It's becoming a semester of Zumba and Simpsons! (Not that I'm in school...)
I kind of just want to go over the projects I'm working on because I'm kinda pumped!
First off - my D&D campaign. I am thinking of starting a separate page on here because I (and Atlantean appears to share the same sentiment) would love to actually record/keep each session, because as they say, the boys really do seem to like them and I agree that it would be a waste to lose all of this. I am finding a lot about myself in the course of creating a campaign. It is a very fitting, comfortable and enjoyable writing style for me and I'm really having a lot of fun. I'm currently working on an episode that makes me kind of nervous, since I think it has no combat and is merely interactive storytelling, but I'm trying to make it work. Excited for what's to come in this development.
Secondly - I'm trying to write a Who's Most Likely To game. I saw one at Barnes & Noble and I thought it would be a fun idea, but the more I got exposed to the cards (I didn't buy it - just through research) I just didn't like how they painted so many bad things as funny things, and of course there were inappropriate ones. (Yes, I am an inner Christian Mom) So I decided to try and set out and create my own and so far it's not going to shabbily. Some of my favorites are:
Whos' Most Likely To:
Accidentally pet a small animal a little too hard
Go to class, not listen to a word, and ace it anyway
Forget to log off a public computer
Lie down in the snow to make a snow angel, and instantly regret it
Make everyone a cup of hot cocoa even when they didn't ask for any
Name their child a street name because they thought it sounded cool
Not swing a left turn when they totally could've made it
Have huge unrealistic dreams about their future home
Admire a cool -looking rock
Have a crush on a teacher
Tackle hug an old relative
Apparently my brother Wolfman is also creating a game, and he wants us to play test it, and I'm super proud of him! I like watching my siblings/family start on an endeavor because they're passionate about it. It looks kind of intimidating, but I've been reading the rules and I wanna do this for him.
Thirdly - I'm trying to create an (rudimentary) escape room for my siblings birthday par my mother's request. We recently went to one as a family for my mom's birthday, and it was really cool (Asylum at Castle of Chaos - highly recommend! They're also looking for volunteers to run it which intrigues me) So far I have a general idea, and while it's nothing fancy, it's just going to require yarn and weights essentially. Excited to see where that goes.
Fourthly - recently was reading a book called Farm Sanctuary Life because farm life intrigues me. It was pushing a very vegetarian agenda, but I decided to hear him out because I liked the stories about the animals. I started to like the idea of merely trying to eat more veggies. So Atlantean and I made a goal to spend 40$ at the grocery store solely on fruits and veggies. Then I was prompted by the spirit to look up cookbooks with the word meatless and I literally found a cookbook called Meatless by Martha Stewart Living that I really like. The next time we went to Barnes &Noble, I looked for it in the cookbook section and Atlantean agreed that it wouldn't come out of my fun money. So I am going to attempt to cook at least one vegetarian meal every week, probably at the beginning of the week. I am grateful for this opportunity to start doing this since I am already starting to learn to cook, and I've been losing weight because of this and other choices. :) Good to start early I think :)
And lastly - I want to throw hoedowns. The Farm Sanctuary Life book mentioned that they threw hoedowns at Farm Sanctuary, and that suddenly intrigued me. It dawned on me that a lady in our co-op, had always loved the Renaissance time period, with Jane Austen and Shakespeare. It was her passion, and because she had been rather wealthy, she had hosted classes, conventions, dances and parties themed around this time period. She loved it. And I realized (though I can't literally compare) that this time period, of western, pioneer times, really enthralls me. I love how people were people and they worked together with the little they had, had useful skills and worked hard their entire lives, and I would love to throw pioneer based parties, if possible. So I'm planning out what I would do if I had the opportunity in my soul (a notebook I use to write down all of my ideas) And you know what the weirdest thing is? When I told my mom, she related it to past experiences she'd had of people throwing hoedowns and she realized something - that the people who had thrown them had been Atlantean's extended/distant family! I had married into the right family!
