Boo!

It snowed.

At least it's partially melted now, but I didn't get to walk to the library. Oh well. I renewed my DVDs, so I only have one item that's due back soon - the David Bowie CD I'm borrowing. I have two CDs to pick up (Pink Floyd's The Final Cut and David Gilmour's Live in Gdansk album), and a book on Pete Townshend. And I have a CD in transit - Coldplay's Prospekt's March EP, which should be pretty neat.

Hmm, what else is going on? I'm probably going to youth group tomorrow - wait, maybe not. My dad's working different shifts this week, so he might be working tomorrow night. I'll have to ask him. Katie and Dan are coming up this weekend (Easter weekend!!!!!), so that should be cool. I don't know if I'll see Nathan over Easter, and I don't care much anyway. I'll probably see Breanne, and maybe Justin, because we're supposed to be having Easter Sunday dinner in this room at the hospital that Grandpa rented or something so that we could have dinner with Grandma. Should be interesting...

Oh, and I have to post this...





But it's even funnier in Spanish:

"I'm happy, hope you're happy, too..."

Yes, I'm on a David Bowie kick. But I truly am happy. Sort of.

I'm happy because Grandma's back at the hospital she was in before. I'm also happy that I got to see my sister, and that we had Indian food for dinner the night before last, and that we watch An Evening with Kevin Smith. Because he's awesome and Jason Mewes is gorgeous.

However, Grandpa was being an ass the day before last.

I've been thinking about getting a job. Only problem is, where? I'm thinking the Coles in the mall, or the Wal-Mart near my house. Maybe the Tim Horton's by my house, which is only about a ten to fifteen minute walk.

That, and I feel like making a musical instrument. Specifically, a drum. I think I got that idea from watching a 'visit Ireland' ad on TV, and in one of those ads there's a guy beating a small drum with a kind of double-ended stick. I'm probably making no sense right now :p

Also, I got to hear 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' by U2 in church this morning, which made it worth going to church. I think I'll sign up for one of the upcoming Music Sundays. I don't know what I'll sing, though. Or maybe I'll make a drum like the one in the 'visit Ireland' commercial and just beat the drum.

Maybe the idea of making a drum came from someone in church playing these drums this morning...

Anyways, the two DVDs, My Neighbor Totoro and the third InuYasha movie, are at the library for me to pick up on Tuesday. Sweet. I also have a book on the second World War to pick up, and French Girl Knits is in transit. Sweet :)

So yeah. I want to make a drum.

I should be doing schoolwork

...But instead I'm on Blogger. I'm really weirded out, still. And my eating habits aren't as Hobbit-like as before - I'm not eating as much. In fact, I don't think I ate anything for breakfast, but I had a glass of juice. And I don't think I woke up until 10-ish. I'm starting to feel hungry, though, which is a plus.

So, last night I reserved My Neighbor Totoro and the second InuYasha movie. The InuYasha movie is in transit now, and I probably won't have to wait too long for Totoro either.

In addition to my weird eating habits, I've been really tired, too. Some days I feel like going back to bed and not coming out until dinnertime. I don't know if I'm going to youth group tonight, because Mom and Dad might visit Grandma tonight. Part of me wants to go to youth group, because I'd be getting out of the house, but another part of me feels like staying home and watching movies.

That's all I've felt like doing lately - watching movies. That, and reading, writing and knitting. I haven't done math for two days straight, partly because of headaches.

I did go to the library yesterday, though. Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders is pretty good, although I'm not entirely sure what to knit from it. Maybe the 'Berry Jewellery Bag' thing. But that requires reading a lace chart. eep.

I should probably go eat now.

Headache, go away :(

I should be doing biology, but I don't feel like staring at the texts in the biology program right now. At least my headache is starting to fade, 'cause it was a real pain a few minutes ago.

Stress, stress, stress. Mainly to do with my grandmother's health, although I won't go into detail 'cause I don't think certain relatives want me plastering the details on the internet. But it's really tiring me and Mom out.

Because I needed a brainless knitting project, I started a plain stockinette scarf out of my off-white Lion Brand Fun Fur Solid. It looks really neat, like a piece of wolf fur. I was working on it while watching Princess Mononoke, so I named the project San, who is the 'wolf girl' in the movie. I love that movie...

So, I'm on an anime kick. Not just Princess Mononoke, but also InuYasha, which I've been watching on YouTube. I think I'm going to reserve some more Hayao Miyazaki films from the library, because I need something to keep my mind off Grandma, and something to do while Mom and Dad are visiting her. In a nutshell, Grandma is limited as to how many visitors she can have, and if I'm there, we'd be pushing our luck. And because I'm not sure how to work the VCR part of the VCR/DVD player with the new TV, I can't watch Tokyo Godfathers, which is on a VHS tape. Damn. I might reserve My Neighbor Totoro, which I still haven't seen. And maybe some feel-good-ish movies like Grease (which I haven't seen in years), or those popular teenage movies that I never saw like The Breakfast Club. I have seen part of Pretty in Pink, however, and a teeny, miniscule bit of Sixteen Candles.

