elanya

Today was an angry and otherwise not great day.

Some things were good! I did some writing, we got a transfer in at work, and I did some other useful things. I got my latest batch of walnut dye on the stove.

But there were lots of other frustrating and discouraging things, and overall I feel pretty meh. Meh.

So that's today. Maybe tomorrow will be better. I have to go in early on Friday though. I have been invited out to a pub crawl in Toronto that night but I feel like that is unlikely to actually happen for a whole host of reasons. Ahh well.

I need to do a job app for a temporary job in Waterloo that I probably can't get because I can't drive. Also I am highly dubious that i can get my license here before I leave at this point, and will have to start all over in Canada, possibly more than once, because getting a license in Ontario is a two year process, and who knows if I will actually *be* in Ontario for two years, and if I move provinces again I'd have to start all over again

I thought I had a plan to get up to Canada, but now everything is up in the air again. The people who offered to help me have some pretty serious stuff to deal with and I understand, but I'm still stuck. Maybe they can still take me, but who knows when I will know. I don't have any other good ideas.

I need to do laundry.

I was supposed to run the second half of my oneshot tomorrow, but I don't know if that is going to happen either. At lest that one is mostly on me to decide. I'm leaning towards 'no,' but I really ought to make that call soon. I can't do it next week either as I'd still be down at least one (different) person and possibly more.

I should be packing.

I was planing to finish up stuff for Jukebox this weekend but I am not sure where I put my motivation.

I need to get stuff out of my storage unit and get rid of some of the other stuff in my house.

On the other hand, with nothing going on tomorrow afternoon or evening, I should have time for all the rest of it, right?

Meh. At least I got my new sock yarn in the mail. It is pretty even though it is much more 'mottled grey' and less 'black and white'.

I guess I can make myself get up and take care of some of that, anyway.

The purpose of the posting meme was, in part, to get back in the habit of posting more regularly. So I should try to follow up with that, I suppose?

Yesterday I had people over for dinner, which meant that I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I cooked a turkey with roasted vegetables(potatoes, carrots, celery, turnip, some squash) and made some pre-prepared stuffed baked potatoes. And then I made rhubarb tarts to go with it. I also tried to make little no-bake cheesecake tartlettes, but the shells were too thick and the no-bake cheesecake didn't set well enough that I could pipe it into them as I had intended.

We ate, then sat around for a few hours playing with fire and shooting the shit/ A pretty successful endeavour I think! I go the stock made last night, and the first run of dishes is currently in the dishwasher. when it is done, I am seriously considering taking a bath, and maybe reading one of the pile of books I got for Christmas.

The other thing I ought to do today is apply for more jobs - it has come to that time of year - I said I would start looking more seriously in January, and here we are. There is one in Canada that I have the cover letter written for. I need to check and see if they wanted references from the get go or not. And then I found a few others this morning to apply for in the US - one in Arkansas, one in Colorado, and maybe one in Maine.

We'll see how things go...

I also need to finish replying to yuletide comments! I still have a few stories to get through! If you are curious what I wrote and received, you can find the relevant posts over on my writing journal, measured_words.

There is a yuletide friending mere going on in the LJ community, but I always feel weird about these things, since I feel like I am not fannish in a very normal/regular way, or about a lot of normal fannish things. But I do like having people to talk to and not just feeling like I'm chattering into the void so... we'll see I suppose. I am having a kind of meh day - it fees like vacation is over (even though I still have the weekend), plus I don't waaaaanna do job search things. I will though.

I will also have that bath, and walk the dogs. But while I'm still waiting for the dishwasher I may as well look over the cover letter....

Raisin oatmeal with yogurt and banana isn't too much to wrote home about, maybe, but it is probably good for me. Once I finish the bowl, I'll go shower. I slept an hour more than necessary already. Someone remind me that if you catch me napping. Remind me of how much I have to do today, and this week generally.