ravnsdaughter

Since I got home from work yesterday before the boy had left for work, I requested that if I was asleep when he got home from work last night, that he please not wake me up. Normally he does wake me up when he gets home, which interrupts my sleep and results in a very tired Maddy the next morning. Last night, I went to bed at 9:30, was asleep by shortly after 10, and because he didn't wake me up, I slept right through until 6am, and it was LOVELY. Sleep, wondrous sleep.

I went back to chiro on Tuesday, after having taken 2 weeks off from it due to being sick, and was told that I'm pretty much all done with my treatment! I have one last appointment today after work, and he mentioned something about coming in once a month for maintenance, but we'll see if that's really necessary. I'm feeling almost back to 100% now, so I'm rather thrilled.

I've been seriously lusting after a bunch of stuff lately... more BPAL, some bath stuff from Fantasy Bath (but their shipping is seriously OUCH), and this yarn from YarnWench/yarnwench is seriously droolworthy:



But alas, I am trying to avoid spending any unnecessary money until that one last debt is paid off. Should be sometime in early October. Also, in the case of the wool, I already have 2 braids of her wool at home that needs to be spun up first.

I did succumb to a small Villainess order this morning, though. I've heard her Birthrite scent is amazing, and I believe it's a limited edition, so I wanted to get some before it disappears. Besides, that soap the boy has been bringing home from work is killing my poor skin.

We will FINALLY be getting real internet at the condo tomorrow... good timing too, because Ian has exhausted his bandwidth limit on his iPhone for the month. We'll be going from slower than molasses in January bandwidth (what I could get through tethering my iPhone to my computer) to zoomy-fast fibre optic bandwidth. We can both hardly wait. I told Ian the other day that aside from grocery shopping and possibly going out to see the Harry Potter movie on the big screen, I really wanted to just spend the weekend hanging out at home with him... I'm feeling slightly peopled out lately and need some relax time.

I need a to-do list for tonight, though, since I have a lot to accomplish once I get home from my chiro appointment. Some of this is because I need to get stuff done before Telus comes by to hook up our internet and cable tomorrow, and some of it is because I've decided to heck with waiting until September 1st to start my 101-in-1001 project, and I'm going to finalize my list today, post it, and declare today my starting date.

So, here's my list o' crap what I needs to do tonight:

- Open my computer up and clean out the inside (hopefully this will make it a little less noisy)
- Swap the connection over to my 1TB harddrive, wipe the drive off and install Windows on it (and set my old harddrive as a secondary drive) (and I want to do this tonight so I can start on some of my goals on my list this weekend, and also so I can fix up my UI before tomorrow night's raid)
- Clean the kitchen
- Find my prescriptions so I can get them filled (and cancel my doctor's appointment for tomorrow since I don't need it for my back anymore, and would rather not go just to say "I misplaced my prescriptions in the move, can I get new ones please?")
- Clean off the dining table and find homes for all of the crap on it.
- Finish the laundry and put it away
- Find my headset so I can raid tomorrow night without having to type out all my snarky comments
- Check my stash of flasks and mana potions on my priest and farm up the materials for more if necessary

I am absolutely bouncy today.  It's payday (ok, I've had the cheque sitting in my bag since Friday but it was post-dated for today), and I'm picking up a co-op car after work to run a few errands - I need to stop at the vet for Revolution since I want to get the fleas off my cats before we move (it's inevitable that they have them as they go outside right now), stop at the bank to deposit my cheque, run to Budget to get boxes for packing, and then pick up my transit pass and a few things at the grocery store. 

This is going to be the monthly last transit pass I need to buy!  The new place is a 5 minute walk from my work, and while I will occasionally use the bus to go up to the bank, library, Galloway's (a dry-goods/spices/etc store that's in Uptown NW), it definitely won't be worth buying a monthly pass for it.  I'll just keep a book of faresavers on hand for the occasional trip. 

