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Vacations are never long enough but I had a lovely time away from my desk. To whit:
Saturday & Sunday: literally nothing but lumping on the couch. I napped. Oh, I did vacuum the living room on Saturday and then took a shower.
Monday: Finally felt like doing something. I finished up the Loretta shorts and then wore them around the house for an hour or so.
Tuesday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE! M and I met up for lunch and we had the most delicious burgers and fries. After, we got Starbucks (bc free birthday drink!) and then went to a couple of bookstores. The second one was a used bookstore, where I found Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing WITH patterns for $22 (not even available on Amazon rn, the other books run around $45), and a 1973 edition of the Vogue Book of Sewing. She is THICC and I am very happy! Then back home to just digest. Also renewed my driver's license and signed up for a produce delivery box.
Wednesday: Sort of waiting mode. M and I decided to go to the hockey watch party which started at 6. I mostly played video games and did laundry.
Thursday: Friend from Calgary was in town with her friends from Nashville, so I met them at the very large mall. I thought we'd just eat a food and go, but we spent the day wandering around. I hadn't realized they were total newbies! I guess they had initially been skeptical of spending the day at the mall, not realizing how large it is and what there is to see and do (and we didn't even DO anything besides shopping). It was nice! We happened to run into my bffe at dinner which was hilarious. Friend was recently returned from Japan and had gotten me a keychain from a music artist I adored, which was really special to me <3
Friday: More lumping, but I got notice that they are doing the annual inspections on Wednesday. Phoo. Well I guess I needed that last push to actually clean up. I spent 4-ish hours total working on pockets for my friends' business, and every single one of them gave me trouble >:C I have to restitch a couple in the outer seam and then press and top stitch them, but I needed them to think about what they did first.
Saturday: Again with the lumping + video games. I put away laundry finally and picked up the floor-drobe. Produce box came! :D It was a whole head of celery (gross), two lorg carrots, a bag of grapes, 5 clementine oranges, 3 avocadoes, 3 on-the-vine tomatoes, 5 mini-cucumbers, 2 sweet potatoes, a live head of lettuce (roots still attached), and 2 white onions. They all look great and so far everything is delicious. It's a weekly subscription, so I've accounted for it in my budget and I am reminding myself that I can eat the entire box in the week and I'll have more veggies on the weekend. I want to scan the local places for cost comparisons as well.
Sunday: Woke up with a headache and very late :( Period had started on Friday so I was waking up at all hours to deal with it and then sleeping again at like 6 or 7 am. This was a hard day to get going. Friend and I watched a short film together before the hockey game started at 1pm. While it was on, I did a pan of dishes and washed down my stove, which had several (mumble) worth of food caked to it and I got it looking pretty decent if I do say so myself. I need to do it more frequently.
Back to work today has, so far, not been terrible. Not much for me to catch up on. I must continue my tidying for the inspection, so the plan is to get the donation items packed up and into the car and to vacuum the hall. More dishes as always (they've encroached the other counter again but that's what happens with mugs; they take up space). Tomorrow I will do the last bits of sweeping and cat litter and clean the bathroom. And then we'll see what else I have energy for.
Aside from the shorts and the pockets, I did no sewing. I wanted to, but I just couldn't get the energy for it and reminded myself that it's ok to rest. I played a LOT of my video game and I got a lot completed in it, which was nice to do! I also did not read my book... and definitely not outside because the weather was cool and rainy most of the week. Alas!
New glasses were ordered on the first Saturday and they said they'd let me know when it shipped, but I heard nothing and yet there was a delivery notice yesterday afternoon that they couldn't complete it. OH YAY while I was typing the new glasses arrived! Holy shit I can see again! I can READ again!!! This is amazing!!!
ETA: hurk, new glasses were making me nauseous as I was adjusting and walking around, so I will try again when I'm more stationary! But they are super cute and I can't wait to be able to focus up close again!
Saturday & Sunday: literally nothing but lumping on the couch. I napped. Oh, I did vacuum the living room on Saturday and then took a shower.
Monday: Finally felt like doing something. I finished up the Loretta shorts and then wore them around the house for an hour or so.
Tuesday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE! M and I met up for lunch and we had the most delicious burgers and fries. After, we got Starbucks (bc free birthday drink!) and then went to a couple of bookstores. The second one was a used bookstore, where I found Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing WITH patterns for $22 (not even available on Amazon rn, the other books run around $45), and a 1973 edition of the Vogue Book of Sewing. She is THICC and I am very happy! Then back home to just digest. Also renewed my driver's license and signed up for a produce delivery box.
Wednesday: Sort of waiting mode. M and I decided to go to the hockey watch party which started at 6. I mostly played video games and did laundry.
Thursday: Friend from Calgary was in town with her friends from Nashville, so I met them at the very large mall. I thought we'd just eat a food and go, but we spent the day wandering around. I hadn't realized they were total newbies! I guess they had initially been skeptical of spending the day at the mall, not realizing how large it is and what there is to see and do (and we didn't even DO anything besides shopping). It was nice! We happened to run into my bffe at dinner which was hilarious. Friend was recently returned from Japan and had gotten me a keychain from a music artist I adored, which was really special to me <3
Friday: More lumping, but I got notice that they are doing the annual inspections on Wednesday. Phoo. Well I guess I needed that last push to actually clean up. I spent 4-ish hours total working on pockets for my friends' business, and every single one of them gave me trouble >:C I have to restitch a couple in the outer seam and then press and top stitch them, but I needed them to think about what they did first.
Saturday: Again with the lumping + video games. I put away laundry finally and picked up the floor-drobe. Produce box came! :D It was a whole head of celery (gross), two lorg carrots, a bag of grapes, 5 clementine oranges, 3 avocadoes, 3 on-the-vine tomatoes, 5 mini-cucumbers, 2 sweet potatoes, a live head of lettuce (roots still attached), and 2 white onions. They all look great and so far everything is delicious. It's a weekly subscription, so I've accounted for it in my budget and I am reminding myself that I can eat the entire box in the week and I'll have more veggies on the weekend. I want to scan the local places for cost comparisons as well.
Sunday: Woke up with a headache and very late :( Period had started on Friday so I was waking up at all hours to deal with it and then sleeping again at like 6 or 7 am. This was a hard day to get going. Friend and I watched a short film together before the hockey game started at 1pm. While it was on, I did a pan of dishes and washed down my stove, which had several (mumble) worth of food caked to it and I got it looking pretty decent if I do say so myself. I need to do it more frequently.
Back to work today has, so far, not been terrible. Not much for me to catch up on. I must continue my tidying for the inspection, so the plan is to get the donation items packed up and into the car and to vacuum the hall. More dishes as always (they've encroached the other counter again but that's what happens with mugs; they take up space). Tomorrow I will do the last bits of sweeping and cat litter and clean the bathroom. And then we'll see what else I have energy for.
Aside from the shorts and the pockets, I did no sewing. I wanted to, but I just couldn't get the energy for it and reminded myself that it's ok to rest. I played a LOT of my video game and I got a lot completed in it, which was nice to do! I also did not read my book... and definitely not outside because the weather was cool and rainy most of the week. Alas!
New glasses were ordered on the first Saturday and they said they'd let me know when it shipped, but I heard nothing and yet there was a delivery notice yesterday afternoon that they couldn't complete it. OH YAY while I was typing the new glasses arrived! Holy shit I can see again! I can READ again!!! This is amazing!!!
ETA: hurk, new glasses were making me nauseous as I was adjusting and walking around, so I will try again when I'm more stationary! But they are super cute and I can't wait to be able to focus up close again!
