Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

SO. We had the MOTHER OF ALL ICE STORMS come through on Saturday night, and it knocked the power out for the entire region. At first the power went out here around 6pm on Saturday and it was like "oh, nbd, it'll be back on when we get up in the morning" because that's what ALWAYS happens. BUT NOPE. NO POWER FOR THREE DAYS. It just came back on for us yesterday afternoon, and there are parts of the region that are STILL without power. The storm was a fucking MONSTER.

So, we had no power, no HEAT (at one point the house was down to 52 degrees), but at least we still had running water and a working toilet. All of our milk went bad, which fucking sucks because milk is Goddamn expensive, and anything we wanted to cook we had to do it on the barbeque. At least we had that. We could boil water for coffee and make soup and stuff which was CRUCIAL for reasons I'll explain down further. Because I thought the power would be back quickly, I had stupidly run my laptop battery down the Saturday night watching movies and stuff before I went to bed, so I couldn't even WRITE which was TORTURE. However...

The worst that of the entire thing is that Jessie had an appointment to go to the vet and be put to sleep on the Monday morning, but with no power that obviously didn't happen. So, she had to SUFFER through more days, and SO MUCH COLD when she's already EMACIATED and we all spent half our time just trying to warm her up but nothing seemed to work. Now WE have power, but we don't know if the VET does and they're supposed to call us to re-book the appointment as soon as they're up and running again. For now, Jessie is still suffering, but at least she's warm again... for now. Another ice storm is supposed to hit us tonight and could very well knock the power out again. =/

Also, no power meant the axolotls had to go with no filtration/air for three days, and I was terrified they were all going to just die like fish would have, but it turns out that even though they PRIMARILY breathe through their gills, they DO also have lungs and can swim to the surface to gulp for air if the need arises, so my poor babies had to do that until the power came back. But they're okay, that's the important thing.

On Monday afternoon Amy and Brit had power so Amy invited us over to warm up for a bit and charge our stuff (I charged my phone and my laptop), and then when we came home, she followed behind in her truck with a generator and some extra gas for us to use for the night to try to get things worked out here a little. We got the fridge plugged in for a while, and a space heater for Jessie, and a lamp so we had light past 6pm. When I went to bed Mom and Lee stayed up a little later and then turned off the generator around 10:30pm and brought it inside just in case. Then by the time I got up the next morning around 9am, they had already gotten it back outside and running again so they could cook breakfast whiiiiiich... I could not partake in, sadly.

But yeah, Amy was a real lifesaver, there.

RIGHT before the power went out I was working on a journal entry explaining how I've been sick for... well, now it's over a week. Basically, I feel fine but I can't keep much food down and haven't been able to since last Monday. I've been living on tomato soup, soda crackers and egg salad sandwiches (which I eat REALLY slowly) and not much else, though I seem to be able to DRINK most things, as long as I avoid too much dairy. YESTERDAY I ate a hotdog, which is the first real food I've eaten in eight days, but it took me TWO HOURS to finish it. BUT OTHER THAN THAT I FEEL FINE. I DON'T EVEN FEEL NAUSEOUS EXCEPT WHEN I EAT. Like, fuck me, man.

Yesterday Mom and I went out and did my monthly shop (most of it, anyway) and both Costco AND Walmart were REMARKABLY SANE, considering we're in the middle of a blackout situation, though the lineup for Costco GAS and PROPANE was crazy. I had an extra stop this month at Home Depot to pick up paint to paint the boards that will be going under the new axolotl tank, and I got like... LIME GREEN. GRINCH GREEN. I just wanted the brightest green I could get lol. I also got a new plant, which I still need to identify, but his name is Dr. Oliver Wolf, M.D., or just "Wolf" for short. (Ideally he should have been a fern but alas, I can't grow ferns in this house.)

Oh, and I renewed my DW subscription, since it was about to run out. :D;

This morning, with the power back and my laptop working again, I finished off Puppy Love, which came in at 41 pages and 19,808 words, which I think makes it the second-longest one-shot in the series. Now I'm going to work on Summer Nights and maybe get them posted before I switch back to post-SS one-shots? I still have to edit Teeth, anyway. I'm a procrastinating procrastinator or procrastinates. Especially over editing. Blegh.

