Arts & Crafts
I started a summer quilt. I got the fabric a long time ago and it was a straightforward quilt as I just had to join the 20 fat quarters together. I'll need a backing fabric and a border to complete it, but I figured it's worth doing while the weather continues to be summery. I'm thinking a white backing and pink for the border.
I've made progress on my Fairy Cross-Stitch, but there is a lot to go yet.
Decluttering & Minimalism
I started the week by working on the space to sand my shelf. I didn't get through it all on Monday with work and everything else that day, but it was closer than it was before. Tuesday was curling, so I couldn't the shelf done then. I was really tired on Wednesday because I'm not used to curling being so late yet. Thursday was the last day of softball. It was Friday before I could really work on the shelf, though I kept working on the workspace. The packed weekend left me no time to do this, but I realistically expect that it will happen after Can-Con because there are some decals I will be adding to my car on the upcoming warm day. There aren't likely to be a lot more warm days to do this kind of thing, but there will be a lot more indoor days for the shelf.
Gaming & Streaming
I've been wanting to get back to streaming Cyberpunk 2077. I'm slating it for after Can-Con. I'm hoping my shelf project will be done and then it will be easier to fit it in.
My Minecraft buddies planned a group building day for this week. I was looking forward to it. We actually just hung out rather than building anything specific. We raced pumpkin automobiles, ate virtual candy, and just relaxed. The low key day was exactly what I needed.
Goal Setting & Tracking
Arts & Crafts: Royal blue on Fairy Cross-Stitch project (60%)
Decluttering & Minimalism: Workspace for Shelf project (40%)
Gaming & Streaming: MC Buddy Build Day (100%)
Lifestyle & Sports: Curling and softball (66.6%)
Music & Songwriting: 1 Fender Play lesson (0%)
Reading & Writing: 1 chapter of The Chatelaine (100%)
Lifestyle & Sports
On Monday, I survived the Condo AGM and helped get a friend voted to the board to rep my building. He used to do a lot around the place before an injury happened. He helped with my bathroom reno as much as was possible. He's a good dude and he and his wife have a sweet little yorkie. Anyway, after that, I waited for stew to cook in my instant pot. I used some Apothic merlot in it and I hoped that would give it a really good flavour. It smelled delicious raw, so it was a torturous 45-minutes. Of course, I had to taste the merlot to ensure it was still good.
The stew made me so warm I was sweaty! And it was delicious.
Curling went well on Tuesday. I wasn't chilled and I was given a tweak that really upped my ability to throw on target. I did a takeout and got some other rocks in the desired places. I still suck at shots that are near the side boards, but I hope I'll eventually learn some tricks for those.
I had this moment at curling where I felt like I was exactly where I was meant to be. It was quite a turnaround from the first session this season where I felt like I had forgotten everything. Our trainer admitted he was worried after the first session with us, but that we improved a ton by session three. I was worried still because I had missed session two! But it all worked out.
Wednesday was tough due to lack of sleep. I can't remember what I did last season to get through this, but I think daylight savings helped and that is next week. So is Can-Con, which I'm thoroughly looking forward to. I have put all the panels I'm attending into Sched for the event.
Thursday brought a hair appointment to refresh my fade. After that, I ran into my massage therapist at the grocery store. That evening was playoffs for fall softball. We lost by one point, but it was a vast improvement from a few weeks ago. We came far in a short time.
Friday was a productive day at work. I got an amendment done that had kept getting interrupted by more pressing things. It felt good to finally cross it off of the to-do list. I finished altering the bulk of my Halloween costume and visited some friends at my curling club. It was a nice, low-key night.
On Saturday, I realized I forgot to hem the arms of my coveralls, so I listened to Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree while I worked on those. I also fortified the collar. Then I attened a Zoom meeting with my clan; my first since attending the Highland Games in the summer. I could only stay a little while as I was off to a Halloween Party at the Bronson Centre. I actually wore my Cubone costume instead because it was way too cold to wear my other one. That would be saved for Halloween Night.
It was a really fun night and the costumes were high quality. I drank too much and I haven't been able to eat well lately, so I was very ill the next day and had to miss curling. I feel really bad about that, but moving and bending were just not possible.
Music & Songwriting
I didn't get anything accomplished here this week. I had too much else going on. Things will calm down soon and I'll be able to focus more on this. I'll also be part of All Voices choir in November, so I'll have weekly music stuff going on.
Reading & Writing
Lately, I'm really thinking that my one screenplay should actually be a TV show, so I need to do things quite differently and work on a show bible instead. This means writing a couple of episodes and then having synopsis for at least a season of episodes. The story feels too big for me to write alone and needs a writers room to make it happen or it won't do the story justice. That was the deciding factor. It's more of a campaign than a one-shot. I think the story engine is good.