Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

So today was mall day. Yay! lol I haven't been actually shopping-shopping at the mall here in a long time. Mostly because we only have about ten stores that are worthwhile anymore. XD I much prefer just going to Walmart if I need something, or shopping along the main street downtown. We have a lot of cute stores down there. :)

Anyway, I didn't sleep worth beans last night. Originally I had planned to get up at 11:30am at the latest so I could head out around noon, but I ended up laying around in bed, tossing and turning and attempting to get even a little bit of sleep until around 2:30pm before I finally gave up and just got up for the day. ~_~;; Le sigh.

But whatever, I'm used to running on next to no sleep, so I got ready and walked up to the mall. It was super nice and sunny out... except for the wind. HOLY FUCK THE WIND. It was blowing so hard that when I got home I found out I have windburn across my face and neck. O__o; NOT FUN, and really too bad since it would have been warm out too if it wasn't for the wind.

My first stop at the mall was Zellers, where I poked around somewhat aimlessly for a while, just looking at stuff. In the end I got a new pack of LPS (a pony and a deer; the pony comes with a detachable horn! So cute!) and a copy of Megamind, since they had it on special for $18.99 (regular $24.99.) I also got a spool of 100 writeable DVD-Rs since they were on sale for half price and I have a FUCKTON of video files I need to get off of Z and Squall. >>;

After that I went to Ardene for jewelry components. I will post a pic of what I got tomorrow. They have CRYSTALS. CRYYYYYYYSTALS!! ...but when I got home later I remembered I need more bead boxes, so I have nowhere to put said crystals for the moment. xD; *fails*

Then I looked through the itty bitty bookstore we have at the mall, but even though I found a bunch of books and manga I was interested in, I didn't actually buy any. I'm going to be in Barrie next week, so Imma go to Chapters while I'm there instead. Yepyep.

That done, I went and got something to eat at the food court (which has three whole restaurants in it! *facepalm*) After eating, I realized I needed some actual cash so I walked all the way back down to the other end of the mall to pull $20 from the ATM there... at which point my hip went out. DAMMIT.

My hips have been giving me problems lately (particularly the left one, it keeps going out on me the last couple of weeks), so I wasn't surprised, but my shopping bag was relatively heavy and I still had to go to the grocery store and then WALK HOME. =__=;; URGH. SCREW YOU, BODY.

I managed to hobble to the grocery store at the other end of the mall and picked up the odds and ends I needed for cooking dinner tomorrow (chicken curry), then decided I couldn't walk the whole way home and limped my way over to the bus stop.

The problem is that the bus stop closest to here is still about ten blocks away. I got off at that stop, and managed to make my way to the Dollarama. I went in and took a cart for my bags and picked up a couple of things, because sometimes if I put down what I'm carrying and walk slowly for a while my hips/legs start to behave again.

This time? Not so much.

But at least while I was there I got some potting soil (I need to re-pot one of my plants to a bigger pot and need more soil for it) as well as photo frames for the Ghostbusters photo series from Otakon last summer. And some jujubes. Just because JUJUBES.

When I got outside again my hip was still out though, so I ended up having to call Mom and get her to come up and pick me up in the car. I haven't been limping this badly in forever, idk how I used to deal with it every day for so long... anyway, Mom picked me up and brought me home, and I took muscle relaxants and laid down for a couple hours.

When I got up again my hip was a bit better, but not great, so Mom also helped me clean the bunny cages tonight, since it requires a lot of bending and lifting. :P

I do have to go downtown tomorrow... I think even if my leg is better in the morning I'm going to bring my cane with me anyway, though.

Friday there was a surprise going away party for C.A. out at Jodi's parent's place; they live in the middle of nowhere. So just before 5, Ryuu picked me up and we went to Jodi's to get directions to where the party was supposed to be. Then we had to drive for about an hour to get there. OH WELL.