(Also did I mention I'm transposing/writing a musical?)
Alright, gotta get to creating some D&D NPCs that are as complex as the adventurers themselves. Wish me luck.
~Nymph
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
February 14th - VALENTINES DAY
So wow! First off - Happy Valentines Day!
Second off - is it Wednesday?
Atlantean and I got SUPER sick in the last few days. I started us off with an applause rending raw-raw of a D&D campaign getting started (cuz I rock, and I'm obsessing over my campaign and it fills something in me so much that I'm getting concerned but also super duper way too excited) It started with just my throat getting super dry (And I assumed it was from the four hour long story I managed to spin, character voices included) but as we went to bed, my nose started filling up with snot, and I could feel it - sickness. It might've been more stress-related than I give it credit for, but it basically knocked me flat for the next day. My throat didn't seem to get quenched or moist no matter what I did. I was constantly fatigued. My blessed mommy came over and Mary Poppinsed the heck out of my house - cleaning and cooking and doing everything I know I would have gotten around to doing, but gall it was nice that I didn't have to. Because no offense to Atlantean, but he is not the cleanest little bugger. Doesn't really tend to clean up after himself, let alone me. He'd been a bachelor for a while - bless him. But my mom took care of me, came over to chat with me. Then Wolfman showed up because he could - and we hung out and played my new video game Armikrog long after mom had gone and then Atlantean came home and apparently I got him sick.
Now, Atlantean's sickness was totally different than mine - which was very strange! And I'm now remembering what the bishop said about not bad-mouthing or telling vulnerable things about your husband that you don't think he'd appreciate you spreading, or you wouldn't want spread about you, but Atlantean would get so panicked about either being sick or throwing up (I think he has quite the irrational fear) that he really started to scare me. It was kinda hard to hold it together sometimes. We eventually got a priesthood blessing from his father and a friend, and we were very grateful, but Atlantean still just kind of had to sweat it out. He called in sick that morning because he was feeling "off" but it got really bad as the day went on. My lady was able to cover for me as well (she even seemed to be begging me to take it off (I think she wants more shifts)) He is very vulnerable in his stomach and does not like the internal pain. I actually figured out later with the other women at work that men generally don't respond well to being sick. I think that's kinda funny.
Also I hate myself when it comes to food lately. I eat baaaaaad. Grr. Just now Jim Briscoe gave me his leftover Burger King. I ate the whole thing. I ate a donut at the luncheon along with three slices of garlic bread and salad. Just now I told myself not to eat any sugar out of my box until 2:30 and then - one piece and I just ate three pieces of pure hard candy sugar an hour before that time. My head is buzzing. I'm gaining weight!!! NOOOO!! I am also going off my birth control because it gives me an average of two periods a month and no. I'd like for my breasts not to be swollen and sensitive, thanks. Atlantean and I will just have to be careful. Today is the first day I'm actively boycotting it. Gall I might've said too much. I feel a little high. SUGAR. I'm randomly getting really depressed at night. Sometimes it's hard to determine what you're living for and I feel nature-deprived. I need a hike, a campout, a vacation to somewhere wide open and wild.
I'm sure there was more...Oh yeah, the Sunday morning after my campaign (and when I started getting really sick) - Atlantean and I had to give talks and sing in church. It was a miracle we pulled it off. Naw, not really, it went pretty fine and people really liked my talk. I felt them looking at me kind of the entire time, which is pretty cool. My mom said I went too fast, but I am ALWAYS trying to go slower. I just talk fast I guess.
