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From my informal poll of the providers I talked to while taking hotline calls this week, I’ve learned that my company is one of the few that have Martin Luther King Day off. No wonder why the day after MLK day is the busiest phone day of the year–the providers are trying to get two day’s worth of stuff done in one.

At any rate, I do have a three day weekend and an agenda to match:

• Bread machine! I love my bread machine. So far, I’ve only made the one, plain, white bread recipe in it several times, but it’s just so good. I might try one of the other recipes this weekend, though. Just because.
• Craft stores! I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned the giant Warhammer 40K army that Jim was commissioned to paint a while back that he’s still working on. Anyway, Jim told Phil and me last night that he was going to Hobby Lobby today to get something to make one guy glow-in-the-dark. Of course, you know I’ll be going with him…and that I’ll drag him over to Joann Fabrics while we’re out because I still have money on my giftcard, which brings me to…
• Knitting and crocheting! I’m thinking of using aforementioned giftcard to get the needles for this cthulhu dice bag pattern. Phil asked me last night if I thought I could make that, and I said no way, it’s above my skills, but then I started looking at the pattern, and you know what? I think I might be selling myself short. Sure, I’ve never done the magic loop on knitting needles and I’ve never worked on circular needles period, but I think I could do it. Of course, I wouldn’t be able to get to this right away, as I’m still in the middle of crocheting Piper’s cat mat. I ended up having to rip out just about everything I got done on New Year’s.
• Sewing! Ha! Okay, yeah, I’m not about to sew just yet. But my other plan is to take my sewing machine out of the box, dust it off, and just figure out how to put the thing together. Even if I had time to try a project, I don’t have the stuff. One thing at a time.

Now, as to how much of this list I’ll actually attempt is anyone’s guess. For now, I’m gonna watch some season 6 of Supernatural.

I’m taking a break from torturing myself. The torture comes in the form of trying to master fair isle knitting. No matter how I try it, with one hand or two, I’m finding that it can become a messy process.

Now, you may be wondering why on earth I would be trying to learn something new when I still have all those squares to sew up for the baby blanket. Well, that’s because they’re in the blocking process. Look:

Blocking!

More blocking!

No, this is not all of the squares. This is only about half. I realized that I had more squares than towels, so I’m doing it in two batches. This is the first, and it’s currently drying. They’re still damp, and I’m not sure where I’m going to put them overnight. Have I ever mentioned my apartment was tiny?

Still, I feel like I’m actually getting stuff accomplished. Add that to going out to lunch with Paul, knocking out a couple chapters of my book, getting one of the rugs (somewhat) cleaner, and baking brownies for Jim, I actually feel like I’ve been semi-productive today.

And yet…I’m still not ready for the weekend to be over with. SIGH.

I’m so close to being done with Lily’s baby blanket. I have to confess: I’ve been close to being done with it for a while now. The problem is that I’m at the part where I’m weaving in ends, and then I need to sew it up.

Yeah, you know–the less fun part.

I keep telling myself that I’ll do it, get off my case already, ma! But guess what? I’m not doing it. I’m doing this instead.

Which comprises of the following:

1) Playing on Facebook, changing settings up a bit. Since I’ve blocked certain people, I went back to letting other people search for me. I’ve had a lot of old friends find me that way, so I wanted to go back.

2) Deciding that, unlike everyone else, I don’t mind the new Facebook layout. I’m not seeing what the big deal is. Of course, I don’t view Facebook on my phone, where I’ve heard major changes have taken place, so maybe I really don’t know what I’m talking about. Wouldn’t be the first time.

3) Thinking about how I would like to do some Game of Thrones inspired crocheting or knitting. I noticed someone came to my blog looking for that, too. WEIRD. Someone has read my mind. And if that someone could tell me where to find some fun stuff, I’d be much appreciative. (Not that they’re gonna. Curse you, anonymous visitor!)

4) Listening to Pandora. I also found out about a something called I Heart Radio at work today. It’s also pretty good. I might have to let Jim know about it. However, I really like how Pandora recommends stuff based on other stuff I’ve listened to. I’ve found lot of other bands and singers I like that way.

Not that I have the money to go out and buy their albums. But someday! Maybe!

5) I’m also thinking about the Phantom. Stupid movies that stick in your head! Stupid songs! Stupid jerk! He makes me so mad!

