So, in "Jae has trouble with deliveries on Thursdays", my shopping trolley thinger did not turn up. The place I'd ordered it from texted me twenty minutes before my delivery slot to say it was now unavailable, and I'd been given a full refund.
If that's the case, why did you let me order it and pick same day delivery, you twerps?
I'm really annoyed and, although I've thought about trying to get it again, I might just get a different one from somewhere else instead.
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In other news, my birthday was mostly rubbish (I'll get to the better part in a moment). On Friday night, there was a storm passing over the UK, and it was Very Fucking Windy. As a result, I didn't sleep well because of the noise, and then my brain started doing stupid things like worrying about tiles coming off the roof, or did I leave the oven on (I knew I hadn't, but brains, eh?)
So although I wasn't especially tired feeling yesterday, my mood was completely fucked. I felt so miserable and useless (even though I wasn't useless! I went out and did food shopping!) I ended up crying a few times, and was in the middle of a proper feeling sorry for myself sob when my in-laws turned up unexpectedly*. My sister in law gave me massive hugs, though, which was nice. My nephew also gave me lots of hugs as well (my brother isn't really a hugger).
They brought me a huge cactus, which I have no idea where it's going to go - it's currently sitting in the kitchen, by the sink. They also gave me some money, which was unexpected. And then they took me out for food! (We ended up at Frankie and Benny's in Bury, which is where I'd chosen to go, but not the location we'd expected - we originally went for Rochdale, but would've had to wait 45 minutes for a table. It seems like Saturday nights there are extremely busy).
It was good, and I enjoyed myself, although it reminded me of why I don't like eating out particularly. Because it was so busy, it was very noisy, and that sort of thing always makes me feel nervy. After we got back, although I was knackered, it took me a very long time to fall asleep because my brain wouldn't stop twitching. (But I did sleep, thank the frogs, and I feel much better today).
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Two good things that also happened:
1. When I got into work on Friday, I saw that someone had donated a bunch of embroidery threads, so I bought them. There must be at least twenty skeins, though I haven't counted them all yet.
2. Nintendo sent me an email wishing me a happy birthday, and an offer of 300 platinum points if I logged in. Which I did. And then I was wondering what to spend my points on, as I had 1300 of them (sadly I don't think there's a way to convert platinum to gold :( ). Anyway, long story short, one of the rewards was Flipnote, which I have been coveting for AGES. I didn't think I'd ever get a copy, so I'd given up hope, but there it was, and it was only 200 points!
I don't know how much I'll actually use it, but at least I have it if I want to muck around with it.
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In Kingdom Hearts news, I am almost done with Dream Drop Distance.
For the most part, I wasn't that taken with it, until the part where it starts getting kind of trippy (except it's not really, it just looks that way). ( spoiler! )
I think I've got about an hour of video left? Then Fragmentary Passage and Back Cover and then...maybe a break before KHIII.
(I'm surprised I've made it this far, to be honest).
Most of my reaction to Birth by Sleep is that Ventus is a bit of an idiot, but he doesn't deserve what happened to him (none of them did). ( more spoiler! )
I think the lore still mostly makes sense? (except maybe the time travel thing, but I'm trying not think too hard about it). I don't understand Xehanort's obsession with the Keyblade War, but eh. I don't think I'm meant to outside of that it's a Bad Thing.
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*I knew we were going out, but I didn't know if they were picking me up or if I was meant to go to their house first. And nobody had texted me since the morning, so I didn't know what was going on. And I didn't think to text them because brains!
If that's the case, why did you let me order it and pick same day delivery, you twerps?
I'm really annoyed and, although I've thought about trying to get it again, I might just get a different one from somewhere else instead.
~
In other news, my birthday was mostly rubbish (I'll get to the better part in a moment). On Friday night, there was a storm passing over the UK, and it was Very Fucking Windy. As a result, I didn't sleep well because of the noise, and then my brain started doing stupid things like worrying about tiles coming off the roof, or did I leave the oven on (I knew I hadn't, but brains, eh?)
So although I wasn't especially tired feeling yesterday, my mood was completely fucked. I felt so miserable and useless (even though I wasn't useless! I went out and did food shopping!) I ended up crying a few times, and was in the middle of a proper feeling sorry for myself sob when my in-laws turned up unexpectedly*. My sister in law gave me massive hugs, though, which was nice. My nephew also gave me lots of hugs as well (my brother isn't really a hugger).
They brought me a huge cactus, which I have no idea where it's going to go - it's currently sitting in the kitchen, by the sink. They also gave me some money, which was unexpected. And then they took me out for food! (We ended up at Frankie and Benny's in Bury, which is where I'd chosen to go, but not the location we'd expected - we originally went for Rochdale, but would've had to wait 45 minutes for a table. It seems like Saturday nights there are extremely busy).
It was good, and I enjoyed myself, although it reminded me of why I don't like eating out particularly. Because it was so busy, it was very noisy, and that sort of thing always makes me feel nervy. After we got back, although I was knackered, it took me a very long time to fall asleep because my brain wouldn't stop twitching. (But I did sleep, thank the frogs, and I feel much better today).
~
Two good things that also happened:
1. When I got into work on Friday, I saw that someone had donated a bunch of embroidery threads, so I bought them. There must be at least twenty skeins, though I haven't counted them all yet.
2. Nintendo sent me an email wishing me a happy birthday, and an offer of 300 platinum points if I logged in. Which I did. And then I was wondering what to spend my points on, as I had 1300 of them (sadly I don't think there's a way to convert platinum to gold :( ). Anyway, long story short, one of the rewards was Flipnote, which I have been coveting for AGES. I didn't think I'd ever get a copy, so I'd given up hope, but there it was, and it was only 200 points!
I don't know how much I'll actually use it, but at least I have it if I want to muck around with it.
~
In Kingdom Hearts news, I am almost done with Dream Drop Distance.
For the most part, I wasn't that taken with it, until the part where it starts getting kind of trippy (except it's not really, it just looks that way). ( spoiler! )
I think I've got about an hour of video left? Then Fragmentary Passage and Back Cover and then...maybe a break before KHIII.
(I'm surprised I've made it this far, to be honest).
Most of my reaction to Birth by Sleep is that Ventus is a bit of an idiot, but he doesn't deserve what happened to him (none of them did). ( more spoiler! )
I think the lore still mostly makes sense? (except maybe the time travel thing, but I'm trying not think too hard about it). I don't understand Xehanort's obsession with the Keyblade War, but eh. I don't think I'm meant to outside of that it's a Bad Thing.
~
*I knew we were going out, but I didn't know if they were picking me up or if I was meant to go to their house first. And nobody had texted me since the morning, so I didn't know what was going on. And I didn't think to text them because brains!