Well, either I've been filling my life up with other things, or the brunt of the family madness is behind me, at least for now.

After a moving adventure on Saturday in which I was the driver of a massive U-Haul beast with Sky Wanderer and the Crown as my co-pilots, let me say that I will never rent another ANYTHING from U-Haul. Negative anecdotes of their ineptitude abound.

I'm currently deliriously happy because I finally got the confirmation that I made it into the London trip!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Right now it feels like that is the only place I'd really like to be, but January will be soon enough, I suppose. And THIS time it will be legal for me to patronize the local pubs. Confidential to Sky Wanderer: I'll shy away from the GuinASS.

I've recently started a more experiential approach course to the craft, and so far it's yielding spectacular results, as far as I'm concerned. I think my problem has been that I've approached it in a far too academic way, and so I've been lacking in the actual process knowledge that is sooooo necessary. I need to cultivate my inner strengths in this arena and put them to work, instead of taking the academics stuffy position that everything worth knowing can be found in a book. In this case, it has thus far left me cold.

I can tell from the way I've been devouring books lately that my solid state of mind has come back to me once more. It feels good to drown in a fantasy world by reading. It's deliciously like spell craft, in a way, because your mind surrounds you in velvety images that you can almost touch.

SC has started to stand up for herself, in small ways, and with great trepidation. This was completely accidental. The current Bane of her existence overheard a conversation that wasn't meant to be overheard, and patches were necessary. Perhaps by patching eventually the entire fabric can be mended.

The plans are set for my yearly family vacation, though much to my chagrin, it appears Facade will be joining us. I don't want him to go, my sister doesn't want him to go... only my mother. My mom said that if me and Amie both bring friends, then she'll be alone. That is complete and total bullshit. Even when we do invite friends, we do everything as one big group, we do not take off and leave anyone alone. And I know that my mom is looking for a replacement for my Aunt Fran, but Facade will NEVER fill that position. Besides, I'm really not looking forward to him groping her all week in front of me and my sister. The man is a lecherous pig.