Tomorrow I'm supposed to be posting Something To Be Protected first thing, for all of the two people who are reading the series, but I guess that'll depend on if I have power/internet in the morning. I'm also supposed to have an appointment with Dr. K tomorrow afternoon, but again, if there's no power again then that'll be out the window.

Fuck this ice storm shit. =/

I finished Afterglow last week, and finished Lifeline yesterday (though it still needs editing) and Lifeline came in at a MASSIVE 43 pages and 20,224 words. That is a TON for a one-shot! But I figure the word count might go up a bit when I start editing it, there are a couple parts that are bugging me. I'm hoping to get it edited by Thursday so I can post it then, and then Afterglow next week. Now I'm working on Comfort Food and Let's Make This Moment. Still not sure about Let's Make This Moment's title, that might change before I post it, whenever that is.

I need two new, bigger, white binders for Horror High and Storm Season. They've gotten completely out of control and the 2" binders that I've been using just aren't enough anymore. I need 3" ones. So, those are on my list for end-of-the-month shopping. At least I can get them cheap(ish) from Walmart. The orange binder I need for Endgame Girls is going to cost me $16 from Staples, which sucks.

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My infection is lingering despite the abscess being drained and the IV antibiotics AND the regular antibiotics I'm currently taking. I'm in a lot of pain. I might have to go to the hospital again, which fucking SUCKS. I hate the hospital, they're understaffed and overworked and when you go you end up spending two days there. ...that's an exaggeration (but not much of one.) I'm going to wait until I'm done my antibiotics and see where I'm at, and if it's still Not Good then I guess I have no choice but to go to the hospital, since getting in to see my actual Doctor is like pulling teeth. (I should be happy I even HAVE a family Doctor, really.) Anyway.

Today Mom and I are going to pick up a dresser in Barrie and I literally can't even afford it. I have $60 to my name and the dresser is $80 so I'm going to have to borrow more money from Mom. This month has just been a financial CLUSTERFUCK and there's nothing I can do about it. I HAVE to get a new dresser and I HAD to get a new aquarium and ODSP just doesn't allow for such things. They think $1200/month is enough to get by on, but it's not. But there's no point in getting into that again, it just makes me angry and gets me crying and I don't feel up to either of those things right now.

Now I'm going to go take a nap because I'm exhausted all the time right now and I need to be with it this afternoon when Mom and I go to get that dresser.

Last night things got bad enough with my infection that I had to go to the hospital and ended up needing minor surgery (VERY minor, they just used a local anaesthetic) to drain a HUGE abscess that had developed. They also gave me IV antibiotics (it took four tries for them to get a vein properly) and a prescription for different antibiotics that are "more targeted" than the AmoxiClav that I was already on. The doctor also said I should talk to Dr. K about me possibly having Hydradenitis Suppurahva (I think I'm spelling that right?), which she thinks could be the cause of all my problems.

Anyway, I was at the hospital for like six hours (right through dinner time, which sucked) and at 9:30pm when I finally got out of there, Mom picked me up and took me to Shoppers to fill my prescription, since it's the only pharmacy open late. While we were waiting for the pharmacist to fill it, I just limped around the store grabbing food (a sandwich, potato chips, a bottle of Fresca) so I wouldn't have to cook anything when we got home because YES, I was starving, but also in a lot of PAIN and TOTALLY EXHAUSTED. =/

I'm STILL totally exhausted TODAY, I just need a few days of doing nothing and just healing, which meant that when the girl Mom and I were supposed to be picking a DRESSER up from tonight messaged me this morning, concerned about the road conditions in their area for our driving, I HAPPILY rescheduled the pickup. Now we're going on Monday night instead. Honestly even if we HAD gone today idk if I would've been able to even LIFT the dresser to help get it in the car. :P

So, today I have done nothing much. I wrote some of Lifeline this morning, posted Pinfeathers to AO3 (I still need to post it AND Ghost In The Machine to Tumblr), and wrote a little three-page drabble from later on in the TKA series, when Wren gets her new Familiar after Renfield has been gone a while, an albino raven named Poe. It's a cute scene, I like how it turned out.

Speaking of scenes, cimberelly wrote me an N.D. scene and I adore her for it! I love that N.D. is still a thing after all this time, it's like... those characters just grabbed hold and wouldn't let go. The whole cast is amazing and I plan to write some N.D. scenes myself in the near future. <3

And then, of course, I put a new filter into the axolotl tank because the chemical filters don't do anything to filter out actual PARTICLES of stuff, and I needed one that DID. I had an external filter on the tank before but it leaked so I'm really hoping for the best this time.