OH!! I am also trying to set up Aos Si with a girl I know. She has a lot of stipulations and questions, but I'm actually pretty appreciative of it, since dating at their age can be a hassle I guess. I'm still nervous to bring it up with Aos Si, if I will/can. But I'm generally excited :)
Also - I just got the random urges this Valentines and kind of just went with them. They included
Signing up to bring Fettucini for the work luncheon (and I showed up at the perfect time while they were needing new and hot noodles, I walked in with my steaming bags)
Making my Valentines box for work look like an airplane (no paint required, just cut off the flaps - wings for the two long ones - back propeller and front propeller + brad for the short ones)
Making my Valentines for my coworkers puns with their names (Guys - they LOVED it. Thought it was the funniest thing. They apparently were all sharing what I'd written and I felt proud :))
Some of them included:
"It's hard to be this fabulous, but you PAULETTE off."
"My favorite flavor of ice cream is RICKI road."
"I bet you'll give your Valentine lots of hugS ANDRA smile!"
"You KIM bet you'll have a lovely Valentines Day!"
"You sit far away, but ALYCE I'll never forget your smile."
"I hope you get lots of Valentine candy STEPHEN though you're already so sweet!"
They really enjoyed them, and I think they were nice and personalized :) I got so many compliments, and sincere ones at that, that they thought they were very cute and clever :) I didn't want to buy candies, so I put words to my disposal - what can I say? Lol
Other things ....
I bought Atlantean a giant parfait cuz he'd mentioned we should get one some time (unfortunately the actual cream and parfait-looking one we had seen earlier wasn't there, so I ended up buying him essentially a giant layered chocolate cake in a container) (Sorry, but maybe not? We'll see how he ends up liking it)
And I randomly chose that I would like chocolate covered grapes and dangly earrings, so that's what I told Atlantean to go with me to get tonight.
I don't know why I wanted to or felt like doing any of these things specifically, but I just went with them and I'm writing them down for posterities sake :) ( I mean, why an airplane...? But it worked)
Also Atlantean and I are watching TriGun currently in our roster and reading Dresden, which feels nice. It feels like we're back where we should be - reading and watching what he/we wanted to be watching from the beginning.
Oi this sugar was a bad idea....
~Nymph
Second off - is it Wednesday?
Atlantean and I got SUPER sick in the last few days. I started us off with an applause rending raw-raw of a D&D campaign getting started (cuz I rock, and I'm obsessing over my campaign and it fills something in me so much that I'm getting concerned but also super duper way too excited) It started with just my throat getting super dry (And I assumed it was from the four hour long story I managed to spin, character voices included) but as we went to bed, my nose started filling up with snot, and I could feel it - sickness. It might've been more stress-related than I give it credit for, but it basically knocked me flat for the next day. My throat didn't seem to get quenched or moist no matter what I did. I was constantly fatigued. My blessed mommy came over and Mary Poppinsed the heck out of my house - cleaning and cooking and doing everything I know I would have gotten around to doing, but gall it was nice that I didn't have to. Because no offense to Atlantean, but he is not the cleanest little bugger. Doesn't really tend to clean up after himself, let alone me. He'd been a bachelor for a while - bless him. But my mom took care of me, came over to chat with me. Then Wolfman showed up because he could - and we hung out and played my new video game Armikrog long after mom had gone and then Atlantean came home and apparently I got him sick.
Now, Atlantean's sickness was totally different than mine - which was very strange! And I'm now remembering what the bishop said about not bad-mouthing or telling vulnerable things about your husband that you don't think he'd appreciate you spreading, or you wouldn't want spread about you, but Atlantean would get so panicked about either being sick or throwing up (I think he has quite the irrational fear) that he really started to scare me. It was kinda hard to hold it together sometimes. We eventually got a priesthood blessing from his father and a friend, and we were very grateful, but Atlantean still just kind of had to sweat it out. He called in sick that morning because he was feeling "off" but it got really bad as the day went on. My lady was able to cover for me as well (she even seemed to be begging me to take it off (I think she wants more shifts)) He is very vulnerable in his stomach and does not like the internal pain. I actually figured out later with the other women at work that men generally don't respond well to being sick. I think that's kinda funny.
