an awesome dream!

For those who don't follow me on Twitter, I called in sick to work tonight. I caught a nasty bug that would make me less than useless at work on top of feeling horrid. So, instead of working, I took a nap for a little while. I usually listen to one of Lady Ru'etha's files when I sleep (it started off being only Voice, but lately from time to time, I've alternated in By Her Command: Peaceful Sleep), and my nap was no different. However, this is one of the rare times that I can remember my dream and that She was in, and it was so awesome it *NEEDED* to be recorded.


I had a Lantern ring. Violet, I think, which is appropriate since purple is Her color. (1) However, I didn't actually report to their leader, but to Lady R. *grins* There were 3 of us and we were Her personal guard/army/Angels (like Charlie's, but cooler and with power rings). At first, we were in the middle of a fight between the different color rings, which was cool, but then She called us to Her and we were discussing a series of upcoming bombings that came to Her attention and how we should go about stopping it. In the middle of this, She kept trancing us and reminding us how much She loves us and... other things. *chuckles* Right before I flew off to investigate the one I'd been assigned, however, I looked up as if I was hearing something and my alarm went off to wake up from my nap. *sigh* I'm glad I finally get to remember one of the good dreams, for a change, even if it was the epitome of awesome and was cut short.



(1) For those who don't follow Green Lantern comics, or haven't heard of the stories of the past few years at all, 7 new colored rings showed up, bringing the total to 9: Green (Willpower), Yellow (Fear), Blue (Hope), Violet (Love), Indigo (Compassion), Orange (Avarice), Red (Rage), Black (Death) and White (Life)

Life's Cheat Codes

blatantly ripped from http://www.pcolaredhead.com/2010/10/lifes-little-cheat-codes.html#more

Sometimes I think it would be nice if life had cheat codes, as I'm told many video games do.  Sure, it's fun to experience a challenge and do things the hard way, but sometimes you just need a little help.  I have compiled, in this post, some of life's little secret cheats.  Some of these are my own, and others I have flagrantly plagiarized from other websites.  Enjoy!

Riddles in the Dark

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
 - J. R. R. Tolkein, The Hobbit

Anyone who read The Hobbit or read the cartoon version of it (which I enjoyed very much) might remember the answer to this riddle presented to Bilbo by Gollum. Time is, of course, the answer.

Time is a slippery thing, particularly to me. I have an absolutely horrid sense of timing, so I have to keep a watch or something with a clock on it with me at all times or else I will take absolutely forever at what I'm doing. My various roommates over the years have noticed this, particularly when I'm in the shower. I seriously try to not take longer than 10 minutes, and I will think I succeeded. But then I look at the nearest clock and it's been between 20 and 30. It doesn't feel anywhere near like that. I have no idea what to do about it except maybe find a way to put a clock in the shower. Not ideal, especially because the shower I'm using right now is pretty small, and I am trying to not bang the ceiling and wake up everyone when I shower.

Guess who's back?

Ok.. So my energy's still kind of down, but I am not going to leave you guys hanging.

At work over the past month, two people got let go, so there have been more hours to go around. This means that I've gone from 24 to 38 hours/week. Not a bad time, I'd say, even if I don't like the job one bit. I'm getting along well enough, but have put out a few applications and keeping my fingers crossed.

Things at home have been rather chill. One of my roommates had a visitor for the past month, which meant laying low on the d/s stuff. No problems there, I'm flexible. Then Lady Ru'etha got sick, and I tried to help nurse her back to health with back scratches (I'm one of a *VERY* small number who can do it just like she likes it) and foot rubs, and trying to be there for her emotionally. The roomie's visitor left today, and now things will re-settle. We'll see how things go there.

Hormones are going well. I'm on estrogen (8mg/day, 4mg in the morning and 4 at night), testosterone blocker (25 mg at night) and progesterone (2.5 mg at night). And at this point, my breasts are actually visibly growing. It's pretty exciting for me. Pics in my pic blog shortly.

Also, I did an experiment today. I've dyed my hair a few times, but I've never tried henna dye before. I've been eyeing the Caca Rouge from Lush for a few months, and bought it about 2 weeks ago. It is their red dye. Since henna is supposed to last much longer and fade slower than chemical dyes, I figured it might work. I cut a small lock from the back of my hair and did a strand test on Wednesday, to see how it would look. One thing that the instructions and the Lush forum members say is to not judge results until a few hours after you wash it out. So, I waited. About 4 hours after I removed the lock of hair from the dye, I looked at it in the sun and saw very little change. According to the forums, certain herbs and spices can affect henna dyes in certain ways, and paprika apparently boosts redness, so I gave it a try. After results are in my photo blog. I didn't take a "before" pic, cause my hair's basically the same color it has been in a bunch of pictures.

That's about it for now, loves. I'm gonna get my butt back in gear and try to write every week, if not more.