Yesterday was the last day of the MelaFix regimen and the bacterial infection in the aquarium is pretty much cleaned up, so now I have to give it a couple of days and do a 50% water change before starting treatment for the FUNGAL infection that's ALSO going on. My poor 'lotls are suffering right now and I'm doing the best I can to get their tank back to snuff, but it's really hard to do because axolotls are so damned sensitive to chemicals. I've done SO MUCH RESEARCH to make sure the chemicals I'm using in their tank are safe for them but it's all still stressing them out. And all of this in a tank that's ACTIVELY LEAKING because I don't have a new tank/dresser yet. It's just... fuck. Not ideal.

And now I have to go FEED the 'lotls, so that's all for now.

I have a serious infection right now, and it's kind of TMI, so I don't want to talk about it much aside to say it hurts an unbearable amount and I'm on antibiotics for it, but I'm only three doses in so they haven't kicked in yet. The last couple days have been increasingly bad, but today I spent most of the day feeling woozy and shaky and nauseous. I don't have a fever, though. Not yet, at least.

Anyway.

Today I went to the Denturist because I literally have NO molars left in my entire upper jaw, and she told me that if ODSP approves my claim, they'll cover them, except for the co-pay... which is $500. Because I just have $500 to spare. The bottom line is that even if ODSP approves my claim I STILL can't afford the dentures I need. So, today's appointment was kind of pointless in the grand scheme of things. How can ODSP give me just $1200 a month to live off of and then expect me to pay $500 on dentures? I don't get it.

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Tonight I nearly killed Alpine. He could still die, it's kind of up in the air. Basically, I was swapping around some of my plants in the hangers over my bed so that the ones that can thrive in shade were in the shadier spots and the ones that need more light were in the sunnier ones, and in the process of pulling Alpine out of his hanger his vines got caught in the macrame. Then my arm dropped a little and he completely uprooted. OOPS.

So I rescued his vines from the hanger and took him downstairs and repotted him and now I'm just kind of *fingers crossed* that he pulls through. I mean, he's a philodendron and they can next thing to survive a nuclear apocalypse, so I figure my chances are good. And if he DOESN'T survive... well, he's just a cutting off Bucky, and I still have Bucky, so... *shrug*

I repotted Castiel and my unnamed catnip that may or may not survive today as well, and that went much more successfully than moving Alpine did. They're going to keep living on the shelves downstairs where there's lots of sunlight for a couple of days to give them the best start in their new pots and then they're coming upstairs. Castiel is going in the hanger with Charlie until he's bigger and then eventually he's going in the aquarium next to Dean. Naturally.

Jack is doing really well since I moved him to the windowsill, I think I mentioned that before, but his growth is somewhat hampered by how cold it is there right now. Come spring and he'll start growing like a weed, though, and then I can put him in a proper pot, instead of one of the little plastic containers I use to start plants.

I have four plant hangers across my window now (which is going to make putting my A/C unit in interesting in the summer) and all together they hold seven plants. I wish I could hang more but I'm sadly out of space. :|

Mom thinks my plant hanger situation is GREAT btw.

I finished Snowflakes And Dragons yesterday and got it posted to AO3, and just posted it to Tumblr now. After I'm done writing this I'm going to go post it to Vanimadin as well. It was kind of nice to work with Hiccup and Jack again after so long. I should write some more Chemistry or Marked some time soon, too. Just. You know. When I'm finished Storm Season. I think the last couple of days my brain just needed a break from the SPN/Destiel but now I should be good again. Haha.

But also... I think I'm sliding into a depression again. Not for any particular reason (other than maybe Poe not talking to me right now) but I'm just feeling... blegh. Tired and down all the time. Then again, I'm pretty sure I've been sick for the last little while and it's steadily getting worse, too, so that could also be it. I dunno.

I'm just trying to keep myself busy to keep my mind occupied so I don't think about it, but my sinuses hurt and my lungs are screwed, I can't breathe properly, and honestly I feel so down in the dumps it's really hard to ignore. Writing Snowflakes And Dragons actually helped perk me up a little bit, but now that I'm finished I'm like "meh" again, which kind of sucks. Maybe I WILL write some more Hijack and see if it gets my brain interested again like it did before.

