Arts & Crafts
On Monday, I was able to get a large chunk of my cape done. I worked on it again on Wednesday as Tuesday was a driving day. On Friday, I accepted that the liner fabric just wasn't working. I pulled it out. I had other costume work to do and only a week to do it in plus getting my makeup together and a prop. There just wasn't time to fudge around with it anymore.
A trip to Michaels was in order on Saturday for modeling clay, wide white ribbon, and felt, glitter glue, stencils and fabric markers. Then I finished a large chunk of my costume prep including a number for my back that is meaningful for the character that I am crossplaying:
Of course, it absolutely needed glitter glue. There will be more added after I sew it onto the shirt.
I made pieces for the ring, but I didn't like the "nut" or the "glue" portion, so I decided I would make a necklace with the five power stones and eventually add the others to it. They could be separated with the light grey beads I was making.
I actually only ended up making this first bead because I had leftover grey from making the nut. I think the nut really needed a mold to come out properly, but I couldn't see actually wearing the ring anyway as the size of the nut was just too big to be comfortable. The white "glue" part will become a rock with lettering or something for a future project.
At any rate, I really enjoyed working with the clay and I think I'll be making more things with it in the future. A very long time ago, I mare a shark model out of plasticine for an elementary school project. I think it's been that long since I played with clay.
Decluttering & Minimalism
My goal for this week was to clean up my craft room. I've had the wrong chair in it. It's too big for the space and was blocking access to my music books. I also wanted to relocate the rug because I don't want to get paint and other messy substances on it. I didn't get too far on this because I was focused on my costume and I'm OK with that. I got started and will do a bit at a time on it next week.
Gaming & Streaming
I obviously needed to get my gear back in Minecraft. I also needed to tweak the path to my eventual castle to be two wide instead of three wide to match the extra tall double doors I would be installing someday. I hoped that wouldn't be a huge pain in the butt to accomplish. It went mostly well, though I have a short side to figure out.
The first attempt to get my gear was a fail, but then we figured out I could get my grave in creative mode. I'm now putting soulbound on any gear that is special. I'll be leaving my armour at home in the future. Or in my backpack rather than my main inventory, so it doesn't automatically equip it and suffocate me in space.
I worked on my bee meadow. I moved a lot of bees over to it once I got my silktouch axe back.
Goal Setting & Tracking
Arts & Crafts: My costume for Drag & Balls. [75%]
Decluttering & Minimalism: Clean my craft area. [10%]
Gaming & Streaming: Get my gear back in Minecraft. [100%]
Lifestyle & Sports: Softball double header. [100%]
Reading & Writing: Write 5 new pages on my screenplay. [0%]
Lifestyle & Sports
The drive back to Ottawa on Tuesday was smooth until I arrived back in town at 1:55PM. About 20 minutes prior, a tanker truck carrying diesel fuel crashed into a concrete barrier. This added an hour to the trip as I moved just inches at a time until I eventually got to my area of the city. Before going home, I stopped for some food. As I started eating, our fire alarm went off and I had to take my late lunch on the concrete planter box outside.
Wednesday was tough as I couldn't sleep past 3:30 AM for some idiotic reason. I wrote out a large to-do list and did some reading.
The next day I awoke at 5:00 AM. I skipped Zumba on Thursday because I had a double header at softball on Friday. I instead got groceries as those were critical to living.
On Friday morning, it was a 6:00 AM wake up, which was much more normal for me though I had been falling asleep by 9:30 PM for several days. Luckily, I was able to find my clip-on sunglasses for the softball double header. They had been missing since pinball the week before. All because I didn't put them back in their case. I was worried I'd get clocked in the head by the ball like another catcher did a couple of weeks ago because they couldn't see the ball.
The games were wild for me. I scored two runs in each, got on base nearly every time, and even caught a foul ball at home. I had been struggling to do anything for much of the season, so I was very happy to be a help to my team.
Saturday's plan was to work on the house, do some writing, and my costume before heading out to the last local roller derby game of the season. I did a lot of costume work and enjoyed the last derby games. Roc City tried to ride the Ottawa Rapids and sunk. The home team I was cheering for, The Valley Cats, also won their game.
I've been thoroughly exhausted ever since my trip to North Bay. Hopefully Ottawa's Pride Week will re-energize me!
Movies & Television
On Monday, I saw Deadpool & Wolverine with my brother. I highly recommend seeing it. It was full of hilarious moments and there were also some tender parts. Even when I'm fatigued from super hero movies, I enjoy the Deadpool ones.
Music & Songwriting
I wrote song lyrics while I was at game night. I'm a gnomish bard that does martial arts.
Reading & Writing
I made progress on reading The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield.
I didn't rewrite the scene yet, but I have a new plan for one of the deaths in my screenplay. It's horror, so deaths need to happen. As soon as I can catch my breath, I'll get it done.