Silverthorne

So, another week with no pool, and now it's getting cooler. But, that's all right. Because today, I actually went to take a look and see what they were actually doing over there.

Looks like they're tearing up the old brickwork. Which, I would hazard a guess, means the pool is likely closed for good until spring. Bricks in the water and everything, you know? Also, the 'drilling' I saw was apparently to get all the caulking out from between said brick work. So, yeah, no pool and massive amounts of re-work going on. I guess they decided to take advantage of the lack of pool filter.

Damn. Going to miss that until they fix it and it's warm enough to swim again.

In other news.

The allergies are finally starting to back off, which is good, because I spent the last three days thinking they were a cold instead. Which sucked. But right now, I have no meds, the door is open, and I'm fine.

Also: Yay! I have the porch door open! Fresh air! And no lectures about people breaking in and cats getting out. I've missed being able to do this. All that's missing is some nice gauze curtains to float in the breeze. For some reason, I've always found that visual comforting.

My size 18 jeans are now an inch to big around the waist. Which means I;ve hit 16...and need to go get two new pairs to replace the two I have now. I guess the upside is at least my jeans aren't going to get the chance to get raggedy before I have to replace them. :)

My accounts, all of them, are now right where I want them to be (cred cards down to zero balance again, savings and checking with plenty of cush so that I can now maintain the bottom line comfortably and without worry). Now I can concentrate on just building funds, rather than
scrambling while I get the household up to snuff and take care of odd bills while dangling right at the redline. It's a nice feeling. All I have to do now is watch the spending on 'treats'. Then again, if I keep to my bottom line when I go shopping, that won't be a problem. And I intend to increase that bottom line slowly over the next few months. You can never have enough bottom line, after all.

The 'learning to sew' thing is going slowly. Slowly enough that I've gone ahead and bought more new scrubs rather than try and alter the old ones. For now, that'll just be practice until I'm better at it. The upside is that I get new tops, which means I'm not looking shabby at work. Also; compliments. Which I'm finding I like (anyone who's known me for a while knows compliments used to make me vaguely uncomfortable. Well, forget that. Not going to get a big head, but it's nice to know I'm doing something pleasing for others to look at.).

Um...yeah. Feeling more frisky these days. Maybe it's the weather. Or maybe the last of the depressive fog is lifting after so many years. Either way, I know I'm doing well when I wind up bouncing (yes, literally) through the house in a happy funk. :)

Although, if you've been around certain places in LJ land, you already know that.

Well, I found a reason to like Texas. Got to see a whole flock of monarch butterflies headed for the Amazon fly over the hospital where I worked today.

All I have to say is: Wow. Gorgeous. Damn, those guys are BIG. They can fly really high too, and they're really, really graceful for butterflies. I mistook some of the larger, higher ones for birds at first with the way they were flying. No jerky fluttering with these insect kings. Nope.

It was certainly one way to get my dose of 'nature appreciation' in for the day. And I was glad for it.

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I haven't been updating this journal much if at all. Part of the reason is because what I used to use it for is passing and going from my life. I don't need to whine anymore. Don't need someone else holding my hand every time a funny feeling tries to whack me over the head. My daily herbal dosages finally got me all straightened out emotionally, so I'm not the insane wretch I was at the beginning of the year. So the need for freaked-out nut posts haven't even entered my mind to write down.

There's also the fact that after I took a month break from LJ RP, I went back, joined a totally frivolous site as a canon character from a John Carpenter movie that I like (Doesn't hurt that I liked the...um...'actor' playing the lead role, either. Although not in that OMGSQUEE! Way.).

If you care, the main pup I have is derek_bliss. If you check that one out, be sure to check some of the journals he has on his flist--some great talent there, from all different places. (And some great people IRL as well).

I've just been having insane fun. I'm no longer at the original site, although I have joined another similar to it (as well as been invited into and joined several others), and have just been having the time of my RPing life. No stress, no worries, no trying to prove anything. Just having FUN, which is really what RP is all about.

I think that was part of my problem. I wanted so hard to 'belong', that I was way too worried about being approved of and being part of 'The Cool Kids' rather than just sitting back and enjoying a good RP. Obviously, I wasn't in my right mind to put that ahead of just being human and enjoying myself.

I'm just glad I figured it out and got on with life.

Anyhow, so yeah. Having fun, have a lot of new friends that are just a hoot to hang out with, and are some awesome RPer's as well, whether canon, fanon, OC or just Plain Goofing Around. Actually learning a lot about different fandoms I've either abandoned over the years or never got into. Online, my life is great.

Offline, it's doing great too. *g*