Everyone Fails Every Now and Then (or All the Time)

Well, yesterday was an adventure! Besides my usual 2 girls, I had an additional 2 girls for most of the day. They usually do a good job of entertaining themselves without any help from me, but this time the younger two wanted to play with clay, which was a giant [fun] mess with a lot of cleaning to do afterwards. They used a whole jar of plastic flatback gems which ended up completely covered with clay-water, so they all had to be washed. Next, all four wanted to do blindfolded makeovers, which, while wildly entertaining for me to watch, is also rather messy and potentially stressful when you don't like your makeup or get perfume sprayed in your eyes. After completing the makeup, crazy hairstyles was of course the natural follow-up, and after they finished each other, they decided I was next up for a, special, hairstyle. I'm not sure how they managed to get so many pipecleaners in my hair all at once, I think they used half the package!

During the afternoon, we ended up locked in the study because the cleaners were there and needed us out of the way. The girls convinced me it was a good idea for me to play a Mario game with them, but I basically failed at that, so I think I'll stick to playing video games when no one is around to watch me :P

After work I made my weekly trip to the jewelry store to practice my jewelry making skills, and started the wire-making process to make some earrings to match the necklace I just finished. This time I started from scratch and got to melt the silver down and pour it into the mold with Rafael's help. Then he assigned his step-son (who's about my age and has been learning for about a year) to help me if I needed while I rolled and pulled the wire. I've pretty much given up hope at ever being good at pulling wire. I can roll it square just fine, but once I start pulling it round, I just can't physically get it. Last night I spent at least 3 min trying to get it through one hole, which is embarrassing when there's someone your own age watching you fail miserably :/ At least I didn't lose my grip and fall on my behind like I did last time! Eventually he just pulled it for me, which was prolly best since I ripped the skin off the inside of one of my fingers and blistered a few others. I'm gonna have to figure out how to get better at this!

Today, I only had the oldest girl, the younger one is at camp. She slept in till 11, so I had all morning to myself! The rest of the day we made cookies (which I burnt) and played Scategories. So far this week, I think Scategories is the only thing I have consistently not messed up in some way or other. I'm hoping I'll have better general success for the remainder of the week!