Lots of updates

Well, after four years being together, Brandon & I are no longer a couple. I have since moved to Winchester, VA because the house we bought is in his name, our car was in his name, so now I just have the F250, our computer was mostly his since I still had mine from college 4 1/2 yrs ago, and I had to quit my job since I didn't have a place to live. But on the positive side, I now know that I have friends who love me for me & not because I'm the lesser-known-half-of-a-couple. I'm currently living with my best friends Samm & DJ, and their two children Will, 4, and Sage, 2. I'm in the process of applying for readmission to college & financial aid. I'm really hoping to get everything squared away for the Spring semester of '09. Should be able to get it done by then if I can get my W2 from 2007 for the FAFSA. All in all I'm hoping this catastrophic event will work out for the best in the long run.

I've been going to a Universalist Unitarian Church up here & am in the choir. It's a good first step to getting me back in the swing of things. I also have a small performance coming up on November 30th. I'm doing one of two things: I'm either accompanying Samm, or I'm doing a duet with Samm. One or the other. The song selection is up to us, so it probably won't be decided for certain until about a week before the performance. But we'll pull it all together. Always do.

At the moment, my cat Aris is staying with my parents. Until I get an apartment of my own, I can't bring him up. Dropping him off & saying goodbye was really hard. What was also hard was driving the 4 hours from Pulaski to Winchester 6 times to bring all my stuff up to my storage unit. 8 hour round trips. Ick. Brandon said he wanted my stuff out as quickly as possible so he could get on with his life. I was reluctant to move absolutely everything because I still wanted something there so I would have a tie to him in some way. It was a sad thought & I see how it was a thought in error. Hard to see when you're in the middle of having your heart ripped out though.

On the crafting front, right now since I don't have a job, I've got plenty of time. I've started trying to draw.... well copy other drawings. I don't have the spacial perception to be able to create new art at the moment. Getting my "feet under me", so to speak, is the best thing I can do to work up to the point of creating original art. I've started a new scarf. It's going to be in stockinette stitch with a pocket on each end. On each pocket, I'll be duplicate stitching a broad maple leaf & scattered down the length of the scarf (and fading into the actual pocket) will be smaller leaves that I will embroider on. The scarf itself is a dark brown, the leaves will be dark green, wine, orange & a mustard yellow if I can find one. We'll see how it turns out. The embroidery & junk are originals so I don't know how they'll translate from my head to my stitching. I'll post pictures once I finish & have a computer of my own to use. I also finished an offering for my first ritual. I cross stitched the word rebirth in an ivy pattern. I backed it with music fabric & offered it in the fire during the Samhain ritual. That was a lot of fun & very enlightening for me. After the ritual we drank & sat around the fire. I tried my hand at drumming on the djembe. I found out that I drum like a pianist, haha. As the night went on, I got more into it & less self-conscious. I actually like drumming a lot. I might just have to get myself one & start doing it more often :) We'll see.

For now, I'm going to end this novella & pledge to blog again soon... seeing as how I don't have anything else to do, haha.

Blessed be,
Heather