#positive lists

[willowenigma]

went to the beach, went shopping at ikea, built a bedframe, washed bedsheets, and now I get to be comfy cozy in bed with a bar of chocolate and a cat on my lap

[willowenigma]

trying a little positive list before I leave work to try to turn this attitude around so here are some good things from today:

finished my weekly inspection even tho my knee is fucked

left phone calls re: dr's appt and service appt for my car, then scheduled both when they called me back

refilled my T and adhd meds

emailed a work client to schedule an inspection and get updated info for their swppp

ordered more melatonin which will get here tomorrow

uploaded a voided check to my loan company so they can disperse the funds

refilled the queue a little bit

checked the status of my SAVE application for student loans after my loan servicer sent confirmation emails (this is a very small thing and I technically submitted the app yesterday but the student loans stress me out so I'm putting "checked emails" as a win anyway)

answered a call from my dad instead of just ignoring it

[willowenigma]

Spent a long weekend meal prepping enough dinners for the housemate and I for the next two weeks. Final tally is 4 portions each of:

Sweet potato & chickpea curry

Chickpea & veggie orzo

Lemon parmesan risotto

Mushroom risotto

Corn & potato chowder

Sweet potato chili

Also have extra diced peppers and sautéed mushrooms frozen, and pulled out a pack of bagels from the freezer so we can make bagel pizzas tomorrow night.

Laundry is being done now and I'll wash my bedding tomorrow since I have another day off... Thinking maybe I'll spend tomorrow working on the Hanahaki fic too, but we'll see what the brain wants to do in the morning.

[willowenigma]

Calling out of work today was SUCH the right move.

I got my laundry done, including washing my bedding, I'm shaved and showered, I made actual food for the first time in too long (and I have leftovers!), my teeth are brushed, and I made good progress on the Hanahaki fic !!

Unfortunately I have to go back into the office tomorrow but for now I am comfy cozy and life is good ♥

[willowenigma]

End of the day round-up of everything I got done:

ALL my laundry, which was 3 loads of clothes + 1 of towels and sheets. I still need to put the towels/sheets in the dryer once the last of the clothes are done but everything that is dry so far has already been folded.

Taped down the rugs in my living room and downstairs bath, so hopefully the robot vac stops getting stuck on them

The above also required caulking around my downstairs bath vanity, and sweeping/mopping my living room floor

Re-ran the cables to my TV so they lay flatter and are less noticeable under the carpet

Hung up a record display the bff got me for xmas

Cleaned the project supplies out of the kitchen

Ordered gas refills for my sodastream

Cut out half the fabric for a bag I need to make

So I didn't end up getting much (anything) done on the Hanahaki fic but I think that's to be expected lmfaoooo

I still need to shower and do my T shot, but I can't do any of that until the towels are done drying... so I might do a morning shower and my T shot tomorrow night instead. We'll see.

[willowenigma]

Had a stressful start to my day... The plumbing situation was a bit more complicated than expected so it cost a bit more than expected, and then I barely made it into work in time for my 12pm inspection, and I have a sinking feeling that I'm going to run into some record-fuckery for this report too...

But you know what?

My field work for the next two days has been postponed. All my appointments for this week are behind me, and I've already squared away my schedule for next week. The plumbing did get sorted so I have a working kitchen sink again and don't have to worry about more water damage to my cabinets. I just got an email alert that the rest of the supplies to finish fixing my upstairs bathroom got delivered so I can finish that this weekend.

So I think things are good. It's been a while since I could say that, but I really do feel like this are okay again.

[willowenigma]

It’s been a bit of a weird week, but I finally started picking away at cleaning my apartment and wrapping up projects and I think I’m starting to quiet down a little now that my space is a bit neater.

I’m still very much daunted by my bedroom and the kitchen sink, but so far I’ve at least vacuumed, taken out the trash, gathered cardboard together, put the new backing on my bookshelf, reorganize and neaten the cables behind my TV, and pack away my spare blankets.

So that’s a good start, I think. And now I’m going to relax and enjoy my new lava lamp that I actually bought several weeks ago but couldn’t plug in until now.

[willowenigma]

Been in a bit of a weird headspace lately, so I finally went through and did some tidying-up of both my physical and digital spaces.

Purged my “tbd later” tag on the sideblog

Refilled my queue both here and on the sideblog

Figured out a new edit series for June for the sideblog, so I finally have ideas of new things to make again

Organized all my scattered reminders in my personal discord so everything is on my calendar and to-do lists where it needs to be

Cleared off my work desk from all the paperwork and equipment that had piled up while I was doing field work, including finding a $116 reimbursement check that I had forgotten to cash so I deposited that through my banking app too

My apartment is mmmm.... still A Fucking Mess lmafo but I feel like I can breathe a little bit easier now so I’ll take this for the time being.