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13 June 2008
It's the weekend! Whatcha doing this weekend, bun buns?
Tonight: chilling.
Tomorrow morning: farmer's market and gardening in my new community plot.
Tomorrow p.m. and evening: working.
Sunday: hanging out with a friend whose father died a couple of weeks ago. Father's day. Ouch.
I should be getting Lacey's ashes from the pet crematory tonight. I only know this because I missed a call from them earlier, and my brother said he would be taking care of it. Thank God for family.
Saturday evening we have been invited to a Great Gatsby themed croquet party that should be all kinds of fun.
Sunday I will try to convince myself that I don't want another dog this soon.
It's cousin's graduation here, so extended family is in from out of town and staying at a house in the Oxnard Keys. There'll be much kayaking and barbecuing if I can shake this funk I'm in. I'll be making peach cobbler for my paternal figure.
Tonight: eating icecream in my jammies and catching up on Tivoed shows
Tomorrow: see above
Sunday: Call my papa in Ghana to wish him Happy Fathers day, then spend the rest of the day in my jammies doing diddly squat!
I'm finally making time for myself after a couple of crazy hectic weeks!
A few years ago, me and pips were wandering around the East Village during Pride Week, and we stumbled upon some kind of drag queen drum circle and this incredibly stoned street person got in the middle and started boogie-ing down: ≡ Click to see image ≡
I'll bet he was thinking "These chicks dig me, yo."
Meeting elizard for dinner and drinks later on tonight before she wings off to Alabama. Tomorrow maybe go downtown, have a drink at the Railway Club with friends and see the weekly roots/blues jam.
Also, walk a lot in my excellent new shoes.
Working. Cleaning the entire house. Working more. Cleaning more. Driving to Charlotte & picking up my sick auntie. Bringing her to my mother's house for a full helping of family psychodrama. By then it will be nearly Monday morning and - wait for it - time to go back to work!
Putting my camera up for sale and purchasing a new one. Going to the library to get a good book. Bike around, maybe find a bike path and go with my dad. Read. Help my dad with parking volunteer work at the temple. And then applying for some web design jobs.
It is a gorgeous weekend for a picnic and kayaking. Jealous! :]
I'm building a desk and trying to keep the kitteh off it while the varnish dries. And, as it's cold and damp, clearly it's time for gardening. I might go for a walk with the camera tomorrow and see what I find.
#1 trying to not be so bummed
#2 taking daughter to wherever she wants
#3 working (as usual)
#4 Probably bummed as I can't "quit working" like normal people and have a vacation, and I kind of get envious around now, when the work just rains in on me and I watch everyone else take off for vacataions. I really shouldn't complain. I just wish I could schedule like other folks. I guess. Then again, I am shit at that.
(the dumbest thing is that what I have due on Monday won't be released until December! WHOOHO! I stress now for cheaper printing! HA! Can you picture me working on snow right now?)
Well, if I work hard enough tomorrow, I might be able to take Father's Day off (which would be my first day off in almost two weeks) before leaving for a two-week business trip Monday.
This weekend will be filled with me doing research for ways to make living with people easier and not destroy our friendships as well as working on the massive cataloging project at work that has me pulling my hair out.
DRUNK. Yeah, pretty much all weekend. Friends of friends are in town on their way out west, which means we've got to entertain them in Texas style. Tonight was a dive bar, tomorrow tubing. Sunday a gig. So yeah, lots of drinking.
For the first time since March, I'm in a situation where I don't have any actual obligations. In an attempt to cope with this, I've tasked myself with translating a (short) chapter from Vladimir Paperny's Culture Two. And when I'm done with that, maybe something else.
Friday: Start new book. Work, make dinner, have change of plans, learn the basic controls of the X-Box 360 we were given for our most extravagant wedding present.
Saturday: Grocery run, make use of leftovers, library trip (return movies or recheck them), more practice with the 360 to learn muscle memory (Halo 3 trainers?), clean and fill an accessible hot tub, eat??? drink??? be merry??? Celebrate one week anniversary.
Also, re-reading this list because I just free thought it out here.
Sunday: Hopefully talk to kids at their dad's. Maybe start learning Halo 3. Calling newest gal friend to check her schedule. Maybe laundry? Be ready for work on Monday.
I hate to be that bummer person, but the bold reminder helps me a lot.
As soon as I've finished this coffee, I'm headed off to North Weald market for the morning. I still have a lot of work to finish off which I'll have to do this weekend.
Tomorrow, gym and football on TV. I'm really enjoying the European Championships. England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland all failed to qualify, so there's no home interest, which means I can watch the games for the football without having a dog in the fight.
I just got the butter out to soften, to make my favourite massive cheesecake. 1.25kg of cream cheese, 10 eggs, total yumminess - and if we don't have anyone over we'll end up having cheesecake for dinner at least one night this week. Shortly I will go to the market to buy berries to macerate for the top. Mmmm.
Otherwise, healing. Mind and body have had a hard week, so treating what ails me with cheesecake!
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
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