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This was yesterday, but why not continue celebrating it?
I love oatmeal cookies! Although, I pretty much love anything with oatmeal! By itself, it's pretty awesome, too!
They seem to be a lot more filling compared to other cookies out there. I like both the raisin and chocolate chip kinds. Not sure if I like them together...
I think that'll confuse my taste buds, considering they can look similar, might have a similar texture, and are both sweet. The cranberry and nut ones are good, too. It's Poultry Day today. Poultry is good, too! I tend to eat quite a bit of chicken and turkey. You can do so many things with them. 
Some weird things have been happening the last few days. A little of the good, scary, 'huh, interesting', and just 'what the heck' kind.
We went to group Tuesday night. Apparently, a couple of people were there before group started, and were incredibly rude to everyone. Not exactly sure what happened, considering it was before we arrived. It made everyone that was already there a bit rattled, though. Had a really good turn out. Some of them were people we hadn't seen in a very long time. It was nice to see them.
After everyone checked in, we suddenly talked about changing the rules or guidelines of the group. It seemed at least 2 people were prepared for it, while the rest of us were most definitely not.
One of the people that seemed to be leading it, started listing out what other people have told her has been the problem. Then, she seemed to say things like: don't do this___, or this___. It left no room for discussion. One person was so fed up with it, they left and said they might not ever come back.
I agreed on why she had an issue with it all. Another person did a similar thing, but came back later. I felt that the person who led that part was maybe...using really poor choice of words.
I think people were so turned off by it, they couldn't say anything right away. Once it sunk in, everyone explained to her why it seemed like the wrong way to go about it. She said she didn't really mean for it to go that way.
Another problem most people had was about negativity. It's supposed to be a group that supports people, so obviously there's going to be pretty negative things that come up. Censoring people and telling them to not be negative, creates a lot more problems. No one gets their voice heard.
I like the idea that everyone should end their 'story' or 'discussion' topic on a positive note. That's cool, and leaves it fresh for the next person. Also, helps the person who was in a negative place feel just a touch better about things, I'm sure. That benefits everyone.
This discussion on negativity was brought up in several other groups that I've gone to. So, it must be an issue they all bring up. I also liked that a while back we came up with the idea that when someone is about to go into something that might be a trigger for others, that they actually give a warning before they say anything. This way they can go to the other room, bathroom, or outside while that is brought up. (When that person's done, someone could tell the one who left to come back.) It would help a lot with people. I've even had an issue a while back that was a bit triggering. I took it in stride after a while, but what about those who can't? What about that person that brought up such a thing didn't know it'd be triggering? They'd be unknowingly hurting someone eventually. I don't think that's good for them either.
When this topic on triggers came up back then, we brought up what triggered me too, and they understood. So, this way you can be negative (and probably go someplace pretty dark), help people who might have a trigger beforehand, and eventually end on a good note.
After talking a lot about these rules and guidelines, we decided that a lot of that should probably be slowly discussed on fb. Also, someone brought up that we're going to have a table at the local pride event coming up. She had some very cool and interesting ideas.
Also, she thought we might be able to make our own shirts for it, too. I asked later on if maybe we could have some that said 'allies' or 'ally' underneath the main part. That way people know that there are others like me that support them. Just knowing that probably helps someone.
Our next meeting is going to be a potluck and movie night. That should be interesting. Have no idea what we'll be watching...After Tuesday's meeting, Dad and I went to Applebee's instead of Shari's.
Last time I barely could find something I could actually eat.
Almost everything had some form of pork. (Even their mac and cheese had a bacon based sauce. Shouldn't it just be cheese?
Glad they told me...) So, I was reluctant to go again. They changed their menu, and now there's a ton of new stuff I could try. I decided to get their salmon from their 'healthy' section. Mainly because I felt I was lacking vegetables that day, and salmon usually is good. Plus, it said it had artichoke 'butter' on top of the salmon. That sounded pretty good. The salmon was very dried out, the 'butter' barely had any butter in it (just looked like a clump of artichoke hearts chopped up finely), the spinach was overcooked, the peas were mushy, a few small pieces of asparagus were thrown in, potatoes weren't bad (weren't great either...), and there was a bit too much pepper in the vegetable mix. For the most part, it was pretty much a dud.
I was also thinking about trying their chicken wontons. So, maybe I'll do that next time.
That night, while I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, I saw a huge spider waving its giant legs in the air on the side of my sink.
