The Sweet & Sour Week
It’s a been a week of Sweet and Sour; Good and Bad. The Universe always offers us a balance. Its been a relatively good week despite the grey gloomy weather and being indoors and then bad news struck on the Sunniest day of the week.
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The Sweet: Playing with the Cricut
The week started well. The Princess brought over her Cricut so I could play. She bought it last year, right after she and Prince Charming got engaged. She had high hopes. Her plan was to save money on her bougie-over-the-top wedding by making the invitations and all the gifts and signs and decorations. What she didn’t factor in was the learning curve. There is a definite learning curve.
I never wanted a cricut until I played with hers. I looked into them when they first came out and I figured everything they could do, I could do by hand, albeit, not as clean or quick but at that price tag… No thanks.
After playing for a few days, I think it’s well worth the money.
She showed me how to cut vinyl and then I taught myself how to cut other svg and png files.
I wanted to make my own planner stickers. That of course sent me down the rabbit hole of making my own svg files and learning to use Inkscape. I’m still working on it.
Once I was sufficiently excited and sharing my work with the Princess, she threw in some disclaimers. If I could figure out how to make invitations, she would be super excited. It’s the primary reason she bought it and also the one thing she couldn’t figure out.
So I’ll be working on that in the next few days.
The Sour: Dark & Twisty’s Newest Obsession
Dark&Twisty finally sparked an interest in working for me. I’ve been trying to get her to draw me a few characters for fun. Once she realized I could make stickers she got busy on her own designs. They turned out beautifully.
Now I have leverage. If she wants more, she’ll have to pay me in drawings! Mwahahah!
well, what am I supposed to do? Cash incentives didn’t work, it has little value if you never leave the house
Dark & Twisty has a new interest. She and her friends are now playing Danganronpa. They get together on live calls and get all worked up over this weird murder mystery game. (I’m not surprised, I myself, have an obsession with murder mysteries.)
Apparently, they’ve actually cried when their favorite characters are executed for crimes. Dark&Twisty has become the emotional support friend, encouraging her BFF when she gets stressed out. I find it reassuring that she can honestly tell people they’re “awesome” and they “Can do this”.
Sarcasm and cynicism runs deep in that one and I’m happy to see my positive influence comes through in the ‘real world” (if online gaming platforms could be considered ‘real world’)
They spent 7 very loud hours playing the first chapter and decided that it was going to have to be a weekend thing. It was emotionally draining and physically exhausting. I’m glad they decided on that themselves. One less argument for me.
The Very Good: Peter Pan’s success
I’m not the only one with exciting news. Peter Pan was able to buy a new car – at 0% interest with NO co-signer! It helps that he works at a car dealership with his brother, Lucky. They’re both salesmen.
He’d been driving a car his dad co-signed for him. It was a nice car that his dad insisted on buying. Part of it was guilt. The Idiot bought the other two (Lucky and the Princess) their first cars but couldn’t swing it financially when Peter Pan needed one. The other part was an ugly break up with a girl he’d co-signed for. He kept the car because he’d been making the payments and no longer wanted a car with her name on the title.
It worked out well for Peter Pan at the time, but now he’s older, wiser and has a stronger credit history. He jumped at the chance to get a car without his fathers name attached.
I had to point out
“For someone who didn’t ever want to grow up, you sure are adulting well for a 22 year old.”
He flashed that cheesy little kid grin.
The Silly: The Teddy Bear
I also got to spend time with the Teddy Bear. He is 2 years younger and 2 inches taller than the Padawan. He’s a big kid… but sweet as hell. He and the Padawan bounce between being best friends and arch enemies.
I babysat him for a few months when he was 1. He and my brother live with my dad. My dad takes care of him while my brother works but my dad had a health scare back then and couldn’t.
Since then, I try to keep him overnight at least one night a month, especially since Covid started. They opted for distance learning and he doesn’t get to be around other kids anymore. Also, my dad needs a break.
He hasn’t been here since July and was really sad to find out that we took the pool down. He brought his swimming trunks. Papa let him. It was 65 degrees out. Ya…
Surprisingly, I still got to sleep in this morning. Sunday is the only day I can but the Teddy Bear doesn’t.
Ever.
By 9 o’clock, the Renaissance Man was waking me up because he couldn’t handle any more reenactments of Super Mario Brothers. I’m sorry I missed it, I love playing pretend. I totally would’ve played Princess Peach.
The Stressful: The Renaissance Man’s Revelation
The Renaissance Man had a revelation this week. We have a game plan for moving. By next month, we’re supposed to actually talk to mortgage brokers to get a number and make sure everything from our financially shady past has been cleared. We expect to start looking for our ‘farm’ after the holidays and hopefully be moving by spring.
This was my game plan a year ago and we’re still on track.
As each week passes, its becoming more and more real. The Renaissance Man sits down with me this morning. “I’ve been thinking. We’re going to have to get a storage locker before we move.”
I don’t have a problem with that. We did it before we moved here and it makes the moving process a lot easier. We can pack away everything we don’t use on a daily basis and then when its time to move we have less stuff to pack. After we’ve settled in the new house we can empty the storage unit on our own time. Yes, it costs money but it was worth it.
I’m not exactly sure why he’s bring this up now and he explained that it was because he just realized how much stuff is in the garage. He had that look on his face, a little scared and a little surprised which really just equals overwhelmed.
I reassured him we’d be fine. “Do you want me to break it down to systems? Clean, purge, pack. Section by Section. We’ve done this before.”
He said no but I’m totally doing it anyway.
The Sad: Mom’s Sad News.
Sometimes, shit happens too quick.
My mom’s husband passed away Sunday afternoon. A week ago, they were home from the hospital with a canister of oxygen and waiting for test results.
Last Wednesday he got the tests back, the bone biopsy showed stage 4 cancer. On Friday they took him back to the hospital because he couldn’t breath well. They tested him for Covid-19 but it came back negative.
Sunday morning his heart stopped but they brought him back and then later in the afternoon, 10 minutes after the nurse was in to help him to the bathroom, his vitals dropped and he coded again. They couldn’t get his heart started again.
We may never know what the problem was.
My mom’s in shock, to say the least. I know the cancer diagnosis was horrible but I was hoping it would give them time. At least enough time for my mom to get a grasp on things; a chance to say goodbye. She was still reeling from the diagnosis.
Even though I had no emotional connection to her husband, I’m a little upset by all this too. I’ve decided I need some comfort and a happy ending. I’m going to go watch Practical Magic now.
I wish you all health and peace. Wash your hands, eat your vegetables, wear a mask in public and Hug your loved ones. Life is full of good and bad; with the sweet comes the sour.
