February 14th

Happy Valentines Day! Boy did I get a lot done this morning!

We finally got our car back! We are still waiting on a piece to arrive so that we can have a working coolant gauge and keep an eye on it, but we can drive it for now, and Atlantean did this morning to work which MEANS that I have a car!!!

So this morning I had to get  up at 6:20 (!!!) to go to a dentist appointment at 7:00 AM. It was surprisingly not that hard. Probably because I have a lot of extra sleep  under my belt. Poor Atlantean.
The lady who was my dentist was actually also a victim of PCOS and we talked about that! She gave me her number! Super nice and hope-inducing!
Then I got home and had to start on some Lesser Mac And Cheese that I had promised for my work's party, so I got going on that cuz I wanted to be prepared and not scrambling last minute. So I watched a little 3rd Rock while I waited for it to cook and made some phone calls. I found out JoAnns could only make in-store special orders, so I would have to go to the store.
So, once the mac and cheese was out of the oven, I grabbed my keys and drove over. The suede I had been looking at for Atlantean's surprise birthday present (a fur collared cape!!) had gone down from it's sale price to an even LOWER price. So I pounced and bought four yards. So let me do some calculations. I paid 50$ for what I would have had to pay 120$! (Triumphant laughter)
Afterward, I went back home and called Game Haven, who said they were looking for DMs and would let me do it! So they're supposedly sending me the campaign.
Then I did the dishes! Woot! Woot! Successful morning!

I just feel like I have so many stokes in the fire that I'm excited about! In order to get free shipping for my fabric, I have it coming on the company truck which will be here in two weeks.  I have Atlantean's valentine present coming late (Feb. 21st, it's the Fellowship of the Rings, extended edition with Appendices), I have a play I am currently trying to write music for and am starting to churn in my head regarding props and timing for auditions, rehearsals and performances. I also contacted Midvale Arts to ask what it would cost and how to rent out the performing arts building, so I'm waiting on that response. I have some big stuff coming up on my own D&D campaign, not to mention this Game Haven one I might be sent and be running by Saturday (wow!) and THEN I have ESL training/orientation in March, so wow!

Last night we got to go grocery shopping (we've been going over budget almost every time now. I really need to stop that. I've been trying to also look into a better diet for PCOS, but it looks BLAND)
And then Atlantean accidentally helped me guess what his Valentines Gift to me was, and then he got so excited that he had to show me. It's a manta ray chime! A brown handmade one! My chime for the year! Yay!

Also, I have to talk about this awesome thing that's happening with Atlantean's family. We went over to their house for dinner like we do on almost every Sunday, and I found out (I have no idea how it started) But that Atlantean's two brothers, Aos Si and (name...) Cylcops (his other brother) and Cyclop's wife had been both using an app called Duolingo to learn Spanish .Turns out so had Jinn! I wanted in! So I downloaded the app and friended them all! Now you have to keep up a streak and I'm currently ALMOST catching up to Cyclops. It's fun, competitive and educational and no offense, but I wasn't expecting something like this from Atlantean's family, they're so laid back. I'm also dabbling in Hungarian (for Wolfman on his mission) and Japanese, because I took a semester, but I forgot it. I thought it would be fun. But it's really Spanish I'm pounding away at. I think it's so cool and almost an answered prayer! I hope it helps when I try to work at ESL! Also trying to plan a camping trip in Antelope Island. I love being busy!


Jinn showed me some free software called Noteflight that helps anyone write music. I also began writing down the melody for a song I wanted one of my song writers to work on but then I just started taking off with it and suffice to say I think I've finally written my very first (semi) complete song for one of my own musicals! It's called Faster and it's intense but simple. I'm actually pretty proud of it.
Jinn and Troll saw our car troubles and offered to make us dinner every Wednesday night, which is super nice. I don't know if it's totally necessary, but we'll accept their hospitality for now :) They're such nice people. I'm almost sad to tell them we're moving out in September, but if we can't have a baby then we definetly need to do something else, cuz I ain't sitting around for years. It's weird. I don't think I've ever had to wait this long to do something I want. Because I wanna go back to school for English Technical Writing. Basically, an editing degree, and if we don't, god willing, get pregnant, that's the plan.

AND on Sunday the 10th, we started driving back from Atlantean's family and we got caught in a HORRIBLE snow storm. It was so bad that we stopped at my parents house and just stayed there for the night. It was actually really cool. I got a dose of my old family life, the hustle and the bustle and the constant activity made me inspired and it was like coming back to a mansion I was so familiar with. It was a well needed feeling. It made me remember what my background was and how I'd been raised and how I wanted a home to feel. I got to hang out with Gnome because he stayed home because of a sick day and I showed him all my piano pieces I had written (and could remember) from when I was younger. Then Mermaid and I watched the beginning of a funny Netflix reality show about people who do cat grooming and cat shows for a (serious) hobby.
The night before actually, before Atlantean and I had gone to bed, I went up to talk to Mermaid because she had texted me saying there was something she needed to ask me in person. So I went up to go ask her about it and we ended up talking for nearly two hours and she finally told me all the details between her and Vampire that she had waited a long time to tell me. My goal was not to cry because lately I've become pretty willing that I don't have to cry at every little inconvenience. It sure would be nice to finally just take things with a good attitude and not break down every single time.

Anyway, I think that's enough for now! Gonna enjoy Red Lobster and Lego Movie 2 tonight with my hubby!

~Nymph