evening brain dump

[liminal_space]

+ first off, if you're looking for more lj friends, i encourage you to check out the_lj_revival and/or post in there and say hi!

+ i just read that over 80 new short stories/writings/letters by virginia woolf  have been discovered and i'm cautiously optimistic; i need to check the veracity of the claims before i jump with joy. her work is a hard read at times, but i love her work — it spoke to me at a time in my life i needed it most, bless her. in one of my many stashes of "past writing" there's a poem i wrote called /pocket stones/ that was, for me, pretty dang good (my poetry skills are....less than). 

+ i weigh myself every evening before bed and every morning when i wake up. i realize not everyone feels the same way, but i really need to see daily data to collect intel on my miscreant body. 

generally speaking, i weigh 1-3 lbs less in the evening than i do in the mornings, which is absolutely normal. RARELY is the evening weight less than the morning weight, but today it was. i am suspicious; right now i think the scale (because it's a smart scale ha!) is fucking with me and tomorrow morning, i'll be chonked up. >.< 

it won't surprise me, really — today's eating was weird AF: i didn't get a chance for breakfast before we went in to kid's appointment, didn't eat anything until close to 3, and then chose culver's where i had three or four bites of mister's curd burger (OMFG LOOK IT UP....minnesconsin is genius with food), one bite of the cod sandwich i ordered for me (too greasy), and.....a single vanilla custard with BOTH marshmallow fluff and chocolate sauce. i KNOW that's not a lot of food, but it's a lot of sodium and fat and delicious condiments and sugar, especially when i've been limiting all of that stuff for near 'bout two years now. 

my prediction? all that salt and sugar are going to mess with me through water retention and glucose whatevers, and tomorrow morning? three pounds more than i was this morning. 

I AM ON TO YOU, BODY. and scale.

+ it's been a week of things. after almost two months, mister finally, FINALLY will be getting paid from new job. in one lump sum. which makes me drool and itch to go buy a fishing boat (don't ask), but i shall stick to the plan of paying things off and paying things down and boring, responsible things like that. the money was sent out for direct deposit late wednesday and it takes three days, so OF COURSE it won't deposit until monday. grrr. we know the amount at least, so i can start plotting and planning. 

it's about 8K over what we were expecting, and that would just about pay off my car. it would also buy the boat i'm eyeballing (it's $1100) and almost pay off the car. lol 

i asked mister if he'd be mad if he came back from CA<3 and there was the boat in the driveway. he muttered at me, but i think he realizes that a) it probably won't happen because i have zero idea of how to tow a boat and b) i wouldn't do that without his input. still...we need a boat to catch the stupid fish who jump out of the water in the middle of the lakes around here. where "need" is a huge exaggeration. 

there's been so much stressful drama related to new job that i'm in dire need of a few weeks of things just being OK. THAT will have to wait until after this upcoming week, since mister will be gone to CA<3 and if there's NOT a farmergency of some type, it will surprise me. 

+ and i'm ETAing this because BIG NEWS i forgot to write about! yesterday, i was finally able to get on my nonsense horse from the mounting block with zero assistance. look up "jodie leaves me at the mountain block" on youtube to see something very similar to what i've been dealing with. =D so this was a HUGE thing for both of us. :)

+ yesterday i scored one of the very best things i've ever found at a thrift store: a brand new, still in box ember mug. for (drumroll please) ONE DOLLAR. 

one. 

i got it home, mister charged it and set up the app, and i tried it out. it was amazing! last year they had the cup as one of the gifts mister could pick from his work, and we both guffawed at a coffee cup that costs over $160 (when not on sale....but there's always a sale somewhere). now? i wish we had got it!

i picked up a few dresses that are in great shape and with some woolen leggings, i might be able to wear them on warmer fall days. with a pumpkin chai in one hand and my stanley cup in the other, i shall basic bitch the heck out of winter every now and then. =D

+ there are certain writers that have amazingly distinct *voices* in relation to their writing. without going into great detail, i don't think ALL authors have distinct voices...if i give it more thought, i might say that not all authors actually have a voice at all, but that's for another time. 

anyway, as we were coming home from culver's making me a cheatin' woman, i was thinking how amazing it is here on LJ where there is a preponderance of writers with distinct voices!!! there are so many of you that i can identify who's posting without ever really paying attention to the user name on the post! that's a lovely thing. :) 

i'd mention you all by name and probably will at some point, but this particular LJ thought i had made me start thinking about mallorys_camera, and the beautiful, inimitable voice that comes through her writing. which led me to thinking about how she (and ALL YOU WRITERS ON HERE) needs to finish her book so i can buy it. ;)

(i think the news about the possible addition to VW's ouvre had turned my brain toward *words* far more than usual.)

Comments

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww... I am deeply moved by yr shoutout. ❤️❤️❤️

I continue to put in a couple of hours a day on the book. Tortoise-mode is what I got these days, much as I'd prefer total immersion. But, you know. Life is... life.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the mounting block!
still...we need a boat to catch the stupid fish who jump out of the water in the middle of the lakes around here. where "need" is a huge exaggeration.
lolol

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I had to look up what an ember mug is. My coffee doesn't stay in my mug long enough for it to cool down LOL!

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

That is exciting news about Virginia Woolf, Also I always weigh less in the morning than the evening.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Newly discovered writing sounds like a great find! I hope it's legit!!!

Amazing thrift find!!