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[mistressofmuses]

Well, today was somewhat ~productive~ at least. Just not on the things I'd hoped it'd be! But I did get a couple overdue cleaning projects done, and that feels good at least.

- Did a grocery trip. (Wound up being a bigger trip than intended, but there were some decent sales on stuff we needed anyway.)
- Got coffee while we were at the store. They have a big board set up with a "who is your valentine?" question, and sticky notes to write your answer on. Upsettingly, there was one with a nasty antisemitic slur written on it smack in the middle. Alex took it down and threw it away. I hope it hadn't been there long.
- Alex was finally feeling up to helping me put up the plushie nets. (Woven nets that hang in the corner of the wall, for holding stuffed animals. Bought them back in January as a "maybe this will help me with organization of a thing that's been a mess" and then did nothing with them because of this whole bronchitis thing. (Day 29 of it for me and still improving, day 15 of it for Alex and just starting to improve.) Unfortunately neither Alex nor I are able to resist the allure of Cute Soft Friends, which had resulted in quite the plushie mountain along one wall.)
- Before hanging those, realized that... ew, that's a lot of dust. So vacuumed and then dusted the walls and everything on the walls, plus a few other nearby surfaces.
- Did the plushie management, lol. Oh so many of them, but they are better contained! About half are now in the nets, and the others fit much better in the cloth bins that I'd originally intended for the purpose. Still kind of a pile, but not one that's in danger of collapse.
- Watered plants.
- Did final prep and gave my NaMoPaiMo model a good wash. (Alex also prepped his, so hopefully it's warm enough tomorrow that we can dart outside to get them primed.)

Not present on the list of productive things: starting the actual model painting (which is understandable, because it has to be primed in order to do that.) Writing (which is less understandable, because FUCKING HELL. I did get a few hundred words written last week, but I am seriously struggling to figure out why it's like pulling teeth every time.)

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yay productivity, even if not as much as you wanted

[rafiwinters]

I'm all about the productivity so I understand both the delight and the frustration you are talking about. I'm glad you could get some stuff done! I hope you both continue to get better, respiratory illnesses can sap your energy so hard.

Thanks for two things--okay, I lied, three things:

1--the knowledge that I'm not alone in my feelings about productivity

2--introducing me to NaNoPaiMo; I'd never heard of it before. I'm not a painter but I like to learn things.

3--reminding me of the existence of toy hammocks! J and I are having trouble finding sleeping space on our bed because of our stuffie collection, and there are yet more such in a trunk that we haven't yet unpacked from the move. Again, I get it. *scurries off to order a couple of toy nets*

Re: yay productivity, even if not as much as you wanted

[mistressofmuses]

I am also glad to have gotten quite a bit done! Even if there's still a lot more that *isn't* done, it feels better than having done nothing. (But ugh, so true: the fatigue from the respiratory stuff has lingered badly!)

But you're welcome!

I had forgotten about toy hammocks for a long time! We had one in my sibling's room when we were little, but I hadn't given them much thought recently, until I was specifically thinking about how I wished we could store things up higher to get them off our limited floorspace. I hope it helps you guys, too!

Re: yay productivity, even if not as much as you wanted

[rafiwinters]

I was Googling for toy hammocks earlier today, intending to order one or two, and then (because Google Knows Everything About Me) I ran across a crochet pattern where I could make one. Oh, no, not another crocheting project... ;)

Re: yay productivity, even if not as much as you wanted

[mistressofmuses]

Haha! A project and a useful outcome!

The ones I got are pretty mass-produced, but are a nice wide macrame style (which is much prettier than the mesh one I remember as a kid.)

Re: yay productivity, even if not as much as you wanted

[rafiwinters]

Ah, but, you see, the problem with having another project is that it's ANOTHER PROJECT and may or may not get done... but it's not hoarding if it's projects, right? ;)

I remember the mesh ones. Still looking around online.

[spikedluv]

Yay for getting so much done! Even if it wasn't what you had planned to get done. Progress. *g*

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! I am very glad for all that we did get done! (Especially some stuff that was on the list, but I figured would be a more distant future project. It feels like we worked ahead for once!)

[ashelterofpages]

Yay doing things! Sometimes we just gotta take the winds we can and keep striving for the rest of it. <3 I'm glad you got some things that you feel like you can count done.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! That definitely feels like the truth - it's not what I'd *planned* to do, but it was a lot of stuff that now I don't have to do in the future, ha. Better than having done nothing, even if some other things still need doing.