I’m happy it’s Friday, even though it’s Troy’s long week & he isn’t off until Sunday. It was a long & frustrating week for me, and quite frankly, I’m happy it’s over. We did solve my touchpad problem & I can type on my laptop again without setting it off, thankfully.

Anyway, Dawn, Jason & I are driving down to Silver Reef for the evening, to enjoy the beginning of the full moon rites, since we can’t camp out with the tribe this weekend (for several reasons, like Troy’s working, we’re camping next weekend & other things), but it was important to us to still participate in some way.

Tomorrow, hopefully my dropper will here so we can bottle some oils. Other than that, I’ll probably go to my parents’ house & help them make their will while Troy is sleeping, so we can all stop worrying about it. I’m not excited to do it, of course, I’m just anxious to get it done for them.

Sunday, we’ll do what we always do, plus we need to go buy dog food & such. That’s about it, Troy starts vacation that day, so the whole week will feel like the weekend, which makes me very happy.

While I’m happy that it’s Friday, I’m not happy that I’m still sick & feeling much worse today than I was yesterday. Right now I’m sitting here shivering, unable to get warm, with a headache & a sore throat.

So, my plans today are to stay home, try to get warm & not go out to the second Beltane celebration. I should have stayed home last night, I’d probably feel better today, if I had. I will most likely make some bag tags while I’m sitting in front of the TV tonight.

Tomorrow, I plan to spend the day, or at least part of the day, making ritual oils with Dawn & trying to decide which incense blends we want to carry in the booth this year so we can make a list of things that still need to be purchased. I know we need small flower pots for the live herbs we want to sell and I’ll put that on the list. I hope to get a little bit of cleaning done tomorrow, too, at least the dishes & vacuuming the living room & bedroom.

Sunday I’m sure that we’ll hang out here at home until late afternoon & then we’ll head over to Dawn & Jason’s house for gaming. Hopefully it’ll be better than it was last week, where I sat & watched everyone because of the DM’s choice in game & character level (I had nothing with me that matched the criteria) & I was pretty bored.

That’ll probably be about it, I may get some printing done on Sunday, since I’ll know which oils are finished & ready to be bottled by then, if I can find the paper I want to use for the small inserts. Not a very exciting weekend, but it’ll be a productive one, at any rate.

I still love Fridays, even though they only signify a weekend for us half the time. I got woken up really early (to me, I had a bad night & had to take a sleep aid, so less than 8 hours warsn’t enough) by the neighbor girl, yelling “Mom!” In my sleep-induced haze, I thought it was Rhi trying to get in & couldn’t because she has no key. After I laid there a few seconds, I realized that she’d just call me & not yell, but it was too late, I was awake.

I got up, fed the animals, took Tiny outside to chill in the yard & grabbed a glass of tea so I could take my vitamin & pain relievers. It took me quite awhile to feel awake enough to actually get anything other than that done, but I did finally eat something & make the grocery list. Rhi got online & asked if we could go to the Dollar Tree, so I finished my lunch & took a shower. I must be on the mend, because for once I wasn’t exhausted after I got out & actually still had energy to put on lotion & such. I drove up & got her & we went & got some cute signs to paint for Dawn’s birthday party & browsed around for awhile. I got some incense, a reed diffuser & a few other things & we came back here for awhile. Rhi wasn’t feeling great, so I took her home & stopped to looked at her Madagascar Hissing Cockroach.

Tonight, Troy & I will go & get groceries, grab a bite to eat & probably go to bed, since he works in the morning. Tomorrow, I’ll probably grab Dawn & we’ll run to the store & get canning jars & different sized ziplock craft bags for packaging, since I bought the oil & little bottles today & we’ll be able to get started next weekend. I may go out to the drum circle that night & have Troy meet me there, but it really depends on the weather. If it’s rainy & muddy, I’m not going. I’m also not if I’mnot feeling jazzed about it, there’s a bit of drama going on right now & I have to be in the right mood to tolerate it.

Sunday, we’ll go over to Dawn’s & hang out for awhile, because that’s what we always do, unless it’s a holiday & she isn’t home. I want to have Troy see what size my tires are, because I need to see if my folks can loan me the money to buy new ones until June. They’re so bald that I’m almost scared to drive it at this point. I’m sure they will if they’re able, Inever ask them for anything, unless I have no other choice & I always pay them back. I just hate asking.

So, that’s what I’m doing this weekend, what are you doing?