Keep your sanity.

Holding onto sanity is harder during some months versus others. May and June suck. But beyond that... This is simply to say that I finished two books yesterday. I could talk about some of the things going on in my life,but I am getting ready for a concert and an exam that has my life resting on it, plus working part time and still you know, getting my laundry done, my brain doesn't translate that into stories, it translates it into AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! KILL ME NOW! So the books; Graceling by Kristin Cashmore And Adam and Eve after the pill by Mary Eberstadt. Oh, and my computer died. Really. I am not making this up. iPads are not in the running for a replacement. Nope. Never.

Getting through.

Good Grief! I might never have mentioned that I don't enjoy phone and yet somehow I spent almost 2 hours on the official lines trying to sort out RCM related madness. The first fax that I had to send off at the beginning of March... (not forming coherent sentences blah blah blah.) Anyway, I have no brain I have been chopped, diced, and filleted. Long and short of this weird day is, I did not get registered for my split exam and had to redo it all today under pressure. The situation RED and I are functioning under is odd enough, we are the first people in Canada to do the grade 10 voice split exam. Every time we phone head office we have to do this song and dance just to get through that this is something offered even though no one seems to now that. Did I mention that we are the FIRST people to do this? Ever? Yeah, we have the head office in a tizzy.

My brain is on the fritz. I would take the time to edit this but I kinda don't want to. So if it is full of errors, it is on my shoulders. My sun soaked shoulders. Yup, that is right, the sun came out. No, I am not sunburnt yet.

I did talk to RIG though. And we have....

Picnic Basket. I could not find a funky take on this.

Quote: The phrase "working mother" is redundant.  ~Jane Sellman
Because yesterday was Mother's Day.

BTW, I say and spell it Mum. Because I can.

Over and Out
 

Trying to do laundry.

I am never sure how to start little stories that don't really have a beginning but I still want to share. I just had to laugh at myself today.
So before I went to work this evening I knew I had to put on a load of laundry for the simple fact that I was running out of clothes. But I also knew I had to shower first because I can't run the washer and rinse my hair simultaneously. And what happened? Yes, I forgot to put on the laundry, and I didn't realise until at work I was asked to do ... Laundry. So there I was transferring from the washer and this bolt struck me. A total head desk moment. Call me a forget-it-often flower. Shower? Check. Laundry? Nope.
So all I really wanted in that moment was to go home and do my own laundry, because a) I had remembered that I have no clothes. b) I just really wanted to go home. Stuck at work doing the chore I had forgot to do at home which has slightly more dire consequences. (NO CLOTHES)
Oh, the irony.
Oh well.

I finished Penhallow finally. My gosh it was weird. No one died until about 70% of the book was finished and on top of that, the murder was describe as it happened and then, yes, more weird stuff, it was not solved by the police and then it ended. Like I said, weird.

I happen to like both Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer. They can both be a little formulaic, but always enjoyable. But on the odd occasion they come up with loopy books. I just have to sit and shake my head. This one goes in the funky pile.

No RIG tonight.

Quote:
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.  ~Author Unknown

Family Pictures

It is so easy to not write on this blog, but I am trying to not disappear totally.
My family had a professional portrait taken for the first time in 20 years yesterday. My father and I have evaded mum and her desire to capture us on film for a long time, but we caved and the end results were more pleasing than I anticipated. When we get our copies I might scan them in and show the world. Might.

Quote: Life is simple, it's just not easy.  ~Author Unknown


Random Image Generator.

I think RIG is being cheeky. We haven't needed sunglasses yet, and I am loosing hope that we will need them at all.

Have you won the lottery?

I haven't. But I never buy a ticket, so that might influence my chances a little.

The currency of money for random services rendered can sometimes lead to odd days. Today was one such day. I receive a paycheque so that I can write cheques to other people and then my money is gone and I receive that which I pay for, and then go back to render service for money, in order to repeat the process.

One of the problems with being in school is that I pay people money to teach me, so that I can earn more money, but since I haven't got the higher paying job yet, I am still not rich.

This is only on my mind because I got a Summer performance dress today and it wasn't cheap. I got what I paid for, and I can and will wear it for the next ten years, but I would much have rather bought books. Because I am like that.

Was this really tacky? I know I shouldn't talk money, politics or religion in public, but this isn't really public and I never once mentioned an amount. That is just wrong. So I didn't. Have I spoken yet about politics? I know I've talked religion and I just did money. My word, there is no hope of my ever learning social graces, is there?
Sigh. I did so hope to grow into a socially acceptable young lady.

I have no random image generator once again, so the picture is up to me.

Ascot Races, 1926

Pretty, no?
Quote: When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.  ~John Wesley

HAPPY MAY DAY