Self Absorbed and In a mood

Have sat down at the computer every day thinking "I have done something kind of interesting today I should blog about it" then the next thing that comes into my brain is "Blechhhh, don't feel like it"

Well it is raining cats and dogs here and I have a free period of silence so here goes.

I got a fair amount of stuff done over break. I had a wonderful lunch with two of my good friends that I have lost touch with. We went to a semi upscale place to dine that is also a dinner theater. I ordered the Chicken Ceasar Wrap which sounded great. The waitress asked if I wanted them to remove the anchovies. I had never really had anchovies so I said what the heck leave them in. That was a bad choice. I knew they would be salty, but I was not prepared for the overpowering fishy taste that permeated the entire wrap. I hauled the little suckers out and unwrapped my wrap and choked down the salad and chicken, but it tasted pretty awful. Now I know.

the coffee was wonderful though and the other girls salads looked fabulous and they raved about them. We got a tour of the theater too which was fun and then went to Culvers for desert. It was a lovely day.

I finally got my forms finished for the last two rug shows. One wanted a picture of the artist making the art. I am not warped up right now so Puck and I faked a picture. I clamped a finished rug to the loom and held a shuttle with some rags hanging off it. I tried to look serious and artistic. If they look close they will see it is a fake, but the state of my studio should convince them that I am a real artist.

I had to take my sewing machine to the shop... it was overheating. I am rather lost without it. They just called to say it is finished so I will pick it up monday

We are headed up to River Falls tomorrow to see Maddie's play. She talked us into taking her boyfriend up with us so that should be interesting. I don't think he is too excited about spending 10 hours with us either. I need to find a good book on tape to listen to

She said the previews went well. We have a nice crowd of friends and relatives who will be seeing the play on Saturday and we are going to stay with our friends Bill and Vicki. They are always fun. We also hope to haul back home as much stuff as we can from her dorm. They get out of school on the 16th of May and it would be nice to be a lot lighter than when we brought her up.

She already is talking about paring down the amount of crap she will bring up next year. She signed up for classes and is taking 18 credits. I hope she can handle that much. She will probably be fine.

Over the break we watched a ton of movies that we borrowed from the library
The first two Bourne movies (fun fun fun)
Mullholland Drive (watched it twice, think I have got it)
Tristam Shandy (weird)
My Own Private Idaho (have to watch that again)
Once (watched it twice, liked it better the second time)
Ned Kelly (fun and sad... when we were in Hong Kong I sat in with the band at Ned Kelly's Last Stand. It was good to learn the story)
Fur (now that was one odd film, but I enjoyed it)
American Splendor (I enjoyed that one very much)
The Fountain (really really stupid film)
Ushpizin (I enjoyed it, but Puck did not, It is hard to read the paper and read subtitles)

Puck and I went to see "Forgetting Sara Marshall" and loved it... I have not laughed so hard in a long time.

Otherwise life is pretty much worrying about who will lose their job here that might be interested in mine and Puck job hunting with little success. He has managed to do a great deal of yard work and seems to have found something he really likes to do. Yippee!!