Ahhh!
That's all I can say. Ahhh! Life is psycho crazy.

The good news is, I'm a vendor at the GV Renaissance Festival October 1-2 (and I think Mia and Leigh are going to show up -- yay!). The bad news is that I have almost nothing ready, fabric is frickin' expensive, I have no tent, and my parents may or may not be able to help me more than they already have (what I really need help with is buying the frickin' tent).

The good news is, I should get paid again just after festival, so even if I only make just enough to cover expenses, I'll still have money coming. The goal is to clear $300 GVRen weekend -- we'll see if that one actually happens. That would be enough to pay my mother back for the fabric she bought, though (which is a bit over $200), cover my expenses in beads and such (about $67)....yeah. We'll see if that actually happens.

Of course, I've been losing a lot of time lately when I COULD have been sewing because Max went and broke his arm. Again. Which means not only have I been picking up his usual slack with chores (he doesn't do a goddamned thing unless my father stands there and makes him do it) someone had to be his nursemaid. Which means I lost almost all day Thursday and half the day on Friday (since the doctor said he couldnt' go to school on Friday). Grr. All I accomplished those days was getting the panels cut out for some dancing skirts (I keep oscilating on the price for those....the fabric ended up being kind of expensive, so I'm not sure how much I'll charge. Maybe $30 for ones with eight panels? I don't know. I have to check how much fabric I have left) and getting shirts and smocks cut out (the most time consuming part of THAT is measuring things out and drawing straight lines).

What do I have finished right now? A vest. A skirt (non-dancing). A smock. A shirt. I've got enough panels cut for several dancing skirts. I have a bodice cut out (including lining -- but I need to find the boning to put in it). I should change the thread in my machine and finish off some shawls, which would be quick and easy. I've also got some of my bags (for books and for dice) done. Sigh. Too much to do, not enough time, because every time I get in a zone where I'm just doing it, I get dragged away. Like today. I want to finish at LEAST three garments today. I got pulled away when I was just finishing up the first one (the smock). Why? Dad wanted me to rake up the loose grass in the lawn -- which I wouldn't have minded doing if I wasn't struggling to get things done for Festival. I'm also freaking out about this tent thing. I don't want to spend more than $100 on it (especially since I know that I'll not be the only one who ever uses the damn thing -- I already KNOW that for sure. It's so not fair that I spend so much money on it and not be the one who uses it most often). Grrr. Maybe I WILL press to know exactly what the dimensions of the hex tent we already have are (My parents keep saying it's huge. Well. I'm not sure that it is -- so I'll press).

Of course...all of this stuff has cut into my writing time in a rather serious way. Sorry, kids. You may have to wait a little longer for some stuff.

Blah.