Mostly better today! Still not got a lot of energy, but I was able to do a bunch more than yesterday so that's good! :3

Not that I did anything too exciting, just reading and gardening and minecraft, but you know. Much better than being passed out all fucking day again!

Probably? better than yesterday, but still fairly out of it. Lots of napping required! I did manage to clean the chook coop though, even though I needed to lay down afterwards. Chooks do not deserve to live in squalor! But that was definitely all the energy I had for the day, bleh. Other than naps, just been reading, really.

I'mma go back to sleep now yes.

Have felt like shit all day, what bits of it I've been concision for. But of course I'm still up way too fucking late, considering, because brains are extremely stupid and I got sucked into fic. At least I managed to pull myself away in the end? It's not done, so yeah. That took some willpower, of which I have not much.

Anyway, passing the fuck back out now, yes.

Ugh, today I had to write a cover letter and it sucked. I usually don't bother because I am deeply uncomfortable with the entire process of attempting to sell yourself, but this particular job came via Sibling and required a bit more effort. Ugh. Just. Ugh. SO tiring.

Helped out in the garden by breaking trimmed branches into small pieces so more would fit in the bin, afterwards. That was nice. Didn't need any brain, which was good as I was all out.

What else. Um. Lots of reading this evening, and some minecraft. That's about all. Now I nap!

I found out today someone I've seen around in fannish circles - not knew, or ever spoke to, but seen around semi-regularly for idk at least 15 years - died earlier this year. :( And so, I am sad. It's not really grief, I didn't really know them, but still. They were part of the community and now they're gone and it sucks. :(

There are many reasons why getting older is hard, and this is very much one of them. Particularly for someone like me, who's mostly had older friends, but just in general, too. The longer you're around the more people you know die, that's just... how it works. Alas. :(

Anyway I don't really have a point or anything. I'm just sad.

I did NOT have much in the way of brain at all today. Basically just read, and played some Minecraft in the evening. Which is fine, it's Sunday, if there's ever a day to veg out without worrying about it it'd be Sunday.

Still, I DID manage to get myself to have a shower, since I need to go get meds tomorrow, so I still have SOME brain left! :D Not displeased with this, no.

And now Sushi's making a nuisance of himself, which does tend to mean it's 'go the fuck to sleep o'clock' - not that that stops him, it's just a semi-reliable reminder - so I'mma do that, yes.

Pretty chill day today! Went for a walk with Mama, which was fun! For whatever reason (and it really shouldn't've been overexertion) I had to pass out when I got home though, so that was annoying. Tried to not, read a bit and and did some sewing and stuff first, but nope. Had to. Body what are you up to I ate breakfast and lunch and drank water and took my meds and did an exercise! My blister's even gone down without popping! Bleh.

Other than that, not a lot. Played minecraft this evening, as usual, hahaha. That's about it.

ANOTHER gorgeous day, I am both surprised and extremely happy! :D Still got my blister from yesterday, so no weeding, but I sat in the sun and did some crochet and knitting, which was great. :D I got the second jigglypuff foot done, and worked on my sock - I thought I had enough brain to do a second jigglypuff piece but no, I somehow had like 15 stitches when I was supposed to have 9 on like. Round 4. Soooo I pulled that out and stuck to the sock, which is at the very easy 'just keep knitting until it's long enough' stage.

Also did some more of the tiny stitches on the switch case - almost done! I think! If nothing else done with the hardest part (where the fabric turns around making the bottom, pita to get at), so that's nice.

Other than that, something something Minecraft something something bed time now yes. That.

I'm not sure where the last hour went, um. Like, I finished playing minecraft a little later than expect but it wasn't THIS late. Time. Why.

Anyway, my parents had friends over today, which was... I mean I'm glad for them? But omfg so. Noisy. So noisy! Even through the walls etc!

Still, got a sock darned, and also went outside and did some weeding! Had to stop in my battle against the onion grass because I got a blister - but it hasn't popped! I'm proud of myself I usually fuck that up! And I did get a whole bucket of weeds in the bin, and even though onion grass is so. small. For the amount of effort it takes to get out, a good proportion of it was onion grass!

In less fun news FUCKING IVY IS BACK HISSSSSSSS >E >E >E I will be vigilant and try and get any new leaves - I got out as much as I could see today, and there wasn't too much, but still. Ivy! :| Fucking shitty weed of doom, I hates it.

Ugh why do I keep staying up way too late. Why does time vary in its speed so much. Etc, etc.

Anyway went with Mama to drop some stuff off at the opp shop this morning. Found myself a bulbasaur!!! :D And also a stuffed animal for A for her art projects! :3 :3 :3

Also finished darning that one sock, plus put some patches on both it and its pair. It is really shitty fabric! But learning, so.

I am very very tired now I'm no longer in the reading fugue state, but I have a warm purry girl on my lap so I don't wanna get up. If I stay here though I may pass out and like. Fall over. Which will displease her at least as much as getting up... :/ Alas, physics.