It was mostly all legs, but looked different when compared to a daddy-long-legs. The body part wasn't as small, for one. It seemed to be just as startled. It waved its legs at a more of vigorous pace after. Almost like it was a weird looking dancer.
I decided not to do anything with it, and thought it'd find a place later that's nowhere near me. Although, if it was still there in the morning, I'd grab the vacuum cleaner and suck it up.
It was too big and scary looking for me to think of putting it in a cup or something. This way I'd give it a chance, too. (Didn't see it again.)
Thinking that was the only thing to worry about before falling asleep, I got in bed and laid on my side like usual. I was about to turn the light out when I noticed something weird next to the pillow in my peripheral vision. I looked at it closer. I didn't have my contacts in, but I was close enough that it was clear to me. (I'm very near-sighted.) It looked like a hollowed out giant spider leg at first. Then, I started thinking: "Oh no! Where's the rest of it?!"
I panicked. For a moment I just stared at it.
Eventually something slimy that looked like a tendril protruded a little out of it.
It went back inside and out, and then it waved in the air a bit. At some point, it came out quite a bit, gripped the bed, and moved the entire thing, including its 'body', across the bed. I guess it would be similar to seeing something come out of a severed human finger and it moved on its own. Really freaky. Watching it move, I was at first extremely fascinated. I had never seen something like it. Then, that fascination turned to uneasiness/fear when it really dawned on me that I've never seen it before, not to mention it looked freaky. So, not really knowing what to do, I blew on it. It apparently was as light as a feather, and that was enough to propel it somewhere across the room to the floor. Needless to say, I had a very tough night after that.
I found out yesterday, the day that our friends are doing their seder. I was hoping it'd be the 1st night on that Friday. (Passover starts at sundown on April 3rd. Again, it lasts for 8 days.) But, apparently it's going to be on the second night. It just seems like we'll be more rushed for ours on the 1st night if it's then. Plus, both our haircuts are on that Saturday. It's scheduled to only be a couple of hours before their seder. So, if it ends up looking bad, I won't be able to come up with a temporary 'fix'.
I'm only asking for a trim, so it shouldn't be horrible. But, I haven't had a haircut in about 2 years. (That's when the stylist helped me find a style I loved.) Before that, I hadn't had one for about 7 years. So, I'm a little weary of haircuts now. (But, I definitely think I need a trim...
) This'll be with the same stylist as last time's. So, it probably won't be horrible. She made the 'ringlets' odd looking though. I like the way I have them now, but that's something I can tell her. We didn't know at the time, she just steered me in the right direction.
Anyways, I think most of that week before Passover even starts I'm going to be doing quite a bit of cooking. Good, but tiring.
Might be cooking more than last time. It's probably healthier to make some of the stuff from scratch, too. Oh, and not only are we doing the 1st night, it's also the start of Shabbat. So, it's even more of a big one. 2 holidays in 1. Wahoo!
I think there's a few more prayers/readings that are said if the seder ends up on Shabbat. (Shabbat starts at every sundown on Fridays and goes until Saturday night.)
We found a good portion of what's on my Passover-specific list. Most of it was at our local supermarket that has a pretty sizable Passover display every year. Some of the stuff was already gone...
I wanted the kosher for Passover potato chips we usually get, but they had them in regular, BBQ, sea salt, reduced sodium, and regular with ridges. Normally we don't have such a variety.
I got the BBQ one. We'll see what that one's like. I didn't think we'd find potato starch, but lo and behold, it was there too. They have them in pretty large canisters. I don't need very much, but that's all they had. Got some matzo. That's one of the biggest staples for the holiday. Found some kosher for Passover peppermint patties. I can't remember if we've had them before, but they looked/sounded good.
Decided to get that in place of the fruit slices this year. They had more of a variety of flavors for the coconut macaroons, too. Decided on the chocolate chip one. There was red velvet, almond, espresso, and a few others. That company seems to make a new flavor every year. It's interesting, and usually good. Also, found some matzo meal. It's used in many things. For example, with the Passover popovers I make, they're almost entirely made out of the stuff. It's ground up matzo. (Matzo is a cracker-like unleavened bread.) Matzo farfel is just crumbled chunks of matzo. We use matzo in so many things, since we can't use flour or anything that could be used for leavening. (We also use a lot of eggs, potatoes, and butter or margarine.) They had ran out of matzo farfel this time, though. It's the main part to my matzo granola. Which is soooo much better than those store-bought Passover cereals. (Those have a weird aftertaste, and disintegrate as soon as milk touches it.