Also I hate myself when it comes to food lately. I eat baaaaaad. Grr. Just now Jim Briscoe gave me his leftover Burger King. I ate the whole thing. I ate a donut at the luncheon along with three slices of garlic bread and salad. Just now I told myself not to eat any sugar out of my box until 2:30 and then - one piece and I just ate three pieces of pure hard candy sugar an hour before that time. My head is buzzing. I'm gaining weight!!! NOOOO!! I am also going off my birth control because it gives me an average of two periods a month and no. I'd like for my breasts not to be swollen and sensitive, thanks. Atlantean and I will just have to be careful. Today is the first day I'm actively boycotting it. Gall I might've said too much. I feel a little high. SUGAR. I'm randomly getting really depressed at night. Sometimes it's hard to determine what you're living for and I feel nature-deprived. I need a hike, a campout, a vacation to somewhere wide open and wild.
I'm sure there was more...Oh yeah, the Sunday morning after my campaign (and when I started getting really sick) - Atlantean and I had to give talks and sing in church. It was a miracle we pulled it off. Naw, not really, it went pretty fine and people really liked my talk. I felt them looking at me kind of the entire time, which is pretty cool. My mom said I went too fast, but I am ALWAYS trying to go slower. I just talk fast I guess.
OH!! I am also trying to set up Aos Si with a girl I know. She has a lot of stipulations and questions, but I'm actually pretty appreciative of it, since dating at their age can be a hassle I guess. I'm still nervous to bring it up with Aos Si, if I will/can. But I'm generally excited :)
Also - I just got the random urges this Valentines and kind of just went with them. They included
Signing up to bring Fettucini for the work luncheon (and I showed up at the perfect time while they were needing new and hot noodles, I walked in with my steaming bags)
Making my Valentines box for work look like an airplane (no paint required, just cut off the flaps - wings for the two long ones - back propeller and front propeller + brad for the short ones)
Making my Valentines for my coworkers puns with their names (Guys - they LOVED it. Thought it was the funniest thing. They apparently were all sharing what I'd written and I felt proud :))
Some of them included:
"It's hard to be this fabulous, but you PAULETTE off."
"My favorite flavor of ice cream is RICKI road."
"I bet you'll give your Valentine lots of hugS ANDRA smile!"
"You KIM bet you'll have a lovely Valentines Day!"
"You sit far away, but ALYCE I'll never forget your smile."
"I hope you get lots of Valentine candy STEPHEN though you're already so sweet!"
They really enjoyed them, and I think they were nice and personalized :) I got so many compliments, and sincere ones at that, that they thought they were very cute and clever :) I didn't want to buy candies, so I put words to my disposal - what can I say? Lol
Other things ....
I bought Atlantean a giant parfait cuz he'd mentioned we should get one some time (unfortunately the actual cream and parfait-looking one we had seen earlier wasn't there, so I ended up buying him essentially a giant layered chocolate cake in a container) (Sorry, but maybe not? We'll see how he ends up liking it)
And I randomly chose that I would like chocolate covered grapes and dangly earrings, so that's what I told Atlantean to go with me to get tonight.
I don't know why I wanted to or felt like doing any of these things specifically, but I just went with them and I'm writing them down for posterities sake :) ( I mean, why an airplane...? But it worked)
Also Atlantean and I are watching TriGun currently in our roster and reading Dresden, which feels nice. It feels like we're back where we should be - reading and watching what he/we wanted to be watching from the beginning.
Oi this sugar was a bad idea....
~Nymph
Monday, February 5, 2018
February 5th
There has been a lot going on lately. And in order to not overwhelm myself, I figure I might just tell you guys our current weekly schedule and relate from there. There's just been a lot lately.
Let me start by saying MY HOUSE IS CURRENTLY A MESS due to this crazy always-active lifestyle! My poor boy never gets a chance to sit down! Okay- schedule.
I'mma start with Monday. Monday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. It's our only day so far that we have actually had a chance to chill when people aren't asking when we're available. It's the day for grocery running, for pickups and for meetups. This Monday we're having our first family book club. Atlantean and I have been really speeding through this 400-page book, and it's been hard to set aside time, but being the good sport he is, we made it work!
