Busy Weekend of Sitting Down

 Got everything done last week that I intended, except for painting G Moon. But that's fine considering instead I made some jam and got started on a decoration for the bike bag.

Biked out to the farmer's market on Saturday. It's not the easiest 5 miles to get out there and definitely wasn't any easier in the pouring rain. Really glad I splurged and got the waterproof rack bag or my phone would've been toast. That aside, everything worked out great. Bike handled the country roads well enough and I picked up some nice stuff at market.

Just...maybe get out on the road before 8 am. Somehow traffic is already shockingly heavy by then.

Speaking of the bike, the duck cotton for the carrying bag should be arriving today or tomorrow. That's my only regret about this bike, really. It's a great folding bike--sturdy like an ox when latched into place--but the bag you store it in is incredibly cheap. Not even a year old and there are already tiny rips. 

Doing the Barbinheimer thing this weekend with some friends. Well, doing it over the course of two days. Even back in my twenties my butt probably couldn't stand being in a theater for that many hours straight. We're planning on watching movies at home as well (Shin Ultraman and One Piece: Red), so it's going to be a cinema-heavy weekend.

So, lol, these belly scales probably aren't going to get sprayed this week. Totally forget what the mix ratio is to make paints into a transparent coat anyway. That'll be fun.

WFH

 Having a journal and not updating it is somewhat self-defeating, but things have been busy. The last several months of work have been a nightmare. After getting sick twice in one month and nearly having a nervous breakdown over all of it, I asked my boss if I could switch to WFH.

(We did this for the entirety of the pandemic and then some, so don't ask me why they decided to drag everyone back in to begin with.)

So I'm back to working from home and the night-and-day difference of it all is a little unnerving. A 30-40 min commute eats up a surprising amount of time, money, and energy beyond the actual act--but there's also not dealing with whatever in-office bickering is going on. Is that a problem in other places? Seems since coming back many in my office are entirely too eager to pick fights with others. Over nothing. At work. Where time and pressure dictate some base level of cooperation.

But there's also ending the workday and still having enough energy to anything beyond "make dinner/watch TV". Case in point! I have plans to go see a movie with some friends and I'm not reflexively cringing because of how tired I'll be by then. Amazing!

Along that line though the following things should be worked on before Sunday is out:

• Finish B/W striping on dragon kit belly
• Paint G-Moon
• Measure and order fabric for bike bag

There's more, but there literally always is. Took a trip to California and Oregon. Should probably jot that down at some point. But not now.

Here, have a pic of the garden strawberries that are finally starting to ripen.