Ooooooooookay
So, update.
Life hasn't been thrillingly paced lately. In fact, we've hit a few bumps in the road lately. The biggest one to me being my shoes/transportation to work. I essentially spent an entire week not walking to work, and now this week I need to walk. So since it snowed on Saturday - I switched to my snow boots that we recently had fixed. Or so I thought.
The reason we'd gotten them fixed was because up at USU, instead of taking the bus, I had chosen to go at my own time table and not depend on the bus, so I chose to walk to school everyday, which took me about thirty minutes. No big deal. I liked the exercise, being outside and the decreased risk of being late. So I wore those boots out since I went to school in January and needed snow protection. Now, I love these boots. They are from IFA, and they are really cute, but the backs of them started wearing out to the point where there was some kind of plastic sharp bit coming up and out and poking me in the Achilles tendon. Ouch. So when we knew we'd be getting married and needed to get my boots back to working order, we went to a guy my boss recommended. He put leather patches on the back of them, and they felt better.
But not good enough to walk in for three miles. I went and tried to walk in them for the first time yesterday. They were not ready. I got about one mile? before they started digging into me. I thought I could make it- but then it started feeling like one had literally popped out and was cutting into me in every step. I finally gave up and called my mother, who came and got me and brought a box of bandages. That night, Atlantean helped me go get new shoes, which we don't know if they'll do, but hey, they're new. They look like a mix between hiking boots, tennis shoes and snowboots, so I'm hopeful.
So suffice to say, I'm not in a great mood today. I'm not mad, I'm just kind of perpetually tired and kind of wanting not to have to put forth effort to be kind or helpful (which is kind of my job...) I also haven't been sleeping well, I'm assuming due to the lack of I guess activity in my life, and then my aching ankles and legs, Atlantaen's snoring, and the new bed. I guess I'm also thinking a lot, maybe even overthinking and keeping myself up. So I'm just kinda tired...
Atlantean has now successfully completed three days at his new job! He comes home really dirty. And I worry about his next transition on whatever he finds about this job. Last night we had a "fend-for-yourself" dinner, but I realized I didn't like that. It's hard, but I wanna think about making dinner every night. So I guess pork chops or taco soup tonight.
I need to wake up earlier to clean my house. Being a homeowner (which we're not even ENTIRELY homeowners) is rough stuff.
Also, I read Twelve Angry Men yesterday at work and I was absolutely BLOWN away by how good that play is. I wanted to write essays on what I thought the motives were behind certain characters, and thoughts and reasoning and how they all worked and fit together. Apparently, the author Reginald Rose, based it on a real life jury experience. When I brought it up with Atlantean when he came to pick me up, I was absolutely astonished to hear that he had not only seen it, but it had truly resonated with him and he remembered so much! And we just gobbled about it all the way home about how good it was and how much we admired it and I was so shocked by how many specific occurrences in the play we both could remember - because it was that memorable and well-written! New favorite play/book. I LOVE TWELVE ANGRY MEN!!!
We also had a good Family Home Evening with Jinn and Troll. Troll said he appreciated my edits on his first chapter, which I really need to get around to doing the second chapter, because he really did seem to take it seriously, and I appreciate that. Jinn made chocolate marble cheesecake bars (uh, wow) and then for the lesson, we talked about the LDS church's stand on the law, and that the church tells it's members to abide by the laws of the land, insomuch that they do not contradict the laws of God. We talked about what that meant, and it was interesting. Also Jinn and Troll dutifully took note of the couple things that we mentioned were broken in our downstairs apartment, namely a lightbulb and the dishwasher's soap dispenser.
Last night Atlantean and I read six chapters of The Candymakers. He is such a patient man. I know he wanted to play his games, but he understood that we were behind for our family's book club. It got a little more interesting (you know how books can drag at first) but I want us to have a goal to finish it on time, especially since it's unrenewable at the library currently. Atlantean put a hold on another copy, and said there were no previous holds on it, so maybe we'll have more time.
Also! I bought my first two games ever I have owned! Badland for the computer! (wow!!!) and Armikrog, which I like to think is the heir to The Neverhood, which was a game we fondly played as kids. I'm kind of excited to dig into it sometime. I'm also currently working through the play Our Town (meaning - the DVD or film version, I already read the script) I can only manage to watch maybe twenty minutes of it every day, but it's cool to see a play that I read come to life.
Currently, I'm waiting kind of impatiently for the Bluffdale play schedule to come out just to know when to schedule around and so I can finally be involved in something. C'mon Bluffdale!!!
