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Whups, have hardcore last track of time today. I mean, that started at the aught; I managed to turn my alarm off so quickly that when I *did* wake up, I thought it was Saturday. Ha, nope.
I received the stainless steel chain I had been waiting for on a custom order, which is what my post-work project was. Someone had asked what metal my necklace chain was made of, and the listing unhelpfully said 'silver plated... metal'. So I bought stainless still findings of all the types needed to make a dice pride necklace, and got that shipped off earlier. I might have to see about getting some heavier dutier tools, because trying to fold stainless steel around is (unsurprisingly) hard. xD
Day two of hearing aids is mainly alright. I've knocked them out a few times because I play with my hair a lot; looks aside, long hair is a great toy. My ears are also a little sore across the top from that, but I don't think that's going to be a real issue. The aids themselves are very light and don't exert any real pressure in my ears.
It's also nice to think about how much money the NHS personally saved me. I *think* these aids go for £865 apiece wholesale. I'm sure they get an even better deal, but like. That's some money. And I get free batteries (swapped out at my village surgery), and free replacement for the perishable tubes (email the hospital every 5 months or so). Yes, I was told the waiting time was 4 months. Yes, it ended up being 9 months, and that's annoying. But I'll always sing up the NHS because they've made my life better in so many ways. :)
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Palworld 1.0 dropped yesterday, which means 3/4 of my household is currently playing the game. Eldest never really got into it as far as I can tell, and they are down a computer anyways (they have a laptop, but that's for schoolwork and doesn't really have oomph for gaming; our IT guy is going to repair their desktop soon). But yeah... I accidentally picked a male voice for my female Trainer, so I'm having sheer delight at her very masculine GUR ARGH noises. xD
Anyhoos, what else. The heat wave rolls on. If I'm honest, it's gone from heat wave to just like... scorching summer. I mean, we're mid-July, so why would we get a cool spell this side of September? As long as it's not too bad when we're on holiday the other side of town...
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I was reminded again earlier that communicating with my teen often has us going at cross purposes. They often feel like I'm criticising and putting them down, when I'm doing my best to give positive, uplifting words and acknowledgement of how neurospiciness is hard. They had a bit of a rant at me about how I let their sibling get away with everything, how I 'make excuses' for their behaviour, and it's like... no? I'm explaining their flavour of spicy includes these behaviours you don't like? It's not excusing, it's explaining. But anyways, I made sure to acknowledge their feelings on the matter, and will do my best to think about how I can communicate better with them.
(All is well and it was productive in the scheme of things. I still recognise that they communicate better with their father and am glad that is so.)
The heat has started cranking up here. It's supposed to be pushing 40C/104F this week, which, unprecedented. I had to briefly leave the house to take some returns to the Post Office for spouse and mother-in-law, but thankfully it wasn't too bad outdoors in the scheme of things (quite happy to be back in my a/c though).
MiL was delighted when I called to let her know it was done. She showed up for dinner yesterday with the item and like, all her notes from when we'd ordered it the week before and it's like... returns are easy? We have a label printed and attached in less than 2 minutes? It's all 'technology' to her, and how well I do it all while type touching (100~wpm/98% accuracy, holla). And it's like, this is what I've grown up with! I was taught to type in school, back in the bad old days when they'd slap your hand if you peeked under the box to see your hands.
Those are the main things really. Just curled up with games-and-energy, and should probably fish my knitting out. My Valheim rebase continues afoot, though the current work is mainly cosmetic. I've laying out nice stone areas for my smelters and forges, which is nice. I never quite go so far. I then need to get the farmland areas laid out. There's mainly flat blank space waiting for it, so that'll be nice.
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Spouse made a decision last night -- and now we have a new printer in situ. We'd been planning on replacing the current one (an HP OfficeJet Pro 8710), because it had gotten a bit ghost-y when wifi print requests came in... which was all the print requests. It's been replaced with a Brother MFC-L3740CDWE, which. Lasers! I'm pretty sure I've never had a colour laser printer before. We pretty much all printed out random test images for science, and were pleased with the results.
I noticed yesterday that my rampant sugar cravings have pushed back closer to normal. Is my fatigue slightly less chronic now? Who knows. It is sort of a relief because it was like, super over the top levels of 'need it now'. It's still slightly elevated, but hopefully it means I'm almost back to some version of normal.
