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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.
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/ ).
~
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.
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That's what happened to the last one of the last batch I ordered. I have a spare, but it doesn't have the fine graduations I need to accurately adjust her dose. It only has them at 0.5ml intervals, and I need a syringe that has them at 0.1ml intervals because Tutti's med dose varies from 0.10ml to 0.17ml depending on how bad her legs are.
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Oh I hear you on the gradations with meds thing. With my previous cat, she had to have thyroid medication at weirdly measured doses, and the syringes it came in didn't always have the right markings. So frustrating!
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