Hoo boy what a day, what a day I had…yesterday. Started off on a bad note, but ended on a positive one. A positively drunk one. I am pretty lucky to have a group of magnificent friends to rally around me when I’m going through such a difficult time. I feel very loved and supported. I have decided that I’m going to keep on keeping on.
The Rachel left her clothes at my house, I found them as I was crawling into bed. I am relaying this story at work to Office Mom and she exclaims, “What were her clothes doing in your bed? How drunk did you get? What went on?! I don’t want to know!!” But they were her fancy work clothes, not all that comfortable…so being a good hostess I lent her yoga pants (which she had given to me) and a t-shirt to relax in while she was getting her drink on. Drinking is like a sport, at least it is for Rachel, so you need to wear the proper attire.
The last couple of days I’ve had an itch to do some kind of a craft but wasn’t sure what. I think I figured it out…instead of buying that record player I’ve had my eye on (since all my albums are back “home” in my parents basement) I want a sewing machine. I thought to myself, “Self, wouldn’t it be fun to make a crazy quilt?” And because I’m excitable when I stumble upon a keen idea, “A big GAY crazy quilt?” I can see it now. Yellow as the base colour, but use all the colours of the big gay rainbow. Plus, because no crazy quilt would be complete without it, embroidery! I could learn to embroider and put little gay things on it, like a rainbow flag, or a picket sign that says “say no to h8” and such and such. I told Cortejo my idea. She said she wants it. I’m not sure if she thought it was just me being drunk and silly, but she’s totally getting a gay quilt, like it or not.
Ilanikhan was kind enough to send me a bunch of information in an e-mail on how to embroider and what I will need. So, I’m going to practice and make sure I can do it all first. I am excited! My favourite part of embroidery, at least when my step mom did it, was looking at all the colours of floss. I know, I know…lame, right? But they have it in every conceivable shade and hue known to man. You can get metallic stuff (I hear it’s harder to work with) or multi-coloured floss. Ultimately, I’d like to also learn how to incorporate beads into it.
This means I can also do SCA stuff, like my coat of arms. Embroidering the eagle might be way easier than cutting it out and stitching it onto stuff.
I have to call Telus back…they still didn’t fix the incoming date on my text messaging. It is not 2016. Although, if it is, I look damn good for 31.
Busy weekend ahead. I am going to see many people and do many things. My life feels very full and I feel very happy.
Gaynip Doth Speak 