Today I sorted out ALL SORTS of financial stuff for myself. Updating details (40+ min on hold for fucking medicare whyyyy), sending money to super, closing bank accounts... SO MANY THINGS I've been needing to do but hadn't had the brain power to do! So many!!!

And THEN after tea I MADE A CAKE. Which involved running down to the shops (thankfully Mama gave me a lift, it was dark and cold) because we didn't have any eggs. Hopefully it'll taste nice! The batter was good, so I'm hopeful, but it's with almond flour so it's a bit of an experiment.

On a related note, I'm going to dinner at Ni'chan's tomorrow, heh. She's had to go minimal gluten, thus the almond flour, but hey, at least I was able to make something. (Also get through some of the almond flour Mama bought when my father wasn't supposed to be having glutens last year. Which is why that flour specifically; Kit says that if you use oat flour and reduce the sugar you can make a lot of biscuit/brownie recipes as-is, but we didn't have any of that already.)

Anyway now it is time to pass the fuck out. I expect to be mostly useless tomorrow given how much I've done today and also because I'm still up at this hour, but if nothing else I HAVE to shower and also. Catch the bus in the afternoon.

So for my tidying today I sorted my sticker collection.

I have... so many stickers now...

Most of them I was able to divide into little A5 plastic pockets, except for the Homestuck Kickstarter ones - most of them were just a tiiiiiny bit too big, goddamn US print sizes - and the pokemon ones, because there was just too many. But with those two sets in a transparent hard case the effect is much the same (though it's kinda annoying that I couldn't split them up but OH WELL).

I probably have more stickers around in places, but at least now I can put them away without having to second-guess myself about it! :3

Also got a call from a recruiter, which was encouraging! Clearly all my applications are doing SOMETHING, even if I haven't heard anything back from a specific job. We'll see how it goes, anyway.

Um, today I did... something? Oh, I made another mini pin banner! And poked at some financial stuff. And. Uh. Oh right, washing, I knew there was something else.

But yeah overall noooot much today. Which is okay, it's Sunday, I'm not gonna attempt to Be Productive on weekends except where it's something I actually feel like doing. :)

But yes now is time for napping. I am a sleepy, and also I didn't get to sleep in much past noon which... okay technically I got 7-8 hours but it was interrupted so...

Yeah, I made a mini pin banner today! 'Mini' in that it's like 2cm wide, it's almost as long as my wardrobe is high. I ended up using some... IDK what it's called, it's a cotton fabric tape thing, pretty heavy duty. Can only fit one row of pins, but that's all there's really room for on the side of the wardrobe, so exactly as planned! (Well, I could maybe do two, but it'd be pretty squishy.)

It was super simple to make, too - I just hemmed then folded over the ends to make a tube, and plaited some embroidery thread together to make the hanger bits! Hanging from a hook at the top, and I've found a use for one of the keychains I haven't been able to resist buying as a weight on the bottom - they're really too big to be practical as an actual keychain, but the art is really cute!!

Think I'll make one for the other side, as well, there's enough of the cotton tape left, so I can continue to do my best with only using things I already have! XD;;

Also went for a walk with Mama, and put up some of the bookmarks, etc. But the mini pin banner is definitely the most interesting thing! (You could definitely make'm so they're actually small, as well! I don't have a space I've identified for a small one yet, though.)

Yeah didn't get a whole lot done today. But I DID go shopping with Mama and bought pj tops! I did that! I just kinda came home and crashed for the afternoon, sigh. Leaving the house: still kinda a problem, bleh.

Anyway, it is what it is! I probably won't get much done tomorrow, too, since I'm going out with A for lunch! But I'll at least get sticky dots, since they eluded me today (we checked out SEVERAL shops, but alas)

I'm also up stupid late given when we're supposed to be meeting, but at least I can rely on the cat alarm clock... Still. It's been less than a fortnight how am I already this far into nocturnal mode...

Not that I put in HUGE amounts of effort today, but I applied for half a dozen jobs or so, so that's something.

Also did the chooks, and tidying, and other little things. Not as much as I wanted, but it's something! And I really don't want to overdo it and go into a depression slump, so I'm not trying to push myself, hahahahaha. Will try and do more tomorrow!

I also want to get started on doing little tech projects, starting with that mostly-finished logs one, but my brain isn't quite there yet. :/ Well, it's had A Lot of stuff the past week, so I'm not surprised, I was just hoping programming brain would bounce back fast. Alas!

The con was... A Lot. Just. A Lot.

I enjoyed it, and made uh many many purchases, all of fanartist! (So many thing!) But also it was A LOT. Absolutely sure I didn't give some of the fanartists the attention they deserved, in between the overwhelm (cool things) and overwhelm (too many people), and the other booths, that I checked out after the fanart, definitely didn't get much of a look. (To be fair I don't tend to ping on official merch very much anyway so... there was a reason I left that section 'till last.)

I still think cons are more fun if you go with a friend, but it's not bad to go by yourself, either! I won't go to one again for a while, though, because they are. Definitely expensive. >>;;; I dunno how much I spent and I'm a little scared to look. But like my father said when I was showing my parents my cool stuff (on request!), I don't really have many expensive habits so it's probably fine occasionally!

Also there was someone selling buttons I got copies of the last time I was at a local con. WHICH WAS 2017. I did NOT expect to find anything from that long ago still in stock! I mean, they're great, and it definitely wasn't the full range from back then (and many many new things added), but STILL! :O :O :O

I did get a weekend pass, but I'm not gonna go tomorrow. Most of the draw for me, personally, is Cool Fanart Stuff; if I was going with other people or there were panels or whatever I was interested in, then another day might be fun, but as it is I don't have anything pressing. And I should... probably not spend any more money... >>;;;

I was there for something like six and a half hours, too, which is A LOT longer than I thought I'd manage! Pretty proud! :3 Now I need to go collapse for ...a while... though. Make the sore feet and headache go away! >: