Saturday: another farewell

Tonight we said goodbye to our Saturday night gaming group. It's been fun getting to know them and the food has been good.

My pet dragonling turned into a silver dragon (oh, I've always wanted a dragon) and I got to roll 11 d20 to kill a red dragon. Unfortunately, that also killed me.

Friday: unemployed

Well, I am now officially unemployed, at least for now. Needless to say, it was a rather hard day.

Let's see...

*I started out the day by stopping by the office of one of my old coworkers. She was my official "buddy" when I started and helped me with the ropes. It's been a while since we've had a chance to talk, so that was nice.

*Then I had an exit interview. It went faster than I expected and they didn't ask any hard questions. Phew.

*I had an extra hour before I needed to go to my normal work location, so I went to the fabric store. Once I get the cloth washed, I'll be starting to work on this quilt. I won't be using all the colors in the picture below, but I think they're rather pretty bundled like that.

*Then I had to go to my normal work location. I was doing ok until my tech lead started telling me how much of an asset that I've been and that I was truly a part of the family. I then had to say good bye to everyone else and it didn't go all that well. I'm pretty sure it was harder on me than it was on them.

*I ended up having a long lunch with Jess after that. It made me much happier. The conversation just flowed.

*I went back to work to turn in my computer and badge. But they had already turned my badge off, so I had to keep calling people to get in the facility.

*Flurry and I took a nap. It's how I de-stress and was greatly needed

*Ben and I went to see "Limitless" in the movie theatre. It was pretty good, except for a few really dumb parts. Like when he's in the middle of NYC and suddenly can't get cell service because the guys are there.

Thursday: colors

I got all my pieces cut out for the next quilt. It was a little nerve-wracking though (or as nerve-wracking as cutting fabric can be) (which I guess isn't really that nerve-wracking).

The first three colors that I cut where bright orange, light blue, and bright pink. They do not match.

Then I cut out white. Things started to get a little bit better.

And then I cut out the base fabric. It's a fun paisley type pattern, but incorporates all the colors.

So this quilt might work out after all.

Wednesday: pizza

The people at work had a pizza party for me today. It was nice. :)

It also snowed here. It was a heavy wet snow, and so it stayed on the trees all day.

Tuesday: work

Ok, I'm ready to be done with work. Giving away some of the things that I've been working on for two years is hard. I like the people and I enjoy what I've been doing, so it will be easier when I don't have to see it every day.

And I definitely like not working. Well, at least for a few weeks. After that I'll probably be bored, so hopefully I'll have a purpose by then.

Monday: walls

This weekend I took down the picture wall. :( I have a few new pictures that I wanted to change out from around Christmas, but never got around to it.

Then I was left with a bunch of nails.
I Spackled and painted so that when people came into the house, the first thing they wouldn't see are all these nails sticking out of the wall. Unfortunately, the paint job didn't come out great...if you're on an angle and it is daytime you can see where I painted. But it looks better than nails and hopefully good enough.

On the wall in the gym there is a sign with rules. One of the rules is "Do not place hands or feet near moving parts." However, I would like to remind the sign that it is in a gym. All the machines have hands or feet near moving parts. Take the treadmills for example. They're rather pointless if you don't put your feet on the moving part.

Sunday: finished quilt

I finished the next quilt today! I like how it ended up turning out. I still need some practice on the edges, but I will just try again on the next one.

The top:

The back:

The foldover:

The cat test (passed):