Pam and Kevin were already there when he arrived, along with a couple of guys from Peterborough that I didn't know until then; Jordan and Peter. Normally I have trouble talking a lot with people I don't know, but Jordan and Pete were so awesome and nice. They were about the only people there that I didn't already know that I could deal with though. >>;

Haha, everyone was late including C.A. and Jodi. xD; It was this huge secret, and we were all out in the garage waiting for them to get there for like two hours. All six of us, wtf. XDD;; Out in the garage was this cutout thing... you see them on beaches and in tourist places, the big pics with the faces cut out for people to take photos in/with? There was one in the garage that was a mountie riding a moose (and smoking a joint for some reason, lol.), so we all crowded behind that to jump out, and Kevin and Ryuu stick their faces in. Then instead of popping out right away, we just waited to see how long it would take for her to notice them.

It was funny just to listen to. She was like "...wow, that kinna looks like Kevin..." and then there was this long silence. We all sniggered and then jumped out at her. It was priceless.

After they were there, we just sat around in a circle on lawn chairs and talked, and other people drank (Ryuu and I don't drink.) Ryuu and I had brought C.A. gifts, so she opened them. She got a t-shirt from Ryuu, and I gave her a bunch of jam and a Japanese dictionary. <3

More people did come after a while, and there was about 20 in the end. Then there was a band because the lead singer/guitar was Jodi's boyfriend so she insisted. HAHA. They were really good! They only did covers, but I really enjoyed them.

I had a lot of trouble though, because of the crowded space, the number of people, the loud music and the dancing (plus because of all the above it was very hot), so I spent about half the night sitting just outside the garage, listening to the music and looking at the stars so I wouldn't end up having a huge panic attack. Pete was really nice and sat with me for a while the one time, and Ryuu and Jordan ended up outside with me later and we talked about media (movies/actors/books/etc.) for like two hours. ^_^;

The band finally packed up around 3am, and most of the people left (the ones that weren't spending the night). It was fun, and kind of stressful, and camping-parties last freaking forever. -.-;;

The ground around Jodi's parent's place is really uneven, and it was raining off-and-on all night (so no campfire! D=), so the grass was wet... and we lost power for a while. (Jodi's dad set up the generator so the band could still play!) But because of all that, I fell like fifty times. I think I managed to find all the potholes in the entire lawn. It was kind of funny, actually, because I don't even drink and I was the one falling all over the place. XD;; DOH.

Anyway, so my right ankle is all swollen and sprained, and my left knee is all cut and scraped up. Ah well, it's not so bad. Imma limp for a while, though.

Then when I finally got home I crashed... and slept for like 14 hours. Something like that. >.>;;

All in all, it was fun and I'm glad I went. I don't get to see Pam and Kevin much, and I was glad to meet Jordan and Pete, and spend time with C.A. and Ryuu. I knew I'd have trouble with the sound level and the number of people, so that at least wasn't a surprise. At least I could get out and have some fresh air to get over it, and people were nice to keep me company. :)

ANYHOW~

So that was Friday and yesterday. =D

( Photoblogging Day 51,52,53 )

OH, AND! Before I forget, Friday afternoon I finally mailed the last round of P.O.S. packages! So kierseth, cat_mcdougall, etcetera_cat, smoulderedtears and lipstickcat have big heavy boxes coming their way! But they were mailed ground mail (because they were so big and heavy... except for etc's, it's uber heavy but not as big as the others) for money reasons, so they'll take a bit to arrive. Hopefully everyone will get theirs by a month from now.

Like a week from now I also have to mail about 12 Christmas packages too. No wonder I don't have any money. >>; lol.

EDIT: YEY Johnny Depp biography~ X33

EDIT 2: Oh, and when Ryuu picked me up on Friday she gave me my present from when she went to China a few months back. "Present" and not "souvenir" because it's edible. lol. She got me pocky and pretz; dark and white chocolate pocky, and shrimp and pizza pretz. <3 Apparently it's really cheap there, like 50 cents a box. O.o;

It is 4:25 am, and I am TIRED, and I CAN'T SLEEP.

