Week 887
Day 6203 - 6/25 - No pizza slice
Today for the first time in forever I was going to stop by the single pizza slice place on my way out of the library. I guess I should have checked first, though at only one block away, on my way out, it wasn't out of my way, but it doesn't exist anymore. I guess it has been since before the apocalypse since I'd been there, so it does seem likely with all the closures. That means if the fancy food store does ever reopen it would be the only place around with single slices. (It's been closed since early April and shows no signs of reopening, though news sites say it should be.) (Edit: I checked for the single slice place online, and the next closest one isn't that far. It's about 1 mile away from the direction I'd be driving as I leave the library. So, closeish, but probably about 7 minutes out of my way there, and that much back.)
I guess the day was pretty ok other than that. Though for the past like 3 nights I've lost 30-40% of the sleep I could have gotten, so I'm pretty exhausted and tired feeling. And I guess after I left the library the remaining 1/3 package of berries I'd gotten had spilled in my backpack. It happened kind of all in one spot, so it was pretty easy to clean up. But now it smells like spoiled berries in my backpack. I still have no idea why they are going bad in something like 12 hours. They get soft and smooshy. It's not like it's super hot. They are in like 70F weather.
But I mostly took the day off mentally. I played a bit and watched a few shows, so the day was pretty good.
Day 6204 - 6/26 - Creative day
Today was a pretty creative day. I did some stuff for my pen and paper stuff. There was a section I had to leave out to get it out to everyone, and I want to get it in as soon as possible to be extra for people to play with. It's taking way longer than I expected though.
I didn't play much, just a bit with my MMO, but I also kind of didn't feel like playing much else. My brain has kind of been in a casual play space lately more than it has a play a ton space. Probably because I had to kind of play a bit too much lately to speed through some stuff on the one month pass.
But overall, outside of lunch disagreeing with me, today was a pretty good day.
Day 6205 - 6/27 - Tired, but good
Today I was very tired. I'm still not sleeping as much as I could be. Hopefully tonight that will go back to being more normal and I can start to catch up on sleep.
I did a pen and paper thing that made someone happy, so that felt nice. I can add that and some other stuff into the update that I've been trying to do. I think maybe I can finish that in less than the next two weeks? Then I can maybe move towards finishing my third thing. Then probably backtrack and do some stuff to the first thing. And then I don't know. That probably will be like 3-4 months to do all that and then I'll probably take a break. Still no change on feedback or stars, so I still really have no idea if people really like my stuff or if it's just 'my supporters' who like it.
Overall it was a pretty good, but tired, day.
Day 6206 - 6/28 - Creative day, migraine
Today was a pretty creative day. I did most of an important step for my pen and paper stuff. Though my brain did get stuck and started fixating on fonts. I feel like the part I'm working on feels a bit cramped.
I was still really tired, so much so that I got a sudden migraine out of nowhere. It made my eyes sparkly and blinded right when I was starting being creative, so I had to wait about 20 minutes for it to clear because I couldn't read while it was happening.
Overall it was pretty good, but tired, day.
Day 6207 - 6/29 - More creative, still tired
Today is again a more creative day, but I am still very tired. I slept well, but didn't sleep until about 3 hours later than I could have. I'm sniffly and sneezy as well, so maybe I have a cold and that is why I haven't slept well lately.
Day 6208 - 6/30 - Hopefully ok Monday
Today will hopefully be pretty creative and hopefully I can get better sleep and be a bit more rested.
Year 18
Day 6209 - 7/1/25 - Hopefully ok Tuesday
Today is the start of another fail year. I guess I feel a bit better lately. My pen and paper stuff I've done has gotten more love than I expected, but also as expected it has gotten nowhere near the amount of love it would need to really be profitable on any kind of even super casual income level. It has gotten enough to pay for the desktop publishing software purchase, as well as a pack of pens, and a drawing pad, but that's it. And while more could be used on future things, that is really a tiny amount of money, and I expect the bulk of all I may ever see has already come since these purchases were done by people who were following my stuff.
