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brightbluegirlMy Andrew wrote this. Go read it!
He's doing ok, still sick, poor guy. He was sounding horrible last night, I got him to drink a pot of peppermint tea, and he actually seemed to sleep well last night. But then again, it could have just been me sleeping so well I didn't hear him coughing or moving about.
He did wake up in the middle of the night with a horrible cramp in his leg. But his back hurt too much to lean over and massage it. Without waking up fully, I massaged his calf until it stopped seizing and he started breathing easier. In moments, I was fast asleep again. Heh. Sleep healer, that's me.
I'm working on being more productive and motivated today. So far, so good. It's been 2 hours since I've got here, and I've been working pretty steadily. Excuse me while I go work some more.
Ok, I'm back.
Last night was nice. I made a conscious decision to not work out, since I didn't get home until after 7. When I got home, my poor sick Andrew was all verklempt because he'd burnt the pine nuts and was afraid he'd burned the roast squash, too.
He hadn't.
It sucks to go through stress when you're sick. Poor Andrew. :(
So I got rid of the pine nuts and he started roasting more, and I checked the squash and it was ok, so I took it out of the oven, and hugged and kissed my bhunny, and then Olivia called. huzzah!
So I chatted with Olivia for a little while, while Andrew made omelets and roasted the new pine nuts (I reminded him to take them out, so it was ok), and we got to sit at the dinner table together to eat mushroom/red pepper/onion omelets with honey/soy basted roast butternut squash and swiss chard with pine nuts. Yummy!
And I raged at my poor sick Andrew for almost 2 hours about life and what I want and how I want it NOW because I'm almost 30 dammit and I don't want to waste any more time waiting to live later.
It took awhile, with his sick head and my frustration, but we came up with some good things:
1) I'm going to work at staying productive and motivated at work. I know it's difficult, but when I find myself getting stuck I'm going to formulate questions, and if I can't answer them, ask someone then instead of waiting for a few hours to see if inspiration strikes. This may not be my favourite job ever, but it IS good money, and I DO feel good after a productive day.
2) I'm partially frustrated because although I know I'll EVENTUALLY be moved to the closer workplace, I haven't been moved yet. I'm feeling in limbo, and I'll just have to wait. (Something I've never been good at)
3) He really thinks we should bite the bullet, buy a sewing machine, computer, and at least a computer table (if not also a sewing table) along with putting aside a bunch of money for fabric and a good quilting book. I WANT to do that, but I also want to focus on my debt-decreasing goal, and I'm afraid that making that spending choice is a bad one, so it's difficult for me to commit.
Any and all suggestions/comments would really be welcome!
More later, I'm off for a meeting.
He's doing ok, still sick, poor guy. He was sounding horrible last night, I got him to drink a pot of peppermint tea, and he actually seemed to sleep well last night. But then again, it could have just been me sleeping so well I didn't hear him coughing or moving about.
He did wake up in the middle of the night with a horrible cramp in his leg. But his back hurt too much to lean over and massage it. Without waking up fully, I massaged his calf until it stopped seizing and he started breathing easier. In moments, I was fast asleep again. Heh. Sleep healer, that's me.
I'm working on being more productive and motivated today. So far, so good. It's been 2 hours since I've got here, and I've been working pretty steadily. Excuse me while I go work some more.
Ok, I'm back.
Last night was nice. I made a conscious decision to not work out, since I didn't get home until after 7. When I got home, my poor sick Andrew was all verklempt because he'd burnt the pine nuts and was afraid he'd burned the roast squash, too.
He hadn't.
It sucks to go through stress when you're sick. Poor Andrew. :(
So I got rid of the pine nuts and he started roasting more, and I checked the squash and it was ok, so I took it out of the oven, and hugged and kissed my bhunny, and then Olivia called. huzzah!
So I chatted with Olivia for a little while, while Andrew made omelets and roasted the new pine nuts (I reminded him to take them out, so it was ok), and we got to sit at the dinner table together to eat mushroom/red pepper/onion omelets with honey/soy basted roast butternut squash and swiss chard with pine nuts. Yummy!
And I raged at my poor sick Andrew for almost 2 hours about life and what I want and how I want it NOW because I'm almost 30 dammit and I don't want to waste any more time waiting to live later.
It took awhile, with his sick head and my frustration, but we came up with some good things:
1) I'm going to work at staying productive and motivated at work. I know it's difficult, but when I find myself getting stuck I'm going to formulate questions, and if I can't answer them, ask someone then instead of waiting for a few hours to see if inspiration strikes. This may not be my favourite job ever, but it IS good money, and I DO feel good after a productive day.
2) I'm partially frustrated because although I know I'll EVENTUALLY be moved to the closer workplace, I haven't been moved yet. I'm feeling in limbo, and I'll just have to wait. (Something I've never been good at)
3) He really thinks we should bite the bullet, buy a sewing machine, computer, and at least a computer table (if not also a sewing table) along with putting aside a bunch of money for fabric and a good quilting book. I WANT to do that, but I also want to focus on my debt-decreasing goal, and I'm afraid that making that spending choice is a bad one, so it's difficult for me to commit.
Any and all suggestions/comments would really be welcome!
More later, I'm off for a meeting.
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Date: 2003-10-16 11:43 am (UTC)One of these days, I'm going to curb my curiosity. . . Just not today. ~ Youmna
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Date: 2003-10-16 02:24 pm (UTC)How much would a sewing machine, etc cost? What kind of investment would it take?
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Date: 2003-10-16 03:01 pm (UTC)$300 for a new pretty good sewing machine (my mom just recently bought one for $250, I think, from Sears)
$700 for a computer (we could buy a new one without a monitor for that, and his parents have a used crappy monitor we could have, or we can buy a used one with monitor for that, I'll bet)
$500 at IKEA for two desks (or just one desk, and I'll use the kitchen table if I must - I haven't been to IKEA in a long time)
$200 towards fabrics and patterns and I'd really like a good book on quilting.
So we're looking at $1700.