I went to bed at around 11, and slept for 45 minutes, then woke up and tossed and turned for another 45 minutes... and then got up. Thus, tonight has become RANDOM MOVIE NIGHT; Treasure Planet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and now~ I, Robot, yey! =D

I also copied and cut out my Teeny Tiny Teddy Bear pattern (I just plan to do the 5" ones for AN), and laminated it with tape so I can use it again and again... and again and again and again! Now I just need some sewing pins and a grease pencil to trace the pattern onto the felt.

I also plan to adjust some ear and tail patterns to do other animals, too. Bunnies, and foxies, and kitties. The basic bodies will be the same, so it'll be easy to do. <3

Now I'm off to zone out in front of the tv, and maybe try to sleep again. *nodnod*

EDIT: Also, my tongue still hurts. >>;;

EDIT #2: I finally bought myself a Gloomy Bear! I kept meaning to get one at AN every time I've gone, but then I'd forget when I was actually there. XD; That one's little, I want a bigger one too, preferrably one without the blood. I guess maybe we'll see next AN~ ^^

I dropped a pewter dragon on my bare foot yesterday. It hurt. A lot. Luckily, said dragon was little, or I would have broken at least one toe. As it was, a spot on my foot turned black, then faded to purple and now I have an ugly bruise. Bad dragon.

( Photoblogging, Day 8 )

That sound? At five o'clock this morning?

That was me falling down the stairs.

Yeah. And I just went to the Chiropractor yesterday morning. =____=;;

Oh yeah. Along with the blister I ended up with yesterday, I also... stabbedmyselfinthestomachwithmyexactoknife. >>;;;

But just a little bit. I was working on a pony that's going to be another Hikaru one when it happened (of course), and the knife slipped a bit. Just like when I cut my finger practically in half working on Trims back in December 2005. XD; I shouldn't be allowed near sharp objects.

It's just a teeny cut, though, since (believe it or not) I have good reflexes. A bandaid overnight and now it's gone. No problem.

Remember the old days, when I used to cut myself on danishes and chocolate flakes in my ice cream?

Well, I was just chopping some rhubarb to freeze it, and cut my palm...

...on the back of the knife.

Yes, that's right. The non-sharp side.

Go me.

Hweeeh... I'm so tired. =.=;

I didn't sleep much last night, then I got up at 8 (as usual), and woke up with a headache... you know how you get them if you sleep for a short time and wake up before you should? Yeah. ^^; Aspirin is my friend!

After I showered/dressed/etc. I talked to Cassandra-san for a while (yay the 'Net was working this morning!), then I meandered downtown to meet my brother, his girlfriend, and her younger brother down by the Opera House-- this weekend the city has this street sale down on the main street, so we all wandered around there for a couple of hours.

We poked around the Farmer's Market again, since it's Saturday and it was open as well, then went up and down the street a couple of times; Trunks was awesome and lent me some money, since I don't have any. >^-^;;

He bought me a pillow-blanket thing, which is actually for Mom for Christmas; it's a blanket with a pillowcase deal, and when you're not using the blanket, you can fold it up and tuck it into the case, and it becomes a pillow. I thought it was a really cute idea, and Mom would really like it. It's got wolves on it. =3

And he also got me a cowboy hat! X3 I've wanted one FOREVER, and there was a booth selling them there... and they were selling them pretty cheap (mine cost $15), so he said he'd buy me one. ^_^ It's kind of black with a lace design and some shells. Trunks says it reminds him of the Crocodile Dundee hat. XD

They had another kind of hat that I really liked, too-- with little white sequins all over it. It came in a bunch of different colors, but the pink was the nicest one. I couldn't stop giggling over the BLING, lol. But they didn't have any of that kind that fit my big head. :P Oh well, I love the one I got anyway.

I'll take a picture and upload it later~

And then we were walking past a new ice cream shop, and they were handing out coupons (50 cents off ice cream for each family member), so he took us all in and bought us ice cream; ice cream for 4 people cost him just under $7, which is actually AWESOME, especially considering I got special stuff (gelato? I think that's what it's called... Italian ice cream, I got chocolate-hazelnut flavor!) that was like, $3.50.

