A good portion of today involved putting new brakes on my dads truck, since they failed on him yesterday twice, nearly causing him to have a rather severe accident. There went the Baltimore Pagan Pride Day.

I also did some computer file clean-up, which isn’t anywhere near done, but it feels good to do some purging and organizing. Especially of photos, which I have now started to accumlate into an online gallery, though I still have more to add.

With this I also took pictures of a new “alter-in-development” for the three realms. It’s a 3 shelf cabinet that was given to me some time ago, that has served as storage for rocks and candles over the last few years. I suppose technically it still does, but I am starting to develop it into 3 altars instead, for the Shining Ones, Nature Spirits, and Ancestors.

I also may be buying a house. I mentioned once before that the ladies across the street might sell theirs, and my dad got confirmation that they will. He’s already told them I was interested in buying it, and I hope they’ll cut me a good deal. I don’t actually intend to live in it. The sisters built it in the 70’s and developed it into a duplex, so I’d actually like to rent out both sides to pay off the mortgage. Then it’ll be a good investment for me for the future, and a backup in case I ever need a place to stay.

That and Mr. Right owns his own home, so if he decides to sell that and move here, having the money from his home plus the income from this house, we’ll be set. Either way I need to do something for -my- future, without the possibilities of anyone else. So we’ll see how this goes. No idea how much they want for it yet, so everything is still up in the air.

Who would have thought I’d ever consider buying a house. Hell I still don’t think it.

I’m thinking about writing up my issues with this, but until then a synopsis.

Druids have Equinox Ritual. (I happen to be a member of this organization)

Christians go “undercover” and record the ritual without the Druids knowledge or consent. These include Kirk Cameron from “Growing Pains.”

Christians put recording up on website as a podcast, being blatantly ignorant and full of bigotry.

Download or listen: here (right-click and save link as)

A disrespect to those poor folks out at Ravens Cry Grove, ADF.

I went over my sister’s house, but I couldn’t do the intervention. I just couldn’t. I don’t know if it’s just that I don’t want to upset her, or don’t want her to think I’m trying to get her to hate our mother, because I’m not. She seemed fine when I showed up, didn’t seem upset with me, showed me her kitten, got me a coke, had me help her with her homework (they’re learning prefixes/suffixes and decimal multiplication, ew).

I decided to give her a very clear, hand-picked quartz crystal sphere that I have been saving for the last 4 years or so for when I felt she was ready for her Rite of Passage. Obviously I don’t feel I could get away with giving her one now (even though she’s expressed genuine interest in one), so I thought now would be an appropriate time. It’s something she’s always wanted, since she’s always admiring mine. She seemed to really enjoy it.

I have an inkling that my mother got wind that I would be coming over that night, so about half an hour before I arrived, she apparently decided she was going to have my sister that night, and told Vernon so. Luckily she doesn’t get off at the college till about 8:15pm, so I had about 45 minutes to stay and spend time with my sister before she arrived. We made plans for a sister dinner on Tuesday in Westminster somewhere, and I ordered some girlscout cookies from her.

She actually didn’t seem to have animosity towards me at all, which just confuses me after the angry things she said to me on Sunday. Hopefully my visit will calm her down some, especially since my mother has her this weekend, and we all know what happens then.

On the way home I just cried in frustration.

Well I was going to have an intervention tonight with my sister, after she left some ignorant comments to me again about this whole ordeal. Her father was going to bring her over and we were going to sit her down and have a talk. If she had questions about the custody battle, we were no longer going to hold out due to her only being 12. I remember when I was dealing with this, and at 12 years old, I wanted to know everything too.

Unfortuantely this didn’t happen tonight, but it -is- rescheduled to Thursday.

Her father also helped me to realize that I’m just not spending as much time with my sister, or becoming as involved in her life as I should be. Being so busy, I just let the time slip away from me. So we will also all be going out for a dinner on Tuesday of next week, and I’ll be attempting to call her regularly and take her out more often.

