Anxiously Waiting

It looks like I will officially have the whole week off. We can't re-open the factory and the offices until the water is cleaned up and turned back on. There is also the small matter of the oil spill that is trickling down into Oklahoma now. My boss has been giving us 3 pm updates every day to let us know if we can come in the next day. I asked my boss if there was anything I could do and she said that our first day back I could bring chocolate chip cookies. So I will be bringing in some Soft Batch cookies because my sister and I still haven't figured out what is going on with the temperate settings on the oven part of our stove.

Since I have this abundance of free time, I was able to finally trim the rose bushes that were like two feet taller than they should be. I found a Fiskars 21 inch hedge clipper at Big Lots for 9.99. It did the job well. It was a really good stress reliever. The roses look perkier but we still have the damn wasp like things. I don't think they will go away until the rainy season is over or it frosts. I give up on that battle.

I have been working on my online biology homework. That is the most disorganized class ever. It helps to give specific instructions for completing labs at home. This is the first time I have ever had to email a professor for a homework specific question. I try to avoid teacher contact because I like to figure things out on my own but my sister couldn't even figure out the instructions and she has an honors biology degree. LOL. There was a lot of F-words mumbled this afternoon.

I have made more progress on the scarf. Crochet is like the best therapy. I like patterns that are very repetitive so that I don't have to think or count and I can just lose my thoughts in the stitches. My crochet music lately has been The Flaming Lips, which is one of the greatest bands to ever come from Oklahoma.

There has also been a lot of tv watching. My sister has been watching a lot of Charmed when she is not at one of her grad school classes. I watched Dante's Cove Season 1 today while she was at class. It was highly entertaining, but it is not for everyone. It's a little saucy. I also watched High School Musical twice, the original Hairspray movie, Reality Bites and Sideways (these are my movies that I watch when i am feeling blue). I am also guilty of watching re-runs of America's Next Top Model and Charm School.

My bed time story this week is Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman. Where have I been? Chuck writes about his passion for heavy metal and growing up in rural North Dakota, two things I can definitely relate to. I find myself laughing out loud or thinking "holy shit, i totally agree." Long live heavy metal!

Note to Sunshine: I am sending a rainbow your way and lots of happy thoughts in a sincere and non-cheesy way.