SUCH good prices. I totally have to go there again.

And it was so hot today that ice cream was definitely appreciated!

So then after that, they went down to the A&P with me to get some misc. groceries that I needed to pick up (toilet paper, rice, raisins, peaches). I had money for the groceries, but that's why I didn't have any for other stuff. ^_^;; Eheheh...

Then we came home, and I crashed because I was SO BLOODY TIRED. It was so hot and muggy, and heat does that to me. Not to mention wandering around for several hours. So I went to lay down in the nice air conditioning in Mom and Lee's room (I'm going to miss their awesome air conditioners when I have to go home! ;-; *sniffle* lol) for a while, and ended up falling asleep.

Then I woke up a little while later with another headache. -.-;;

But in general, it was a pretty decent day. :)

Well, my jaw is feeling quite a bit better the last couple of days, but last night my right lung started hurting. Because obviously, I have to have pain in at least one body part at all times. < /sarcam > -_-;;

Oh well. If it doesn't get better, at least I have an appointment with my doctor soon. I'm going to go in to see her with a while REAM of stuff that I need her to check out... as usual. :P

Hm. So today I downloaded episode 10 of Ouran (note: *squee*), and a few episodes of Gakuen Heaven; I watched the first episode, and honestly wasn't really impressed. But since it is just the first episode, I figure I'll watch at least a couple more before I decide if it's worth keeping up with the series or not. :)

I have a ton of stuff on my hard drive again, now... I need to burn some discs to clear it off and then defragment. Other than Ouran (both subbed and raw) and Gakuen Heaven, I've also got a bunch of Pita Ten episodes, and the FMA movie. >^-^;; The problem is that The Conqueror of Shamballa is too big to fit onto a disc, so I have to split it into at least two parts (possibly three), before I can get it off my computer...

AAAAA~nyway.

Oh, my button maker came in today. ^_^ Eheheh. Yeah, it's a Hello Kitty one. So what? The same seller had like the exact same button maker, only not HK, and it was a lot more expensive, so... yeah. Who cares what the logo says? It works, and that's the important thing.

Ahaha~~ all the instructions were in Chinese. ^^; But I figured it out on my own, based on the pictures and some trial-and-error. I only screwed up three buttons before I had it figured out! YAY SENA! =3

Basically, I bought it because... I want to make buttons. Yeah, stupid, huh? :P lol. It makes 1 + 1/4 inch buttons (the little kind), and I kind of want to find/buy one that will make 2 + 1/4 inch ones (the big kind), too. Mostly so that I can make buttons for next year's Anime North convention, possibly as promotion for my ponies. We'll see. ^^

I made myself and cassandracsenta each an Ouran button today while I was practicing. X3

The set only comes with the making for 15 buttons, though, so I need to get some refills. Luckily, those are cheap and easy to come by, so it'll be no problem. Wow, though. Making buttons is so much easier than I thought it would be. >^-^;; Why did I think it'd be complicated? Ah, who knows...

....

Then tonight Mom took me out grocery shopping, and we went to get burgers for supper.

Oh, and Neko is pretty much fine with Loki now, except when Loki tried to get at his food dish. Then all bets are off. ;)

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EXCITING, ne? ^_~

--Laundry
--Pie(s)
--Tidy apartment
--Pack
--Recharge camera batteries
--Unplug stuff

I'm off to Anime North with Mom tonight. ^_^

I need to remember to unplug some stuff before I leave, and put the wires up, as Loki seems to have a thing for playing with/chewing on them. While we're in Toronto, I'm going to find/buy some clear nailpolish to put on the wires when I get back, but for now I'll just put them up so he can't get to them.

Hopefully, a couple of days alone will finish getting Neko used to having Loki around, too. Tri's already adopted him, but Neko still isn't sure...

