Remember that chicken? Yup, still headless.

It's been one of those weeks where I'm barely in my actual office, let alone anywhere near the internet. Whee!

So the weekend was good, with an EtsyRain leadership meeting Friday, followed by gaming for the rest of it. Exalted was a short game, which worked out well since Jeremy was not feeling well, so I got him all comfortable on my couch while I worked on cleaning and such for a while. Sunday was the kids' game, and it ended up being the final game of that campaign. This means that we are now moving on to a game that I get to play in. YAY! :)

The new game will be Exalted also (oddly enough), though it will be Dragon Blooded, and it's going to be all sorts of fun. Many years ago, when Exalted was new, I wanted to play in a game where the PCs were young children, maybe 5 years old, who had already exalted as Dragon Blooded. I later found out that this didn't really work within the system. :) But the plan for Jeremy's game is for us to go through our childhood, adolescence, etc. and play out a few scenes from each. This works great with Dragon Blooded because he's going to set it up that a number of our characters are related to one another. :)

I've already worked out some of the details of my background, even though we'll probably play through some scenes that I may or may not have thought of. I suppose some of my thoughts are still subject to change, but I'm gonna have an airship and I'm gonna be a pirate. I wonder where that idea came from... :)

I've already had two research days this week, and I've got another tomorrow. It's like I have this office, but I'm never here. :) Ah well, at least I'm busy for the moment. :)

Oh (yes, I know this post is all over the place today), and we watched Muppet Treasure Island on Monday night, as I was told I needed to see Tim Curry as a "professional pirate." I approve. :) The song he sings is fabulous. :)

Chicken, no head.

In fact, were I actually a chicken, I'm not sure I would have had a head to begin with. :)

But that's what it feels like today. Started out my work day at home, then off to the library, and then down to the office, where about a million things wanted my attention. Of course, now I get a stack of E-mails telling me that the other books I wanted are ready for me... *grumble*...

Luckily, it looks like a pretty calm weekend planned. I have a bit more to do before the first Werewolf game (which is tomorrow), and then that'll take up Saturday night. I need to pack for Texas at some point, and I definitely need to get my new display pieces constructed this weekend, but that's basically all that's on the agenda. Oh, I should probably get an oil change on the car, too... but I refuse to be a chicken with no head all weekend. I mostly want to stay home and relax.

In random news, it's always bizarre to find an article written by someone you went to grad school with, however briefly. What's even more bizarre is that I have a very vague memory of being at this person's house, but I couldn't tell you WHY I was at her house... though it does mean that I remember her, as opposed to the many other folks I met in grad school. :)

Chicken, no head. Part eleventy-billion.

Weekend was lovely, for the most part. I wandered around Ballard shopping on Saturday (nothing exciting, mostly yarn), and then went out with Aine and some other ladies for Aine's bachelorette party. Lots of fun, though I did head home on the early side. Spent most of Sunday feeling rather dead, though. I'm not sure if it was the late (for me) night, too much alcohol (doubtful), or just the mixing of alcohol (hard cider and tequila... maybe that was a bad plan...). But I did get some sewing done, and Hello Kitty continues to be a champ. :)

And now we start the insanity. I leave for a three day trip tomorrow. Friday, I'm in for half a day, before Aine and John's wedding that afternoon. Saturday, I get to run a bunch of errands in preparation for my next trip, which lasts from Sunday to Friday. I come back from that in time for the EtsyRain show on the 28th. It looks like the week following that MIGHT be mostly calm... and I get a 3 day weekend, thanks to the 4th of July. (That long weekend may just save my sanity.)

The week after that, I fly to Montana for less than 18 hours, and then come back for my much deserved vacation. But then we have a concert one day, then a free day, and then Jerome's sister arrives for his birthday weekend. The day his sister leaves, his dad arrives for the better part of a week. He leaves on a Thursday, and now it looks like I fly out for another week long trip that Sunday. I'm beginning to think that SeaTac is my home... *sigh*...

So the short version of all of this is that if you don't see me or hear from me for a while, I'm probably just fine. I might just be having difficulty finding time to BREATHE!

Chicken with no head

Gah, that title reminded me of a horrible scene from the movie that Jerome was watching before I went to bed last night. Super gory, a chicken got its head cut off. I was shocked.

But that wasn't what I meant by the title, initially. No, I am the chicken with no head, as I feel like I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off at work today. I have literally spent almost four hours solid bouncing from one project to the next, with just a few tiny breaks to check my E-mail and such. Pretty much everyone in the whole office is busy, and so I get the trickle-down of a lot of that. I already know that I will probably spend the bulk of my afternoon making photocopies. Oh boy...

All in all, though, it's not bad. I'd rather have a ton of stuff to do than have to sit around and idly surf, because I've got sporadic work landing on my desk. Having stacks of work is good for me. It keeps me focused. :)

I also have stacks of work in terms of stuff at home, too. Tonight is going to be crafts night, finishing up a couple of projects and working on my Etsy shop. Tomorrow night will be writing night, so if you're expecting a press release or some other writing from me, look for it late tomorrow or early Thursday. I don't have Thursday and Friday defined as of yet, but I'm sure there will be things that come up between now and then to fill those evenings as well. :)

For now, it's back to my lunch. Which, oddly enough, is also chicken.

The Scary White Girl has returned from the land of the living dead! :) No, seriously... I felt like a zombie on Sunday... it had something to do with not getting to sleep till at least 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday morning... and getting only about 4 hours of sleep on Saturday morning... *sigh*... I guess I'm getting old... can't do the "stay up all weekend" thing anymore... :) Then again, Gabe was a zombie on Sunday as well, so maybe it's not an age thing... :)

So I'm back at work now... this upcoming weekend won't be nearly as bad, because although there are many scheduled events, they won't last nearly as late... definitely a plus! :) Still, I will probably feel like a chicken with my head cut off by next Sunday... but hopefully not a zombie... :)

I just had some random thought about instead of being a zombie, I'd be a part of summoning a zombie... definitely been reading a bit much Anita Blake lately (and remembering stuff I haven't read yet)... but it's fun stuff... and even more amusing when Catalina, Peaches, and Dani start chatting about them in game... cuz we've all read them, or been reading them... Dani is QUITE amused with what she's read... :)