) It holds its own like normal granola. We'll have to get it from the QFC across the water that has the largest amount of Passover products in the region, along with the other things that they didn't have. Like, chocolate covered orange peels (they're surprisingly good), kosher for Passover dressing (for the salad at ours, and maybe with the salad we'll bring to the other seder. Not sure what we're bringing to it yet, they still have to tell us, but usually it's that and my popovers), etc. Also, got some gefilte fish at our local Safeway. But, the rest of the display in their kosher section wasn't kosher for Passover...
Sad.
Today, I decided to leave my bathroom door open while I took a shower to see what Rosie would do. (No one else was home, so why not?) I was surprised by her reaction. She was very curious, and occasionally I saw a head pop up over the side of the tub. She stayed in that room the entire time I was in there. When I went to dry my hair with the towel, she intentionally stood so the drips would fall on her. She seemed really happy that I was out of the shower, and meowed a lot. She also licked my feet. She didn't like when I combed my hair and applied hair products. She gave me a confused look. It was so cute, and for some reason, the whole thing felt like a bonding experience.
I posted my Hanukkah-themed drawing to dA. Don't think anyone faved it, but got a lot of views. Yesterday, I posted the 1st 'page' of colored in drawings of my original characters' outfits/accessories/extras to dA. I immediately got 2 faves for it. One even put it in their 'Awesome' collection. Not sure if it was awesome...
Getting quite a few views, too. I might post the 2nd page either tonight or tomorrow. I think the other pages were a lot more interesting. So, we'll see. It was more just for my reference, so it's interesting it got any likes for that 1st one.
Found out Kuroshitsuji or Black Butler: Book of Murder is available to watch now. It was one of the best arcs in the manga. Saw Book of Circus not too long ago, and it was treated like a regular anime season. I think for Book of Murder they made it into 2-part movies. So, like 2 super long episodes. I wonder why they handled this one so differently? The arc in the manga was longer, I think, than the Book of Circus one too. Both these parts of the anime franchise are supposed to be closer to what happens in the manga. The 1st season started to veer off from the manga's story line towards the end, and the 2nd season was like a totally different story. It wasn't in the manga. None of those extra characters were either. A lot of fans were pissed off.
I actually liked all of the 1st season of it, including the end. I couldn't stand the 2nd season. I think I watched, maybe, 2 episodes of that one. It lost its humor, the new main characters seemed flat, senseless violence (it's normally pretty violent, but there's a reason behind it), etc. Book of Circus followed the manga to a T. I'm not sure if I've seen an anime version follow it so closely. They even kept a pretty risque scene. The series is definitely not for kids...
I'd love to see if they did the same with Book of Murder. I might try it tomorrow.
Found some more Jdrama possibilities, and manga for my to-read list. Started Konjiki no Gash or better known as Zatch Bell. (Not sure why people have changed his name to Zatch rather than Gash...) Not sure about it yet.
There are 11 other 'new' ones for me to try. New to me, anyways. Plus, one that I've only seen the anime for called Tegami Bachi or Letter Bee. It's supposed to be very different. Like some characters that were allies, are villains in the manga. I'll give it a shot. Another one's extremely popular, especially after the anime version became so popular, called Tokyo Ghoul. I didn't like the first episode of the anime, but I'll try the manga. The idea is interesting, just seemed 'off' in the anime version. I might start another one for Fridays, tomorrow. Especially since I finished Variante.
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One of my favorite types of pancake.Really simple, too. I also like chocolate chip and banana ones. You can put pretty much anything into pancakes.A while back, using a recipe from an old German cookbook, I made spinach pancakes with hollandaise sauce. It was surprisingly good, and probably the most 'unique' ones that I've made.
It was buttery, savory, and tasted fresh. Yesterday was Chocolate Cake Day. One of my favorite types of cake. Although, there are many different kinds of chocolate cake...
I haven't been feeling well for the past week.It's some sort of lower gut thing. Usually when I'm sick, I have a headache, runny nose, cough, etc. Even if it's not a cold. Like that's what my body naturally does when something's not right. But, I didn't have that this time.
I kept thinking that it was something I ate. I became severely dehydrated, and there were some scary signs when I went to the bathroom...(I won't go into it. Grosses out/scares me just remembering it.
) I was very dizzy, nauseous (came extremely close to throwing up a few times), felt like a ton of pressure was on my lower abdomen, felt warm (although I didn't have a fever), somewhat sweaty across my forehead, felt some very painful abdominal cramps, and other strange symptoms.