Did some more work on the switch case - this bit is half done now! Yay! - and then I knew I didn't have enough brain to do a jigglypuff piece, so I picked up my mending.

Unfortunately the thing on top of the pile needs darning, not patching - these are all socks, and it's the size of the hole as much as anything - and I just. Started on that.

Lemme tell you, that did NOT help my lack of brain problem! Didn't get too far into that before I simply could not concentrate at ALL, hahahaha. Still, this particular hole is next to three previous darns (none of which are looking like they're gonna collapse!), and I can see how much I've improved! Like, even the rough and read stuff WORKS, because the problem with these socks is that the fabric does not have enough structural integrity to keep up with the amount I'm using them, and sewing thread is a LOT tougher.

But my stitches are getting smaller and neater! The stuff I did today would probably have blended in entirely, if I'd done it in a matching colour. (Instead the socks are yellow and the thread I'm up to in my 'get rid of the crappy old sewing kit threads' project is black. But like. Socks. Toes on a sock, even! I do not give a shit, and also it makes it somewhat easier to see what I'm doing.)

So, definitely pleased with my progress! :3 Proof that choosing to darn terribly made socks as practice is WORKING, yessss.

Other than that, not a whole lot. Pmuch just played Minecraft this evening, which was fun. But now to bed!

As fucking usual when I try and call, I was on hold for a fucking hour. Anyway, as it turns out, I'm not being asked to do anything yet because I've still got two more weeks ~waiting period~ before my claim actually DOES anything. Which is annoying. But not as annoying as the fact that it doesn't TELL ME THAT ANYWHERE ON THE WEBSITE, which is just. W h y. Yez want people to look stuff up online rather than call! Why you not put relevant information on the site so people don't need to call. Why. This isn't actually a complicated thing I wanted to know, this time!!!

Bleh.

Anyway, other than that today was pretty excellent. Weather was GORGEOUS - I didn't need a jumper or anything until well after dark - and I got some of the hand sewing done AND made a foot for the jigglypuff. Which I am indeed still working on. Slowly.

But now it's time for sleep yes. Sleeeeep.

So this afternoon Mama and I went down to a local event, which was both smaller and more draining than I anticipated, uuuugh. (There was live music. I did not know there would be live music. Mama only told me there'd be talks periodically, not that we stayed long enough to listen to one.) Wasn't much to do unfortunately, so we didn't stay long and went for a walk instead... but I still needed to pass the fuck out when we got home. Sigh. Brains!!!

Other than that nothing super huge or anything! Minecraft and reading, mostly, as befitting a Sunday.

But I DID check my wallet name email, and there was a message saying my unemployment claim had been processed, so I checked on it just now and it's been approved! Yay! There's just... exactly zero information on what I have to do. Or in fact when I'll be paid. Or, you know, anything. >E

So tomorrow morning's gonna be me on the phone to them AGAIN, most likely, uuuuugh. So. Annoying.

Unsurprisingly, didn't do a huge amount today!

Went for a walk with Mama, which was nice, and ran into Auntie M which was fun! We didn't recognise her at first, we haven't previously encountered Auntie M In Footie Clothes. She was wearing a cap! So weird! I mean, her going to the football isn't news, just. Woah!

Did a bit of the handsewing for finishing off the switch case, too. It only ended up being like 20cm but I worked on it for idk at least an hour. Ugh, so time consuming, so many tiny tiny stitches. This thing is gonna be solid as hell! |D

And then this evening my heater fucking started smoking!!! :/ WHY. I've only had it what, a year or so? And yet. SMOKE. Ugh. (And now I'm EXTRA cold because I opened the window so the smoke smell could dissipate. Uuuuugh.) So, gonna have to get a new heater soonish! :/ It's warmer than it was, but it's still not warm, and who even knows if we're gonna get a cold snap at some point! So annoying!!!

So Mama and I sat together and crafted all afternoon, pmuch. It was really nice! Just that low-key keeping each other accountable thing. Really helpful!

I'm almost done sewing the switch case together! I've just gotta go over a few bits of the lining, to make sure it won't fray, and then add press studs and some decorative buttons. :3

A LOT of tiny little stitches, and it's not really the right shape to put it in the machine, so it's taking a WHILE, hahaha. Still, I might not be great at hand sewing, but I'm much better than I was, so it's not too bad! :D

Also, in excellent news, old work FINALLY got the paperwork they needed to fill in back to me. FINALLY. Took them two business weeks and I had to send a follow up email, for a goddamn two page form that's mostly just extremely basic identification information, but I have it! Have sent it in, too, so hopefully I'll hear back from the government SOON. Probably not next week though given. This entire fucking process. =_=

Other than that... nothing huge really. Minecraft, and then I got stuck in a fic which is why I'm. Still awake. >>;;; Oh well, at least it's the weekend, I don't have as many self-given tasks to do tomorrow!