sitting.

( Shopping and cards )

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