Lost in Lualand

It was my birthday on Monday, and now I am 45 years old.

Which feels fake, if you ask me. I do not feel like a 45 year old person. And yet I am.

I didn't do anything - just stayed in and chilled. Watched Labyrinth and Back to the Future. Then got bored of watching films, because I prefer to watch films with someone, and I do not have anyone else at the moment. So I watched a bunch of stuff on youtube instead.

I had the preceding week off work, and I'm not entirely sure I know where it went. I had a nurse's appointment and a dentist appointment, but they were on two separate days, so it's not like either of those swallowed one entire day. (Although I had shenanigans with the buses on the day of the dentist appt, so that swallowed more of the day than I would have liked).

Before I was off work, one of the ladies that I work with gave me a sewing machine that she wanted to get rid of, as she was having a clean out, and she'd never used it. It's pretty basic, but it does some fancy stuff (buttonholes, basic overlocking). I have tested it but not really messed with it much, but I am looking forward to using it. I would like to be able to make some clothes with it, because that way I can make things I like the look of, from the type of fabric I would like (natural fibres). I am already daydreaming about things beyond my skill level, lol.

Well, I say that, but actually making a basic jacket is one of the things I want to do, and really it's not that hard. I say, hubristically. But also my mum made her own clothes at one point, so I have books on how to make stuff as well as the internet so, fingers crossed, I might be okay!

Other than that, I thought work might be calming down, but no chance! I should know better by this point! Also I finally joined my workplace's union - I'd thought about it when I first started the job, but didn't think I'd be there very long, then didn't really think about it after that. But then the union rep asked me about joining yesterday (she's been on a bit of a mission to recruit members lately for reasons I'm not going into on a public post), so I did. It's only taken me two and a half years, heh.

I have also been doing some boring house stuff (mostly decluttering cupboards) and now I need to do another tip run before I can do the next bits.

And that's really it for the time being! Time to go and look at some books, I guess!