serene | A week in the life (Reply)

Practiced my slam poems in the car on the way to work. Okay, I've been practicing them whenever I'm alone. I nail them nine times out of ten, so I feel pretty confident about signing up to slam tonight, but it's still mildly nervewracking. I've gotta get up and do my poetry, as an exercise in making sure my art stays important to me, but it still makes me nervous. I've been feeling energetic and creative, and making myself perform is part of that, so yay.

Gonna go to San Diego next month to see my family. Trying to con

someotherguy into going. I miss my family and want to see them, but I miss home a lot when I'm gone (or when he is), too.

Gonna spend this weekend at

stonebender's, yay!

someotherguy,

sogwife, and I are going to be in

greywolf_ and

mysticallady's wedding in July.

sogwife is making our garb. So fun! She's a really truly talented seamstress, and I love everything she makes. Sometimes I even get really rocking hand-me-downs.

Okay, back to the slam, since that's mostly all I can think about today. I feel a little like I'm cheating by using old poems, but it'll be fine. I don't have any of my newer stuff memorized, but I'll work on that this coming week so I will have something new to compete with next week.

Life is mellow and good. I'm not making very many social engagements, because I'm still settling into my new place, but all of you are welcome to get in touch with me and either come over to the new digs or make arrangements to go out. I'm so happy about living closer to my bay area friends, but I don't feel like I have to see you all right away for it to count, y'know?

Work is good. I would probably say I liked the actual work at my old job better, but in this job, I'm really helping real people, and that more than makes up for the change in job duties. (And if anyone wants a part-time, benefitted job as a package handler, let me know. We're really hiring.)

The Munchkins miss me like crazy, and I them. Munchkin The Younger is having some real troubles getting along with the stepcreature (my sister's boyfriend, who is also our cousin by marriage, how great is that?), and I feel for zir, and I have tons of guilt about not being (able/willing) to pull them out of that situation. Every time they have an unhappy day, I feel like I could be preventing that, but then I try to figure out how to remove them from that home, and it just doesn't seem feasible without some real ugliness that would make it worse for them. *sigh*

But aside from that sadness, and the cute-poet-chick-shaped hole in my life (don't get me started -- I can't be crying at work), things are good, and happy, and healthy. My body feels good, my family and friends are here supporting me, and I feel rich and creative. Not just "can't complain" -- More like "wouldn't dream of complaining, because watch me try to get sympathy for this amazingly happy life I have."