My Chaotic Realm

Well, last posted on a Friday....seeing a pattern there? Friday is "Loose Ends Day" around here, and then I can catch up on other stuff. :=) This weeks PS class was on OBEs, astral projection, things of that nature. Interesting...Spirit is also taking class & is a bit more advanced in that area. I had no luck in class with it, am working more out of class with the techniques. I KNOW I can do it, it is the conscious control that I suck at. Patience is required, it seems...not my forte! Great Summer Solstice ritual last night... the altar was just LUSH & GORGEOUS. I even took pics, but will have to stay tuned as it was late & they are still on camera card. Every night this week has been go go go go. Between Sunday's trip to the IMAX for "Mummies:Secrets of the Pharaohs" to the sabbat planning meeting, psychic skills class, esbat planning meeting, the actual Sabbat...argh!! And, to add to the pile, I signed up for a class by Sage Maurer @ the Gaia ...

well...after being GUARANTEED a Monday through Friday 1st shift with the company, Spirit is getting shafted for the rest of June. Seven years with a company, you think you'd get told the truth!? Personnel manager & Spirit went over classes being taken, reasons for the premo shift, senority, etc.... but since the PM is not there today, the shift supervisor claims to know nothing about the promises made pertaining to scheduling. Keep in mind, Spirit has already worked overtime this week in the Monday thru Friday schedule. And is scheduled for same OT the weeks of June 18-22 and June 25-29. REGARDLESS... as of 9am this morning, Spirit was scheduled to work noon-midnight both Saturday AND Sunday for the next TWO weekends... that means working WITHOUT A DAY OFF from June 11th until June 30th!

Well, took a vacation day to go see Mom.... May 30th. :-) I don't usually post p[ics of myself, but I like Mom... LOL. PS class (8 week long course) is going WELL! I have some weak points in it, but some strong ones as well. Was a real hoot last night, I tell ya! And tonight is our Pagan Meetup Dinner, Thursday is Herbalism presentation, and Friday is "Catch up on rest" day, at this rate. Wheeeeee

Well, I got the short straw, so to speak, and am at work 8-noon today :-( BUT.... there is art today @ Rita's (our monthly gathering of like souls) and then I have a dinner to make! Now, for those of you that know me, cooking is NOT up my alley but the new HEB+ opened in Kyle yesterday. I LOVE grocery shopping when I have the money to do it. I got some bay scallops, some fresh greens, an avocado, some fruit, some little potsticker wrappers to make marscapone kisses that I can drizzle some raspberry vinagarette over. My tastebuds are tingling already! Sunday is a full day... planting some things around the house (now that the monsoons are over) and then book group 1-3pm. Tonight, our full moon group is meeting to plan out rest of 2007. For art day, I gathered up my alcohol inks, some photo ATC & PC blanks, the altered book I am finishing up (Express Yourself art group on Yahoo) and some dominoes to play with. Got some new meditation CDs last night as well... taking a psych...

Oh, my the times I had on Vacation. Friday I breakfasted @ IHOP w/Rebel, then ran some errands w/Jade. Saturday we went to Gruene, Texas and became tourists. Sunday was a movie in Austin at the new theater. Monday I caught up around the house, filing, art objects, laundry, etc. Tuesday Spirit took off the day & we travelled to Frederickburg to see some sights, eat some authentic German cuisine, visit the Pioneer Museum, etc. Weds I went to Bandera and spent day with my mom and some of her friends... very relaxing vacation, even if I didn't get to go to the coast htis year. Weather was not good for that type of vacation anyways! :-)

Well... I have pondered this for a while now... and I have decided not to confront the ex-in-laws. You see, Rebel's patriarchal grandunits have decided that I am no longer welcome at family functions. Good!! I don't enjoy going to the "Once Annual Dinner" anyways. I go because Rebel does not want to go alone, and I take a friend every year because I don't want to sit alone whilst Rebel mixes and mingles with kinfolk I really have no interest in. But this issue is really twofold:: 1) they judged me , and 2) they made Rebel the emissary instead of having the decency to tell me themselves that I was "persona non grata ". What bothers me most is that I raised my child to do exactly the opposite of what they have done... passed judgment. I want Rebel to accept people as they are and expect the same acceptance from them, regardless of the issue. I also taught to never shame another. The love Rebel has for them kept mum anything that might have been said ...

my vacation time is just around the corner..I can smell it! Tomorrow is my last day at work this week.... Friday I will be helping Rebel scout some new digs. Sat & Sun gonna range around a bit. Mon, well...that is Memorial Day... probably catch up on stuff around the house, filing, art swaps, etc. Tuesday is my birthday... thinking of maybe heading on over to Enchanted Rock if the weather is NICE. Not climbing it in the rain!! Weds I will be heading to Bandera to see Mom and hang out, maybe go to lunch with her & some friends... Then back to work Thurs...just in time for PAYDAY!! LOL. Agathos is on a hunger strike it seems.. he did not eat on the 10th and now he is about to shed so he did not eat last night either. Daimon is really regular about his meals... sigh