evile

Me, [cousin B], Terri, onyxlynxx, funnygirlkawaii, maggiemaepisces, nikiyoy, kulilinei.

Me, [cousin B] Terri and onyxlynxx went to Yoga Yoga northwest. They didn't give
Terri a hard time about wearing shoes in class. Our teacher, Charlie,
was a skinny older British guy, bad BO, who asked us all first thing
if we went to Body Choir...at that point, we should have known we
were in trouble. He kept correcting [cousin B] all thru class...and at one
point said "your pants are confusing me" (I think because they were
baggy & the instructor couldn't see exactly how he had his legs, but
it was hilarious anyway)

The classroom was hideously warm, too. It was dreadful. Lots of
downward dog, my hands went numb partway thru class. I didn't like it.

onyxlynxx & I are talking about going to class on Sunday mornings, maybe,
once her schedule gets changed. I'm just going to use up the rest of
this pass and then go on to Krav Maga. onyxlynxx mentioned a family
martial arts class at Sun Dragon. We might try that out once. I think
I'll like Krav Maga better.

After that, we went to Mangia, where maggiemaepisces, nikiyoy, kulilinei, and funnygirlkawaii
were already seated. nikiyoy, kulilinei, and [cousin B] shared a pizza. I don't
know if funnygirlkawaii ever got her order right.

After that we went to Ben & Jerry's and got ice cream. sonar0m
(Skye_ds's lover) and his parents came in and I gave sonar0m a tiny
hard time "Oh, NOW you're speaking to me!" and greeted his parents
with a cheery "HI, sonar0m' parents! I'm the dreadful Sister In Law
you've heard so many terrible things about!" it was kinda fun.

AFter that, I took Terri home & [cousin B] & I went to the Arboretum &
walked around. We snuck into the hotel's indoor water area and went
hot tubbing and swimming in our underwear. That was awesome & fun. We
also went down into the woods a bit, [cousin B] lost his wallet and we had
to hunt for it which made us late getting him home. Not good. (OTOH,
he wasn't mean or nasty to me as a result of losing it, and I wasn't
mean or nasty to him....so that was refreshing.)

I didn't get to sleep until a bit after midnight, but it was still
great fun. [cousin B] and I have the best adventures.

Woke up around 7:30 Saturday a.m., showered, dressed, and went to
Yoga Yoga, where I met up with <lj user="onyxlynxx">, who gave me a
tiny little EEK lunchbox full of S&M's!! (<a
href="http://us.mms.com/us/mpire/">Dark Chocolate M&Ms</a>--Onyx
calls them S&Ms because they're bruise-colored, Sweetie calls
them "Bear M&Ms" because the colors remind him of the <a
href="http://www.bearmfg.com/Gift%20Products_files/flagpad.jpg">Bear
Flag</a>.)

And then we did Yoga. What a way to start the day! Ms. Onyx got
herself a 20 class pass, so I imagine we'll be doing more yoga
together. That makes me happy.

I ran a couple of errands after class, including a trip to the PO
box. I got a notice about getting a new Drivers License. They're $24
now. They were $16 when I got my first license. How the times do
change!

Sweetie and I then got ready for his friend B's weddng at 4. We took
the Ghia out to Bastrop State Park. It was a gorgeous day to be out
driving in a tiny car. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and I
think it was all of 70 degrees. Glad I wore sunscreen!

The ceremony was out behind the refectory, a very short but quite
lovely and meaningful ceremony. There were 2 MOH's and 2 Best Men,
one of whom was also the officiant. Then there were 3 bridesmaids and
3 groomsmen. The groomsmen were in light khacki slacks and very light
mint green long sleeve shirts, with striped ties that picked up the
green and khacki, and also had some darker brown. They looked great.
The bridesmaids were all in knee-length lavender dresses, with
matching shoes. Each dress was a different style, to flatter the
different body-types of the bridesmaids. The 3 'regular' bridesmaids
carried bouquets made with 5 yellow tulips tied with a lavender
ribbon, and then the main MOH had 2 big pink daisies in her
bouquet,and then the bride's was tulips, daisies, and some dark
purple orchids. The moms and grandmoms had corsages of yellow tulips
and the fathers and grandfathers had boutonniers of purple orchids.
The cake was lavender with purple orchids, too. It looked really nice.

