Victory Road

I did... absolutely nothing on my to-do list today. I didn't even get out of bed until like. 5? It was almost dark, I know that much. SIGH.

I did at least apply for some jobs, which I've gotten into the habit of and so didn't put on my to-do list, but still. Fuck executive dysfunction, what a pain. Not surprised though, this is generally how it goes. :/

I HAVE to go shopping tomorrow though, I'm out of uh. Most foods. So hopefully that'll give me a kick in the ass to do other things, too. Hopefully!!!

I did do some knitting though, almost done with the switch cover! Just gotta bind off and then probably block it. Never had to block anything before, so that'll be an adventure! (Mama blocked the shawl I gave her. I was gonna do it, but she had it washed and blocked out before I could even say I was gonna! XD;;;) First thing will, of course, be finding the mats! But I do know where pins are, so that's something...

Still cold! Dislike! (I mean sure it's the middle of fucking winter but that does not make me like it any more. So gross.)

But! I did set up the long skirting boards in the carport - didn't get one fully done, but I DID start with the longest one and it's ALMOST done, I just kinda ran out of light. :/ (Again, with the winter! Boo!) Sibling got the drum sanding done today, too, which is excellent. :3 Not gonna rent the next sander until next week, so I'll have some quiet days which is nice. (Do need to go in and vacuum and mop, just to try and keep some dust control going, but hey. That's not actually too hard.)

Tentative plan is to have at least all the paint stripping done by Monday - I DEFINITELY want to start painting early next week - but we'll see how it goes! I also need to go food shopping again, so I'mma try and do that tomorrow since it's not the weekend? Ugh, I should have showered tonight, whoops. Too late now! Guess I'll do it after breakfast.

Very Much Dislike this room - it's drafty as fuck. This isn't helped by needing to have the door open enough to let the cats come in and out as they please, of course. (There is. So much whining if I don't. Also I don't want Sushi to figure out how to open THIS door, TOO, since he seems to have forgotten.) But even when I'm awake and alert enough to have the door closed and just open/close it when needed, the second I turn the heater off the temperature PLUMMETS. :( :( :(

Anyway hopefully it'll just be a couple of weeks, though today went... uh. Well let's just say Sibling spit the dummy in the late afternoon. To be fair the MAIN thing that went wrong was the massive rented sander was uh. Busted. So that involved a corporate phone tree-style phone call and going back and swapping it for a different one. None of which is Sibling's fault, and also extremely annoying! BUT the second thing that went wrong is just... one of those things that happens... and it got me yelled at, pmuch because I was there I think?? Which is. Not fun. This sort of shit is why we're not really friends! :/

I had a couple of things I wanted some advice on, but uh THAT didn't happen, but I DID finish stripping a couple of boards, and sanded back all but one of the ones that've been done. (That last one is one of the things I wanted advice on! There's a nail slightly sticking out and I'm not sure if it's enough to wreck the sandpaper, but I also couldn't get it to go in further. Which might be a me problem! Thus, advice!)

I'm thinking I might see if we've got a decent enough dropcloth and do the long ones in the carport, though. They're too long for both the table and the workbench, so... Anyway, tomorrow task! I'mma go nap now yes. >:

Today's Big Task was... I moved my computer! Ugh, what a pain. WHAT A PAIN. Hate. But it's all here, and while it's not as comfortable a set up as in my room I DO get to use a comfier chair, which is nice. Shoulders are already complaining though, so hopefully I can move back soon... I suspect I'll be doing a lot more crafting and playing pokemon while I'm in here, which isn't actually a bad thing.

Also gotta find the fucking allen key for the monitor stand; one of the joints is loose and in the new config that's uh making it Difficult. Monitor's being propped up at the moment but it's still not ideal, so yeaaaah. Couldn't find the actual allen key sets easily though and I was just kinda. Done. So that's a tomorrow task.

Also cleaned the chook coop and did some more work on the skirting boards! Gonna try and get a lot more done on the skirting boards tomorrow, maybe strip back one of the BIG ones. A little worried at how long those are gonna take, not gonna lie...

Anyway, now is time for sleeps! Couch in here is uh. Not even vaguely as comfortable as mine, so not really looking forward to finding out what the state of my back will be in the morning, but Oh Well. Might get some extra cushions out of my room tomorrow, will see how it goes. Already know I want to get a lamp, I forgot there wasn't one in here already.