I finally got to New Hope today, and I finally got my gemstone runestones! They are made of sunstone, and they are beautiful! I actually first bought a set of rainbow moonstone ones, but I couldn't connect with them, like there was a shield around them and they wanted nothing to do with me. I couldn't stop thinking about the sunstone ones! I swear they were calling me so loudly I couldn't ignore it, so I actually went back and asked if I could trade the moonstone ones I'd just bought for the sunstone ones! The guy was confused at first, but he let me. I felt really weird asking, but I couldn't leave the other ones there. The little sunstone guys seem quite happy with me...and the moonstone ones must have been meant for someone else; I do hope they find their home soon. It's actually kind of annoying being "called" by objects so strongly.

I also finally got my dragon's blood perfume oil. I had some, but it was fake, and the smell was similar to Lady Stetson (to which I'm allergic) with undertones of dragon's blood. I had to force myself to get used to it (after nearly violent reactions to the scent). This stuff smells nothing like that, it's sweet, and flowery, and woodsy all at once. And it smells like *home*. I love it. Plus, it is long lasting (by long lasting I mean I took a shower...and the smell is still on me! the fake stuff is like that as well, but not as noticeably.) The funny thing is, they were out of the oil that they carry that I like so much, so I had to go with a different brand. I got to smell some of the stuff they had left (not enough for a whole bottle) and I actually really like this better! If they had had theirs, I probably wouldn't have gotten this.

All in all I had a really good day. I am really excited to go home (for one thing, I want to see how my myrrh oil turned out after 8 weeks or so!) and it'll be great to be in my own bed again (plus, this bedroom is so small. I literally have to vault over the bed to get from one side of the room to the other!). I also can't wait to get my own shop set up.

I haven't actually worked with my runes yet but I hopefully will start doing that tomorrow. I just wish I could get to my google bookmarks on this computer; I have a link to a really good rune site that I can't remember the name of.