Friday, December 28, 2012

Ain't it da truth.

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

I've seen that credited to a few different people, so who knows who actually said it. Whoever it was, they were pretty sharp.

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Last night we rented a uhaul to move Sunrise's stuff to his new place and to a storage unit. We got a late start, so it was cold and icy.
Doing it earlier wouldn't have mattered though; the tires on the uhaul still would have sucked and we still would have gotten stuck without any traction at the bottom of a steep culdesac and we still would have had to get the uhaul towed.
Yeah. That was fun.

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Today was the first day I would have normally been working. Instead, I spent all day packing (with a little break I probably shouldn't have taken to get a massage a friend owed me). I mainly focused on dishes today. They are almost all packed now, and I just need to figure out a good way to pack pots & pans. Or rather, something to pack them IN. We are woefully short on moving boxes. Sunrise picked up a few from the comic shop today, but he said the majority of what they had were too small for much of anything... :/
So tomorrow we try to get some free packing boxes/materials from craigslist. Meanwhile, HOLY CRAP TWO DAYS
Ahem. I meant to say... Meanwhile, we have to pick up the truck for Monday's move tomorrow because of the stupid holiday. Whose genius idea was it to move on New Year's Eve? Sunrise wanted me to wait until spring, but nooooo... Oh well. Stuck with it now.
It will all be ok.
Because it has to be.

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Also, just to top it off, packing has been covering my hands in dust which turns into grime and drives me crazy. So I've been washing my hands a bajillion times a day (seriously, I counted—bajillion). The thing about washing your hands so much is it sucks the moisture out of your skin like a frickin' Dementor for your hands. I have a rash all over the dorsal side of my hands and the anterior side of my wrists, extending up my forearms. I'm afraid to put lotion on at this point because I know it'll burn with the fiery, barbed tongue of a devilcat. Whine whine whine. Harden up, Martha.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

12 Easy Steps For A Great Christmas

1. Plug in lights on Christmas tree.
2. Open stockings.
3. Eat some sweets from stockings.
4. Open presents.
5. Immediately wear any gifted articles of clothing.
6. Eat more stocking sweets.
7. Nap.
8. Watch Christmas movies while eating more stocking sweets and drinking coffee, cocoa, or tea.
9. Nap again.
10. Christmas dinner of your choosing. (Chrispaghetti for us!)
11. Stay up late to prolong Christmas as long as possible.
12. Keep Christmas in your heart forever.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Chrishmash cheer

Christmas Eve! Yay!

Sunrise and I worked today. We also did a bit of packing, he took some stuff over to his new place, and I washed a couple sinkloads of dishes.

After all that, we sat down to actually have some Christmas Eve celebration-type thingies. (Which obviously included wine.)

We watched Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, and now we're watching Muppet Christmas Carol. The lights on the tree are lit, we're having Yule Log Cake, and the last door on the chocolate-filled advent calendar has been opened. Tomorrow is Christmas, and it will be lovely.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Well, no apocalypse.

...I'm not really surprised. I would have been really very upset if the world did end yesterday. This Christmas is extremely important to me and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Um, heh...
Also, NEXT TWO HOBBIT MOVIES HOLY CRAP. Can't miss those either.
And I haven't had enough ice cream! I haven't traveled the world enough! I need to finish writing at least one book!

So... thanks for being wrong, Mayans.
Oh, and thanks for spiced chocolate as well!




Thursday, December 20, 2012

The cool thing about packing is...

... you find a bunch of cool stuff!
Post with pictures of said stuff coming soon. -ish.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

PSA: Concerning Sunrise and I...

So, for anyone who somehow doesn't know yet, Sunrise and I will be parting ways at the end of the year.

People who have known for a while have asked us questions along the lines of, "How are you guys so friendly with each other right now?" It's simple. We still love each other. We can still have fun together. Of course it's not all cupcakes and flowers, but overall, it is a very amicable happening. We are going to stay close friends, and we would even want a relationship in the future if certain changes can happen and certain other changes don't happen.

We don't want our mutual friends feeling like they need to choose sides, or being awkward around us or trying not to mention one of us to the other.

Also, it needs to be said that both of us have had our faults and strengths in the relationship. So, no bashing or idolizing either of us. "You deserve better than her/him" and such are the kind of things we really don't want to hear.

Oh, and we really really don't want you to set us up with anyone new. Just don't.

So, with this transition coming up, just be normal and positive around us. We'll be ok. Just give us hugs if we need them.

This has been a public service announcement. Thank you.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Preparations

I've been pretty busy with getting ready to move. You'd think I'd have more done. Really gotta pick up some free craigslist moving boxes...

