zee tornado!

we are currently in a 'tornado watch' until 9p when it becomes a 'tornado warning.' excuse me, tornado? we have these things called mountains. however, if there were to be one anywhere in mon county, it would be on my road. it's officially the most dangerous place in the county. yesterday there were three wrecks before i left for work. THREE. where do these ppl think they're drivin, ohio?

tangent. breathe.

so the masquerade ball was very fun. it was awesome to see so many people dressed up. some just wore regular clothes and a mask, some wore fancy dress like us, and some went all out and got marie antoinette wigs and the like. i would very much like to go back to the art center sometime when i have the time to tour around. all in all, i call it a success. we're hoping to convince our higher ups to make this year's holiday party theme masquerade. it would be a good follow up to last years casino night.

sunday i read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in its entirety. it took me about 150 pages to decide it was actually a good book. i recommend it.

i'm back to not sleeping again, which is annoying. but, i guess it's just a part of life. i'll sleep someday.

we are carving pumpkins tonight, which really means i'll get the guts out and start to carve it and immediately lose interest and let someone else finish the job. and then i'll go roast the seeds in a gallon of butter. the end.

is it sad that i've already started writing out my christmas shopping list? it physically pains me how much money will be funneling out of my life in the next year or so. but in my mind, getting all this stuff out of the way now is more logical. i can spread everything out a bit more. i'm trying to think what craft project to supplement gifts with, as i do every year. i'm thinking maybe i'll try bath bombs. they seem easy enough (famous last words.)

the old brick house i fell in love with has been sold which makes me very sad. especially since the Stranger wants to speed up the house hunting process bc he's determined to be out of here (off this killer road) before it snows too much. i think he's just a worrier and i'll be fine. the subaru can withstand anything. it gets a whole new back end next week and it'll be back in business. i have to say though, i'm super excited about getting a rental car. i dont know why. thats always my fav part of traveling for work is having the surprise of a different car to drive. (although, if you're curious, our portion of the govt work only has impalas as their fleet vehicle. which dont get me wrong, is a wonderful car to drive. i just think it's interesting that they arent pushing more for hybrids)

i'm rereading jane austen's collective works because its fall and i do that and i'm a nerd.

i may or may not have figured out and drew a diagram of how the table settings for the reception will go. that makes me way lame. especially bc i drew it all up in Paint. but having a visual image of what is floating around in that crazy brain of my really helps me make sense of things.

imma nut job, yes?

anywho. i hope everyone has a lovely evening. lovelove to you all!