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I was on Marketplace and I found the perfect stand for Travis's new tank, only to realize that I have no way of picking it up. Not only is that specific piece too big for any vehicle that I might be able to make use of, so too would be any piece that suits my needs. Idk why that particular part of buying furniture on Marketplace hadn't struck me before but it was a heck of a wake-up slap this time, lol. So, yeah, that's out. I'm gonna probably have to buy something from a big box store for delivery, unless I can find something on eBay. Might have to give myself a hard time limit on looking, though. I don't want the new tank taking up space for too long and I want to get his current tank cleaned up and ready to be listed.

At least the tank stand/media center is the only piece that would be too big. Everything else I hope to find is of far more manageable size. Less urgent, too, so I can take more time looking. Not that I want to wait for too much longer but it's nice to have that freedom just the same.

Frikkin Yahoo updated and I can't go back to the old version of my email anymore :/ The most annoying part is there is a line of text telling me I can switch but clicking it doesn't actually change anything. I actually called tech support over that and was told if it wasn't working, it wasn't available.

At least the woman I spoke to tipped me off that I could change my settings so my inbox isn't "categorized" and, more importantly, I don't have to deal with their godawful AI services. I went ahead and expressed my disappointment with Yahoo going in on the AI nonsense, considering the environmental damage. Not that it's new at this point but, y'know, I was being asked for feedback anyway so I figured I might as well.

And I miss the little guy already! Hopefully the new home treats him well! The first thing the lady did was to bring him to her vet, very good, I thought. So, smooth sailing, baby boy!

I was going to go to the canteen again for lunch when some colleagues saw me mid-way and kidnapped me to one of the hotel restaurants to try out a new menu: the Alfredo made at your table.

Wasn't bad. But I keep thinking, in these situations, then what are the chefs here for? It's the restaurant manager/supervisor that goes make this (and the tiramisu too)

I roam Reddit nowadays and there have been so many... I don't know.. queries? Like... what happened to good old research your own information? I'd be more likely to reply positively if they'd already done their own research and asked "would this be good enough for a representation?" And not just "what represents?"

No wonder no one answered, LOL. First things first, Macau is not a "country", my friend.

After all the trouble I've gone through to maintain Phil, I think I'm going to have to give him up soon. The updates keep coming and I can only delete so many apps. I'm going to look into micro SD cards, since he does have a slot, but I've never used that kind of storage for a phone and so I'm not sure what to expect.

I really don't want to have to switch. You guys might've noticed that, lol. But something I remembered recently is that I didn't like the size of Phil at first either. And while I still consider my previous phone to be the perfect fit for me in that regard, well, I have gotten used to handling Phil. And I can admit that the backup phone I've used the last couple times he was broken was less annoying after a while. I still don't and might never like it but it's a minor annoyance, not the constant inconvenience and even discomfort that I imagined when I first had to pick it out. If I must make the switch, I know it won't be as big of a deal as I've made it out to be in my head.

At least I don't have to make the change right this moment. Which is especially good news because, uh. You guys know all that rearranging I've been doing? Yeah, I put the backup phone somewhere safe while I was doing all that and... Well, let's just say that it's very safe. Like, even from me.

I've been very diligently running and exercising and stuff. Apart from the rainy and typhoon days that I had to take a break, every other day I went running after work.

Friday afternoon I figured there wasn't really much going on at work so I took the afternoon off and headed off to China for a quick manicure. I also got this cat-shaped mold thing for baking bread (bought it before on Taobao already, just showing it now). Gotta find a bread recipe to try it out.

On Saturday morning, I went to the pottery workshop to work on my cats and dogs again. I saw on IG some new ideas and I probably would want to try them out. Meanwhile I tried out that airbrush thing I bought. It was fun, but I guess the color I used was a little to light, so I couldn't see exactly if there's enough color/glaze on it haha. Let's put it in the kiln first and see what comes of it. The Boss lady of the place also came by. Apparently, the "supervisor" or the "invigilator" of the workshop has quit (or retired, I dunno the details), and they are now trying to think of how to do with August. The Boss lady said they want to keep the workshop open but not publicize it, so we people who know what we are doing in there can go on and work there over August, but they are not taking new people. In away.... I'm not surprised. Everyone seems to want to have a summer holiday so no one's doing the supervisory work. For me, as long as the doors are open, I'm only here to do my own stuff, won't touch others' stuff. If you trust me enough for that, then thanks, I'll keep coming.