Okay, let’s quit procrastinating. Let’s really wrap up that blanket. Let’s also wrap up with a video from Nightwish (whom I listen to frequently on Pandora) covering “Phantom of the Opera” (who needs to be in jail):

Okay, I’m off. If I manage to do something other than stab myself with my knitting needles, I’ll consider myself a woman with IRON WILL, y’all. Because I really, really hate sewing in ends…

Well, this just figures. When I want to be awake, I fall asleep, and when it’s time to get ready for bed, I’m wide-awake. I really need to get tired. I figure writing this blog entry is just the trick to boring myself to sleep.

So, I’ve been busy…when I haven’t been falling asleep like a narcleptic, anyway. I’m about halfway done (finally!) with the baby blanket I’m working on for my niece–only to realize that all the 8 pink squares I just finished have two more rows than they’re supposed to. Gah! And I’m terrible about ripping out knitted work. I always rip out way too much and then end up having to redo everything.

So that’s just terrible.

Also, just now, I’ve been trying to find some sort of writer’s group for Jim. Well, maybe myself too, but truthfully, mostly for Jim. Jim’s more interested in publication than I have ever been. I did find a local one–turns out he even knows someone who is part of that group–but the site for said group is woefully outdated. I have my doubts.

But, seriously, if he doesn’t submit some of his stories soon, I’m gonna do it myself.

What else is new? Oh, I’ve been trying to introduce myself to podcasts. Yeah, I’m so out of it. I’d never listened to one before. I decided to try it because Jim and I usually have the TV on when working on our respective hobbies (his is usually painting Warhammer stuff), and it’s not like our hobbies allow us to actually look up to see what’s going on on the TV anyway. So far, I’ve listened to a couple from the hppodcraft site that Ruth had recommended on her blog, but alas, the one I downloaded to my MP3 player was very short and didn’t carry me very far throughout my knitting. But I can see where a longer one would do the trick nicely.

Beats TV that I can’t focus on anyway.

It’s also making me think of taking a stab at audiobooks. Jim’s still doubtful (“I quit story time when I was kid,” he says), but I don’t see the difference between listening to one of those and listening the TV. Oh, except that we won’t actually MISS anything by not looking up. And today, when we went to the library, I did find audiobooks there. So maybe I won’t have to buy them. And I’m all about the free stuff.

Although all the audiobooks I saw were Danielle Steel books. Ew.

Anyway, I was at the library today because the Geek Girls Book Club chose to do American Gods for August, and I’ve decided to join along with it. Maybe a dumb idea since I’m still planning on doing overtime and working on that blanket along with reading A Feast for Crows, but hey–do I tell you how badly you spend your time? No. I don’t.

Okay, yeah, I’m being dumb, but I hope I’ll have a good time doing it.

By the way, not a good time = showing up at Phil’s house covered in cat pee because Emmy was having a choking fit and our vet’s emergency facilities are in a town TWO HOURS away. I was livid–and then I learned that this might be a common thing down here in southern Illinois. Seriously makes me think that relocating might be a good idea.

Okay, I’m sufficiently bored now. You probably are too. Now we can all go to sleep. Preferably, not in cat pee.

Night.

Hey. Things are okay. I’ve been trying to keep my mind off sad stuff and keep focused on everyday things. Mostly, I’ve been keeping myself busy with work. Last week, I worked a lot of overtime, more than I normally do, mostly because I want to fill up our savings account. I want to save up to move into a bigger place next spring, as well as try to replace all our tires before winter, since they’re all almost completely bald. Yeah, if it rains even a little bit, we start hydroplaning. So it’s kind of becoming an issue.

Gremlin isn’t helping, though. About a month ago, he had that bladder infection that wiped out almost half of our savings account. Well, this past week, he started peeing in the bathtub, which is supposed to be a red flag that the infection isn’t gone. So, yesterday, we whisked him off to the vet. 10 minute visit, a little bottle of medicine, $150.

This cat is costing me more than even my cat who died of pancreatic cancer did. Geez.

But better $150 now than a bazillion dollars later. Also, it would kill me and Jim to see Gremlin in that much pain again. But it’s still hard because right now, we’re doing our best to save money with only my income. We’re actually doing fine, but I’m desperate to get the savings account back up so we have a nice net to fall back on when emergencies happen. Jim’s quitting smoking is helping a lot, and I just froze my Warcraft account.

