The Long Overdue Post

Sorry about the delay - I'll not write about my sister's graduation.

I woke up at 5:30, and ate a teeny bit, got dressed, got my bag, and then into the car we went. We stopped at the gas station before going on the highway.

It was really foggy that morning. It made me wish my camera worked with my computer, because the fog looked spooky. I read a bit of Blood and Chocolate on the way, but I was kind of groggy so I didn't read much.

We went right to Katie and Dan's apartment, cycled through the bathroom, and then we all crammed into Katie's rental car. And we really were crammed - it was like a clown car. Katie and Dad went in the front, and me, Mom and Dan piled into the back.

The ceremony went by pretty quickly, probably because they brought graduates up in groups of three, and a few of them were absent. Afterwards, we went to the gift shop, because Katie and I both needed flip flops - Katie was getting blisters on the backs of her heels from her shoes, and the top part of my left sandal was rubbing. So we each got a pair of white and purple flip flops. It turned out that I only needed a medium pair. Huh. On the walk back to the lot where we parked, Dad almost took my right flip flop off, making me trip, so I walked way ahead of him. Jerk.

After we stopped at the apartment to cycle through the bathroom again and say hello to Jeffrey (Katie and Dan's cat, for anyone who doesn't know), we hit the road - me and the parents in our car, Katie and Dan in their rental car. We actually passed them on the highway, which was funny.

We were only home for about half an hour or 45 minutes, because the dinner reservation was at 5. So after a brief rest, we got back into our cars - Justin came to dinner with us as a thank-you for dogsitting. Dinner was fabulous.

In other news I have to go to the library on Tuesday. I might walk down if the weather's nice.

edited for clarity, lol

A quick post

Katie's grad was fabulous. Dinner was lovely. Grandpa was his usual self - although his usual self is hard to describe sometimes. But I'm super tired, so I'll give you guys a full report after I've regained the sleep I lost.

Hello! :)

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. In a quick recap of last week, I went to the LYS's tent sale and got five skeins of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in a medium blue, two skeins of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in Lilac, and the only skein I could find of S.R. Kertzer On Your Toes DK in... Mauve Meadow? I think???

Anyways. Today my cousin Justin came up. He's dog-sitting for us tomorrow while we're at my sister's university graduation, and he's coming to dinner with us in the evening. I think my mom said he's staying tomorrow night, too.

So today I got my hair cut. I got an angled bob, which looks neat. I plan on pinning the front sections back with my bluey hair clips. I might also experiment with my bobbley hair elastics. I told my mom after I got out of the chair that I have Sailor Mercury hair, lol.

After my haircut, we went to Giant Tiger, where I got some new PJs (they didn't have a blue set in my size :( ). We got some Cadbury chocolate biscuits, too, and some other stuff. And then we went to Toys R Us to get my sister a 'new car' - a toy car. Justin got some cute Hello Kitty cards and a puzzle for Grandma, and I decided to get some replacement Monopoly money for Katie's grad present ;) We also went to Denningers to get lunchmeat.

We had perogies for dinner (boughten from Denningers), and I tidied the spare bed for Justin (can't remember if this was before or after dinner). I also got some knitting done while me and Justin were watching TV - I worked on my house tie, because I don't have a size 8 circular to make the bobble pillow for Herbology. I have a size 9 one, though. Maybe I'll swatch with that this week.

I also packed my purse for the travel, because we're getting up at 5:30 and hoping to hit the rode around 6:00 or 6:15 - her grad is pretty early, and they're being strict on when they're going to stop letting people in. I have packed:

A Zip-Loc bag with my hair clips, a comb and a small mirror in it.
Two books (Blood and Chocolate and Tris's Book).
My emergency feminine hygiene products wallet.
A pack of gum.

I might also include a couple of tissues and maybe some hand lotion. My hands get pretty dry. I would bring knitting, but given that I'll be in pretty close quarters, I don't think that would be possible, even if it is on a circular needle.

Feeling more normal

I'm almost back in knitting shape - which is great, because I want to get started on my HPKCHC assignments as soon as possible.

I have the theme from Happy Days stuck in my head. I guess it's because I've taken to watching Fraggle Rock at 9:00 and Happy Days at 9:30 whenever The Ellen Degeneres Show is a repeat - which it has been for the past few days. *is irked*

I started reading Fruits Basket the other day, and it's pretty neat. I'll have to put it on my birthday list.

Oh, and I started geometry yesterday. So far it's going good. I'll probably do some later - I'm avoiding polynomials ;) It's actually a pleasant change from polynomials. I'll probably finish my algebra booklet soon, I just need a break from it. Then I can move on to more interesting algebra :)

A good Monday

It's the beginning of another month, and I'm feeling happy :)

There are three reasons why today is a good day:

1. My arm is feeling loads better. I haven't had to take Aspirin as often.

2. The June classes for HPKCHC have been added. I'm taking Charms, Herbology and Divination. I have my projects for Charms and Herbology planned out already.

3. The new items get added to the library catalogue tonight!!!

Also, I'm happy because I finished Full Moon O Sagashite #1 last night. It ended with a real cliffhanger, too! I reserved #2 today, but I'll have to wait awhile because there are two copies and two people ahead of me in line.

Aspirin ROCKS!

I've discovered that aspirin seems to work better for my arm pain that Robaxacet. Huh. My arm is doing great now, and I might be able to start knitting again pretty soon.

So Mom and I had a... well, not exactly a fight, but a... disagreement? She wants me to either wear a dress to Katie's university graduation or to dinner afterwards, even though the only dresses I own aren't comfortable to sit in a car in for an hour and forty-five minutes. So unless my mom's willing to buy me a cotton summery dress, I'm either wearing jeans and a nice top, or a skirt and a nice top, or a pair of my button-tab shorts (with the cuffs rolled down) and a nice top. Either way, I'm not wearing a dress.

I'm almost done reading Full Moon O Sagashite #1 :)

Knitter's elbow and connection loss

First of all, yesterday morning, my computer worked fine. Then in the afternoon, it wouldn't connect to the internet.

I haven't posted in a while because I'm trying to give my wrists a break. I pulled muscles or tendons or whatever in my left arm. I noticed it on Monday, and now it's Thursday and I don't think I'm gonna be able to knit quite yet. And, dammit, I'm used to an ergonomic keyboard! And Firefox! Ugh...

Mom and I watched Shock Treatment and The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Monday, which was fun. Tuesday was boring. Yesterday was youth group, which was okay. Elyssa was there, which annoyed me (I had hoped she wouldn't show up), but Riley also came, which was nice, because I hadn't seen him for a few weeks.