#ugh back to work on wednesday. hate that for me. but i got some sewing done at least.

[bawnjourno]

tonight’s addition

[pbandjesse]

I feel a lot better but I felt sort of terrible when I got home from work. I did not sleep well last night. Like I almost didnt sleep at all. And then my alarm didnt go off and I was sort of frazzled. 

But things were okay. I got dressed and felt alright enough. James walked downstairs with me because he was doing the laundry. And I was able to leave on time still. 

It was a pretty nice day. I felt very busy though! I had brought lots of stuff to sew and that was nice. And I had a new child who was a sweetheart. She spoke in whispers for most of the day but eventually she opened up and was a total sweetheart. The 2nd graders I have just seem so young this year. And trying to teach them math sucks!!! Mostly because I hate common core, and I am not good at math. So I did my best showing them how I would solve things. At least the answers are right I guess?

It was a fun time though. The girls sewed. I sewed. I listened to some history podcasts. I even got most of us outside for a half hour and that was pretty sweet. We did not paint today after tomorrows mess. I had one parent not happy with the paint on their kids coat. Ugh. I forget that people care about that because I am always covered in some art material. I wonder if I will care all that much when I have kids?

I was pleased with my making today though. I finished all 6 bears I had and 2 frogs. The third frog was to messed up (it was a mistake from forever ago) so I will have to take it apart and start over. But I made a lot of progress and that was pretty sweet. I am probably going to take a break from making plushing soon. Try to work on some other stuff so I dont burn out. I am still having fun right now though so thats pretty nice. 

I stll felt pretty good at the end of the day. I didnt have to be upset with the kids nearly as much over videos and things. In general they are being pretty chill about doing their work and classes. Tomorrow my plan is to make everyone show me their school work and we will catch up on any work they have to do. They keep referring to wednesday as a half day but it isnt!! Itll be cool but I am prepared for weird downtime tomorrow for the kids so I am bringing weird art things for them to play with that arent as messy. 

I was glad to go home only because I was hungry and a little tired. It was cold out and so I ordered chipotle to pick up and headed out. 

I was a little frustrated with chipotle because they apparently charge for salad dressing now but they didnt give that as an option on the site and i didnt bring my wallet in and then I felt really weird about the interaction and was weirdly upset. 

But I got home and felt a little better. Mr Will was outside when I was getting back. And I let him know it was cold in the apartment and he said he would check it out. He seemed kind of down too. But I was to tired to stay and have a chat. I hope he's alright. 

I seperated my chipotle in half so I could have it for lunch tomorrow. And I sat and played animal crossing while I ate and then I was like. Im tired. I didnt have to do any packages today. I just put my finished things in the photobox and laid down. 

I sort of half napped for a long time. And then at 6 I was just really upset and didnt feel well. I had some water and that helped. But it took almost another hour for me to feel okay. 

I hung out in the studio but I didnt make anything. I just took my nail polish off and made a plan for the art Im making tomorrow. I really want to finish my story quilt by saturday. They need it by tuesday but I want to give myself a buffer if they need it specially photographed or something. Well see. I am really excited with the way its coming out though and now its just putting the figures down and Im excited about that. Im also pumped to think about how I can use this idea in different projects. 

I got a shower and did the dishes and packed my lunch for tomorrow. And now I am in bed waiting for James to come home. I hope we sleep better tonight. And that tomorrow is a good day for us all.

I think because Im working things have felt sort of normal and thats been nice. But I miss my family. I hope they can feel how much I love all of them.

Goodnight everyone. Sleep well. 

[alicesyrene]

Weekend Update (9/17/2018)

So I’m still trying to nail down an upload schedule for my blogs. I’m thinking since I don’t usually do a whole lot of spending or writing on the weekends, I’ll take Saturday and Sunday off unless I feel like posting or something crazy happens. For now I think my work schedule will allow me to stick to daily updates, though I’m not sure I’ll need them. We’ll see how it goes, I’ve never blogged before!

This weekend I ended up spending less than I anticipated at certain points, and more than I anticipated at other points. I still haven’t bought the extra supplies for my class, but I think I may have at least one or two of the fabric samples needed already, and the other two items came out to $40 on Amazon, but since I have the credit card with the points automatically added, I only have to pay $5! I’ll have to check my old sewing box when I get home for the fabric samples and see what I’ve got on hand. I had to work this Saturday, which is definitely not my favorite, for a couple reasons. Reason one: I hate working on the weekends. At least at my current job. Mostly because it throws off my whole schedule, and I like to sleep in. I look forward to it all week. Reason two: there is not a direct route to work on Saturdays. I work out of a different building, and I know I’ve talked about this before, but if I want to get to work on time within two hours, Uber or driving are my only option. I can take the ferry home, but that means I have to wake up early enough to remember to drive to the ferry building and order my Uber from there. It also means it will take me almost two hours to get home.

