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On Friday I was having one of those really introverted nights. So I stayed home and watched GI Jane (and was kind of impressed by it, actually; I didn't expect much) and had alone time, instead of going to the National Poetry Slam semi-finals. I am sad that I missed ALL of the NPS happening right near me; it's stupid that I did. If I'd had foreknowledge of my introversion I would have gone to an earlier round, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Anyway, azure_armand went and was cultured for the both of us. Eventually I was sufficiently cocooned to go and check out omaha's photos, on exhibit in nearby Echo Arts (it used to be Peach but appears to have changed its name). That was lovely.

Saturday, fayde came over. We were, in theory, both working on creative projects. My "creative project" ended up being hanging stuff up on our walls that we'd been meaning to do for months. We made a sort-of-headboard for our bed with some rounded-square mirrors from Ikea and some other stuff made to be the same size and shape. I like it. Perhaps I should take a picture instead of trying to describe it. Anyway, we hung up a lot of art and framed some things and hung them. And in the process, we cleaned up a lot. Our place is looking really good; we both hope we can keep it that way.

Then we threw a mostly surprise, last-minute party for s4's birthday. Mostly surprise, because he didn't know about it until about 2 PM the day of the party. But then I had to spoil the surprise because it was important to make sure that he actually attend... although I'm sure we could have celebrated his birthday without him. We made and wore a variety of tinfoil hats (and omaha took pictures); no one remembers the provenance of this or why it's an in-joke. But now it is!

Sunday morning the lovely alisgray and her equally lovely fella joined us for a bit of Farmer's Market and breakfast. This required us to get up earlier than any of us really wanted to, but it was worth it.
Then I went and had a conversation with the president of the co-op, since I'm going to be on the board for a few months as Treasurer (as I mentioned in an earlier post). So that was a couple of hours, and honestly by the end of it I felt a little stressed out. I came home and thankfully, rather than just continue to feel stressed out, decided to go to the beach, where I could read the coop stuff I needed to read, but also could jump in the lake and sit in the sun. And star5, alisgray, J, dangerdhotrod, & R were all game for the beach, also. So that was good. It helped me be much calmer by the time the full Board meeting happened at 7. That went for a few hours, and then we went out for a late dinner at the Chatterbox with spacebug & s4.

So that was my weekend. Generally, it was good: I am healthy, I got stuff done, I spent time with friends, I played outside, I saw a little art, I contributed to my coop. But I am sad that I didn't get to the NPS, that I haven't seen any Fringe shows yet, and that we didn't make it to the Uptown art fair. And I didn't get to go to minnehaha K's swimming hole; the timing was just slightly off.

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Today I am drinking coffee for the first time in two or three weeks. I am really enjoying it, but hope I don't end up with the over-caffeination jitters and anxiety I am sometimes prone to.

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And I am making headway, sort of, on my CMS project for work. I am disappointed that I have basically been forbidden from Drupal but think I can make the other solution work for us - better than my current situation, by a long shot, anyway.

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In the midst of my busy life and my little work and lofts concerns and stresses, I have also been pausing recently to think of some friends who are going through some very tough things. One friend recently lost a sibling, and I can't comprehend how that must be. Another pair of friends are facing the end bravely; again, something that is in most ways beyond my comprehension. I hope they have the strength and grace to deal with those things.