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I ended up with a surprise day off work on Monday! My boss called me, literally as I was about to catch the bus, to say not to come in because the ceiling was leaking. So I didn't! And I ended up having a week off work! (Because I didn't go in on the Friday, either, as I'd been supposed to be going to the Job Centre that day).

It was kind of weird to have all that free time, but eventually I got kind of bored? Especially because I'm not playing any games at the moment. I did some painting, but it feels like I need to relearn watercolours as it's so long since I used them last. Also I'm using nicer brushes and paint than last time, so I think that takes some getting used to as well.

I also played about with my dip pens and some ink, and I don't know why I was terrified of using them? Ever? I even found my sketchbook where I first tried them and I wrote down that I liked it! So why on earth did I then suddenly never use them again until now??? *shrug emoji*

Anyway, I ordered a bunch of pipettes from ebay, so that I can transfer ink/water to palettes more easily. I got 100, because I thought ten wouldn't be enough, and I couldn't find a listing offering fifty. One hundred pipettes is A LOT, y'all. This is like that time I ordered medicine dispensers (those small cups with ml measures on the side), and I have ONE HUNDRED OF THOSE, TOO. I use them to put paints and stuff in (and occasionally catch spiders when I can't use my bug trap) but even so, one hundred of them is A LOT.

I didn't really do a lot else with all that free time. I went and visited my brother and sister in law on Monday, but didn't stay too long, then came home again (and painted! \o/ ).

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In other news, I am reading a book! Properly! For the first time in over a year! (I say "properly", because a lot of my entries on Goodreads of late have been skim reads of non-fiction books to find the info I want/need). I don't feel like my brain is going all fuzzy when I look at the words!

I'm not going to say I'm going to start devouring books again, but it would be nice to read more again, and I think I might be able to manage it now I'm not squirrel-brained all the time. I don't think I've stopped being like that entirely, but I'm certainly more able to settle down now.

Anyway, said book isn't a hard read, which I think is helping \o/

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In other other news, I finally found out that my local cinema IS showing Detective Pikachu. For two days, one showing per day, over a weekend in the middle of June. As much as I would love to go, I bet it will be packed (it's a small cinema with only one screen, and Pokemon are very popular, as we all know). I don't do well with lots of people, so I think I'll just wait till the DVD release.