two in a row special :-)

Now, with another exciting day at work, not much has changed. My co-worker was off yesterday, which sucked big time. He called me this morning to let me know he was calling off sick again today, and 5 mins after I got off the phone with him, my boss called to let me know co-worker would be in around 1 pm. Now, this made me much happier, since yesterday not much got done, including me taking a lunch, in part because I couldn't get away from the idiots. Today, I get to take a lunch. And, since he showed up much earlier than I was expecting, before 11, I get to take breaks as well, and will hopefully get to do my 2006 fiscal year spreadsheet checking (soo looking forward to this... ).

In other news, the painting proceeds on the downstairs bathroom. I need to finish putting the tape in place for the detail work (thanks to Pandy for helping yesterday with that), and then finish the first coat. The room is small, but it's under the staircase, and is thus shaped somewhat strangely, and so much detail work is needed. I have high hopes that I'll finish the tape and first coat tonight, and can finish the second coat tomorrow morning. It'd be a lot easier to finish this is I had more then 2.5 hours at time to work on it.... The latest it's allowed to take me is to Tuesday, since I'm going to see a couple of movies with the ex on Weds, and Friday I've got Forsaken (hopefully). And, since the Mage game I was in is currently on hiatus (ie, prob dead and buried), I *need* a game to play in! I don't want to spend time and money on WoW yet, and I REALLY don't want to go back to vamp, but if I don't get to do some rp'ing soon, I'm gonna cry!!! :-)

I do have more photos to put up, hopefully soon, but since I'm back up to 10 rolls of film to develop, it will prob take a month or so to get them all done. But, it'll be nice to see what I got at the Cleveland zoo, which we went to for class when couldn't view the collection we were originally supposed to see. They have a lot of cats there, and I sooo want to go back when I have the chance to - it's got def day trip poss since it's only 3 or so hours away :-)

Anyhow, here the song going through my head today. I've been on a Papa Roach kick lately, so here's the lyrics to "Take Me"

Take me and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out

[Chorus:]
So take me and let me in
Don't break me and shut me out

I lit my pain on fire
And I watched it all burn down
Now I'm dancing in the ashes
And theres no one else around
Cause I wanna be apart of something
This is just a story of a broken soul

[Hook:]
As days go by, my heart grows cold
I can't seem to let this all pass me by

[Chorus x2]

I'm burning in the heavens
And I'm drowning in a hell
My soul is in a coma
And none of my friends can tell
That I'm reaching out and getting nothing
This is just a story of a broken soul

[Hook]
[Chorus x2]

Don't shut me out

Does anyone around me feel the same
Put your fist up and vent your pain
Does anyone around me feel the same
Put your fist up and vent your pain
Does anyone around me feel the same
Put your fist up and vent your pain
Does anyone around me feel the same
Put your fist up and vent your pain

[Hook]
[Chorus x2]
[Hook]

Take Me
Don't Break Me

life after class

So, I've finished my summer course, and it was fun, and I got an "a", so all is happy in the end. However, the middle was miserable :P the camp was cool, it was on a lake which meant much water (and we all know water is the key to my happiness, however the problem with it being on a lake is all that lovely (still) water is the perfect breeding grounds for bugs. All kinds of bugs. Biting bugs. And, since through my own genetic pattern, I don't have the lovely, lovely hormones that act as natural bug repellents, I got bitten. A lot. On my right leg, below the knee alone, I counted over 60 bug bites during the 1st week of class . It took me all 3 weeks to find a bug spray that works, it's almost 100% DEET, just what I've always wanted to bathe in after all.... Aside from that, the class was enjoyable, the food was decent, and the bunk beds sucked. I'm so happy to be home :-) And my kitties seem happy to see me again as well.

And, since I'm now back at home, and presumably have free time again, I've decided to fill up all the time getting projects done. To that extent, I'm almost finished making the rest of the rabbit skin pouches I started 10 years ago. I've got one quilt that only needs the backing and the batting, and anther quilt that I just started, since the fabric's been around for a while. I'm also starting to go through my house and get rid of stuff that I no longer want to need, since I'm betting that I'll be moving again in about a year or so, and I don't feel like dragging a bunch of crap with me. Books are all well and good, but some of the other stuff needs to go. The only thing I’m missing at this point to fill a house is a 2nd bedroom set. Of course, I want to replace my current bedroom set, but I don't think I want to hang on to the old set, since I want to start fresh in my life, and clearing out old memories and associations will be a good start for that.

In addition to clearing out old stuff, I'm doing a few things around the apartment in other ways as well. My landlady gave me permission to remove the wallpaper from the downstairs bathroom. The stuff that was in there was straight from the 60's, this horrid brown, red, and blue flowered crap, and even the blue wasn't a shade I liked. So I spent yesterday removing it, and thus discovered that whoever invented wallpaper needs to be shot! They didn't even have the decency to paint the walls before putting the paper up, which meant after I removed the paper, I got to spackle the walls, and put my bathroom off-limits to cats and guests alike, and today I get to paint. Happy happy joy joy. At least it will be a nice, neutral shade (white) that won't clash with my bathroom colors of white, purple, and green :-)

Also in my life currently, yesterday marked the 1 year anniversary of my breakup from my long term b-friend, so I've been without a man (romantically) in my life for a year. And, I think I'm finally getting to the point of being ready to date again, though I'll prob change my mind again before that happens. I'm still hoping that my ex starts dating before I do, since I'd like us to be able to be friends, and he's already told me that he doesn't know if we can be friends once I start dating again - of course that was a while ago that he said that, but still.

Aside from that, life proceeds as normal. With luck, I'll get some projects done, and start feeling like my house isn't full of crap that I don't want or need anymore!