May 26, 2014

I didn't really have a lot going on today. Not surprising. So this will probably be short unless I start rambling. Likely but hopefully it won't happen.

I emailed a lady about grad school today. Seeing as how it is a holiday I was not expecting a response, and I didn't get one, so my expectations were met. But hopefully I will hear from her soon. And hopefully the ball will begin to roll.

I spent most of my day watching The 4400 on Netflix and making cross stitch patterns. Awhile ago, maybe even last summer, when I got really into Battlestar Galactica and watched the entire series in a very short time period, I managed to exceed the data limit from the cable company. I am afraid that is going to happen again because there are so many things on Netflix that I want to watch. And I have a lot of time on my hands. It should get better when I start working five days a week at the theater again but I don't know. I guess we'll cross that potentially inevitable bridge when we come to it.

Cross stitch patterns. I made several today. Or at least a couple, with two others that I need to pick a font for. The first is from an ecard I saw: “There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you are supposed to be doing something else.” That one took awhile, not only to find the font and then make it one pixel at a time, but also figuring out how I wanted to lay it all out. I'm happy with the end result. The second pattern is a sign from a Calvin and Hobbs cartoon: “A swift kick in the butt $1.00.” I think it is pretty funny. I also briefly experimented with making normal computer fonts really small so I could turn them into cross stitch fonts. A lot of them get very blurry around the edges but I think there is a chance some of them could work out.

Tonight we had a family dinner for Memorial Day. I ate way too much. A quinoa and black bean burger, deviled eggs, baked beans, potato salad, a corn and Frito's salad thing, coleslaw, pasta salad, and strawberry rhubarb pie. It was all really good.

I'm not sure what's on the agenda tomorrow. There are things I could/should/want to do but there is also a good chance I'll be incredibly lazy and do absolutely nothing.