Domestic Geek

I finally got my first unemployment check today (but I can't deposit it until Tuesday dammit). I wish there was some way to direct deposit it. Funny, but Friday the phone line said my claim still hadn't been paid. I still feel like a scrumbag that I haven't found a job yet, but at least I'll quit dragging everybody else around me down while I'm looking. Platt finally hired another placement person...I have an appointment to meet with her Tuesday afternoon. Watch this lady not have any graphic design contacts whatsoever. Hopefully this is the point where things start to turn around. A new job is the only birthday present I want this year.

I don't know if the stress or the mosquiito bites are doing me in, but I feel like sh*t today. I went to bed around 1pm because I was dragging so bad and I was freezing. I fell asleep right away. I vaguely remember Marcus coming home from biking (he said that was around 2), then I was out until 6pm. I probably wouldn't have woken up then if Marcus hadn't come into the room to take a shower before dinner. I'm still dragging and am contemplating bed as soon as I hit submit.

I had something I wanted to post about, but darned if I can remember now. I guess I really do need to go back to bed. G'night.

Edit: I just remembered! Check out this cute (and oh so Marcus!) fairy tale that he posted.

I'm also contemplating participating in Pink for October.

I was working on my Popcorn Garland yesterday and ran into a new glitch. The yarn skein I was using was all knotted inside. Grrrr. I hate it when that happens. It took me hours to get it untangled. I ended up having to cut the yarn in a couple of places because the knots were so tight. Oh, well. I was going to have to cut it anyway to get more beads strung.

So have you ever had a zit or ingrown hair in your nose and it hurts like hell but you can't do anything about it because it's really up in there and it's itchy and making your nose run and your eyes water and all you want to do is rip your nose off your face because at least you could get to it and make it stop?!!!

Yeah, me neither.

I just got back from storage and I found more supplies that I had bought for that garland...more beads to paint and more yarn, just not the darned instructions!!!!! I threw out a whole trunk load of stuff: stained paper, old coloring books, plastic crates that are cracking because I've had them since my freshman year of college in 1984 (LOL). I didn't realize I still had so many craft supplies over there. I knew I had a box of styrofoam and a box of pinecones. I found my old ukalele that I bought in Hawaii. I wish I had learned to play it. *sigh* I also went through a whole box of old woman's magazines (like Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping) that I had kept for Christmas party ideas. I'm chucking the whole thing. If I ever need to throw a dinner party like that, there are plenty of recipes on the Internet. I giggled at one fo the magazines from 1987, though. The hair! And the shoulder pads! Gotta love '80s fashion!

How in the hell did it get to be almost Labor Day weekend? My 40th birthday is a mere 12 days away! AAAAAAAAAAAAH!

OK, I'm better now. That is all.