We went to Sylph's homecoming party on Friday night. Had to cancel D&D because of it, and it was the day that it started snowing all crazy-like. So we went and picked up Dryad, who wanted to come see Sylph too. It ended up being nice, but kind of awkward, (idle chit-chat is not that family's strong suit, or that friend group in general) so I volunteered my games and we played a couple rounds of Codenames and Mysterium, which I think actually were quite enjoyable :)
This Sunday was crazy! We had our own church - in which we talked to the bishop and he extended a calling to us! (we're in the nursery! Uh, wow!) and then we ran to Sylph's homecoming at her church, and got there JUST as she started to speak. Then we went home to settle down for just a little bit, and then I attempted to make an onion dip just before we ran out to Mermaid's "not" boyfriend's ordaination! Which was a big deal! Mermaid's "not" boyfriend (name... name... ) Vampire was actually not planning on going on a mission, but has decided to, and we are super excited for him! Vampire also asked Atlantean to be in his circle, and Atlantean was honored! It was super cool to see him up there, all full of the spirit of God :) I have an awesome husband.
Afterward, we hung out with Vampire's family to have an amazing dinner which his amazing mother produced (I mean, seriously, how did I not notice how much work goes into these things now that I actually am a wife and a dinner-cooker)
Then, with my half baked onion dip, we headed to a birthday party at Atlantean's familys house - and we actually came up with some cool last-minute birthday gifts! Namely a gift card we had gotten from our wedding- and a top that I had thought was cute, but wasn't flattering to me, so I gave to the six year old as a dress and it was actually quite cute! I asked Atlantean's mom if I could use her oven to finish my onion dip which I had been carrying around all day, but I finished it after everyone else was done eating... so... we took it home.
Then, my parents called us back over to their house to let us deliver "news" we had decided to drop hints about. When we got to their house, we sat down, held hands, and looked at each other nervously, and I just began with,
"We have some news....
That has to do with children...."
And my mom just stopped chewing. Just dead stopped. And my dad calmly asked "What about children?"
And I let the silence hang a long time in the air. And then just let it drop.
"We got a calling in the nursery."
We all got a laugh out of that, even if my parents were clutching their chests a little bit. Then my mom gave us a ton of good advice about what to do in the nursery, since she had served there for a good year and a half. It was honestly really helpful advice, and almost kind of amusing. Earlier, Atlantean had been worried that they would get mad at us, so he left the car unlocked just in case we "had to run for our lives."
THEN we had to head BACK to Atlantean's house to find some keys he had left there (they keys to our house...) and when we got there, his mom, his dad and Aos Si were discussing what to do about Atlantean's grandma who lives with them, and is now currently in the 6th stage of a 7 stage dementia. She lately gets overstimulated at parties and can get kind of snappy around babies and people when she gets that way. They're trying to decide how to have parties without overwhelming her. It's interesting, the different stages of life.
What else... what else... We did get the chance to play First Martians that Atlantean bought, and I'm sad to say it was a little anticlimactic. Now that may have been just because we were playing on a tutorial easy mode, and maybe it would get cooler and more interesting with an actual campaign, and I do wanna give it a try with Pixie's family someday, maybe on a harder setting, because Atlantean was kind of disappointed and I hate seeing him that way.
Also, my mom came to my house and we looked into more education opportunities for me. I'm not sure what I wanna do about education, since money is now such a valuable commodity. I think I need two semesters to think about it. Which BY THE WAY I AM SO EXCITED TO LARP THIS SUMMER (And put on my originally written musical play ;) )
Um... that's about it.....
Thanks for listening! I don't rant at all!
~Nymph
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
January 16th
Just a fast (possibly ranty) post.
Atlantean hasn't been able to go to work lately because of the shoes not arriving. They are scheduled to arrive tomorrow, and we hope to rely on that, but it has been four days in which Atlantean has been merely trying contact them, and he is continuously getting voicemail. Now, while this could be the person he is trying to contact is on vacation or even just not been available, I still get a little worried that he no longer has a welding job. Now, I know they hired him, but that is just my super paranoid thought. I mean, nothings set in stone til they officially hire him, you know? So ... just ... waiting, praying and hoping.
Anyway. Pretty much all I wanted to say.
Also, whenever I play my new game of Mysterium, I dream about it all night long, like I'm always matching up, assigning, drawing. It's kind of driving me crazy...
