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Current Location: Spare Room

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Fox Attack

Soooo this afternoon I heard the chooks freaking out again, and I ran out AND THERE WAS A FOX. ( CW: Predication, potential (still unconfirmed) animal death. )

Anyway, maybe the white chook was hiding somewhere I couldn't find her, maybe she's gone, hard to say right now. :/ But since it was, you know, the middle of the afternoon I could actually look around properly this time, so I don't have high hopes. Find out in the morning, I guess.

I think today was actually the first time I've seen a fox in person, unless I maybe saw one at a zoo or something? I don't think I have though. I'd be happier about it if it wasn't for the fact they shouldn't be on this fucking continent at all in the first place, ugh. Fucking invasives. Haet.

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Ugh... phone calls...

Spent about an hour on the phone this morning, which was. Extremely unfun. But! I got the thing from Friday fixed up and sorted out, yay! Now just gotta wait for a thing to show up on one of the websites - phone lady said it'd take about an hour, but it wasn't there after I had a nap so... :/ Will see if it's there tomorrow, and if not I guess I'll get to call back uuuuuugh. Still, progress!

Not a whole lot other than that - I slept most of the day away, which I'm not mad about, given how fucking tired I was. Sibling didn't come over, so still waiting on that. Hopefully tomorrow! My parents are back next week, so if I'm still stuck in here that would be Extremely Bad and also someone would end up dead. Not sure who! But it's not a tenable situation, n o p e.

Anyway, time to go back to napping, yes. >: I should have maybe gone a bit earlier but I was almost done rereading a fic and... yeah. >>;;

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: Spare Room

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Naps plz

Soooo I got about four hours of sleep last night, before kitty breakfasttime. And then I did, as planned, stay awake and shower and went shopping! (Eventually.) I had a bit of a nap this evening before kitty dinnertime, but couldn't've been more than an hour and a half.

I am so tired. And yet! Here I am! Awake at fucking 3am again! Why, self. Just. Go to bed???

The problem is probably habits, and also that I am so used to being tired it's no longer a trigger to actually go to sleep. Which is very stupid, and yet! Brains!!! I have probably had this realisation before but I am too tired to remember having it, sigh.

Anyway, I'm gonna nap again now! And hopefully sleep quickly and also go the fuck back to bed after breakfast tomorrow...

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Improvement!!!

Rather than throw out all that pancake mix, I did a research, and it turns out there's stuff you can add to make things less overwhelmingly bicarb soda-y! Mainly acidic stuff, which in my case means lemon juice (since I have that on hand). Also cocoa, which isn't something that I'd've thought was acidic? Must be just very slightly. And I was thinking of adding cocoa to a pancake ANYWAY, so of course I did that.

First pancake results are: still terrible soda aftertaste, but MUCH more manageable. I could actually eat it! :D So, clearly, next time I just needa add more lemon! Alternatively, add more flour and a little bit of sugar to the actual mix. Might try both, next time! Even with the acid neutralising the flavour, the pancake came out a bit spongy, which is... not the right texture for a pancake. That is a cake-cake texture!

Still, I'm happy I was able to make it palatable! :3 Less waste yessss. (Chooks very happily gobbled up the inedible one, too. And hey, they deserved a treat after their big scare, so it's basically not at all wasted! Ish.)

Need to shower tomorrow and go and get milk again orz orz orz. I am probably drinking too much milk but also. Milk is delicious. Might go to the little supermarket, which is by the asian grocery, and get dumplings and stuff this time. Haven't had dumplings for a few weeks, and they sound really good...

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Not the world's most successful day, honestly. :(

Sooo I was SUPPOSED to have my stupid appointment today but did I??? No. Because they didn't call me. >/ Same thing happened to Sibling, so that's something but ARGH. (I did in fact call them to let them know, but the auto-responder said they had too many calls and hung up on me. Which is just. FFS. Will try again Monday.)

