In which I keep you up-to-date.

I went to a Walla Walla Sweets baseball game last week. (Yeah, we have a new team. Fun!) It was FUCKING FREEZING, but I had a good time, especially after I was loaned a down parka. There was a wind you just would not believe. Cold June-uary is cold.

I spent a big fat chunk of time in front of the computer and edited the hell out of the story. (Y’all got a first draft. Sorry.) Then I formatted it properly (with Courier and no italics and everything) and went looking for somewhere to submit it. Decided on F&SF because I think I’d actually have a chance with them, but they only take paper manuscript submissions. I need printer access; the story’s 56 pages long.

I thought a lot (and wrote a little) about my relationship with petroleum:

There was some cooking of Indian food!

There has been knitting, because it’s still knitting weather around here. (I know the rest of you have already had your faces melt off, but I’ve been running around in socks and sweaters.) I’ve done, oh, maybe two rounds on the eternal socks.

I started and then abandoned a scarf-thing called Wisp (the yarn I was using didn’t show the stitches well enough). I decided the yarn would make a better poncho (particularly this one) and splurged on a set of size 13 needles (to match my Options set) and two skeins of lace weight yarn for Wisp and, you know, just to have. They were on clearance; 500 yards for $2.50 a skein.

I started and am nearly halfway through with a pair of toeless socks:

Went up and played with Rob and the fellas on the square at 1st & Main last Sunday. Have another gig in the winery next door on Friday night.

I went and hiked the Mill Creek trail again with my friend Toni.

This is the first week that I get to draw benefits without having to look for work. I’m officially a student! Yay!

My transcripts should be at WWCC this week; MIU shows I took a math class and I hope WWCC will let me opt out of their basic business math or whatever the hell it is I’m supposed to take.

I have recently rediscovered water. It’s good shit, mang.

I watched three entire seasons of Absolutely Fabulous. And I’m totally on top of the whole eleventh Doctor thing, too. (Actually, when I noticed that my hard drive was nearly full and went to delete some media, I discovered that all of the TV series I have – except Firefly – are British.) I need some external storage.

Oh, except I’m POOR. Poor, poor, poor. I barely pay my bills, and I can’t really afford anything else. Maybe I can spend the occasional fifteen bucks on knitting supplies, but no hefty purchases. No external drives, or clothing sprees, or shoes, or iPods (one is full, the other is dying)… I haven’t had my hair done since October, and the only reason I go to the dentist is because they’ll let me carry a balance and I have no desire to sit through a third planing & scaling, thank you very much.

Now plz to excuse me while I go watch episode 12 of Doctor Who.