Life and Times of Teh Asuka

Did all the stuff I need to hand in for stupid class this evening, yay! This is because the power will be out for at least some of tomorrow and I have no idea when, sooooo yeah. Handing it in early, even though it means I did have to do it outside of class time. Bleh.

Other than that... went for a walk with Mama, which was nice! Did a bunch of tidying stuff, and also removed all my art from my wardrobe, which we've decided to get rid of. (I do not use hanging space very often. The clothes I do have that need it can go into another room, it's fine. Mama was the one who insisted I get it anyway, and it's been kinda nice to have as a thing to put art on, but uh I don't really open it much so it IS pretty pointless.)

That's about all, actually. Nothing too exciting, really, but shit does eat up my brains, sigh. OH WAIT also I ordered a bunch of charging cables and probably did a dumb as I also ordered a USB light strip to hopefully put in my display cabinet so you can actually... you know... see the stuff in there easily. We'll see if I can get it to work!

Well, Mama got her wish, and my bedcouch is now back in my room! So I'll be sleeping in here again from now on. Tomorrow, I expect we'll start the Negotiations for how much furniture has to come back in before the floors get done and we have to take it all back out again. Ideally this will be it! But I expect Mama will have Opinions about how the rest of the house 'isn't liveable' or some bullshit, ugh. It's fine! It's crowded in places, but it's fine!

Though I guess the most important question is 'when can Sibling come over and do it', so that'll have to wait until... you know... someone can ask Sibling. Bleh.

Other than that, bookshelves are done except for tiny touchups, and some bits on the sides I can't actually reach with the normal paintbrushes, and will have to use the tiny one on. So will be starting that tomorrow! >: Also possibly the shelves that came out of the middle bookshelf. I know Mama wants them done ASAP, but personally I'm more worried about getting the touchups finished so I can work on my goddamn curtains. I can't actually change in here, it's too exposed without most of the furniture giving me a hiding spot! (...I mean I do it anyway at this time of night because I don't really give a fuck, but during the day there's kids and stuff around, so.)

But now it is time to be the world's greatest monster and disturb Sushi so I can go to bed where it is warm. Yes.

Yup, sanding back the bookshelf was ABSOLUTELY the right idea, it looks SO MUCH BETTER now! Still got to go back and touch stuff up again - done one round, but I'm sure I've missed stuff, freaking paint being lighter making hard to see small missed spots and related shenanigans - but I think I'm almost done. FINALLY.

So, tomorrow will be touch ups mostly. Mama REALLY wants me to move my bedcouch in here, so I'll do that too. Annoying, but, well... If it's gotta be done, it's gotta be done. It WILL be nice to have a door to close when I'm napping, at least.

Other than that not a whole lot really. Time for bed now, yes!

Stupid class today, so mostly that was what I did. I did manage to get most of the rest of the tape off - only bit left to do is the stuff above and around the bookshelves, which I'm just gonna wait until the bookshelves are actually done before doing. Might as well do the whole lot at once.

Have started doing the detail work on said bookshelves - got a bunch of drips I need to get rid of (thank you razor blades, you are so very very handy even when I need to hold you by hand due to weird angles etc), bits I've somehow missed, that kind of thing. Should be able to get that all done tomorrow though I think? Unless something else happens.

Anyway after that it'll be touchup hell again, but at least MOST of the touchups won't need the goddamn ladder this time...

Yeah, been taking the tape off, and there has been. Some extremely annoying bits. Wall paint peeling off (though thankfully not much of that), small white lines where the tape covered both sides of the painting, purple paint that I managed to get just over the tape and onto the walls... aaargh.

Some of the problem is I needed SO MANY coats, so the paint is actually stronger than the tape, so gotta be REAL careful and precise with my stanley knife so it comes off straight. I am. Not good at steady lines. Which makes it hard.

Still! No major disasters, just minor annoyances, so I'm going to have to be content with that I guess! (:

In other news, despite doing no actual painting today, it stinks of paint in here and gives me a headache. This makes stupid class even more annoying than usual... :/ On the plus side, my electric blanket is excellent and kept me warm all day!