Been a little while since I've posted...

So, here's a recap.

Friday

We went out to Michaels, thinking that their sale had already started. Turns out it didn't start until today (Saturday), so I got scolded for not reading the flyer properly, and then Mom made it sound like she wasn't going to let me go back the next sale for when the sale started, like some form of punishment. I freaked out in the store, and embarassed Mom. I also tried to refuse a coupon from someone, and Mom later told me off for 'being rude'.

I wound up getting two skeins of Phentex Worsted in a pretty yellow-green colourway. It literally looks like budgie feathers. I'm going to use that to make Grandma a Clapotis.

After that, we went to PetSmart to get breath-freshening dog treats (while walking the short distance to PetSmart, Mom told me off once more for my 'defeatist attitude'). We got these treats called Blue Chews for the dogs, and while we waited in line, Mom told me that the reason why I forgot to check the Michaels flyer was because I'm under stress, and that it was 'all right'. Huh.

When we got home, Mom checked the answering machine, and there was a message from Grandpa saying that Grandma's coming back here Monday. From what I've heard, they're taking her to a hospital downtown.

Saturday

I'm in bed, and Mom asks me if I want oatmeal. I say no. Then a few minutes later, she tells me that she's printing off a Michaels coupon. Then, she asks me if I'm dressed and if I've eaten, because we're going to Michaels in, like, 15 minutes!!! I needed a shower, too, but I didn't have enough time, so I had to have a very rushed wash. Meanwhile, I was screaming at my mother, who told me to act my age or she'd leave me at home.

SHE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME THAT WE WERE GOING RIGHT AWAY!!!!! I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULDN'T GO UNTIL THAT AFTERNOON!!!! IF SHE'D TOLD ME THAT WE WERE GOING, I WOULD HAVE HAD A SHOWER RIGHT AWAY!!!!!

I feel better now. Almost.

So I got six skeins of Patons Decor in a pretty blue. While I was looking at the Decor, Mom asked me how much yarn I needed for the Mrs. Darcy cardigan, and I told her that I was going to use my green superwash for that. So she told me in a snarky tone, "Do you want your sweater to be Christmas green?"

I can't believe her sometimes.

We went to Giant Tiger next, where my mother actually bought these Texas Toast things. She never buys that kind of thing - jalapeno pepper poppers, yes. Pop Tarts, sometimes. But never something like frozen Texas Toast things. She also got her favourite chips while Dad kinda wandered off, and she told me to go with him and wait for her while she got them. I told Dad that she was getting her chips, and he got ticked that she wasn't getting his chips. And when he told her that much, she got pissed off. Long story short, he got a bag of barbecue, a bag of salt and vinegar and a bag of plain. Halle-frickin'-lujah.

Then it was off to Metro to buy more groceries, and where Mom got pissed off again. Grocery shopping with her can be so fun.

When we got home, I ate a sandwich, then I dried dishes for Dad while we complained about Mom. You know, some days I'm mad at my dad and complain about him with my mom, other days it's vice versa. This was one of the vice versa days.

I get the metal post for my tooth put in on Monday. Whoo-hoo. I hope Dr. G has me hopped up on plenty of drugs.

So here's what's new.

1. We got a phone call from Uncle Brent on Monday - Grandma had a stroke. I wasn't expecting this, but it didn't surprise me that much, because her health isn't the best - she had been sick quite a bit as a child, so that must have taken it's toll on her. Grandma and Grandpa are in Arizona at the moment, so none of us can visit her - Aunt Patti's flying down to see her, but hey, good for her. We don't have the money to fly down, so...

2. I found out last night that a girl in one of AJ's classes got hit by a car. She's in the hospital with a broken pelvis and brain trauma. It could have been prevented if the superintendent hadn't cut door-to-door school bus service for kids in the magnet program, because she was trying to catch a MARTA bus when she was hit. I found out from my mom that they did the same thing here, with our gifted program, making kids either take public transit or have someone drive them, so when my sister was in middle school, my mom had to drive her.

3. It's so cold, and my mom's so exhausted from the news of Grandma's stroke, that she's not sure if we'll get to the knitting meet-up at Second Cup tonight. I'm not too bothered about it, though, because of the current situation...

4. The cat has taken an interest in stealing my flipper (removable fake tooth), so now I have to snap the lid of the case down and put it up on the shelf so that she stays out of it.

5. On the upside, I reorganized my yarn stash so that my acrylic and acrylic-and-wool blend yarn are seperate from my 100% natural fibre yarns, like my green aran superwash. I still have to move my novelty yarn into a better bin, but the bin I want to use is drying in the laundry tub.

6. Also on the upside, Max has invited me and a bunch of other people over to his house later in the month to watch episodes of Firefly back-to-back :)

Getting better

I had a headache this morning/afternoon, though, which was annoying. I was pretty tired earlier, too, so when I was doing biology I felt like crap. Then I opened the writing program on my computer to read the bit about writing a resume, then I watched Let's Learn Japanese on YouTube. I was so groggy that, when I needed to click on the link to part 2 of episode 9, I accidentally clicked on a link for a part of episode 8. Yes, I was that tired.

I'm better now, though. I didn't do any algebra, but I got a tiny bit of writing done, and I read the first chapter of Dewey: the small-town library cat who touched the world. It's quite good thus far.

I hope I'll be okay to go to the knitting meet-up this week...

One more thing - we're going for burgers tonight! YAY!

