Priorities

March 30, 2006 – 09:55

Lynne, your Beltane present is staring at me again. It watches me every time I walk by. It’s waiting for something, I think … waiting with a patience that’s almost eerie. It’s not uncomfortable though. Yup, if you don’t come and get it soon, I’m going to fall to the dark side and keep it for myself. I think it’s starting to look like me too.

Egad. Come and get this thing!

Jade snuck up behind me last night and hugged me while I was making dinner.

Jade: You are the best wife ever.
Me: I’m not a wife. But I could be the best girlfriend ever.
Jade: Okay, okay, you are the best common-law wife ever.
Me: Oh, so now I’m common.
Jade: Common-LAW … there’s nothing common about you.

I have personal issues with this common-law thing. Being common-law gives me the rights of a wife; it does not make me a wife. If he’s suddenly liking the idea of calling me wife, he can gird up his loins and bloody pop the bleedin’ question!!

Here’s his revenge.

Later that night we were getting ready for bed when he casually mentions that he had seen spiders in the house. I forget the beginning of the conversation … oh, wait, I had mentioned something about mice, and he said that that he had seen no signs of mice, but he had seen spiders. In fact, there had been a spider hanging above the washing machine and he had kindly insisted that he (spider) find a new place because if I came down and saw him, he (spider) would not survive the experience. Jade suggested the window because that would be a good bug catching place.

Said spider moved to the window and seems to have been there since.

I’ve also been told to stay away from where the winter jackets are hung up. There’s another one there and I shouldn’t disturb her because she swears she won’t bother me. Apparently, she has also promised to not leave any broods in the house.

Oh. Thanks.

I’m still not looking thrilled … or even at ease … Jade points out that they are good spiders. He’s only seen one bad one and he was ejected immediately. Oh. THAT makes me feel better … not.

*sigh *

Worked on the bedrooms downstairs yesterday. My work room is all neat and tidy. It’s not complete yet because I am waiting for a shelf from IKEA. We’re supposed to go get it this weekend. I’ve been promised. The spare bedroom (which doesn’t have the bed yet) now has a path within the jungle of boxes. Most of them were empty anyway, so I just flattened them for recycle. Jade didn’t come near me during this process – I had a knife. To be fair though, he was at work during most of it. ;)

I intend to go outside to call the sun out to play today. He might not show right away, but he might hurry his steps.

Gonna get my taxes worked on this weekend. At last. Jade said he’d try to wade through it … suggesting that he’d probably make errors and get me audited. * snort* I told him that we can follow his first suggestion and get somebody else to do it. Like H&R Block. Then we can ask questions about right offs, etc because frankly, as my own company, I can write off rent, bills, clothes, etc. My previous boss assures me that almost everything is write off-able. And I don’t need a special form for it either.

Sounds too good to be true. If we don’t go to a pro, I’m going to insist on reading the instructions to research for myself!

So after getting snowed out on our Sunday, Lynne and I rescheduled for Sunday the 26th. Then we rescheduled for Monday. Then we rescheduled for Wednesday. Currently waiting to see why she has to reschedule from today. We’ll see. Not that she’s just pushing me to the back burner … there are reasons each time that have come up to block us. It’s always been like this. It’s a fight to see each other. So much nicer when we worked together. I miss that. Especially when Daniel came into the office. Had a neat connection of Three going on there. I used to wonder if we had been friends in a past life as well. The room seemed to hum in satisfaction when the three of us were together. Only to yelp in pain when the boss walked in. Still don’t like him. If he has any redeeming qualities, Lynne was the only one who saw them. She was the one he would apologise to, and give flowers to, and other small things. He even gave her two nicknames. Why, because he enjoyed teasing her. Bug-lette and Merbat.

I took dry-erase markers and drew pictures on the window. They became a big hit. They hadn’t been intended to be a big thing. I was teasing Lynne. Before she could come in for her shift (I had time, she was almost always late) I drew a pic of a plant that we had adopted … and on one leaf was a lady bug … with long black hair … with a blue streak. It took her a couple of minutes to twig on to that one. She insisted that I draw more, so I drew the boss next, hiding behind the window frame that separated the two windows. He had a butterfly net in his back pocket. Damned if it didn’t manage to look just like him too. I drew a pic of Daniel too. I don’t think he was as impressed as Lynne was though. ;) I don’t know that boss was thrilled either, but he never took it down. Probably because the lady bug liked it so much.

Just occurred to me. If we were sisters like in Practical Magic, she would be Gillian (Kidman) and I would be Sally (Bullock). (I think I have the names straight – been a while I’ve seen it.) Yup, she uses her magic a lot since Buttview pushed her away. That’s his new name. Some of you might recognize it. I think it suits him. John Buttview. He and Hitler can both go dancing in the woods together and get swallowed by something. Asses, the both of them. Pitifully so.

So, my agenda today (assuming I have no visitor) is to finish the bedroom in the basement (complete with candle and possible incense – he likes the candles and I feel he’s been asking for the scent. I’m going to have to give him a name soon.) And then I’m going to work on my office area. Slight furniture shifting involved there. And then I’m going to sit down to my writing. Because I really want to get done with the story I’m on and move on to another.

Damn, I miss the writing. It’s the only thing about my career that sucks. No time for much else.

20:09

Well, got the room downstairs done as much as I could – for now. All the empty boxes are flattened expect for a few that are flat enough to not matter. We’re gonna go to IKEA and get that shelf tomorrow so that I can finish the craft room. While I’m doing that, hopefully Jade will be going through boxes in the bedroom and creating a bit more space. I’d like to have the rest of his bloody furniture moved in here so that we can get on with our lives … and his mother can stop complaining about it. Isn’t that why mothers invented nagging? So that the kids will get things done to make her quiet again?

Finally saw Blade II tonight. Not bad. I liked the ending very much. I’m looking forward to getting the third one and seeing it too.

Didn’t get any writing done today. Dammit. But it’s on the list. And the list is getting smaller. And Jade says that I don’t have to go back to work until I’m ready. He says I’ll have to go back to make some money for San Diego, but he’s not gonna rush me. He himself likes to take time off between jobs unless there’s something really good in the Hall. Well, I know there’s gonna be work for me. There always will be. And if I have to hold out until thoroughbreds, well, I already have a job lined up and I know how much it pays. I’ll be ready for San Diego when it comes.

Even if I have to have a craft/bake sale.

Which I’m thinking of, by the by. Even asked Lynne to join in. I plan on asking others too. Might even make a big special thing about it all … have some special items on sale for charity. (Nice advertising for friends who own comics shops, etc.) It’s all still in the planning stages though. If you read this and would like to add something – something to sell, donations of items, or just polite advice (note the word polite), please fell free to comment or e-mail.

Sweet Dreams!