Ugh, I was using the heat gun to dry out the glaze more quickly, and when I was packing it away (re-coiling the power line) I accidentally burnt myself.

I should probably ask the running group I'm in, but I'm a tad curious why the speed detected on my watch is different than that of the phone (and watch and phone are synced)

The run on Saturday was a miss, because I ran a little too early and the sun was still strong in my face. I was going to run 13km (around 8 miles). No problem, try again on Sunday. Funny thing was, we had a big family lunch as it was an aunt's birthday, and I heard my cousin-in-law say she has a friend that wanted a new cat but the rescues in town are a bit strict with the cat-proofing their home (need to install nets on their windows and such). Well what do you know, during my run that night, I had to cut it short again, because I'm the king of cats LOL.

Quick checked with cousin in law, friend says yes she wants the cat, so I picked it up and took it to the vet for an initial check, and voila. Tonight I'm bringing the cat to the friend.

He was making a little too much noise overnight so I had to set him free and he came to sleep next to me. He's almost my cat LOL. Nooooo we cannot have 5 cats at home. Even I know that's too many cats. And it's too early for me to turn into crazy cat lady. Not yet. Give it time......

Another civilian ship trying to reach Gaza with aid has been intercepted and kidnapped by the IDF. As far as I know, the current status of the abductees is unknown. The aid has probably been destroyed again too.

I'm not surprised and I guess I didn't have enough hope to be disappointed either. I'm mostly just disgusted and frustrated, as I have been. We have a lot of media and politicians right now feigning shock and indignation over the famine they helped to manufacture. Some people are worried it means something even more awful is coming and they're trying to get ahead of it but I agree with those saying they're free to say these things now because so much of the population has been starved beyond the point of no return. Even still, there's been no material push for policy changes that might still save lives and prevent further suffering. Even still, this one boat can't get through.

And, ngl, I'm frustrated by this mission in and of itself. Why only one boat, for a second time? We all knew they weren't going to make it. Why not a fleet? Israel is holding back on firing on these civilian vessels, so there's reason to believe there's safety in numbers. That isn't to discount the bravery of those involved, don't get me wrong. But. We're beyond stunts to raise awareness, which is exactly what this feels like.

This weekend kinda sneaked up on me, ngl! Trying to lay out my plans now. Nothing too structured but I have things I want to accomplish, as per my usual.

I want Saturday to be my productive day. I'm going to finish my first letter to my penpal tonight so I can get it into the mail first thing tomorrow. Then I want to get chores out of the way, which shouldn't take long. After that, I've got lots of crochet I ought to do and I also need to make myself get some writing done. Oh, need to get more stuff listed on eBay too.

Sunday I want to be more of a relaxing day. Mostly, I want to finally finish the book I've been plodding through this month. I should look around more for furniture pieces too. Which is still productive, I guess, but I don't want to risk getting too distracted by the internet on my productive day, lol. I've seen some fun floating shelves that have given me Ideas and I'd like to shop around based on those.

I don't think I ever did a follow-up post about that prisoner penpal program I signed up for.

Since trying to choose from the list was so overwhelming, I asked for recommendations and provided some information about myself and how often I felt I could commit to writing. I guess they must get a lot of mail or maybe they don't have a lot of staff-- maybe both-- because they only got back to me recently. Only one recommendation but it sounded like an alright match, not that I'm about to deny that not wanting to wait for another factored into my decision to accept.

Anyway, they just got back to me with his contact info, which means it's time to write my first letter. Honestly, I probably should've gone ahead and done that already so it'd be ready to send but, y'know, hindsight. I'm not nervous exactly but I'm having a hard time starting... I guess the best thing to do is just be straightforward and establish expectations to start with. We have shared interests, per his profile blurb, so ice breakers should be easy enough.

Oh, since I think I forgot to share this last time, you can learn more about the program here if you think you might like to participate. The emphasis of the project is on queer/LGBTQ+ community but anyone willing to provide supportive communication can sign up.

You guys, you guys, YOU GUYS.