~Nymph
Atlantean hasn't been able to go to work lately because of the shoes not arriving. They are scheduled to arrive tomorrow, and we hope to rely on that, but it has been four days in which Atlantean has been merely trying contact them, and he is continuously getting voicemail. Now, while this could be the person he is trying to contact is on vacation or even just not been available, I still get a little worried that he no longer has a welding job. Now, I know they hired him, but that is just my super paranoid thought. I mean, nothings set in stone til they officially hire him, you know? So ... just ... waiting, praying and hoping.
Anyway. Pretty much all I wanted to say.
Also, whenever I play my new game of Mysterium, I dream about it all night long, like I'm always matching up, assigning, drawing. It's kind of driving me crazy...
~Nymph
Friday, January 12, 2018
January 12th
So a LOT has changed! We are right in the middle of limbo and a big transistion phase for mainly Atlantean and let me explain!
We have recently started so many new things! Namely, the two biggest ones are Atlantean's last semester of school (Hallelujah!) and his new job! Yes! A new job! We applied for a welding job online and it wasn't even twelve hours before they contacted him back about the job! He went in for the interview, even impressed one of the testers there and they hired him on the spot! I am officially married to a welder as of Monday, January 7th! He hasn't yet gone in to officially work since they require him to have steel-toed shoes/boots and it took us a while to find them and then order them in. We've also been trying to call them back now that the shoes are on their way, but we don't know if they'll let him come in before they come. So he's been sitting at home for the last three days waiting for them to get back to him (maybe not the best strategy, but we feel fine about it, and hey - the chores are getting done ;) )
Other than that, BECAUSE of this new job, Atlantean had to move his classes to night classes, once a week, one on Tuesday, one on Wednesday. One of them is Communications, and the other is Business, which I also want to do with him and am asking him to ask the teacher if I can just sit in on, which I think is highly unlikely but I have to give it a shot don't I?? When he told me the activities that accompany the class, like interviewing a boss or employee of a job that you want. Atlantean would naturally need (maybe even want) to do a welder, but I would love to hunt down people who have made simulations their lifestyle! I would interview Victor Williamson (if I could even get a hold of the man, the myth, the legendary creator of Space Camp!) and other people who have made escape rooms and Live Action Role Plays their livelihood! What a cool opportunity would that be??
So even though the chance is extremely slim, I still hope the teacher will consider it and we won't have to pay the audit fee. I miss academics and classes and taking them with him might be very cool :)
On top of all that - we also have other things involved in our life - with D&D on Fridays, our new Self-Reliance class on Saturday mornings, our game nights we are trying to put together on Sunday afternoons along with eating dinner with the families and church and choir, and then new job and work for the both of us! Not to mention that we are auditioning for a play tonight AND I'm trying to work with Spriggan to transpose our musical AND I'm trying to read and watch media before it's due at the library. (Okay, maybe that last one was a little anticlimactic) But still! We are getting busy! And last night my mom said that it is usually that way with spouses, or it's atleast better that way - that when one of them gets busy, the other stays grounded to support the other. I guess it's my turn to stay grounded this semester. Just gotta tell myself it'll be worth it - which it will be.
Tonight Atlantean and I are trying out for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I'll be singing All For You from Seussical and he'll be singing It's A Brand New Day from Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. I'm semi-nervous and excited! And I can't wait to be in a play again and I hope it all works out!
I have also been trying to expose Steven to Studio C and Rhett and Link, two videos every night (admittedly only for two nights so far, but I've just been remembering some good ones that I want to show him, ya know?) I also watched Juno one night when he was gone because I've kind of gone on a rampage of checking out DVDS from the library. And I loved it so much that I showed it to my family! The beginning can be a little crude, but I remember it as a film from my Coming of Age film class back at USU and I wanted to check it out, and now I want to own it. Atlantean got really involved, which is usually his way with live-action films
Also, every night Atlantean and I romp around on our bed for ten minutes, trying to soften it up. We crawl and walk and sing as we do and we look kinda silly, but it's what our mattress people said to do to soften it up. While it has been helping - it's exhausting!
And! our packages with our games came! I have bought my first ever real game! in a box with figurines and everything! It's called Mysterium and I might've mentioned it on this blog before, but I'm not certain. I played it with Brownie at a Ladies Night at Game Haven, in fact it was the only reason I invited her to the game night, was to play the game and figure out how it was played, and then I bought it because I enjoyed it so much! I played it twice with my family yester-night and last night I dreamed about it all night long! I was the ghost of course, and figuring out the visions is my favorite part!!
Anyway, life is good, but we're still barely reaching that point in life where you're feet hit the ground from when you jumped oh-so high.
