Thought the wife and kids were going away just for the night, and it stretched into two. No problem! I found a bunch more cleaning I could do without anyone else here. Well, besides the dog nobody else is here. He isn’t a fan of either the mop or the vacuum, so he didn’t care for my ground game Friday evening, and then again yesterday afternoon. What a tiny baby, puppy, wiener. I still managed to clean a lot while the dog was being anxious and silly. Throw in a bunch more laundry, and the dishwasher, as well as outdoor stuff and I kept busy inbetween my Diablo 4 session(s). Finished one book in the Alien omnibus, with several more to go. I even found a few moments to begin a very small painting I am doing with my daughter. Otherwise I have watched several movies, eaten pizza, walked the dog, and scrolled endlessly on my phone.
I didn’t really plan for this much time alone. If I’d had known for certain I would have tried to go and do more outside of the house, rather than clean & organize closets, and whatnot. I did have my friend over for two hours on Friday evening which was pleasant. I guess I just don’t like to leave the puppy if I don’t actually have to. Most movies will be out on VOD somewhere in the next three to six months, and I’ll have my own bathroom, snacks, and no driving to do. Plus I can pause, rewind, and use the subtitles here in my living room. Ah. I do still love the movie going experience, I’m just less motivated to drive anywhere while gas is expensive, and work has slowed down – again.
I did finish a book, so that’s something I’m happy with. I started in the painting. It all stems from me remembering to clear coat the canvas last week. We are trying to paint the same thing, on both halves of a canvas, with a dead straight tape dividing line between us. The background pea colour went on smooth enough. My blue icecream leaves a lot to be desired. Haven’t painted in a long long time. I’ve lost my sense of touch, with brush handling or control. Do it enough and it might come back. It’s just one more hobby among many that I don’t do all the time.
Hard to choose between so many good options. Sculpting, painting, miniatures painting, drawing, writing short stories, reading, playing the guitar/bass, wood working, leather crafting, cycling, long board skate boarding, roller blading, model kit building/painting/modifications, Lego assembly… add in my deep desire to purge & organize, and I have too many options. House hold chores take up some time too, and paid work when I have it on the schedule. I am a scatter brained fool with too many hobbies and interests. I also like metal fabrication, and pottery too. Screen printing, glass blowing and various other activities were explored when I was at Sheridan College doing the Art Fundamentals Program while I tried to boost my portfolio to do animation or illustration for a living. Landed journalism instead, which was like, right, ok… wait what? I was heartbroken not to pursue fine art, but I came back around to it via graphic design eventually. Like five years later. So it all worked out in the end. Mostly.
Half the family are now home briefly while they prepare to go to a childrens birthday party at a theater out of town. So for a shiny flash of a moment the house was a flurry of activity, now still once more. My youngest has started to text me chunky boi toad gifs from my wife’s phone. At first I feared my wife was having a stroke, but it turned out to just be my youngest being goofy. That was a fun few minutes until we figured that out. Should be careful as there’s a number of spicy texts I’ve sent to my wife just this summer. Let’s hope she wasn’t reading anything, and was only adding more lines to the queue of messages.
Well it’s almost noon on this lazy sunday. I should think about eating soon, or finding something else to do besides lounge on the couch web surfing. Watch another movie!
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