Excessive

The purpose of these writings... these entries, as I've come to call them, has been something that has always been kind of implied, and not really ever explained, explored or talked about, and I guess it's because the reasons change over time, and the purpose isn't entirely clear, but I think it's safe to say the main purpose is to take somewhat of a snapshot of my life, what a day in the life of Jordan was like on this day in this year. What I was doing, playing, watching, listening to, feeling. What work was like and how it made me feel, and not quite as often, but what is going on in my personal life. It's these things that are important to me; I don't really care if no one is reading now, and I know almost no one is, but it may be even more interesting in the future, it may be interesting to look back - years from now - being able to look back to see what was happening, in detail, will be very interesting.

And now, to return to form.

I had a day off today, but woke up with a headache. This is possibly the worst way to start a day, at least for me. I'm used to getting a headache through the day, for whatever reason. It's not surprising, and I usually can go for half the day without pain, but waking up with a headache is just terrible news, because it's something else, a whole different monster. It basically ruins the day before it even starts. I was in a crusty foul mood, although I somehow had the motivation and emotional strength to go out, to not give in to the pain and bad mood and hide inside all day (which may have been what I should've done considering my head), but I woke up, had breakfast, and by 12pm, I left to catch the bus to meet Bekki at Home Hardware.

After our recent (second) outing into yardwork the other day, we decided to go and get some tools that we'd need to make it easier, or things we'd need in the future. We got a pair of nice, leather sole gloves for working with gross things we may not want to touch, and a spade for the digging of the trenches for seeds. While we were in the store, there was a seed stand, with vegetables and flowers, and we picked up a bunch of them that we didn't have, that I wanted to try and grow. We even got a few flowers to plan in the parts of the patio that just have weeds growing in it.

Right now my main concern is the children that live downstairs, as they do play in the backyard, and I fear them walking or running over the garden, killing the seeds, sprouts or vegetables, or them even picking or harvesting things. Ah well, it's silly to worry about things like that, especially before they happen, so I'll try to push it out of my mind. We won't be planting anything for awhile because of the weather, but the next time it's nice out and I have a free afternoon, I'd probably dig out the garden plots.

After Home Hardware, we went to Valumart and picked up three hanging flower pots (with nice purple flowers) to hang along our stairs and porch (which looks really nice). We also got a bag of topsoil to use when we plant some of our stuff.

Once home we made a grocery list and we walked to No Frills and got a significant amount of groceries, which should last the week. It felt good, and it's fun to go shopping with Bekki... to share things, ideas, food, and to support one another, and the things we enjoy. It makes me feel close to her, to go grocery shopping, as silly as that sounds, and I don't really worry about the money, as having good things to eat, for both of us, is important and comforting.

For dinner I made a meat sauce with mushrooms and onions and fuscilli, with some mozzerella on top. It was pretty good, but I made more than I could eat, so we saved it for leftovers. We watched Cash Cab while we ate, which we've been doing lately. It's fun to see if we'd know the answers to the questions... that about sums that up.

I played Mass Effect 2 after dinner for quite awhile, a game I've really been enjoying in the last couple days. It's so much better than the first one, and in the end I ended up liking the first, it just had entirely too many flaws. The second makes combat fun, it makes the environment fun to explore, very fun to explore and I feel compelled to talk to everyone and explore every corner, whereas in the first game, I would dread any part of the game where I had to walk around. Anyway, I won't get too into it right now, but let's just say it's a lot of fun, addicting and I look forward to playing it all the time.

I haven't read in a day or so, and it feels weird. I haven't started the next Hunger Games book, but might soon, and I must continue Storm of Swords, but I've been tired, or headachey, or playing Mass Effect 2. I just don't want to lose my reading love that I've had recently... but I know that I'll get back to it.

I've taken a sleeping pill because I wanted to go to sleep earlier than normal tonight, because I have to work at 9am tomorrow and need to take a bus, so I have to wake up by 7am. I'm going to play Dragon Quest 4 a bit and maybe the first chapter of Catching Fire.

That's it for tonight. I've been doing relatively well lately, compared to how I've been. I blame Bekki for keeping me in line.

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