Arts & Crafts
Having recovered from the hectic weeks, my goal was to get the shelf done. I completed a first coat on the top on Monday. In the evening, I worked on my Fairy Cross-Stitch project. With a need to get to the opposite end of the city right after work, it was unlikely that I would get any coats done on Tuesday. On Wednesday, over the lunch hour, I did a light sanding as a couple of spots were still rough. After work, I put on another coat of paint. I was fairly sure I just needed one more before I would be able to seal it, so it was possible that I would have the whole thing finished on the weekend and ready to install. I did coat three on Thursday afternoon and I hoped it would be the final coat.
Struck with the flu, I didn't get any further work done on the shelf this week. I'm highly annoyed about it. I want to complete it and install it.
I made a lot of progress on Fairy Cross-Stitch due to having to take it easy and pretty much watch TV.
Decluttering & Minimalism
With everything I've had going on lately, I haven't gotten as far as I want to on my decluttering efforts. My plan is to focus on my bedroom for a little bit. There is some stuff on the floor that I'd like to clear up to add space to my planned workout area. It's likely this won't happen until after I get the shelf done and have my living room back. I'm OK with this. That will result in having more of my condo cleaned up and usable.
The flue pushed me further behind on this as I'm now behind on my chores, but I'll conquer it.
Gaming & Streaming
I had hoped to stream mid-week, but I didn't get the time to do so. I updated OBS, Stream Elements, and Windows on Wednesday. I would at least be ready for the weekend or perhaps Friday after work. I figured I could stream then for a bit and bring anyone, if there was anyone, into my friend's stream. I never got to it. Hopefully next week.
Goal Setting & Tracking
This week I received my 2025 Planner. I'm going with a Leuchtterm Weekly that has a weekly page sectioned with individual days and a page each week for notes. Clean and simple. It's A5 and doesn't take up a lot of room, so it's easy to bring with me. It also has a Gantt chart that has space for tracking 5 projects at a time, which is a neat feature.
Arts & Crafts: Shelf (70%)
Decluttering & Minimalism: N/A
Gaming & Streaming: Stream Cyberpunk 2077 (0%)
Goal Setting & Tracking: Plan January 2025 (50%)
Lifestyle & Sports: PWHL (100%), Massage (100%) & Curling (100%)
Music & Songwriting: Uke Lesson (0%) & Choir Practise Tracks (0%)
Reading & Writing: Gideon the Ninth - chapter 15 (85%)
Health & Fitness
I have renamed Lifestyle & Sports to Health & Fitness because even I didn't really know what I meant by Lifestyle.
Sleepiness plagued me at the beginning of the week. I just wanted to sleep through Monday. After painting the shelf, I had that hot bath with epsom salts. It didn't wake me up, but it also didn't make the sleepiness worse. I felt more energized the next day.
For curling, I decided the best thing to try was a stick delivery option. With my shin and knee unhappy, I was uncomfortable in the hack and getting no power to even get the stone across the hogline. Not wanting to lose the season, I figured this was a viable option and drove across town in rush hour traffic to reach the Goldline store before it closed at 6PM. I made it around 5:30. Then I hung out at the curling club until it was time for curling.
Curling went well. I didn't master the stick, but I did OK. It's easier to get it to go far and straight, but harder to get a nice arc. It'll definitely take some time to fine tune everything. I was really tired on Wednesday since I didn't get to bed until midnight.
Thursday was a flex day that I took to handle some errands and work on the shelf. My goal was to begin my holiday gift shopping and visit the tire shop. I finished my holiday shopping except for the snacks. I got an appointment set up for the tires.
I didn't have choir this week, but the choir met up for karaoke at Ts Pub. I ran into an old friend who may want to join the next session. It was so good seeing him.
On Saturday, I had a massage on my legs. The student thinks my knee issue may be a weak ligament. We'll see if the results agree. That evening I began coughing a lot. I suspect I caught the flu at Ts. I tested for Covid and it was negative.
Sunday had me coughing a bit less, but I was more fevered and chilly.
Music & Songwriting
On Saturday, the 14th of December, my choir will be performing before both Ottawa Pops concerts. Our choir portions are free, but the concerts are ticketed. The tickets come with charcuterie and a beverage. Here is the information:
With all the coughing, I couldn't practise for choir.
Reading & Writing
I got some reading done at the club while waiting for curling to start.
I made my first ever wikipedia edit. Kateřina Mrázová's name was linked to a figure skater instead of her on a hockey article for the upcoming euro tour.