missroserose | Remembering to forget about worrying

Last week took forever to go by, or so it felt like - I was feeling so braindead by the end of it I wondered if I'd ever feel happy or alive again.

This week seems to have gone by in a flash - I literally went "Wait a minute, it's the weekend again?"

There doesn't seem to be any accounting for it. Nothing particularly bad happened last week; and I'd certainly think the whole car issue might have made this week more tiring. Oddly enough, though, it's been the exact opposite. I've felt almost nothing but happy and content, car problems be damned. Even the $270 bill I racked up with towing charges and battery replacement didn't do anything to dampen my mood - I was glad to have the money, and happy to pay for it - I certainly got my money's worth.

It's times like this that really make me believe that there probably is something to the theories of astrology and whatnot. Yes, 99.99% of astrology is just simple BS, but if you zoom out to a macroscopic enough level, everything's made of the same matter. So it stands to reason that things like the phases of the moon and positions of the planets, while only distantly related on a physical level, can affect us profoundly on the quantum level. It's a variation on the whole butterfly-effect theory, I guess.

Meantime, life goes on as usual. Brian's mother had a raspberry bush out front with lots of ripe berries, so I picked a bunch and made a raspberry quick-bread/cake type loaf. Didn't come out too badly, flavor-wise, but the recipe was designed to be used with raisins (which absorb moisture) as opposed to fresh berries (which are full of moisture) so it ended up being a little soggy towards the bottom. I think I'll try it with 2/3 a cup of buttermilk next time.

I think I'm finally finished playing Knights of the Old Republic, and I'd highly recommend the game to anyone who enjoys RPGs or Star Wars in general. It's got that perfect mix of interesting characters and interesting plot that makes for a great story, and as a game it's also quite fun. I've played it through about two and a half times now (once as uber-light-side-Jedi, once as how I would play, and then the last bit as a dark side character just to see the alternate ending), and I still wish the story went on longer. It didn't surprise me to see that about 98% of the fanfiction in Fanfiction.net's "Games>Star Wars" catagory was KotOR-based, given what strong characters it had. I'm actually a bit tempted to write a piece of my own; the romance angle between the player character and Carth Onasi kind of intrigued me. I really liked Carth...I guess in a lot of ways he reminded me of Brian. Especially with how honorable and brave he was. And handsome. ;)

Amusingly enough, Brian's and my positions are almost exactly reversed from a week ago - he's spent most of the evening reading through Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and I've been puttering around in the kitchen or on the computer or whatever, and occasionally getting him drinks and the like.

It's really nice to not be worrying about money or upset about my life or whatever. I have a job, I have a boyfriend, I have a (now) working car that will soon have fixed brakes, I have a home, and I have a warm, purring kitty in my lap - what more do I need to be happy?