For now, yarn, games, the usual. Currently trying to climb up the side of a mountain in 'Valheim' to get to Moder. I *finally* found a vegvisir giving a location clue yesterday, which, good. I'm hoping that if I start again, I won't get stuck going through so much Mistlands to get to a Mountains biome boss. *shakes head*
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Vivi has been a super clingy baby today. Youngest has spared me for a moment by scooping him for a cuddle; he is not impressed. I'm not sure what has gotten into him. He doesn't seem distressed or anything, just wanting infinite cuddles. Maybe there's something in the air; Raven tried to climb me in the bathroom this morning for cuddles of his own.
Past that, still dicking around in Valheim. Trying to get gooder at the Plains biome while hunting for Moder in the Mountain biomes. I'll get there eventually!
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Today has gone well enough. I had a fayre this morning, and woke up promptly at stupid o'clock so I would have time for caffeine and existing before having to drive down the road. I only made £1 over my table fee, but you know what? It's fine. Got me and youngest out of the house together. She had zero sales, but she was already realistically prepared for that. We had nice rolls and some very nice cake, and she took advantage of the play equipment at the hall.
I frogged my sock while there because I'd forgotten my pattern, got confused reading the screenshot spouse helpfully sent me, and was like, WHELP. On the upside, I managed a cast-on I'd not managed before. Like, I know casting on over two needles is easy on paper, but I'd never quite managed it before. The edge is mainly tidy, and the stretch is *awesome*. So, worth it, I guess!
Past that, 'Valheiming' continues apace. I finally managed to find some silver deposits, which is pleasing. I was starting to worry I was missing the obvious. I've also got 'Victoria 3' up, and have realised that they've changed stuff so I have to relearn it. Gah. *laughs*. It's fine, I was always going to do the tutorial~ level again to refresh myself.
So yeah. Definitely quality lumping time for now. *nodnods*
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It's been a pleasant enough day to have the windows open; the breeze has even felt a bit chilly, which. Bliss. Work is done for the week, dinner is going to be McDonalds, so. Good start for the weekend.
My ear is still feeling stupid, but like. It's not itchy. Outside of when I poke my tragus, it doesn't hurt. It honestly just feels/sounds like it needs to pop, but won't (trust me, I've tried xD). The main thing is that it's not affected my balance, for which I am fiercely grateful.
Anyhoos! Sock is going well. I should easily be able to complete it this weekend and start the next pair, focus permitting.
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Breaking in a new keyboard as of yesterday. The 'y' key on my desktop keyboard had stopped working, and the 'w' on occasion as well. It's a bit quieter than the outgoing one, but at least it's got a good mechanical feel to it. I likes that. Just got to get used to the slightly different haptics and I should be good to go.
I did break down and buy 'Paralives' yesterday. It's okay so far! I was immediately in love with the random house I bought for my starter; it's a tall narrow house with a few empty areas to grow into. I'm also poking along in 'Valheim' too. I might actually make it to a third biome at some point, ha ha. I had found a few naturally in my last game, but I always feel the need to start at the beginning pretty much any time I return to a game.
Right, zoned out and got distracted by shiny objects. Off I go then. xD
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The week has been survived. You'd think for a short work week it would have felt like... shorter, but no. It felt soooo looong. Eldest commented in the same vein, so... in good company?
Also in good company is a lil planned payday treat. Eldest messaged spouse about Paralives, and it's like, yes. We have heard of it, we intend to buy it. So he went ahead and gifted them a copy, and I think the other three of us will buy one as well now rather than later.
For now, just mucking around in "Valheim" and feeling exhausted. It is what it is.
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I'm indoors. I'm under the a/c. Yet I still feel like I'm wilting, heh. Like, I'm not particularly uncomfortable temperature-wise, but somehow it's slugging me in the exhaustion button. Rude. Maybe another round of caffeine? But first, getting at least one pint of water in me so I'm up to two so far today. *laughs*
And hey, it's not like I have to go anywhere for the next week. I can stay parked under the a/c and taking in mainly easy. Which, good. And in the interim, I'm just doing my best to make sure what chores that require me to like, move at all are paced well. I know spouse wants to get the kitchen turned back around from the current disaster state, so I made sure to get a round of recycling out. I looked at the sink, but *sad trombone*. Still, hopefully a few of those, or getting some rubbish out. If I can manage that, I'll feel like I've taken some of the strain off of my poor spouse.
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Existing persists. I don't feel as 'good' as I did yesterday, but I don't feel as bad as the day before. So that's... something? I got part of a chore done that I wanted to, so that's good too.
Less good is finding out that if eldest wants to take the bus they are currently taking, to go to the same school for sixth form, is gonna cost us £1,100 a year. Right. Because we have a spare £92 a month floating around for that. *sighs* We'll figure something out, but it's like... do you even want these kids to continue their semi-mandated education?!
