Monday, February 10
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Our sweet animals. Their presence is very comforting, often adorable, and fun.
Trainwreck's phone calls are ongoing, though I don't answer most of them. I answered ONE today, and said that I had about 15 minutes to talk. She mentioned that one of her sons brought a daughter with him to do more cleaning at her place, and they're coming back to do more.
How bad can her place BE? She just had a cleaner there. I know her kids did a bunch of cleaning around Christmas time, and she's only been in that suite since October. I guess if she did NO CLEANING AT ALL...?
I mean, even if you were just reasonable about throwing out stuff like pizza boxes as you finished the pizza and used one dish and kept washing it? She says she barely eats, yet always talks about buying groceries. How does that go?
It sounds like she's trying to give a bunch of her things to her grand daughters, as a way to keep them coming to visit her. I know she's paying her son to come clean, and I guess that's a way to keep him visiting too. It's just sad.
I think she's just afraid to be alone with her thoughts, though maybe she really needs to sit with them right now and let it all really sink in. She is still drinking, you can tell, the way she talks all dramatically and dismissively.
I did chores and went to town. It's still pretty cold, around -20 C today.
I nearly hit a deer on the highway today, but I was just as worried about the car behind me that was tail-gating me. Somehow I managed not to hit the deer or get rear-ended, but it was scary. I don't understand why people insist on following only a couple of car lengths behind, instead of just passing me and getting it over with.
As I continued to town, two other cars were doing the same thing, just sitting right behind me, so for each one I slowed right down and forced them to pass. If you aren't happy with my speed (the actual speed limit) then just commit and pass.
I picked up my prescription, and also some eye shadow. Hmmm.
Then I went to pottery. I didn't have a ton of time, so I just focused on "clean up" work on the tea pot that's drying still from last week's assembly. There are always little blobs or uneven areas where you join the parts.
I got back two biggish mugs and a bowl from final firing, and they look amazing! All blue with drippy bits.
The one woman who tends to come in early before her class starts came in today, and she always SAYS she wants help to get started on the wheel, and keeps saying she wants to come in on a Saturday to learn.
Today I made a point of saying that if she wanted, I could stay for about half an hour and help her, since I was all cleaned up and could leave the moment it seemed like I should (as the other class started arriving).
I was able to show her the basics, and with some assistance she threw a good, basic cylinder shape. More or less the basic form that is the basis for everything else.
Overall, I wanted to give her the confidence to just START throwing, as for some reason so many people in this pottery studio seem afraid to throw, and just do hand built things forever.
Then I got groceries, a bigger (or maybe just increasingly more expensive for the same amount of food?) haul this week. I am grateful to be able to do so.
Then I came home, returned Dandy to Ursula, brought all the food inside, put it away, and made supper. My Sweetie came home and started the wood stove.
We watched the first episode of "Rescue Me" which is good, but maybe a bit grim? We'll see.
Our sweet animals. Their presence is very comforting, often adorable, and fun.
Trainwreck's phone calls are ongoing, though I don't answer most of them. I answered ONE today, and said that I had about 15 minutes to talk. She mentioned that one of her sons brought a daughter with him to do more cleaning at her place, and they're coming back to do more.
How bad can her place BE? She just had a cleaner there. I know her kids did a bunch of cleaning around Christmas time, and she's only been in that suite since October. I guess if she did NO CLEANING AT ALL...?
I mean, even if you were just reasonable about throwing out stuff like pizza boxes as you finished the pizza and used one dish and kept washing it? She says she barely eats, yet always talks about buying groceries. How does that go?
It sounds like she's trying to give a bunch of her things to her grand daughters, as a way to keep them coming to visit her. I know she's paying her son to come clean, and I guess that's a way to keep him visiting too. It's just sad.
I think she's just afraid to be alone with her thoughts, though maybe she really needs to sit with them right now and let it all really sink in. She is still drinking, you can tell, the way she talks all dramatically and dismissively.
I did chores and went to town. It's still pretty cold, around -20 C today.
I nearly hit a deer on the highway today, but I was just as worried about the car behind me that was tail-gating me. Somehow I managed not to hit the deer or get rear-ended, but it was scary. I don't understand why people insist on following only a couple of car lengths behind, instead of just passing me and getting it over with.
As I continued to town, two other cars were doing the same thing, just sitting right behind me, so for each one I slowed right down and forced them to pass. If you aren't happy with my speed (the actual speed limit) then just commit and pass.
I picked up my prescription, and also some eye shadow. Hmmm.
Then I went to pottery. I didn't have a ton of time, so I just focused on "clean up" work on the tea pot that's drying still from last week's assembly. There are always little blobs or uneven areas where you join the parts.
I got back two biggish mugs and a bowl from final firing, and they look amazing! All blue with drippy bits.
The one woman who tends to come in early before her class starts came in today, and she always SAYS she wants help to get started on the wheel, and keeps saying she wants to come in on a Saturday to learn.
Today I made a point of saying that if she wanted, I could stay for about half an hour and help her, since I was all cleaned up and could leave the moment it seemed like I should (as the other class started arriving).
I was able to show her the basics, and with some assistance she threw a good, basic cylinder shape. More or less the basic form that is the basis for everything else.
Overall, I wanted to give her the confidence to just START throwing, as for some reason so many people in this pottery studio seem afraid to throw, and just do hand built things forever.
Then I got groceries, a bigger (or maybe just increasingly more expensive for the same amount of food?) haul this week. I am grateful to be able to do so.
Then I came home, returned Dandy to Ursula, brought all the food inside, put it away, and made supper. My Sweetie came home and started the wood stove.
We watched the first episode of "Rescue Me" which is good, but maybe a bit grim? We'll see.