Also I can't FUCKING type today, I'm misspelling every second word and having to go back and fix it and it's frustrating as HELL.

EDIT: I need to order more ink again and it's gonna take up most of my Trillium benefit that comes in tomorrow. Boo.

Uuuuuuugh, sinus cold, GO AWAY ALREADY.

I'm super tired, but I seriously doubt I'll get much sleep tonight. My sinuses are so stuffed up it feels like they're full of cotton balls or something, and I unfortunately have trouble sleeping when I can't breathe through my nose. I just don't sleep when I have to breathe through my mouth. idek why. ~__~;;

Off to take more sinus pills now. Yay. /sarcasm.

I've started packing. Mostly knicknacks from my shelves, since they need to go into smaller boxes (which is all I've got right now) and I can't pack up the books/movies/etc. that are on the same shelves until all the odds-and-ends are out of the way.

I have a few that I can't pack up yet, though, because I need newspaper to wrap them. Mom's going to bring some over tomorrow, along with a few boxes and all the plastic tubs that they were storing for me since I didn't have room for them here. Part way through January Mom and I are going to drive down to Dad's place to pick up a whole ton more boxes, since he can get them in the hundreds easily from his work. I've gotten the majority of my boxes from him the last two times I've moved as well.

...and I'm suddenly feeling very sick to my stomach and I have no idea why. Also have a headache starting. Guess it's about time I go to bed, or at least settle down and finish watching the movie I have on. After I go throw up, of course. =/

Friday night my sinuses were bothering me and I sneezed about fifty million times over the course of the evening. I chalked it up to allergies. It was annoying but whatever, it happens sometimes, especially if I've been away from all my critters for a long period of time. My immune system goes ACK! when it's suddenly exposed to them all again.

But then tonight... yeah. I'm sick. Again. My sinuses are still rebelling (only worse now; the only saving grace is that I'm not sneezing every five seconds), my throat is raw and croaky, my ears are feeling weird, and I've got a cough. My lungs hurt the same way they did back in 2004 when I had pneumonia, only in the top part instead of the bottom. I'm exhausted but I can't sleep because I feel so crappy.

So basically, FUCK YOU IMMUNE SYSTEM. FUCK YOU VERY MUCH.

And now back to peppermint tea and DVDs of House M.D.

EDIT: Also, more Otakon/Matsuricon/vacation posts coming soon. As you can tell I've been procrastinating over it, though I really don't know why. XD;;

Aaaaand once again I fail at keeping up with this thing. Jeez. I used to write in my journal every day, but then Twitter came along and I just let my LJ go by the wayside. However. I WILL WRITE IN THIS EVERY DAY AGAIN STARTING NOW. Barring illness/death and/or Internet/computer crash, of course. *fistshake of determination!*

1) Haha lol, it's been cold and rainy/snowy the last few days (in May, wtf?) but today it's nice again (just a little chilly with the wind) so my door is open right now, and the cats are all congregated around it as usual. XD; Just now I heard the neighbour in the next apartment come outside, and start gushing over how cute they were and telling them how handsome they are. I was sitting at the desk here just smiling to myself. It was kind of adorable. ♥

2) SPEAKING OF KITTEHS. Just over three weeks ago (it'll be a month this Friday) there were a couple of stray kitties wandering around aimlessly outside the house. I took some food down to them and they wolfed it down like they were starving to death. Then later that night it started getting cold and they were still wandering lost so I decided to try to catch them and bring them inside for the night. I caught the grey one, but the white-and-tabby one wouldn't let me near him.

Anyway, so the grey kitty stayed in my back room for a few days and gobbled food like it was going out of style. I also brushed him out since he's long haired and it was all tangled up. He turned out to be a really lovely cat. Right, so he was Back Room Kitty while I called around to all the vets and the SPCA, and walked around the neighbourhood looking for Lost Cat posters. I couldn't find anything though, and now I think they were dumped.