Anyways. Back to games-and-yarn.
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#DearDiary I was shopping around today at an outdoor mall bc it's BEAUTIFUL OUT, and at Anthropologie I heard a woman who looked super chill & cool explaining LibreOffice to a very tall guy, and I loved she used the word "interoperable" bc I've been on the struggle bus with that word before. Anyway I wanted to join their conversation but I didn't, because a) weird and b) I would've been like "I love FOSS but LibreOffice sucks" & I don't want to yuck anyone's #FOSS yums
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New phone has arrived! Which means spending ages making it look as much like the old one as possible, ha ha. It's coming along. I've got the look mainly sorted, so now it's getting logged back into everything.
*makes it so*
Past that, I'm in a slight gah, what to play lull. There's new content coming out for Anno 117: Pax Romana later this month, but like... I'm done with it for the second? I mean, I bought the year 1 pass, but. Ready for something else now. I would still prefer something I can watch tick by, because I'm making great headway on my sock (finally). I'll figure something out. Probably.
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I'm feeling completely run over today, what a surprise. I didn't get as much work-work done as I wanted, but never mind. It is what it is. Now I'm just kind of doinking my own brain that wants to tryyyy to do photos again when, no. We have negative spoons, please try again tomorrow.
Heh, and the day has gone. So it goes.
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I am definitely in recovery mode today. I woke up *SUPER LATE* (12:48pm), and have been limping around the times I do get out of my chair. I'd commented to my beloved @moonrabbit that I should expect it, since I overdid it the entire weekend after our declutterer visited, and have been in recovery since.
So of course, this is now the day that house reorg is happening. The eldest wanted their desktop moved upstairs, which we agreed was reasonable. It also means that it gives the younger more space downstairs, which is fair compensation for her having -zero- room in her bedroom (it was a small room to start with, and the previous owner fitted a wardrobe that takes up a third of the room). We're not against getting the wardrobe potentially removed in future... but that requires us to get the stuff we're storing out of it. *laughs*
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Caught up on work, woo, etc. Which means I then turned around and started doing too many lil chores around the house, ha ha. Having said that, I feel like I'm making a bit of a difference, so that's pretty nice.
Past that, gaming and trying to remember to catch my breath. Digging into my taffy delivery; I got 2 kilos, so maybe it'll last more than a day. xD
I've also decided what I want to do for cross-stitch itch right now -- take my pride flag patterns, and convert them into heart patterns. I figure I can offer those for sale, and if someone wants to pay me to make one for them, that can happen too. Having said that, I'm sure I'll make an enby and bi for my own environs, hee hee.
#deardiary #dailylog #crossstitch #pride #chronicfatiguelife
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I've got my area just about tidied up; my head appreciates it. There's still stuff that needs shifting around, but it's good enough for this precise second.
Bonus -- got a craft chore done. My bi pride necklace went missing when we went out on Monday, so I had to make myself a new one. I remembered I already had some dice of the right colours pre-drilled, so it wasn't too many spoons more to push through and get it done.
Right. Time to be half-assedly social.
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My head is in a swirl right now. Like, not thinking about anything in particular, but feeling like I've forgotten things I should be doing//am not doing enough to keep the brain quiet. Having said that, I super slept late today and feel even more worn out than usual, so that's probably contributing. Existing, innit. Ruuuude.
((having said that, I've been trying to tidy my area, and I'm waiting for something to come in related to that, so. *brain*))
Ah well. Existing is just like that some times.
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Nothing to report today really. Just curled up gaming and being a lump. I'm still trying to beat the Economic Dominance challenge on Victoria 3; I'm about to restart back to a specific save for the uh... third? fourth? time and see if I can get it right. Eventually, ha ha.
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#DearDiary, today I diagnosed an issue, fixed it, and submitted a PR for somebody else's #code for a #vscode extension, because I wanted to use that extension to work on my own project but couldn't without the #bugfix. Now the extension works (on my machine) and I can get back to shaving this yak.
#tech #technology #devops #development #developer #devjournal #git #yakshaving
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Nothing in particular today -- just gaming and being a lump. I've been having a hard time getting to sleep lately, which has knock on effects. Having said that, I reputedly fall asleep within minutes, but I think spouse mistakes me being still and breathing evenly for sleep sometimes. Or maybe I'm just a lil butt who gets stressed out if they don't fall asleep in 7 minutes, who knows. I do get there and mainly stay under. Still. Chronic fatigue, innit.
