Midtown Mayhem

by hoooook @ deviantART

Whew. Had quite the crazy day yesterday. I'm trying to keep my cool here, though, because I'm down to two weeks of school left (4 days) and I don't want to get ill. I just have to keep reminding myself that this is an adventure, and that I'm in it for the experiences.

With that said, the weekend that I had originally planned out has been skewed. After a morning of bad cramps (so bad that I was lightheaded, fatigued, and sweating in my 20th century class), and a day of semi-stressing over final projects, I come home yesterday to find that my mother had been packing and that she was preparing to leave for Louisiana to attend the birth of my cousin's first child. And she's taking Hans, meaning I have no reliable car with which to drive to school.

Well, Haloa (the car I used to drive), is somewhat reliable, but she's 15 years old, has a leak in her tire that can't be patched, no AC, and no working brake lights (only one tiny one on her spoiler works; the main ones don't). On top of that, she hasn't been registered to park in my school's parking deck this year. But I don't think that should be much of a problem; despite what security might have said, they don't seem all that strict about who's parking in the deck. I'm actually more concerned about Haloa's brake lights and tire. If the person behind me isn't paying attention, they won't notice that I'm actually braking.

So I guess what I'm saying is that I hope my cousin has her baby within the next couple of days so that my mom won't have to stay past Sunday, and I can have Hans back so I don't have to worry about the problems listed above.

I still do have to go out this weekend, though, to retrieve a few supplies for my final projects. I have to admit that irks me. I hate driving in this city. But once again, I remind myself: adventure. Experience and adventure.

In other news, my Mary-el deck arrived on Tuesday while my mom was out, just like I had hoped. I had the biggest smile on my face when I opened it. At first, I was nervous about the quality of the cards, and how the images would look on them, but they're a lot better than people had made them sound. I have no words. This deck has replaced my BoS deck as my favorite, and has been assigned to Pierre (there's actually a bit of dragon imagery in this deck). I think it suits him. Suits us. It's dark and earthy and surreal and so me. Now I just eagerly await the Dreams of Gaia deck, which is in progress - I'm keeping up with the artist on FB, so I get to see each card as it's completed. 

I'm going to do a birthday reading for myself tomorrow with Mary-el. Ahh. It's so magnetic. I keep wanting to take it out and look at it. 

Moving on, though... one thing I wanted to mention here for myself: the images and symbols in my recent dreams have been interesting. And unusual. I usually don't have "interesting" or significant dreams while I'm in school. It's a tad frustrating, though, because I only remember parts, so I can't really decipher the whole thing. But from the one with meteors in Louisiana, to a more recent one with a talking squirrel... hm. 

My final projects have me a bit restless. One involves sewing an illustrated doll, which is so out of my element. The other is only frustrating because it calls for a specific brand and color of watercolor (or ink). 

But I guess I'll get it done, like always.