Eventually these things were only increasing and getting worse, so I called the consulting nurse's hotline on Sunday. I was hoping it could easily be remedied somehow at home. After talking for a while to the nurse, she became somewhat panicky over me.Saying I needed to either go to Urgent Care or the Emergency Room right away. She kept stressing that as soon as I hang up, I should go to either of those. She said to immediately call the hotline back, if things got worse after coming home from seeing someone. Not sure what they could do if that happens...
So, I reluctantly went to Urgent Care. They noticed that I was severely dehydrated and gave me fluids through an IV. The machine was on a fast mode and made kind of a robotic toy sound. I've used IVs before, but I don't remember the machine being that noisy. I think they wanted a slow drip in the past for me. They said it'll be about an hour to go through the whole bag. I started to feel some relief about 15 to 20 minutes into it. My lips weren't as dry, wasn't as dizzy, and overall kind of felt like I just came back to life.
Interestingly, after having an hour's worth of fluids pump into me, I didn't need to go to the bathroom right away. I guess I really did need that.
They ran a few tests, but nothing big came up. My sodium level was a bit low. They noticed that it looked like I had been fighting something in my system from the results. The doctor said that it was most likely some sort of virus. He labeled it as gastroenteritis or 'stomach flu' on the paperwork. I've had gastroenteritis, and it wasn't like this.He said I should do some testing at home, and bring it back to them. It's something so gross that I just can't bring myself to do. I feel like throwing up just looking at the 'kit' they gave me.Some of the containers say things like 'poison- don't drink' and are filled with formaldehyde. That in itself is scary.The smell of formaldehyde makes me nauseous. So, on the whole, it doesn't look like I'll be able to do it.
He also told me that I should have an all-liquid diet for 24-36 hours, and after that gradually adding bland solid foods. He said soups, broth, oatmeal, and mashed potatoes would be fine for the liquid diet part. He also gave me anti-nausea meds. They're really small, and kind of look like grains of rice. Also, that I should drink fluids in between meals. (I felt like I was going to float away...)
The all-liquid diet was a bit difficult for me...We didn't have very much soup left. In fact, we just had one can of chicken noodle that I promptly ate for dinner after we got home. I had oatmeal for breakfast, which was pretty good. That's another thing, I actually had an appetite still. Things didn't taste any different. Had some cream of rice for lunch. I made it kind of savory with adding a little bit of garlic, dill, and a few other things. Pretty tasty.
Had chicken broth with a Greek seasoning blend for snack. That was good, but not filling. The night before I had beef broth and some spices for another snack, but again, it wasn't filling. I was super hungry by the time the 24-hour mark hit.I had some mashed potatoes with garlic, chives, dill, and...BBQ sauce for dinner. The BBQ sauce made it even more awesome than the 'usual'.
Made like a double portion for myself since it was the only thing I had for dinner. Had some chocolate cookies to start the 'transition' to more solid foods. Also, had stale soft graham crackers with Nutella and some mini marshmallows on top for my after dinner snack. I needed some serious comfort food after all that.
Yesterday morning I made a breakfast that wasn't my 'norm'. Usually it's bread (most of the time, challah) and a little margarine, or a turkey sausage breakfast sandwich. This time I scrambled an egg (with dill, garlic, and dried onions), cooked rice in a beef broth, and had a couple of maple chicken sausage links with a little added syrup (it's not really maple syrup, but has kind of a hint of it). It all turned out really tasty.
A lot of flavor. Had some of the leftover rice with my snack afterwards. So it was like having more awesome later in the day...
I'm feeling a lot better than I was. Although, I still get dizzy and nauseous every so often. I know exactly when those anti-nausea meds stop working.Occasionally still getting the abdominal cramps, too. (They're some of the most painful feeling cramps I've felt. Not like the 'monthly' kind...) I don't feel nearly as dehydrated as before. So, I must be slowly coming out of it. I probably should still be careful about things. Also, I still feeling weak.
