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textileowlToday I am sick...scratchy throat with a slight cough that makes me just want to sleep all day. Which I haven't, been up since seven and no nap, I've been reading a new historical fiction series by Sara Donati and am enjoying it thoroughly. Historical fiction, good historical fiction with decent plotlines, strong characters, strong grasp of the time period, and a heady romance are my literary weakness. But I suck at plot summaries so I won't do that here.
Thank you everyone who commented on Dexter's death. I never know what to say individually when people express sympathy, and I rarely know what to say to express it as well, but I do want to let everyone know it was appreciated. My mom and step-dad are already looking at getting a blue heeler to fill the gap and I don't blame them at all, I encourage it. We've never done well without our companions and from what mom told me last night , the dogs themselves need another one around. I just wish I had the time, money, and space to get a puppy of my own.
Ugh, I hate this being sick, I don't feel too awful but enough so that even though I need/want to go to the library I dread it. It's not even 20 degrees outside with snow on the ground and I don't really want to drive, even though that would get me there quicker and with less risk of making this cold worse, because I want to exercise and feel less like a lump of goo. But I lack decent boots for this weather that fit well and the ones I want would have to be ordered and paid for, being upwards of three hundred dollars....
I may have a job at Target, hopefully, I applied on Saturday and was told I would receive a call soon. They were looking to hire people and I am willing to work four nights out of the week including Saturdays. I'm excited and want to work there, not just because of the money and the discount, but because I have yet to find anything there that I did not like about their business practices or such. Then again I haven't looked hard but it isn't splashed about like Walmart or other stores that are known for interesting ethics.
This will probably cut into my Guild time, most likely Fight...but with the way things are going this year I am needing the money more than fight guild and it gets more stressful every week as it doesn't live up to the memories of the past years. The new fight guild is a good person but she does not have the attitude that is required to teach a bunch of college students how to fight, Merodi had it and the means of putting us in our place if we got too rowdy. Lately it's me or one of the others who has to say something to settle us down.
Bah, that's put behind me for a moment, I won't have to deal with it until maybe Sunday at least....if we have a meeting. Classes start tomorrow, which I would be excited about if I wasn't sick and worrying about whether I will have a job. The quarter is lighter in hours than I've ever done before, but with two Illustration classes it may be more than that in the end. But hopefully productive and knowledgeable. Once I've been to all my classes, I'll write out how things are going and goals so forth.
As for sewing, I've done a bit more for my contractor, though currently am waiting for an email saying her shipment was in so I can sew some more. I don't know how much school will interfere or work, but I'm hoping to continue to do things for her. I've worked on my one current commission, waiting now for a first fitting to make sure it isn't a disaster, I'll probably put her skirt together tonight if I still don't have the courage to work on my coat. I've patterned out the pink wool coat, which has the potential to be very pretty. I need to mockup and make sure the ease is good, mock up sleeves and draw out their design and then get to cutting out the pattern and redrawing the pieces before delving into the wools and leather to actually begin construction. It's kinda scary, as I've never made a coat from complete scratch before. The design is mine completely, with a little help from Jeff, and there will be no other coat like it. With my garb it's a different thing, it's pretty and yet outlandish to people who don't get the dressing up in funny clothing. This is something sorta normal...and i have no idea what people's responses will be.
It's now one o'clock and I've done nothing all day but finish a book. I should fix that and get things done.
Ugh, I hate this being sick, I don't feel too awful but enough so that even though I need/want to go to the library I dread it. It's not even 20 degrees outside with snow on the ground and I don't really want to drive, even though that would get me there quicker and with less risk of making this cold worse, because I want to exercise and feel less like a lump of goo. But I lack decent boots for this weather that fit well and the ones I want would have to be ordered and paid for, being upwards of three hundred dollars....
I may have a job at Target, hopefully, I applied on Saturday and was told I would receive a call soon. They were looking to hire people and I am willing to work four nights out of the week including Saturdays. I'm excited and want to work there, not just because of the money and the discount, but because I have yet to find anything there that I did not like about their business practices or such. Then again I haven't looked hard but it isn't splashed about like Walmart or other stores that are known for interesting ethics.
This will probably cut into my Guild time, most likely Fight...but with the way things are going this year I am needing the money more than fight guild and it gets more stressful every week as it doesn't live up to the memories of the past years. The new fight guild is a good person but she does not have the attitude that is required to teach a bunch of college students how to fight, Merodi had it and the means of putting us in our place if we got too rowdy. Lately it's me or one of the others who has to say something to settle us down.
Bah, that's put behind me for a moment, I won't have to deal with it until maybe Sunday at least....if we have a meeting. Classes start tomorrow, which I would be excited about if I wasn't sick and worrying about whether I will have a job. The quarter is lighter in hours than I've ever done before, but with two Illustration classes it may be more than that in the end. But hopefully productive and knowledgeable. Once I've been to all my classes, I'll write out how things are going and goals so forth.
As for sewing, I've done a bit more for my contractor, though currently am waiting for an email saying her shipment was in so I can sew some more. I don't know how much school will interfere or work, but I'm hoping to continue to do things for her. I've worked on my one current commission, waiting now for a first fitting to make sure it isn't a disaster, I'll probably put her skirt together tonight if I still don't have the courage to work on my coat. I've patterned out the pink wool coat, which has the potential to be very pretty. I need to mockup and make sure the ease is good, mock up sleeves and draw out their design and then get to cutting out the pattern and redrawing the pieces before delving into the wools and leather to actually begin construction. It's kinda scary, as I've never made a coat from complete scratch before. The design is mine completely, with a little help from Jeff, and there will be no other coat like it. With my garb it's a different thing, it's pretty and yet outlandish to people who don't get the dressing up in funny clothing. This is something sorta normal...and i have no idea what people's responses will be.
It's now one o'clock and I've done nothing all day but finish a book. I should fix that and get things done.
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Date: 2008-01-02 10:04 pm (UTC)