This morning, for a change, I went rowing in a real boat, on actual water. And
then I came home and erged. I'm about two days ahead of schedule, so I could have
skipped it, but I need to build up a cushion in case I can't find an erg when I'm
in Philadelphia. I
wimped out and took it easily in the boat, but came home with three new blisters
anyway -- taped them up while Rudder was finishing his erg piece, wiped the sweat
off the grip and did my 6Km. He'd slept in a little and skipped the gym, so,
possibly out of guilt, he did a new personal best time for 10000m. Tag-team
erging, our new sport. Rah.
For no apparent reason, I woke up late
last night wanting to go make myself some popcorn. The subconscious is a strange
beast. I was going to make some for breakfast instead (I figure it's probably more
nutritious than, say, Sugar Corn Pops) until I realized that I didn't actually
want any right now. I'm sure that will change.
Now, I'm starting on
all the just-in-case gifts, the little ones I have in case someone unexpectedly
gives me something and I need a return present, and the ones for people to whom I
want to give gifts but don't want them to feel obligated to give me anything.
These will all be handmade, so the heart is in them but the dollars are not, which
seems to me to suit both cases. I'm also in the middle of another embroidery
project, a little Santa thing that's meant to hang on a hook or a doorknob. This
will probably go to someone in Rudder's family, with the exact recipient depending
on how our holidays turn out. After all, I could hardly give it to any of my
relations -- Santa just doesn't look right, hanging from the menorah.
I almost forgot to ask that I felt bad for running out on
href="http://eilatan.net">Natalieee yesterday, while we were having an actual
conversation on IM, because I had to do errands. Hope I wasn't a factor in her bad
mood. And I forgot to say something else, but now I forget what it was. Senility
has hit early in the Dichroic household; lately, my memory is even worse than it
once was. Rudder's theory is that this is because I am not exercising it, by
having innumerable projects to remember in a work day.
Today I am thankful for: having discovered beading, which allows me to have
the fun of making pretty sparkly things with a relatively low investment of time
and money, and which will allow me to make a lot of my own jewelry instead of
buying it from here on out.
Concept II Holiday Challenge:
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