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VACACIONES
Aug. 26th, 2024 10:19 amVacations are never long enough! I could use another week, last week felt like I was trying to do Too Much (tm).
Saturday: started rearranging my living room. I like where I put the sewing desk, even though it makes plugging in an electric machine rather tricksy. Dad and Aunt stopped by for a short visit, everything was all over the place because I had moved the desk like 20 mins earlier lol.
Sunday: tidied a bit, mostly cross-stitched.
Monday: spent a lot of the day in "waiting" mode even though my therapy appointment, which I could take from my couch, was at 2pm. Spicy brains, amirite?? It was a good session.
Tuesday: Doctor appointment. That went well too, I think, we chatted a bit and he's referring me to gynecology for the fibroid issues (I am bleeding like 3 weeks out of everything month; not constantly but far more days than not when I am wiping blood or ruining my underwear at least once). I realized a couple days later that both that and my period are reaching a point where it's impacting my life because I don't want to be too far from a bathroom in case I have an emergency and need to find one 5 minutes ago. The referral is required in my province, and I think he said they will call me. Wait times are awful ATM bc gov't wants to privatize but... it's started at least.
Sibling and I were going to see a movie, but my budget was too tight and I refused to let them cover me when they have been unemployed for several months. We'll go another day, probably this week.
Wednesday and Thursday were home days, where I mostly cross-stitched, knit a little bit, even sewed! I finished up the elastic bits on two dresses and put some buttons where they belonged. Sewed the mock-up for the Bernhardt stays (mostly good, couple small changes), attempted to draft a divided skirt but I messed up the directions (also not going to work for what I thought, because the crotch is nearly at my knees). I did not count the actually finished projects towards my Whole 30 just because the items have been worn already, with safety pins lol.
Friday I puttered around the house for a bit, making sure the cats were prepped for the weekend and taking my bins out to the car and showering, before making the 3 hour drive to where a medieval fair was being hosted, and I was helping my friends at their booth. First day was decent but late (open 4-9pm; I arrived around 5:30), second day was BANANAS busy, partially due to the strong gusty winds that prevented the outdoor displays from happening, and yesterday was busy but not AS busy. I got home just after 9pm and pretty much went to bed immediately.'
Not that it helped much, I still woke up at 2:45 and couldn't get back to sleep. I am SO GD TIRED TODAY.
Fair was fun! I ended up not dressing up and that was probably a wise decision as I was running around so much that at one point I had sweat dripping into my eyes. My friend made some room for my costumes, and I was selling them at ridiculously low prices. Almost everything I put out sold, and I came home with a wad of cash in my pocket. The only thing I bought for myself was a pretty yarn bowl. But now I'm better prepared for the next event bc I know what it's going to be like lol.
Friend said she wanted to hire me full time for her business. I'm not sure that's a great idea, but while I was not-sleeping this morning, I was thinking about possibly doing some contract/freelance/piecework stuff for her since she lost her business partner earlier this year. My thought is then I could set my own limits on what I can do and when.
A few people also asked on the weekend if I did custom work. I think some of them may have had very unrealistic expectations of what I'd charge based on what I was selling things for this weekend but... I want to have that structure in place in case anyone does ask me. A dress I made for me 8 years ago might fit you and sure I didn't even cover my fabric costs, but if I'm making the piece for you, get your pennies together.
Tonight I will be hard core chilling, probably stitching, and giving absolutely no thoughts to anything else whatsoever. I think I had more I wanted to say here but I started this post hours ago and as I said, GD TIRED which means most brain cells are being funneled into keeping my work thoughts straight for 5 minutes. Might be a reading evening since I have another ETA hold come in at the library (I forgot that part yesterday lol).
Saturday: started rearranging my living room. I like where I put the sewing desk, even though it makes plugging in an electric machine rather tricksy. Dad and Aunt stopped by for a short visit, everything was all over the place because I had moved the desk like 20 mins earlier lol.
Sunday: tidied a bit, mostly cross-stitched.
Monday: spent a lot of the day in "waiting" mode even though my therapy appointment, which I could take from my couch, was at 2pm. Spicy brains, amirite?? It was a good session.
Tuesday: Doctor appointment. That went well too, I think, we chatted a bit and he's referring me to gynecology for the fibroid issues (I am bleeding like 3 weeks out of everything month; not constantly but far more days than not when I am wiping blood or ruining my underwear at least once). I realized a couple days later that both that and my period are reaching a point where it's impacting my life because I don't want to be too far from a bathroom in case I have an emergency and need to find one 5 minutes ago. The referral is required in my province, and I think he said they will call me. Wait times are awful ATM bc gov't wants to privatize but... it's started at least.
Sibling and I were going to see a movie, but my budget was too tight and I refused to let them cover me when they have been unemployed for several months. We'll go another day, probably this week.
Wednesday and Thursday were home days, where I mostly cross-stitched, knit a little bit, even sewed! I finished up the elastic bits on two dresses and put some buttons where they belonged. Sewed the mock-up for the Bernhardt stays (mostly good, couple small changes), attempted to draft a divided skirt but I messed up the directions (also not going to work for what I thought, because the crotch is nearly at my knees). I did not count the actually finished projects towards my Whole 30 just because the items have been worn already, with safety pins lol.
Friday I puttered around the house for a bit, making sure the cats were prepped for the weekend and taking my bins out to the car and showering, before making the 3 hour drive to where a medieval fair was being hosted, and I was helping my friends at their booth. First day was decent but late (open 4-9pm; I arrived around 5:30), second day was BANANAS busy, partially due to the strong gusty winds that prevented the outdoor displays from happening, and yesterday was busy but not AS busy. I got home just after 9pm and pretty much went to bed immediately.'
Not that it helped much, I still woke up at 2:45 and couldn't get back to sleep. I am SO GD TIRED TODAY.
Fair was fun! I ended up not dressing up and that was probably a wise decision as I was running around so much that at one point I had sweat dripping into my eyes. My friend made some room for my costumes, and I was selling them at ridiculously low prices. Almost everything I put out sold, and I came home with a wad of cash in my pocket. The only thing I bought for myself was a pretty yarn bowl. But now I'm better prepared for the next event bc I know what it's going to be like lol.
Friend said she wanted to hire me full time for her business. I'm not sure that's a great idea, but while I was not-sleeping this morning, I was thinking about possibly doing some contract/freelance/piecework stuff for her since she lost her business partner earlier this year. My thought is then I could set my own limits on what I can do and when.
A few people also asked on the weekend if I did custom work. I think some of them may have had very unrealistic expectations of what I'd charge based on what I was selling things for this weekend but... I want to have that structure in place in case anyone does ask me. A dress I made for me 8 years ago might fit you and sure I didn't even cover my fabric costs, but if I'm making the piece for you, get your pennies together.
Tonight I will be hard core chilling, probably stitching, and giving absolutely no thoughts to anything else whatsoever. I think I had more I wanted to say here but I started this post hours ago and as I said, GD TIRED which means most brain cells are being funneled into keeping my work thoughts straight for 5 minutes. Might be a reading evening since I have another ETA hold come in at the library (I forgot that part yesterday lol).
