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I've sort of felt all hovery lately. I'm not sure how to accurately describe that. Sort of like my life is just on hold right now. Nothing much happening, no real progression, not falling back...just hovering. I'm not sure how to feel about that yet, and I even know it isn't true. There's tons of stuff going on right now, just none of it really involves me in a huge way. Still, I have' had plenty of things to keep me more than busy. Don't we all? ;) This last week was the last week of the first session at scool. This week coming up, I start teaching two classes a week for the next eight weeks. So far as I know, I'm not teaching at all in the spring yet. I'm still abmivalent about that. The money is nice, but the time off would be welcome too. Instead, I plan on hitting the resume process hard and heavy. Dean's boss will be back from maternity leave in January, and my boss should be well settled into her job by then. And, well, I -loved- Austin. The autumn up here in the north is so incredible, it's beyond gorgeous. The weather is nice, the trees are beautiful, I can start wearing a coat again! I love -all- of that. So how come I like sticky, hot, eclectic Austin? Be damned if I know. ;) The only bad part about going back to Texas will be leaving my friends up here. I'll miss people terribly.
Well, that was a ramble and a half. Let's see, back to life at hand. Dean's been working late a lot, which kind of breaks my evenings up since I have to go up to Wilmington to pick him up there, as the train no longer comes down here to Churchman's Crossing after 5:30pm. Yesterday was a busy busy day! We got up early to take the Mercury into the shop, as the muffler was half hanging off, then went off to McDonald's for breakfast. Meineke called us while we were there, and told us we needed a whole new muffler system, but that wasn't a surprise. Dean suspected it'd be $300, and he was awfully close. With the $15 coupon we had, it turned out to be $259. Still, it's not an unreasonable need for an 11 year old car. The happy thing was, by noon, the car had a brand new shiny muffler and was ready to go! Yaaay! I'm sure the Mercury still has some problems, but so long as it gets Dean to and from the train station, I'm a happy camper!
While we were waiting for the car, we went and wandered around the mall, and I got some new bath stuffs from Bath and Body Works. I found this new scent called 'Night-Blooming Jasmine' I really, really like. I'm not big on super-flowery scents, but occasionally I like stuff that smells like just one flower, like jasmine or honeysuckle. I really love their Cool Citrus Basil stuff, but I felt like something new. The jasmine stuff is pink. I currently own a crocheted sweater with ruffles. What's happening to me?! Auuughghgh!
After grabbing the car, we went home. Skip this next paragraph if the mention of physical pain and girl stuff wigs you out. I attempted to wax my legs. Let me just say, if one has never attempted to hot wax the hair out of one's body before, one is in for a hell of a surprise. ;) Oddly, the worst part was not the actual hair-removal. The first one surprised the daylights out of me, just because it really did help. Still, the pain faded almost immediately, and after a moment, it was like nothing ever happened. No biggie. No, the worst part was figuring out the -details-. How much wax to use where. How hot should it be. How should I haul off the paper strip. All in all, it was a bust. It worked, but not half as well as I would have liked. It was way too much effort, time, and cost to spend on something that only worked half-assed.
Okay, the squeamish may start reading again. I'm done with the icky stuff. :)
Yesterday evening, we all met at Casablanca to have dinner with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moobabe's mom and stepdad, who are just beyond cool. It was really fantastic to get to spend some time with them, and of course it's always great spending time with Moobabe, Mooman, toasterwiz, and her man. Dean didn't go, although he adores Moobabe's folks as well. He's just had a real week, and he's not fond of most ethnic foods. Turns out mainly he just needed some alone time, understandable. I'm glad he has Monday off. Anyway, the food was, of course, brilliant. There were two belly dancers, and they preformed twice while we were there, and performed very nicely. I could have done without the music blasting up to a level jet engines only dream to aspire to when they came out, but it was fun. Afterwards, we all split up. The Moo family headed home, as I think her folks needed to head home early today, and Toasterwiz was still a little under the weather. I'm thinking happy thoughts all around for safe trips and feeling better, and other stuffs, of course.
