Oooooooooooooooooo-kay.......... mucho updating. A lot of times I'll disappear from LJ cuz I don't have anything to say because my life is boring but not this time. Oh no.
So, all the crazy hectic-ness started Friday. Last Friday. After work I went down to my studio bound and determined to finish these two miniatures I was working on. The deadline was the following Tuesday, and I knew that this would be my last possible day to work on it because Saturday I had to work all day, I never work on Sundays if I can avoid it, Monday I had to go into work to clean the vault (which I knew would take all day) and if I finished them on Tuesday there would be no time for them to dry. But sure enough, about five minutes after I sat down and got to work, my mom calls. And she's going on and on about when am I coming home, and how she has a surprise for me, and how she can't leave the house. As soon as she said that I knew that whatever this "surprise" was, it was alive. And of all the things it could be, a dog was the most likely. So I tried to just go back to work and forget about it, but I couldn't. I worked for about an hour and then I came home. And sure enough, a puppy it was. Not only that, but Coco was home too. So I spent the rest of the day hanging out with her and cooing over the puppy.
Next day was Saturday. My boss wasn't working, so it was just me and the new chick, who is basically useless. We had three birthday parties, because lately every Saturday that I have to work has been a 3 party saturday. We were supposed to have three volunteers come help us out, but they never showed up. So that sucked. Then on Sunday I not only had to go to church early for choir practice, I had to spend a good deal of the day at the studio, finishing the paintings I couldn't on Friday. And Monday was the vault-cleaning day, which I ended up having to do myself. When my boss asked me to come in, she made it sound like we were going to do it together, but no. It was all me. Then Tuesday and Wednesday I had to work, even though I wasn't supposed to work this Tuesday, I still came in because we had a group. And finally I had to work late on Wednesday, cuz we had to put up christmas decorations. Needless to say, all this left me physically and mentally exhausted. Thankfully I got a lot of time off after that. I don't have to work again till this Wednesday.
And my excuse for not writing during my Thanksgiving break? Well, I could say it was because I was spending so much quality time with my family(Colin and Liz were in town too), but that would be a lie. Its actually because Coco got me addicted to this computer game that I've been playing as much as I possibly could lately. Well, that and the puppy.
Last night was fairly uneventful. I didn't do anything special. Didn't dress up. Even forgot to paint my nail special(I was planning on paintign them to look like candy corn, and then wearing this new candy corn necklace I got). Oh well. But we did have LOTS of Trick-or-treaters. There are a lot of big houses on our street, and ours is one of them, so I guess that made us a good target. It seemed like every kid in the city came to our street. Mom had to go out and get more candy twice, and we still ran out. But I still managed to stash some pixie stix!
Anywho, today I'm kinda bummed because, due to a mistake on my printed schedule, I thought I had today and tommorrow off. And I didn't find out until yesterday, not long before I left, that I did have to work. And I have to work all the rest of this week too. Plus Saturday we have three birthday parties which is never fun. Grrrrrr.......
Oh yeah, and rememebr that new girl that was supposed to work Fridays? Well, now it turns out she's only gonna work two days A MONTH. So much for that. Goodbye fridays, it was fun while it lasted.
Yesterday was an............interesting day. We've been trying to get these newsletters out at work. My boss even made me come in on my day off (tuesday) to help get them printed, folded and mailed. She wanted to get them sent out by yesterday at the latest, but that definitely did not happen. Everything (and I do mean everything) that could have gone wrong with this newsletter did go wrong. We had planned to mail out 200-250, and then print out another hundred to hand out to local businesses and whatnot. But the way things were going we just had to quit afetr 200 (the minimum for the bulk mail rate), and we didn't get them mailed till around 2:30 today. That is assuming that all went well at the post office, which could very well be the case. *knocks on wood*
In any case, I was so frustrated after all that mess, that I absolutely had to do something to take my mind off it all. I decided that "something" had to be a movie, and since I didn't get any netflix, I had to go to the theatre. So Coco and I ended going to The Departed, which I ended up really liking. And it was juts about the perfect movie for me to watch right then, cuz there was lots of violence and blood and cursing, and it made me feel really good. Which is a weird thing to say, I know.