Wish us luck!
~Nymph
We have recently started so many new things! Namely, the two biggest ones are Atlantean's last semester of school (Hallelujah!) and his new job! Yes! A new job! We applied for a welding job online and it wasn't even twelve hours before they contacted him back about the job! He went in for the interview, even impressed one of the testers there and they hired him on the spot! I am officially married to a welder as of Monday, January 7th! He hasn't yet gone in to officially work since they require him to have steel-toed shoes/boots and it took us a while to find them and then order them in. We've also been trying to call them back now that the shoes are on their way, but we don't know if they'll let him come in before they come. So he's been sitting at home for the last three days waiting for them to get back to him (maybe not the best strategy, but we feel fine about it, and hey - the chores are getting done ;) )
Other than that, BECAUSE of this new job, Atlantean had to move his classes to night classes, once a week, one on Tuesday, one on Wednesday. One of them is Communications, and the other is Business, which I also want to do with him and am asking him to ask the teacher if I can just sit in on, which I think is highly unlikely but I have to give it a shot don't I?? When he told me the activities that accompany the class, like interviewing a boss or employee of a job that you want. Atlantean would naturally need (maybe even want) to do a welder, but I would love to hunt down people who have made simulations their lifestyle! I would interview Victor Williamson (if I could even get a hold of the man, the myth, the legendary creator of Space Camp!) and other people who have made escape rooms and Live Action Role Plays their livelihood! What a cool opportunity would that be??
So even though the chance is extremely slim, I still hope the teacher will consider it and we won't have to pay the audit fee. I miss academics and classes and taking them with him might be very cool :)
On top of all that - we also have other things involved in our life - with D&D on Fridays, our new Self-Reliance class on Saturday mornings, our game nights we are trying to put together on Sunday afternoons along with eating dinner with the families and church and choir, and then new job and work for the both of us! Not to mention that we are auditioning for a play tonight AND I'm trying to work with Spriggan to transpose our musical AND I'm trying to read and watch media before it's due at the library. (Okay, maybe that last one was a little anticlimactic) But still! We are getting busy! And last night my mom said that it is usually that way with spouses, or it's atleast better that way - that when one of them gets busy, the other stays grounded to support the other. I guess it's my turn to stay grounded this semester. Just gotta tell myself it'll be worth it - which it will be.
Tonight Atlantean and I are trying out for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I'll be singing All For You from Seussical and he'll be singing It's A Brand New Day from Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. I'm semi-nervous and excited! And I can't wait to be in a play again and I hope it all works out!
I have also been trying to expose Steven to Studio C and Rhett and Link, two videos every night (admittedly only for two nights so far, but I've just been remembering some good ones that I want to show him, ya know?) I also watched Juno one night when he was gone because I've kind of gone on a rampage of checking out DVDS from the library. And I loved it so much that I showed it to my family! The beginning can be a little crude, but I remember it as a film from my Coming of Age film class back at USU and I wanted to check it out, and now I want to own it. Atlantean got really involved, which is usually his way with live-action films
Also, every night Atlantean and I romp around on our bed for ten minutes, trying to soften it up. We crawl and walk and sing as we do and we look kinda silly, but it's what our mattress people said to do to soften it up. While it has been helping - it's exhausting!
And! our packages with our games came! I have bought my first ever real game! in a box with figurines and everything! It's called Mysterium and I might've mentioned it on this blog before, but I'm not certain. I played it with Brownie at a Ladies Night at Game Haven, in fact it was the only reason I invited her to the game night, was to play the game and figure out how it was played, and then I bought it because I enjoyed it so much! I played it twice with my family yester-night and last night I dreamed about it all night long! I was the ghost of course, and figuring out the visions is my favorite part!!
Anyway, life is good, but we're still barely reaching that point in life where you're feet hit the ground from when you jumped oh-so high.
Wish us luck!
~Nymph
Friday, January 5, 2018
January 5th
Today is a serious day of change!
Last night Atlantean and I decided to strip the bed and sleep out in the living room to get the house ready to receive our new mattress/bed! I slept on the red couch and he slept on his cot with a doubled up memory foam mattress topper. He said he slept great, and I had to admit I slept pretty great too, that's how bad our bed is. I've been having back pain for a while now haha... and Atlantean said he never feels quite rested, but that he actually did when he slept out on his cot.