Phew.

I didn't do any math yesterday, mainly because of stress and wanting to throw my sketchbook against the wall. Note to self: never work on manga drawing when you're stressed out.

I hope this counts as 'school work'...

Maybe I'll borrow the third and fourth InuYasha movies from the library, too.

I have to go to the library, actually, to pick up Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders, a Robert Plant CD, and a few other items. I don't think I have any DVDs to pick up, though...

So I slept in again...

Yup, I slept in 'til quarter after 12:00.

Anyways. Here's what went on over the weekend.

Friday

Katie came over. She and Mom went to see Grandma in the hospital. I meanwhile stayed home - I think I worked on my cotton shawl. I think I'll bind off when I've used up the rest of the skein - I have more of that cotton, but I think I'll use it for something else. I was kinda ticked, because I'm pretty sure Mom said I could visit Grandma on Friday, but it didn't turn out that way.

We ordered Chinese take-out when Dad came back from picking Katie and Mom up from the hospital. When Dad picked up the Chinese food and people started loading up plates, I waited patiently in the living room until 'the horde' was done getting food. That's when all hell broke loose.

Dad: "Sam, do you want a plate or a trough (meaning a wide, shallow bowl from IKEA)?"

Me: "I'll wait until you guys are done getting food."

And then he started yelling at me about whether I wanted a plate or a 'trough', and I kept replying that I'd wait. It got to the point that he came out with a 'trough', and asked me again which I wanted, so I grabbed the 'trough' from him and yelled something like, "Fine! I'll take the bowl and wait out here!" Sometime in the whole argument he told me to give him the bowl and go to my room. I gave him the bowl and stayed where I was. I think he stormed into the kitchen, and Katie came out and did her whole stupid 'chill out' BS, and I shoved past her and went on my computer until Mom called me down to eat some dinner. She told me that Dad was acting like a spoiled brat. She was right - he was sitting at his computer, practically pouting, and when I was eating and Mom told him to get some food, he was all, "Oh, I'm allowed in there now?"

Saturday

Katie and Mom went to see Grandma again. I told Katie about how I was pissed off about me having to stay home, and she told me that Mom wasn't making me stay home. So I asked Mom if I was staying home, and she said "Sure", or something to that effect. Katie told her that I'd wanted to come, but in hte end, I decided to stay home, because Mom said that Patti was probaby going to be there - if I had gone, I probably would've slugged Patti's nasty face, since she had the nerve to not call Mom when she was supposed to.

Sunday (yesterday)

After going to church, going to Fortino's and going home to eat lunch, we went down to the hospital to see Grandma. I had looked at some photos of Grandma when we were in church, so I kinda knew what to expect.

She looked... tired. I think she liked the potted plant we gave her (call it a superstition, but I was kinda wary of giving her a potted plant, in case it would be bad luck - 'rooted in hospital'). She got a little confused and wished me a happy birthday - I think she meant to wish Breanne (who wasn't there) a happy birthday, because Breanne's a January baby. She wanted to see my healing mouth, so I tipped my head back and opened my mouth for her to look, and later she asked if my mouth was sore. It was so sweet of her. There were two other people other than Grandpa in the room - I later found out that they were Colleen and... Nick? I think? I'm not sure if they're extended family or close friends. I think I last saw Colleen at Patti's fortieth birthday party a while back. Or maybe it was another Colleen.

So anyways. Grandpa wheeled her out and around for a bit. We chatted about food (Grandma said that she didn't like the hospital chili, because it was too spicy). Mom said she might make a nice, easy-to-swallow soup for Grandma, like the carrot and ginger soup Mom makes, with about half the ginger so that it isn't too strong. Grandpa massaged Grandma. A couple of nurses helped her into bed. We chatted some more about food. Grandma tried to make a phone call, but I don't think she got through to the person she was calling. Then we left. We had Swiss Chalet take-out chicken for dinner.

Mom says we might visit her again on Wednesday. We told Stephen about our current situation with Grandma and my healing mouth, so he probably won't mind if I skip youth group. Actually, I don't think I'll be going back to youth group until the stitches in my mouth are taken out, as a safety measure, since Stone is so keen on throwing crap at me.

I slept in until, as I mentioned earlier, 12:15. I must've been tired. One thing I still haven't done is try reinstalling Human 3D. Maybe tomorrow.

So, I'm finished taking medication for my mouth! Yay! Now I don't have to get up at 8 to take medication :) I do still have to use an antiseptic rinse to clean the area, which is a bit gross, considering I have to wait half an hour to rinse with water after using the rinse, which seems to generate a lot of spit. Eww.

Mom made ham and bean soup, and pureed it. Hopefully it'll be smooth enough for Grandma to eat. It's tasty.

My cat was jumping up on my desk, CPU and monitor a lot this afternoon. Weird. I know she likes being in the highest point of the room, but come on!

Letterman's on tonight! Yay!