chris got home around 4:30 yesterday afternoon!! yeayuh! he took me out to Pig in a Poke, a local bbq place-yummmMMM! [[i wish i'd worn a dress and my cowboy boots]] we procured a movie at a closing video store, and unsuccessfully tried to get chris' hairs cut- i offered to cut it but i need a razor comb, especially for boy hairs. when we got home, all full of bbqs, we smoked hookah! mmmMMM twas honey and apple flavoured [[hee hee, "u" makes me all cultured in appearances]] ! last night was the first time i've tried hookah and i Like It. it seems like a nice vice- not something i'd need or want to do extremely often- but nice for a quiet, restful evening at home or with friends. plus it makes the house smell Delectable!! and blowing smoke bubbles is amazing!! you pop them and they turn to mist! i'm still mystified! [[ohhhh pun not intended but wholly welcomed]] chris was definitely the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland last night. it still smells like honey in here!! :D

last night around 1 am i woke up from a nightmare that lasted Forever! it ended with me pulling my mom by the hand as we ran out of a huge house, down stairs next to which my grandma and another member of my family were hanging upside down by their feet..like pigs in a slaughterhouse.. my entire family had been tortured and cannibalized for hours... then i woke up, laid in bed for about a half an hour freaked out and paranoid and thinking about all the real horrors of the world, and how isolated chris' place really is.. then i finally calmed down, got up my nerve, and checked all the doors and windows-twice. no more beer and hookah so close to bedtimes maybe?? then all my other worries crept in and i laid awake until around 3.. i'm pretty sure i messed up chris' sleep too.

i'm headed off to shower soon, and after i shower i'm going to sew a little pillow for karima! i'll leave the 4th corner unsewn so i can stuff lavender and hopefully some sandalwood and lemongrass scented things into it-i'll have to see what the stores around here have-or hopefully chris will make a stop in lex on our way back to cinci. for the rest of the stuffing in the pillow i'm using plastic grocery bags-they're my favorite thing to stuff other fings with! i made a little grocery bag stuffed squirrel with a needle for a mouth a year or so ago at MurMur [[i think that's how twas written]] my friends' old art place. i also sewed a bikini top and gladiator skirt/belt thing out of playing cards-that was a fun day!

well, off to play in the suds!

Karimas posted this wonderful music video, "Kiss With a Fist", on my facebook wall, it makes her think O' me, i wholeheartedly approve! i've watched it about 20 times since i discovered she'd posted it. my favorite parts are all of it-but mostly the cellophane fire. [[i wonder what it says about how people view my love life, hah har- more fire is all i have to say, mwahahaha hah ]] :D

so as far as chris' job goes i'm going to start looking forward to incredibly rainy days instead of beautiful spring days! hot weather means FIRES. rainy days mean Getting Home at a Decent Hour!

today was thankfully Rainy! chris surprised me by coming home for lunch today!!!!! lunch with chris=happy times extraordinaire ---> i've spent my entire spring break with him but i still miss him-damn forest fires. he'll be home around 5 today! yeayuh!!

i have been somewhat productive with my time alone- yesterday i hand sewed a skirt!!! its almost done-i just don't know how to taper it at the waist so it doesnt slide off of my hips-but also make sure i can still get it on..im guessing i need some elastic or a zipper?? i need to youtube this 'un. i did pretty well for it being my first skirt i've made evar!! i used a yard of fabric folded in half hotdog style [[hee hee]] then i sewed up the unattached ends-i got inspired whilest sewing and left a 4 inch or so slit in the back-i sewed the edges of that too and the hem.. chris complimented my hand stitch, eee. damn waist and making it fit!! hmm..

this weekend is Beaux Arts Ball!! i dunno if chris and i are going to go or not... tickets are prob all sold out by now...but perhaps!

well..off to shower! i enjoy showering in other peoples' showers. something bout using their products or something..

this is my third post of the day!

right now i am sipping chilled mango juice and a tiny bit of svedka vodka in one of chris' frosted mugs. i just finished making zuppa toscana soup All By Myself!! i'm very proud. chris is out FIGHTING FOREST FIRES!! this also makes me extremely proud! i didn't know that was part of his job when he first told me about it-its exciting and Frightening! he called me about two hours ago and told me there were 5 unmanned [[noone fighting them]] fires in the area, so he had to go out and fight. i'm a little worried-i'll be very worried if he isn't home, or hasn't called by 11. okeedoo, thinking about it has me worried. the soup is in its last simmer, just mingling all the flavors now. im going to freshen up my drink [[ by this i mean add vodka and ice..i need to be calmed one way or another ;> ]]

