weekendosity
Mar. 24th, 2014 09:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabineFriday - Had a reasonably good day, but came home and crashed.
Saturday - Got to sleep in a bit. Got up, took care of kids, made cake, and prepped for game. Since all my players had a variety of germs working, I decided to try running the game via Roll20.
Things I need before I try this again: my own webcam. I hate looking at myself in full body profile, which is how I appear when viewed through Downwood's webcam. Ugh. Just ugh. Also, Downwood needs a headset with microphone attached. Right now his microphone just picks up all the room sounds, so when he has it turned on, I hear myself on a second delay over my headset, which is really, really distracting.
Other than that, it went reasonably well. The UI will take a bit of getting used to, but it was kind of neat. Also, people didn't have to spend an hour in the car to get to and from my house and everyone kept their germs to themselves.
Sunday - Why did it have to get cold again? The kids got used to being able to play outside, but it was back to being cold yesterday. Not cool, Mother Nature. Not cool at all!
I finally cut out a skirt from some neato knit fabric I found on super sale from DenverFabrics.com. It's a raspberry and black chevron striped knit. Instead of drafting a new pattern or cutting out one I already have, I cheated and traced an existing skirt. I spent a long time lining up the first side so that the chevrons match exactly on the seams. I don't know if it'll actually work when I get my serger set up for knits, but I feel accomplished that I tried.
I conquered the raging laundry monster, but it got the last laugh as it ate up all available soap resources. Luckily, dance class tonight is next to Target, so I can resupply for the ongoing battle. We played some GW2 and I was finally able to try my chocoflan cake.
Amazingness! It's quite possibly the richest dessert I've ever made and very, very tasty. Downwood couldn't finish the flan layer, saying it tasted too eggy for his palate. I cheated and used a box cake mix instead of making the cake from scratch. It led to a drier, lighter cake than I think the recipe really requires, so next time I'll try it the right way.
I also read lots and lots of books with the kiddos. Both kids are enrolled in the Thousand Books Before Kindergarten program at our local library. Ox will have no trouble meeting this goal, but it's going to be close with Emi.
Today - Holy muscle cramps, Batman! My legs are ambulatory knots of pain today. Shins, calves, hamstrings, quads - all are protesting life in general. I don't know what I did, but I deeply regret it. I tried to do extra stretching and foam roller yesterday to work out some of the knots, but today it feels like I...I don't know. I can walk. Mostly. But it involves quite a bit of hobbling and biting my lip when sharp spikes of pain come up as I'm sitting at my desk.
I have Advil and coffee. I have henna incubating on my arm (one bad phone call down, more to go) and nail polish ready for my next bad call. I've got a laundry list of things I really should do today and zero motivation to do any of them.
Really, at this point, I just want my body to not be hurting. That doesn't seem like much to ask, but apparently is a Big Fucking Deal.
Saturday - Got to sleep in a bit. Got up, took care of kids, made cake, and prepped for game. Since all my players had a variety of germs working, I decided to try running the game via Roll20.
Things I need before I try this again: my own webcam. I hate looking at myself in full body profile, which is how I appear when viewed through Downwood's webcam. Ugh. Just ugh. Also, Downwood needs a headset with microphone attached. Right now his microphone just picks up all the room sounds, so when he has it turned on, I hear myself on a second delay over my headset, which is really, really distracting.
Other than that, it went reasonably well. The UI will take a bit of getting used to, but it was kind of neat. Also, people didn't have to spend an hour in the car to get to and from my house and everyone kept their germs to themselves.
Sunday - Why did it have to get cold again? The kids got used to being able to play outside, but it was back to being cold yesterday. Not cool, Mother Nature. Not cool at all!
I finally cut out a skirt from some neato knit fabric I found on super sale from DenverFabrics.com. It's a raspberry and black chevron striped knit. Instead of drafting a new pattern or cutting out one I already have, I cheated and traced an existing skirt. I spent a long time lining up the first side so that the chevrons match exactly on the seams. I don't know if it'll actually work when I get my serger set up for knits, but I feel accomplished that I tried.
I conquered the raging laundry monster, but it got the last laugh as it ate up all available soap resources. Luckily, dance class tonight is next to Target, so I can resupply for the ongoing battle. We played some GW2 and I was finally able to try my chocoflan cake.
Amazingness! It's quite possibly the richest dessert I've ever made and very, very tasty. Downwood couldn't finish the flan layer, saying it tasted too eggy for his palate. I cheated and used a box cake mix instead of making the cake from scratch. It led to a drier, lighter cake than I think the recipe really requires, so next time I'll try it the right way.
I also read lots and lots of books with the kiddos. Both kids are enrolled in the Thousand Books Before Kindergarten program at our local library. Ox will have no trouble meeting this goal, but it's going to be close with Emi.
Today - Holy muscle cramps, Batman! My legs are ambulatory knots of pain today. Shins, calves, hamstrings, quads - all are protesting life in general. I don't know what I did, but I deeply regret it. I tried to do extra stretching and foam roller yesterday to work out some of the knots, but today it feels like I...I don't know. I can walk. Mostly. But it involves quite a bit of hobbling and biting my lip when sharp spikes of pain come up as I'm sitting at my desk.
I have Advil and coffee. I have henna incubating on my arm (one bad phone call down, more to go) and nail polish ready for my next bad call. I've got a laundry list of things I really should do today and zero motivation to do any of them.
Really, at this point, I just want my body to not be hurting. That doesn't seem like much to ask, but apparently is a Big Fucking Deal.
