The last couple of days have been surprisingly good. Q and I were going to do something this weekend, but instead (today at least) we decided to do...nothing. And it was beautiful.

A lot of people don't appreciate the quality of "nothing time." They think it's unproductive and boring...but then they're obviously not doing it right, because when you really do NOTHING, it's amazingly good.

Obviously this isn't something I want to be doing all the time, because I guess it would get boring, but between school and other things, by the time I get home at night, or have a day off school, doing nothing sounds pretty sweet.

Next week is going to be super busy.

Monday after school I have my first driving lesson. If I thought it would be safe to drive that way, I'd be going to the doctor to get a sedative prior to it, but I think they generally frown on that. I talked to the lady that's going to be teaching me on the phone for a bit, and she seems really nice. I'm kind of excited along with my ridiculous nervousness. That's normal, right? Everyone's nervous and excited when they learn to drive...except people who are terrified, and if they're that terrified they probably shouldn't be driving anyway. Or maybe they should be...conquer your fears and all that stuff. I don't know. I'm just glad I'm not that terrified.

Or...at least, I don't think I am. I guess I won't really find out until I'm actually there and it's time to do something. I'm kind of worried I might just be deluding myself about this whole thing. What if I get there and panic or just decide I can't do it? Not that that's going to happen, of course, because I've been waiting for this for a long time, but I just wanted to think out all the possible outcomes. The best one would be if everything is fine, and the worst...well, I'm not even going to go there. It will be fine. I'm pretty sure Mom and Dad would not have helped me set this up and bought me a car if they didn't think I was capable of actually doing this, right?

Quinn and her mom are also coming over for dinner on...I forget what day, but that should be nice. I need to ask Mom when that is...I don't want Q to think I don't even pay enough attention to know what day they're coming. I was in the middle of a very serious video game marathon with Michael when she told me...she doesn't actually expect me to remember anything she says during those, does she? Apparently she's roasting a goose...someone gave us three of them when they had a bunch "prepared." I had a look at it, and there are no noticeable bullet holes, so they must have killed them some other way. I don't think I've ever eaten food that had bullet holes, but it is on my list of things to do in this life. I don't actually want to shoot something, or be there when it's shot, I just want to be able to say I ate something with a bullet hole. Is that weird?

Mom usually wouldn't buy a goose, but since we've got them, she figured she might as well make one. I was kind of hoping that would mean we could roast it in a pit in the back yard, because I've always wanted to do that too, but apparently this is not something anyone here but me approves of, so oven goose it is. I don't see what the big deal is...we'd just need to dig a hole in the garden, make a fire, and roast it on a spit.

...ok, I don't have a spit, so maybe it wouldn't be as easy in real life as it seems in my head.

I thought about taking the opportunity to make some sort of dessert by myself, but closer thought about my skills in that area persuaded me to pass on that. Mom will make something, I'm sure, and it will be excellent. If I make something, it'll be...I don't even know, but that's not something I want to be doing for the first time when we have company. Maybe I'll wait until a day when it's just Michael and me here for dinner...he'll eat anything, and if it has any adverse effects, then, well...

That's not very nice.

At some point I also need to use my birthday coupon...I didn't notice if it had an expiry date, but I definitely want to make sure to use it while the promotion is still valid. I would be so, so sad if it expired.

I'm starting to feel back to my good old non-depressed rambly self.

And now, off to bed.

Abrams out.

A/N: Extra long one to make up for not having one yesterday. :) Sorry about that, but 19 hour work day does not fun make.

Also, just for clarification...Artie is going to learn to drive very quickly. I think it would be ridiculous if that was in realtime...in six months he'd still be working on it, and I just don't want it to take that long. Plus, people have requested things that happen post-driver's license, and I just don't want to wait that long to write them!

For those reading "Between Your Heart and Mine," expect an update around Tuesday or so.

Feedback greatly appreciated! I am seeing a lot of readers, and author/story alerts, but not a lot of reviews. I have never actively solicited reviews, but come on, people! Even if it's just two words! Reviews would make me very happy, and that would make me write longer and more detailed journal entries on both of the journal stories. ;-) hahaha

At this time, I would like to say thank you to the three of you that have actively reviewed each chapter. You know who you are!

I know...ridiculously long A/N...again. Oh well.