So then I had this cat (which I called "Nameless" for the first two weeks just for lack of anything else to call him) and of course because I'm a soft touch I ended up falling in love with him. So I now own another kitty. He's about five or six months old (approximately, I don't have his exact birth day; and he's HUGE for his age lmao) and I named him "Arjuna" after a Hindi god of destruction. Loki and Tri have taken to Juna now, and even Neko only hisses at him once in a while anymore. :)

3) My hair is really short nowadays. I got it cut a couple months ago. It's in an angled bob, which means it's cut really really short in the back and then gets longer the closer it gets to the front. Also, I dyed it blue-black a while back and even though it was supposed to be permanent, it only lasted a month. Bah.

Oh, heh, the only problem is that with my hair this short I need to purchase some spirit gum to hold my cosplay wigs on, since there isn't enough hair to pin them in properly in the back. xD;;

4) I FINALLY got another set of shelves for the kitchen. It only took six months. Now my food and pots/pans are, yanno, ORGANIZED. \o/ I am SO much happier with the kitchen now. And this may sound strange, but I was standing in said kitchen today looking around and suddenly, after so many months, it abruptly hit me that I AM LIVING IN MY OWN APARTMENT. It's kind of a holy shite moment. .__.;

5) A couple weeks ago I was really super sick. I caught this flu that lasted for like eleven days and had me hurling everything that I put in my brand new mini-stomach. It sucked. I was exhausted and had huge bags under my eyes and was so vitamin/mineral deprived that my hands were shaking like a speed junky. I came very close to going to the hospital, but then as fast as it came on it just disappeared again. I woke up after over a week of violent illness and just randomly felt fine again. Go figure.

6) I'm working on things for selling at Otakon and Matsuricon this summer. Jewelry and hairpieces, both the beaded chopstick kind and these cute combs and barrettes that are being made with faux flowers/ribbons/beads/etc. And I need to do a few more ponies as well, possibly KH related or D.Gray, or something like that.

Travel wise, I need to buy my plane ticket down to Baltimore next month. I'm not entirely sure how we're going to get from Baltimore to Dayton and then from Dayton back home though. Need to talk with Maddie and Chloe about that again, since I believe our original plan has had to be retired for one reason or another...

I can't really plan much for cosplay this year because of my weight loss between now and then. None of my old costumes will fit, and there's no point in purchasing new ones just to have them be too big a month later. So this year is casual-ish costumes, or ones that can be thrown together at the last minute; Sohma Kyo, Hetalia!Canada and BOYS!Riku, as well as casual!Demyx at the aquarium of course. :D

7) Been rewatching Grey's Anatomy the last two weeks. I'm officially down to the last half of the current season. 8D

8) Last week I went with Mom to Toronto, since she had a follow-up appointment after her operation back in the fall. It wasn't a big deal but it's a long drive and I went along just to keep her company. But still, she had her exam and talked to the doctor and she is COMPLETELY CANCER-FREE. X333!! They got it all when they did the hysterectomy, so she's cuuuuured and I'm so, SO happy about it!! YAY MOM!! ♥♥♥!!

9) And from Mom's health to mine! Since the operation I've lost 45lbs. The dietician I spoke to last week said that it's going well and by the summer I should be down 50-60 more lbs as well. Then the weight will taper off so I'll lose the rest that I need to slowly over the next six months to a year.

AND NO ONE GETS PICTURES UNTIL OTAKON/MATSURICON IN JULY BWAHAHAHAHA!

10) Today I need to take photos of the rest of my SM stuff that I'm still trying to sell, and then I'll post it on ebay this time instead of just in my LJ. It's going to take forever to post everything but I really need the money, and preferably some of it by the end of the month so I have some more cash for AN on the 29th.

12) Steph: Your package is finished finally, and ready to be mailed! It's full of goodies and sugary stuff, so share with Reppy, k? ♥ Mari: Your package is like... 99% finished. I'll be finished with it and mail it at the end of the month, so I'll need your address between now and then. No big rush though. :)

13) Michi and I are still email rping. We have several misc AU worlds that we're inflicting on characters. KH!zombieverse is the biggest one thusfar, but we've also started a military!AU and we have this huge long Loveless/TWEWY!AU, but it's still in planning stages and is quite complicated lol. We're having fun though~

Been a while since I posted. Haha, I spent so many years writing in this thing every single day that lately when I haven't been writing in it much it seems weird. I go to post and realize it's been ten days (or whatever) since my last post and am surprised by it.

