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Aug. 22nd, 2023 12:10 pmSo after the last post several stressful things happened so the weekend has been less restful than I hoped. First, pretty much as soon as I made the post, the net decided to do its thing of disconnecting on and off. It did it repeatedly, all afternoon. Naturally I was pissed, so there was more back and forth with talktalk and, again, they agreed to send someone.
When the net did stabilise I decided to check up on the Generation Loss jacket I ordered. It was due to come at some point this month and I saw some had got theirs, so decided to check. To my surprise tracking not only said it had been sent but that it was here when it clearly was not. Cut to me panicking, I sent them an email after hacking if it had been left outside and I was so worried that it had been put in a ‘safe space’ of one of the bins, where it could’ve been lost forever.
Thankfully they got back to me quickly, replying the next day with a link to the courier’s tracking and from their I was able to find the delivery confirmation pic and was able to find it (it had been delivered to the other number 1, ugh).
With that solved another issue cropped up, with the meter running out which meant I’d have to walk to the next village to top it up (ugh!). I still don’t get why they moved it from the place that was just up the road down there.
So on Monday I decided to do that, heading down just before lunch. I was a bit nervous as it was the furthest I’d walked in awhile and there was roadworks, ugh, but it went ok. Turns out it was worth the trip for another reason too, the spar down there surprisingly had the Mr Beast Feastables chocolate so I got one of each to try, (I tried one during brokenwood, it was ok but I’m not sure I’d get again, but maybe the others are nicer?) and I also got some cheap veg bags from the grocers, though it seems the best one was the long peppers.
When I got back I had a slight scare, because when I turned on the square I could see the front door was open, as was the gate. I panicked that I’d left it open until I got closer and realised that I’d missed the van outside. The engineer had come while I was out and she was running some tests and checks. She seemed more competent and friendly than the last few so hopefully it’s sorted out now. She replaced a few things so fingers crossed the issues are over. (We’ll see)
My head has still been a beat fuzzy on and off, and I’m debating doing a locked post to just get my thoughts out. Or maybe just… writing a document and not posting it or something. I’m not sure. I’m gonna try and do things to improve my mood and mindset but we’ll see if they actually works.
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Other things now, because there have been some positive things.
I got back to Zelda last week, doing some more of Tears Of The Kingdom. I’m still not further along with the story but I’ve done some random things. I finished one of the labyrinth’s (and beat one of those constructs which was stressful), found Zelda’s horse (I didn’t expect it to be actually gold), awakened another great fairy and did the Tarrey town questline (I have mixed feelings about that). That last one did mean I got a house! I need to figure it out some more and I can tell it’s gonna be a massive money sink, but I stored some of my special weapons there so they’re not taking up space.
Despite intending to start Stray or Immortality, or to get back to Hi-Fi Rush, I didn’t do either of them. Instead I did a pair of quests on ESO, one with druids and one in a delve. I’m still so far behind and wanna finish High Isle before doing Firesong and Necrom so maybe I can do one quest a week so I can get there. (I’m still annoyed there’s no class change for the new role).
I didn’t do too well on the last Fall Guys Fame Pass. I finished the basic levels, but then they did a pan odd thing with dailies and I wasn’t able to get the higher tier things, boo. The new one is live today so hopefully that’s better and the dailies are back. I also need to finish speed running the Fortnite bonus pass, which is now only 8 levels to go. I want the pretty Lorenzo outfit!
I also managed to get a burst of inspiration, enough to finish off a fic I’d started forever ago so that’s done. Not only that but I posted it on ao3 as well, and not anon! So we’ll see if it gains traction there (I’ll never get why people are comment averse there but…). I meant to take a break from writing, maybe to get back to one of the many wips, but I’ve ended up instead starting a birthday fic for someone instead. I only started it last night and it’s already quite long and it was only gonna be a lil thing! (Though we’ll see how it goes if it gets anywhere)
(As an aside I’m so bad with birthdays and seemingly lost where I kept them so if you have a birthday you’d like me to know let me know!)
The new Doctor Who magazine Friday and I read a bit both then and yesterday, while the engineer was doing tests. Alas the season 20 boxset preview doesn’t have the release date which I hoped it would, but the poll results for the twelfth and third teeth Doctors have had some good eps through. The final 60th poll is here and I’m struggling to decide which five to pick. (I still think some of Ten’s eps were cheated)
I managed to watch Babylon 5 The Road Home last night, after having it in the Xbox for days and being distracted or tired any other night I tried to watch. It was actually pretty great! I’d been worried its run time was too short for the concept of the synopsis but it managed to work pretty well and looked great. It’s made me wanna watch the series again and it makes me wonder if there’ll be a follow up (especially because of that last scene).
The Used have announced a uk tour which includes a Birmingham date for once! So I might try and see them despite being a bit… eh with the new album (then again I only listened to it once, maybe I need to do it more?) I’ll have to look soon, now that the net is seemingly sorted. (I’m also pondering Funeral For A Friend and Waterparks since they’re not sold out, but I’m a bit uncertain).
Once this post is done I’m gonna watch Voyager, since I can’t watch tonight like usual cause of Gamescom. It’s the opening ep of season 7 so we’re in the home stretch of the show now! Then the food shop is being delivered and then it’s Gamescom tonight.
Then the week, as mentioned in last post, is full of stuff. Ahsoka, gamescom coverage, hopefully watching Saw III, the games night, Dungeons and Dodongos and I also wanna watch both Dungeons and Dragons and Resident Evil Death Island (since that arrived yesterday too). (And I’m sure I’m missing something really obvious) But we’ll see how much, if any, of those things I end up doing.
