Meh, I’m so sensitive to stress. Well, this morning I woke to my dad yelling-groaning something. It might have been the word “no”. By now I cannot recall. I listened silently and gathered my sister did something financially stupid. Well, I got up once things quieted down a bit.
It turns out my sister missed her flight. You see, my sister was going to fly down here in order to bring the things she had to leave behind (furniture, clothes, etc.) back up to Virginia where she is located now. In this plan my dad and brother were going to meet her in Austin, get her things ready in a U-Haul and then my dad and sister would drive back up North in it.
So, since 5:55 this morning until around sometime a bit after 7 my parents have been talking to her over the phone. Dad and my sister argued and fretted, later Mom talked t my sister calmly over the phone, then Dad and my sister talked about what they’d do… In the end it was decided that the original plan would only be postponed for a day. The other plan was to postpone for a week.
All of this started because my sister never made it out when her taxi arrived. Foolishly my sister decided to rely on others to tell her when it came along. What happened, I do not know, but either she was called and had over slept or the person she was relying on forgot completely. Either way, she entrusted something important like that to a person she barely even knows.
I’m pretty sure she woke up late since somewhere in a phone conversation he asked her why she wasn’t there and then yelled something about why she didn’t set her alarm. There was also the fact that she hadn’t gone to bed until two this morning, so she is likely exhausted. Not that she wouldn’t already likely be exhausted without having that happen.
Her job isn’t turning out for the better as all of us had hoped it would. She has to work with people who don’t listen to hr or care about working. Basically her situation sounds like how things were for me when teachers stuck us into group projects. Basically I had to do the work of three other people. Well, the case is similar here; only it is in the real world, she likely is dealing with more than three people and money rides on it rather than a grade. I feel sorry for her. We all are.
There was also a mentioning of a problem that she’ll have to worry about after all this is over with. Apparently people she was trying to get away from in her previous work place are going up there to work in the same hotel as her. Sadly, we cannot do anything for her. Mom spoke about how so far ever since she left home and finished schooling she has been unhappy in every work environment she has been it. Whether it is her own doing or not, it is obvious the restaurant/hotel service is not her place. I think she would be better off looking elsewhere, but with this economy and the feeble stability she is holding onto right now… I understand the fear.
She has never been in any other work environment and thus hasn’t any other skills outside of it to put in resumes. Then there is the fact that she has no certainty of securing a job soon after leaving the job she is already in. Living, food, driving expenses would then have to be looked at as well. My sister is definitely in a tight spot. Sigh.
Well, when everything settled down again and plans were remade, my chest began to feel a bit tight and I felt a little less than great. I knew it was the stress in the air. Mom is fine, Dad is likely becoming fine… me… I decided to take one of my chill pills. I don’t have to take them often since I live a rather simple life now, but it is times like this… Yeah.
All I know is, I am extremely grateful I don’t have to live in the adult world. I get sick just by experiencing my sister’s problems third hand. Hearing the plans, the reevaluating and financials in clips and phrases was enough to boggle and subdue me. Scary stuff… To live out in the real world… I think that would be like throwing me to the wolves… on a very close to literal level.
Well, that is all I am going to write. There is likely a lot of less important stuff I could or should jot down, but I’ve only had two hours of sleep at most by now. I’m going to try resuming that sleep. It would definitely get my nerves back in order some.

I never quite understood the term Mary Sue… perhaps to some extent I still don’t. Still, after some research and clues… I think my most beloved character is a Mary Sue. Oh well. I love her to death and the story was mainly written to keep myself sane during my trying adolescence. Still, poor Fool… I am semi-crushed. And I am semi-joking in that statement.

Haircut Day went without a hitch. I did need to buy a new watch, got some face wash from Clinique and some body care supplies, though. I never spent so much on myself in one day before. It made me feel guilty. But, since I am reaching a quarter of a century by the end of the year I figure I need to start caring about my body a bit more. Thus, face cleanser with clarifying lotion and moisturizer it is.