But recently I haven't been up to much... I'm actually quite sick right now (it's really TMI though, so I'm not going to elaborate.) I spent all last week trying to get through to my family doctor and failing, so I think I'm going to have to just break down and go to the Emergency Room, and probably have to endure at least one rather uncomfortable test that I can think of.

In the mean time, I was on hiatus at RY and TV, but my health always sucks and I can't be on hiatus forever, so I came off at RY yesterday and plan to come off at TV tomorrow. Being so sick the last while has really sapped my energy though; I'm not getting any nutrients or anything from my food right now (when I can even eat), and I've probably been taking too many pain pills. I've practically been living on cream-of-wheat because it's so bland and easy to digest. I still don't really feel up to much rping, but it's not fair to camp on characters if I'm just going to be away all the time. Plus I have to get back into helping with mod stuff at RY.

Anyway. Today I gave Sora and Riku a bath for the first time. They flailed around a little and generally went D8 at me. It was adorable. But they did need a bath. And I'm hoping if I do it often enough they'll learn to like playing in the water, or at least to tolerate it. They really liked being wrapped up together in a towel afterward though. ♥

I finished Foundation yesterday. It's the new Heralds of Valdemar book by Mercedes Lackey. I didn't realize how much I'd missed Valdemar until I started reading it (lol two days ago, I read for like 12 hours straight. XD;) Maybe now I can try writing some fic again? It'd be nice to work through my four-years-and-going writer's block. But I'm not holding my breath. Not being able to concentrate to write and draw is part of being bi-polar, and just reading a new Valdemar novel won't magically cure me of that. I wish though!

Today I found a copy of Razorback in region 1 NTSC format on ebay. Dad and I have both been searching for that movie for months now, and all we can find are copies on ebay that are region 2 PAL, which won't play on North American DVD players or TVs. So I'm hoping the seller will ship to Canada, but if he replies to my question about it and says no, Maddie says I can get it shipped to her/Chloe's place and then send them the money to forward it. >D

And now random pictures just for the hell of it:

( Loki and Tri have a night of drinking, apparently. )

( Nazoko. Still looking like Bella. I need the right wig and eyes for her, desperately. )

EDIT: It's getting pretty close to the day I'm taking Loki in to get his back claws done. The closer it gets to time, the more bad I feel about it, even though it's for a medical reason. Every time he comes and cuddles with me, or purrs at me I feel guilty. DX

I wasn't feeling well most of the day yesterday, so I pretty much slept all day. I was up for a couple hours in the evening though, long enough to do an AIM long with Maddie, Reppy, Katie and Cassandra-san. ♥ It was drama-rific. xD;

The only thing I ate yesterday was a bagel. Still not hungry, but I made some vegetarian lasagna anyway because I know I need to eat. Also, out of boredom, I put together a stew to cook in the slow cooker for tonight. The bunnies got lots of veggie trimmings.

Tonight I'm probably going to get baking again. I still have shortbread to do, plus other cookies and stuff as well.

Been up since 4 this morning. After sleeping all day yesterday I guess it makes sense. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep, so I'm puttering around, watching movies and rping and stuff to kill time. Today is vampire and werewolf movies. 30 Days of Night, Skinwalkers and right now The Forsaken. Fun stuff.

Yesterday morning the red wig I ordered for Lavi cosplay at AN (and possibly/probably Otakon) came in. It's the perfect colour, but longer than it needs to be, so I have to trim it, and then style it so it sticks up where it's supposed to. In January I'm ordering a pair of boots for Lavi and Org13 Demyx; I'm going to use them for both cosplays, and just add the white to them for Lavi with tape or something. Yay cosplay. ♥

Along with some stuff I ordered for people for Christmas, I also have a few things coming in that are just for me because I wanted them and happen to have some extra money this month. >.> A copy of the movie Werewolf Samurai because I just couldn't pass it up. WEREWOLF. SAMURAI. FUCK YEAH. Also a Suzumiya Haruhi figma figure (that I think is in scale with my Kadaj figure so I'm tempted to take lulzy pics of them for Pronnie), and a playarts Axel figure from the third formation arts set.

My next accuisitions will be the Axel figure to go with my Roxas one, and Reno from Advent Children. :3 Then a bunch of other ones because there's like fifty KH/FF/misc figures that I want.

Oh, and completely random, but I asked for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for Christmas. DO WANT. Also, Tales of the Abyss, which I can't find anywhere dammit.

