It's actually a shame I didn't know that I'd be on vacation sooner than this, I would have planned something. It would have been fun to go somewhere or something. Alas, on short notice it's expensive to go anywhere, so I stayed home.
Which isn't such a bad thing, I already mentioned all of the crafts I was going to do this week. Of course, I haven't done all of them...but that's ok, there is still time. How long can it take to sew 4 seams afterall? (Ha! I say that now, I'll probably be sitting up at midnight on Christmas Eve trying to sew up the damn things)
I've enjoyed having all these days off. I spent most of my weekend sleeping, because I felt a cold coming on. Because of that I thought that perhaps if I slept a whole lot it might go away. And it seemed to....until I stayed up till 3am on Monday night that is...oops.
I haven't actually done much with my time off. I've sat and watched a whole lot of TV, I've chatted a lot with various people. And I did laundry...a whole lot of laundry. But it's been fun. Sometimes I think you just need time to yourself. And so, I've been enjoying it.
Back to work tomorrow though.
I complain a lot, I know it's true. But, there are just so many things that annoy me. Today, my beef is with Shoppers Drug Mart, and their customers.
So, everytime I go there (which is pretty much on a daily basis) I end up standing in an incredibly long line. For whatever reason, they only ever have one person on cash. Even if there are three people standing there, only one person will actually be operating a cash register. Everyone knows that there is more than one cash register in a Shoppers. In fact, this one has six. Four at the door and two in the cosmetics area. Although, I think those girls think they're too good to operate the register. They never help out.
So, yesterday I went there to buy some soap. I finally found it, got into line behind about 6 people. Typically there was only one person operating a cash, and eventually another woman came over to help out. Which was good. I figured we'd move through quickly and all would be well. Did I mention this was Friday night? Yup, Friday night at the mall with only one cashier.
Common decency suggests that the people who have been waiting in line for longer would be served first, doesn't it? Yup, I thought so too. But for some reason at Shoppers people don't follow that rule at all. As soon as a second cashier opens up, people come from out of nowhere and scoot in there before the people who have already been waiting. What's wrong with one line? That's the way it works in most stores. Stand in line, and when the cashier is open, the next person goes there.
Normally that wouldn't bother me so much. Actually, it would, but that's beside the point. I was on a 15 minute break, and I spent the entire 15 minutes in line at Shoppers. Why do I keep going there? It's the only drug store in the damn mall. And there's not one on my way home from work, else I'd go there instead, you can bet on that.
So, it's just made me mad all over again! I hate people.
I don't know what it is about Christmas that makes me want to become crafty and make things. Perhaps it just boils down to the fact that I'm extremely broke. I really don't know. Whatever it is, every year I get the impulse to make something. I don't really know why, but it seems to happen.
A while ago that magnetic poetry was really popular. But because I'm still 27 and living at home with my mom, I've never really had my own fridge to play it on. So, a while ago I got this idea to make a metal board, sort of like a cork board which I could put the magnets on so I could have it. Of course, it was just an idea I had, and totally ignored. And now it's been so long since I've seen the magnetic poetry in stores that even if I wanted to have it.
However, I've decided to adapt the idea somewhat. And since it was my idea to start with, I guess it's ok for me to do that.
So, my first dilemma was where I'd find metal to frame to make such an item. However, it's not really a dilemma as my father and aunts own a sheet metal company. We sort of forget about it because they don't really have too much involvement in the business except for the financial, but I remembered and figured that they'd probably have some scraps lying around the shop somewhere. And, sure enough, they did.
So, now I've got that, I need to figure out how to make frames. For some reason, I suspect it's going to involve tools that I don't have. But...we'll see. My dad said he'd help me, so I won't be completely over my head. It's just a matter of actually finding him. He's remarkably hard to reach these days.
Anyway, I'm sort of excited about this. I have no idea if the rest of the plan will work or not, but I'm sure I'll figure something out if my adapted original idea doesn't.
That was the first plan.
Second plan...I got this brilliant idea to make tablecloths and napkins for my aunts for Christmas. Do I know how to sew? Sort of, I guess. I haven't done any sewing since I was in high school and was taking a fashion class so that I could graduate. Yup, I took fashion as my senior social science...so what? But, really, how hard can it be to sew in a straight line?
Stay tuned to find out.
It's been a while since I've been sick. Well, that's not entirely true, a few weeks ago I had a stomach bug which left me quite unwilling to eat, but otherwise, I was mostly fine.
This week, I'm not. My head is slightly sore, I have a slight fever, I'm kind of dizzy, I have cold spells, my stomach is constantly upset, and all around I just feel like I'd rather be dead than sick.
The past two days have been remarkably warm, I've seen people in shorts, in tiny little skirts, and tight little tops, which makes me think that it must be like summer outside. I've been wearing long pants, and sweaters both days, and both days I've been cold for most of the day. Well, cold when I wasn't dying from the sweats that is...
So, anyway, here's hoping that I don't get everyone I live and work with sick, because that'll only mean that I'm bound to get it again. And I know I can't deal with that.