I was out running errands (buying yarn for mary’s baby blanket, teddy bears, pink bunnies, and a crocheted version of Boots from Dora the explorer and also buying something for dinner) and I noticed a weird pinching sensation in my pants.
a weird pinching sensation IN my pants, kind of under my butt.
So I do what any normal minnesotan does, i surrepticiously check to make sure my pants aren’t ripped in some weird way and then ignore it and go on with my business.
I get home, visit the restroom and discover the problem. Earlier in the evening I’d been in the bathroom making music and chewing gum. My gum was old and without flavor so I tossed it in the toilet, or so I presumed it was my toilet. I had, in fact, tossed it in my pants and then sat on it, drove around on it, purchased yarn with it and cunfused the dude at Panera on it.
Does anyone have any tips on how to removed completely smashed in gum from the inside of jeans?

post vacation depression.
It’s pretty damned hard to sit in front of a pile of invoices and try to get them paid when all you really want to do is try to figure out how you can spend the rest of your life snorkeling and eating beignets.

I am still not sure why I did it, but I did and while I don’t necessarily regret doing it, i do acknowledge it was not the best course of action for me to take.
I started my morning with my 4 shot americano like i do every morning. I finished it about the time we headed out for lunch. on the way back, Levi was in the mood for coffee so we stopped at the Spyhouse. Last time we were there I bought him a coffee so this time he bought me a coffee. I got the ‘spychaser’ a lovely drink described as “4 shots of espresso, chocolate and cold press coffee over ice’.
What the beelzefuck what I thinking? What? tell me! tell me what I was thinking.
I was so wired this afternoon I was going crazy. I kept things moderately in check until my boss left, then things devolved to the point where Anna and I were physically wrestling over a book of matches and she ended up covered in water (I won because I fight dirty and have no problem with drooling on her arm).
A vendor called to set up a shipping date for something we ordered and she and I ended up all ‘BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH’ at each other.
I almost hugged the semi-amish lady in front of me at the grocery store. She was so funny and nice and talkative. I was so in love with her and I didn’t know why. I wanted to tell her how much I appreciated the wholesome choices she’d made and an how important it was for everyone to just step back and not let technology take over our lives. Then I realized that as charming as she was she probably didn’t want a hug from a sweaty purple haired weeble who was blathering on about things that just didn’t make any sense at all. Mostly we talked about crocheting and the cost of salamis.
Okay, now I have to do dishes and clean the fridge and do laundry!

Man, what the hell happened to turn the world on end? everything is wrong, so very very wrong.
Why is it that I am sitting at lunch with my coworkers and I’m telling them about the bag I’m crocheting and one of them tells us about the free show his stripper girlfriend and her coworker put on for him the night before. How did this happen? How did roles change so much?
whatever, I’m gonna post this and crochet a purse for a little canadian girl.

Okay, so my iPod got stolen today, I’ve had a headache and a handache and I had to wrap my brain around painfully complex accounting problems. Today, not such a good day…
This evening, however, was completely different. I went to Owens, we ate cheap chinese food and I have a lavender head with a violet fauxhawk running down the middle. New hair will make anyone feel better, and I especially love going to Owen’s because I leave there feeling beautiful, not beautiful in a model kind of way but beautiful on my own terms. Beautiful with purple hair and a pound of confidence.
Also, I got to meet Chica, the coolest chow-chow on the planet. She was so sweet!
Okay, it’s late, I’m off to bed.
ps if you would like me to make a bunny, teddy bear or stuffed doll for a christmas gift for you to give to someone, please let me know ASAP. I have a lot of crochet projects between now and the end of the year and I need to plan ahead.