I was silly last night and left my email running at work without even realizing it, which explains why almost nothing downloaded at home last night.  I thought the movers hadn't replied to me yet as of this morning, but they had... it was waiting for me when I got in today.  It sounds like they aren't available for the 25th like we wanted, but could do the 26th.  That's not too big of a deal.  And it will give Ian an extra day to finish his packing.

I am seriously counting down the days here.  6 days left until the roommate is gone for good, 2 days until I can order my iPhone and make the appointment to sign the lease, 24 days til I pick up the keys to the new place, 26 days til the move, 52 days until the trip to visit my family, introduce Ian to them and pay my dad back and therefore be 100% out of debt.

Today's BPAL: Dirty. The name is a joke, because this is actually the sent of fresh laundry, sheets drying in the sun, and cool, crisp cotton. This is actually one of the first scents I bought a 5ml bottle of after testing an imp, because it's absolutely gorgeous, and perfect for the (scorching) weather we've been having this week. I was in a hurry this morning so I hurriedly grabbed something out of my BPAL box, and when I saw the bottle I immediately went for it as it would be perfect for today.

Oh! I just realized that I haven't updated you all on the roommate saga. It's done! Well, he hasn't moved out yet, but we had started a conversation on Friday evening, and it had been left off when he said to me "ok, make me a proposal". Which kind of made me get my back up, considering. I did some thinking, and talked to Ian and istp_archer about it, and had a proposal in my head, though I didn't get a chance to talk to him on the weekend. Last night, I mentioned to the roommate that he hadn't given me money for May's utilities yet, and he took that opportunity to continue on with the conversation from Friday.

The result is this: he's going to try to be out for the end of June. He doesn't think he'll be able to find a place that fast, I call BS because there's lots of places out there. He darned well be putting in the effort of looking, anyways. I'm going to be giving him a half month's rent. I explained to him that I didn't feel I was his landlord in the sense of the word used in the Residential Tenancy Act, etc. and that as the only person the lease and the person who has been living in that suite for 3 1/2 years, I had the right to give him a few months' notice that I wanted him to leave. He countered with his feeling of yes I am his landlord, blah blah, and in the end he stated that he felt he was entitled to SOMETHING because he knows I'm a legal assistant and that if I was in his place, I'd be insisting on getting the money. Sigh.

So I offered him a half month's rent, and he took it. And because he hasn't paid me last month's utilities, I'm just taking 2 months worth of utilities off of the half month's rent (for May and June) and paying him the difference, which is only $130. In the end, I think $130 is actually worth it to get rid of the asshole.

And I also placed conditions on it. He has to lay the hell off of me with the nagging about the housework and Ian (he hates it when Ian stays over during the week). He hasn't seemed to actually grasped the fact that he actually has to lay off of me yet though, because he mentioned the housework several times last night. I just ignored him. What an idiot.

Despite my back being so sore I can barely stand, I am in a truly excellent mood this morning. There are many reasons for this: I had an awesome weekend, accomplished a LOT yesterday, and got up early enough this morning to get to work by 6:45. This will let me get out of here at 1pm, hopefully early enough to avoid the intense heat my office builds up by mid-afternoon, and also includes 15 minutes of extra time for making up a bit from last week.

I went to Tir Righ Coronet Tournament on Saturday, my first big event back in probably 3 or 4 years. It was absolutely wonderful. The break I had was needed, but it's time for it to be over and for me to get back to where I belong. I got to see many friends I hadn't seen in a long, long time and had so much fun.

Sadly, Ian was bored out of his mind. He didn't know anyone except me (well, he'd met a few of my friends previously at non-SCA stuff), had no idea what was going on, and didn't really find much of it interesting at all. And I'm a court junkie, so I wanted to stay for the whole thing, and of course it was horribly uninteresting to him. So I told him to play with his iPhone - fortunately we were tucked away in a corner.

Yesterday morning, Ian and I went all the way to North Vancouver to have breakfast at the Tomahawk Barbecue. And I watched in absolute wonder and horror as he downed the ENTIRE mixed grill. Seriously, I think that thing was designed to be split between 2 people. It's a wonder his heart hasn't exploded yet.

