- Finished Split Fiction’s main story, still think it was a lot of fun! (And some good accessibility options, too.) We’re just chasing down some achievements now. It was nice to get to play something where playing with Lisa was not optional but necessary.
- I had a bunch of credit for books from tradeins so got the rest of a series I’m interested in on Bookshop.org as a New Year treat.
- So many other fun new books to read thanks to my Christmas gifts!
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- We got 100% on Split Fiction without anything too annoying! So it all stayed fun.
- We’ve picked up another game by the same developer, It Takes Two. A lot of similar mechanics, just a somewhat different style. And it wasn’t nearly so expensive, ahaha.
- Close to meeting my 2025 reading goal…
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- Met my 2025 reading goal, and feel really happy with my progress on my TBR last month.
- Lisa decided to kick off my reading year by getting me a couple more volumes of Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (the manhwa). Excited!
- Figured out a less painful way of getting a bunch of achievements in FFXIV. It’s a bit time-consuming, but nothing like the way I was handling it before.
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- Got some fun games in the Steam sale: Slay the Spire and Coffee Caravan are definitely keeping me occupied so far, though I have a couple more to try.
- Finally catching up on some sleep debt I incurred due partly to bad choices and partly finding it difficult to stay asleep long enough on a morning. Hurrah for my body starting to learn to sleep again.
- Bongo Cat is a cute and fun thing to have running while spending a lot of time on the PC. My cat has a book for a hat now! I like sitting around in a lobby and seeing other people working away as well. Sometimes I’ll send an emoji like a couple of waves and click my kitty to say “meow meow”, and watch other people waving back and saying “meow meow” in return. There’s no other chatting, so it’s not super distracting, just kinda like coworking quietly.
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- Weekend, and thus hopefully some time to play co-op games with my wife again.
- Did the first new raid in FFXIV for the first time on Wednesday, we got about 75% of the way through the boss health, more like 90% through the mechanics of the fight, so good chance we’ll beat it tonight!
- Taco soup for dinner.
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- Tylenol is working to keep my kid’s fever down.
- Snuggly kitty!
- The postal worker showed up just when I needed help getting a package out of the mailbox (it seems that it fit in his end, but was just too big to come out again on my end).
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- Having fun playing Blue Prince. Lisa’s also playing it so we’re pooling some knowledge/experience.
- Tacos for dinner!
- Lots of reading today. (Mostly Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification, so far.)
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- Spent a lot of time reading today and it was a lot of fun!
- Also had a great time hanging out with a friend I hadn’t seen for a few weeks while I was visiting home!
- Started putting up some of the new prints I bought at the artist alley of the con I went to before I went home! Ahh, they are beautiful!
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- Finally managed to beat a run of Slay the Spire!
- We’ve kept the house pretty tidy, so preparing for a house inspection is no big deal.
- Mum’s sorted out a dentist appointment for me and will go with me. (Big dental phobia + a little dental trauma, to the point of being sometimes non-verbal and/or flashbacks, so having Mum along helps.)
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- Even though the house was pretty clean and tidy, the house inspection spurred us to do a really thorough job of getting things tidy, and… I was already pretty happy, but this is lovely!
- Working at my parents’ today out of the way of any disruption, and Dad even came to pick me up. It’s going to be weird if my parents move down to Wales before we do and they’re not around for this kind of thing, but gonna be grateful for them while they are.
- The book I wanted to get for Dad for Christmas finally arrived, and he seems interested, yay.
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- Found some books at my parents that I can sell to Bookloop for credits, woooo. Dad’s going to seal that up and get it sent off, and I’ll get £30. Not bad for books I’d forgotten existed!
- Plans for time off coming together well and should cover some of my dental work and my annual eye test too.
- I don’t know if I mentioned, I don’t think so, but at Christmas Lisa got me a little plush of my favourite FFXIV character. I use the “Wind-Up” version of him as my minion in-game… and now he’s my little good luck charm in the real world too.
The character:
The in-game Wind-Up minion:
My real-world friend:
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- A friend brought a huge container of Cheetos Puffs to game night. It had been a while since I’d had anything with the bright orange fake cheese dust, and I do really enjoy it.
- New podcast find: No Gods No Mayors. I’m a few episodes in and really enjoying it so far.
- Got the daughter a bow and arrow for Christmas. It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything archery-related. I’ve been having fun relearning and teaching her.
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- Putting in some extra time getting stuff done before I take time off, and finding it satisfying, even if it’s a lot. I couldn’t keep this up, but it is nice to survey my works at the end of the day!
- Lisa’s helping me out with a blog post for Postcrossing, letting me take pictures of the miniature they’re building.
- Biscuit being all cuddly and affectionate today.
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- Got everything lined up for my two weeks off.
- I was super productive!
- Lisa’s started joining me in Bongo Cat, in the same lobby, so my kitty always has someone to hang out with!
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- Really enjoyed dinner today!
- Watched a great movie with my dad over zoom this afternoon!
- Made some progress this morning on a hobby project that had fallen by the wayside.
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- My eye test today was fine, and the scan showed there’s still no sign of any damage to the back of my eye so far. So for another year, I can put it out of my mind safely (other than my weekly home test).
- I get new frames for my glasses without having to pay, since the old ones just fell apart within the warranty period. Need to go back to pick them up and get the new frames properly adjusted to my face, but they’re the same as my old frames, so the adjustments should be minimal.
- New books! I know, this happens to me a lot, and it always makes me happy.
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- Time off!
- Tried to start the ball rolling on getting physio via the NHS for my wrist injury, because I’m very tired of it now and probably that will be required.
- Figured out how to play Slay the Spire with controller, which is easier on my wrist and lets me rest it properly while not being cut off from the game I’m most interested in messing around with right now.
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- Feeling in the mood to read, which I haven’t really been for a few days/weeks. I’ve been reading a bit here and there, but not really sitting down and reading a lot at a time, and I miss that.
- Our next door neighbour just brought round a surprise treat for us. We should really make cookies or something again for them!
- My wrist is a little better again today.
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- Got a true ending clear in Slay the Spire! I partially lucked into having a good build for it as I didn’t look up spoilers, but still, pretty pleased.
- Started some books because I had to for Beeminder, and it did make it a lot clearer what I’m interested in reading right now, which is helpful since I’m being kinda fidgety/picky.
- Bunnies are booked in for vaccinations without too much fuss.
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- Have been really enjoying the frozen taro bus i have been eating for breakfast this week!
- Have been really enjoying work the past couple weeks!
- Had a great time out with friends tonight!
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