First of all, next-to-nothing was accomplished this weekend because of Sanzo buying Guitar Hero World Tour.

Second, happy belated birthday to phoenix_melody!

Third, we had stake conference this weekend, at which they released our old stake presidency and announced a new one. At which they POACHED my bishop and installed him as the new stake president! GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! I appreciate that he can do a lot of good there, because he's amazing, but I'm also (still) very sad about losing him and having to share him with everyone else. We'll almost never see him anymore. He was a very special bishop, and I'm going to miss him a really lot. ;_;

Yesterday I also discovered that my motherboard has died. I had to spend an entire Sunday without a computer, and being stake conference, Church was shorter and earlier than usual, so I had *more* time to not be on a computer. Now that Isaura's back in town (I let her borrow my laptop for the weekend), I can use it when I need it, but it's going to be several days before I can get a new motherboard, so there will be decidedly less computer time.

It is sad. But it might also be a blessing in disguise. ( I've been struggling a lot lately. )

So hopefully I will be able to make the most of this no-mobo situation and cut out more distractions for a while. Since I had nothing else to do yesterday, I ended up clearing off my whole sewing/art desk, fixing two pairs of pants that had needed minor sewing attention for the last six weeks, and finally sat down with my sketchbook and my iPod and a couple of reference books for a while. That's what I should be doing. Like, every day. (Especially now that I've got another Leading Edge commission due in a month or so. And a wedding gift painting that's several weeks overdue.) I'm still feeling insecure about Muse, but decidedly less so, and I recognize that I won't start hearing from super excited fans until I actually start posting it on the internet for them to read. So I need to be patient and just work on making pages, and the rest will come.