So, there are these Transformers blind bags. Several of them, tbh, but we're worried about the keychain plushes. Because that's what I got. I actually bought a six-pack of them before and only got common pulls and they were cute but whatever, the ONE I really want is super rare.

Anyway.

I don't usually go in on blind bags like this but gave into peer pressure/fomo and bought a twenty-pack because it was on sale. And it arrived today. And the VERY FIRST bag I opened was a super rare!!

Not the one I wanted. Which, y'know, disappointing, especially since everything else was common. But, man, was that exciting in the moment!

Bit melancholy, too, though, ngl. Pretty sure I've said this before but I only ever wish I was famous when I think about what I could accomplish if I had a platform. This little guy is rare enough that he's almost impossible to find listed individually anywhere and the one time I did see him, the price was ridiculous. Like, seriously frikkin ridiculous. And so I look at this nominally valuable thing that I have but don't especially want and I can't help but think, wow. If only I had an audience, I could bring in so much for some cause with a raffle or something.

Idk. It's a stupid thing to get hung up on thinking about, probably. Instead, I think I'll try to look at him as a reminder that the unlikely is not impossible.

I've been seeing more fireflies lately than in the last few years and it makes me so happy. I've seen a few people post similar sentiments and that makes me hopeful. I'm not sure off the top of my head what the firefly situation is and I'm not sure if this means anything. I should probably look it up. I will look it up. Later. Right now, I'm just happy to know they're here.

Leaving the tidying up for morning was the right choice. Tbh, I'm wondering if I should just leave all my maintenance chores for weekday mornings. Not only does it help wake me up, the time crunch helps me to stay focused without being overly stressful. My regular alarms are a good fit for it too. I ended up not only doing the living room tidying but cleared a little clutter I left on the wayside in my room over the weekend, finished up last night's dishes and wiped down a few surfaces. I also went and checked the mail, which probably would've been a pleasant little short walk if the heat and bright sunlight didn't make it suck.

And even after all that, I still had time to sit and relax while I waited for my ride. Kinda wanted to read but I was worried about not paying attention to the time by then since Phil doesn't always play well with notifications. Gave me time to just think instead. About the day ahead, the week ahead, life and my place in the world. About gratitude for what I have, which prompted some reflection on what so many people don't. Less in the sense of dwelling on negativity than in trying to think productively about what can be done. Still ended up pretty negative simply because of the feeling of helplessness I know so many of us are mired in.

There is so much wickedness happening, close to home and far away. The Palestine situation... I don't want to say it's broken me but it's broken something in me. Destroyed faith I didn't even realize I had in our systems or in people. And I suppose I knew in some sterile, intellectual way that things could get worse but it manages to shock me every day that things are still getting worse. That things are being allowed to get worse. And I try so hard to think productively when I think of the world's problems but I just. don't know what to do at this point. Appealing to the top isn't working, even donating feels more and more futile as so many people report that not even the most overpriced food is available in markets while tons of aid still sit blocked at the borders. I've watched one attempt after another fail to breach the blockade. I'm not giving in to despair, never that, but I wish I knew what I could do.

Got a bit of shelving for the living room built today. My mom ordered it awhile ago to keep some of the niblings' stuff better organized but we hadn't gotten around to it yet. Did some other rearranging in there, too, though it still needs to be neatened back up. My mom had to go out of town kinda last minute, so I was planning to tackle the tidying before bed but I think I'll leave it for morning. I've found that having some light chores to do helps to wake me up.

I didn't use the yarn I hoped to but I did start a project to get rid of some other yarn. It's not at all what I planned but it's going pretty well. I kinda like that it's not what I intended, tbh. I got myself stuck with all this yarn mostly because I thought it was pretty and bought it with no plan. As much as I don't want to keep doing that sort of thing, I do sort of like the idea of honoring the younger version of me who didn't know what she was doing but knew she wanted to do something.

Well, organizing the yarn didn't go quite as well as hoped. I just have too many scrap skeins in too open of a space. I did get it cleaned up a little, at least, and was able to get more yarn into the chest I use for (most of) my stash. I left out the yarn I think I'm most likely to be able to make quick use of. I already used up most of a skein earlier making a little rug for my niece.