Tuesday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. We have about two hours to ourselves before he has to go to school and stays til 8-9. I stay home.
Wednesday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. The exact same thing - that night he has school at 7:00, we have two hours, he comes home late. I stay home.
Thursday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. This night is actually rehearsal for the Joseph play we are currently in! Our first rehearsal was this week, and we learned disco moves for Go, Go Joseph! Being a soprano in this play is really rough...
Friday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. Friday is D&D night! I am actually currently going to DM soon!!!
Saturdays we have our self-reliance class at 10 - and we were going to take ballroom dance classes at night, but I realized we needed a night to schedule things with, and he's already doing this play for me. So I guess we'll drop that unless we have the time, energy, or think about it on some Saturday night (so never)
That is our SUPPOSEDLY USUAL schedule. But things change. Like how I have play I want to go to on Friday that I want to go to, so we have to move D&D to Saturday this week, or how I want to be in Potiphar's court rehearsals which are on Tuesday which I'll have to look into getting a ride to. This Friday we had a funeral, and I had to work all day Thursday to be able to go. Just stuff like that.
Dinner has been a fiasco! I had three meals planned for this week! And I don't understand how preserving/freezing food works, so I accidentally froze the chicken before I pulled it out to make my chicken sandwiches! So I had to reschedule all my meals and then forgot other ingredients and just Ai chihauhau. I want to be a good wife and cook meals, but time and knowledge are required! And I'm not very good at improvising when things don't go perfectly yet with food. So we'll see how that goes. I'm still just going a recipe at a time through my old Campbell's book (my first cookbook I got for Christmas years ago when I was very concerned I wouldn't learn to cook) so far I've done okay. For D&D I made chicken sandwiches and while the bread was super crumbly and crunchy and I learned how to grill chicken for the first time! (Using Jinn's stovetop grill!) I actually think the boys enjoyed it quite well! And that's what I like to see :) (because I love those boys) But just making up meals for Atlantean can be hard sometimes. It's rough.
We also helped Pixie's family move this Saturday! But instead of actually being helpful, I helped organize Pixie's room and then laid on the floor with her and nearly took a nap! Turns out their ward had already helped them a lot and we had very little to do. We walked out of their with a full blown shelf, two bags of freezer food, two tins of muffins and NINE bags of new clothing, some of which I'm wearing today. It's been my new hobby this week to sort through all those clothes! New FREE clothes! I've been thanking Pixie over text now and again. I'm just really glad to have some new stuff and not to have to go buy it! But this is definitely going to call for a serious revamp of my closets, etc. I don't have the space for all of it. After I get basic chores done, I'll start working on that huge project (cuz like I said - my house is a MESS and needs some love)
For Atlantean's project in school, we went and interviewed the guy who runs the escape room across the street, since I like simulations and want to know the market. It was cool. We got to watch him set up the room as we chatted with him and he told us some pretty confidential stuff. I don't know if I like/trust him, but it was a cool experience :) My family might want to go there, but Atlantean and I are concerned the owner won't let us go into the room since we've seen some secret compartments, etc.
It was also Oni's birthday this weekend (Atlantean's friend) so he came over on Friday night (when I was expected to be gone at the funeral til late in the night) and came over and played some games (card and video) with Atlantean. I felt like Atlantean had a good time, he was joking and laughing. I took a nap, and he woke me up to ask if he wanted to go somewhere. I suggested an Asian/Korean sandwich place across the street and Oni didn't mind. We went there, and Atlantean bought two things while Oni bought one, and I nibbled off Atlantean's plate. Unfortunately, this meant that when I nibbled (or in this case, took a huge bite out of) a jalapeno in Atlantean's sandwich! I didn't realize for a while why it was so spicy until the owner came around filling our cups with water and explained curtly to me about the jalapeno. He showed me where it was and how to take it out, and I just sat there with my tongue out, panting for the next couple minutes til the fire subsided. His timing was almost comical, but perfect and well-needed. I am not a fan of spicy food, but I totally took an entire bite out of a jalapeno, and while this may be a small feat for many of you, that was my first time. Even when Atlantean ate the rest of that half of the sandwich, he admitted it was much spicier than the half he'd had.