When the net did stabilise I decided to check up on the Generation Loss jacket I ordered. It was due to come at some point this month and I saw some had got theirs, so decided to check. To my surprise tracking not only said it had been sent but that it was here when it clearly was not. Cut to me panicking, I sent them an email after hacking if it had been left outside and I was so worried that it had been put in a ‘safe space’ of one of the bins, where it could’ve been lost forever.
Thankfully they got back to me quickly, replying the next day with a link to the courier’s tracking and from their I was able to find the delivery confirmation pic and was able to find it (it had been delivered to the other number 1, ugh).
With that solved another issue cropped up, with the meter running out which meant I’d have to walk to the next village to top it up (ugh!). I still don’t get why they moved it from the place that was just up the road down there.
So on Monday I decided to do that, heading down just before lunch. I was a bit nervous as it was the furthest I’d walked in awhile and there was roadworks, ugh, but it went ok. Turns out it was worth the trip for another reason too, the spar down there surprisingly had the Mr Beast Feastables chocolate so I got one of each to try, (I tried one during brokenwood, it was ok but I’m not sure I’d get again, but maybe the others are nicer?) and I also got some cheap veg bags from the grocers, though it seems the best one was the long peppers.
When I got back I had a slight scare, because when I turned on the square I could see the front door was open, as was the gate. I panicked that I’d left it open until I got closer and realised that I’d missed the van outside. The engineer had come while I was out and she was running some tests and checks. She seemed more competent and friendly than the last few so hopefully it’s sorted out now. She replaced a few things so fingers crossed the issues are over. (We’ll see)
My head has still been a beat fuzzy on and off, and I’m debating doing a locked post to just get my thoughts out. Or maybe just… writing a document and not posting it or something. I’m not sure. I’m gonna try and do things to improve my mood and mindset but we’ll see if they actually works.
***
Other things now, because there have been some positive things.
I got back to Zelda last week, doing some more of Tears Of The Kingdom. I’m still not further along with the story but I’ve done some random things. I finished one of the labyrinth’s (and beat one of those constructs which was stressful), found Zelda’s horse (I didn’t expect it to be actually gold), awakened another great fairy and did the Tarrey town questline (I have mixed feelings about that). That last one did mean I got a house! I need to figure it out some more and I can tell it’s gonna be a massive money sink, but I stored some of my special weapons there so they’re not taking up space.
Despite intending to start Stray or Immortality, or to get back to Hi-Fi Rush, I didn’t do either of them. Instead I did a pair of quests on ESO, one with druids and one in a delve. I’m still so far behind and wanna finish High Isle before doing Firesong and Necrom so maybe I can do one quest a week so I can get there. (I’m still annoyed there’s no class change for the new role).
I didn’t do too well on the last Fall Guys Fame Pass. I finished the basic levels, but then they did a pan odd thing with dailies and I wasn’t able to get the higher tier things, boo. The new one is live today so hopefully that’s better and the dailies are back. I also need to finish speed running the Fortnite bonus pass, which is now only 8 levels to go. I want the pretty Lorenzo outfit!
I also managed to get a burst of inspiration, enough to finish off a fic I’d started forever ago so that’s done. Not only that but I posted it on ao3 as well, and not anon! So we’ll see if it gains traction there (I’ll never get why people are comment averse there but…). I meant to take a break from writing, maybe to get back to one of the many wips, but I’ve ended up instead starting a birthday fic for someone instead. I only started it last night and it’s already quite long and it was only gonna be a lil thing! (Though we’ll see how it goes if it gets anywhere)
(As an aside I’m so bad with birthdays and seemingly lost where I kept them so if you have a birthday you’d like me to know let me know!)
The new Doctor Who magazine Friday and I read a bit both then and yesterday, while the engineer was doing tests. Alas the season 20 boxset preview doesn’t have the release date which I hoped it would, but the poll results for the twelfth and third teeth Doctors have had some good eps through. The final 60th poll is here and I’m struggling to decide which five to pick. (I still think some of Ten’s eps were cheated)
I managed to watch Babylon 5 The Road Home last night, after having it in the Xbox for days and being distracted or tired any other night I tried to watch. It was actually pretty great! I’d been worried its run time was too short for the concept of the synopsis but it managed to work pretty well and looked great. It’s made me wanna watch the series again and it makes me wonder if there’ll be a follow up (especially because of that last scene).
The Used have announced a uk tour which includes a Birmingham date for once! So I might try and see them despite being a bit… eh with the new album (then again I only listened to it once, maybe I need to do it more?) I’ll have to look soon, now that the net is seemingly sorted. (I’m also pondering Funeral For A Friend and Waterparks since they’re not sold out, but I’m a bit uncertain).
Once this post is done I’m gonna watch Voyager, since I can’t watch tonight like usual cause of Gamescom. It’s the opening ep of season 7 so we’re in the home stretch of the show now! Then the food shop is being delivered and then it’s Gamescom tonight.
Then the week, as mentioned in last post, is full of stuff. Ahsoka, gamescom coverage, hopefully watching Saw III, the games night, Dungeons and Dodongos and I also wanna watch both Dungeons and Dragons and Resident Evil Death Island (since that arrived yesterday too). (And I’m sure I’m missing something really obvious) But we’ll see how much, if any, of those things I end up doing.
