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i'd tell myself, what good do you do?
There were some trick-or-treaters last night and, even though I got sweets for them, I ended up pretending I wasn't in. Which felt painfully mean to me, but I was so gosh dang tired (more on that in a minute), and I'm just not feeling celebratory this year, for obvious reasons. I freaking love Halloween as well, so not being in the mood for it wasn't fun. I didn't even put up my pumpkin lights that I specially bought last year :(
But yeah, I was tired because I've had a busy week so far and not been sleeping well. So I didn't think I'd manage to deal with kids and potentially trying to keep the cat from going outside. Which turned out to be a non-issue as she stayed in my room all evening. And there weren't loads of kids - I'd probably missed most of them already as I didn't get home till well after sunset.
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Among the stupider things I did this week, was decide to walk to town (~2.5 - 3 miles) in the early am, on a very cold day. I had an appointment at the job centre, and our buses are running even worse than usual which means I'd probably have ended up getting to the job centre just at my appointment time. So I thought, why risk it, I'll walk! I've been feeling more energetic recently (in spite of lack of sleep), and I enjoy the walk anyway. And I got down there okay, I was in time for my appointment, and that was all right.
And then. I did more walking, because I had shopping to do, and a doctor's appointment to attend. I slept really badly that night because of the pain in my legs. It was about fifty-fifty muscle/joint pain, I'd say. Which is discouraging. Usually, I'd just have muscle pain, and that's all I was expecting. Except that, of course, my leg joints have got significantly worse this year, and the cold makes them worse.
So obviously that was fun.
Then I was super creaky the next day, and it's only really this morning I've got up and my legs aren't hurting that much.
I've got another appointment at the job centre today, but thankfully it's this afternoon, because there's no way I'm walking again.
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Other than that, I've been doing some arting. I'm currently working on a big thing, using oil pastels for the first time which is...a learning curve, I guess. I've decided it doesn't matter if it comes out terrible, because the point is more that I tried, and also I'll know if I can be bothered with oil pastels another time. (I sort of hope so because between what I own, and stuff that was mum's, there's like, at least five sets in the house. And I don't want to get rid of any of mum's craft/art supplies just yet, unless it's stuff I know I will never ever use).
I've also been plodding along in Saints Row the Third. I don't know if I'm enjoying it or not, but it's something to take my brain off things, you know?
So yeah, that's where I am right now.
But yeah, I was tired because I've had a busy week so far and not been sleeping well. So I didn't think I'd manage to deal with kids and potentially trying to keep the cat from going outside. Which turned out to be a non-issue as she stayed in my room all evening. And there weren't loads of kids - I'd probably missed most of them already as I didn't get home till well after sunset.
~
Among the stupider things I did this week, was decide to walk to town (~2.5 - 3 miles) in the early am, on a very cold day. I had an appointment at the job centre, and our buses are running even worse than usual which means I'd probably have ended up getting to the job centre just at my appointment time. So I thought, why risk it, I'll walk! I've been feeling more energetic recently (in spite of lack of sleep), and I enjoy the walk anyway. And I got down there okay, I was in time for my appointment, and that was all right.
And then. I did more walking, because I had shopping to do, and a doctor's appointment to attend. I slept really badly that night because of the pain in my legs. It was about fifty-fifty muscle/joint pain, I'd say. Which is discouraging. Usually, I'd just have muscle pain, and that's all I was expecting. Except that, of course, my leg joints have got significantly worse this year, and the cold makes them worse.
So obviously that was fun.
Then I was super creaky the next day, and it's only really this morning I've got up and my legs aren't hurting that much.
I've got another appointment at the job centre today, but thankfully it's this afternoon, because there's no way I'm walking again.
~
Other than that, I've been doing some arting. I'm currently working on a big thing, using oil pastels for the first time which is...a learning curve, I guess. I've decided it doesn't matter if it comes out terrible, because the point is more that I tried, and also I'll know if I can be bothered with oil pastels another time. (I sort of hope so because between what I own, and stuff that was mum's, there's like, at least five sets in the house. And I don't want to get rid of any of mum's craft/art supplies just yet, unless it's stuff I know I will never ever use).
I've also been plodding along in Saints Row the Third. I don't know if I'm enjoying it or not, but it's something to take my brain off things, you know?
So yeah, that's where I am right now.