Also, people keep giving me wine as going-away gifts. I don't mind. ;)

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Christmas is almost here... I had to tell Sunrise that I have to be the one to check the mail today and tomorrow so he doesn't cheat and see where I got his presents from. Endless teasing ensued.

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Tattoo or not to tattoo? That is the question. For several months from now.

There are so many things I would like to spend money on, especially with this whole having my own apartment thing. I can do without some of them for a while, but eventually, I'd like to have:
a Dirt Devil
a coat stand
a rice cooker
a rolling pin
foamy hair curlers
TONS of pillows
a bearded dragon whom I will name Hagrid
...
And probably some other stuff I can't think of right now. I'll just refer to this list whenever I have saved enough for my trip to Denmark and I have some extra money again.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Monday (aka Thursday for me)

I think... I might be done with the Christmas gifts we'll be giving to family this year. That would be cool. Cross your fingers. Or, just slap my hand when I go to tinker with it more.

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Today I had a client who totally reminded me of the Oracle in the first Matrix movie. She is sweet and she kinda looked like the Oracle and her voice kinda sounded like the Oracle's and she spoke very clearly and carefully like the Oracle. I'm convinced.

She tips only in magic chocolate chip cookies.
It's awesome.
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I guess it's about time to think about New Year's resolutions... I never used to care much about them, but I've actually done really well with the one I made last year, so that gives me hope. I think for 2013 I will try to meditate every morning before I even get up. For an hour, maybe? We'll see.

Letters, part 1

Dear Brandi Carlile,
I was so excited to hear you were going to do a Christmas show at the Tower. I had been looking forward to it for months! I thought it would be happy and fun and there would be caroling singalongs! So why the hell did you make it so depressing?? Seriously, it was like you gathered a team of scientists specially picked to formulate a set list that was as depressing as possible—not in general, just for me. I understand that the holidays aren't always a happy time for everyone, but for those people that are sad for the holidays, being totally depressing isn't going to cheer them up! Also, chances are, those people won't come to a specifically Christmas show anyway! What the hell??
Your adoring fan,
Martha

Cross your fingers...

I did another follow-up call to a clinic I applied to... It's looking promising. :)

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Peace and joy, indeed.

Holiday shoppers are out in droves today at the Cascade Village shopping center. It's a constant battle to not get run over or bumped into, and it's all a little insane.

In better holiday news, I found cloves! Now we can clove some oranges! :D

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Oh hell.

I have really fallen off the wagon lately... double oops. At this point, I'm not going to promise daily posts anymore. I will try, but I really have to get cracking on packing.

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Today has been a day of indulgence. I think that's allowed, considering.

On a completely unrelated note (heh), how many things can I soak in liquor and/or light on fire before consuming?

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We decorated the Christmas tree the other day... Yes, one of those days that I didn't write a post on here...

This is the first real Christmas tree we've ever had. Once we used a tiny fake tree my mom got for my doll when I was a kid. It was nice, but you know... just not the same. I love the smell of a Christmas tree. We were hoping to get a Balsam Fir, but apparently nobody in town had any, so we went with a Noble Fir. It's a little shorter than me, and admittedly I was a little disappointed about that at first. I have grown to love it though. I think I was just comparing it to Christmases past, when the tree towered over me when I was a kid. I do prefer trees bigger than I am, but I can get the same effect by sitting by the tree instead of standing. And it does look lovely with the lights and beads and ornaments.




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The other day while cleaning up, I found a book that I don't even remember having. It is astonishingly fitting to this part of my journey though: How To See Yourself As You Really Are by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. "In How To See Yourself As You Really Are, [HHDL] shows readers how to recognize and dispel misguided notions of self and embrace the world from a more realistic—and loving—perspective. Step-by-step exercises help readers shatter their false assumptions and ideas and see the world as it actually exists." That is pretty much my main goal of life right now. I know this book will not fix everything for me, but hopefully it will make my journey faster and easier. I am so tired of my learned misconceptions of the world and myself causing me, and people I love, pain.

Wish me luck.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Oh cripes.

I haven't been writing. Oops.
But I've been busy!

We've been cleaning up to make room for a Christmas tree! We finished around 3am last night, oof.

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I think I'm definitely going to stop seeing my therapist. I can take it from here.

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I have a wicked headache. I don't remember what I was really going to write about today. Or yesterday. Or the day before that.

I'm getting boring.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Niceness.

Naps are nice. Unplanned naps are even nicer! (As long as they don't make you miss/late for important things you did have planned...)

You know what else is nice? Hot cocoa. And having a heat pack on my tummy.

Hmm. I now I want to curl up with a heat pack and a steaming mug of cocoa and maybe fall asleep.

Heaven on earth. Well... pretty close, anyway. :)