The groom was in a very light khacki/straw colored silk suit, he
looked GREAT.

The groomsmen came in first, from the right, and then the bridesmaids
came in from the left. Then the bride and her parents were driven in
on a horse carriage (that didn't seem to go off so well, the horse
didn't seem to want to go whree it was supposed to, so they ended up
getting off the carriage off to the left rear of the audience, then
walking to the middle aisle...if it had been me I would have had the
carriage drive to the back of the audience and drop me right off at
the center aisle. but anyway, it looked nice)

The bride was in a white silk gauzy floor length dress with little
rhinestones on the bodice and on the butt & on the spaghetti straps
that crisscrossed in the back. There was a little train, but not so
much that she couldn't walk in it, and there was a button on the back
so that she buttoned it up later when she was dancing.

OH also the bride and bridesmaids had flip flop sandals that they
changed into after the ceremony--the bride's were white and the
bridesmaids were lavender with little flowers. Very cute.

The officiant greeted everyone, and at some point the groom's mom
threw rose petals around them in a circle --that was in the program
as 'rose ceremony' but I didn't really hear anything being said that
explained the ceremony....oh well. Then the dad said a prayer, one of
the Co-MOH's sang, and hte officiant told the families to support the
marriage and made them promise never to talk shit about the bride or
groom, and then told the bride and groom to be committed to making
life good for one another, then they did vows and went off in the
carriage. Then the bar was opened and the bridesmaids handed out
paper cones full of flower petals--the paper cones were 2 shades of
lavender, with little heart ink-stamps and lavender ribbons around
the cone with little white ribbon flower-buds hot glued on the
outside. When the couple came back, we threw flowers on them. Then
was dinner & then the toast, and then the cake-cutting. The groom's
cake was white cake, also, with white icing and green icing
shamrocks. later in the night there was an 'elimination dance' where
the DJ said "If you've been married less than 24 hours, leave the
stage" and kep going like that until the last couple dancing had been
together 34 yrs, and everyone cheered and applauded.

It was a super nice ceremony, very sweet, and I think traditional
enough to make the parents and grandparents happy, but individual
enough to make the couple happy, too.

We stayed until a bit after 9, got home around 10, and I was too
tired to go to Robie's party. Oh well.

the only thing I didn't really like was the bridesmaid's hair--lots
of sausage curls and hairspray, not very pretty on anyone but the one
dark haired bridesmaid.

