March 13, 2016

Waking up this morning was kind of awful. I could have used at least a few more hours of sleep but oh well. After getting ready I went and picked my sister up and we headed to our Dad's house. When we got there the house seemed to be deserted because it was dark inside and no one answered the door. My sister called my brother and he said he had left already with his girlfriend but that Dad should still be there. My sister called my dad and he didn't answer. Then we turned around and he was standing there being a creeper, looking at us through the window in the door.

From the house we went to the gas station because my step-mom wanted to get a newspaper. Then we went back to the house because my step-mom forgot something. And then we headed out of town. Originally we were going to go to our step-grandparents house for lunch and then going to another location for a more public birthday celebration for my step-grandpa. Instead it was all at the other location, which was some sort of senior center. There were a lot of family members there, most of whom I recognized and some of them I didn't because I haven't seen them since I was a kid, or I had never met them before. It ended up being far less awkward than I thought it would be, which I think is due to the birthday not being at the house, which would have been a much smaller environment, leading to more awkward conversations. We hung out for awhile, had lunch, and then hung out for awhile longer before heading home.

With the rest of my afternoon I responded to a discussion post, played some video games, and cut more fabric for bookmarks. And after dinner I played more video games and watched live streams. I didn't get around to making any bookmarks because I didn't want to have to go back and forth between sewing and ironing. All the up and down wasn't very appealing. Mostly because the drive out of town today was not kind to my lower back. It has actually been feeling better that last couple of days so it is kind of annoying that it hurts again. I need to just set up a tray behind me for ironing so I can sew, spin around and iron, and then spin back to sew. Maybe next time.

There are so many things I want to do and get done this week and I am afraid it is going to go by way too fast. I need to spend a decent amount of time on school stuff but I would also like to be productive in other things. Tomorrow I volunteer at the public library in the afternoon and that is the only thing on my schedule. So who knows what will happen. Hopefully something worthwhile.