For now, trying to get a few lil chores done. Which means I'll probably overdo it, but ah well. *chuckles*
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Happy birthday to me, etc. 44 will hopefully be excellent, even if it's off to a bleh start. I got hit with a sharp headache before I went to bed last night. I took a co-codamol, but it still persisted in my sleep, waking me up several times. It even wove into a dream, wherin I was trying to find some paracetamol/Tylenol, and someone tried to give me a Fisherman's Friend, insisting it was just as good. Pfft.
((If anyone has a hankering to toss something my way for my birthday, it's https://www.paypal.me/raeyn. I'm not expecting anything from anyone, but it's an act of self-love and saying 'I'm worth it' to put it out there <3))
Of course, doing what I like best -- chilling out and playing video games. I just beat Rayquaza in Pokemon Z-A after a million attempts; I even got my youngest to give it a go a few times, ha ha. But I managed it on my own eventually. *pets self on head*
Right. Love y'all, hope the cold that keeps making the rounds isn't making everyone else as miserable as our household.
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No guest today, which, boo. Hopefully I'll see them soon though; it's been over 7 years, which means we're now overdue. But yanno, life. Happens.
Not much going on, which is fine by me. I'm feeling rather exhausted today, because yanno, that's life with chronic fatigue. Always exhausted, and sometimes an extra degree of. Yanno, a nice lil birthday treat. xD
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Happy new year, for those who celebrate. I'm alive, so that's a good start. The cold is progressing; I don't think I've gotten it as bad(ly?) as the rest of the family did. I mean, blowing my nose and triggering a short vertigo attack aside, ha ha.
Nothing really to report past that. Just being a lump. Not sure if tomorrow is back to work. I'd rather blow it off until Tuesday next week, but we'll see what spouse needs me to do/not do when the morrow comes.
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I have to, most rudely, leave the house today. It's the Christmas dinner for our employees/co-workers, and I feel obligated to attend. It's the first year we've had one for just our office rather than the entire building, so. I also have to cook dinner for the kids before I leave, but that shouldn't be too big a deal, time considering.
(Woo, kids wanting a change of dinner plans means I'm not cooking. xD)
But it meant that I felt the need to wash my hair extra, which. It's done, but like, bleh. I was already 'default' feeling extra exhausted, but it's bad enough that a quick trip up and down the stairs hit me in a way it normally doesn't. Bodies. So rude.
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I continue to exist, and have managed to do the one thing I absolutely have to do on a Monday -- hair washed. Extra important this week, as I need to pass as human tomorrow, ha ha.
For now, just curled up with games. I was trying my hand at Europa Universalis IV, immediately got confused, and brought up Victoria 3 instead. Which I'm still not great at, but at least I kind of know what I'm doing. Kind of. I should probably try a wider range of countries, rather than repeatedly defaulting to the US and UK. *laughs*
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*waves* Existing persists. Had a good chat with one of my sisters yesterday and got a lot of tea on the situations there. Whew. I'm glad she could get it off her chest.
Feeling mainly human today. Just curled up playing video games, which, perfectly my speed. Making slow sock progress, but at least we're in the home run of the foot part now.
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Not a lot to report. Feeling a smidge less flare-y, so that's something. Still extra exhausted though.
Mainly, amused AF that Voldemom (as I call my narcissist mother) has managed to alienate yet another member of the extended family -- this time, my one of my siblings' partners. I can't feel sorry for VM, but I can for my siblings and their spouses/partners that she failed them as well.
Anyways. Gonna enjoy an extra dose of caffeine, curl up with games, and enjoy discount heat. We were able to switch to a new tariff with the heat pump, and there are periods of the day when the electricity is cheaper; we're in one of those right now, so smug discount laundry washing, ha ha.
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It's Friday! Survived another week, ha ha. Managed to focus on work well enough, and fun stuff since that the continuing fibro flare is mainly ignored... mainly. I mean, it's still there and rude, but anyways. Not a lot I can do about it besides wait it out. ¬¬
Also waiting -- for the pharmacy at the surgery (doctor's office) to get back to me. One of my meds is completely unavailable right now, so I'm asking if they can give me a prescription for the generic... which is out of stock almost everywhere, but at least one location has some. Even if quetiapine (Seroquel) is one of my most important meds, I can survive if I can't get it immediately. We'll see what they say, and if they say it today. If not, I'll probably have to drag myself into the office on Monday.
For now... caffeine and games, maybe a bit of knitting. We'll see how it goes.
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