EDIT: My formation arts Axel just came in. :D He's on the shelf next to Agito now. ♥

EDIT #2: ...I just fell down the last half of the stairs. I bent one toe backward until it popped out of joint. Luckily, it popped back in on it's own when I flexed my foot. But fuck, that hurt. I hate it when I dislocate joints. ><; Before you ask, yes, it's a relatively common occurrance. >>;;

I wish I could find my camera. I just had Sora out to explore and I could have gotten the most adorable picture of him and Neko touching noses. I love that my cats as so good with the other animals. ♥ The only thing they do is chase rat's tails on occasion, which is just them playing, not them being aggressive.

Actually, back when I first got Yuki and 'Nashi, Tri used to play with their tails through the bars of their cage if they were dangling out. Then one day he was sitting on a table next to the cage, with his tail draping over the corner of it, and 'Nashi climbed up, grabbed his tail, and yanked. He scared the bejeesus out of Tri. It was hilarious. XD; No one can ever say rats don't have a sense of humor.

Anyway, Sora is settling in alright, but you can tell he's still not used to being outside of a cage. When I take him out, he finds a hidey-hole (under my hair at the back, in the crook of my arm, etc.) and ventures out a bit, then scampers back really fast. But each time he goes a little farther, and I give him scratches and crackers for being a brave boy, so I'm sure he'll be fine. I am pleased that he trusts me enough to be his safe place though. :3

Other than that... still bloody sick. I just keep getting worse. All my sinuses are infected (except possibly in my left cheek, I'm not sure about that one entirely), I've got a barking cough, a massive headache, a sore throat and the on-and-off fever I've had the last few days. Also, my piercings are all still infected. >.<;

Oh, and my jaw is stiffening up again. -.-;; Stupid Tetanus. Stupid Lockjaw. Go away already, it's been three years!

I'm medicating myself to the eyeballs with painkillers, aspirin, and sinus pills/nasal spray, but I think I'll probably have to get the doctor to give me a prescription for antibiotics when I'm in there in a couple of weeks. Blegh. I hate this time of year.

My off-and-on fever is more off than on right now, but still existent. It sucks. The last two days I pretty much just slept and watched movies, and worked on unpacking a tiny bit.

Tomorrow I have to go out to Walmart and get more sinus meds. While I'm out in that direction I'm going to get some more rabbit food at the pet store as well, and look at the rats there. If there are any cute ones I'll pick one up. ♥

Right now I'm chatting with RY peeps and rping Marluxia/Kadaj/Sora with Kiin. Crack threesome FTW. XD; I'm also semi-watching Supernatural on DVD with my brother.

I have a fever. It feels so hot in here, I wish I could open the window, but I know if I sleep with the window open I'll just get even sicker. =__=;;

My immune system blows.

I took my air conditioner out the other day because it abruptly got so cold out. Now it's super hot in here randomly tonight. UGH. Oh well. I have both windows open and the fan going to circulate the air, so I guess I'll live.

Worked some more on my alien queen model today. I'm almost ashamed to admit that it's the first model I've ever put together on my own. At all. Plus it's not the best model in the world (which is annoying), so some of the seams don't line up perfectly; I've had to trim a lot, and there are spots where there are holes that I'm going to have to patch with air-dry clay before I paint it. It's a pain, but it's not really that bad of a problem, and it'll look fine once I'm done tweaking it and painting it.

But for now I think I need to set it aside and work on Asch!pony for Pronnie's birthday. .__.; Pronnie~ hopefully he'll be done in time, but he might be a little late getting there depending on when I mail him. XD; Just so you know. ♥

I probably won't work on anything tonight though, for some reason the last couple hours every one of my joints has been weak and shaking. I don't know what's wrong, but it SUCKS. I have to hang onto the wall when I go down the stairs because my knees don't want to work right. ><;;

Anyway!

( Here have some more Marly/Kadaj smut. XD )

Some of the stuff in there made me squee so much. XD; The "command me" part seriously almost killed me. I had to take a moment to go >w< to myself.

I also picked up Roxas at RY. He's had three muns already, and keeps getting dropped after like two weeks each time. Poor guy. He needs love. *pets him* So there you go. Haruhi's already pounced on him to play bass for her. >>; He was like "...excuse me?" lol. I think he'll be fun to play. ♥