No, Warcraft isn’t a lot of money. But it’s dumb to spend $15 on something I almost never play. And I would play it again as a way of cheap entertainment, but since Cataclysm came out, I found I can no longer do dungeons on my laptop. The game overheats it. Recently, I’ve found that this is becoming an issue even during regular game play. So until I get a desktop, which I don’t see happening for a very long time, my account is frozen.

Although I might try to play a little bit before the official freeze date.

Besides, that $15 could go towards yarn. I’ve been getting more into crafting hobbies, anyway. Oh, and by the way, it turns out I will not be doing those 5 scarves for work. (Don’t even get me started on why.) I’ll finish the third one up because it’s almost done anyway, and I’ll still give it to some charity because I’ve always wanted to make stuff for charities, but right now, I’m knitting a baby blanket for my niece Amber, who is due next month with my soon-to-be great-niece, Lily. After that, I want to wrap up the Lego Pirate Ship blanket for Jim, which has been hibernating FOREVER, and then make him a crocheted D20. I’ve already bought the pattern. Phil has expressed interest in one as well, so I’ll probably make him one, too.

I’m a little wary, though, as I’ve seen picture of others’ crocheted D20s, and most of them look kinda…sloppy. Not like the picture. And I’ve never made anything “stuffed” before, so I’m already at a disadvantage. But we shall see. Knowing me, if it comes out looking overstuffed or understuffed (as just about EVERY SINGLE ONE I’ve seen has been), I’ll rip it all out and start over. I can be a bit of a perfectionist that way.

After the crocheted D20s, I’d like to crochet a blanket for my great-nephew Isaiah (my niece Jasmine’s little boy), but I can’t seem to find the pattern that I want to use anywhere. I had this PERFECT one for little boys, once upon a time, and I always wanted an excuse to make it, but it seems to have gotten lost with all the moves. Argh.

Actually, I’ve been wanting to make that same blanket for my nephew Seth, too. Grr, I really need to find that pattern!

What else is new besides work and crafts? Oh! I finally finished A Storm of Swords, book three in the Song of Ice and Fire series. It took me forever because I can’t seem to stay awake these days. But it was fabulous. I’ve been chatting more and more with Jim’s friend Ben on Facebook about it because, truth be told, we don’t really know each other, but we DO both really love these books. Jim’s all happy that I’m talking to some of his friends; I’m happy that Jim has another friend aside from Phil who isn’t an asshole, heh.

Okay, admittedly, the friends that I have met–the ones that Jim actually considers friends, anyway, not the ones he pretty much has to deal with because of other people–haven’t been assholes. But trust me, if you’ve heard some of Jim’s stories…he’s known a LOT of assholes. No wonder why he wants to stay home and be a hermit all the time now.

Speaking of being a hermit, I must return to my hermit-hobby of knitting and continue working on Lily’s baby blanket. I need to get that done within the month. This week, though, I don’t plan on working nearly the amount of overtime I did last week, so I should (knock on wood) be able to stay awake long enough to get some work done. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Because, frankly, I’m just too tired to do it myself these days.

Hey, did I forget that I (for the most part) wrapped up scarf #1?

Scarf #1.

Yup. This is my scarf that I made to get me back in the swing of knitting. And, of course, is one of the five scarves I’m making to satisfy my goal at work. I still feel like my tension is off, and some things are not as easy as I remember (namely binding off), so the next one will probably be knitted too. Except that I’ll work some purls in there as well.

And since we’re in picture sharing mode, I thought I’d post this one:

Anime girl.

Thanks to waybackmachine.org, I found an ancient doodle I did while waiting for my ex-husband to get up and get dressed one morning. And I thought it was lost forever. I know I didn’t keep it. I mean, who keeps their doodles?

Waybackmachine.org, that’s who.

Anyway. All’s well here. It started off rocky on Monday. Actually, it started last Friday. I was crabbier than usual, which didn’t really let up over the weekend, and Monday, when I sat down to work, I realized I was in an abnormally bad mood–seriously, I’m in a good mood most of the time–and that what I really needed was a “me day.” Since Jim’s and Karac’s game folded, Jim’s around all the time. And while I love him, as I’ve mentioned a bazillion times before, I require more alone time than the average person. So, on a whim, I requested PTO for Tuesday. To my surprise, it was approved.

And it was glorious. Tuesday, I did nothing but surf the Internet, watch TV (Charmed! Supernatural! Angel! The Last Unicorn!), knit, and eat cookies. And, apparently, that is exactly what I needed because I was in a much better mood the rest of the week, even with overtime. Jim and I even skirted some sensitive topics later that week, and when he started looking nervous, I said, “Relax. I’m not mad about it or anything. Just want to talk.”