That night, we went and saw The Greatest Showman. And if I'm honest - I WAS impressed. I'm learning things bout Atlantean though that I'll discuss in the second paragraph from this one. We listened to the music the next day. I really enjoyed the look of many of the scenes, the dancing was good, and the music was modern, and I think it's about darn time that we embraced modern music into musicals, not that it already hasn't been happening. Oni just complained that Hugh Jackman can't sing, but I really don't think he did bad at all! I could even point out a few bands that have lead singers that sound very similar! I enjoyed myself very much and would like that show for Christmas. I also appreciated how little conflict there was, as weird as that sounds. I liked the plot - as simple as it was. Entertaining and pleasant show :)
At church, we went into the nursery for the first time last Sunday, and we think we did pretty great. It is a pretty cushy calling, I'm realizing, but I think it's great practice and exposure. We did have some fighting over toys, but the lady who runs the nursery is not only really nice and my Visiting Teacher, but is also really good with kids, and I learned a couple things just watching her. Atlantean is concerned because he swung a little girl around, and heard her wrist pop. The parents said they had to pop it back in and that there was nothing to worry about, but Atlantean's still worried she'll be scared of him, or have permanent damage in her wrist, bless his heart. Then this next Sunday - not only will be in the nursery again, but we will be talking AND singing in sacrament! Ai chihauhau! I don't know if I've ever performed a 15-minute talk in sacrament meeting and I'm a little nervous since my practical assignment skills from school might be getting rusty.
The shows I've been watching lately are Little Shop of Horrors this morning (I got to the part where Seymour gets eaten. I don't know if that's where it ends, but I paused it so I could walk to work. This morning was so pathetic. I got up with Atlantean, so pretty early, tried vainly to start a different DVD which refused to go to it's main menu, and then started watching Little Shop of Horrors because I'm a musical buff and I've never seen it before. So I watched it for a little bit, crawled into bed, and fell asleep for more than an hour when I intended it to be a mere 20-minute nap. Why am I always so tired??) and Chocolat with Atlantean. I thought it would be a passionate romance, but there was only one minor sex scene and then the rest of the main plot had to do with the people she influences with her chocolate, and overall it's a really good show! Atlantean wanted chocolate afterward (as I predicted) and he made brownies. But he also got extremely aggravated at the main badguy and all of the twisted perversion he uses in his reasoning with the church and religion. I thought his end was fitting (he went crazy since he was fasting and attacked her chocolate decorations in the store, but started eating them when he realized how hungry he was) I really kinda like it when Atlantean gets mad. It's kinda ... attractive to see him so protective of people. And he's realizing lately why he likes superhero movies more than dramas - it's because he knows the superhero will win and he doesn't get worried (or dare I say, as invested) in the characters.
Regarding school - I'm not sure I want to go back. Or even think about going back yet. I'm putting that on hold. I missed it at first, but I'm getting used to life without it.
My new years goals are doing thirty sit-ups everyday and reading the Book of Mormon everyday, and so far I have been successful!
Things that have been rough:
Preparing dinner
Getting through library DVDs without wasting my life or getting fined
Keeping on top of Self-Reliance class, not to mention other time-consuming goals that can only be performed at home
Not killing Atlantean or giving up on this play
Even thinking about helping Atlantean get through his homework.
So yeah. That's my life.
~Nymph
Let me start by saying MY HOUSE IS CURRENTLY A MESS due to this crazy always-active lifestyle! My poor boy never gets a chance to sit down! Okay- schedule.