So we woke up to Atlantean getting a phone call from a welding company whom he had applied to the night before! Which means it hadn't even been twelve hours! Either they are desperate or they really liked his application. They set up a time to do a welding test and I'm getting excited! My Atlantean might be an official welder yet! Even if he's not, we'll give it our darndest to try again. I know he has skills that will help feed our family and that is really a nice thing to know.
Then we got a call from Mattress Firm saying our delivery was on it's way in a matter of fifteen minutes. So Atlantean and Nymph scrambled to clean the living room and get it presentable, and then went to wait and read outside so our deliverers would know that we were the basement apartment and not bother our upstairs neighbors. It was a son and father duo who came and barely spoke to us, though I wouldn't say they were rude at all, as they barely spoke to each other. But they set up our bed and it's frame AND boxsprings without trouble - were amazing in service and efficient and Atlantean and I just sat back, ate breakfast and praised the fates that our bed had finally arrived.
When they left, Atlantean and I just stood in the doorframe, just looking in awe at what was actually a true and blue bed sitting in the middle of our room. Atlantean counted to three and we belly flopped on it at the same time, which actually turned out to be a mistake as it was made of firm memory foam. But it was funny nonetheless. We just laid there, already loving what it was doing to our backs.
Then I started cleaning our house, and mosying until it was time to take for Atlantean to take me to work. He insisted I eat and we ended up being nearly half an hour late because we took our time eating at McDonalds. Now I'm at work and tonight Atlantean and I are going to cut our hair very short! and then D&D!
Also, I went to Imp's endowment. She took it very well! Honestly more maturely than I did the first time. She merely understood the importance of things she had been shown. I even got PTSD in the locker room, really going into something of a panic...
Afterward, we went out with my parents and started talking about raising kids, and it was really cool to talk about their perspective, and I just love them. :#3
Also, today has been kind of really fun at work because I keep having people ask me about Home Show tickets and I keep getting to give them out and it's been really fun finally working semi-hard, providing a service and making people happy :)
Aaaaaand - I found the PERFECT arrangement of things I want on Amazon! The Office Complete Series dropped down 30$ not to mention a game I want is already 10$ cheaper than at the store, and then I'm getting ears for a simulation and a glowy orb - because. And I'm really excited to buy them! I am kind of obsessed with shows like The Office, 30 Rock and Arrested Development! :D
Life's a changing! Also! Auditions for Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are next week! Squee!
~Nymph
Last night Atlantean and I decided to strip the bed and sleep out in the living room to get the house ready to receive our new mattress/bed! I slept on the red couch and he slept on his cot with a doubled up memory foam mattress topper. He said he slept great, and I had to admit I slept pretty great too, that's how bad our bed is. I've been having back pain for a while now haha... and Atlantean said he never feels quite rested, but that he actually did when he slept out on his cot.
So we woke up to Atlantean getting a phone call from a welding company whom he had applied to the night before! Which means it hadn't even been twelve hours! Either they are desperate or they really liked his application. They set up a time to do a welding test and I'm getting excited! My Atlantean might be an official welder yet! Even if he's not, we'll give it our darndest to try again. I know he has skills that will help feed our family and that is really a nice thing to know.
Then we got a call from Mattress Firm saying our delivery was on it's way in a matter of fifteen minutes. So Atlantean and Nymph scrambled to clean the living room and get it presentable, and then went to wait and read outside so our deliverers would know that we were the basement apartment and not bother our upstairs neighbors. It was a son and father duo who came and barely spoke to us, though I wouldn't say they were rude at all, as they barely spoke to each other. But they set up our bed and it's frame AND boxsprings without trouble - were amazing in service and efficient and Atlantean and I just sat back, ate breakfast and praised the fates that our bed had finally arrived.
When they left, Atlantean and I just stood in the doorframe, just looking in awe at what was actually a true and blue bed sitting in the middle of our room. Atlantean counted to three and we belly flopped on it at the same time, which actually turned out to be a mistake as it was made of firm memory foam. But it was funny nonetheless. We just laid there, already loving what it was doing to our backs.
Then I started cleaning our house, and mosying until it was time to take for Atlantean to take me to work. He insisted I eat and we ended up being nearly half an hour late because we took our time eating at McDonalds. Now I'm at work and tonight Atlantean and I are going to cut our hair very short! and then D&D!
Also, I went to Imp's endowment. She took it very well! Honestly more maturely than I did the first time. She merely understood the importance of things she had been shown. I even got PTSD in the locker room, really going into something of a panic...