So, yeah. My “Prevent a Mental Breakdown Day” was so successful, I’m thinking of making it a regular thing. That is, unless Jim does another game with his friends. Because if I get Friday nights alone to recharge again, I might be okay with just that.

On that note–gaming, that is–Phil is talking about starting up a Birthright game, to which he invited me last night. I thanked him because that was nice of him, but I’m going to see how it pans out. If they need more players, sure, I’ll play. Jim is always wanting me to do more stuff with him and his friends, and I’ve heard that Phil runs good games. But Phil’s game would also be a good opportunity for me to have my alone time if Jim goes to it alone, and frankly, I think the guys enjoy having “guy only” time. I would, too, if I were them. No having to watch what you’re saying or doing or edit past stories because someone’s girl is there? Yes, please.

Anyway, I’m going to get going because I hear lots of thunder. Not sure what the posting schedule will be like next week, as Jim will be starting school full-time on Monday (yesterday was his last day at work!), so he’ll probably need the computer more for papers and stuff. That’s okay. More time to crochet and knit and read the books from A Song of Ice and Fire series, right?

Confession: I rarely look at my stats. I figure because I don’t exactly tell people I blog, most of the incoming links are coming from spammers anyway. My spam filters backs this theory.

However, today, I did happen to look at it, and guess what I’ve noticed? A lot of people are coming here looking for Jayne hats from Firefly. Which is odd because I think I’ve only mentioned it once, and I’ve never actually sat down and made one. For a very good reason: I have neither circular nor double-pointed needles to make them with.

One could point out that I could crochet it, but I’m with Jim: After you see the knitted Jayne hat from Firefly, the crocheted ones just look wrong. Not terrible, mind you. I’ve seen some good ones, actually. Just…not what you saw on the show.

For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, the Jayne Cobb hat is from this scene in the episode “The Message”:

And if you really have an itch to make one yourself, you can find a knitted version of the pattern here. This is the one in my queue at Ravelry right now. (Although I do think the yellow color looks a little off and plan on changing it to more of a marigold.) But if you really want to crochet it–hey, some people do–you can also find a pattern for that, too.

Did we get that out of our systems? Good, then. Carry on, Browncoats!

I have been knitting. A lot. When I realized that I needed to complete 5 scarves by the end of the year, and that there were definitely other projects I’d like to work on besides the scarves for work, it’s like I became obsessed. Normally, when I start a project, I work on it for maybe an hour, then I put it down and forget about it for, oh, a couple of months. No kidding. Why do you think it’s been taking so long to work on Jim’s Lego Pirate Ship Blanket?

Now? I started the first scarf not long ago. I did leave it for a few days, with only a few inches done. However, I started working on it this weekend, and I’d say it’s already almost halfway done. And I plan on it being 6 feet long.

For me, that’s fast. This is the most focus I’ve ever had on a project.

Maybe the focus is coming from stress. Life has been good, but at work, they’re training me on something new. Yet again. We have something called the portal at work, and unfortunately, it’s not the cool kind of portal that takes you to another place. If only. No, it’s where providers do all the submitting of things electronically rather than via snail mail. My training was a whopping 30 minutes, during that time of which I didn’t see a single thing worked from start to finish. I finally got a chance to try it my last hour at work on Friday, and because I never saw all the steps for working an item from start to finish, I don’t know if I’m doing it correctly.

I think I won’t mind it once I get used to it. Like most things, as long as I just work and not have to be too social, I end up not minding.

Speaking of the social side of our work, after some internal shuffling, they’re estimating a bunch more calls to our office Monday. Most of the written staff is guessing they’re going to put us on phones at some point. Not like we can really afford it, being behind and all that. That could be the good thing about working the portal though; not as many people are trained on that, they’re really behind, and there’s a very quick turnaround time that we have to meet to respond to an inquiry, so in some ways, I’d be surprised if they did put me on the phone. But I’m getting myself mentally prepared to be put on the phones.

Which means I’m dreading Monday morning a little more than usual today.

Too bad the weekend’s coming to a close. Okay, yeah, we still have today. Yesterday was fun, though. Jim and I babysat Jen’s boys while she and her daughter did a mother/daughter spa treatment thing. (She had a gift card.) Jim initially had plans to go help Phil move stuff from the trailer, but he decided that he really wanted to see Jennifer’s kids again before they move later this week. And it was good. We took them to the Jeremy “Boo” Rochman Memorial park (aka, the D&D park) and then McDonald’s. I took some pictures, but they’re on a disposable camera, so I need to get the film developed first.