I'mma start with Monday. Monday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. It's our only day so far that we have actually had a chance to chill when people aren't asking when we're available. It's the day for grocery running, for pickups and for meetups. This Monday we're having our first family book club. Atlantean and I have been really speeding through this 400-page book, and it's been hard to set aside time, but being the good sport he is, we made it work!
Tuesday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. We have about two hours to ourselves before he has to go to school and stays til 8-9. I stay home.
Wednesday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. The exact same thing - that night he has school at 7:00, we have two hours, he comes home late. I stay home.
Thursday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. This night is actually rehearsal for the Joseph play we are currently in! Our first rehearsal was this week, and we learned disco moves for Go, Go Joseph! Being a soprano in this play is really rough...
Friday he works all day, I work at noon, he picks me up at five, we go home. Friday is D&D night! I am actually currently going to DM soon!!!
Saturdays we have our self-reliance class at 10 - and we were going to take ballroom dance classes at night, but I realized we needed a night to schedule things with, and he's already doing this play for me. So I guess we'll drop that unless we have the time, energy, or think about it on some Saturday night (so never)
That is our SUPPOSEDLY USUAL schedule. But things change. Like how I have play I want to go to on Friday that I want to go to, so we have to move D&D to Saturday this week, or how I want to be in Potiphar's court rehearsals which are on Tuesday which I'll have to look into getting a ride to. This Friday we had a funeral, and I had to work all day Thursday to be able to go. Just stuff like that.
Dinner has been a fiasco! I had three meals planned for this week! And I don't understand how preserving/freezing food works, so I accidentally froze the chicken before I pulled it out to make my chicken sandwiches! So I had to reschedule all my meals and then forgot other ingredients and just Ai chihauhau. I want to be a good wife and cook meals, but time and knowledge are required! And I'm not very good at improvising when things don't go perfectly yet with food. So we'll see how that goes. I'm still just going a recipe at a time through my old Campbell's book (my first cookbook I got for Christmas years ago when I was very concerned I wouldn't learn to cook) so far I've done okay. For D&D I made chicken sandwiches and while the bread was super crumbly and crunchy and I learned how to grill chicken for the first time! (Using Jinn's stovetop grill!) I actually think the boys enjoyed it quite well! And that's what I like to see :) (because I love those boys) But just making up meals for Atlantean can be hard sometimes. It's rough.
We also helped Pixie's family move this Saturday! But instead of actually being helpful, I helped organize Pixie's room and then laid on the floor with her and nearly took a nap! Turns out their ward had already helped them a lot and we had very little to do. We walked out of their with a full blown shelf, two bags of freezer food, two tins of muffins and NINE bags of new clothing, some of which I'm wearing today. It's been my new hobby this week to sort through all those clothes! New FREE clothes! I've been thanking Pixie over text now and again. I'm just really glad to have some new stuff and not to have to go buy it! But this is definitely going to call for a serious revamp of my closets, etc. I don't have the space for all of it. After I get basic chores done, I'll start working on that huge project (cuz like I said - my house is a MESS and needs some love)
For Atlantean's project in school, we went and interviewed the guy who runs the escape room across the street, since I like simulations and want to know the market. It was cool. We got to watch him set up the room as we chatted with him and he told us some pretty confidential stuff. I don't know if I like/trust him, but it was a cool experience :) My family might want to go there, but Atlantean and I are concerned the owner won't let us go into the room since we've seen some secret compartments, etc.
