My Costume Is Near Completion!
Yesterday, I went to work at five and realized that my left turn signal was still going funky. It had been the night before, too. I figured no big deal, I can deal with one turn signal being out. But one my way to the first delivery, my right one died. So I came back and asked if Mike was good at cars. He said yeah, so I asked him to take a look at things for me. Well, he cam out there, had me do a few little things, and told me not only were the back turn signals dead, but so were my brake lights. (I lost a double because of that, too! Wah.) Anyway, I took one more delivery, came back, and said I’d really prefer to go home, cuz I was very leary of driving without brake lights at night. So he told me what I owed and I left. First place I went was the gas station near me since the place I’ve taken to getting repairs done at was closed. They said I could bring it in around eleven, and that’s what I did this morning. Now I’m waiting for them to fix it and give me a call. It shouldn’t run me anymore than about forty/fifty bucks, which isn’t that bad for an oil change and whatever they have to do for the lights. Hopefully it’s just a bulb change.
So, about the costume. I’m being Ed, from FullMetal Alchemist for Halloween. Oh, I’m also having a Halloween party!!! So if you’re a fried of mine and are going to be in the NJ area, note or E-mail me, and I can give directions or other party details. The thing is, there’s a theme. Come dressed as your faovrite anime/manga character, or your favorite Broadway character. Costumes are a must!!! And if need be, assuming the person can pay for materials, I will make the costume.
Anyway, though. My costume. I got that red robe thingy and altered it so that it looks like Ed’s jacket thingy. I made the black long-sleeved shirt he has, I found a black sleeveless shirt I can use, and I found this great pair of pants at Hot Topic last night. They’re really warm, but they’re fricken’ awesome! All I need now is to get the stuff from ebay and get a new wig to style. I wish my hair was long enough. If it was, I’d just dye it and braid it. That’d look awesome, but oh well.
Blah . . . I’m tired. Somehow, though, my internal clock went off and woke me up at ten. The only reason I’m up now is because I have to wait for them to call about the car. As soon as they do, I’m gonna fall asleep for another couple of hours, then get up and take a shower, then go to work. Actually, I think I’ll go a bit early so I can get my paycheck and cash it. It should be a good paycheck, at least. Over three hundred.
And today I’m telling John I gotta cut back on my work days. I chickened out yesterday because I felt bad about saying I neded to go home ealry thanks to the car. I mean, "Yeah, I need to go home early. Oh, by the way, starting next week, I also can only work four days." Yeah, that’d go over well.
Actually, it probably wouldn’t be that bad. I’m making too much of it. It’s just that now I finally have the hours I asked for at the start of the summer, but I realized they’re a bit too much for me to handle along with taking care of animals and my room and trying to write a novel. It’s just not working.
Oh, well. I’ll get my time better managed as soon as I have a lighter work load. Plus, I want to be able to spend time outside. I’ve discovered in the past few days that Fall is my favorite season, so I’d like to enjoy it while I can.
Okay, so plan for next week. On my days off, I’m going to clean my room, work on my novel, change all the animal cages, and spend more time with the five of them. ::Sighs:: Though I don’t like my room being messy, I can deal with it. But I was thinking last night. If I only had the Hedgehog, or even the hedgehog and the rats, I could keep the work schedule I have now. Cuz they don’t need that much maintenance. Clean food and water, and a cage cleaning when needed. They pretty much entertain themselves. But the birds ned the human interaction.
I’ll figure out something. In any case, though it means less money, I’m looking forward to having more free time.