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Tired but accomplished
Sep. 14th, 2020 01:32 pmThis last week ended up really busy for me but I was able to get things done. Last night I stayed up too late reading, F. C. Yee's books are great but not for before bed reading. So I thought I'd write out what I did as a reminder to myself that as time's still weird, I have been making progress.
My car is now running for the first time since I think April. It took two calls to AAA to get it sorted as apparently the last time I had my battery replaced, they put in one that was too small. Now I need to get my oil changed and drive it around a little more before it can have its inspection. Apparently getting the battery replaced zeroes out a lot of data that they need, so while the weather's nice I'm going to look into a day trip.
That allowed me to have tea with my lovely relative who lives in Watertown and her husband and cat. I came home with plants and while there were no hugs and we all did our best to stay apart and wear masks when not eating, it felt good. But it also made me miss the rest of my family so much, this weekend, my parents were throwing an outdoor party for my Dad's birthday and my sister's birthday would have been this past week too. The beginning of September is a complicated time.
I also had a video job interview for what could be a great job. I think maybe the last time I had this positive an interview was maybe for one of my temp jobs, where they told me I had it while I was heading home. For this one, the interviewer kept telling me my answers were good and that the next step is for her supervisor to interview me, so I'm waiting to hear. But I'm hopeful, it was a nice reminder that I have lots of skills.
In other home stuff, I made a delicious pineapple upside down cake though it made me realize I don't actually have a good serving tray for it. I had to upend it onto a cookie sheet as the only trays I had that were big enough were family china or a big piece of family silver. Next time I might make a smaller recipe which I think will work better. Or see if at Goodwill or something, I can find a serving platter that's not as precious as the one I have.
The newest October Daye book came out and I inhaled it, this one was so good. It felt like finishing another chapter in Toby's life and parts of it really made me think of some of the messages of the Chrestomanci books about parents and children. It also has me wanting to go back and do a proper reread of the series to find clues that I missed.
My own writing is going slow but the ideas are there, just need to get them down.
My car is now running for the first time since I think April. It took two calls to AAA to get it sorted as apparently the last time I had my battery replaced, they put in one that was too small. Now I need to get my oil changed and drive it around a little more before it can have its inspection. Apparently getting the battery replaced zeroes out a lot of data that they need, so while the weather's nice I'm going to look into a day trip.
That allowed me to have tea with my lovely relative who lives in Watertown and her husband and cat. I came home with plants and while there were no hugs and we all did our best to stay apart and wear masks when not eating, it felt good. But it also made me miss the rest of my family so much, this weekend, my parents were throwing an outdoor party for my Dad's birthday and my sister's birthday would have been this past week too. The beginning of September is a complicated time.
I also had a video job interview for what could be a great job. I think maybe the last time I had this positive an interview was maybe for one of my temp jobs, where they told me I had it while I was heading home. For this one, the interviewer kept telling me my answers were good and that the next step is for her supervisor to interview me, so I'm waiting to hear. But I'm hopeful, it was a nice reminder that I have lots of skills.
In other home stuff, I made a delicious pineapple upside down cake though it made me realize I don't actually have a good serving tray for it. I had to upend it onto a cookie sheet as the only trays I had that were big enough were family china or a big piece of family silver. Next time I might make a smaller recipe which I think will work better. Or see if at Goodwill or something, I can find a serving platter that's not as precious as the one I have.
The newest October Daye book came out and I inhaled it, this one was so good. It felt like finishing another chapter in Toby's life and parts of it really made me think of some of the messages of the Chrestomanci books about parents and children. It also has me wanting to go back and do a proper reread of the series to find clues that I missed.
My own writing is going slow but the ideas are there, just need to get them down.
