holi-daze

Dec. 20th, 2019 09:46 am
skye_writer: Cropped cap of Peridot from Steven Universe, with a blank expression and stars for pupils. (peridot star eyes)
I am ready for everything to be over now.

Like, I’m excited about Christmas and everything (I mean I guess I am?), but I am ready for everything to go back to normal. And it’s 4.5 days til the actual day.

I don’t know. I’m tired all the time, but that’s either the B12 deficiency or residuals from staying up late Wednesday night to see my brother and SIL when they dropped off their cat. (In short: they don’t have any close friends in CO to watch their cat, nor do they have the extra cash to board him for a week and a half, so they brought him, along with their dog. SIL’s dad is allergic to cats, so kitty stays with us while they visit her family.) It was nice to see them, however briefly, and I can’t wait to properly hang out when they get here on Monday.

But I’m ready for the Holidays to be over. Already. I feel like there’s too much going on and I can’t settle into a routine at all and it’s just frustrating as hell. I don’t know. I know Christmas will be here before I know it, but it feels so far away and so close at the same time. I need to figure out what I’m doing for Christmas dessert. I need the rest of my presents to family to get here so I can wrap them. (Most of them are coming today, but the last thing for my sister might not be here til Monday. Maybe.)

In other news:

I came up with a plan for accomplishing things in the new year that I am already trying to implement. Just a list of things to do every day, or on certain days, or whatever. It’s going... okay, at the moment? I guess? I’m not doing everything every day, but I am doing more than I was doing, so I guess that’s good.

My cat is still sick. (I don’t know if I posted about it here, but she peed on my bed right after Thanksgiving and then she did it again the other night, so.) I took her to the vet again and she probably has either a UTI or kidney problems, and since we can’t afford the blood tests for kidney issues right now, we’re treating the UTI with antibiotics. And hoping this solves the problem. I’m not sure how much it’s helping right now? But she’s only been 2 days on the antibiotics, so who knows. She’s still not eating her wet food in the morning (much to my chagrin), she’s still drinking way too much... I don’t know. I know she’s old—she turned 16 this year—but part of me isn’t ready to say goodbye yet. She’s been living in my room for like... four years now? Four and a half? And it was deeply deeply weird when she had to spend the night at the vet back in February for bowel issues. Just... not having her around. I don’t know. This year has been hard enough. I don’t need Yet Another Thing happening, I really don’t.

I finished page 2 of the Rivendell cross-stitch for my brother. I’m probably just going to do a little bit every day up til Christmas and maybe start working on it again in earnest in the new year. I should probably print out a picture of the full pattern so he knows what it’s supposed to look like when he opens it on Christmas.

.... at any rate. Hope you all are doing well, as always. If I don’t post again for a while, hope you all have a happy holiday, whatever you may celebrate.
skye_writer: Cropped screencap of a very unamused Megara, from Disney's Hercules (1997). (oh gods)
It’s funny. Except for a stuffy nose, I felt fine all day Sunday. And then I wake up Monday feeling like crap, and all hopes for a productive week go out the window.

Also this is exactly what I didn’t need right before Christmas. I am hoping the over the counter cold meds I have will kick this thing, because there is just too much shit I have to get done before everything’s hectic busyness forever.

Other than being sick, I'm doing all right for the most part? Not getting a whole lot done, but I'm surviving, which is better than... not. I guess. I think I will have the cross-stitch for my brother halfway done by Christmas. (Thank goodness I'm not stressing myself out by trying to get ALL of it done by Christmas.) Brother and SIL will be in for Christmas in about a week and a half. We're going to see the new Star Wars on my brother's birthday (two days before Christmas).

Christmas aside, I've been updating my WordPress blog [link] regularly again. Or I'm trying to, anyway. Weekly updates shouldn't be as hard as they are, but sometimes you just can't think of what to say. Anyway.

I dunno. I'm sick. It's hard to be productive when you're sick. I'm doing the best I can, which is the all anyone can ask for.

Hope you're all doing well.
skye_writer: Edited cap of Rey from Star Wars, looking determined. (reydiant)
So my family did Christmas yesterday. We had a big breakfast, and then did birthdays really quick (my granddad's was the 17th, and my brother's was yesterday), and then presents and stockings and stuff.

I got some nice things, and everyone seemed to like the gifts I got them as well. So that's all good.

(Quick holiday haul list: Wonder Woman and Iron Man 3 on BluRay; a really neat handmade journal with a tiger's eye stone in the front cover and handmade paper and brass clasps and wow; $50 in Barnes and Noble gift cards (which I have already mostly spent); a really cute Star Wars crochet kit; Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott (was so surprised and happy to get this from my sister); and a new Steven Universe star shirt (because my old one is... getting small >__> ). Lots of nice little things that I'm very happy with.)

I'm not really planning on doing a whole lot in the days leading up to the new year. I suppose I might try and write? Or at least get back into the groove or whatever. Something. I've got books to read and such, and movies to watch, and crochet to crochet. Most of all, I think I just need to relax.

Hope you're all doing well, and may you have a lovely Christmas and or New Year! :D

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