Anyway, by the time the movie was out it was just about time for choir. So I went and did that, which usually puts me in a good mood. Then I got home and watched Lost, followed by Project Runway, whcih put me in an even better mood. So by this time I had pretty much forgotten all about my crappy day, until Mom asked me how work had been. Which just dredged it all up again and put me in a bad mood again. Not to mention that right after that, I saw the preview for the next Project Runway which makes it look like they're gonna disqualify Jeffrey! Which pisses me off, cuz his show is the one I wann see the most! Dammit.
Anyway, today wasn't bad. Just long and boring. I much prefer hectic busy days. The day just seems to go quicker that way. Other than that, I don't have much to say. Gonna have to go in tommorrow too, to train the "new girl." And then after that I'll never have to work another friday again! *dances*
Tra la la... first day of October.... still feels like August....la di da. It actually did get cool for a while, during the week. But it was back to hot and muggy again for Saturday. Saturday was crazy by the way. TREE house showed up in the news twice, once in the afternoon, and once in the morning. And even though it was just short bits, it was enough to get some peoples' attentions, so we had a bigger than usual turnout for Saturday. Most of them wanting to see the train. We also got a call from someone wanting to work, so we may be hiring a third person soon, which would be awesome. My boss was all worried that I would be upset if they gave me less hours and I'm like, "Please! Give her all the hours you want! That is NOT a problem!" If I get enough time off, I could even get a second job, one that actually pays decent.
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Wow. Reading through my friends page made me realize how long its been since I've been here. I mean I know I'm not good at updating, butI'm usually obsessive about keeping up with everyone else's posts...
I've been spending the last few afternoons wandering around outside with a plastic bag tied to my pants collecting acorns. Why, you ask? No not for Totoro. For a craft. There's this thing called the "ArtWalk" going on downtown on the 6th, and the TREE house is participating and as usual, I am in charge of coming up with fall-themed crafts. Anyway, besides the whole getting eaten by bugs thing, its been fun. Maybe Totoro can have the left-overs, though he might not want them. Most of them aren't very shiny.
I also think there is a mouse in the house. I've heard some pretty loud scurrying and saw a little black (or possibly brown) thing scurry out of the corner of my eye. So I hope its a mouse. Cuz if its not its the biggest roach I've ever seen. Too small to be a rat or anything else I can think of. At first I actually thought it might be a bird, because we get a quite a few birds in the house. Percy invites them in, and them doesn't show them the way out, silly bird. Well I guess she doesn't know the way out herself, otherwise she might have flown away by now. But whatever it is, I'm thinking of calling it "Cri Cri." And then I can say "Bonjour Cri cri! Comment ca va? Manges-tu du fromage, au-jourd'hui?"
Ooh! Ooh! Maybe its one of those dust things! Ooh! Or a Rupert! *thinks* Ok, now I'm a little scared...
Finally, I have a new boss!!! Now this might seem like an odd thing to get excited about, but for me its a big relief. Finally there is someone else working at the TREE House again! Finally someone that can make executive decisions, and reorganize things and get us back on our feet. Plus she's really nice. It seems like she'll be real easy to work with. But I guess I won't know that for sure until later. But at the very least this should lessen a lot of the stress I've been under lately.
I'm realizing now that I've gone over three months without doing anykind of art in my studio whatsoever. There is something seriously wrong with this picture. Its not just a time issue, because I've had time. Not as much as I'd like due to my schedule, but still plenty enough to go down to the studio for a couple of hours and fiddle around a bit. Its not even an energy issue, even though I have blamed it on "being too tired." But seriously, every time I do go down there, or even when I'm at home trying to do something, I just can't seem to focus long enough to do anything worth a shit. I really feel there's some sort of ennui eating away at my soul right now, and my artistic block is both the cause and the result. That is why I am making a committment, right now to go down to my studio some time this week and paint something, ANYTHING, before I leave. Even if its total crap and I decide to throw it out or paint over the next day, I WILL put paint to canvas before this week is through.
So last night was way better than my actual birthday. Mom and Dad threw me a little party to make up for the lack of one Monday. Aunt Cora, Uncle Harrison, Bill, Henry, Mathieu and Mary came over. Dad cooked and then we had cake and ice crem. The cake was very good. Really really fresh. So I got me a little sugar high, and then Mary took me out to Finnegan's. I actually got a little drunk, because for one of the few times in my life, I actually wanted to. I started off with something called an Irish Bulldog, I think. It was green and minty. And then I had a Dirty Bongwater, which I really liked. Yummy. And then Mary convinced Scott McCoy and Mike Wiley (who were there with their band), to play me a special birthday song: "Fuck You I'm Drunk." It was very touching.
