Update on the bucket list, Happy 4th, and today is a no pants no bra day

Happy Independence day to my American friends and Happy 4th to my international friends just because.

Today, I finally got that stupid paper finished. It's several hours late but I don't care. I find myself seriously bothered by the fact that I don't care and I think I am just ready to be done with school for awhile. Grad school is just going to have to wait for a bit, perhaps even longer than I intended for it t. I need some time. That being said, while I did look at my assignments this week, I am going to shut the computer down for a bit today and just sit pantless and braless, on the sofa. I might nap, I might read, I might watch anime or a movie, I might just sit and stare out the patio window while the birds and other various life forms run, hop, or fly around. I refuse to clean or do laundry or any more homework. 

I just need to relax for a bit. I over did it last weekend, week, and even this latest weekend and am truly and wholly paying for it. I'm even starting to get a little sick. 

My horrible aunt called me twice last week. I didn't answer because I didn't recognize either phone number from which she was calling. The 1st call was to tell me that she was in the hospital and was being treated for a blood clot in her lungs and that she'd been trying to get a hold of my mother for the last couple of days. Well, whether or not that was true, I wasn't up to playing her game, so I didn't return her call. I did, however, call my Dad and let him know so he could pass the message along to my Mom. Two days later, my aunt called again and left quite a long message stating that rehab couldn't give her what she needed, that she couldn't deal with my Mom, and that she wanted my Dad to give her injections. Also, and here is the best part, she didn't know what I had heard but that she has and will always love me and Amanda. That was when I deleted her message. I'm sorry, you don't get to tell your daughter that her best friend deserves AIDS because he is gay and then turn around and tell me, your niece, that you love me and my girlfriend when we live the same life style. Also, I've had it with how abominably she treats her daughter and my parents, especially my Mother. Actions have consequences bitch, it is time someone said enough is enough. I love my aunt and always will and it was really hard to cut her off, especially how family centered I am. However, I don't have to and refuse to put up with her shit anymore. Thankfully the people I care most about back home are finally starting to shut her out as well. 

Moving on to fun, happy stuff. I have an update to my Summer/Fall 2016 Bucket list.

1.Try Das Stein Haus I previously wrote about this, it was delicious. If anyone is ever on the North side of Spokane Wa, look up Das Stein Haus for authentic German food, you won't be disapointed. 

2.Silverwood with Amanda's Mom. Silverwood is always fun, lots of walking, but worth it. There's tons to see and do.

3.Stargazing (I actually want to do more and am going to break out my telescope one of these day)

4.Make Soap

I made soap. I will take it from the container today, cut it, and set it someplace safe to cure for the next 4-6 weeks. I really had fun doing it and would love to make some again, but I need to get some supplies of my own. Even though my friend was amazing and let me use a lot of her stuff, the next time I make soap, I want to use my own so I am not using up hers. This stuff is kind of expensive. 

5.See Lord Chaddum at Le Chateu Galunt on July 3rd (game) It was a good game. I had a lot of fun and my character drop kicked sulfur into a bunch of zombies and killed three. YAY! We are also looking at an online gig to play on for when we can't get together but can play for just an hour or so in our own respective homes. 

6. Get into the SCA (already started doing that- still a work in progress. However I do know that I am going to run two personas, one will be Viking- not sure which time period yet- and the other will be Chinese from around the 400s-600s, big time gap I know but I am narrowing it down. 

It occurs to me that a lot what is on my Summer/Fall 2016 Bucket List is geared more for the Fall months. So, I have been thinking about what else I can do during the summer, today. I may add more to my list and I may move some things, like some of my craft projects from the fall months into the summer months so they are ready for fall. I like this momentum I have and would very much like to keep it going. 

Knocked off my feet, half my weekend, and a paper

I'm supposed to be writing an analysis paper for my Modern War and Society class, but I'm trying to wake up and get my brain in gear to focus. I thought doing a blog would help me to do that.

My weekend officially started Wednesday night... Sort of. Amanda worked a 12 hour day that day. I don't remember what we had for dinner or what we even watched, just that we had dinner and watched a movie. Thursday was a bad day all around. We were going to look at and test drive a car and then go to Amanda's parents house, only that didn't happen. Amanda and I both had a freak out day. Granted my freak out was a little less than hers, but she's been working a lot lately and her doctor's appointment to get some medicine refiled was canceled. Of course this is her first time with our new doctor. However, they did get her an emergency supply.  There were some other things and Amanda thought I was mad at her, but I wasn't and I'm not, I'm sad/mad over and about the situation. 

Friday, we went to her parent's house. I saw and talked to my friend Felicia and got to see the kids for a few minutes. I haven't seen or even really talked with her for a couple of weeks. I feel bad about that, but I am just really kind of all over the place lately- as in, I can't seem to stay on the phone for more than a few minutes, I'm easily distracted, and just don't feel up to doing much of anything except laying on my sofa and zoning out to something mindless on netflix. Unfortunately I can't do that right now. 

Anyway back to Friday. We went to Lane Bryant. I remained in the car, listening to music for about an hour before Amanda and her Mom came out. Then we headed out to Silverwood. Silverwood is the largest theme park in the Northwest and is made up of two parts. One side is the amusement ride part and the other is the water park side. We went to both.

Here is the map. Now I am too fat to ride on a lot of rides and more than that, there are several that even if I wasn't too fat, I wouldn't get on if you paid me. Besides, my favorites are the Carousel and the train ride. I also really like the magic show and just being there. There's this Victorian, Old West Theme at the park and I love it! The magic show has a little more of a Steampunk flavor to it and it was rated as the best in the country. 

 As for the water park side, I did not float the lazy river this time, but I have before. I'm not a water slide person mostly because I don't do heights, but the wave pool is really fun! We went in the big one and I found that I am better off in the deeper end, mostly because of my back. In the shallow areas, I get pulled funny. Anyway, at one point I got knocked off my feet and was pushed back pretty far underwater. I didn't panic, but it was a little unsettling. I remember thinking, to get my feet under me again and then I would be okay. Then I wondered where Amanda was and she was right behind me, having been knocked off her feet as well. I looked at her and then headed back for more. We were in the wave pool for abut 4 rounds of waves. They run it for a cycle, let the people swim around and then start the waves up again. 

All in all it was really fun, but I will never go back in flip flops again. That was awful for my back. I was so slow and had to stop more times than I ever have before. It probably didn't help that I am out of my fibromyalgia medication at the moment and forgot to call it in, or that my back has been acting up, or that I wasn't feeling up to going to Silverwood in the first place but went because Amanda really wanted me to go with her, or well, that my period decided to kicked up that day. Then there is that I am fat and out of shape on top of it. I actually heard Cathy talking to Amanda behind me on the train ride about me using a walker next time. I don't think that would make it any easier because I would be bent over. I would try it if I thought it would help. Honestly, if there was something she wanted to do, she could have left me behind or had a meeting place set up. I am happy to just sit and people watch. Plus it gets me out of the throng of people. I don't like crowded places to begin with.

I did have fun, despite all the negatives of the day. I just kind of pushed those aside.  Plus, Amanda got me a bear. I named him Braxis. I don't know why, it just kind of popped into my head when I was about to go look for names.

 When we got back to her parents house, we had dinner and I pretty much crashed out in one of the recliners. Amanda did some laundry and I remember waking up long enough to switch recliners and turn the air conditioner on because it was hot.

Well, I don't know whether or not I am focused enough to write my paper but I am going to give it a go. I don't even really care what grade I get on the damned thing, which isn't really like me, but damn it, I am tired and ready to be done.