Good Sunday, food and busy schedules
Aug. 17th, 2003 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenAs summer Sundays go, I have to say this was a good one. There was Annika, of course (not that I've met her yet - probably sometime this week) but in general it wasn't bad.
Lunch today was soy marinated chicken kebobs with green and red peppers and red onions. I cooked that on my ol' buddy Sparky the Grill along with some corn and put some potato salad I bought at the store on the side. Won't be buying that potato salad again anytime soon.
I find that I like the whole grilling process now that I've tried it, but next year I think I'll definitely be making the investment in a bigger gas grill - assuming I don't do that this year by taking advantage of end of season sales. Sparky's already starting to rust out so he needs to be replaced anyway (not sure why a 20 dollar grill can't last the ages ;) ) and I'm finding that the fuss and bother of dealing with charcoal makes me reluctant to cook. I know taste-wise charcoal is supposed to be better, but honestly my folks have used gas grills for years and they work just fine if you ask me. I think I'd rather have a gas grill I can just fire up whenever I want so long as the tank is full and not have to worry about keeping briquettes in stock and whatnot.
Anyway, it was a good lunch, other than the potato salad, and it was soon followed by an afternoon thunderstorm which made the rain pour down and turned everything fresh. I was able to turn my ACs off and open up all the windows, and they're still open right now. So - neat.
Got a few chores done today as well. The only one on the docket that didn't get done was bill paying, because I don't want to touch that until the Sprint thing is handled and I know how much I'll be paying on that one. I tried to call Sprint yet again but now their system's so screwed up that I can't get past the first menu. I select an option, get told "Okay, hang on while I connect you" and then I get sent right back to the first menu again. So I've decided to hold off on that until tomorrow morning. In the meanwhile my phone's still working so I guess they're giving me a grace period or something.
Dinner tonight was BLT bowties, a pasta dish with farfalle, diced tomatoes, green onions, bacon, arugala, parmesan and basil. This one was extra fun to make because I got to use the basil I've been growing out on my porch. I have to admit it's neat to think you can make something out of something you've grown. Oh - speaking of which, I had my first tomato last night too. Very tasty. Now if all the other ones would just turn red.
The whole herb thing has me somewhat sad though. I've got rosemary that hasn't even grown enough to be used, thyme that's just going to waste, and lavendar that's just getting started. I think in an ideal universe I'd be bringing all that indoors over the winter, but I have no idea if the plants would survive anywhere in my house. All of the windows are right above radiators - nevermind being in potential reach of the cats. Something to think about.
Anyway, between having a BBQ, the rain, being productive, a my own basil meal and the new kid, I have to say this was a good summer day.
So that's that. Now I move on to talking about why I'm busy and probably not doing a lot of stuff that y'all would like me to do:
I have to admit I've got a case of the guilts because I know I've got a lot of stuff pending. There's Epiphany stuff, there's other stories, there's essays I said I would write and basically a ton of stuff that I've indicated that I would do either sometime soon or at some point during the summer, and so far I haven't done them yet.
To which I have to say I do feel bad. I don't like not keeping my word - even if it's an implied word like "I'll get the next Epiphany out sometime reasonably soon". So first off I do want to say I'm sorry about that.
That being said, I do want to explain I'm not doing it on purpose. Basically I've got a lot of stuff going on IRL. There's family stuff, there's work stuff - now with two jobs, not just one - and there's honestly just a lot of things going on. So while I do feel bad, I'd like to at least make it clear though: this isn't my ideal choice either.
I'm not doing it to be flakey, or ignore people or whatever. I know it may feel like that when I don't talk about it much, but the thing of it is sometimes I'm a private person. There are some things I don't get into big conversations about. I just do my thing.
And it's not that I blame people if they think I'm being flakey with my tastes. I mean I bang out posts in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
btvsatsrpsrpg but I can't finish a single story? If I was on the outside I'd probably assume that I'd just hopped on the latest new fun thing and didn't care about the old stuff falling by the wayside.
But here's the thing - my schedule right now has me very stressed. There really are few moments I can grab onto right now which allow me a moment to relax. Usually if I try it's at the expense of something else. So, me being me, I tend not to do it.
The new RPG, angsty though it is, doesn't require huge chunks of my time. I can dash in, read a post, do a tag in 3 seconds and dash off to something else again. This is a big difference from a story that tends to need at least 3 hours of my time. Moreover, the new RPG doesn't require work from me. It's all chaos and fun, so I can just do my posts and not have to worry about them in and of themselves.
So the new RPG is pretty much all I've got right now by way of stress relief, which is why it's getting some of my time. It can also be done while I'm working both of my jobs, which is another reason why it's getting my time.
Like I say, I am sorry about all the stuff I haven't gotten to yet. I want to get to it, believe me. I want to finish Strategy and Cat & Mouse and do another Epiphany story and write those essays for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zyre and do a s4 Angel wrap-up and the "what is slash?" essay and edit the stuff I said I'd edit and co-write the stuff I said I'd co-write and so on and so forth but this stuff is going to take time. It'll get done, but maybe not on the same fast schedule that I had before.
In the meanwhile if everyone could just remember that it's nothing personal, I would appreciate it. It's been a little frustrating for me to try to explain to people that I'm busy only to have it be taken as a slight against them or something. It's not, honest. It's just that I've got other responsibilities. Not that I don't love fandom and my friends, but being able to do quirky stuff like pay for my food, shelter and medical bills unfortunately has to come first. ;)
And with that, I scamper off to take a shower.
