nekosensei

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And that's it! I'm done! I might drag out the camera and take pictures every couple of weeks or so and post the better ones to naturesbeauty or lj_photophile, but I'm not taking a picture every day anymore. I need a break from my camera!

I'm three weeks behind! Time to catch up!

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* Don't start imitating wolf howls when you're anywhere near emygination's dog, Lucy. She will start licking your face........a lot.

* doomsey and I went out with Sam, Gracie, and their daughter Claire to a new all you can eat sushi restaurant called Yummy Gourmet on Saturday afternoon. Their sushi was slightly better than Sushi Para's and they had much better service. It's also a bigger restaurant and can accommodate more people.

* Saturday evening, doomsey and I saw The Watchmen. Speaking of movies, one of these days I should watch Repo: the Genetic Opera. I've been meaning to see that one for a long time.

* This afternoon, I had a *horrible* asthma attack right before I had to leave for work. I was in a rush to get things done before I left, and I think I did too much running up and downstairs. It ended with me having to take my rescue inhaler. I *hate* taking it because it's a stimulant, and I get very jittery afterward. Then, when the "high" wears off, I feel very drained. On the bright side, at least I'm not drinking caffeine anymore. What I hated the worst was having to take my inhaler after drinking a soda. I would get extremely jittery, so much so that I would hardly be able to write.

* Obnoxious paperwork is obnoxious.

* Will it never stop raining? My pictures of the day last week were boring because it pretty much rained the whole damn week, and I couldn't get outside to take pictures of the fall foliage.

* I thought I had more to say, but I guess not.

-- Oops! I managed to kill off my first eggs on Dragon Cave. Heh heh. Whoopsie!

I think part of the problem is that, while I have been reading my friends list, I haven't been writing very many posts. With the exception of the picture-a-day project, I've been posting memes and updates from LoudTwitter.

-- Here's something that I meant to write about last week, but never got around to. On Easter Sunday, my family and I starting joking around about what toys we wanted relatives to bring us when we were old and living in a nursing home. My brother-in-law said that he wanted toy dinosaurs. I guess I have expensive tastes because I told them that I would like a wii, and I would also like to take up something like World of Warcraft. I could just imagine this conversation going down:

Nurse: Okay, neko, it's time to take your meds.
Me: Not now! I'm on a raid with the guy in Room 116!!!

-- This weekend, doomsey went downstate to go to a friend's dissertation defense. Since he was there for two days, I was left to my own devices on Friday and part of Saturday. All last week, I had a major craving for chilaquiles and horchata, so on Friday night, I went to the local Mexican joint and picked some up for dinner. Most importantly, it had meat! That's something I don't get so much of anymore since doomsey is a vegetarian. Well...actually he's a pescatarian since he will eat fish, but details details. By the way, I like calling him a pescatarian because the first syllable sounds like pest. Tee hee! :)

On Saturday, I took advantage of the beautiful weather (it was in the seventies) and turned over the soil in my vegetable garden. I'm looking forward to planting things in May. I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to be growing yet, but I'm definitely going to get some more tomato plants. Fresh, home-grown tomatoes are divine! Poblano peppers and cilantro would also be nice, but I'm going to have to see how much room I'm going to have out there. By the way, doomsey mentioned that forestdruid had some plants for me to look at...

After I finished the garden, I started mowing the lawn. I figured that doomsey wouldn't have much time to do it when he got back because a) we were going to Doctor Who night that evening and b) we were supposed to get rain over the next three days. That, and the backyard really needed mowing. I was also hoping to surprise dooms. Anyhow, doomsey pulled up while I was mowing, and he thought it would be cute to sneak up behind me and tap my shoulder in order to get my attention. He did this to me twice, and each time I practically jumped out of my skin because I couldn't hear him coming. The last time he did it I yelled, "don't DO that!" loudly. I'm sure my neighbor, who was out planting flowers, got a real kick out of the whole exchange.

Later that afternoon, doomsey and I headed over to blondibritecake's house for Doctor Who night. That evening's theme was the Master, who is one of my favorite Doctor Who villains, by the way, probably because I find the giggly evil types amusing.

*checks non-existent watch on her wrist*
Oh my, look at the time! Off to bed. See you guys in the morning!

