all made up with nowhere to go

So I finally bit the bullet and bought myself some Loop earplugs. I've been whiffling about it for almost a year now, so I finally went and did it.

Unfortunately, I will probably not be able to use them for the specific reason I bought them (work) as, even though they say they should stay in place, I don't want to risk losing them or be told to take them out by my line manager*. But I can at least have them with me for noisy times that aren't work (e.g. social situations/commutes/shopping, etc).

I do find it kind of hilarious that, for someone who is as noisy as I am**, I am SO noise-sensitive, though (and I swear it's getting worse as I get older).

Anyway, I was hoping they'd arrive today, but apparently they're coming tomorrow, so I guess at least I will have the Easter weekend to get used to them?

*Because I work in an environment with food, there's a lot of restrictions on what we are/aren't allowed to wear. I also can't have my nails painted, because they might chip, and that Irks Me Greatly.

**I was frequently told by both parents to shut up/be quiet when I was a child, and friends when I was younger used to note how loud I was, for example.

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I started playing a solo RPG called Over the Mountain. It is not one of the ones from that bundle I bought the other day, merely a free one I found while noodling around on itch some time later.

It is going to take me forever to finish, assuming I want to finish it. I'm unsure at the moment; every time I put it down, I'm like, ehhhhh, but when I pick it up again, I'm kind of interested. I suppose the world building I am having to do is grating on me a little - it should ease off once I've got all the elements in place, though. I'm not saying it's not a good game; I am just having issues with my writing abilities still.

(Though it is making me think about making zines again, which is good! Because I have yet to finish a single one I've thought of - I think this is where I have imposter syndrome, weirdly. I feel like my offerings aren't good enough and yet the entire point of a zine is that it doesn't need to be polished and shiny. It just needs to exist).

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Finally, I originally typed out the entire lists for my itch collections, but given the TTRPG list is nearing 150 items at the time of writing, I thought it more pertinent to reduce it to links instead, and you can click on whatever you think may be interesting to you? (assuming you want to, that is)

link to my profile so you can see what I already own
Visual Novels
TTRPGS
TTRPG Resources
Unclassified
Interactive Fiction
Card Games
Game Resources
Point and Click Games
Video Game RPGS

Please let me know if any links are borked, as I am tired and in pain as I write this.

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GOG.com wishlist:

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...And now I'm going to go and sit in bed because I'm tired and I deserve it.

I have been trying to cut down on buying things I don't need and I am getting better at it. Sort of.

I bought myself some Winsor and Newton Promarkers and Bristol Board a few weeks ago, because they were on sale on Cass Art's website, and I am all about alcohol markers at the moment. But I have to physically stop myself from buying more, cheaper ones (side eyes the Decotime set B&M sell), or buying more paint markers.

BUT. I just saw a massive set of Stabilo highlighters in varying tones for half price, and although I wanted them, I didn't buy them! And I'm pleased with myself.

I only really wanted it because I like the stands the bigger sets come with (and all those colours!), and because I saw some videos on pinterest, and I was jealous of the people who had all those colours. But I realised, looking at Stabilo's website, that actually I would have a heck of a lot of repeat colours (some of them tripled!) if I bought it. So I closed the website without buying it.

(I didn't manage so well earlier in the week buying Staedtler highlighters in classic highlighter colours, whoops).

But generally, I managed to not spend more money than went in my bank, and I am pleased with that! And that includes having to buy a new pair of glasses, which were not cheap (but obviously essential. Eyes are important!)

In other news, I fell into a hole of watching people playing Slay The Princess, and I am still not done with that, and I will miss it when it is gone. I have added it to my Steam wishlist, although I don't know if the laptop is capable of running it (and I don't want to play it right away now anyway). What a game that is! It is very much my catnip, and I don't know why I haven't investigated it sooner.

I also have started importing my Goodreads library to my Storygraph account - I would rather use the latter over the former, although I'm reading so little these days that it's probably pointless, but here we are. I am the same username as I am everywhere else (mostly) than here, which is rootsandbones. Y'know, if you want to add me, but you are obviously not obligated.

(I would not have even done this today but that helvetica had posted a Storygraph screenshot on bsky showing how much she'd read and I was like, "WAIT A SEC I FORGOT THAT WAS A THING!" So I downloaded the app, but have had to do the import on the PC because it's easier).

Finally, I've got what I suspect will be my last counselling appointment later this morning. I say this because last week we ran out of things to talk about, partly because my mood has improved since I started it (though I suspect it is unrelated). So we ended the session early. I actually did think of a couple of things I want to talk about this week (emotional dysregulation, and some other stuff) so we'll see how that goes!

Other than that, it's been work/sleep/house stuff, as per usual!

(This entry feels disjointed - sorry for that. I just don't know what to talk about these days).