Here are some pictures from the Clifton Heights Music Festival :

last night when chris got home from work he took me to walmart to procure fabric to make skirts and pillows! he also picked me up a pillow for his bed. we went to tlacaplaca (sp.?) for dinner and then to food city for some groceries and beer! then we came home and had a drink and a licking battle! not for the faint of heart, hee hee! he won, not by much. its mostly because he has a longer tongue. [[the best way i can describe our licking battle is that we tried to lick each other's faces without getting licked in the process..]] then we read in bed [the best!] and fell asleep with little peeper froggies serenading us through the open bedroom window.

today wasn't as lonely as yesterday-mostly cause i was busy..and also because i slept in till one. my body needs the rest after weeks of trying to motivate 8th graders all day! im going to ask chris to take me somewhere outside today, its beauteous outside! today also wasn't as lonely because i was busy-i did dishes and cleaned the bathroom [[the tub had to be washed in three stages, whew!]] it turns out that i need about 2 more inches of fabric than a yard to make my skirts..so im going to see if chris will take me back today to get two more yards of skirt material-i have visions of pleated ruffles :D

chris should be back soon- part of his forestry job is to Fight Fires!! and its fire season in eastern kentucky-look up prestonsburg, KY on the weather channel's website-we're under a fire weather warning. ahh! that part of chris' job is sexy and scary all at the same time! so i am a tad worried.. he's no good to me burnt to a crisp! hah, hah. but no, really.

chris' neighbor is mowing his lawn-mmmMMM fresh cut grass! i used to buy my friend jenbot demeter's fresh cut grass perfume from whole foods (when it was still called wild oats) i think i might pick her up another bottle if i can find it again! maybe i'll just buy one for me too so i can sniff it and remember younger jenbot and i, and our frolicksome days at UK. i miss my jenbot, i think i'll call her tomorrow morning! maybe chris and i can plan a trip to lex this weekend!!

i'm in eastern kentucky waiting for chris to come home! i got lonely a lot sooner than i thought i would being all alone and carless. le sigh. there are legos, crafty-type things, and books yet i have no kitteh or human company and am thus disengaged. bleh.

despite being a tad lonely i'm grood [[great+good]]. i wish i Had brought my car up here-but where would i drive? and then i'd prob end up at the dollar general, rite aid, or the used book store up in town spendin' my non-existent monies. OR i wish that lex was only 30 minutes away :] ahhhh-im sleeping in tomorrow-till like noon or one. that'll pass the times, hah har. but no really. hmmm... countdown two hours ish till human contact.

im going to go stumbling through the interwebs..i'll probably type up another post before too long, hah!

ONE MORE DAY till spring break and Chris!!!

karima invited me to Tunes and Blooms at the cincinnati zoo tonight! i am very tempted to join her, but im already sleepy. also i have to wake up early to type up a test for the kids! i let them create their own test questions (after a lesson on how to write good questions and a lot of guidance) and tomorrow morning i'm going to choose twenty of the best questions and compile their test. then i need to make 90 copies. le sigh. im gettin sleepier by the minute too.. karima won't be home till around 7:30-7:45..then we have to drive to downtown-15 minutes-ish.. and it ends at 8:30! ahh! i guess that decides it for me-since it ends at 8:30 and we'll be arriving around 8.. the next 3 weeks shows feature bands i know and love, so i'll plan on going to those!! if i get there at 6-ish and leave by 8:30 i'll be just fine for getting quality shows and getting quality sleeps :D

tomorrow night chris and i and madam karima are attending the Clifton Heights Music Festival!! i canna wait to see our friend john's band Losanti, and The Flux Capacitors!!!!! these are two of my favorite bands-the only prob is that they're scheduled to play at the EXACT same time!! i'll make it happen tho'. h00t.

i had chicken and guacamole for dinner again tonight only this time i skipped the chips-so grood [[great+good]]! i has a flavour. broohahahahah hah!

well, im off to read some more "A Room With a View" off teh interwebs.