Then I went home and cleaned like a madwoman. The event on Saturday has left me inspired and very gung-ho to get back into my arts and craft projects, and since my place was such a disaster, I couldn't find anything. Now it's tidy enough that I can craft in peace and actually find things. The cleaning also had the side effect of my finding the receipt for my computer chair, which I can now go exchange today, as it broke in less than a month after purchase. Sadly, I will have to skip archery practice tonight because of my back pain.

It's not even noon yet, and I'm really quite exhausted. Ian started 5 weeks of dayshift this morning, and had to be at work for 7am. As his work is a short trip from my house, he stayed over last night and we both got up at 5am this morning. After staying up until about midnight. Oy. I'm here until 2:15, and then I think I'm going to head home, clean up the mess we left in the kitchen this morning, and then take a short nap.

My weekend included my first trip to the Richmond Night Market (was kinda meh); dinner at the Cascade Room with Ian's family and friends, which was excellent; and lamb burger's at Ian's mother's place last night. I have also FINALLY gotten started on Ian's tunic. I'm using a medium olive green linen, and it's a pretty standard flared t-tunic shape. I'm not putting the effort into rectangular construction if he's going to decide he hates the SCA and doesn't want to continue to participate.

I've decided that unless it's something I desperately need to finish garb for the July Coronation trip, there will be no more craft supplies entering my house until after the roommate has moved out and I've had the chance to do all my rearranging and organizing. I keep getting brilliant ideas popping into my head, and wanting to buy craft supplies, but I know it's mostly just wanting retail therapy because of boredom, so in the meantime, I'm making idea lists, bookmark categories full of inspiration, and such. Finishing garb and making beads from the glass that's already in the house should be plenty of creative fulfillment for the next while.

Blessed Beltaine everyone!

Yes, I know most people were saying that on Friday, and "everyone" considers May 1st to be Beltaine, but my particular "tradition" celebrates it on the appropriate day in the lunar cycle, which this year is May 9th, so this is somewhat splitting the difference. Plus, I just didn't get time to post on Friday. :)

I had a very weird and eventful weekend. Friday night was pretty quiet, and was a good raid night. Crazy cat lady boss (Auriaya) is actually quite fun. 2 hours of wiping on Freya, not so much.

Saturday, I could have done without. At about 10:15 a.m., I was sitting at my computer chatting with Ian on gchat, when my phone rang. It was an automated call from my bank, letting me know that my ATM card had recently been used at a place that was under investigation for fraud/PIN swiping, and my card had been placed into deposit-only mode for my protection, and that I needed to visit my bank for a new card. Then I logged onto my online banking and $1000 was missing from my account!!

I flew into full-on panic mode, threw on some clothes and headed straight up to my bank (thank goddess I have a bank that's open on Saturdays). When I told the roommate why I was disappearing, he said that had happened to him before and to not worry too much, the bank would fix it and I'd get my money back, so that did a bit to relieve some of my panic. Once I got to the bank and told the CSR why I was there, she said "oh don't worry, we'll get it back for you". Whew, what a relief! She filled out a fraud claim, and it will take 5-10 business days because the RCMP has to be involved, but I will get every cent back. But what a pain in the arse.

Other than that, Saturday was very quiet. I didn't get to see Ian until Sunday, as he spent Saturday working on a web project with an urgent deadline, and then he headed out to watch the Canucks game and do the whole male bonding thing. On Sunday, he came over mid-afternoon, and we finally got to spend some quality time together. Hanging out was interspersed with a wonderful leisurely birthday dinner for me at the Keg at the Station. We both had ourselves a nice big steak (Ian's was accompanied by half of a dungeness crab, which was fresh and local and a damn good price. I tried some of it and it actually wasn't too bad! I also tried some of Ian's calimari appetizer, and actually quite liked it.), shared a bottle of a rather lovely Quail's Gate pinot noir, and shared a slice of cheesecake to finish. Sadly he couldn't stay over, as he had to go home and continue pounding away at that web project, but the project should go live today and that will be the end of it for a while. And because he didn't stay over at all this weekend, next weekend he can spend the entire weekend and my PITA roommate can't complain.