But as with all fail years I never know if this will be the one things return to a normal life, or the one where what little is left is lost. So far on this first day it does feel a bit more hopeful than before, and that is something.
Week 888
Day 6210 - 7/2 - Mysterious day
Today I completely forgot to do my writing. I can't think of why I would have forgotten and at this point I don't remember any of the day. I think I was sleepy and barely did any pen and paper stuff.
Day 6211 - 7/3 - Good, but so tired
Today was pretty good. I didn't do as much pen and paper stuff as I'd hoped to, but I did some, so that is good. I'm still not sure why it is taking seemingly so long to do. I wonder if it's just because I am still so very tired. And that tiredness just makes my brain run super slow.
It was a pretty good day though. I am still pretty sneezy, but other than that things were pretty good.
Day 6212 - 7/4 - Spaghetti outside day
Today was a pretty fast day. My brain actually thought of something to be super creative about, so that will be something good to add to the pen and paper stuff.
Someone recently sent help for spaghetti. It was way too expensive, but as a gift I accepted it and waited until today to do it. Thankfully it at least seems like it will be two days of food, so there is that. I also got a free appetizer for signing up for their rewards thing, so that was a good deal. I got mozz sticks, which I thought would be super yummy, but actually were just meh. It seemed like maybe they were cooked earlier and were sitting in a ready place for more than 45 minutes before getting to me. They were kind of crunchy on the outside, which I don't remember usually being a thing, but after being in the container and having more for dinner they have softened, so that's good. Hopefully it won't be too warm and the spaghetti and remaining mozz sticks will survive the night ok and can be all day food tomorrow.
It's only afternoon now, but the evening is rapidly approaching. The sun is starting to go down and there is a pretty big breeze picking up, so hopefully things will be calm and cool and my foods will be ok overnight. So often in summer weather things don't keep overnight, and if it gets hot enough even cans of soda will be ruined or even explode. But lately it's still been closer to spring weather than it is actually summer.
But hopefully the rest of the night will pass ok and tomorrow will be back to a regular day.
Spaghetti and mozz sticks. (Drink for size reference.)
LargeDay 6213 - 7/5 - Graham cracker craving
Today I have a craving specifically for the brown sugar graham crackers. I don't know why. Usually I get the honey ones. They are pretty basic and super good with ice cream. But for whatever reason I have a specific craving. I would guess maybe it's due to a reduction in soda. As I've done many times lately, I'm trying to drink less, and for the first time in pretty much ever this is maybe the third week I've stayed low. There were a couple of days I had only one in a 24 hour period. Previously I'd found that about 2 per 24 hours was what I'd kind of need to not get headaches and feel super sleepy. And I've been closer to 2-3 per day, so just a little less than previous. But that may be causing a sugar reduction that my tummy is craving or something.
Today was pretty good. I did a bit of creative stuff, but not as much as I was hoping. The past few days I've lost a lot of sleep, so I'm pretty exhausted lately and my brain just can't do creative things. But the day seemed ok overall, and hopefully tonight I can sleep a bit better.
Day 6214 - 7/6 - Ok so far
Today I am feeling ok so far. I did get closer to a regular amount of sleep, but still lost some. I feel pretty good, but I'm still pretty sneezy. But hopefully I can do the pen and paper stuff I've been wanting to and have a good rest of my day.
Day 6215 - 7/7 - Unknown Monday
Today I don't know what to expect. There isn't anything unusual, so I don't expect anything special for the day.
Day 6216 - 7/8 - Unexpected eye poking
Today I apparently have another terrible eye poking appointment. This was a surprise, as my brain was thinking the appointment was later in the month, but I got a reminder about it and found out it's today. I guess it's whatever, but I am getting traumatized more and more with each visit and I really wish they could be done and stop.
