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I've been on vacation all week, and it's been lovely to just wake up whenever I feel like it :D I've done a fair bit of knitting (finished a pair of socks, am halfway through the gusset decreases on a second pair), written very little (its a tricksy chapter), napped a bunch, played a lot of animal crossing, and done my laundry.

In bits and pieces, I've started work on getting the basement finished. A couple days were required to get the majority of the furniture out and take down the shelves and peg board (I would like to burn the lot; the shelves are bare plywood with the plainest outdoor brackets, and the pegboard where it was and in that size doesn't suit my needs). Today I moved the last furniture bits. One of the tables was moved underneath the main table, because at 6 ft x 4ft on 37" fence posts, I can't move it on my own very easily. Then I took the mudding compound I found in the basement and started to tackle the finishing. I think I need to get some drywall tape though, to make sure the joins in the drywall are extra smooth. And to add a bit of water to the mud, it's soft but not smooth and requires some effort to apply.

I went out yesterday with my roommate to do some errands, primarily (pause for dramatic effect) the paint shopping!! Did I pick out a colour that was not in my preferred range simply because it was named after Van Gogh? YES I DID. I was keeping the limitations of the space in mind, namely that it's a basement and it really ought to be as light as possible to maximize the light available, and it's not fucking beige. I might have too much paint, but I think it would look banging in the front hallway instead of dentist office brown, so we have a plan if it's required hehehe.

Really hoping I can fight putting the shelving etc back into place. I need this space to work for ME, not for Nicole who no longer lives here. Since I've reached a stopping place and I have a pretty detailed set of measurements, I shall spend some time now planning out how I want the room to look when it's ready to put back together.

We also went to Hot Topic and spent A Lot of Money (tm) on some mystery clips for Avatar the Last Airbender, and I bought a Jaskier Funko Pop. I resisted them for so long, namely because I didn't have the space in the apartment to display them, but now that I have space, I'm slowly expanding the collection. Still trying to keep it to things I REALLY REALLY enjoy. Like Kuzco as a llama, Kronk as a Junior Chipmunk leader, and Grogu with the frog eggs.