Afterward, we went out with my parents and started talking about raising kids, and it was really cool to talk about their perspective, and I just love them. :#3
Also, today has been kind of really fun at work because I keep having people ask me about Home Show tickets and I keep getting to give them out and it's been really fun finally working semi-hard, providing a service and making people happy :)
Aaaaaand - I found the PERFECT arrangement of things I want on Amazon! The Office Complete Series dropped down 30$ not to mention a game I want is already 10$ cheaper than at the store, and then I'm getting ears for a simulation and a glowy orb - because. And I'm really excited to buy them! I am kind of obsessed with shows like The Office, 30 Rock and Arrested Development! :D
Life's a changing! Also! Auditions for Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are next week! Squee!
~Nymph
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
January 3rd
So ... wow. Today has not been a great day.
This morning I was informed that President Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints died last night.
Apparently a lady in our ward had a stroke.
And a friend of mine just released a large post on his pornography addiction and the girlfriend who helped him start it by sexually abusing him - and that girlfriend is my friend. And I had no idea.
And then a coworker came up to me and started telling me all about her divorce and the hardships there. Plus she told me it's unlikely that I'll get the new job I applied for, which I mean, she's not wrong, but it still wasn't a blast to hear.
And just ... wow. Life can get kinda down sometimes. It's been bad news after bad news today. Also, apparently our mattress got back-stocked, so we won't be receiving it for who knows how long and both Atlantean and I's back are starting to really hurt.
I called Atlantean just now at work to hear his voice. I love him. I love him so much. This morning in Yoga, when we did our final resting pose, I started thinking about how much I love him, and how wonderful he is and I started crying. I have married the best one.
I'm going to go backward chronologically because there has been a lot I haven't covered, and I won't remember it unless I go backward.
Today I took Brownie with my mom and I to Yoga this morning. Brownie loved it :) She apparently loves Yoga and would love to take a class up at USU. She's going back up Saturday. Afterward we went and grabbed fruit shakes at Harmons, along with Mac N' Cheese and chocolate. Yum. I had to improvise a lot of my poses in Yoga, but I felt no shame. I really wanted to do what my body wanted. And I was pleased that I did.
Apparently my father's business is not doing as well as he thought it would, and he'll be going back to school. We also all think he's going to become a bishop soon as well. This kind of stuff really stresses my dad out because he's always, as my mom says it, "lived life in a straight line" and now that things are uncertain, I think it's taking it's toll on him.
Then I got to work (which I'm at now) and tonight Atlantean and I are going to try to rush to Imp's endowment session. Pretty cool that she's getting it out tonight. Big step.
Last night, Brownie and I went to a "Ladies Night" at Game Haven just so I could try out a game I've really been wanting to see if it's worth buying, called Mysterium. And I'm both happy and upset to say that I super want it because it is actually really cool. It was a popular favorite for many of the women there and we actually got to know and made some friends I think. It was also really good to be able to spend some time with Brownie. Later that night we made a small pie, but Brownie had to leave because she totally forgot she had to pick up her brother. Atlantean also had a friend over for a little time to watch some Digimon with him, kind of for nostalgia.
Atlantean has also been on and off with work. He goes to work and is paid hourly, but sometimes he'll show up to work and sit around being paid to do nothing, and he kind of hates it. (Welcome to my world, am I right?)
As for New Years, we celebrated it with friends, and went to Dryad's boyfriend's house (whom we both adore, but I just don't have a name for him yet) and ate Chinese food and played games until midnight. It was actually really fun and I'm trying to talk Atlantean into making New Years a friend only holiday. Christmas can be family.
We also read my script! The Amalgamation Episodes 6-10 I think are gaining some speed and were received well by everyone who was there :) I enjoyed the script reading very much. Aos Si was able to join us, and I made him the villain , for which he picked a raspy voice and regretted it lol. He was actually very happy when he "died" (spoilers!) But other than that, we had a good chat afterward about parts people admired or really liked, though no one had anything really useful to say about what should happen next. But I kind of like that. These next/last five chapters are going to be my last, and I really want to make them good. I actually really liked Aos Si's voice choice.
Also, Spriggan came back into town and helped me work on the musical a little more! We got the first song written down so it can have lyrics placed to it in order for people to sing to it, but both Spriggan and my mom are excited and even eager to try to put this play on this summer. I mean, I'm all for it :) I just wonder what it will take.
For Christmas, the family got Atlantean some pajamas so we stayed over with them on Christmas Eve and Atlantean learned to play Dominion, and the girls jammies this year were darling :) They were all Christmas-y without being too Christmas-y. All red plaid with glitter. Unfortunately, this year, Steven and I didn't get to talk to Grandma and Grandpa, but I could tell they were pooped. Some of us grandchildren just want to rant or talk for minutes on end. Mermaid said she tried to make hers fast. Other grandchildren weren't as considerate...