Already did laundry last night/this morning, and made pie this morning, because I felt like it and I thought I'd like to take one down to Dad and Lois, since they're letting us stay at their place so we don't have to pay for a hotel. It's strawberry-rhubarb-raspberry-peach-pear-apple. Fruit medley! XD

Also, WTF my jaw is KILLING me. It's been hurting for almost a week now. It doesn't hurt as long as I don't move it, but I can't yawn or open my mouth more than a bit. It's really stiff, too. I can talk, at least, but I have to chew on the right side (since the left side is the sore one), and... yeah. Just ow. ;-;

*goes to get ibuprofin (or however you spell that)*

Today my hand is very red, mottled across the back, and my finger/thumb joints are stiff. The tooth puncture marks are pussy (blegh) and inflamed, while the scratches are healing just like any other scratch normally would. Despite the state of the bites, my hand isn't any more swollen than it was yesterday-- though it isn't any less swollen, either. :P

Anyway, because of all that fun stuff, I went back to the hospital this morning to have them look at it again. They weren't really busy, thankfully, so I wasn't actually there for long. I love short hospital visits!

The doctor I saw this time was different than the one I saw two days ago (that's hospital rotation for you), but I think he's the one I saw last time I was there, back in the fall for the problems I had with my lungs. ^_^ He's a nice guy, even though I can't remember his name, lol.

So he had a look at my hand, and asked about the antibiotics I was prescribed on Tuesday. He says that, in his experience, almost all cat bites become infected, so it's normal that mine are. He also told me that it takes a few doses for the antibiotics to get into my bloodstream enough to work, but they should start kicking in properly tomorrow or the next day, and then I'll start seeing improvement.

There really wasn't much he could do for me, since I've already got the Apo-Amoxi Clav to take, but he gave me a tetnus shot just in case (I don't know why they didn't give me one on Tuesday, honestly), and told me that if it doesn't start getting better some time in the next couple of days, I should come back again.

Right, so! There you go. I still can't use my hand much (especially my thumb when it comes to gripping), but even though I've got an infection, it's normal. WHOOT.

Also, owie. The muscles in my arm where I got that tetnus shot are really sore right now... ;-; *whiner*

That aside, I cooked that turkey yesterday, even though I only had one hand to work with. >^-^;; I wouldn't have done it, except that it had been thawed for a couple of days, and really needed to be cooked. Sarah helped me move it around and stir the stuffing, and the rest of it was done with just my left hand and my right elbow to pin stuff down when I needed to. ^_^;; Ahaha...

It turned out really good, even though it was awkward to do. Now that it's all done, I gave a bunch of Sarah, and a bunch to Mom and Lee, and then put together six turkey-and-stuffing TV-type dinners and stuck them in the freezer. YAY TURKEY.

I also have a big container of bones and meat scraps, and in a couple of days when my hand is feeling a bit better, I'm going to make a huge-ass pot of soup. X3

So I took my girlies outside to play today! And I have a story to go with it!

MUCH CURSING FOLLOWS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

I took everything down for the bunnies, then went back upstairs, loaded them into the cat carrier and hauled them down three flights of stairs, and let them out in the play area... I was sitting watching them play, and suddenly I saw Sarah's cat, Fritz, wander past in the corner of my eye. I was like "HUH??" because Fritz and Fuzzy (as well as my cats) aren't allowed outside.

Long story short; Don installed our back door a couple of months ago, and did a half-assed job, as usual. He didn't bother to cut a notch for the latch, so the only way to shut the door and keep it shut is to use the deadbolt. *SO NOT IMPRESSED*

Since the back door is down at the bottom of the stairs in the back sun room, I closed the door to the back room and locked the cats in the main apartment, because there's no way to shut the back door from the outside, and I didn't want them getting out-- here's the kicker. When Don installed the back door, he didn't bother to go out and buy a new deadbolt for it, he took the one off the sun room door. So basically, there's no way to lock that door now... and the cats somehow opened it.

Right, so I see Fritz and I'm like CRAP, and I look around a bit, and Fuzzy's there, too. I didn't want to leave the rabbits by themselves, but I had to run and catch the cats, and I figured they'd be okay for a minute or two... so I chased Fritz and Fuzzy around to the front of the house and up onto the porch.