It turns out that my niece, btw, is sick. She also spent the night last night and was with us for most of the day. She mentioned having a headache this morning but said she felt better after some Tylenol and lunch. There was a brief period when she said it came back but she cuddled with me for a little and was up and playing not long after. I did notice she felt a little warm when we were cuddling but she had wrapped herself up in a blanket well before then and so I didn't think much of it. Didn't think much of the headache coming back then either, I admit, because she'd been playing on my 3DS with the 3D active and that can cause eye strain. Anyway, I guess she looked pinkish by the time my mom dropped her off at home and she ended up having a low fever. Fingers crossed it's nothing much. Her little sister was suck recently but that turned out to be a sinus infection. Not sure what else she'd have been exposed to since everyone else feels fine so far.

On a happier note re: my niece, her birthday present arrived today. She'll be turning six on Thursday. Since I got my other little niece birthday-themed Barbies for her last birthday and since this niece has asked for Monster High dolls, "especially Draculaura," I got a birthday-themed Drac who came out earlier this year. I was a little iffy about ordering it online since I've seen some collectors complain about the face screenings but this one looks fine. Hair's a little messy, which isn't great right of the box, but I don't think it's anything to worry about since she's meant to be played with rather than displayed. The little cardboard bit that shows the doll's name in fancy letters is knocked out of place and loose in the box and it's honestly pissing me off, lol, but it doesn't really matter either. I think my niece will be happy to have her.

A lot of people in Macau must be feeling somewhat annoyed LOL. Typhoon Wipha is a T8 and also just announced will go up to T10, so it's gonna be bad. But I also think we've learnt from Typhoon Hato, so the people should be better prepared. I was planning to lounge in bed, but this old man must have some Alzheimer's or Dementia thing where he just wants company, so here I am sitting with him outside in the living room with him. At least this way he's quiet and snoozing in peace, otherwise he'll just be non-stop barking. We woke up this morning early and luckily the weather wasn't too bad yet, so although there were road closures, we were still able to go somewhere and have them do their morning business. Which, mission accomplished!

My orange car is done and back! But now I'm worried because my parking spot is against an old wall with a hanging tree branch. And I am worried that the wall will fall over or the branch will fall off or something. We'll see later today or tomorrow.

I have been keeping diligent and running. Last week the vet asked if I went on holiday or something, apparently I've got a nice tan going on.

Yesterday I went to visit my friend's dog Kinako. No fun at all, this dog is so aloof. Haha but I managed to make the dog interact with me.

Got myself an airbrush for glazing. But I spent too much time finishing up last week's piece so didn't get to try it yet. Maybe next week I can try it.

Finished glazing up this piece that's supposed to be Menina. And then I checked on the other two I made last week, should be dry enough to go for bisque fire. Let's see if they get put in the kiln this week.

I was so close to finishing work today with no leftover cases. Ended up having to leave twelve. At least it won't be too much trouble to get them done on Monday. I may even be able to get completely caught up through the day, since I'm not expecting much. Huzzah!

So, strong finish to the work week as hoped-- fingers crossed it carries me into a strong start to the weekend. Gonna do laundry and clean my bathroom first thing, then go on into the yarn stash organizing. The first two tasks shouldn't take me more than about twenty minutes-- not counting the time I'll have to wait for the laundry, natch-- and I'm planning to give myself thirty minutes to start with for the third. I'd like to be done by then but that is purely wishful thinking, lol. I'll instead just have a break at that point, probably to read. Might do a "thirty minutes on, thirty minutes off" thing until I'm done with the yarn. Once that's done... I dunno, actually. I guess I'll see how I'm feeling about everything then and choose what comes next accordingly. It'll either be crochet or collection sorting, I think, but maybe I'll want to write. We'll see!

I know I'm not the only one looking forward to accomplishing things this weekend. Let's all do our best!

This weekend kinda sneaked up on me, what with how busy work has been. Can't honestly say I'm mad about it, lol. Hoping to have a strong finish at work tomorrow and get some prep work done when I get home to lead into the weekend itself.

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One of my little niblings managed to break two lego bricks?? Like, straight up shattered to pieces. I wouldn't have thought any of them could just. do that. It was probably the little one, too, since the girls would've at least thrown away the pieces. Which, btw, I was not able to find all of. So, I guess we'll have to be careful for a while that we don't end up stepping on shards of lego...

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