Tonight, Phil and Shannon may or may not be coming over for Game of Thrones. I think they’re getting moved into their new place after being flooded out from their old one, and they’re not sure if they have HBO yet. Admittedly, I’m not sure what all they’re up to because when they came over last night, after I made sure everyone had drinks, I went straight into our bedroom to knit. One, we don’t have enough seating in our living room for all of us to sit comfortably. Two, I figure Jim’s a grown man. He can handle making sure everyone’s glasses stay full and that nobody goes hungry.

And three, most importantly, I SAID I was obsessed with the knitting. Did you not believe me?

Boy, it doesn’t feel like I had the entire day off, but I did. It wasn’t a day for fun stuff, either. All of it was about starting the name changing process and adding Jim to accounts. The big ones I wanted to hit today: social security card, driver’s license, bank, and  insurance.

Well, now I have my receipt for the social security card and am waiting for the card in the mail, my driver’s license has been changed over, and not only did I get my name changed on my bank account and get Jim added, we managed to open a savings account there with no problems whatsoever. (If you recall, I had issues when Jim and I tried opening a savings  account at his bank.) And I feel much better with a savings account. Furthermore, I feel much better with a savings account that just had a nice, big check put into it. (Thanks, brother-in-law Dan!)

Also, the other Check of Awesome went into our checking account. Why is it called the Check of Awesome? Why, because it’s going to pay off that Credit Card from Hell, that’s why. The Check of Awesome will enable Jim to quit and go to school. Sure, we’ll have to live frugally, but without that ginormous credit card hanging over our heads, I know we can swing it. Mostly, it just means eating in more.

Big deal. I got a new set of great cutlery and silverware for our wedding. Cooking might actually be fun again, for a while.

The only thing that hasn’t been completely done is the insurance. I called them, but the form they told me I needed is only accessible through the intranet at work. As I’ve mentioned, I’m not there today. But I got all the other information, so I’m going to leave work without doing overtime tomorrow (luckily, it’s not mandatory this week), go to the library, and make/fax copies of everything I need to get to them. And I’m going to have to do it fast. Jim needs to be added within 31 days, or we have to wait until the next open enrollment period. I am NOT doing that.

After that, next up: Car. Bleh, car. Yeah, this whole name-changing, adding-Jim-to-the-policy stuff is probably going to take me up until our one year anniversary, heh.

Anyway. Now that you’ve all been as bored as I have been all day, I present proof that I do, indeed, occasionally do something other than goof off on the Internet:

Scarf #1 for work. A work in progress--obviously.

Unfortunately, I forgot to buy batteries for our digital camera while I was out, so you’re stuck with the cell phone for now. And my messy bed. (But let me tell you, that comforter? We got it from Jim’s dad and step-mom, and it’s like sleeping under a cloud. LOVE IT.) If you remember a couple posts back, I had mentioned that I’m making scarves as part of a goal for work. This is the first one. It’s hard to tell, but it’s actually two colors, kind of a dark gray and a blue. You can see it better close up:

Extreme close-up! Sorry for any cat hair...

See what I mean?

Anyway, it’s all done in the garter stitch, which isn’t normally my favorite, but it’s been a while since I’ve knitted, so I’m still trying to get used to it. Garter is probably the best way to get back in the swing of things. And it’s still not as easy as it once was. Oh, well. Practice, practice, practice.

Everyone keeps asking me how married life is going. Usually, I answer, “I haven’t screwed it up yet!” Then they laugh and walk away.

Here is the truth: Married life, so far, is so awesome and amazing, it’s beyond words.

I know what you’re thinking. I’ve only been married two weeks, right? Well, I will have you know that with my first marriage, I knew something was wrong within the first week. By five months, I was already considering divorce. But I hated the idea of divorce, so I pushed on. I pushed on for twelve freakin’ years.

Just a note: It’s probably not a good idea to marry to someone that you hadn’t seen in seven months because he joined the military. Military is good about giving you discipline and all that, but it does change you.  By the time I realized this, it was too late. I was married to a man that I no longer knew.

