Hello friends! Sorry I don't update more often, but I can't stress how little I've been doing! Thanks for checking in, though. I'm glad you are making sure I'm still here.
1) Christmas was fine. We celebrated with Mr. Lee and with my side of the family. With Mr. Lee we grilled steaks and watched a video of one of Steve's Christmas concerts that his dad had to miss. It was nice. We celebrated with my family the Saturday before Christmas because so many of the younger members of the family have kids and babies, and mom didn't want them to have to interrupt Santa time to come over. It was loud, fun, and loud again. I was dressed as an elf. We played games and ate.
We spent actual Christmas day not doing anything. It was glorious.
2) New Years was fine. We stayed home. I watched Stranger Things and cried at the ending, but I don't know why because I'm not particularly invested. Anyways, I liked it. I don't remember if we stayed up til midnight or not. I think we did? Who knows.
3) Got my haircut.. Actually, I really like it! You can see it in the picture above. It floofs well and is very easy to dry! I didn't actually cut it because of the dye job, even though I threatened to. I cut it because I was drying my hair one day and it got sucked into the intake of my hair dryer and I had to rip a whole wad of my hair out to get it loose. So, that was the catalyst! It was a little traumatizing at the salon (I went to a proper one that I had to make an appointment at and everything) seeing the absolute pile of my hair on the floor, but after I had time to adjust, I've decided I like it. I'm even going back to get a trim instead of waiting another year and a half to get it cut again!
4) Had a routine colonoscopy, and it was decidedly not fine. Not the results, those came back fine, but the beforehand preparation for it was Miserable. There was a time when I would have gone into detail, or at least the more palatable details, about the process, but I'm not going to do that this time. It was traumatizing. I had to take a whole day off of work just for the prep. I wasn't sure that was absolutely necessary to do, but I did it just in case. I'm very glad I did. Let's just say, in the span of 20 hours, I lost three pounds, every ounce of moisture in my body, and my will to live. It was the only time in recent memory that I figured I could swallow a ball bearing and have it drop all the way through me without touching the sides. I was so dehydrated that my voice cracked and the skin on my freaking arms was wrinkled. Thankfully they let me come in early and get the procedure over with, so I was out of the hospital by 1:00 PM and could go home and eat and drink and try to function like a human again.
Oh, and they accidentally pulled my gown open in the back without closing the door of the room, so everyone who walked by got to see my ass! I guess Mardi Gras got started a little bit early!
5) I'm going on vacation in a couple of weeks! A real, non-Disney vacation to someplace I actually want to go! If it goes well, I will tell you about it. I don't want to jinx it. Just know I'm excited. :)
6) Work is fine. It has been busy! Well, relatively so. My job is more about support than anything, but there was a lot of meetings and organizing, and some holiday stuff. My job is great, even if I'm not really doing anything important, but I like the company and I like the people a lot. I'm lucky to work there, I think. Also, they let me be whimsical as long as I'm not causing a ruckus, which I appreciate.
7) I've been crocheting again after a long sabbatical. I finished an entire, adult sized afghan! It's only the second one I've ever made, and hopefully this one won't be donated to Goodwill, Well, I don't know if the other one was donated, but I suspect it might have been. Anyways, I also finished three baby blankets and some toys, and I'm working on another afghan and doing some other things trying to work through my yarn stash to get it under control. My only issue is that I buy yarn because I like it, but I don't have any real idea what I'm going to do with it. So when I try and use it, I have to go buy more of the same so that I'll have enough to make the actual project, which means my stash doesn't really get any smaller. However, I am trying, and so more blankets and toys will be made. I got a great, creepy pattern for a granny square with an eyeball in the middle, and I'm going to make a biblically accurate cardigan or purse. It will be hideous and I'm so excited.
That's really it! I stay at home most nights and listen to true crime podcasts, which isn't anything to elaborate on. Hope you're doing well and that you have some excitement in your life.
