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I had the most productive weekend I've had in a very long time, and I did very little in the actual weekend. It was so relaxing.
I had made a list, and declared that I would finish every damn thing on it by Friday (list made on Thursday). After I decided to leave the computer-related stuff for Sunday, I wailed on the list and got it all done.
Most of the things on the list had been started already, but nothing got finished during my week of unruly sadness which involved my general depression mixed with S.A.D. (not having seen the sun for two weeks straight), mixed with massive PMT (unbeknownst at the time, but I should have guessed by how much my tits hurt). Once my period hit, the sun came out again.
Everything got better, as if a huge weight lifted off me. I was seriously hurting. ( one short paragraph about my depression, plus optimist stuff, which is cut because I just don't want to see it when I scroll around my journal )
Weather control had better not be my uterus's superpower, because if so, then we are going to have a problem. Also, this is the second time in a row I've been in the hot seat at the dentist when I've started my period. Fuck you, uterus.
MOVING FORWARD, the list. I finished it by Friday night, which is what I'd hoped for. The sun didn't actually shine til Saturday, but enough weight lifted from the pmt being over that I was able to drudge up the energy to just do it. And wow. It felt good!
( cleaning stuff which is probably boring )
The cleaning frenzy began due to the fact that I have a new violin tutor now. Lauren got a new job in NYC and left town immediately. I'm still keeping in contact with her, though. This new tutor is named Hanna, and she lives right down the street from me! The only downside is that she is $10 more expensive than Lauren, but I am going to try to make it work. I think I can make it work. I hope I can. She likes a month's pay up front, but she's okay with us going week-to-week. I dream of the day when I can shell out $180 all at once - that's more pricey than my & Ch's phone bill!
Had my first lesson with her on Saturday. She is delightful, has a cute side-mullet, and reminds me of a roller-derby girl. We are concentrating on my right armpit and left elbow movements. Very... bionic method. I love it. :)
Saturday afternoon, sun poured into the window, but I needed to do computery stuff, so instead of sitting in the dreary bedroom, I moved my computer out onto the living room coffee table and basked in the glow. Holy shit, I needed that. And repeat on Sunday (and briefly on monday). This move was the best idea ever!
Then I realized something.
With the living room clean (and staying clean now that I'll have a weekly guest), with nothing on my list to do, I felt very relaxed! I can't remember the last time I felt truly relaxed in my own home.
Shit. I could get used to that.
If you read the list, the top is stuff for "Lydia's Display" Lydia is my ball-joint doll, and I have decided that I need to change her up every month, plus it'll give me good practice for set-building. What follows is the December set. I made everything except the tree (I did make the ornaments), and the doll + her attire. That fireplace was a bit of a pain.
I also did a "family" shot. Don't go looking for my photoshop mistake ;)
And here were a couple of teasers I posted while setting up:
I had made a list, and declared that I would finish every damn thing on it by Friday (list made on Thursday). After I decided to leave the computer-related stuff for Sunday, I wailed on the list and got it all done.
Most of the things on the list had been started already, but nothing got finished during my week of unruly sadness which involved my general depression mixed with S.A.D. (not having seen the sun for two weeks straight), mixed with massive PMT (unbeknownst at the time, but I should have guessed by how much my tits hurt). Once my period hit, the sun came out again.
Everything got better, as if a huge weight lifted off me. I was seriously hurting. ( one short paragraph about my depression, plus optimist stuff, which is cut because I just don't want to see it when I scroll around my journal )
Weather control had better not be my uterus's superpower, because if so, then we are going to have a problem. Also, this is the second time in a row I've been in the hot seat at the dentist when I've started my period. Fuck you, uterus.
MOVING FORWARD, the list. I finished it by Friday night, which is what I'd hoped for. The sun didn't actually shine til Saturday, but enough weight lifted from the pmt being over that I was able to drudge up the energy to just do it. And wow. It felt good!
( cleaning stuff which is probably boring )
The cleaning frenzy began due to the fact that I have a new violin tutor now. Lauren got a new job in NYC and left town immediately. I'm still keeping in contact with her, though. This new tutor is named Hanna, and she lives right down the street from me! The only downside is that she is $10 more expensive than Lauren, but I am going to try to make it work. I think I can make it work. I hope I can. She likes a month's pay up front, but she's okay with us going week-to-week. I dream of the day when I can shell out $180 all at once - that's more pricey than my & Ch's phone bill!
Had my first lesson with her on Saturday. She is delightful, has a cute side-mullet, and reminds me of a roller-derby girl. We are concentrating on my right armpit and left elbow movements. Very... bionic method. I love it. :)
Saturday afternoon, sun poured into the window, but I needed to do computery stuff, so instead of sitting in the dreary bedroom, I moved my computer out onto the living room coffee table and basked in the glow. Holy shit, I needed that. And repeat on Sunday (and briefly on monday). This move was the best idea ever!
Then I realized something.
With the living room clean (and staying clean now that I'll have a weekly guest), with nothing on my list to do, I felt very relaxed! I can't remember the last time I felt truly relaxed in my own home.
Shit. I could get used to that.
If you read the list, the top is stuff for "Lydia's Display" Lydia is my ball-joint doll, and I have decided that I need to change her up every month, plus it'll give me good practice for set-building. What follows is the December set. I made everything except the tree (I did make the ornaments), and the doll + her attire. That fireplace was a bit of a pain.
I also did a "family" shot. Don't go looking for my photoshop mistake ;)
And here were a couple of teasers I posted while setting up:
