A conglomeration of fragments

I moved SO much furniture today! Here it is in list form:

( It gets long. Also I ramble. )

Anyway, depending on how I feel I may or may not go down the shops; I have enough food that I don't have to go, so I might leave it for Thursday. But I also might just want to be Not Here For A Little While, hahahaha! We'll see!

Once I finish the bookshelves, though, I'mma reward myself with putting my desktop back together and playing the new Terraria update for a while, yessss. >D

Finished packing up my wardrobe (well, mostly, gotta take the coffee table out of it and stuff but that can wait Until Later), plus another box mainly of nick nacks off the bookshelves. I have. Many. It's kinda scary how many when they're all added together like that!

(There's still more, too, ones that I don't wanna add to a box because they're a little fragile, and some that are very much my parents', and there's probably some more behind some furniture.)

In our defense there's a 4-5cm gap between the books and the edge of the shelf; not enough to put a second layer of books, but plenty of room for photos/little statues/gacha prizes/etc. etc. etc.

I also measured up my windows! They are. Um.

Yeah I'm suddenly SUPER understanding of why the carpenter sent the sales guy back to re-measure them, they're... not square. The leftmost side is something like 2cm shorter than the rightmost side! PLUS the two outer windows are clearly SUPPOSED to be the same size, but one is about 1cm wider. (The middle is a different width again, but it's also clearly supposed to be, so that's something.)

I'm also extremely glad I don't like stripes, because wow that would be IMPOSSIBLE to get right when making blinds for them unless you deliberately made them too long, which is the exact thing that annoys me about the current curtains. Space blinds should be fine though! Spaaaaaace! :D

Much quieter today! My auntie and uncle did drop in in the morning, so not totally quiet, but much quieter. :3

My major thing of the day was doing a very involved job app; hopefully I at least get through the first round?? Maybe??? Fingers crossed, yes. >:

Other than that I did do a little bit of room prep, took the bed slats out! Just gotta do the side rails now, but those will involve tool use and I want to have someone hold the sides so nothing lands on my head, if possible.

I also hung my curtains back up! On a string! We got rid of the curtain rail when the skip was here for the window stuff, because it's not like I'll need it for blinds, but it's also going to be like 40 or something tomorrow, and no shade at all would be... not great. So I attached a long string to some picture rail hooks, and put the curtains back on that. It's working surprisingly well! :D Actually opening/closing them would be a nightmare at best, and likely cause the whole thing to come down, but for a temporary sun shade it's A++ good use of available materials, and I didn't even have to nail anything to the wall! :3

All of the windows are in! :D The cats are extremely unimpressed, because it's only the windows, and so there are no windowsills for them to jump up on and peer outside with. But the rest of us are very happy, because it means no giant holes in the house overnight. :D

Everything else is gonna get finished up tomorrow, so no big deal there. The new windows are pmuch the same, except they're a little bit more fancy - they've got actual locks, not just the snibs. I... don't think we're ever going to need them, unless the metal is way, WAY weaker than the previous windows', because once you have the window snibbed it ain't going ANYWHERE. But hey, we have them! (I expect that they're designed for people like my aunties who get all freaked out by ~what if there's a burgler~, which is um. Mostly fearmongering, honestly, you're way more likely to have your car broken into than your house.)

We're of course going to have to re-install anti-cat measures, because according to the window sales guy the flyscreens they carry are only the same ones we had before, and, well. Sushi. He has proved he can get out of those. Siiiigh. I've caught him trying recently, too, so can't just hope he's forgotten about it!

Anyway, not much other than that! I finished knitting that sock up to the heel; can't do the heel 'cause I need the pattern, which I keep... on my raspi server. Which is Not Accessible Right Now. Alas! Still, got up to the heel, which is good! If I have time and brain to craft tomorrow, will see if I can drag out the one fibrearts equipment bag I need to do some crochet; didn't really wanna do that today but I'm pretty sure I know where it is so it should be okay.

Before that, though, gotta get the cats to the vet for their yearly vaccinations! That's. Going to be a thing. Given they'll be trapped in the back of the house while the window people are working, and Tortilla will be freaked the hell out because strangers!!! EXTREMELY LOUD strangers!!! But hey, at least it'll get us out of the house for a bit!

I measured the bed, and yeah, it can't get through the doorway as-is. Which is. Very annoying!!!

