Someone sent this video to me. The woman depicted in it is a dead ringer for the woman who bought (and complained and returned) a play kitchen to me today. It's a little spooky how much the woman in the video resembles her, in so many ways. That must mean there is more than one out there. *shudder and hide*

Winter Break continued

I'm still really upset about Erin and the kitchen. Jason worked really hard at trying to help me cheer up today by taking me to the mall to walk around, to Sephora to play with makeup, to Maggiano's for lunch and to jewelry stores to try on engagement rings. He's so great. He just left for the grocery store, to get some cheeses and crackers and wine for dinner. Did I mention how great he is?

We had a good Christmas. Ate hibachi, opened presents and went to bed late, then slept late Christmas day and played games like Yahtzee. We asked everyone for gift cards for restaurants, so we have been eating like kings lately. I love to cook but when I'm tired, stressed or in a bad mood I can't cook. So we have eaten out at least four times in the past three days. I also got some clothes, a digital picture frame, a Dewalt drill bill set (really needed this), some journals and really fuzzy comfy socks.

I'm excited about the Spring semester starting at school. Starts in 16 days. Once again, all of the science classes I wanted to take were full when I registered, so I'm taking something completely unrelated, Carpentry. I'm happy about it but I'm feeling a little like a slacker because it's not towards my Biology major. Oh well, maybe this is my equivalent of a teenager's summer in Europe.

Winter break update

Since Dec. 10th, I haven't had much of a life outside of kitchens and work. Since then, I made four kitchens, all from scratch, from luan, 2 X 4s and 1 X 2s. Everyone has been happy with their purchase until today, when a completely unreasonable woman named Erin decided to take her holiday stress out on me. It put me in a bad mood, and I'm sulking a bit, but Jason is taking me out to dinner and I will feel better in a bit.

I sacrificed so much to get all of my kitchens done. I don't have any decorations up, no tree, no holiday cards went out, and no baking done. No dinner planned. And it chaps my ass that this woman Erin has decided to be a completely unreasonable person. I busted my ass to get her kitchen done and the thanks I get is that she's not happy with it. It's the same quality of every other kitchen I've made, but she is not happy and nothing I can do will make her happy. After 30 minutes of her berating me over the phone, I told her to bring it back and I would refund her money. She was so defensive she threatened to stop payment on the check. I told her she didn't need to do that; I wouldn't deposit it. I'm really upset about it.

But we're going to dinner. Merry Christmas.

Winter Break

3 weeks off from school. I'm going to try to get some exercise each day, build kitchens, work on the EcoBox (I'm building the kitchen inside of it), relax and read.

I'm pretty sure I'm getting B's in both classes. I could have gotten A's but I got lazy toward the end of the semester, something I always do. I'm ready for Christmas. My mom is coming next week for three days, and we're going to see the Biltmore House up in Asheville.

Tonight I'm showing off a kitchen at the Berewick Sip and Shop. This afternoon I'm making cookies for the event and writing www.betterplaykitchens.com on wooden spoons for takeaways. I'm booked up for Christmas but I'm hoping to get some orders for next year.

Right now, it's back to working on kitchens.

School

I have finished all of my homework and take-at-home quizzes for Statistics.

I have turned in all of my assignments for Geography.

I have one test left, in Statistics, this Thursday.

Two words: woot woot.

Friends

I love my friends.

Last night Bitsy and Dan hosted their annual Fais Do Do at their house. There was no dancing, thankfully. I got to see all of my favorite people (and some of my not so favorite people, but it's the holidays so whatever), try out a balance board game, which I'm going to ask my dad to get me for Christmas, and sing in a Rock Band. I do not sing and don't pretend like I can. My singing is even worse than my dancing. So I never ever sing, not even in the car by myself. My singing voice is just so bad and off tune it hurts my own ears. If I were to go to church, I would probably be kicked out during the opening hymn.

But I felt comfortable last night, and I sang. In front of people! It was great fun. My friend Jen and I sang duets most of the night, to songs that weren't duets, like Billy Joel and Gwen Stefani tunes, but whatever. People took turns playing the guitar, bass and drums. People in their 30s playing Rock Band. It was awesome. Had a blast. The most fun I've had since the last time I saw my friends. We stayed well past my 10pm bedtime but it was worth every lost minute of sleep. I love my friends.

The hold music for GoDaddy is stupid

I liked it the first three hours I sat on hold over the last two days. Tonight, after two long calls to customer service, I'm over the uber-upbeat swingy tunes. Just fix my web site, dammit, so I don't have to call back.

Here is the site I'm talking about.

Oh wait, you can't see it, because GoDaddy is having server issues. So all that work I put in at 3am yesterday was for naught. Grrrrr. I have been told the issue should be resolved in 72 hours. Maybe I can sleep until then.

Sleep deprived

I'm a worker. I can't sit still. I need something to do, always. Read, walk, research or try to fall asleep, I'm always on a mission. Today I think I finally wore myself out. Woke up at 1230am, got online, created a new web site. 3am cooked eggs, bacon and a bagel. 4am went to bed. Tossed and turned. 7am got up. Worked on kitchens and web site all day. Now it's 9 and I feel a little like what a zombie might feel like. Time for sleep, soon, at 10. I'm forcing myself to stay up so that maybe I can sleep the whole night through. It will be the second night I've slept through the night in almost nine months. I'm being optimistic. Pray people, pray.