That night, Atlantean and I got back at 11:52, since we'd had such a good time at the party, so we just decided to wait eight minutes and open our presents that night :) We opened our stockings (which I had stuffed, but I still think it was kind of fun to finally get the things) I got a Rango DVD and some cute Christmas socks. Atlantean got a green lantern metal figurine and a green lantern magnet (go figure lol) Then for the main gifts, I revealed my bathrobe I had gotten for Atlantean for free, but of course it was too small (he's a giant after all) and lo and behold! Look what he got me! I unwrapped it, and from the old contents of an old soda box, peeped a stuffed animal head! Atlantean had gone and gotten me a manta ray plushie, just like I had wanted. He had looked at my Christmas list and set out on a mission and driven all the way out to the Aquarium to get it. I was so touched. That he would get me a plushie just because I wanted it. His 20-year old wife. Me. I got the best one, ladies.
It's weird being newlywed on Christmas. It's like now you have to share your time with both families, and they can get offended if you don't do it right, but you have preferences and traditions that have to merge, and I knew it was happening, but it's still weird that it did. So we joined Atlantean's family for a Christmas breakfast, which we enjoyed and opened the few presents we got there. His mom got me Parks and Rec Season 1 (which I recently watched the entire thing of again lol) and Jinn and Troll got us the game Curses and took 5% off our rent :D Very generous! We actually recently are doing Family Home Evening with them and our last one we played Mario Kart together. After Christmas breakfast, in which we waited around long enough to see Atlantean's brother and his three cute kids arrive and open presents, we went to my family's house where the other side of the family was gathered for food and fun. We played a couple games of Christmas charades and had some food, got drilled about newly-married life, did a couple highs and lows around the counter, and then headed back over to Atlantean's house for an hour where we didn't feel like eating anything more. I'm not sure how successive Christmases are going to run, but we'll get a system down, I'm sure. And we both have very loving families. We are both very lucky :) So Merry Christmas!
Two other things - I received my elf ear headphones, and they are awesome.
Secondly - our cat is refusing to eat, and I started reading articles today that makes me think that maybe we can't force her into submission, and that she could actually get liver problems because of her stubbornness to not eat. So now I have to cowtow to my stupid cat to find her some fancy food, gee whiz. But everything she eats makes her throw up. So that's gonna be fun.
Sorry for not ending on a higher note, but life is good :)
~Nymph
This morning I was informed that President Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints died last night.
Apparently a lady in our ward had a stroke.
And a friend of mine just released a large post on his pornography addiction and the girlfriend who helped him start it by sexually abusing him - and that girlfriend is my friend. And I had no idea.
And then a coworker came up to me and started telling me all about her divorce and the hardships there. Plus she told me it's unlikely that I'll get the new job I applied for, which I mean, she's not wrong, but it still wasn't a blast to hear.
And just ... wow. Life can get kinda down sometimes. It's been bad news after bad news today. Also, apparently our mattress got back-stocked, so we won't be receiving it for who knows how long and both Atlantean and I's back are starting to really hurt.
I called Atlantean just now at work to hear his voice. I love him. I love him so much. This morning in Yoga, when we did our final resting pose, I started thinking about how much I love him, and how wonderful he is and I started crying. I have married the best one.
I'm going to go backward chronologically because there has been a lot I haven't covered, and I won't remember it unless I go backward.
Today I took Brownie with my mom and I to Yoga this morning. Brownie loved it :) She apparently loves Yoga and would love to take a class up at USU. She's going back up Saturday. Afterward we went and grabbed fruit shakes at Harmons, along with Mac N' Cheese and chocolate. Yum. I had to improvise a lot of my poses in Yoga, but I felt no shame. I really wanted to do what my body wanted. And I was pleased that I did.
Apparently my father's business is not doing as well as he thought it would, and he'll be going back to school. We also all think he's going to become a bishop soon as well. This kind of stuff really stresses my dad out because he's always, as my mom says it, "lived life in a straight line" and now that things are uncertain, I think it's taking it's toll on him.
Then I got to work (which I'm at now) and tonight Atlantean and I are going to try to rush to Imp's endowment session. Pretty cool that she's getting it out tonight. Big step.