Anyway, moved some stuff! Also took down even more art, including a few pokemon playing cards that I think have been on my bed since like. 1999. There is uh. Some discolouration where the wood has aged differently! XD

Going to try and get the mattress down before I actually sleep, which involves getting the uh. Extremely large pile of stuffed toys and cushions down first. >>;; I can at least put some of them in my big bag for when I go housesit. (Well. Originally it was for camping! I have had this bag longer than those pokemon playing cards, hahaha. It's a good bag! Very sturdy! Plenty of room!) Not sure what I'll do with the rest, but they can't exactly stay up there... :/ Well, that's a problem for tomorrow, I think! Now is just for getting them down and moving the mattress. Yes.

And then passing the fuck out, because I am sure it's gonna flatten me like a pancake, siiiigh. Gotta turn the desktop off, too, 'cause once that mattress is gone my screens are gonna go tilty and... yeah. Bleh. Hopefully I can get this set up somewhere else tomorrow, but I might have to be on my new computer for a few days since that can be set up MUCH more easily in MUCH less space...

I didn't do a LOT today - I slept in, for example, which was great but not interesting - but I DID finally order the fabric for my blinds! The backing fabric, in particular, is on a really good special that's finishing Tuesday, so there was no point in waiting until the windows are actually in - no matter what the final measurements are, getting even this much more than I'll probably need is gonna be cheaper. It's just that good a special.

(I did order quite a bit extra though. Just in case. What doesn't end up being used can be used on another blind, for the backing, and I can think of a LOT of cool things you could make with extra space fabric, depending on how much is left over!)

Other than that... did another stupid crossword. Red pen is definitely on its way out, though not finished yet. Did some puzzle! Lots of reading, too, which was nice, caught up with some stuff. :3

Anyway, now is time for sleepybais, yes. >:

So I went to sleep last night, earlier than usual, and... woke up just before 3am. I don't know HOW long it took me to get back to sleep again, but I had to read for like 45 minutes before I could even try, so... :| :| :|

Clearly there is no point me trying to go to bed early unless I'm so sick I can't actually stay awake! Gah!

Anyway!

Today we went to the nearby fabric shop, and I didn't find anything there (also they are QUITE expensive, sigh), but we also went to spotlight, and I actually??? Found something I like there??? It's a purple space print, which is uh. Well. Let's be honest, it's no surprise I like it! The only way it could be more me is if it had rainbow bits!

I didn't buy it yet, though; we're gonna go to the shop A recommended tomorrow, and I'll see what I find there. But it's a distinct possibility, yesss. I suspect that either way I'll end up choosing a fabric tomorrow, hahahaha.

ALSO! We FINALLY got dates for the new windows! Next week, Wed-Thurs. SOON THEY WILL BE IN. SOOOOOON.

I actually tried to stay up when I got up to feed the cats, but even though I'd slept through the entire night I was falling asleep sitting up, so I also had my usual morning nap. And now I'm awake at fucking 4am. I_GUESS.gif Body clearly has Opinions on when I should be awake, and who the fuck am I to try and force it otherwise when I don't have reason...

Anyway, other than Big Sleepy, I did some goddamn paperwork - apparently it was due in today, only they first sent me a notif that it needed doing on Saturday, and given that I try not to do work-related stuff on the weekend... Bleh. Still, done and not late, so that's okay. Gotta do some sort of "make your resume better" class, only you're supposed to book it via a to-do item, and that wasn't showing up, so I guess I'll just check back on the site every day until it does show up. Which is fine, just. Ugh. Why do I constantly have this kind of problem with it...

Also did some more work on the chook coop thing! We got an entire side finished! \o/ Probably coulda done more, except I was getting eaten alive by mozzies and fuck that. More tomorrow though, for sure!

Now that it's not, you know, hot enough to give you a sunburn in about ten minutes of direct sunlight (or at least it wasn't today, no promises for tomorrow, knowing the weather...), Mama and I worked on the chook coop thing some more! We're up to the point where we put chicken wire on the sides, so it's actually not difficult for once! Time consuming, 'cause you have to make sure it's taut and secured properly, but not difficult! :D

And then Terraria was on, finally! Everyone's been busy so it's been A While, but!!! We had a big fun session, and beat up the Moon Lord several times! :D :D :D Only need the Meowmere to get the Zenith, now!

I feel like there was something else, but my brain has gone splat, and I'm meeting A for lunch tomorrow soooo bed now. If it's important I'll remember later, probably.

Another hot day! With the north wind, too, which is uh. The hot one. Doesn't help. (I mean I personally love it but I'm a weirdo.) But the cool change has come through, and we had at least a minute of rain, so tomorrow will probably be milder. Which is very good given the fucking fires etc. They're uh. Not great!!!

Anyway, didn't do a huge amount today, due to the heat. Lots of flopping and playing stupid phone games and reading and stuff. Got another two stupid crosswords done, too, and I DID get some knitting done tonight, after it'd cooled down enough for it!

Anyway something something bedtime now yes. Yes.