The weekend was very full and very productive. I finally did laundry on Sat. I think the last time I did laundry was when I came back from my Enneagram training in July, something like July 22. So a full two months between laundry trips. I used just under $20, 7 regular machines, 1 double loader and 2 triple loaders and finished in under 3 hours. What took the most time was sorting the clothes because the laundromat was busy and I had a limited number of machines. I had to be very selective on what went into which machine to make it all fit.

I pulled a Johanna on sunday. In my running around this weekend, I picked up a yard of black tulle with silver skull and crossbones lace on it. How cool would it be to make into an overskirt. But I have a lot to do that I want done by Sunday night and I have so many other costume projects that need work, so this really should go to the bottom of the list. But I would love to have it for Sat. And I am excited about it right now. I laid it out and started cutting. Less than an hour later, I had a finished lace skirt, waistband and all. The reason I am calling this a Johanna is because I want a particular garment to wear dancing so I just whip it together is a very short time. I don’t normally sew that quickly.

After sewing my new fabric, I made/ate dinner, sorted papers and cleaned out boxes and got the apartment mostly in order. It has been a wreck since I had to pull everything out of the back corner to get the phone line repaired. The last barricades and battlements have been cleared away. Movement throughout the entire apartment is no longer restricted. There are still pockets of resistance that will need to be dealt with. As resources return from R&R after removing the roadblocks, they will be reassigned to rooting out the remnants of the resistance.

Weekend Recap: Sleeping in, laundry, drop things off and pick things up at a friends house (with the added bonus of a conversation), make a mess of Mac&Cheese with sauteed hot dogs, picked up Smart Water, 9sisters meeting, made bed (included burping the waterbed, dusting the surface and reseting the layers and layers of blankets that go under the sheets), cleaned up apt, got a mess of music for my mom’s birthday, checked two Ross stores for Boots! (still looking), did a Joann’s run (more fabric), Trader Joes (took longer than Joann’s), cheese from Smart&Final, gas the car, made a skirt, played dress up to check new skirt, sorted papers from 2001-2003, cleaned out boxes of misc stuff with no homes, collected trash from everywhere and got it out, spend the day with a friend. Still didn’t get everything I wanted done like wash the car and fix the license plates. I use to live my life like this all the time. I have no idea how. I would say I am in a manic phase but it doesn’t feel the same. Manic is what Oct will be.