thewordnerd: Hey. So, Saturday at 1?
evile: yup. I'll get you round 12:45 if that's cool.
thewordnerd: Yeah, that works.
evile: awesome :)
thewordnerd: So I assume you aren't yogaing this weekend?
evile: nope. I ought to, but since I know e. won't be there, I
probably won't bother to get up that early.
thewordnerd: Ah. Have you thought about finding another instructor, or is
it not a priority?
evile: not a priority
thewordnerd: Ah.
evile: e. is a terribly busy little flaky person, so we only see
each other at yoga. I don't think her schedule would allow her to do
it another time.
thewordnerd: I understand. Well, I'm glad she finally updated you on what
was happening.
evile: yup.
evile: I have yoga videos & DVDs, I can do Yoga at home if I want.
Heck, I could do Yoga at bull creek park.
thewordnerd: Heh, quite possibly. :)
evile: assuming a child or dog didn't pester me :P
thewordnerd: LOL
thewordnerd: Could climb up to that vista thing again, not many children or
dogs there. :)
evile: true. hassle to haul a blanket or yoga mat that far, though.
thewordnerd: Oh, right, I hadn't considered that.
evile: it's a little rocky to go without.
thewordnerd: Right. I'm not very familiar with yoga, su I wasn't sure if it
was something you did sitting/lying down, standing up or what.
evile: all of the above.
thewordnerd: Ah.
evile: when doing yoga outdoors, I usually stick to the standing
postures.
thewordnerd: Hmmm. I could see how that would be more difficult, though.
Uneven terrain and all.
evile: yes, a lot of yoga is balance,and standing on uneven ground
will challenge that, even without standing on one foot or whatever.
evile: If I think about it, I'll bring my yoga deck on Saturday
thewordnerd: Deck?
evile: yup, it's a deck of cards with different pose, breath, or
stretch on each one. and then a little meditation to go with each
pose. The meditations are kinda dumb, but the rest is cool..
thewordnerd: Oh, *that* kind of deck. I was thinking it didn't make sense
to cart around a deck if a blanket or mat would be too much. :)
evile: doh!
thewordnerd: Ah, just read that Nikiyoy wants to go hiking with us on
Saturday. Do we want to bump everything back until 2, just have a
longer lunch, or . . .
evile: I could do that. get you at 1:45 instead of 12:45. Or she
could meet us at the park. I guess I'll see what Niki wants to do.
thewordnerd: Ok, sounds good.
evile: Niki sounds a little stressed. Trying to work, have a life,
and go to school is tough.
thewordnerd: Yeah, I don't know how she does it.
thewordnerd: I couldn't.
evile: she's 21.
thewordnerd: How do you mean that? As in, it's easier for her because she's
younger?
evile: yup
thewordnerd: Ah. Hmmm, I'd think it would be more difficult. Younger people
typically aren't the responsible ones.
evile: more energy, though.
thewordnerd: Ah, good point.
thewordnerd: Speaking of more energy, that tylonol PM worked wonders. Made
me tired enough to go to sleep before midnight, but not tired enough
to still be out of it today. :) It rocks.
evile: excellent!
evile: The mucinex was also quite effective for me. I think we made
good choices :)
thewordnerd: Yep. Think I've finally got this sleep schedule thing under
control.
thewordnerd: Ah, good. Didn't get squicked out by thinking about the
commercial while you took it? :)
evile: It's important to stay on a schedule, keeps depression at
bay :)
evile: The packaging is so NOT like the commercials, I don't know
what they were thinking when they cooked that up.
thewordnerd: Ah, that's good. Are the commercials still being aired?
evile: I don't watch that much TV, but I haven't seen any lately.
They may have scrapped the Raid bug style altogether.
thewordnerd: Good! That is a very disgusting image, now that I recall it
again. :)
evile: I saw it in print ads more than on TV, actually. Haven't read
a magazine in a while.
thewordnerd: Oh, this is beautiful. Mom just forwarded me a job posting for
an English teaching position in Victoria. I wonder if she thought
*that* one out? :P
evile: bizarre!! Did she not notice the location??
thewordnerd: I can't imagine how she couldn't have. It's a Victoria College
job posting.
evile: wierd.
thewordnerd: The only way I could possibly take that position is to move
back in with them and commute with her, as she works for VC. But that
isn't happening. No way in hell.
evile: no. I think that's a very wise choice.
thewordnerd: I even wondered if it was an online teaching position, because
I think they do some online courses, but it only casually mentions
