I really need a new layout. As much as I like this one, I think it’s about time for something new. I’ll have to see if I can come up with anything worth using. I’ve been a bit lazy in the layout making department lately.

I feel like I’m still trying to recover from the holidays and get back in the groove of the real world. My sleep is really messed up right now. I’ve started setting my alarm and I’m getting myself up a bit earlier so that maybe I’ll be back to normal soon. That’s the plan anyway.

My room could also do with a little cleaning as well. I’d kind of like to get one of those dry erase boards that you can also use to hold magnets so I’d have a place to put all of my little notes to self. Those seem to be piling up around me, and I have no place to put them. The side table I used for all of that stuff is now occupied by my iLive, and I really don’t have the space for another table. I think I could managed to free up some wall space though. I could really use a wall makeover. Perhaps that should be part of my New Years resolution. Like it will ever actually come to fruitation.

I’ve been working on a new layout. I just haven’t got around to coding it yet. It’s on my very long to-do list. I have tons of stuff I’m hoping to finish before Saturday, but I have a feeling most of it’s going to have to wait - like redoing my fanlistings. I guess it’s not that big of a deal. They’ve been waiting all summer and another month isn’t going to hurt. If I can get them all done before Christmas, it would be like a present to myself.

I have made a lot of progress with preparing for NaNoWriMo. I finished the outline for Absolution on Sunday. I had most of it figured out, but I kept getting stuck at the end. I talked it through with Nikki, and that really helped a lot just to have someone to bounce the ideas off of. In the end, we kind of went with the thought I was initially having, but I added a bit more to it. I guess just saying what’s going on out loud sort of helps get those creative juices flowing. I’m really happy with things now. I’m really anxious to get started. I have a couple of things I want to do before Saturday, but I should be able to get them out of the way tomorrow if I don’t have to go into work.

I went to my mom’s for dinner tonight. My grandma was cooking ham and beans, which I despise to the highest degree. On top of that my uncle and cousins were coming out for dinner, and I’ve honestly had my fill of them this last week. I love them because they’re my family, but, man, they get on my nerves. As often as they’ve been around lately, I feel like I could join the wine of the month club and lock myself away in my bedroom and drink myself silly. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

I think it’s about time for a new layout. I’m still stuck on Twilight, so chances are I’ll make another layout from all of the new stills that have popped up recently. I’ve been extremely excited since the full trailer was released. The movie just look like it’s going to be excellent, and the best part is that we’re officially one month away from it’s release. I was beginning to feel like this day would never come.

I think I meant to post it here, but I never did, so I will now.

I’ve been watching Angel. I’m about halfway through Season 2 right now. I always wanted to watch, but I just never had a chance, and after watching the completely series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I definitely needed the Angel fix. I watched a couple of movies on Sunday - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Journey To the Center of the Earth. I think I liked the latter best. Tori popped into my room and wound up watching it with me. I think it might have been a bit too old for her, but she was in here for over and hour watching, so I guess her attention span has broadened.

I’m not sure if I’ll get called into work today or not, but I think in the meantime, I’ll get started on that new layout.

I feel like I’m having some sort of a battle with my skin. It seems to clear up for a few days, and then a new zit will sprout up. It’s so annoying and frustrating. I’ve tried using different things, but the perfect pimple cream evades me, or so it seems. Either the product dries my skin out or causes me to break out even more. It’s rather ridiculous.

Speaking of ridiculous, I’m fairly certain my grandparents have either been at a viewing or a funeral every day this week. Three people they knew died. I told them to proceed with caution since it seems like death is at every corner. I know I shouldn’t make light of it, but I can’t handle thinking about it seriously. Just the thought of either of my grandparents dying freaks me out too much to even ponder.

I think I mentioned needing a new layout a few posts back. Well, I made one. I just haven’t coded it yet. I feel so out of practice with coding layout’s. It’s fairly pathetic. But I think I’m going to try to tackle that because I’m seriously sick of this layout.

I need a new layout. Really bad. I should probably attempt to make something soon. I feel like I’ve sort of let this blog go lately, but then again I sort of feel that way about everything. I have so much I need to tend to, but I just haven’t brought myself to do it. I have fanlistings beyond fanlistings I need to update with new layouts. I have this giant To-Do list on my desktop - using Rainlendar - and if anything, I feel like it’s just staring at me, mocking me and telling me to get my ass into gear and do something.

I’ve been in such a weird funk this past week, though. I don’t necessarily feel sick, but I just feel like I’m completely drained. No matter how much or little I sleep, I’m still tired. I keep hoping I’ll snap out of it. I suppose getting out more might help. The weather has been nice the last couple of days. I keep telling myself I’m going to go chillax on the front porch and read or something, but I just haven’t done it.

The other day I felt like we were dropped into the middle of the great flood or something. It just rained and rained all night. I guess some good did come out of it. The grass looked about dead, and Bart figured him and Blaine wouldn’t have to come out and mow again for at least a couple of weeks if not at all, but the grass seems to be back in fine form now, so I guess that means more mowing.

Regardless, I feel like the summer is slowly coming to an end. My brother starts school on Friday, and my sister goes back next week. Pretty soon Tori will be off to pre-school. It will be time for us to put on the outdoor furniture covers and start bundling up for fall. I’m not ready for that. I love the summer, but like all good things, it has to come to an end, I suppose.