( Sushi update; no real change from last night but not because nothing happened. )

( Blanket updates!! :D )

I'm going head-first into finishing the blanket because we got news from the window people - nothing's decided for sure yet but they might be coming as early as the 1st of December, which means I have to move... pretty much all of my stuff out of here. Which is. A lot of stuff. We've gotta prepare somewhere to put it first, which is why I haven't started moving things yet, but getting this project entirely finished so that all of the parts can go AWAY is going to be extremely helpful. Including the sewing machine, because we can then put it away and use the cabinet as a flat surface for storage purposes, hahaha. (Also then I don't have to worry about the weather changing and being without a blanket. That will help too.)

I also played some Terraria this evening - fuck I forgot how hard this game is. Also gotta get used to the UI again etc etc. But even though I got squished by King Slime, I think I made some real progress - found some good accessories (cloud in a bottle, sandstorm in a bottle, and flippers!), plus a magic mirror... it's a decent enough start! :3 Hopefully multiplayer shenanigans tomorrow, but that'll depend on Sushi as much as anything, sigh.

Soooo Sushi got out again today (he's been trying A Lot the past few days. Even with everyone trying really hard, sometimes he wins :/), and not long after that I heard a catfight outside. Wasn't able to find him, but he was definitely involved, I recognise his voice when I hear it.

Anyway, when he does come back in he's very very quiet, and he was moving a bit off. Didn't think much of it - I mean, he clearly lost a fight but that is not a surprise - but he didn't eat even a bite of dinner, not even when I took it over to him, so now I'm worried. Extremely unlike him! Hopefully he's just sulking and resting up, and will be fine tomorrow... Anyway, there's no obvious wounds or anything as far as I've been able to tell, so I think it's okay to wait and see. But if I have to take him to the vet tomorrow, well, that's what'll have to happen, I guess. But hopefully he'll be okay! Just, you know, stupid.

Other than that I had a pretty good day, though! I did SIX lines on the blanket; it's really getting close to done and I am so! Excited! For it to be over!!! Finishing the pattern can definitely wait until after I have the edging etc done, I definitely need a break from it. Still do want to do it though.

Also I went down the shops and got so many snacks, it's great. I've been out for a couple of weeks or so, which has made me very sad. But now snacks! :V And also now sleep damnit, I need to do that too. Yes.

My uncle is home from the hospital, finally! :D :D :D He was in there for AGES, but he's better enough to go home now! So great!

Other than that, Mama wanted a break from the chook pen thing, so even though it was a nice day we didn't do that. So I ended up doing FOUR lines on the blanket! :D :D :D The first of the panels is almost completely done! One more line, or possible like. One or two stitches on a second line. Almost! Done!!! Aaaa, I'm excited, it's getting so close!!!

Also did washing and like. Showered and stuff. So no minecraft, just a bit of reading. Probably a sensible thing, given what time it's ended up anyway... >>;;;;

So the roof guys came back today, and did the other job they needed to do! :D (Unfortunately the banging around caused it to be Super Obvious the bathroom needs... so much work. There was dirt falling down from the roof and shit. :/) My father also got his shed delivered, though he's not going to start putting it together for a bit. (Sibling's Christmas present to him is to help with labour, but Sibling's also busy for a bit. Also like. The ground needs work, it's not exactly level right now, so gotta do that first.) Still, yay, it arrived safely! :D

I went for a walk with Mama, just to the chemist that takes in blister packs for recycling, and we walked past the op shop on the way, and I saw a frame designed for embroidery! So I got that, because I thought I could put the embroidery Ni-chan made me in it. Alas, it's too big! So I will make some kinda cross stitch to put in it instead, I think. :3 Not for a bit though, still got the blanket to do.

Speaking of blanket, today was the last of the max length lines! \o/ Definitely on the homeward stretch! :D Still working just with the partially-used embroidery floss, too, doesn't look like I'll even tough the full ones, orz orz orz. We have. So much. SO MUCH. Sigh.

This chair isn't bad exactly, but it's a little too high and my back keeps hurting after a few hours in front of it because I keep stooping very very slightly to see things. :/ Honestly I should probably bring my chair in and use it even though it's still missing a cushion - the actual structural work is done, it's just replacing the cushion that's left which is my job, not my father's. Which is fine! I just. Blanket. Do not have brain for other projects, really, particularly not with Mama and the chook run extension thing butting in sometimes.

Speaking of, we did some more work on that today, and we made progress!! ...and then it started raining, so it was only a little progress, but hey, at least the 'take the door apart and put it back together on something flat' idea worked. (It's still liable to twist, but it's much better, and we've determined that it's pretty much a material fault and nothing we can really do about it. If it's still going weird once we've added the chicken wire etc I will consider Adding Shit to keep it vaguely straight.) Also I got to use the mallet on it, which was very therapeutic.

Other than that, couple of lines on the blanket (closing in on the end of the max length lines! Soooon!), some minecraft... nothing much else. Very sleepy day since Mama keeps waking me up, bleh.

I seriously had A Time of it with the blanket today. Got two rows done, but it took forever, I just couldn't fucking concentrate. Dunno why! I got lots of sleep last night! And yet!