that possibility.
evile: I can't imagine them letting an untried teacher do an online
course right off the bat.
thewordnerd: And incidentally it begins this fall, when they're threatening
to sell the condo if I'm still unemployed. I just feel like
something's amiss here.
thewordnerd: Good point.
evile: I would definitely pursue your own job search over anything
she sends you.
thewordnerd: Oh, yes, definitely happening. I just don't like what they do,
and don't like looking for the hidden plot in their actions.
evile: yeah.
evile: oh, fuck. UB is letting me have it re: Kaleon. again. more. yay.
thewordnerd: What's going on now?
evile: apparently she is attempting damage control on Kaleon's very
old stories about their 'slave contract', and the physical abuse.
thewordnerd: Ok, one sec. UB is Skye_ds, right? And Kaleon is the guy who
just left? Sorry, just making sure I've got the cast straight.
evile: yup
evile: here is what I told her. I think I did good. " I know you've
hit sineater, and I know sineater has hit you. You choose to stay together in
spite of the violence, and I do believe you're working on it. It
distresses me to think of either of you being beat up, but it's your
life and your choice."
thewordnerd: That's good. Very direct.
thewordnerd: Has she responded?
evile: ugh. what a fuckin' nutjob. she quoted "a few good men" at me,
saying she didnt' defend herself at the time because "you can't
handle the truth"
evile: she also says I'm "all bark and no bite"
evile: I dont' think she realizes the only reason she's alive is
because my brother still loves her.
thewordnerd: Yikes. I just can't think of anything to say to that.
thewordnerd: It's just . . . just stupid. She's not even trying to work
with you, just being childish about it.
evile: yup. I guess it's good that she's getting it out of her
system..if it makes her feel better and keeps it from coming up again.
evile: goddamn goddamn. And my mother and aunt are picking me up from
work so I dont' have any time to decompress from her BS.
thewordnerd: Ewww. I hate it when that happens.
evile: me too.
evile: need a margarita.
thewordnerd: Good idea. Perhaps you should keep an emergency UB
decompression flask nearby at work.
evile: heh! I've got listerine, I guess that'd do in a pinch.
thewordnerd: LOL
evile: bleh. drill the hole, pour the bleach.
thewordnerd: :)
evile: Oh well. 20 more minutes and I'm out of here.
thewordnerd: Whee. What are you planning to do with the family?
evile: no clue.
thewordnerd: Hmmm.
evile: I'm sure it will be fine. If not, I've got to get home and get
to bed eventually, so whatever it is, I can tolerate it until then.
thewordnerd: Ah, yes, good point. Have they expressed an interest in this
weekend?
evile: nope.
evile: but no idea if that is because aunt Aunt L hasn't checked her
email or what. I'll mention it in person, as well.
thewordnerd: Ah, good idea.
evile: I am sure it will be interpreted as "I have plans and can't be
bothered with you at all"
thewordnerd: Hmmm. Is that a good thing from your perspective?
evile: no, because then it will be "why can't you make time for
me/family?"
thewordnerd: Ah. Ick, that sucks.
evile: whereas what I"m saying is "I've made X plans with Y people,
but I'm free Z time, and you're more than welcome to join me for all
of the X things I'm doing"
thewordnerd: I'm sorta wondering if I'm going to get the parental phonecall
tomorrow about them dropping by this weekend, so I guess I'm kinda in
the same boat.
evile: too bad for them, if you're doing something else and not home
when they come!
thewordnerd: Heh, indeed. :)
evile: 8 minute....
thewordnerd: Yaaay. :)
evile: I wish it was Friday....
thewordnerd: Yeah, me too. I like my weekends.
evile: I have a 3 day weekend this weekend, should make my mom happy
that I have Monday to mostly spend with her.
thewordnerd: Yeah, that's a generous bit of time to grant her.
evile: we have an appointment with our accountant Monday morning, but
after that I should be free.
evile: I may or may not have a car to drive Monday, but I guess we'll
see.
thewordnerd: And theoretically she'll be close, so it wouldn't be difficult
for her to come and visit you from time to time. Hopefully she
understands that if you don't spend every waking minute with her this
weekend you'll still have a chance to see her.
evile: I hope so.
evile: yay, time to go home. *hugs* thanks for letting me vent. You
rock :)
thewordnerd: Hey, no problem. Good luck, have fun with the family.
evile: yeah, right.