I’ve got a very busy week coming up, but everything is scheduled in neatly and will get done. Just about!
I spent most of today working on my jam game, though I did also have a bit of editing to do. My four main projects this week are coding, cleaning, day job work and Christmas prep – there’s quite a lot to do. Nevertheless, it all needs doing so I will beaver on!
Another busy day tomorrow.
Today’s earworm playlist:
Wynter Gordon – ‘Dirty Talk’
I live in vintage ’80s jumpers at this time of year, and this pink and black one – picked up at a vintage fair in late 2017 – is still one of my favourites.
This year, I’ve been wearing it with my Christmas loungewear from Lucy Locket Loves, because it really picks up the bright pink stars in the pattern. Wide trousers are not super ’80s so I tuck them into slouch boots if I want to look period appropriate!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Blondie – ‘Hanging On The Telephone’
Wham! – ‘Last Christmas’
I managed a run and a drive to the post office to post presents and cards today… but that was about it! From about mid-afternoon I just didn’t have any mental or physical energy left, which I think is the last few weeks catching up with me. I’m going to have a really quiet evening with music and TV and hope that I’ll be back to normal tomorrow.
A couple of (very slightly!) longer runs planned for the weekend, but other than that I’ll just be working on my game. I hope!
Back for an update again on Monday.
Today’s earworm playlist:
Duran Duran – ‘Girls On Film’
Since I started working on my new jam game earlier this week (I abandoned my initial project because it was becoming too ambitious for the time limit), it’s been going really well and I’ve hit my progress target every day so far. If I keep going at this rate I should have a good week for playtesting before the jam deadline, which would be great.
I’ve also been doing a lot of card-writing and present-wrapping this evening, ready for the big trip to the post office (as some gifts need to be sent through the post this year).
Hoping for another productive coding day tomorrow!
Today’s earworm playlist:
The Weeknd – ‘Blinding Lights’
Duran Duran – ‘Winter Marches On’
Rag ‘N’ Bone Man – ‘Human’
Bill sent in this white-painted phone box from the Halliwell Jones garage in Warrington.
(Coordinates 53°40’20.4″N, 2°59’36.3″W.)
Interestingly, this box has only recently been painted white. In all the Street View images from 2014 to 2019, you can see that it used to be yellow! Either way, it makes a very nice addition to the garage forecourt.
Back to the regularly-scheduled red phone boxes next week.
I was awake about three hours earlier this morning than I have been recently, as I wanted to get a treadmill run in before my hair appointment. It’s nice to have my hair in check again (it was getting unwieldy), but I find that if I don’t get a lot of sleep then I’m really hungry the next day! Currently trying to resist the mince pies in the cupboard, though I don’t expect I’ll last out for the whole afternoon.
Since I got back, I’ve just been working on my game for the current Adventuron jam. It’s a fairly short game but I’m really enjoying making it!
I’ve made the sofa a bit cosier and comfier (and wintry-looking!) by putting on a big faux-mink blanket that had been sitting at the back of a cupboard for years until I pulled it out last week. Now looking forward to a properly relaxing evening of not doing very much. Tomorrow should be fairly quiet as well!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Sebastian Gampl and Tommy Reeve – ‘Under Control’
Duran Duran – ‘Winter Marches On’
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – ‘I Don’t Care’
Another quick mile out in the cold air this morning, and then I settled down for a quiet afternoon getting on with some neglected admin and working on my game. I’m looking forward to an even more quiet evening! I’ve got some YouTube videos and Strictly episodes I want to catch up with and some magazines to read.
Masked-up hair appointment tomorrow morning, but otherwise it’ll be another quiet day I hope!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Sebastian Gampl and Tommy Reeve – ‘Without You’
The Weeknd – ‘Blinding Lights’
I carried on digging all weekend, and today I’m finally done… for this year anyway!
The hoard of stuff in the study and dressing room has all gone. Some of it went out / into recycling, some of it found a tidier home elsewhere in the house, and some of it got boxed up and put in the garage ready to be sorted out at a later date. I’m so much happier now I have those two upstairs rooms back (as well as more space in the bedroom, as I de-hoarded in there as well). I’ve given the now-tidy upstairs a good hoover and put some Christmas decorations up, but the whole place could also do with a good deep clean in the near future. Still, I’m really happy that this particular part of the project is done!
I also got an outdoor run done this morning for the first time in a few days. I’d been sticking to the treadmill over the weekend because I really didn’t feel like going out in the cold, but this morning I wrapped up a bit warmer and braved the roads again. I felt a lot better for some fresh air! We also had a good walk around the supermarket this afternoon and got some Christmas shopping done.
Other than a slight bit of tidying in the living room, I’ll be taking a long-deserved break from the house project tomorrow. I’m looking forward to getting on with my new Adventuron game instead!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Tinie Tempah and Labrinth – ‘Pass Out’
Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin – ‘I Like It’