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Add to the list of things I did last night: dishes. Because I did them. And took pictures of my tie-dyeing. Still need to transfer over all the pictures though and shrink them down to a size that isn't the entire screen big.

And, dude. This morning I almost managed to cram all my exercises in there before walkies. Which is really fucking impressive considering how much I fiddle faddle around with the exercises. And then I made my lunch, put away breakfast dishes, decided I did not in fact have time to boil the hell out of my shirts, and pretty much got all ready. All to the tune of the fucking mowing machines outside the window. I know there's probably no really good time to do that but still. Argh.

Pfff. Goals for today, I should list them so I don't lose track, shouldn't I. Ponder frames for international signature things. Dye yarn, dammit. Do work-work in the morning so I can get out the wheel in the afternoon and put a stool in front of it and spin some. Write my fingers off. Make the curry when I get home, and boil the hell out of the shirts. Write some more. Edit some. Blah blah blah. I think Criminal Minds is tonight, but given that it's going to shit I'm not sure I'm going to watch. Might be Battlestar Galactica time. Was there anything else I wanted to do today. I don't think so. The usual stuff, languages and so on. I think... I may also, if work turns out to be really damn slow, take a book in to read. In Spanish. Just to keep in practice. I haven't been practicing as much as I should.

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Well, that fit of energy lasted until I got in to work. Fortunately I was able to slowly do all the things I needed to do. Languages got done, lunch got eaten, hopefully that will energize me some between the carbs for longer energy and the chocolate for the immediate burst. At least it's not that busy right now, here in back. Either that or I need to stand and stare at my spinning wheel till the excitement ramps up enough that I can do things that aren't nodding off at my desk.

Like sit out front! Sure.

Hrrm. Yarn might not be dyed today, I did forget that there aren't that many of us while the Witch Queen and the Dye Giant are off on holiday, and the Lurking Bandit is at the farm minding things. On the other hand, it's really flippin' dead. On the other other hand, that doesn't mean it won't go nuts soon. Maybe there will be spinning for now, in the lull, and writing my fingers off after shipping goes. And then dyeing things either at home over the weekend or whenever I get a chance next week. Hm! Decisions. That seems like the best plan, really.

Yeah, I have no brain to do anything right now. I think I'll see if I can find more work-work to do, and then bring my wheel out front and sit and be a tourist attraction. For all the tourists that aren't here now that school's started.

I have a wheel! Eeee!

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Okay. I can officially stop taking on projects now. Please? So far I have, oh, let's do this in list form:

-- Sandstorm's Daughter (Original BigBang)
-- Mad Angel Blues (Novel BigBang)
-- Barton Hall Irregulars: Rites of Spring (Poly BigBang)
-- First Book (Nanowrimo)
-- Store Blog
-- Store Twitter
-- Spinning

And I'm pretty sure that's not even all the projects right now, but oh my god isn't that enough? I need a break. I need a rest. I need to actually go to bed early tonight. And not try to do three things at once like I'm doing. Although, really, one exercise in German is enough. And I still have one more shirt to boil.

Tie-Dye Diaries: 1/4 cup Urea, 1 pint water, divided into three portions of 1/2 tsp dye each in a squeeze bottle. Bright color, shallow saturation, which might also have to do with how I applied it, all on the surface. Set almost 24 hours. Rinsed for 5 minutes, then boiled for 15, then rinsed again. Some color washed out, not a lot, but definitely a less brightness.
Next time: Boil, then rinse.

Tired. Still need to do a fair bit of writing. But tired, and able to at least start winding down now, which I like. I can do this. I just need to breathe and keep going.

And I wish it would stop raining so I could bring my wheel home. I mean, I could throw a towel over it and carry it fromt he store to the car, from the car to the apartment, but I don't want to do that. It's a good wheel. It doesn't deserve that.