Mama and I did do some work on the chook run, and also the chook run extension thing today, which was...

...look we ended up tying one of the poles in place with wire because the fastener provided just Would Not Catch, so. That's. Roughly how it's going. And then we put the door together, which is uh... a rectangle... and we somehow managed to twist it. The instructions are Not Complicated, and yet.

Gonna try taking it apart and putting it back together while laying it on the table tomorrow, and if that doesn't work we'll need to ask my father, which. Will be. Annoying. Still, can't be more annoying that That Goddamn Thing, and who knows he might even have a solution for that. (Doubt it though, it's a fucker.)

This is not a thing I should be proud of and yet. Sleep schedules, man. Make living with other people hell. (Or, at least, with Mama. My father isn't a great housemate in many ways, but he's extremely accepting of sleep.)

Anyway! Mama and I worked on the chook run extension thing for a bit today! UGH, still so frustrating. But we've made progress!!! Probably more tomorrow, too, as long as the weather cooperates. Which is not guaranteed, at all, everything was soaked this morning it just happened to come good so we could work in the afternoon...

Other than that, couple of rows on the blanket - I don't think I'm quite at halfway, but I'm getting there for sure! Just gotta keep a steady pace and I should get there without too much trouble. If nothing goes wrong, of course, which does mean I'll need to keep it well away from Sushi... He's been made of beans recently, zooming around the house much more the usual and back to climbing up curtains etc. etc. etc. He picked a fight with the cardboard scratcher I have behind me this evening, which was pretty funny. Yeah, you show that cardboard who's boss! XD

Nothing huge today. Napped a lot. Two more max length lines! Snuggly kitties~~~

Also some minecraft but mainly I'm up stupid late due to getting sucked into reading orz orz orz self whyyyyy

I really didn't think I'd get there today, but I got to max length! Only one line, but I am not even slightly unhappy about that, just. Wow. (I only did four lines, so like. It was WAY closer than I thought, I guess...)

I'm definitely getting a lot faster than I was even a week ago, though; first time through doing more than two lines when they were nearing/at max length was just... not achievable in an afternoon and evening. Today, I did two in the afternoon, two in the evening, and was done just after 10pm. (So of course I played some minecraft and lost track of time but that is a different issue.)

Other than that, nothing interesting really. I AM getting through thread nicely, though I'm still on partially-used stuff and that... may not change by the end of this direction. There's just. There's a lot of it. Main reason I might get into the whole skeins is simply because some of the colours are too dark for the fabric, so they're hard to see and thus make the pattern look weird. It is not a fading into the background piece of work, hahaha!

Okay so I was stupid tired last night and TOTALLY FORGOT about the electrical problem we had! One of the light switches in the bathroom stopped working, which is always a super annoying thing, but in this case it got stuck on.

( Ramble )

Other than that, nothing exciting today. Approaching max length on the blanket again! Probably won't get to it tomorrow, but maybe the day after? Will see how it goes, basically.

Pretty straightforward day today! Went for a walk with Mama, and then worked on the blanket!

And then some minecraft, and then I read for a little while and then ???? it 4am. Again. SIGH. I never learn...

Nothing super interesting today, really. I cleaned the bathroom! I did a bunch of lines on the blanket! That's about all though, hahaha.

Not entirely sure how it got so late, though... It was only 2 last I checked... :/

Finished the first direction! AND started the next direction, which includes removing the basting as I go!

Aaaaa it looks SO NICE with the diamonds, I'm so pleased!!! :D :D :D

Current thinking is whether or not I add the scale details will depend on the weather, more than anything - yesterday was warm enough I was thinking I might be wishing I had it instead of my doona, but there was a cool change, and today is uh. Well. Early winter temperatures again. So if it's still cold once I get to the end, I'll probably add the details, and if not I'll go straight to doing the border so I can use it.

Can always add the details later, anyway, so it's no big deal either way really! I think I will add them at some point, unless something super weird happens and I run out of thread. (Chances of that: extremely low.)

Other than that... Mama bought a rug today? Cats are extremely interested in this, mainly in the scratching department... Luckily Mama realised this would be the case and it's a cheap, acrylic rug, so while it'll be annoying if they destroy it at least it won't be expensive....

Anyway I should uh. Go the fuck to bed. Yes. >>;;;;

Woke up today WITHOUT my head feeling like blek! It was great!

I'm still easily tired, and recovering in that way, but the actual headcold part of this is all but over, which is so nice. I did washing! I was able to actually hang it all out AND bring it inside! AND I went for a (short) walk with Mama as well. :D :D :D

I also did three more lines on the blanket, and then I stopped because if I'd kept going I would've kept going until I finished this direction, and I would've ended up working on it until 2am or something. Given the time, I probably should have just done that anyway, rather than going 'hmm it's only 10:30, let's play Minecraft for a bit then'. Whoops. >>;; I tried?

Anyway, will definitely finish this direction tomorrow, which is great! :D May or may not start the next direction, it'll depend on how long it takes and how I feel. Still, exciting!!! :D