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What 'a quiet day' means for me:

1. Plant out a few seedlings at sunset (after the worst heat of the day is done.)

2. Sew a quilt top or two. Found some nice easy blocks for the NMA cousins.

3. Write at least one more scene in a fic. Maybe one more scene in two fics.

4. Eat leftovers. Maybe make some more potato salad. Oh man, tomato salad. Need to make some more of that because we have SO MANY TOMATOES from the garden.

5. Read a few YT fics and maybe a book or two.

6. Sew a binding on the last couple of quilts I have to sew bindings on.

7. Make lists of things I want to:
a) bake
b) sew
c) write

This week before (possibly) going away:
- plant out onions
- plant out fennel
- plant out snake beans
- plant out pigeon pea
- consolidate compost piles
- make rat trap

My goals for 2020 post.

I mean, it was 2020, so ahahahahaaha. But at the same time, I'm a little sad.

( FINISH ALL THE THINGS )

Did a zoom meeting with fannish friends this Monday morning. Haven't seen them in the flesh since 2016 - last time I visited the US (most of them are US, one is Canada).

It was fun. Mostly COVID-19 talk, although there was a conversation about unemployment differences between the US and Australia which was educational.

Otherwise, Monday morning has felt fragmented. I still haven't been paid Jobseeker money, although it appears that I had two 'outstanding tasks' to perform - one which was 'putting in my job requirements for April' and I have to call them to adjust that. The other was uploading secondary documentation (a utility bill) which I did.

I sewed a few bits of a quilt together, going to finish that TODAY (yes, yes, I am). I also did some handsewing while on the Zoom meeting. Because that's what you do in a Zoom meeting, right?

I'm also going to sharpen my pruning tools, because I'm going to need them to deal with my fruit trees which have gotten entirely too high to deal with in the coming year. 3m will have to be it, and I need to work out how to prune the main branches down. But to prune the big branches, I need to clean and sharpen the rusty old loppers. It's gonna be messy.

Also gotta work out meal things for the next few hours. Sort through the pile of paperwork next to my desk. Clean up my study. Change over my winter/summer clothing...

Oh, and somewhere in there, I have a loaf of bread to bake...

UGH. And now I have a desire to do none of it.

One thing at a time. Pruning tools first.

I want to ask about Game Of Thrones...but then again maybe not.

( garden stuff )

1. shuck corn and store
2. dry blue pea blossom
3. sew mum's laptop case <- IMPORTANT GET DONE BEFORE WEEKEND
4. Put up noticeboard posts against front fence.
5. Put in holiday time for the last week in May. They haven't said they're renewing the contract yet, but still. Holiday time for the last week in May.

To be added to as the day goes on.

I wonder if I could get myself out to the pool/gym tonight instead of hockey. It won't be the same - not even close - but it would be something. Mind you, I'd probably do better with a gym class of some kind, but...

I just realised: having short hair for swimming = WINNING.

I wrote a crossovering pinch hit. See if you can pick it.

(I didn't get a gift because I didn't sign up and they don't have a gift option for pinch-hitters-who-aren't-participants.)

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I've been out of work since the start of October, and pretty much absent from DW since then. If life crises have happened and I wasn't there for you, I'm sorry. *hugs*

Basically, my work contract finished on the 28th September, but the client that I was with before that hasn't asked for me back (or the company I was contracting to the client with has filled it with one of their employees), so I'm doing rather less than I feel I should (but more than I'd get done if I was at work.

Writing has been singularly awful - well, one week I managed about 10K, but it's been pretty much zilch since then.

Gardening things are going okay but not spectacular. I keep putting off netting some of the fruit trees, and the result is almost certainly going to be NO FRUIT.

Also, I did some soil tests and the lead levels in one of the beds concerned me - particularly since I've been having neural/sensation issues in the hand and foot for a while now. But I'm getting some more testing done, and I might have to move operations to the frontyard, which makes gardening a rather public event, but might be good for community?

On Saturday afternoon, I drove over a bolt and bust one of my wheels, luckily I was able to pull in somewhere to change the tyre to the spare, but I need to get it to an automechanic this morning ASAP.

Things to do this week:
1. write for a couple of hours each day
2. put together a compost bin/heap/thing
3. sew up exclusion bags to protect fruit and put them on the branches
4. finish a quilt top
5. sew together a dress for the parties on the weekend

And I really have to bury the part of me that keeps saying "if you'd done some of this last week instead of lazing about for the entirety of the week, then you wouldn't have to do it all this week!"

(That may be true, oh sanctimonious brainweasel of mine, but it is not helpful and I am going to drop an ACME tonne weight on you. Bye-bye!)

So, the company contracting me out thinks they might have work for me mid-November. I'm pretty good with that.

Two weeks to putter around at home (or possibly go on at an all-out sprint) sounds pretty perfect to me!

( list of things to do (there's always something) )

So, no shortage of things to do.

That's not even counting the quilting stuff I'd like to do...

But we'll see how it all pans out. They might not be able to secure the work for me, which makes for a different kettle of fish.