Pandora Hearts is getting crazier. The story is very complex, and just as you think you're getting it, they throw another twist. I think the story in itself is very well done. Jack was/is really demented. Technically everything is based on Lacie and Jack. Lacie is Alice's mother. They just switched the letters around. If Lacie never met Jack, or she was killed when she was supposed to, none of the mess about the Abyss would have happened. There wouldn't be a tragedy in Sabrie, Alice and her twin wouldn't have existed, there wouldn't be an 'Oz', the Pandora organization wouldn't exist, etc. Basically, the whole story wouldn't have happened. As demented as Jack is, he's very interesting. He can not die. He ages backwards until he's a baby, then ages normally until the day/age he was taken into the Abyss. (The Abyss rejected him, saying that his soul was too twisted. That's saying something, considering the Abyss itself is pretty twisted.) Then, he ages backwards from that time, again. I liked that they called it a broken watch that was constantly rewinding. The watch at the beginning makes more sense that way. Over so many 'rotations' his soul is slowly eaten away, until eventually he disappears from his own memory. It's just his body that'll keep going forever. Oz has his body. He has only a small remnant of Jack left in him. (Jack has been on this weird 'rewind' for 100 years now. That's a lot of rotations.) Instead, he has the soul of B-Rabbit or a stuffed rabbit that gained a soul in the Abyss, inside him. He had his memories as being B-Rabbit erased, until recently. He finally remembers everything, or so he assumes. Ever since Jack's body (as Oz) had become a baby again, he was living as a normal human. He had his own separate memories. This kind of reminds me of Haven, in a way...
The weird thing that I'm not quite getting is that Alice also has B-Rabbit's powers. But, they did say that technically B-Rabbit's soul is split between 2 stuffed rabbits. But, I thought one of those rabbits disappeared...Also, many of the main characters are over 100 years old and were there in Sabrie when the 'tragedy' happened. They should be in the Abyss, and yet they're not. Their memories were erased until recently too. What's up with that? I guess they'll explain it later. Also, noticed that it's still ongoing. So, there's a lot more to the story. The anime stopped WAY too soon. Most of this stuff wasn't even touched on during it.
Since Kuroshitsuji or Black Butler hadn't updated yet (not surprising, since it appears to only have a chapter a month out), I caught up on Ao no Exorcist or Blue Exorcist. There were about 4 more chapters up since the last time I read it. That was kind of a nice treat. It's still ongoing too. Only, their updates are much slower. They managed to save Izumo from the crazy scientist who only thought about impressing Lucifer. The Illuminati apparently has Lucifer, and are helping him find a way to recover to what he used to be. Interestingly, his father is also Satan. (For a while, I thought in the story they were the same person...) So, Rin, Yukio, Mephisto, Amaimon, and Lucifer are technically siblings. Rin and Yukio are half human, though. Lucifer's now hooked up to machines and can't even stand on his own. He has a hard time keeping a human-like appearance, too. Izumo was forced to have the 9-tailed fox demon possess her. Her family has had a connection to the 9-tails for generations, but that connection gets weaker with each generation as well. Most of the time they keep fox familiars. Her mother had successfully merged with it, and she was going to die soon. The organization was studying its longevity/regenerative properties, so they needed someone to step in before she died. (From their findings, they tried to test it on a large amount of people. They all turned into zombies.) Otherwise the 9-tails would die with her. Izumo tried her best to take control of it, but it started to reject her. Luckily, Rin popped in and he freed her mom. Her mom took back the 9-tailed fox, and eventually passed out. Everyone assumes she died, but we don't really know. After being hospitalized for a bit, Izumo found out that her little sister was living a comfortable and carefree life with a family who seemed to really care about her. The only sad thing was that she didn't recognize Izumo. She seemed to have forgotten her own mother, too. The only thing she remembered was the fox charm Izumo had. Sad, but at least she knows her sister is safe.
I'm really liking Karma from Assassination Classroom. He was just introduced in the most current episode. Very interesting character. Although, he's really sadistic, brutal, violent, etc. He's very intelligent and seems to be one of most misunderstood students. He was the first person to inflict any damage on Koro-sensei. And it was quite a bit of damage. (Not life threatening, but maimed him pretty good.) He also got to Koro psychologically, but Koro got back at him in some of the best ways possible. He's against hurting any of his students, but that doesn't mean he can't discipline them in other ways. It was really hilarious. He did so many things...Like when he found an octopus on his desk with a knife stabbed through it, he quickly made takoyaki (octopus balls) and stuffed the piping hot things into Karma's mouth. Since Koro looks very octopus-like he associates with them. Another time, something was thrown at Koro, but he dodged it. In that time, he was able to paint Karma's nails and cut his hair a bit. He's super fast, he can move at the max speed of mach 20. He's an alien after all. What made Karma join that class was him brutally beating his previous teacher. The teacher came close to dying. (Not sure if he did. Karma said he was as good as dead, though.) He acted out because that teacher told him that he'd believe him no matter what, and that he was on his side. Then he severely wounded one of the top 3rd-year students while saving a bullied student. The teacher betrayed him, and said he was only siding with him before because of Karma's grades. He wanted the credit for having such a bright student. He didn't believe Karma's story, and reprimanded him. Karma came back and brutally beat him after that. Karma kind of lives up to his name. His opinion of Koro changed quite a bit by the end of the episode. One of the things that helped was what happened when Karma jumped off a cliff. He had his gun pointed towards Koro as he fell. He thought that since Koro thought of them all as precious, he'd have to come after him. Otherwise, it'd be against what he stands for. He thought he could shoot him as he tried to jump after him. He didn't know that Koro could just go down the other side of the cliff at top speed, and lay himself out like a spider web across some tree limbs to catch Karma. He made himself sticky so Karma couldn't shoot him once he was caught. I really like Koro, too. He's 'unique', and seems to eventually know how to deal with each student.
Finally was able to start watching Ouroboros. This is based off of a manga. It's very interesting, and has many actors that I love. I'm used to seeing Shun Oguri play detective roles, but in this one he plays a yakuza boss. Not really used to Toma Ikuta playing a detective either. He did it in Maou, but he seemed much more 'stiff'. Both actors have appeared in several shows together in the past. But, I think it's been a while since they last did one together. They play the main characters, Ikuo and Tatsuya, in this one. They went to the same orphanage when they were little. Yuko, who they looked up to as a sister-figure, was one of their teachers and took care of them. She was killed in front of them. They tell a policeman with a gold watch what they saw, but he told them never to talk about it again and covered the case up. They make a pact to solve the case and exact revenge on the people who covered it up. 15 years later, Ikuo is a detective, and Tatsuya is a yakuza boss. Ikuo's arrest rate is the highest at the police station, has an extremely good sense of smell and taste, and comes off as an overall good person. Tatsuya has made it to where he is with his good looks and intelligence. No one can tell if he's being serious or not. They're still working together to find out what really happened and who covered it up. (Ikuo can do it through 'legal' means, and Tatsuya through his underworld connections.) They now know the gold watch was a sign of some elite organization that the policeman was apart of. It's interesting so far. The only thing I haven't really liked, but seems to happen in many 'revenge'-based shows, is that they'll kill anyone who had a hand in the case in some way. But, maybe that'll change.
Finished my Hanukkah-based drawing. I'm thinking I might just settle for this one out of the many ideas I had based on the holiday. It was supposed to be like a series of drawings where the original characters from my novel, Alliance, are celebrating Hanukkah in some way. They're not necessarily Jewish in the story. Although, we don't really know if any of them are...I didn't go into things like religion. But, it would have just been a fun thing to do. Maybe they were celebrating with someone who was? This one's of Shadow, my main character, watching the candles on a fully lit menorah. It was a different perspective than what I'm used to, but I think it turned out ok. Still need to iron out his hairstyle...The menorah went through a lot of different stages. I wasn't sure how I wanted it. I think what I decided on was best, though. It's colorful, and the design seems interesting to me. I also kind of wanted to color something in with my colored pencils, and this gave me an opportunity. That was kind of fun. Not sure if I got the shading right. The other drawings would have been things like 4 of the main characters playing dreidel, with their expressions, and Junko winning. Another was Sin making a ton of Hanukkah-based foods, displaying it on a table, and everyone gathering around that table oohing and ahing over it. Another was everyone singing, and maybe some of them drinking in the background while they did so. There were some other ideas, too. Maybe I'll do them next year...Maybe I'll do a Tu B'Shevat-themed one next. Since that's coming up quickly. (It's our New Year for the Trees. A minor, but nice holiday.) Not sure. Or, maybe something entirely different with them. We'll see. I'll post the drawing I just finished on dA, after I take a look at it in Photoshop. Shouldn't take long.
Rosie seems to be responding to me being sick. She's been staying close to me lately. Closer than usual. Gives more kisses (or tries to clean me more often. Not sure which), hugs me a lot more, will sit next to my feet when I'm on the computer (she doesn't do that too often), even more talkative, and early yesterday morning she tried to sleep up close to my head on the pillow. That last one was even more rare for her. She likes to sleep on my legs, feet, or next to my legs somewhere. When she was up near my head, she turned around and faced me. It was kind of creepy. And, then she turned her back to me, purred deeply, and kneaded the bed on the other side. Maybe she was trying to make me feel better?
She doesn't do that even when she's cold.
