So I've finished lunch, took the pictures I need for TVfH and am unable to access anything online. I guess I feel somewhat isolated. I'm surprised I don't feel more annoyed that the service we pay so very much for works whenever it feels like it. Which is defiantly not during the day. I figure I don't want to jump though the various hoops of checking my network card and plugs enough that I am willing to ignore it and find something else to do.

I've been fairly successful in getting things done today so far. I've dropped Miss Sara off at school, gone grocery shopping for the next 2 weeks, started a chicken broth for Mike, done little fiddly things for SkyWorks and had some lunch. Now I have 2 hours to spend before I should head out to get Miss Sara from school and take her to her swimming lesson.

I've discovered I enjoy her swimming lesson on Monday nights. It gives me half an hour away from my PC, away from the apartment, away from my family, away from the phone with a coffee and whatever I want to do that day. Last week I wrote up a to-do list of things I'd like to achieve over the rest of the month. I was planning on cutting labels for the recently cured batches tonight, but my printer died again.

Mike's home sick today. He's been sick an awful lot lately. I hate having anyone home during my workday it throws me off. When my cousin came last year to wrap soap for me, I always felt like I had to be a hostess. Then when family is home I feel like I should be attentive to them or receptive somehow. I'm not terribly good at that at the best of times, not capable of it at all when I want my focus 100% on work.

I really need to make some soap soon. I don't have the soap of the month made yet for December. I'm thinking Winter Strawberries. I missed making a batch for June, so this is my second choice. I think it's neat to have a summery scent in the middle of the winter.

I used the new Tea Tree & Clay yesterday on my face and left it on a bit longer than I usually do. It tingled wonderfully. The increase in scent (and thus menthol from the peppermint) was a good idea, I think.

I thought of a future entry someday when I take the time to write a focused one instead of these 30-minute entries. I want to do a "review" of my own products and what I think of them as a consumer. I have favourites, I have ones I hate, I have products I never use and I think it would be interesting to write them out.

I don't know what I'm going to do if I need to replace my printer. We're not exactly rolling in the cash personally, and the business is low. I'll figure something out, I guess. I always do. At least Lexmark is sending me a new cartridge to try out, but I'm sure it will die the same as the rest of them have. I now have 2 cartridges one half-full the other full for a printer that doesn't work.

I can't believe how stressed out I was 3 weeks ago now. Everything was going wrong, nothing seemed to work our properly at all. I knew then that all I really needed was just a chance to slow down and breathe and now that I've had that things are much more on an even keel. There are still a few things bothering me off and on, but they'll fade with time.

I haven't been working on the new 26 things yet. I think about it at times like this, when I can't get to any webpages to get the list, and I'm home anyways with no time to wander around and take pictures. I need to remember to pull out my 120 film from the Duaflex this week and take it in to be developed. I'm excited about that little thing. I've probably ruined it by leaving it in a most likely leaky camera for months. I figure the film on the start of the reel should be fine at least.

I haven't gone out with my film camera in quite a while. I know I'll be taking it with me out to Nova Scotia next month. There's just certain things that need to be recorded physically, not digitally and visits to family far away counts as that. I have to remember to buy some film too. Maybe I'll take the Duaflex too.

Once I'm done my 30 minutes here I'm going to crack open my new books for the OAC course. I'm still scared shitless of the Essay questions. I know I'm OAC capable; hell I know I'm University capable, but I'm so rusty. I just have to get started, get the marks for my rusty essays and improve. I'll do fine. Right? Heh. :)

Well damn, I just connected to the web AND it's 30 minutes.