I'm off now for two whole weeks.  I'm conflicted, I love being off and being on vacation, but I'm being guilted into visiting with my family.  I love my family but my sister is driving me nuts.  She's always been in this weird one sided whos's got it worse competition thing with me for years.  If I have the sniffles, she's got pneumina.  If I have a bad day at work, her's is worse.  Every conversation turns into either how hard her life is or how I should hero worship her because she's right.  Most of the time, it's just annoying.  Lately, I don't even want to talk to her.  She asks how TIgga's doing and I tell her, her cat is worse or she knows that Tigga just twisted herself, not matter what the vet says.  I'm going up for four days for my mom's 60th.  My sister already has an iternary planned for everyday.  I don't even want to think what this is going to cost me financially.  I've already told her I can't afford her usual resteraunt every meal, shopping all day and then a show every night.  Her solution is going out everynight and my paying for either half my mom's bathroom renovations or new furniture and new charms for the charm bracelet she never wears.  Every year, it's more and more money for the "joint" gifts that have filled the two bedroom house my mom has to overflowing.   I'd rather give my mom money towards the car she wants to buy or make a mortgage payment for her or towards a real vacation.

I just finished this book and wow.  Ariana Franklin is a great writer.  I started reading this afternoon and couldn't put it down.  I'm going to have to pick up some of her other books.  Death, superstition, modern cororner (for medieval times) and dead children. She doesn't shy away from the evil stuff either.  Most writers tend to not make children's deaths that horrid, or dance around the descriptions.  She doesn't. 

Tigga's much better.  She's walking with a little limp and moving better.  I'm still worried, I think she might be constipated and I don't think she's eating enough.  It's so hard to tell with two cats and two litter box / two food dishes who's using/eating which.  I'm home for four days, I'm going to stay close to home to watch her.

 

It's party time.......I rule.....Not only did I just get another scholarship. Not a huge amount but enough to pay for one class and the textbooks, I think I can get the new boss to pay for the other class.  But I got one of the computer games I was having problems with working.....YAH!!!!  I so wanted to play Overclocked....(It was the refresh rate on my video card).  I now have two kick ass games working, Overclocked and Sherlock Holmes:Nemsis, and two kick ass games to fix, Darkness Within and Penumbra:Overture.   

The lake was ok.  Loved the water, throwing rocks in the water for the neighbour's dog to chase, the boat ride on the lake.  Hated nobody wanting to do anything but sit around and gossip.  I would have loved to go swimming, paddle boating, building a sand castle (no sand, just rocks) for a long walk (the 'beach' was 10 feet coves of rocks in front of houses side by side for miles).  It was a work/social thing.  I would have preferred to stay at home but I need to get out more.  I've been depressed lately, so I'm forcing myself to get out and do things.  The weather hasn't helped, sweltering and humid.  (It gives me migranes.)  I need a vacation so bad. 

The Recipe For Danette

3 parts Sass 2 parts Pizzazz 1 part Wit Splash of Bravery Finish off with whipped cream