And then when I got home I watched Hiei's dragon of the darkness flame routine (and paused it a couple of times when his shirt dramatically rips off) before passing out on the bed.
Dark Angel has taken over my monday nights! SciFi has started airing reruns of Dark angel on Monday nights and try as I might I cannot escape it! Becasue they don't just show one episode, they show four. And since its an hour long show, that's a solid four hour block where my ass is glued to my chair. I tried to get away form it last Monday. I had decided ahead of time that I was not going to watch any of it. That I was going to spend that four hours doing something productive, like finishing up some drawings that I've been working on forever (seriously, its been over a year for most of them). But I just happened to be in the kitchen when someone else was flipping through channels, and it just hapened to be THAT episode. The second one where Max is in heat, where she hooks up with te pizza dude, and her and Logan almost get it on until STUPID Zach shows up and ruins everything and they hacve to go on that stupid mission and then all he crazy season 2 stuff starts happening with the disease and Alec who I both love and hate. So I had to watch it! And as expected, after I watched that one, I just had to watch the next three! Grrrrrr!
At first I thought this whole deal was really cool, but now I realize it is pure evil! Dman you SciFi channel!!!!! (But at least maybe I'll finally be able to cath the final episode....)
So now that my little rant is over, its time to talk about my birthday(yesterday). Which was not all that much fun. The day before was actually better, cuz I got to see Courtney and we all went to eat at Shogun, this Japanese restaurant where they cook the food in front of you, which I really liked even thoguh they waitress sucked and spilled soup on me and didn't even bring me a new napkin. We drove up to Shreveport Sunday after church, to bring Coco the rest of her stuff. And then we went shopping at the new boardwalk downtown, and then we went back to the hotel and chilled and then we ate. My actual birthday was just kinda blah, though. Mom brought me some breakfast (waffle + bacon and sausage) and I opened presents. Nothing really exciting there. I got socks, a shirt a new dvd player, some jewelry, and some printing stuff I had picked out myself. Then we went shopping again, went out to eat at Yeero Yeero, and then we left. I got NO present from Courtney. I didn't even get to see her that day, I guess cuz she had class. And then we got home and I was bored and super aggravated because it was birthday, and I don't want to be bored on my birthday, dammit! And then I got all pumped up and decided to go down to the studio to use my new printmaking stuff and work off some frustration that way, and then Dark Angel came on! Which actually turned out to be the highlight of my day, because they had the Halloween epsidoe where Joshua gets to go out and trick or treat (I love Joshua).
*pauses to breathe*
If I seem in a particualrly ranty mood right now, I apologize. It probably has a lot to do with my job which is driving me INSANE!!!!!!!!!!! I am so sick of it. I love this place, but I am so fucking tired. How the hell did Mary put up with this for three years!?! And how in the hell am I gonna last until Septmeber 12th!?! Not that things are just magically gonna get better on the twelth, but at least there will be one more person here, and someone who can take the brunt of the responsibilty.
Alright I'm shutting up now! I have a feeling everything I say today is gonna turn into a rant!
Its time to play a special TREE house version of good news/bad news!
Good news: They've hired someone for the museum coordinator position, and I really like her. She was definitely qualified, and she seems really nice. I think she's gonna be good at raising money(which we desperately need), as well as dealing with the day-to-day workings of the museum.
Bad news: She can't start working for at least another three weeks. Technically she's still living up in Michigan or somehwere, and she needs time to get all her stuff and officially move down here, before she can start. Which sucks.
Good news: We don't have any more groups or birthday parties for the rest of August. So at least I don't have to deal with any of that. I HATE being the only one in the museum when we have groups or parties.
Bad news: Because we have no groups scheduled, and this is the least busy time of the year for us, I will have absolutley nothing to do all day long. Which drives me insane. I have to find ways to "entertain" myself. For example today and yesterday, I sanitized all the toys in the museum. Fun fun...
In other news, I'm kinda looking for a new car. Mostly just beacuse mom has been bugging me about it for a while. Plus, I would kind of like a car that wouldn't need so much fixing. So far I've had to fix the transmission(which cost more than I paid for the entire car) and just recently the brakes, which was another nice little chunk of money. And now I need to replace/fix the fan belt apparently. So a new car might not be such a bad idea after all....
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