But forget all that. That’s old stuff. The other night, I started to tell Jim about how I had been worried, but everything is different with this marriage–this is what marriage is supposed to be. I was about to say more, but he stopped me. “I know it’s different,” he said, smiling. “I’ve never seen you so happy. It’s very reassuring.”

I’m hoping the first couple of weeks are an indicator of things to come.

Speaking of being happy, this reminds me of Melme’s last post. She mentions that currently, she lacks the desire or energy to do anything she usually enjoys, and I joked about it being depression because I was like that through most of my adult life. It is one of the signs of depression. I don’t think that’s Melme’s case–I hope it isn’t–but I know it was in mine. And I realized the other day, I must be happier because now I want to do EVERYTHING. Now, I want to do so many things that I don’t have time to do. I remember several years back, moaning on my Myspace that I had lost interest in all my old crafting interests, but it wasn’t like I had replaced them with new interests. I simply wasn’t interested in anything.

But now? I just tried writing out my current obsessions, and it got so confusing, that I’m going to have to put them in a list format for readability:

• Crocheting the Lego Pirate Ship blanket. This one, believe it or not, is actually nearing the final stages. IT IS HUGE.
• I just started knitting a scarf. Hello, knitting, how I’ve missed you! How this project came about: We have something called a “DAP” at work, which is a personal goal. We will be rated on it, and it will count towards our yearly review. They said it can be anything; our company wants to emphasize the importance on self-improvement of any kind, and that can be outside of work. In fact, they encouraged it being personal. Some people chose weight loss; many chose to read more books; me, I said that I have a hard time completing projects, so I wanted my DAP to be to complete 5 scarves by the end of the year. Then, I’ll donate them to charity. People seem to think my DAP is a cool one, and I cannot lie: I’m exited about it.
• All things related to A Song of Ice and Fire series. I’m finding it harder to put the books down. I’m still only on A Clash of Kings, but when Phil was over, I kept sneaking away to read it. (Well, I also snuck away for a nap. I’m not very sneaky; Jim and Phil knew exactly what I was doing.) I’ve also become a huge fan of the subsequent HBO series, Game of Thrones. I’m loud enough about it that I got an IM from a co-worker the other day, asking me about it–and have managed to convert him into a fan too.
• Learning to sew. I can’t sew, but I do have Sewing for Dummies that I keep flipping through, while eyeing my unused sewing machine, trying to figure out how that monster works. I already know I want some nice, heavy curtains for my bedroom. Also, sometimes, I sneak and watch sewing videos. I think I’m good at sneaking about this–I’m pretty sure Jim has no idea.
• Cross-stitching. I WILL conquer the shaky hands and the permanent blur in the left eye! I WILL.
• Websites! Ah, an old love of mine. The problem? I don’t have the software I used to have to create images. (I used to have Dreamweaver for actually creating websites, but I don’t need that–I can code by hand, even though it’s been a while.) I really want to update the look of this blog. Also, Jim and I have an itch to take my other URL, chaoticspring.com, and do some stuff with it. Except for that, we’ll need some contributers who are good at writing genre fiction. We already have a couple people in mind.
• Getting back to writing. Not unrelated to the last bullet point. I don’t know how well I would do at genre fiction. Heck, I don’t know how well I’d do at writing. I’ve always been complimented on my writing, but my stories were always just me working through my own issues. (Unsurprisingly, I wrote a lot about women in unhappy marriages, heh.) But now, I’m SO happy, I’m stuck. And I don’t know if I have what it takes to write anything other than literary fiction. But I want to try.
• Gaming. Okay, more Jim’s thing than mine. But his and Karac’s Marvel game recently (and abruptly) ended, so Jim has mentioned to me that he would like to run a Deadlands game–and he wants me in it. And, honestly, it wouldn’t hurt for me to be a  little more social, get to know my new husband’s friends better. Jim’s shooting for the fall, I think, but this time, I’d like to actually flip through the books prior to the game starting so I have an idea what it’s all about.

I also woke up thinking about how I needed to finish leveling Alsana to 85…and how I would like to try my hand at Jim’s XBox games. But you see how, with the size of this list, and the mandatory overtime we’ve had all week (including a divisional Saturday yesterday), I haven’t had time to do much with any of them.

Speaking of having no time, I really need to get this day started. It’s already after 10. I’m sure Jim would like to be up by now, and I really need to do laundry at some point, too. Preferably, before Game of Thrones!

By the way, if anyone else is looking for a short series to lap up, I highly recommend Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Oh my god. OH MY GOD.