Thursday, May 6, 2010

Sorry for not posting!

Hi everyone! *hugs*

Thanks you, Nana-san and Aragorn-san for your sweet comments on my last post! They cheered me quite a bit. *hugs*

Yes, that brings me to- I'm sorry for taking so long to post anything. ^^; Time sort of got away from me. When I come online here, I enjoy commenting first, and then I guess I just forgot to post. So, umm, yeah, I'm not sure what I have to say, but I thought it might be nice if I updated here.

Things have been... busy, but aren't they always? I've been stressing over some dental news that I didn't want to find out about. I think I already talked about this, but just as a random update- I'm going to be getting braces and then (because apparently my upper palate is too narrow...) I'm going to be having a surgery done on it. And, just to make things more interesting- I can't really afford it (I don't have insurance), so we're going to be having the surgery done in the doctor's office, not the traditional surgical place (my brain is going stupid, I can't think of the word) It shouldn't be a problem, because the oral surgeon is okay with it. Oh, and at the same time, I'm going to be having my wisdom teeth removed. On top of that, during that time I obviously won't really be able to eat much, so my Grandpa is a bit concerned that I'll lose weight that I 'can't afford to lose'. Idk, I guess it's natural to be stressed over that, right? I'm not really obsessing too much over it... It's just distracting me for now...

OKAY, BUT NOW I SERIOUSLY WANT TO POST SOMETHING POSITIVE!!! ^___^ I'm so excited, my Mom and I are painting the main bathroom here at home! That might not sound exciting, but we've always had this really ugly sort of 'seventies' wallpaper in there that had a weird, dizzy print on it. Mom has disliked it forever, and now we've torn it down and we're painting the room light green. So far, about one wall is done and it's SO PRETTY!!! Mom picked out the color and it's so beautiful. ^__^

And, you know how my Grandpa owns his own little clock repair shop? Well, I'm super proud of him. When I was little, it just seemed normal. I mean, between home and school, his house was one of the places I spent most of my time at. So, it was 'normal' that my Grandpa could do what he did. But now I realize how special he is. ^__^ And, I'll talk to Mom and find out even MORE things that are incredible.

He has changed businesses so many times. He used to repair tarps, drapes and upholstery, knife and saw sharpening, woodcarving, metal carving, repaired sewing machines, office machines (sale and service), Greyhound Bus agent (his house was a bus stop a long time ago) and now he's stopped fixing watches, but still works on clocks.

You see, he doesn't work on watches anymore because (thanks to cheap throw away electronic ones ^^;) it's too expensive to repair watches. People aren't willing to pay what it costs. Plus, I think that he's having a harder time with small gears since he's getting older. So, I was a little worried.

But, now he's started a new project!! ^___^ He's decided to learn how to repair violins! I was so shocked when I found out. He's ordered 'how to' books and he's already saying that he doesn't think it will be 'too hard' for him. XP It's so cute how excited he is about it. And, there are a TON of violinists in our area and NO ONE repairs violins. These people are going over an hour away when they have a problem that needs fixing, so they're really excited that Grandpa is learning this too.

^__^ He just... amazes me. Sorry if this seemed sort of random, but I guess that if there has to be a lesson here- you're NEVER too old to learn something or follow your dream. That's something that I've definitely learned from him.

OK. Well, in 'otaku' news, I actually have drawn something... Not sure if I'm going to submit it. I drew it after seeing a challenge about a week ago. ^^ So, who knows? I am glad to draw again. I'm not really interested in making ecards at the moment. But, whatever I decide to submit, I will be trying to update on MyO more often. ^^

I hope all you sweethearts are doing well and enjoying warmer weather (it's cold here, but I still have hopes that it will warm up again!) Love you all! *hugs tightly* Thanks for reading my ramble! ~.^

Have a great day!

Comments (3)