I have officially declared today Obnoxious Day. Let's see. This morning, I spilled a ton of milk and had to clean it up. About five minutes after that happened, cosettemonster decided today was also going to be "Funny Tummy Day" and harfed on the carpet...in multiple places. Guess who had to pick that up? After I finished breakfast, I got up to put the plates away, and when I came back, I discovered that the goddamn cat had stolen my goddamn seat. Instead of fighting with the crotchety old lady, I decided to sit elsewhere. Eventually, I wander upstairs to take a shower. I was washing my hair when, all of a sudden, one of those goddamn lady bugs that invade our house every winter flew into my hair. Cue me struggling to fish the damn thing out because the last thing I want to do this afternoon is make a fashion statement. Then, I come back downstairs to discover that the goddamn cat yurked on my goddamn seat while I was in the shower. Wonderful. I'm starting to think that cosettemonster does this because she thinks it's funny. She's lucky that she's cute because otherwise I would probably end up throttling her.

Finally, my asthma is acting up because I'm still congested from my cold AND the finger I slammed in a car door on Monday is hurting again.

(sigh)

How had your day been?

[Edit: cosettemonster is sitting next to me on another seat. I looked at her and told her that if she barfs on this one, I'm going to have to kick her ass. Then, she gave me a kiss on the nose. Damn it...I can't stay mad!]

Friday evening, doomsey and I went with his folks to Amada's Cafe for Mexican/Cuban food. I ordered chicken enchiladas in mole sauce. I also had a mojito. Mmm...mojitos. By the way, I really hope that my blood tests in March come back negative for genetic clotting disorders. I'm going to be very unhappy if I have to go back on the rat poison Coumadin again.

Saturday, doomsey and I went to not one, not two, but three parties. Party Número Uno was at my sister's house where we were celebrating my niece's second birthday. As I commented in Twitter, I had also made Peach Kuchen, which my dad said tasted like the stuff his grandmother used to make. Hey! Looks like I did it right after all!

Party Número Dos was at my best friend's house. We caught the tail-end of her birthday party, arriving just in time for cake and ice cream. doomsey and I hadn't seen her new condo since she moved so she gave us the tour. L. also told me that she was learning how to knit, and we talked about what stitches she already knew how to do. Later, on the phone, we discussed setting up a Stitch and Bitch (or a knitting group) for those people who are interested in knitting and crochet. I think this would be very cool because I know a bunch of people now who are knitters and crocheters. L. also offered to give me singing lessons in exchange for teaching her how to knit better. I could really use this because my voice just hasn't been the same since the embolism.

Party Número Tres was the No Bush party at voidness' house. This was the first time since I've been off the rat poison that I've managed to get myself good and plastered. I think the rum shot at the end was a mistake though. I seem to remember two people saying that it might make me sick. Well, I wasn't worshiping the porcelain goddess, but I was feeling very headache-y and stomach ache-y after that. A little after one o'clock, I went home and slept it off. I had one hell of a headache the next morning though.

Oh...I also brought left-over Peach Kuchen and chocolate Amish friendship bread. Both were polished off before the night ended. Hee!

Sunday was boring as I spent that doing laundry and other work.

Let's see. What else? On Sunday night I joined a bunch of new LJ communities. One of them was rahmbamarama because the name amused me and because they seem to get metaquoted a lot. I decided to pop on over there and see exactly what kind of shenanigans they were up to. (Also, the chibis on the user info page were kind of cute). I also joined two writing communities-- staringout and the_dead_muse-- because I wanted to slowly get back into writing again and because I was feeling very out of practice. I even wrote a little story. By the way, this challenge was entertaining. Seriously, go do it.

And hey, look! New eggs!

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Yesterday evening, doomsey, emygination, judygs, bmtstandard, and I went to Ruby Tuesday's to celebrate the fact that I am now off my blood thinners. They have a salad bar with a lot to choose from and awesome mojitos. I ordered the shrimp trio for dinner. The following was the conversation I had with the waitress.

Me: I'd like the shrimp trio and something from the salad bar.
Waitress: The shrimp trio comes with broccoli. Is that okay?
Everyone at the table: (laughter)
Waitress: (makes confused faces)

Eventually, we explained to the waitress why we thought her question was so funny.

nekosensei <-- finally feels normal again...