Are we there yet?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Had my last driving lesson today before my test Tuesday. Absolutely totally tired of it. I’m getting worse at this and the instructor’s getting more and more fed up with me. If I don’t pass the test next week, I’m just going to flat out refuse to have more lessons. I either want to keep taking the test until I pass or quit all together.

Today I came closer than ever before to quitting. I mean, each lesson I consider quitting and think, “I’ll never do this again,” but today I was ready to say, “Okay, fine, forget it. I’m going home.” But I didn’t. I never do.

I don’t know if it will be easier if I drive on my own, get comfortable by doing things on my own and all, or if I will get as confused and frustrated as I get now. When I think about driving, I think about it in a fantasy-type way. When I’m really behind the wheel, I’m on the verge of tears. I get confused and it spirals into completely blanking out with all the signs because I can not get use to them or the having to pay attention to five different things going on each time I turn a corner.

I’m tired of being so stressed out about it. I use to want a car so much and now I feel like if I did have a car I’d let it sit in the garage unused. And this is coming from someone who use to love to drive. I mean absolutely loved it. I would drive for hours. I would look forward to driving. I would find reasons to drive. Now I hate it and I hate that I hate it.

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Sunday is for laziness

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Here’s one of my favourite photos from yesterday. I have plenty of good ones to use on the blog for a while, but this one was something I was hoping to capture when we were out around the farm areas nearby.

Since my thumb is still bothering me from typing a lot all week (that’s always the trouble – stay indoors to keep myself productive, then suffer the consequences) I’m not going to write too much. I finally took it upon myself to ask EA how to get a hold of my Sims 3 registration codes. I have the discs but I left the boxes in Florida when I moved. Now I’m back on Origin and downloading my old games and patches galore.

So much for the productivity, huh?

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Late night Star Wars

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Today we took a 4-5 mile walk up to the Angel and down to the grocery store for dinner. On the way we made a snow man and enjoyed the weather. I hadn’t played in the snow like that since I was really little.

I’d put pictures up but it’s late and I don’t want to put my computer back on. I still haven’t even bothered to get my shower before bed and it’s almost 2AM. I had a nap when we got back home, so I’m not really that tired yet.

I should be reading though. I have a ton of books from the library that I need to get through. I really wish I could buy something that made me work quicker. Does coffee count?

We’ve been watching the Star Wars Blu Ray box set that Steve got for Christmas. We saw the making of videos, and now I’m watching the clips from television that had a Star Wars theme – lots of That 70s Show. Love it. Now we’re at the Darth Vadar Tom Tom commercial. I think of the “round abound” bit every time I talk about those stupid roundabouts.

On a sad note, my mother’s brother passed away. I wasn’t close to that side of the family but I feel quite bad for Mom.

It’s still been snowing off and on. I wonder what this place will look like by Monday.

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Then it began to snow

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

It’s been snowing off and on all day, and this is how things look right now down the street. I’m not sure if it will keep up over night or not but we’re planning on taking a walk to see how things look in the daylight.

Tonight while in the bath, I listened to a Stephen King Q&A. I’m trying to get more inspirational materials around me since January is so blah. Well, the snow keeps it from being too dull. I’m just glad I don’t have to drive in it.

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Not going out

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

This snow blizzard, or whatever it may end up being, is supposed to show up tomorrow. I’ve been in the house all week because I really have no interest in a. being cold or b. getting more sick. Of course this gets quite boring, being inside all the time. I’ve been working on things each day, but being without a walk does make me feel more blah.

January is blah enough without that.

We’ve been watching Celebrity Big Brother this week. I’ve been trying to read and I’m fairly certain I’m going to chuck the Novel Writing book in the “partially read” pile because it’s not very interesting. I do need some books to inspire me though, because while I don’t have any New Year’s resolutions, I know I need to work harder on my projects this year.

I’m still taking sinus headache medicine. I’m still fighting the stuffiness and the cough.

I at least got a letter from Home Office today saying that my application was there and in the queue. It just feels like 2012 was the year of aiming for 2013. Now it’s here and things are almost all sussed (even the stupid driving) that’s like, “Hhmm. What do I do now?”

And…it’s snowing again.

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