So in response to that, I missed my alarm on Saturday, making me have to take an extra expensive UberX instead of Uber express or pool, and then made the decision to Uber home as well, since I would have to Uber at some point anyway, because I did not drive to the ferry building. It just seemed logical at the time. I did take express, and after I got in there was a couple who decided instead of asking me to switch seats(which I would have done begrudgingly) or splitting between front and back seat, instead squeezed in next to me and proceeded to grossly make out all the way to their stop, which was somewhere on Bay Street in the Marina. Thank GOD their stop was first. I was so uncomfortable, and I could tell the guy kept giving me side glances, and maybe was receiving a handy? I was afraid to look. Needless to say, after pointlessly working that Saturday and already feeling lonely, I was less than enthused by the time I got home. I was disappointed in myself for spending almost $60 on transportation, and in general feeling very lonely and frustrated by the day. I made myself some chicken patties(I really wanted a burger and fries) and called it a day. The silver lining was my brother who has the A/C unit in the window at the head of his bed was out of town, so I slept in his bed.

On Saturday I was completely bored at work, and decided to go through some of my cards and see if I had any punch cards I forgot about or memberships I could cancel. I found my Barnes&Noble card, which renewed back in May, and went ahead and cancelled the auto-renewal on that so it will just run it’s course, and then remembered I have about $12 left on my Safeway gift card I received at the holiday luncheon last year, and a random gift card from my old boss after I moved here he sent me my final check and a nice letter with a little extra money, presumably because he knows I am poor and just moved, and he sent out my paycheck late, and because I wrote him a nice note before I left. I’m a pro at thank you notes, I’ve been known to make people cry. Anyways, that’s been hanging out in my wallet for about two years, and it has $4 on it, so I went down to the vending machine and got myself a snack on my lunch(since I ate my lunch for breakfast and didn’t have time to pack a real breakfast), and worked on my assignments for my drawing class that were due on Sunday. I was tempted to spend my $7.70 I have left on my Starbucks account on Saturday, but decided against it since I only had a half hour lunch, and I wanted to save it for a rainy day. Overall, no money spent on food on Saturday, or at all since I went shopping last Wednesday.

On Sunday, I was able to sleep in(finally) and I really took it out of proportion. I went to bed on Friday around 10, and woke just before 8 or 9, transferred back to my own bed to plug my phone in, and hung out there for awhile. I then made myself some breakfast by stealing the last of the raw eggs and some of my brothers frozen hash browns and the last of the smoked brisket my uncle gave me and made breakfast burritos. Then, like every breakfast burrito fiasco I’ve ever done in the past, I promptly fell asleep again. I think I stayed down for at least another two hours. After that I took my time getting ready for the show I was going to in Napa(Craig Ferguson: Hobo Fabulous Tour). I decided against going to V. Sattui beforehand, mostly because I’m lazy and didn’t want to get up, but also because I felt weird going there for free tastings without actually buying anything. Instead I left around 6 to give myself enough time to be able to make a stop at Dutch Bros. before the show, got about five miles before realizing I forgot MY TICKET, turned around and then came back around. I didn’t buy a T shirt at the show because they weren’t selling T shirts at the show that I could see. I think they are only available online, which means I have to consider if I really can’t live without the shirt. I also didn’t buy the California exclusive travel mug I’ve had my eye on because I really wanted the Idaho one, which my brother’s girlfriend was supposed to pick up and bring down to me, but I don’t know if she actually did. They’ve been living it up in Disneyland for the past couple of days and I don’t know if I’ll get a chance to talk to her before she leaves. I checked online a couple days ago and the Idaho one is sold out, but the California one remains. Decisions decisions…

The timing all worked out perfectly for the show, I got my drink and got to the show with about ten minutes to spare. Craig was great, he yelled at us and spoke directly to me a couple of times. The crowd average age was probably over 40, but there was a kid with his parents at the show as well. Afterwards I drove back home, finished submitting my work for class about a half hour before it was due, started a couple loads of laundry, ate some leftover orange chicken and rice(which tasted wayyyyy better leftover than fresh), and finished up my current journal. I had done my hair and make-up, so I took a few selfies and stayed up way to late jacked up on 20 ounces of coffee. Overall, it was a great day.

Today, Monday, I’m back at work. I did not hear my alarm again, probably because I was up past 2AM, and drove to work. Not a great way to start out the week. That will be another $27 commute, which is almost $10 more than it needs to be, and coming directly out of my pocket rather than the money I’ve already put into my Clipper Card. UGH! Tomorrow will be better. That’s my mantra and I’m sticking to it.

On the plus side, I remembered everything I wanted to bring to work, with the exception of my earbuds. Which means I packed my breakfast, lunch and snack and I’m ready to tackle the day. I’ll have to hang out in the parking garage until after 6:30 to get the discount rate, but I’ve got plenty to do, including a new journal, a magazine I still need to cut up, and a new week’s worth of assignments from my online class.

The first day of a new journal is always a good one. I get to number all the pages and pick out one from my collection to either continue or start anew. I picked a new one this time, one that I found recently at TJ Maxx. I’ll post a picture along with one of my selfies from yesterday. I have built up a good collection of journals, so I’m not worried about having to buy any more in the foreseeable future.

I’ve ran out of my food prep supply today, so tonight I’ll be taking inventory and see just how long I’ll have to go before making another major grocery trip. I’ll likely need to grab more milk and eggs soon if someone else in the house doesn’t do it first, but I don’t necessarily need either for what I can remember is sitting in the pantry. We will find out.

I will also need to get gas soon, thanks to all the extra driving I’ve been doing. That will be another $40 on the way home. I’m not going to miss those California gas prices.