Today we need to head out and deposit Dean's paycheck, then get some housework done. I've fallen woefully behind, and mainly just because I haven't felt like doing anything. I can't even blame it on being too busy to do anything, really, no busier than normal. I just got done watching a special on kids who go to a place called Eagle Academy, a voluntary boot camp for teenagers to turn their life around before they get busted. It was just such a neat thing to see how -proud- their parents were of them at the end, and how good they felt about themselves. I love that kind of thing. Now I'm watching a special on Quebec while waiting on Dean. I want to go to Canada. ;) Today though? Just Walmart. A little less exotic.
Well, that was a ramble and a half. Let's see, back to life at hand. Dean's been working late a lot, which kind of breaks my evenings up since I have to go up to Wilmington to pick him up there, as the train no longer comes down here to Churchman's Crossing after 5:30pm. Yesterday was a busy busy day! We got up early to take the Mercury into the shop, as the muffler was half hanging off, then went off to McDonald's for breakfast. Meineke called us while we were there, and told us we needed a whole new muffler system, but that wasn't a surprise. Dean suspected it'd be $300, and he was awfully close. With the $15 coupon we had, it turned out to be $259. Still, it's not an unreasonable need for an 11 year old car. The happy thing was, by noon, the car had a brand new shiny muffler and was ready to go! Yaaay! I'm sure the Mercury still has some problems, but so long as it gets Dean to and from the train station, I'm a happy camper!
While we were waiting for the car, we went and wandered around the mall, and I got some new bath stuffs from Bath and Body Works. I found this new scent called 'Night-Blooming Jasmine' I really, really like. I'm not big on super-flowery scents, but occasionally I like stuff that smells like just one flower, like jasmine or honeysuckle. I really love their Cool Citrus Basil stuff, but I felt like something new. The jasmine stuff is pink. I currently own a crocheted sweater with ruffles. What's happening to me?! Auuughghgh!
After grabbing the car, we went home. Skip this next paragraph if the mention of physical pain and girl stuff wigs you out. I attempted to wax my legs. Let me just say, if one has never attempted to hot wax the hair out of one's body before, one is in for a hell of a surprise. ;) Oddly, the worst part was not the actual hair-removal. The first one surprised the daylights out of me, just because it really did help. Still, the pain faded almost immediately, and after a moment, it was like nothing ever happened. No biggie. No, the worst part was figuring out the -details-. How much wax to use where. How hot should it be. How should I haul off the paper strip. All in all, it was a bust. It worked, but not half as well as I would have liked. It was way too much effort, time, and cost to spend on something that only worked half-assed.
Okay, the squeamish may start reading again. I'm done with the icky stuff. :)
Yesterday evening, we all met at Casablanca to have dinner with
moobabe's mom and stepdad, who are just beyond cool. It was really fantastic to get to spend some time with them, and of course it's always great spending time with Moobabe, Mooman, toasterwiz, and her man. Dean didn't go, although he adores Moobabe's folks as well. He's just had a real week, and he's not fond of most ethnic foods. Turns out mainly he just needed some alone time, understandable. I'm glad he has Monday off. Anyway, the food was, of course, brilliant. There were two belly dancers, and they preformed twice while we were there, and performed very nicely. I could have done without the music blasting up to a level jet engines only dream to aspire to when they came out, but it was fun. Afterwards, we all split up. The Moo family headed home, as I think her folks needed to head home early today, and Toasterwiz was still a little under the weather. I'm thinking happy thoughts all around for safe trips and feeling better, and other stuffs, of course. Today we need to head out and deposit Dean's paycheck, then get some housework done. I've fallen woefully behind, and mainly just because I haven't felt like doing anything. I can't even blame it on being too busy to do anything, really, no busier than normal. I just got done watching a special on kids who go to a place called Eagle Academy, a voluntary boot camp for teenagers to turn their life around before they get busted. It was just such a neat thing to see how -proud- their parents were of them at the end, and how good they felt about themselves. I love that kind of thing. Now I'm watching a special on Quebec while waiting on Dean. I want to go to Canada. ;) Today though? Just Walmart. A little less exotic.