My mom on the other hand, is still sending me emails. I did reply to the last one, asking what the fuck she was talking about, but haven’t heard anything yet. Apparently she’s trying to accuse an Aunt of mine of something, and I don’t know what.

It’s just an oozing cesspool of drama.

As far as dad updates go, he started the hyperbaric chamber yesterday as a new resort to heal the ulcers on his leg. It’s somewhat scary because under the right conditions you could catch on fire. But so far, so good. Dad takes a movie with him to watch (and apparently the nurses watch too) while he lays there. He’s going to be educating all the nurses there on the history of John Wayne me thinks.

Hopefully this will do some good for his leg. Luckily it’s 100% covered by Medicare.

As a treat to all employees, my new job took everyone and a guest on a fully catered cruise today on the Severn River in Annapolis with an open bar. I took my dad along since neither one of us has ever been on a yacht before, or done anything remotely this fancy. The cruise was on the Cabaret II from Watermark Cruises, fully catered with an open bar.

While driving to work to meet for the bus, we were both singing along to some Johnny Cash, which we haven’t really done since I was a little girl.

The bus ride was long, but comfortable, so I was able to nap a bit. I brought a jacket because I thought it was going to be stormy and cold, but it was hot.

The cruise itself was amazing. Even the ride down was amazing, seeing all those little shops in Annapolis. I found the perfect restaurant that I’m taking Mr. Right to when he comes to visit. I don’t think I’ve ever been to Annapolis before, so it was a quite a treat. The cruise was fully catered with fillet mignon, crab dip, chicken, beef, fresh fruit (kiwi my favorite :)). I drank a Tom Collins and then stuck mostly with ginger ale since I’m not sure how well alcohol and a wavy boat would work well together.

They played a lot of reggae and oldies music and we just laid out on the water enjoying good company. People kept coming up to my dad and telling him how many times I’ve saved them on projects and how awesome I am, and he seemed really proud of me.

I’ve never felt so proud to work for a company before, it’s not really a feeling I can put into words. This job was such a random thing for me, my first pick on Craigslist one day when I got pissed off at Terminix.

On the way home my dad and I listened to some old celtic music and just enjoyed each others company. It’s nice being able to spend time together with him like this.

I’ll probably try to relax and maybe do some coding the rest of the day. But today was fantastic.

I almost replied to this one, but I decided not to. There’s nothing about her in there, she’s creating delusions.

Just to let you know, your sister was on your dryad space last night and read what you wrote. She also read between you and Stephanie.

I am trying to prevent distancing between you and your sister but you are destined to create that distance yourself by posting whatever about me for her to read, and the responses from whomever that arise out of your posts. I don’t want to know what was said. I told her not to tell me anything because what I don’t know can’t possibly hurt me. Just remember that I told you and you didn’t listen. This one’s on you.

Some interesting points to the conversation with my sister.

- She asked me if I believed in God, no doubt prodded by my mother.
- She asked me to tell her why I hated my mother, again, I’m sure she’s just trying to get information for my mother. I told her that she wasn’t ready, even though she swore she was.
- She says she’s just very angry and confused about everything. No doubt.
- She said that her dad doesn’t tell her anything about the custody trial or what happened, only her mom tells her. Which just proves that mom is the one filling her head iwth all the stress.
- She doesn’t like going to church, she just “goes with whatever”. But she also “doesn’t feel comfortable” going to the Grove anymore. I know she has fun there, and no doubt it’s because of my mother. But I won’t be able to bring her anymore.
- She says mom admitted to her doing bad things in the past, all the guys she was dating, the fact that she lied about my dad, but that now she believes she should be forgiven (yeah right)

I did record the conversation, but it’s not intended for court, just for me.

On a side note, some pictures I took of my sister the last time she was over:

I rather like it. And I rather like Sinead O’Conner.

Lyrics:

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