Life and Times of Teh Asuka

Went on a walk with Mama this afternoon, and we saw so many goddamn rabbits. Had to have been at least twenty, though some might have been doubles (since we walked for a while and then back again). Just so many. UGH.

Really need them eradicated but of course it's difficult what with trapping being illegal (too high risk of getting something similarly-sized but native), and it being too goddamn dangerous to shoot them in this particular patch of parkland. I feel like an obvious solution is live-trapping and letting go anything other than ferals, but then you've got the problem of what to do with all the corpses, which given selling wild-harvested meat is also illegal is... difficult... SIGH.

Anyway it sucks. I should definitely look into it more though, might be something I can get involved in maybe??? Dunno. Have put it on the to-do list, but not right now I need to go to bed.

Between that and the fact I really needed to shower since I'm meeting A tomorrow, I only got one line done on the blanket, but that's still better than nothing! >: It's another max length line, too! Got another two chalked out, too, and it's still not quite at the point of getting smaller, but SOON. Yes. >:

In a true strike of fate, I got my health care card this morning! When I had to go to the doctor to get my new meds script! \o/ This means the doctor's visit is free! (Otherwise you pay up front and get a certain amount back, which is a) annoying, and b) still requires you to pay extra money, bleh.)

It ALSO means my meds are cheaper, not that they were breaking the bank as it was since they're generic and also our medical system is halfway decent. But still, is nice!

Anyway, did that, and then got a BUNCH of snacks at the supermarket - I've been utterly out for over a week, it's been sadtimes for me - and then came home and just passed the fuck out. Sigh. Not that we'd've been able to work on the chook run thing anyway, given the weather - it wasn't raining excessively, but enough that everything would be wet and slippery and someone (likely me) would end up injuring themselves.

I did another couple of lines on my quilting project, too. Only two, but they're getting so goddamn long that that took like four hours orz orz orz. Still not max length! Soon though. Soon. And then they'll get smaller again!

We tried to work on the chook coop thing again! It... did progress? But not far. Fuck this fucking kit, I swear. (Also Mama is SO SURPRISED at how small it is, and is like, I don't think it's matching the measurements on the website. Me: No it totally is, it's just that you thought that meant something bigger than it actually is.)

Anyway, might try and get some more done tomorrow, though it'll depend on how late my doctor's appointment is and when I get back from getting meds etc. etc.

I did also work on the quilt tonight! Got three more lines done, which is half the number of lines as yesterday, but more than half the work. They're still! Getting! Longer!!! Getting through thread, too, which is part of the goal! Looks like we'll be running out of variegated stuff sooner than I thought we would, I thought it'd last one whole direction, but looks like not so much. Oh well! Still got a fuckton of thread to use, I'm not worried about that so it's fine. :3 (Hopefully after this we'll at least be down to two boxes of thread, though I'm not gonna be mad if it's only one... :D)

Also! Managed to brush both cats this afternoon, which is extremely handy given it's shedding season again. They're still gonna be shedding every-fucking-where, but at least some of it is contained! :3

Working on the chook coop again today, and. Wow. Just. UGH. Part of this thing is EXTREMELY ANNOYING and I ended up nopeing out of it for today because frustration levels too high. Nope!!!!

Will try with a different approach probably tomorrow (depending on weather).

I DID get a bunch of quilting done, though, so I'm happy with that. It's looking pretty good! Definitely amateur, but as I AM an amateur, that's fine! I don't actually care about stuff like 'gaps should be exactly half the stitch length', or even. You know. Super consistent stitch lengths in general. I mean, they should be ballpark the same, because I want this thing to STICK, but that's a practical consideration rather than aesthetic. The thing's big enough it's gonna fade into the background anyway, so I really do not feel bad about not caring. XD;;;

I also went for a walk to the shops with Mama, and we got extremely useful staples, milk and cordial. I continue to combat dehydration! Not the best at succeeding, but I also don't lose majorly, so it'll be fine... Having non-gross things to drink does help a lot though.

Did a few things, today!

Helped Mama out putting together this chook run kit thing she got - the idea is to replace the run we have so it's less. Completely terrible to move around in. Not sure if it's gonna be big enough, but it's something at least! Very fiddly to put together, but should be okay.

I also started the quilting part of the blanket! Doing sashiko-style, and it's going pretty well! Faster than I was dreading, too! Still going to take a while, but I might end up doing the entire pattern rather than just bare bones... Will see how it goes; since I'm going on a diagonal the rows are getting longer, and I haven't reached max width yet, so might take forever after all. Still, it's encouraging!

( Home repairs/improvement updates )

...anyway. Yes. House stuff is happening! Slowly, but still! Happening! :D

Also my toof is pmuch better. Which is great! :3