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May. 11th, 2015 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabineFriday - No visit from my sister. Very sad me. Made it home reasonably early and just chilled.
Saturday - Tried to sleep in and utterly failed. So I got up and made muffins and coffee. Then I sat on the back porch in my PJs with my book, muffins with Real!Butter, and coffee. It was lovely and peaceful. That was about it on the peaceful front for the day, though.
Downwood mowed and I tried to convince Ox to use the potty. I played some GW2 and harvested asparagus and rhubarb from our garden. Emi ate all the asparagus right away and asked for more, but our poor plot isn't doing so well this year, so I couldn't harvest extra. The rhubarb, though, is going gangbusters. So I made rhubarb-raspberry jam and got three jars worth of delicious red stuff. You can't actually tell that I harvested any rhubarb, since the plant is still enormous. Maybe I can get more next weekend!
Sunday - Everyone got to sleep in for a while and woke up to a very chilly house. Turns out that if you leave windows open overnight and the temp drops to the 40s-50s, it gets cold. Who knew?
I woke up with terrible back and head pain, so I drank some coffee and took a bunch of Advil. By the time the Advil finally kicked in, Emi was up and about and requesting pancakes because "It's Sunday, so the pattern says to have pancakes on Sunday).
I had a couple of wonderful hours with my sewing machine. I got quite a bit done on two skirts and a dress for me. I also have a prototype of Emi's summer Elsa dress nearly done. Since the Spoonflower fabric is freaking EXPENSIVE, I don't want to cut into it until I'm sure I have my ideas down pat.
I also did a ton of laundry, because it was Sunday. Sunday is cleaning day (also, according to Emi's internal patterns). We also went outside and planted a bunch of flower seeds. Not sure if any of them will grow/survive/bloom, but if they do, it'll be lovely.
Talked to my mom for a while because Mother's Day. Got some updates about family, which was nice.
At bedtime, we couldn't find Ox's lovey. This is his Most Important Thing. We tore the house apart looking for it, but eventually had to give up. No idea where that little blanket went to. Not good.
Emi was also a pill at bedtime, interrupting my reading every paragraph or two to ask dumb questions. Things like "What does 'fire' mean?", when she knows darn well what a fire is. Or a frog. Some of the things, yeah, she won't have seen a heron or some of the other random words, but come on!
My bedtime sucked. I could feel my ears getting clogged up and the drainage starting into my throat, so I went to bed early. And laid there shivering uncontrollably for an hour. Then I was finally warm down to my bones, but still couldn't sleep. I know I got some rest at some point during the night, but I couldn't tell you when or for how long. Just miserable.
Today - I overslept on purpose by a half hour. Just feeling icky. Some coffee and orange juice got me to the point of being able to get Emi out of bed and me into the shower. I came out of the shower to absolute CHAOS.
Emi was in tears because she thought she was the snack leader at school, but she couldn't find the yellow snack bag. Downwood checked the schedule and found out that, yes, Emi is supposed to be providing snacks for her class today. We tore apart the house, but couldn't find the snack bag. We figure she left it on the bus *AND* she'd put most of her schoolwork folders into it, so we're working at a double disadvantage.
I got to work an hour later than usual. I've had some ice water and hot tea with honey, but my throat still feels not good. I'm very tired and lacking all motivation. Bleah.
Also, I forgot to restock my emergency Xanax, so today needs to get better in a hurry. Yuk. Depending on if I feel better or worse as the day goes on, I may or may not be at dance tonight. Right now, I don't want to talk or eat. Or breathe. Or stay awake. So we'll see how this goes.
Saturday - Tried to sleep in and utterly failed. So I got up and made muffins and coffee. Then I sat on the back porch in my PJs with my book, muffins with Real!Butter, and coffee. It was lovely and peaceful. That was about it on the peaceful front for the day, though.
Downwood mowed and I tried to convince Ox to use the potty. I played some GW2 and harvested asparagus and rhubarb from our garden. Emi ate all the asparagus right away and asked for more, but our poor plot isn't doing so well this year, so I couldn't harvest extra. The rhubarb, though, is going gangbusters. So I made rhubarb-raspberry jam and got three jars worth of delicious red stuff. You can't actually tell that I harvested any rhubarb, since the plant is still enormous. Maybe I can get more next weekend!
Sunday - Everyone got to sleep in for a while and woke up to a very chilly house. Turns out that if you leave windows open overnight and the temp drops to the 40s-50s, it gets cold. Who knew?
I woke up with terrible back and head pain, so I drank some coffee and took a bunch of Advil. By the time the Advil finally kicked in, Emi was up and about and requesting pancakes because "It's Sunday, so the pattern says to have pancakes on Sunday).
I had a couple of wonderful hours with my sewing machine. I got quite a bit done on two skirts and a dress for me. I also have a prototype of Emi's summer Elsa dress nearly done. Since the Spoonflower fabric is freaking EXPENSIVE, I don't want to cut into it until I'm sure I have my ideas down pat.
I also did a ton of laundry, because it was Sunday. Sunday is cleaning day (also, according to Emi's internal patterns). We also went outside and planted a bunch of flower seeds. Not sure if any of them will grow/survive/bloom, but if they do, it'll be lovely.
Talked to my mom for a while because Mother's Day. Got some updates about family, which was nice.
At bedtime, we couldn't find Ox's lovey. This is his Most Important Thing. We tore the house apart looking for it, but eventually had to give up. No idea where that little blanket went to. Not good.
Emi was also a pill at bedtime, interrupting my reading every paragraph or two to ask dumb questions. Things like "What does 'fire' mean?", when she knows darn well what a fire is. Or a frog. Some of the things, yeah, she won't have seen a heron or some of the other random words, but come on!
My bedtime sucked. I could feel my ears getting clogged up and the drainage starting into my throat, so I went to bed early. And laid there shivering uncontrollably for an hour. Then I was finally warm down to my bones, but still couldn't sleep. I know I got some rest at some point during the night, but I couldn't tell you when or for how long. Just miserable.
Today - I overslept on purpose by a half hour. Just feeling icky. Some coffee and orange juice got me to the point of being able to get Emi out of bed and me into the shower. I came out of the shower to absolute CHAOS.
Emi was in tears because she thought she was the snack leader at school, but she couldn't find the yellow snack bag. Downwood checked the schedule and found out that, yes, Emi is supposed to be providing snacks for her class today. We tore apart the house, but couldn't find the snack bag. We figure she left it on the bus *AND* she'd put most of her schoolwork folders into it, so we're working at a double disadvantage.
I got to work an hour later than usual. I've had some ice water and hot tea with honey, but my throat still feels not good. I'm very tired and lacking all motivation. Bleah.
Also, I forgot to restock my emergency Xanax, so today needs to get better in a hurry. Yuk. Depending on if I feel better or worse as the day goes on, I may or may not be at dance tonight. Right now, I don't want to talk or eat. Or breathe. Or stay awake. So we'll see how this goes.
