Sunday, November 23, 2008

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Greetings from the bog inside my mind...
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Ohai! i'm sedated! But wait... is it a new Sunday night tradition for my body to feel like it was beaten with a stick?
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Damn, this has been some week... or better, it hasn't. Most of it was spent in bed, with a laptop on my belly to sooth the cramps. No not those cramps...
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Long story short, thanks to past and recent gourmand excesses, i once again have a sick tummy... Gastroenterocolitis, to be precise. Not a pretty picture, but i'm glad i went to the doctor early. The first one, 6 years ago, kicked my ass. Whatever... i hate not being able to eat most things i love, but its only for a short while. Its not like i'm in pain too... i was, but the doctor fixed that. Ha ha!
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So the week was basically this: On Monday i was exhausted, so i taught my morning class, went back home to bed and stayed there till it was time to work again. Thats when my stomach started to hurt. Tuesday, i decided i wasn't going to work out. So i worked and stayed in bed. i could barely stand for 15 minutes, much less go to dance class... He traveled on Wednesday morning... i worked, tried to get things in order, watched something and stayed in bed. Thursday was a holiday so i got off my ass and went to the hospital. After 3 hours in the waiting room, the doctor talks to me for 5 minutes, feels my tummy, asks a couple questions and determines my entire digestive tract is inflammed. And sends me to get doped... intravenously.
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By now i was pretty frustrated with myself, after all everything was a mess and i kinda promised that i would do something about it when He traveled. Tough luck getting sick at a time like this...
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i was afraid of being home alone all doped up so i went to my friends house. My bff was staying there for a few days, we basically hanged out and he made us fruit salad.
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Friday, i decided i needed to do something... i started getting things in order, but was far from done by nighttime... i actually had only put things in place for cleaning, and done a weeks worth of dishes. Life in slow motion is hard... i planned for it to be an all nighter, but The Mister was back, and we went grocery shopping, and bought the rest of the meds. 15 minutes after i popped that pill, the floor beckoned. i slept on the living room floor that night... all night. Ok, it was in a sleeping bag, but still...
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Saturday morning spells work. i napped at lunch time, and worked all afternoon. He was home with His daughter when i got back, so i went to the bedroom. i actually skipped my medication so that i could get work done... i just had to sleep the rest of it off.
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And then from Midnight to Midday, i scrubbed, wiped, dusted, swept, mopped and rubbed a lot of things with alchohol. And finally... things are clean and tidy.
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Obviously i'm, once again, doped. Why must a nausea medication have such strong side effects? Luckily, i'm on it for (only) 3 more days.
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There's a whole lot of life going on babes... And i hate knowing i'm missing out on it. Specially when Xmas season and the Dance School's end of year presentation are just around the corner.
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Oh, this Saturday (Nov 29th) i'll be doing my "Ahoy Hawaii" number again at Jive! If you're in town, drop by!
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Xoxo

sweetie

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P.s.: Mademoiselle has been up in Member Review for two months now. It would be a perfect set for the Holidays... red and gold, sugar and spice... né Marmotta?
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Monday, November 17, 2008

*Aloha*

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from under the duvet, that's where from... recovering from whatever it is that's affecting me. All i know is that standing was hard today, and my stomach was in a knot. Milk allergy (Sunday is dairy day in sweetie land) getting worse? Burned-out? Dunno. Fact is, i was worthless today.
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But not during the week(end). Oh how busy... Hand sewing the big banner i insisted on having (110x150 cm), mixing the tracks (once again, thanks American_Junky, the samples and links you sent me were of great help), stitching, cutting, pricking my finger countless times. Oh the glory of creative work! The glory of sewing with half eyes closed, only 6 hours total of sleep in two days... At one point, while sitting at my #1 baby, it felt as if i were driving through a blizzard. Woot woot for procrastination!
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Seriously, it was a pain. The choreography... if i had had one more day there would have been great space for improvement. After all the sound editing, it was prepped in my head. The dress... well the dress had a will of its own, i swear. Somehow i fucked up at cutting the collar, and at 5 pm... i just changed most of the design. The bandanna bikini... i should have known that mixing plain cotton and lycra would have made it weird... but as usual, it turned out just fine.
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See?

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Pricky.Finished.

Fun pasties....
Goofy
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Then after 4 hours of sleep, i took the college entrance exam... for what felt like the milionth time (actually, its my 5th. I passed two of those). It would be so much easier if i could just transfer... apparently, re-entering that route is near impossible. And i sucked. Big time. At least i did the digital test, which was fast, but small things like my stomach growling loudly and having to handwrite the composition... were ackward. As was writing in Portuguese. It's always been easier to express myself in the lovely simplicity of English. My score? Less than 40%. Fingers crossed they like that composition of mine.
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And more on Sunday afternoon...

Talk to the hand...

Who knows? Maybe it'll talk back!

Moustacchio!
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Time to cuddle up and watch Heroes. Too bad my stomach is a mess. He brought me a whopper. Nyo!
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Aloha!
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i just had to share this:

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xoxo

sweetie

Friday, November 14, 2008

Ahoy Hawaii!

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Wanna know what's been taking my time and inspiration?
Barely just finished the soundtrack... i got the whole costume (including cap and undies) to make and a banner. Did i mention its tomorrow?
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At least i figured out where my energy went, after all... once again, anemia. Fuck damn...
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Well, Ahoy Hawaii!
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Oh, yeah, i'm blond again:



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xoxo

sweetie