Amstel Light

It's my drink of choice to get through today. Not that it has been stressful or anything, but the level of appreciation for what I do around here is way too low. (Keep in mind that I do roughly 4 loads of laundry per day, cook dinner, and clean the house. but today, add in that today I paid the overdue ammount of the cable bill, took care of all of the recylclables, and took care of the cat pans.) So in order to thank me, His aunt decided that offering up my dinner to a complete stranger who walked in the door and grabbed wine out of the fridge, was a great idea.

I just don't know what to do, so I grab a beer, refuse to eat dinner in order to ensure that my fiance gets food, and sit an blog. I haven't blogged in a while because of the work I have to do around here in order to feel like I am helping out. Now I just feel like a piece of meat, bred solely for the purpose of being a meal ticket for someone else.

Now, I get a chance to go to NY though. This weekend I plan on seeing my family and spending a lot of needed R&R time with them. My dad's birthday passed by this week and I completely forgot about it. I feel bad, but I think that forgetting all about your past is what moving out of state does to you. I don't want to forget anything though. I love my family and friends that I had in NY and I am hoping that this weekend will salvage what little friendships I had in NY.

So how do you do it? How do you do what you do? How do you keep all of your friends and family happy by being miles and miles from 'home'. It's true I am making a home here, but some of the people I would like to forget at times, are the people I have to live with in the meantime. I also need a hobby, I was thinking of taking up knitting. But I would not know where to start. I guess knitting needles are a good start, and yarn for that matter, but how does one go about buying things like that? Any ideas? Tips? Advice? I could use some!