I’ve had a rather busy week, and the sad thing is I can’t tell you much about what I was doing. Let’s just say I had a lot of work to do, and it all got done, and in between the work, I had a little fun. The fun I can tell you about!
Two weeks ago, I signed up to take part in a Secret Valentine Exchange over at The Cheeseblarg (a really funny blog you should be reading regularly). Just to do something fun and maybe get something in my mailbox that wasn’t work, family, or bill related … and to spread some of that mailbox love to someone else, ’cause it’s always nice to get somewhat unexpected packages containing surprises.
Of course, I failed to look at my calendar before signing up, and didn’t realize I was about to start the usual two weeks of insane work-related deadlines I face every year at this very the of year. Duh! But fun things are always fun, even if the rest of my life is kind of going nuts around it, so I stalked the person I was to send a gift to and came up with an idea and managed to pull it off! Yeah!
Can’t tell you about what I sent out, because it only went out on Wednesday. I can tell you what I got from my Secret Valentine! I arrived last weekend, and I’ve been trying to sit down and write a post since then, but by the time I got to the point of each day when I was sitting still, my brain was basically fried, and I only felt like turning off said brain by Tweeting and playing Skyrim (more on this in a minute).
I’d planned to take a photo to illustrate what my gift was, but to be honest, I feel like total crap today. Taking a photo would involve having to locate my camera, set up an artificial lighting situation to compensate for the gloominess of the day, locating the camera data cable, and then blah, blah, blah. Anyway, you’re just going to have to use your imagination. It won’t be hard. I promise.
The first thing to arrive was a bag of keyboard keys! Remember I was begging for anyone who wanted and could to pop keys off broken keyboards for an art project I wants to get started on? Yippee! She stalked my blog and fulfilled a need! Now I would have been happy enough with that, because every package of keyboard keys that arrives gets me that much closer to making this really cool art piece I have in my head (and truly, the outpouring of keyboard key love has been awesome). And, the more keys I have, the bigger it can be! So yes, very happy with keyboard keys!
But then a couple days later, I got another package arrived containing a copy of Regresty: When DIY Meets WTF, a book from the web site of the same name (also a blog you should be reading regularly). Well, I giggled like a little girl upon ripping open that package! I love Regretsy so much, and now I can enjoy some of it without electricity or internet like the quasi-Luddite I am becoming. I also suspect it will eventually find a place of honor as The Bathroom Book. And yes, that IS a place of honor for a book. Good bathroom reading material is important! LOL!
So thank you, Cheeseblarg Secret Valentine! THANK YOU! I totally needed something to put a smile on my face in the middle of two extremely crazy weeks, and you did it perfectly! Made me giggle and smile, and that’s just what I needed!
Aside from being crazy busy and now a little sickish, a couple weeks ago, Lin rented a copy of Skyrim for the PS3, and we totally fell in love with the game. The morning after he returned it to RedBox, I went and bought it for him as an early birthday present. He’s been playing the hell out of it. So have I, when I had time to sit still and goof off. It really is an excellent game, if you like the whole Dungeons and Dragons sort of thing (which Lin and I do). I hated spending so much money on a game, but I suspect we’ll be getting our money’s worth. In fact, I think we already have. LOL!
That’s about it! Everything else is either work related and can’t be talked about on the old blog (or anywhere), or is family related weirdness I’m just not going to talk about on the old blog. Life’s been busy and crazy, and I’m looking forward to the second week of March when all the deadlines will be passed, spring will be right around the corner, and my life will chill out a bit and settles into a slower, healthier rhythm. Mostly, I’m looking forward to spending more time making art … and playing Skyrim. LOL!
And now … I’m going to go take some cold medicine, because I’m 99.9% certain I caught a cold from someone I encountered this week. Boo. Hiss. Stay home when you’re sick people! Or at least use hand sanitizer and tissues appropriately!
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NOTE: I wrote this post hours ago. Just as I was finishing it up, my mother called, then Lin called, and then I took the cold medicine and turned in the Playstation … and I never did hit the the post button. Yup, I’m brain dead today!
