So, Thursday I was supposed to go over and update Rand's mom's ACT! database, but I was sick again Wednesday night and into Thursday. Worked out ok though as she wasn't going to be available so we put it off for next week. (She's out of town until Monday or Tuesday because of Valentine's Day plans).
Yesterday Jef came over and I played a bunch of Animal Crossing, then we stopped to run out to get a gift for my Love - which ended up turning into a 2 1/2 hour adventure in hell - and then came back and I started making dinner for everyone because Rand, Jef and Kali came over. They all played hockey on the X-box, Rand gave my Love a surprise gift of four tickets to see the Bruins on Saturday as his birthday present (his b-day's the 18th). He was thrilled because we weren't going to be able to go otherwise as we're broke.
After hockey, I played some more Animal Crossing because I was so close to paying off my final expansion in my house and Jef had just paid his off that morning so I wanted to also. So, from about 10:30pm to about 1:30am, I played while Jef and Kali and my Love chatted in the living room about this and that, bad past relationships, etc. At 1:30am, I finally paid it off. This is months of work invested in getting this done. I corrected the game's clock (the store closes at 10pm and as I had only started playing in real time at 10:30pm, I had set the game's time clock back to 5pm so it would be open and I could do all the stuff I needed to do) and since it was past midnight, it was a new day and the statues for completing paying off our houses were there. Jef got a Gold statue for doing it first; I got a silver one for doing it second. The problem was that my statue was off center of where it was supposed to be because he had put down a little sign (you post a sign and can put a picture on it of something you drew in-game) in the spot it was supposed to go. I was simply crushed. Everyone was laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world, but for me, it was like working so hard at something, only to get your prize come broken. I know it's stupid, but sitting there, listening to the guys laugh at how "funny" it was my statue was permanetly in the wrong place and permanetly displaced by a stupid sign, I just wanted to cry. So, for the moment, I'm done playing the game. I don't know if I want to go back to it. Jef says we can start over and make a new town and cheat to get everything paid off quickly so it can be done in a few weeks instead of a few months, but....I don't really want to have to go through it all again. I just wanted to have my nice little statue of reward and settle down to finish off the other things in the game like filling up our museum and such. It would have been a lot of fun now because the hard work stuff is over and it would be time to just do whatever I wanted and spend my money on anything I wanted and not worry about saving it to pay off my house. We've put months into the game and so I feel really just empty that my prize is fucked up. Such a stupid thing, but it really just hurt my feelings enough I've lost my taste for the game at the moment.
So, today's Valentine's day...
...and I have some stuff to do still, so I suppose I should go. Hope everyone has a happy day.
Ok, well I've gotten 19 items for my mom up on ebay at the moment. Ten are 14k gold items, the other nine are sterling silver. It's all 100% real, genuine stuff; NO costume or cheap jewerly. It's very high quality, normally very expensive and in amazingly great shape. My mother is a jewerly connoisseur. The reason she's selling so much is because my sister is in desperate need of some major dental work (several root canals, cavities, a cracked tooth, etc.) which is totalling over $3,000. My mom is physically disabled and can no longer work, and my sister, like me, gets by with very little left over and has no medical insurance. My family doesn't have a lot of money so my mom's selling off things she's collected over the years. In the event anyone is interested in some very, very nice (and I mean that really, I'm not just biased, my mom really knows her stuff when it comes to jewelery) items, please take a look to see if there's something you might like. It's all very discounted from retail value and would go to a really good cause.
Anyway, I'm beat. My stomach got all pissed at me again today and I was sick from about 4:30pm on. I had to actually kick my mom out early this afternoon because it just decided it hated me again at that very moment. I felt much better yesterday evening, but it came back with a vengance. Ugh. I'm still not anywhere near even started on the work for Rand's mom and I think I'm supposed to be going over there tomorrow to do the next update - whether she's there or not for more training, I'm not sure. To be honest, between being sick and having to spend all day getting the auctions ready, I just haven't had time to even open ACT! let alone get the changes to previous entries done AND the new batch of updates. *sigh*
Anyway, my Love's going to be going to be in a few, so I better head out. ttfn.
Well, yesterday it all ended up working out for the best as Rand's mom called me to tell me her schedule was too busy to get together yesterday. I didn't feel so bad for having left a message saying I needed to cancel because I was sick then. I think we're supposed to be getting together tomorrow now instead. I'm just waiting for my mom and sister to get over here. My mom's been wanting to sell a bunch of jewerly on ebay for over a month now, but one thing or another has stopped us from getting it done. Today, we should get the auctions live and listed. (I'll post a link in the even anyone wants to take a peek. It's all genuine gold, silver, gemstones - no costume shit and nothing that's not top quality.)
Ugh. I woke up a little while ago but I've not been able to get back to sleep. I still feel like shit. I wonder if I'm getting sick, or it's some stomach bug, or what, but last night I ended up getting a migraine on top of my uber queasy stomach and haven't slept well all night. I just feel so....sick. Ugh. I called Rand's mom and left her a message apologizing and begging off until Thursday (our normal day to get together and my mom is coming over tomorrow). I think I'm going to lay back down and try to get some more sleep so I don't puke and so maybe my head stops trying to explode.
Ever have that feeling after you doze off/nap when you wake up and your head's all fuzzy and throbbing and you feel all queasy and sick to your stomach; where you basically wake up feeling like much worse shit then when you laid down in the first place? Multiply that by ten and that's about what I feel like right now. I've been naseous for hours and my head's just miserable. Ugh. I just feel like shit. For no reason either. Just sorta hit me. I'm supposed to be going over to teach Rand's mom some more things on ACT! tomorrow, but I've not even done the latest update and there's just no way I can at this point. I'm too miserable. Even looking at the screen to type this is making my head worse, so I'm typing a lot of it with my eyes actually closed. (so pardon any glaring errors).
Um...blah. Shanghai Knights was funny and entertaining. Thought I lost one of my earrings that my mom just gave me for xmas (white gold hoops) but, after looking all over, going outside, searching the car, calling the theater, turns out, little Kush was sitting next to me as I stood in the living room, so I looked down at him and it was sitting there on the carpet beside him. *smiles* Kitty found my earring. Good kitty. :)
So, there's this silly make your own wrestler flash thingy and I thought it was silly, so I made one. I originally made it last night, but the site crashed on me, so I went to bed and ended up making it again now so I could save it.
Silly, ne?
Anyway, I wanted to clarify that Kush-ka is still with me; I was just crying last night over watching him get sicker and knowing I'm powerless to do anything to stop it. I just hate seeing him this way and I love him so much and I don't want to lose him.
So....tired. Wonder why? (It's only 5am afterall! *laughs*) Today was my Love's father's b-day, had to run to his folks to say hi after going Target to get some stuff and his gift. Then the gang came over (Rand, Kali, and Jef) and they played some Xbox and PS2 (Jef has all three systems so he comes over and shares his toys) and he left the GameCube so I played a bit of Animal Crossing (saturday's are Concert night and I had to get everybody - me, Jef, my Love and Rand - their songs). Milled about on the net, cried a bit over thoughts of Kush-ka, hung out with my Love a bit, and now I'm worn out and ready to call it a day.
Supposed to all get together tomorrow to see Shanghai Knights which looks funny so I'll let you all know then. For now, I'm heading to sleepyland.
