all my underdogs

So my parents got a new tv today. Which is good for them - the old one has been on the verge of breaking down entirely for some months now, so they've been thinking about what they want, and they managed to finally give away the old tv cabinet yesterday (I am sad, because I liked it, but it's from the 90s and really not designed for flatscreen anything, so I'm also sympathetic to their desire to get rid of it), so they went and got the new tv today. (They have a new tv ...cabinet? Stand? Sideboard? IDK what you call the lower-to-the-ground style in fashion now, that you put the tv on top of, rather than in. Anyway they found that a few weeks ago, second hand and very nice.)

As is usual, they asked me for help when they got stuck with things. As is also usual, the actual fix ended up being something unrelated to anything actually technical - today, the problem was they hadn't connected the antenna, so no wonder they couldn't get actual tv channels! (They'd connected what they THOUGHT was the antenna, but was the old pay tv input, which hasn't been active for at LEAST 15 years...) But you know, sometimes what you need is someone to just come in with fresh eyes, so even though it's annoying I don't really mind doing it. Mostly.

Other than that, not a huge amount. Lots of napping! Also been poking at some art for Azy, which has been fun.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and Actually Do Things, though. I've already written up a to do list and everything! (Unfortunately it needs to include some things I usually do on the weekend but uh... napping happened today so they didn't, heh.)

The con was... A Lot. Just. A Lot.

I enjoyed it, and made uh many many purchases, all of fanartist! (So many thing!) But also it was A LOT. Absolutely sure I didn't give some of the fanartists the attention they deserved, in between the overwhelm (cool things) and overwhelm (too many people), and the other booths, that I checked out after the fanart, definitely didn't get much of a look. (To be fair I don't tend to ping on official merch very much anyway so... there was a reason I left that section 'till last.)

I still think cons are more fun if you go with a friend, but it's not bad to go by yourself, either! I won't go to one again for a while, though, because they are. Definitely expensive. >>;;; I dunno how much I spent and I'm a little scared to look. But like my father said when I was showing my parents my cool stuff (on request!), I don't really have many expensive habits so it's probably fine occasionally!

Also there was someone selling buttons I got copies of the last time I was at a local con. WHICH WAS 2017. I did NOT expect to find anything from that long ago still in stock! I mean, they're great, and it definitely wasn't the full range from back then (and many many new things added), but STILL! :O :O :O

I did get a weekend pass, but I'm not gonna go tomorrow. Most of the draw for me, personally, is Cool Fanart Stuff; if I was going with other people or there were panels or whatever I was interested in, then another day might be fun, but as it is I don't have anything pressing. And I should... probably not spend any more money... >>;;;

I was there for something like six and a half hours, too, which is A LOT longer than I thought I'd manage! Pretty proud! :3 Now I need to go collapse for ...a while... though. Make the sore feet and headache go away! >:

So today I got a display cabinet! :D

The timing of this is actually a coincidence, it's my Birthday-Christmas present from my parents, hahaha.

Anyway it's a nice old wood veneer one, couple of shelves with sliding glass doors, plus a little cupboard and drawer on one side. :3 :3 :3

Going and getting it + moving it + associated cleaning ate up most of my energy today, but I'm very slowly moving dragons into it! (The slowness is because they need SERIOUS cleaning first. So much dust! :( But once it's done I shouldn't have to do it ever again because CABINET :D) I've also put my shells out!

Not sure exactly how much stuff will fit in, of course, but with all of the furniture moving I've got a lot of shit everywhere right now so orz orz orz so much cleaning and tidying and sorting in my future... It does need it though, and has for a while, so I will attempt to not bitch about it too much, hahaha.

While I did tidy a little bit, mostly I did fuckall today too, which is fine. I'm not gonna try and push myself at all this week. Also I slept like crap again, and it was FUCKING FREEZING so getting out of bed was... difficult... >>;; I probably would've slept until like 5pm if Mama wasn't home, honestly.

Tomorrow we're gonna go look at a display cabinet I might be getting, so I have to be awake in the morning, boooo. Hopefully it'll be less cold! My ankle is uh. Yeah. Not so great in the cold.

So.... I got made redundant today. (People keep telling me I shouldn't call it 'being fired' but like. C'mon.) SO THAT WAS A SURPRISE.

I'm not SUPER upset about it or anything, but I wasn't expecting it at all. Also I really don't wanna look for a job or anything uuuuugh.

Gotta go into the office one last time tomorrow to drop off the laptop/swipeycard, and pick up all my desk decorations and stuff, and go and get lunch with everyone. Coworker C also got made redundant, which sucks way more for her - she's older and she has kids, so getting a new job quickly is both more important and harder :( :( :(

Anyway, aside from that my day was pretty nice actually. Weather was still good (it's apparently going to get feral again soon), so went for a walk with Mama, and was basically just a potato otherwise. I feel like I deserve a potato day! Or two!

Not a whole lot today. Went for a walk with Mama, which was nice! Gorgeous weather, too, while the sun was out.

Mainly just reading, though. I am fic devourer, as per usual, sigh. Did some knitting, too, so there's that at least.

I think I'm better today! Mainly because I've been ragingly hungry which isn't really normal for me! Like, eating meals and still wanting a snack level hungry, hahaha. I ain't growin' no more, that ain't usual! Did also have a dizzy, mostly in the morning, but that seems to have gone now which is good.

Other than that... finished that one audit thing and managed to get the rest of the day off from doing more audit omg it is. So nice. To just be running tests. SO NICE.

Found my goddamn second needle again, finally - this is the THIRD TIME I've lost it THIS PROJECT - so have been able to work on the switch case knitting a bit more too, yaaaaay :D It's slow as hell, but it's looking pretty good, ngl. :3

But! Now is time for bed, yes. >: Sleeeeps.