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well, to be perfectly frank, how bad could it be. i'm sitting three feet from the terribly handsome (and equally silly) ken sitton who is amusing chris and brett by letting them beat him badly in magic. i started my day with a nice walk downtown with luna and george*. chris met us at the coffee shop after he got off work, and then we went down to say hi to his folks who were working at the theatre for super saturday, which is a big children's festival. we ran into kat, molly, risa and the twinks - lena and anna. since they were there, and the entertainment looked good, we decided to hang out a bit. we saw a great mime**, and then while everybody else went to an improv show, i did a big mural on the street in sidewalk, of a GIANT child peering through the bushes (along with a bad tabby cat), in awe of fairies (the size of children) at play. we had a hotdog, watched the "parade"***, then went home. chris slept and i worked a little, then i got a call to come and rescue a friend with DMS**** chris hauled us all over to fairview, and they played cards while i KoL'd, checked e's and blogged a little (ta-da!)
this was my first day to be able to walk comfortably since i sprained my ankle two weeks ago, so i took advantage of it. my body hurt when i walked, because i'm not used to being hobbled for so long, but i am going to walk every day 'til i go back to YKW, because i NEED to, and because i love it. i'm working some this week and next week (pet and baby sitting), so i am making up some of the income i'm losing. i've designed some more nice jewelry, i got to talk to jams for a good long while, we've written another, much tighter show, and we start rehearsals for wednesday tomorrow. yay. there's some good stuff.
i'm happy to say that, for the most part, this has been my life for the last two weeks. god, i don't want to go back into the pits. i've only had ONE asthma attack since i left... i've made a lot of change in the house. my workroom is set up, the living room is much nicer (both thanks to chris, who moved everything for me). i've visited with friends, watched some movies, cooked a little... AND SAW ADAM(!!!), who is home on leave from iraq. he surprised chris and i on our veg-out day last thursday! we(shaun and gavin came over too) had a blast. no one was injured in the celebration, but jager-bombs (a foul combo of jagermeister and red bull) were consumed. yesh. well, it was worth it. there's still more to do, more to see, less than two weeks left. i intend to make the most of it, dadgummit. :)

i only had a moment to drop in, but i wanted to fill folks in while i had a pc available. think me good thoughts. i need them. i will send them on in a big, wide circle, they'll come back to you.
MUCH love,
-s

*i put him in his little mesh tote and carried him on my back.
**believe it or not!
***there were about 20 people marching - including the band. molly said you couldn't even enjoy that parade if you were DRUNK!
****Dickhead Man Syndrome.