DEPARTMENT STORE BLACKOUT CAUSED BY A MOUSE

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! >:

And yet, I'm feeling them! :/ Bleh. Gonna be a lot of people at the con, but it's okay! If I can't cope I can leave! And it'll probably be fine!!! >: I enjoy nerdy events, just. Peopleeee ugh crowds. Also, first time going to something like this by myself, which is Inherently Scary. Sigh.

Haven't got the switch cover done, which is annoying, so I probably won't take it with me. Not sure if happy or not about that hahahahaha oh well, whatever.

Got all my dragons cleaned up and put in the cabinet! There's still HEAPS of room, so I'mma go collect moar dragons, since my father doesn't want his any more. There will be a HUGE HOARDE YESSSSSS >D

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.

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.

Actually did more than usual, for a Saturday! Helped Mama out with a thing, did the chook coop... also wasn't really able to sleep in due to a combination of knowing I needed to help Mama out, and thus stress-dreaming about deadlines etc., and also my parents talking just outside my door for a while. Not loudly or anything, just enough that I couldn't really drift back off. Bleh! Was in bed for ages, but not really resting, you know?

Made some definite progress on the switch cover, though, which is something! :3 Haven't really been playing pokemon but I took a peek at the current events tab I still have open and there's another shiny event soooo I've downloaded that. Not playing it right now though it's almost 2am I'm not THAT dumb. Mostly.

So yeah to bed with me, hopefully I'll be able to sleep in tomorrow! :3