How do any of you manage it. I'm constantly behind on my friends list. I'm thoroughly in awe of people who manage to be on top of their journals, linking to all sorts of coolness, writing, and still have a real life outside of fandom stuff.

I can barely manage once a week to quickly peruse stuff. I seriously need to learn time management.

On a completely unrelated note: I'm so utterly stoked! My kimono should be arriving in a couple of days! I ordered a real kimono that I'm going to use for costume purposes and for textile art after Halloween. I'm so excited. * happy dance*

I'm going to a huge Halloween ball in Philly. This is the first time since I've had kids that I'm getting to go to a party. My best friend has invited me to this thing every year for about 8 years and I finally can go. The planets must be seriously aligned in my favor for me to have gotten someone to stay with my kids, be able to take off work, and be able to afford a decent costume. Which reminds me that I need to go reserve a train ticket into the city. I'm so not driving.

Current Mood: bouncy

Feeling much better now.  Funny how what was only about four days of downtime turned into two weeks of catching up.

I can't believe I missed Pirate Day! *pouts*

I'm almost caught up on my homework and housework.  I'd be much further along if I hadn't promised the children that we'd do Hersheypark at the end of September.  I swear it took three days to recover.  It's just acres and acres of hilly blacktop and food I'm no longer allowed to eat as far as the eye can see.   The rides are pretty fantastical though.  The new boardwalk area is really cool.  I want to go next year when it's warm enough to actually get in the water. 

It's very nearly time for criminal minds!!!  I must flee to the television.

Current Mood: chipper

Sooo, not computering too much right now. I ended up at the hospital the other night with what we thought might be appendicitis but, in fact, turned out to be diverticulitis. It's an altogether icky sort of thing involving my intestines. Nuff said.

Until I'm feeling a bit more human I'm going to be scarce. Hopefully by the end of the weekend the pain should be gone and sitting in front of my computer won't hurt quite so much. If you've read anything fantastic lately let me know. Any and all HP ships are fine. I'd hate to miss a great story because of my own narrow-mindedness. That said, I do prefer slash.

Toodles.

ETA: Happy Belated Birthday dementordelta

Current Mood: sick

All I've done for the last week and a half is steam clean carpets, in preparation for our state licensing rep, and scrub walls, and toys. 
I also started my class this week, much homework involved, and now I want to find a nice quiet spot to sleep for a couple days.

I'm sooooo looking forward to this weekend when I can hopefully catch up with fic reading and generally lay around in a slothlike manner.

Current Mood: tired

List seven quirks, things, facts about yourself.

1.  Even though I'm a preschool teacher I don't have an overwhelming love of children.  It's not that I don't like my students  I do.  I just don't love all children on sight just because they're children.  I have to get to know them and find that special thing about them that makes them shine. 

2.  My hatred of milk is so deep that I put orange juice on my cereal.  This disgusts almost everyone who has ever had to see me eat cereal.

3.  I was 35 when I learned to drive.

4.  I still, sometimes, can't believe I'm an adult. 

5.  Eggs are so loved in my house that they have their own special night, called ever so creatively, egg night.  The decision was made to eat them at night because there isn't sufficient time in the morning to prepare, and enjoy them, correctly.   Plus, I'm not a morning person in any way.  Hence, Egg Night was born!

6.  I bit my nails from the time I was a toddler until I was 35.  Not just bit, I mean down to the quick, bloody looking stumps, bit.  It was so disgusting I used to try to hide my hands.  Which, as you can imagine, was rather difficult.  People look at you funny when you're wearing mittens in July. ( I actually did for quite a long time wear vintage gloves as much as possible)

7.  I get totally freaked out by people who want to hug me.  Not so much family, or friends, who have a reason.. like they haven't seen my in awhile.  It's the ones that have just met you and feel the need to hug you, or they lure you in with a simple handshake and then... BAM!  They pounce on you.  I end up horrified,and stiff, just waiting for them to let go so I can escape back in my own personal space. 

I refuse to tag anyone since well I think I'm the last person who is still doing this meme.

Current Mood: exhausted

Between the kids heading back to school, and myself also heading back to school, I think I might very well lose my mind.

Which mightn't be that bad really.

I would have plenty of time to do the things I wanted then instead of the things I must. Sure there would be drawbacks to this scenario.. but I'm ignoring them in favor of the unrealistic fantasy in my head where I have endless hours of free time.

Cos crazy doesn't have a schedule.(except for meds)

Current Mood: silly

Trying to figure out this semagic thing. I know for many this is easy beyond words... for me not so much.

*woefully unknowledgable*

I think I might have figured out the basics. Which is pretty obvious since this is you know.. posted but I have so much to learn. Please tell me this will make posting and putting in links easier.

I'm going to be going on a friending spree in the next few weeks as I try and find everyone on LJ that I used to lurk on. I fear it's going to take forever. {sighs}


If I friend you it's because I've probably read your work and loved it muchly even if I didn't say so at the time.

Current Mood: annoyed