Could it get any worse?

My day was going okay. We went to the library (was pissed me off was that I was having trouble getting out of the car, and my dad just walked on), then we went to Michaels again (and, again, I didn't get anything), then we went home.

But, when I was making my bed, I realized that a dog had urinated on it.

Mom said, "Well, I said that Teddy needed out...", and I told her, "Well, I was on my computer, wasn't I?!" I'm not sure who urinated on my bed, but whoever did managed to piss on my wool blanket. Oh, fun. And I couldn't put any of the blankets in the wash right away because His Highness had laundry in. Even more fun. And I got it a shouting match with him over it. He told me that my matress didn't need vinegar put on it because it was dry! Well, here's some news for you, sunshine: dog piss doesn't have to be wet to smell like dog piss. So I dabbed it with a piece of paper towel with vinegar on it to disguise the scent, so that hopefully, hopefully, it doesn't get pissed on again.

...Well, I'm back from putting my mattress sheet and flannel blanket in the dryer and putting my douvet in the wash. I don't think I'll bother washing the douvet cover, since I don't desperately need it to keep warm overnight. I'll probably be up all night washing and drying everything... I could have had it done sooner if I had paid attention to the buzzer...

On top of all that, I think I have a cold AND a coldsore-of-sorts on the side of my tongue. Oh, what fun indeed! You see, Emma said at youth group that everyone in her year at her high school seems to be sick, and Emma and Micaela not only go to the same school, but they're both in the same year. Micaela was coughing at youth group - she said she felt fine before she came, and only just started coughing when she came to the meeting, so she might have picked up the cold. So my throat is sore, I feel like I have a slight fever (my face is warm, but Mom says it's not too warm), I have that annoying coldsore thing on my tongue - or maybe it's a blister? I seem to be prone to blisters on my feet and tongue, so that's quite possible. I also still have a headache from the weather changing (stupid snow...), and I'm dopey from the sore throat/not-quite-fever combination.

And I still have an acrylic crocheted afghan (made by my mom when I was younger! :) ) and a wool blanket to wash.

I did, however, watch Stepmom with Mom, which was nice. I ripped out my soon-to-be pouch because I realised that, the way I was making it, the edges would curl, so I re-started it with curl-proof edges.

Time for some more psychedelic music...

Grah.

I have a headache :(

Oh, and if I see one more TV show with Howie Mandel on it, I'll go insane. My dad's crazy about Deal or No Deal, for some strange reason. I don't understand the appeal - all it is is roulette with cases instead of a wheel.

Plus, I couldn't get to the library because I was told that I 'can go to the library tomorrow'. Thanks, Mom, now I'll have to pay fines on New Moon and 50 Women Artists You Should Know. Or whatever the book is called.

And I still have to wash some jeans.

On the upside, I started making a pouch for my new stitch holders :D It's only less than an inch long at the moment.

And I'm listening to Van Morrison - his music is nice to listen to, especially in my current condition. Not too heavy on the bass. I might just burst into song any minute now.

Well, I'm off to go take another Aspirin. I could have taken one at 7:00, but I forgot.

Pros and cons of tonight's youth group meeting.

Pros

1. Micaela was there. She made me laugh, as always - at one point, she suddenly starting singing softly, "Every sperm is sacred..." from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life which I still haven't seen.
2. We got to have ginger ale and root beer.
3. Elyssa showed us this funny video of her and her mom and someone else (I think it was a friend of Elyssa's) dancing to a Leona Lewis song.
4. Someone had written my name on the wall in chalk, but Jeff let me rub it out and re-write it myself :) They had painted the wall around the door black, so everyone wrote their names on part of it. The top and bottom parts of the right wall were painted black, too, and the top part had 'The Loft' written on it.

Cons

1. People were throwing food again.
2. Stone threw a damp cloth at me 'by accident'. Yeah, right.
3. Riley didn't come.

I slept in again.

That's right. I slept in once more. But this time, I did a bit of biology (ball-and-socket joints FTW!!!) and watched an episode of Let's Learn Japanese. I had to skip an episode, because one episode was badly synched - the vocal track was ahead of the video track. Weird.

I feel bad because I never did any algebra. Maybe I'll do some later. I might also switch books for English, because I don't think I want to read I Am Rembrandt's Daughter at the moment - I still haven't finished the first chapter - or is it a prologue? Oh, I don't know. Anyways, my point is that I've only read about two or three pages. Maybe I'll try finishing Howl's Moving Castle, or maybe I'll start Terry Pratchet's first book - I loved watching Hogfather, so I think I'll like his books. I know Holly loves his books, and we have very similar taste in literature.

Speaking of Holly, I never did hang out with her before Christmas - I never got around to asking her about it, because we had family coming to visit, and I forgot to talk to Holly about going to Tim Horton's for a coffee/tea or something. Damn. Maybe we can go shopping over the summer.

So anyways. I have to find a world history book to use instead of relying on my world history program on the DVD-ROM (we were going to get a world history book at Indigo, but mom didn't think it was good enough).

I assume that there's a youth group meeting tonight, as I haven't gotten an e-mail saying that it's cancelled. Should be interesting.

Oh yeah. The knitting meet-up thing at Second Cup was pretty cool. They seem like a cool bunch of folks. The first knitter that arrived was someone who does loom knitting, and two folks were sewing. It turns out that I didn't look like a complete noob with my garter stitch triangle, so that's pretty awesome.