It was also Oni's birthday this weekend (Atlantean's friend) so he came over on Friday night (when I was expected to be gone at the funeral til late in the night) and came over and played some games (card and video) with Atlantean. I felt like Atlantean had a good time, he was joking and laughing. I took a nap, and he woke me up to ask if he wanted to go somewhere. I suggested an Asian/Korean sandwich place across the street and Oni didn't mind. We went there, and Atlantean bought two things while Oni bought one, and I nibbled off Atlantean's plate. Unfortunately, this meant that when I nibbled (or in this case, took a huge bite out of) a jalapeno in Atlantean's sandwich! I didn't realize for a while why it was so spicy until the owner came around filling our cups with water and explained curtly to me about the jalapeno. He showed me where it was and how to take it out, and I just sat there with my tongue out, panting for the next couple minutes til the fire subsided. His timing was almost comical, but perfect and well-needed. I am not a fan of spicy food, but I totally took an entire bite out of a jalapeno, and while this may be a small feat for many of you, that was my first time. Even when Atlantean ate the rest of that half of the sandwich, he admitted it was much spicier than the half he'd had.
That night, we went and saw The Greatest Showman. And if I'm honest - I WAS impressed. I'm learning things bout Atlantean though that I'll discuss in the second paragraph from this one. We listened to the music the next day. I really enjoyed the look of many of the scenes, the dancing was good, and the music was modern, and I think it's about darn time that we embraced modern music into musicals, not that it already hasn't been happening. Oni just complained that Hugh Jackman can't sing, but I really don't think he did bad at all! I could even point out a few bands that have lead singers that sound very similar! I enjoyed myself very much and would like that show for Christmas. I also appreciated how little conflict there was, as weird as that sounds. I liked the plot - as simple as it was. Entertaining and pleasant show :)
At church, we went into the nursery for the first time last Sunday, and we think we did pretty great. It is a pretty cushy calling, I'm realizing, but I think it's great practice and exposure. We did have some fighting over toys, but the lady who runs the nursery is not only really nice and my Visiting Teacher, but is also really good with kids, and I learned a couple things just watching her. Atlantean is concerned because he swung a little girl around, and heard her wrist pop. The parents said they had to pop it back in and that there was nothing to worry about, but Atlantean's still worried she'll be scared of him, or have permanent damage in her wrist, bless his heart. Then this next Sunday - not only will be in the nursery again, but we will be talking AND singing in sacrament! Ai chihauhau! I don't know if I've ever performed a 15-minute talk in sacrament meeting and I'm a little nervous since my practical assignment skills from school might be getting rusty.
The shows I've been watching lately are Little Shop of Horrors this morning (I got to the part where Seymour gets eaten. I don't know if that's where it ends, but I paused it so I could walk to work. This morning was so pathetic. I got up with Atlantean, so pretty early, tried vainly to start a different DVD which refused to go to it's main menu, and then started watching Little Shop of Horrors because I'm a musical buff and I've never seen it before. So I watched it for a little bit, crawled into bed, and fell asleep for more than an hour when I intended it to be a mere 20-minute nap. Why am I always so tired??) and Chocolat with Atlantean. I thought it would be a passionate romance, but there was only one minor sex scene and then the rest of the main plot had to do with the people she influences with her chocolate, and overall it's a really good show! Atlantean wanted chocolate afterward (as I predicted) and he made brownies. But he also got extremely aggravated at the main badguy and all of the twisted perversion he uses in his reasoning with the church and religion. I thought his end was fitting (he went crazy since he was fasting and attacked her chocolate decorations in the store, but started eating them when he realized how hungry he was) I really kinda like it when Atlantean gets mad. It's kinda ... attractive to see him so protective of people. And he's realizing lately why he likes superhero movies more than dramas - it's because he knows the superhero will win and he doesn't get worried (or dare I say, as invested) in the characters.
Regarding school - I'm not sure I want to go back. Or even think about going back yet. I'm putting that on hold. I missed it at first, but I'm getting used to life without it.
My new years goals are doing thirty sit-ups everyday and reading the Book of Mormon everyday, and so far I have been successful!
Things that have been rough:
Preparing dinner
Getting through library DVDs without wasting my life or getting fined
Keeping on top of Self-Reliance class, not to mention other time-consuming goals that can only be performed at home
Not killing Atlantean or giving up on this play
Even thinking about helping Atlantean get through his homework.
So yeah. That's my life.
~Nymph
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