PS:butterfly? If you could send me an email that would be spiffy. I've tried emailing you a couple of times but I'm not sure any of the letters have gone through. Thanks!
Lunch today was soy marinated chicken kebobs with green and red peppers and red onions. I cooked that on my ol' buddy Sparky the Grill along with some corn and put some potato salad I bought at the store on the side. Won't be buying that potato salad again anytime soon.
I find that I like the whole grilling process now that I've tried it, but next year I think I'll definitely be making the investment in a bigger gas grill - assuming I don't do that this year by taking advantage of end of season sales. Sparky's already starting to rust out so he needs to be replaced anyway (not sure why a 20 dollar grill can't last the ages ;) ) and I'm finding that the fuss and bother of dealing with charcoal makes me reluctant to cook. I know taste-wise charcoal is supposed to be better, but honestly my folks have used gas grills for years and they work just fine if you ask me. I think I'd rather have a gas grill I can just fire up whenever I want so long as the tank is full and not have to worry about keeping briquettes in stock and whatnot.
Anyway, it was a good lunch, other than the potato salad, and it was soon followed by an afternoon thunderstorm which made the rain pour down and turned everything fresh. I was able to turn my ACs off and open up all the windows, and they're still open right now. So - neat.
Got a few chores done today as well. The only one on the docket that didn't get done was bill paying, because I don't want to touch that until the Sprint thing is handled and I know how much I'll be paying on that one. I tried to call Sprint yet again but now their system's so screwed up that I can't get past the first menu. I select an option, get told "Okay, hang on while I connect you" and then I get sent right back to the first menu again. So I've decided to hold off on that until tomorrow morning. In the meanwhile my phone's still working so I guess they're giving me a grace period or something.
Dinner tonight was BLT bowties, a pasta dish with farfalle, diced tomatoes, green onions, bacon, arugala, parmesan and basil. This one was extra fun to make because I got to use the basil I've been growing out on my porch. I have to admit it's neat to think you can make something out of something you've grown. Oh - speaking of which, I had my first tomato last night too. Very tasty. Now if all the other ones would just turn red.
The whole herb thing has me somewhat sad though. I've got rosemary that hasn't even grown enough to be used, thyme that's just going to waste, and lavendar that's just getting started. I think in an ideal universe I'd be bringing all that indoors over the winter, but I have no idea if the plants would survive anywhere in my house. All of the windows are right above radiators - nevermind being in potential reach of the cats. Something to think about.
Anyway, between having a BBQ, the rain, being productive, a my own basil meal and the new kid, I have to say this was a good summer day.
So that's that. Now I move on to talking about why I'm busy and probably not doing a lot of stuff that y'all would like me to do:
I have to admit I've got a case of the guilts because I know I've got a lot of stuff pending. There's Epiphany stuff, there's other stories, there's essays I said I would write and basically a ton of stuff that I've indicated that I would do either sometime soon or at some point during the summer, and so far I haven't done them yet.
To which I have to say I do feel bad. I don't like not keeping my word - even if it's an implied word like "I'll get the next Epiphany out sometime reasonably soon". So first off I do want to say I'm sorry about that.
That being said, I do want to explain I'm not doing it on purpose. Basically I've got a lot of stuff going on IRL. There's family stuff, there's work stuff - now with two jobs, not just one - and there's honestly just a lot of things going on. So while I do feel bad, I'd like to at least make it clear though: this isn't my ideal choice either.
I'm not doing it to be flakey, or ignore people or whatever. I know it may feel like that when I don't talk about it much, but the thing of it is sometimes I'm a private person. There are some things I don't get into big conversations about. I just do my thing.
And it's not that I blame people if they think I'm being flakey with my tastes. I mean I bang out posts in
btvsatsrpsrpg but I can't finish a single story? If I was on the outside I'd probably assume that I'd just hopped on the latest new fun thing and didn't care about the old stuff falling by the wayside.But here's the thing - my schedule right now has me very stressed. There really are few moments I can grab onto right now which allow me a moment to relax. Usually if I try it's at the expense of something else. So, me being me, I tend not to do it.
The new RPG, angsty though it is, doesn't require huge chunks of my time. I can dash in, read a post, do a tag in 3 seconds and dash off to something else again. This is a big difference from a story that tends to need at least 3 hours of my time. Moreover, the new RPG doesn't require work from me. It's all chaos and fun, so I can just do my posts and not have to worry about them in and of themselves.
So the new RPG is pretty much all I've got right now by way of stress relief, which is why it's getting some of my time. It can also be done while I'm working both of my jobs, which is another reason why it's getting my time.
Like I say, I am sorry about all the stuff I haven't gotten to yet. I want to get to it, believe me. I want to finish Strategy and Cat & Mouse and do another Epiphany story and write those essays for
zyre and do a s4 Angel wrap-up and the "what is slash?" essay and edit the stuff I said I'd edit and co-write the stuff I said I'd co-write and so on and so forth but this stuff is going to take time. It'll get done, but maybe not on the same fast schedule that I had before. In the meanwhile if everyone could just remember that it's nothing personal, I would appreciate it. It's been a little frustrating for me to try to explain to people that I'm busy only to have it be taken as a slight against them or something. It's not, honest. It's just that I've got other responsibilities. Not that I don't love fandom and my friends, but being able to do quirky stuff like pay for my food, shelter and medical bills unfortunately has to come first. ;)
And with that, I scamper off to take a shower.
PS:
butterfly? If you could send me an email that would be spiffy. I've tried emailing you a couple of times but I'm not sure any of the letters have gone through. Thanks!