I also stopped by Bath and Body Works just to check it out for myself once. I’ve been there before to buy things for my sister and soon to be sister-in-law but never really cared to go in for myself. So I picked out a fragrance that interested me, got some feedback from Mom to know if it suited and then bought various lotions. I admit, they moisturize my skin amazingly.
As for the need part, the wrist watch has become a necessity since I got my first one back in middle school. This is the third watch I’ve ever owned and perhaps the most expensive. My previous watch had needed batteries so Dad and I stopped at Wal-Mart to have the batteries replaced. No one was at the jewelry counter though.
After waiting for a pretty long while we gave up and decided to look for batteries that went with my watch. Wally-World had none, so we stopped by CVS. They had none either. Finally we tried Walgreens and they did have the battery needed. So, getting home Dad tries to replace the battery. It was all good and fine until he tried to get the back on again. In the end he broke the Quartz crystal on the face.
I borrowed a watch my mom never wore, but it needed batteries, too. So we headed back to Wally-World to see if anyone was at the counter this time. There was, but she couldn’t replace the battery because it wasn’t a Wal-Mart brand. Bah. So with her supervision Dad replaced it without breaking it. Sadly a day later the watch went ka-put.
So, since we were going on our haircut expedition we went watch hunting. We tried every store but couldn’t really find anything in my style except this one vendor. The watch was reminiscent to my first one, only it was a different brand. Costly, but I got it anyway. Based on my Dad’s knowledge of the brand and the fact that it is water resistant, hopefully it will last me a long time like my first watch had.
The next big day was two days later on a Sunday. Though my eldest brother’s birthday was in the middle of the week, we celebrated it during the weekend. It wasn’t much, really, but our family has always been pretty casual about these things. He and his fiancée arrived around one I believe.
There was chatting, talk about the wedding and so forth. His presents were some nice shirts since the ones he usually wears are kind of ratty. I couldn’t stay up for the whole visit though. I was struck with the chills and had been tired all morning. So once the talking went into areas of little interest to me, I headed off to my room and slept.
I woke up again around four and began cleaning up the kitchen. For lunch everyone had sandwiches, cheese and crackers. I had pretty much skipped lunch. Eventually my brother and his fiancée had to leave. Farewells were said and things settled back to regular routine. I did some laundry, cooked myself from pasta and don’t remember much about the rest of the night.
Labor Day Mom and I took an extra yoga class that week since she had off. It was okay. Not the best class we ever had, but it was okay. It was also the biggest class we ever attended too.  As for the rest of the week, it was pretty routine.
This week, again pretty much normal. I’ve been pretty tired recently though and during the evenings I have been coloring and drawing a bit. I finished coloring a picture I started a while ago. Again, it is my wrist that tends to inhibit me from finishing a picture any time soon anymore. I believe it takes me about a quarter of a year or longer to really finish a picture. After that I began coloring an old piece I did on the first day on my freshman year in high school. It took to nights to get most of it done, but I stopped because my wrist finally had it.
After that, my artistic muse still wouldn’t die, though. So, I drew something yesterday night. It is inked and in the beginning stages of being colored, but the marker I was using died on me. This is likely a good thing, else I likely would have really hurt my wrist again. I ordered a replacement marker with a few others last night though. Still, even if I get them soon I will leave the picture on hiatus until my wrist feels okay again.
Last night I couldn’t sleep well and ended up finally falling asleep around six. I had to wake again at ten because my dad came home so I could get my flu shot. We waited there for a while, finally I got my shot and then we stopped by a small grocery store to pick up a couple of things. He dropped me off at home again and I decided to start my chores. I managed to get almost everything I usually needed to get done on Wednesdays finished minus the vacuuming. Simply put, I was too tired and went to sleep around two in the afternoon I believe. I didn’t wake again until seven.
I felt a bit tired physically around ten, so I decided to try to fall asleep again. Yeah right. After three hours I finally decided to get up and started writing this. My body still feels tired and slightly achy though. Well boo hoo for me.
Well, for the rest of the month there is still that podiatrist appointment and the dentist appointment was moved to October. Other than that… I guess everything is on its usual track.