An OOOOOPS (yes, it's big) and an OMG

     Okay, while working on Desert Landscapes, I realized I've made a couple of mistakes on the corner ornaments.  No, I'm not going to change it because I like mine better.  It will sort of match the center, and it also matches the inner leg of the border.  I think they're gorgeous, and so vibrant.  So, they're staying.  I made two mistakes, actually.  I was supposed to outline all the cacti in PTB (Petit Treasure Braid) in gold.  And the last band of color is supposed to be Milk Chocolate, a brown.  I don't like brown to start with.  And I love the purple color I've been using.  IDK what made me see it, but the colors are opposites of each other.  One symbol is a square with a horizontal line through it and the bottom right filled in.  The other is a square with a horizontal line (and you see it coming, right?  I know you do...) and the top left filled in.  They just flipped the symbol over, and I didn't even notice.  I love the way my corner ornaments look and I'm totally okay with being different!!!  They're awesome!

     And now for the OMG.  I had a visitor at David's house today.  I was in the laundry room petting the cat, and heard Vin go off barking.  He went tearing upstairs and barking his fool head off.  He's done this before to nothing, so I ignored him.  No one rang the bell or anything, so I assumed it was another false alarm.  Then I saw legs go past the basement window.  Oh, there IS someone out there.  So I opened up the garage door.  And there the young man stood.  Too young to be one of David's contemporaries.  And my heart jumped in my chest.  He said, "Oh, who are you?"  And I said, "I think I'm your mom.  Who are you?"  And he said, "I'm Patrick.  Hi Ma!"  And I felt like throwing my arms around him.  I restrained myself.  I took him in the basement and got him a pop.  He likes Cherry Coke like I do.  And we sat and talked for about an hour.  He has interests that coincide with mine, and not with my brother's.  He likes computer games, both computer and console.  So there was a conversation.  And then we talked about some of the things he did when he was little.  And what he's doing now.  He just graduated from high school, so I told him I was proud of him for that.  And he's bad at math, just like I am.  I struggled with it all through school except for my first quarter of college.  And I did great that quarter because I was hypomanic the whole time.  Then I sucked, lol.  It was nice to talk to him.  He calls Ruth and Joe (the people who adopted him) Mom and Dad.  And he called me Ma.  That just made me giggle.  It was sooooooo good to see him.  He's got super curly hair, and the curls are tiny.  Almost as curly as a black person's hair.  It makes me wonder if there may have been some black blood in my family (I'm supposedly a hundred percent Irish) or in his dad's family.  (His dad is a prejudiced jerkoff, so he would be really ticked to find out he had black blood in him.  I like that idea, lol.  Serves him right for being an idiot.)  It was amazing to talk to him though.  I gave him my phone number in case he needs me or just wants to talk.  It was really cool.

     If I'd only had my camera with me, I would have taken photos.  But I didn't.  I have to admit though, ever since he started coming around my brother's house to visit, I've been hoping he would come while I was there.  I was so excited afterwards, and I called everybody I had phone numbers for.  And no one was home.  Julie was at work, Rosa didn't answer her phone, and I don't know where my mom was cause she hasn't called me back yet.  So I was all geeked with no one to tell.  Julie did call me back though, a few minutes later.  And we talked for half an hour.  By the way, thanks for all the prayers for her.  She's done well this week, money wise.  So she's in good shape.  She even had a little extra to buy a ring pattern.  So it was all good.  Rosa I called back after I talked to Julie.  She had a big fight with her boyfriend and he started calling her names.  She was okay though, so my prayers for her to have strength have partly been answered.  She and I didn't talk too long, cause I crashed on the phone with her.  It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and I had been up since nine PM the night before.  So I let her go, and promised to call her back today.  Thanks for the prayers for her too, and keep them coming.  She's still not in a good place depression wise, and it's starting to show.  Here's hoping it will help her even more.  And while you're saying prayers, can I ask for one for my friend Mary.  She recently had surgery on her hand/wrist, and I'm hoping for a fast, mostly painless recovery for her.  TIA, y'all are the best!!  I'm all done with blogs and blogging now, so I think I'll do some emails before I head back over to David's house.  Thanks for reading, and for those of you who leave a comment for me.  I love them all!!!  (Especially the ones that make me giggle.)  Hope you all have a great day today!!  And happy Memorial Day weekend.  Don't forget what the holiday is for!
     Edit:  is anyone else having size problems with blogger?  I make my text medium size, and it publishes very small.  So I have to make it large to make it readable.  It's weird...