I also tried making pancake mix! Alas, while it did the whole turn into pancake thing just fine, it tasted overwhelmingly of baking soda and so was pmuch inedible. :/ :/ :/ Soooo that's a whole lot of flour (and stuff) that's going in the compost tomorrow! But at least it's stuff we had laying around already?? Clearing out the cupboard if nothing else...

Chooks are fine, and the cats are cute, though so nothing's too bad! :D Gonna nap now, yessss.

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Chooks Safe!

When I went out this morning, the red chook was there! :D :D :D She's fine, despite all the feathers everywhere!

I didn't see the black chook all day, which was worrying, but when I went to put them to bed...

Three chooks in a coop!

No idea where she was hiding, but she's safe and that's the important thing. :D

Other than that, Sibling did come over and did a couple of things. Pointed out a few bits where I need to keep touching things up on the skirting boards, but they're definitely close to done (yay!). Won't be back until next week, so got quite a while to go out there and give various bits extra coats (there are a few bits where I had to sand back, and while MOST of the board is fine...). So I'm feeling somewhat better about that.

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Chook Attack :( :( :(

( Content Warning: Possible Animal Death (nothing confirmed as yet) )

Other than that... slept stupid late, which was annoying, but I DID manage to get down to the optometrist before they closed. Alas, they can't do anything about the coating, the lenses just need to be replaced. :/ Soooo that's even higher up on my to-do list. Just gotta wait for, you know, money. Ugh. Might even be worth taking cash out of my savings for it, buuuut I'd rather not.

Also did another coat of paint on all the skirting boards! Will see how they look tomorrow, I'm hoping that the small ones are really done this time, but they had a few mysteriously appearing rough bits I had to sand back today, so that might. Also happen. Again. :|

Dunno if Sibling is gonna be over tomorrow, but if so will get a second opinion on stuff. Answer may well be 'jfc how are you SO BAD at this???', but at least then I'll know.

And now to bed! >: Or. Soon. There is a cat on my lap and I don't really want to annoy her...

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Glasses. Why.

So the coating is flaking off the back of one of my lenses in a MAJOR way, it's extremely annoying. Given what I can see peering through the bits where it's gone it's also been exacerbating the flare from my astigmatism, which is... not great, and also explains a lot. I'm gonna go down to the optometrist and see if they can remove it tomorrow, I think! And ask them what that particular coating is for; I think it was for glare reduction? Which um. Maybe that one is not for me...

Other than that... finally did the stupid application for unemployment support. Which I definitely SHOULD have done as soon as I got made redundant, but I did not. Bleh.

Didn't do any painting today, mostly because it was cold and raining. But also just brain shit. Sibling DID come over and do another coat on the floor, though! Should just be one more to go, but I guess we'll see how it is.

Also managed to actually make myself have a shower, so I can go to the shops tomorrow without fear of stinking people out, heh.

Anyway, going to bed now! Maybe I'll be able to sleep easily tonight! Sure as fuck couldn't last night, uuuugh...

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Taxes: paid!

Paid my taxes today. UGH, it was indeed ~3K ;; So much money to be surprised with!!! :( Still, done now!

Sibling did come over, and did the first coat of the floor, yay! The floor sealant takes long enough to dry it's gonna be a day for each coat, basically. Which is fine! Just means more driving time for Sibling, which is less fun :/

Had to sand back some of the skirting boards again - just a little bit, but Sibling pointed out it was kinda rough in a couple of places, so... yeah. Annoying! But I did a third coat on all the small ones, and a second coat on like... one and a half of the big ones. Will see what Sibling says about them tomorrow! >:

Not much other than that. Found a shiny dodonzo in pokemon! It was in a mass outbreak I was doing for exp, but not even the later parts with the best shiny chance, just. Turned up, pretty early! XD It's a yellow one, too, which is always fun. :3 :3 :3 Love shinies with serious differences to the original colouration! :D

Anyway now is time for sleeps, yes. >:

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Sunday

Nothing huge today, really. DID make satay, which was delicious :V :V :V Also did a second coat on the smaller skirting boards! They look a LOT better with the second coat, yessss. Other than that... eh, it's Sunday. I mostly just read fic and I refuse to feel bad about it! :3

Tomorrow will probably be a Sibling day, plus I'm gonna try and get the skirting boards finished. Will depend on the weather and the number of coats needed, of course, but I think I can probably do it, at least for the small ones. Bigger ones might need extra work.

