State of the Neko address: week 7, part 2

song+ Feelin' Good- Michael Buble-
book+ FFXIII strategy guide
scent+ something Kyu ate.. :P
quest+ saving to visit Roro
upper+ i'm feeling creative again
downer+ well obviously..
attire+ pajamas (yay naps!)
drink+ milk!

Wolfie had a heart attack late late Wednesday night. he was rushed to the hospital at like 11 something. we called Nate to drive us (me, Kyu and Susie) up to meet him at MCA. they kept him overnight for observation, then let him go with no conclusion. saying he should visit his cardiologist to see if anything can be determined. we (me and Kyu) made it home at about 2 am. loooong night. because of the not being able to sleep well, we both stayed home from work and slept all day yesterday (Thursday). i was cleaning the bedroom when i got the “quick! Wolfie's just collapsed!” call, so after making it home, i had to clean up after the cleaning to clear off the bed enough to sleep for the few hours until our alarm went off and we could call in to work. i did try to go in, but i tripped heading down the stairs and whacked my head on the wall when i forgot the staricase turned. X.x i pretty much realized if i couldn't successfully navigate a staircase i use multiple times a day, the odds of making it safely through the workday were slim.

Moose and i finally got around to redoing my hair color, so no more inch and a half of dark roots against faded green. xD huzzah! i also chopped it to about half as short, summer's a good time for minor makeovers, i think. I left it long enough for a ponytail or braids because wearing my hair down drives me nuts. xD

going to grandpa's for Uncle Bill's birthday is still on for Saturday, and i'm still heading to Scarbie, but i'm not sure where Susie stands. understandably, she may choose to stay home with Wolfie. if so, i'll totally get it and we can reschedule our going-together day. i did finally find my costume though, during the cleaning. i still need to buy some new pieces, but i have the bulk of it found.. i need a new belt. my old one's too small, and my bigger one's falling apart, and my every day belt is WAY not even close to historically accurate. xD it'll work this weekend, but before long i want a better matching one. i also want a new tunic and underskirt. the ones i have now got screwed up in one of the moves we've had, so that's my goal for this weekend. that and souvenirs of Susie's first visit, if she chooses to go. my weekend budget has some wiggle room, but it's more or less split 50% costuming, 25% food, 25% fun shiny things. xD if Susie doesn't go, i'm sure i'll rope someone else into it with relative ease. i'm pretty good at guilt-inducing wheedling, but i try not to abuse it. after all, with great power comes great responsibility. xD

anything i don't spend this weekend will go either to my visiting-Roro fund (which i accidentally emptied a few times- oops..) or toward making my dryad costume/ James's cloak. i'm very close to having a tiny version of my own current gypsy-in-progress costume for FaithAnn, so i'm probably gonna work on that tonight and at Grandpa's tomorrow so it's ready to go Sunday. *spazzy happy dance* i think it'll be totally fun to have tiny versions of my own costumes for her whenever i go. xD i have her underskirt and blouse already, so i just need to make a corset and over skirt for her and we're good. also a belt and some accessories, but that'll be fun finishing work. ooh also flip flops! xD for me, they're a Scarbie staple! because historically accurate shoes are ugly and look uncomfortable. i wonder if a hip scarf would be a better addition than a new belt. it could still anchor a purse/pouch/bag and also be more versatile for costuming options. and more fun to shink to doll scale! imagine tiny gold/silver beads to emulate the coin trim. i do want more options than just the standard switching out a skirt, blouse, or corset. i figure if i have my gypsy pieces for now, and my dryad costume, it'll give me a few choices to go between while i figure out what else i wanna do next. more accessories will also expand my options, but i like what i have for now, so i'm not in a huge rush to buy more dead weight for my hips. xD toward the end of any given faire day, that's how i feel about my costume parts. though that really depends on how the day goes, the weather, and the company.

i think now that i'm older and working (therefore unable to spend hours upon hours at the pool) faire season is the best part of summer or spring. it's especially nice since spending any time at all at the pool is kinda impossible. Willows had a great pool, and they opened it as early as could possibly be expected, but since we moved, i haven't seen an open apartment pool. maybe the new place will have a better track record, but i'm not desperately hoping for it or anything. last time i went swimming at all was actually a few years ago when i paid to get me and Moose into the pool at Vandergriff park. we had SO much fun being spazzy losers that day. xD i do miss swimming, but again, it just hasn't been worth pursuing for a while now. I'm only free on weekends, and there's usually other things i'd like to do, plus a complete lack of convenience.

but yeah, tonight and tomorrow, my keeping-entertained project will be making FaithAnn a costume to match mine. it should be pretty awesome when i'm done with it. i'm trying to cobble together a list mentally of everything i'll need to take with me to get it done at Grandpa's tomorrow.. i'd hate to forget one thing and be stuck trying to finish it in the car on the way out or something. xD that would suck so much. i can already imagine wretched carsickness resulting from it too. so yeah, preparedness is the name of the game!