Fuzzy jumped up on the windowsill and cowered, because he's never been outside, and was scared shitless. Fritz, on the other hand, tried to dash around me to freedom again-- I grabbed him on the way past.

BIG. FUCKING. MISTAKE.

He hisses at me, then wraps himself around my arm, starts biting and clawing, and totally shreds my hand. I went "SON OF A BITCH!", but didn't let go. (I was PISSED, then, and so not giving him what he wanted). Instead, I slammed him down onto the porch, with him still biting me, and pinned him there. Then I grabbed him by the scruff of the neck with my other hand, and hauled him inside.

So I'm bleeding all over the damn place, I'm holding Fritz, he's THRASHING and WAILING, I'm praying he doesn't get himself turned around enough to latch onto my other hand, and I'm opening doors with the one that he mauled. Halfway up the stairs, he swiped a paw and managed to nick my other hand-- and I snapped "SHIT!" really loudly.

Sarah heard me, and opened the last door in time for me to lose my grip on the cat, and for him to zoom past her, into the back room (since the door was still open), down the stairs, and BACK OUTSIDE.

She chased after him (she apologized later for that, and said she would have stayed to help me if she'd realized how bad I was hurt), and I bled down the hall to the bathroom to wash my hand off and see just how bad the damage actually was.

THE FUCKING CAT LITERALLY TORE CHUNKS OUT OF MY HAND.

Little ones, but still!

When Sarah got back inside, I was just coming down from my apartment with my gauze, and she helped me wrap my hand up. Said gauze is about seven layers thick, and I still bled right through it. In fact, that was over two hours ago, and I'm still bleeding from a couple of spots where he chewed flesh away. I should probably have gone to the hospital, but it's pretty much too late now...

We managed to get Fuzzy back inside with no problem, but Fritz took off and was gone for about a half an hour before he came back. Neither of us even bothered to look for him-- we were both too pissed off. And Sarah apologized to me a bunch of times (like it was her that bit me, and not her cat, or something.) Eventually, Fritz showed up on the porch again, and Sarah grapped him by the fur and threw him inside. She is SO not pleased with him right now. (Actually, I think she's more angry with him than I am...)

So basically, my hand hurts like hell. Typing is okay, but using my computer mouse KILLS.

Anyway! After that adventure, I went back outside to sit with my rabbits again, and Sarah brought Ritter out to join us. They all seemed to really like being outside, though they did a lot of O_O;; eyes for the first couple of minutes. lol.

And I ( took a bunch of pictures. )

Now I think I might have to go down to the pharmacy to get some more gauze and antiseptic... =_=;;

EDIT: I was just talking to Mom, and she thinks I should go get a tentus shot or whatever just in case. So! Of to the hospital I go anyway!

EDIT-EDIT: They didn't give me a shot, but they prescribed a bunch of antibiotics and warned me to come back ASAP if it gets any redder. Incidentally, ( WTF FRITZ?? ) >_<;; That's just the top side... the bottom side is all sliced up, too, as well as along the inside between my thumb and index finger. -_-;; And the big hole there is still oozing, over five hours after the original incident...

EDIT AGAIN: Oh yeah, and the ponies came in today. Thank you papercut917! =3

OMG EDIT: 8:48 PM, and still bleeding... =_=;;

A rather interesting meme-thing, stolen from a bunch o' people:

http://kevan.org/johari?name=senashenta

I'd be interested in seeing what you guys thought of me...

On the Other News front, fucking ow. *nurses jaw* ;__; lol.

I've been to the Dentist, finally. They took x-rays and generally poked and prodded at me and my teeth.

All that pain?

Yeah. Infected tooth.

So I have to go back in tomorrow to have a root canal done. =_=;;

On top of that, I also have several cavities that need to be dealt with over the next couple of months. Whoot fun stuff.

Owowowowowow. >_<;; Stupid ovaries...