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Painting: round 1 done!

Yup, got a first coat on all of the skirting boards! :D Wasn't actually intending to do all of them, I started uh... much later than I intended... but I poured out more paint than I actually needed for what I intended to do hahahaha. Even though I was trying to only pour out just a tiny bit! From now on I think I'll just go directly from the can...

First coat looks pretty good, though it's definitely a bit blotchy where the wood is darker in some areas. As expected! I'll probably do another coat tomorrow, and see how it goes. :3

Didn't end up cooking satay tonight, I um. Well I didn't eat anything between breakfast at ~9am and uhhhh 7:30ish?? So yeah waiting around for stuff to cook rather than just shoving stuff in the microwave wasn't happening. Tomorrow! Will do it for lunch, and I will definitely get out of bed in time to make lunch, ffs. Yes. I will. Look, I'm going to bed MUCH earlier than I have been! >:

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Current Location: Birthplace

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Pancake Sibling o noes

Yeaaaah, turns out that Sibling really was pushing it a bit much yesterday, so today turned into a pancake day. Sad! But also I'm not real surprised, given everything. So sealing will probably be done next week instead, which is fine. Health is much more important! (Even though I would like to get back to my room, hahaha.)

Today I did some stuff, but not a huge amount either. ( Blah blah blah mostly food related )

I also set up the deck for painting! (Mostly, gotta cover over one more bit, which I will do tomorrow.) So I'm planning on getting a start on that tomorrow, if not a whole first coat. (Probably not though there's too many pieces and only so much space.)

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Current Location: Spare Room

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Stained!

Floor is stained! :D I haven't had a good look at it yet, of course, because it was WET, but from the glimpse I got it looks really good! :D :D :D (Did not get back in my room due to said wet, hahaha)

Sibling should be back tomorrow to start on the top coats - assuming the sick doesn't make a resurgence, it was DEFINITELY still there - but! The nail got pulled today as well, so I'll be finishing off the sanding tomorrow, and maybe start on painting. (Will have to tidy the deck further to put down dropcloths, etc., which might take a while. Will have to see!)

Would've started on that today, but I got hit by the Anvil of Tired, whoops. >>;;; Probably because even after I went to bed last night it took me a while to actually sleep, siiiigh. So! Going somewhat earlier tonight, even if not by as much as I was aiming for, so that'll hopefully help some.

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Current Location: Birthplace

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Quiet Day

Nothing big, today. Cleaned the chook coop, and the cat boxes (which were clean for about 0.2 seconds before Sushi decided he needed to dirty one, sigh). Actually cooked pasta for dinner, which was great! :V Actually did the dishes!

Started working on the shelf in my room, too. Got things down, cleaned up there... and fucked up using the stud finder, so I've gotta erase all the pencil marks I made and start again. Which, fine, whatever. Annoying, but whatever, it happens! I will try again properly... tomorrow? Maybe? Will depend if I can get in there after Sibling's been by. Should be floor stain day, soooo might need to Not Go In There for a while, you know?

Speaking of Sibling, turns out it hasn't been Other Work interfering, but Got A Sick. :( :( :( A terrible thing! And also explains why I didn't get a heads up, hahahaha, time has been spent resting not communicating with people! XD;;; But, should be good for tomorrow (according to a message this afternoon, so probably accurate)!

Have been beset by cats all day, which has been nice :) If sometimes uncomfortable. How a four kilo cat curled up on your legs can make the muscles ache from the weight so easily I will never understand...