that was Saturday

So I got up, later but not much later than I usually do, after having a dream where I had somehow acquired a baby. I didn't want a baby, I hadn't planned for a baby,  I couldn't deal with caring for the baby and doing everything else I needed to do, the baby kept having problems - getting bit by bugs, getting sick, crawling away and hiding - and I was totally overwhelmed but everyone around me seemed utterly oblivious to the fact that I couldn't cope. And when I did ask for help, I was told "Oh, you'll figure it out! Everyone feels like they can't handle it" and I was like "NO. I. CANNOT. HANDLE. THIS." but no one was listening.

So, urgh. I think I'm just overtired and stressed out from all the local and global bad news.

Then I went down to the church to prep communion - these two weeks are "my" weeks. When I pulled in, there was a car parked at the city hall annex (across the street) and I heard a woman's plaintive voice. At first I didn't make the connection as we rent out some apartments (we own most of the houses in the block) and there is a woman in one of them with a history of emotional problems, but she has several people who help her and serve as "minders." Then I realized - there was a woman standing out by the annex, and there was a man with her. And then he started yelling at her. And he sounded angry. And I thought, "Should I call the cops on this?"

And I figured, I better: better to have it be nothing than to have it be something very bad and I didn't report it. The dispatcher (I called the non-emergency number) thanked me but said I wasn't the first one to call; the cops were on their way. Also, she made some comment about it being an ongoing thing which made it sound like he had followed the woman.

When I went back out after doing the prep, there were four cop cars in the lot - two police talking to the woman, two talking to the man. Luckily, I was parked right up next to the church so I didn't have to walk through it (I would probably have waited until they left). I did see the man - he looked awfully young - put his hands up to his eyes and dig the heels of his hands into his eyes, like a kid who is crying but trying not to. So maybe it was more a single really bad decision on his part and hopefully he will learn from it, and get help if he needs it, and things will straighten out.

But it took me a while to relax and be able to be happy after that. (It didn't help that I also overheard a man yelling at his son in the parking lot of one of the stores, but I think that was more a case of basically-good-parent-having-a-moment-of-being-overwhelmed). People get me down.

I FINALLY relaxed in the Denison antique stores after my other shopping (And after lunch, that may have been part of what I needed). The Denison antique mall is more to my taste, I think, than the one in Sherman. They're a little quirkier and some of the people try to do more with their displays.

I did find things both places, though - I'll take some photos tomorrow, maybe, when the light is better (and if I get Frost Flower done, I can photo her as well). The best thing I found was a handmade sequinned ornament of a carousel, complete with a tiny horse figure (and on the other side, what looks like a tiny donkey). I also found yet another one of those "vase shaped like tree trunks with lovebirds on them." I debated getting it but you know, once you have three of something, you have a "collection" and it seems easier (to me at least) to decide to buy another example. So now I have five lovebird vases though two of them are duplicates. I'm guessing the same factory made these as they are very similar. Someday I want to find a nice smallish wall-shelf big enough to hold all of them in a group.

One nice thing the store did - they were promoting Small Business Saturday and they had nice canvas bags advertising it to give away as a promotional item. But the bag is the right size for a smallish knitting project, so it may wind up as a knitting bag.

I also found some cute silvery snowflake buttons, so I have a cutie mark for Frost Flower (that's going to be this evening's project, to see if I can finish her). And I picked up the newest Simply Knitting. And I found a fabric that will be just right for the binding on the Dozen Roses quilt (I hope to finish the quilting on that tomorrow or during the week next week).

I also ran to the Brookshires and decided to get more ground turkey to make yet another batch of meatballs for the Finger Foods celebration during exam week. It seemed easier to me (and was more nutritious) than doing cookies; my kitchen is not that well suited to cookies as I don't have a lot of open counter space for rolling out dough or even setting out pans.