This is actually Ian's last week on afternoon shift for a while... as of next Monday, he will be spending 6 weeks on dayshift. We are both rather looking forward to that. Although... I will apparently be getting a surprise visit sometime this week, as he is planning on coming over one day after work. I can hardly wait.

Happy Friday, everyone.

I'm having an issue, and I'm wondering if anyone else does this as well? I sometimes plan out LJ entries in my head, when I have things to post about but either am not at a computer or don't have the time to actually post right at that moment. Occasionally, I will get a post all written in my head and then completely end up forgetting to actually WRITE the post, and then I will think I posted but I didn't so when I go to reference that post in the future, it's not there.

Ok, yeah... I'm so not a blonde, but sometimes I act like one. /facepalm

Anyways, here's the post I wrote in my head a few weeks ago but apparently never actually posted:

My boyfriend is a very naughty boy. (I would say he's going to get a spanking, but... he'd probably like it).

Ian has an iPhone. It's his only phone, so he's always got it with him. He's got a data plan on it, and when we're out and about, he's quite fine with letting me use it to check things on the net. A few weeks ago, we were out having a late lunch at the Irish Heather in Gastown, and I borrowed his phone to check something on the web.

The iPhone uses Safari as its web browser, and apparently Safari saves the last webpage you were looking at when you close it down. I opened up Safari to do whatever it was I wanted to do, and the last page it was on? My LJ userinfo!

Now, I'm not mad or angry or anything. I mean, I'm the one who's made my LJ almost 100% public (and that was totally intentional), and in any case, the userinfo page is totally public as well, and I've mentioned Livejournal before in conversation with him, and he's smart enough to extrapolate what my username would be, considering it's the same pretty much everywhere. He might've told me instead of letting me find out how I did, but in any case, I can't be upset with him (and actually, his reaction to certain things in my userinfo was rather nice.) I just wanted to tell the story as it's good for a laugh, and tell him he's naughty! :)

I tried to get him onto LJ as well (heck, his mom and one of his sisters is already on here), but he resisted. Something tells me he probably checks in periodically to see what I've written, so when you see this Ian... I love you sweetie! <3

It looks like spring has finally sprung here in Vancouver! The past 2 days have been gorgeously sunny and I have the blinds in my office drawn all the way back to let the gorgeous rays in.

I am very tempted to take a blanket and a book after I get home, and go lie outside on the grass in my backyard to soak up some of the gorgeous sunshine, as who knows how long it will last for, considering Vancouver's schizophrenic weather.

I had a 4 day weekend last weekend, and it was wonderful. The boy worked a short shift on Friday, so he was able to come over while it was still light out, and we spent the whole weekend minus Monday (which he had to work) together. On Saturday night, we went to watch the first bout of the third season for the Terminal City Roller Girls, and then we spent Sunday afternoon at his sister's place, having an Easter chili dinner (so they're a little unconventional. I am starting to really adore his family actually, they're quite awesome).

Eeeeeeee 3 more hours til my sweetie's flight lands! He's been in Las Vegas all week on vacation, and I miss him something fierce. Of course, I'll still be at work at that point, but he's heading pretty much straight out here and will be either meeting me at work or coming to my house shortly thereafter.

I have a raid tonight, which I've been signed up for for a while now, and there are no healers who could sub in for me, so I will be attending that out of necessity. We just want to have some time together anyways, so I will be making a pretty simple dinner of caesar salad and cheese tortellini with pesto sauce tonight, so we can get lots of snuggle time in this afternoon before my raid.

Tomorrow night, we're going to be attending the Reik Felag viking group's annual pub night fundraiser, and Ian will get his first introduction to viking costume and my rowdy viking friends. I'm really looking forward to it.

And crappity crap crap, I just realized that the upcoming Terminal City Rollergirls bout is the same weekend I had planned to go visit my grandparents. Well, it's a good thing I hadn't run it past my grandparents yet, as I really want to go watch the bout. The trip to the island can wait an extra week or so.

Happy Friday everyone!