Last night, Brownie and I went to a "Ladies Night" at Game Haven just so I could try out a game I've really been wanting to see if it's worth buying, called Mysterium. And I'm both happy and upset to say that I super want it because it is actually really cool. It was a popular favorite for many of the women there and we actually got to know and made some friends I think. It was also really good to be able to spend some time with Brownie. Later that night we made a small pie, but Brownie had to leave because she totally forgot she had to pick up her brother. Atlantean also had a friend over for a little time to watch some Digimon with him, kind of for nostalgia.
Atlantean has also been on and off with work. He goes to work and is paid hourly, but sometimes he'll show up to work and sit around being paid to do nothing, and he kind of hates it. (Welcome to my world, am I right?)
As for New Years, we celebrated it with friends, and went to Dryad's boyfriend's house (whom we both adore, but I just don't have a name for him yet) and ate Chinese food and played games until midnight. It was actually really fun and I'm trying to talk Atlantean into making New Years a friend only holiday. Christmas can be family.
We also read my script! The Amalgamation Episodes 6-10 I think are gaining some speed and were received well by everyone who was there :) I enjoyed the script reading very much. Aos Si was able to join us, and I made him the villain , for which he picked a raspy voice and regretted it lol. He was actually very happy when he "died" (spoilers!) But other than that, we had a good chat afterward about parts people admired or really liked, though no one had anything really useful to say about what should happen next. But I kind of like that. These next/last five chapters are going to be my last, and I really want to make them good. I actually really liked Aos Si's voice choice.
Also, Spriggan came back into town and helped me work on the musical a little more! We got the first song written down so it can have lyrics placed to it in order for people to sing to it, but both Spriggan and my mom are excited and even eager to try to put this play on this summer. I mean, I'm all for it :) I just wonder what it will take.
For Christmas, the family got Atlantean some pajamas so we stayed over with them on Christmas Eve and Atlantean learned to play Dominion, and the girls jammies this year were darling :) They were all Christmas-y without being too Christmas-y. All red plaid with glitter. Unfortunately, this year, Steven and I didn't get to talk to Grandma and Grandpa, but I could tell they were pooped. Some of us grandchildren just want to rant or talk for minutes on end. Mermaid said she tried to make hers fast. Other grandchildren weren't as considerate...
That night, Atlantean and I got back at 11:52, since we'd had such a good time at the party, so we just decided to wait eight minutes and open our presents that night :) We opened our stockings (which I had stuffed, but I still think it was kind of fun to finally get the things) I got a Rango DVD and some cute Christmas socks. Atlantean got a green lantern metal figurine and a green lantern magnet (go figure lol) Then for the main gifts, I revealed my bathrobe I had gotten for Atlantean for free, but of course it was too small (he's a giant after all) and lo and behold! Look what he got me! I unwrapped it, and from the old contents of an old soda box, peeped a stuffed animal head! Atlantean had gone and gotten me a manta ray plushie, just like I had wanted. He had looked at my Christmas list and set out on a mission and driven all the way out to the Aquarium to get it. I was so touched. That he would get me a plushie just because I wanted it. His 20-year old wife. Me. I got the best one, ladies.
It's weird being newlywed on Christmas. It's like now you have to share your time with both families, and they can get offended if you don't do it right, but you have preferences and traditions that have to merge, and I knew it was happening, but it's still weird that it did. So we joined Atlantean's family for a Christmas breakfast, which we enjoyed and opened the few presents we got there. His mom got me Parks and Rec Season 1 (which I recently watched the entire thing of again lol) and Jinn and Troll got us the game Curses and took 5% off our rent :D Very generous! We actually recently are doing Family Home Evening with them and our last one we played Mario Kart together. After Christmas breakfast, in which we waited around long enough to see Atlantean's brother and his three cute kids arrive and open presents, we went to my family's house where the other side of the family was gathered for food and fun. We played a couple games of Christmas charades and had some food, got drilled about newly-married life, did a couple highs and lows around the counter, and then headed back over to Atlantean's house for an hour where we didn't feel like eating anything more. I'm not sure how successive Christmases are going to run, but we'll get a system down, I'm sure. And we both have very loving families. We are both very lucky :) So Merry Christmas!
Two other things - I received my elf ear headphones, and they are awesome.
Secondly - our cat is refusing to eat, and I started reading articles today that makes me think that maybe we can't force her into submission, and that she could actually get liver problems because of her stubbornness to not eat. So now I have to cowtow to my stupid cat to find her some fancy food, gee whiz. But everything she eats makes her throw up. So that's gonna be fun.
Sorry for not ending on a higher note, but life is good :)
~Nymph
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