Sun in Four

...and I'm supposed to be staying home but I'm on my holidays two thousand miles away in Margate, Florida.

Sporadic bulletins to follow.

Mercury to the North Node

So finally - finally - and giving myself the Aries prize for patience, I got the sewing machine to work yesterday so I could take in the black and white queen size polka dot top in thick high-quality cotton I bought in Town and Country Thrift Shop I would say - five? years ago.

It was when I still had the fabulous tub chairs that I gave away that year and - darnation (!) - I was going to upload a photo and realize I can't even do it from Picasa that I finally just began to use: have to use Picasa web albums and that's turned into Google+ and if I start fiddling around joining that another hour will have gone and Mercury is in the Third so I have a frantic pace (i.e., more than one thing on a to-do list for the day) so I say it's spinach and to hell with it - but I did finally realize the sewing machine needle was bent and replaced it and began to take in the polka dot top.

Hence Mercury to the North Node.

Sun square Venus...

...  and the cat throws up on my bed while I'm out at tennis lesson and then I eat three slices of cinnamon raison bread even though I don't like it.

Six hours later, with stomach returning to normal, I'm wondering how Venus conjunct Saturn and square Neptune yesterday could have resulted in a totally impromptu and very amusing dinner with two friends (victuals provided by one of them). Go figure.

Mars opposed to Mercury

OK so I got the sewing machine out - i.e., put it on the dining room table and plugged it in - and then with my obsession ha ha with doing things properly began to unpick the hem and the sleeves of the polka dot top I bought probably four years ago that is way too big and then I realized it wasn't going to rain and went outside and started to water and then by the time I came back inside it was too dark to see what I was doing because there's no overhead light in the dining room or living room because J doesn't read and he was the one in charge of remodeling the house when we bought it after 9/11 while I was stuck in New York going to Workers' Comp hearings where they were telling me it was all in my head and there was nothing wrong with me blah blah blah etc. etc. etc.

So I didn't sew anything.

Mars opposed to Mercury AND Sun square it

Obviously I should have stayed home but instead took myself off to V's on Thunder Road where all the houses are on winding paths marked with big rocks with house numbers painted on and of course I forgot her house number and went down several wrong turns and backed out of one right into the big rock marker  <shakes  head in disbelief>.

Mars Square Midheaven

I guess if your natal Mars is in Pisces you're less likely to get yourself in arguments while this is in effect.

Au contraire, I was falling over myself agreeing with anything and everything potential fixer of the sagging back patio canopy was suggesting yesterday, there really being no point whatsoever in my doing anything else as the whole operation is so far beyond my comprehension I may as well dispense with the supposed *consultation* and simply say "There it is. Fix it."

M is kind enough, however, to treat me as an informed client, a persona I make feeble attempts to go along with but blow every time I open my mouth with one of my helpful "Couldn't you just...?" suggestions, every one of which gets a polite, informative and lengthy response which always boils down to "No," hence my "If that's what you think needs to be done please just go ahead and do it" attitude.

Mars square Midheaven

"Initiate projects I might otherwise be reluctant to tackle," like opening the dreaded Picasa and groping my way through uploading photos? Not exactly appropriate to the season, but it's a start.