i’m a little worried about the horses in the field next door.

okay, okay, okay, i’m making progress.

i have a bunch of craft projects in the go right now, all of which i need to buck up and sew together so that they can be crossed off the list. at the weekend i finished knitting the first of six cushion covers i need to do, so now that needs sewing up. i also need to sew together a dog i’ve been crocheting so my cousin can take it with her when she goes to india next week. i made another elephant with the first pattern i ever tried, and it turns out that the reason it didn’t work great is that i hate the pattern.

i have a number of makes on my to-do list, and i really need to make a physical list if i want any chance of keeping on top of this whole thing.

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i live in the east of england*, and my area has been one of the places hit by The Beast from The East (i still cannot believe that’s what we’re calling it). the cab i was in at 1am on wednesday morning was trying to get me home through snow that had been steadily accumulating for over 8 hours - snow that was still falling as we travelled - and nearly spun off the road at one point, so suffice it to say that i haven’t left the house since. today there’s been a lot of snowfall and sleet - huge waves of very, very small flakesss of snow. i am over it, guys. enough.

i’m hoping that i can get in and back out of work tomorrow, because i really don’t want to do another day in the house. there’s not a lot going on in the office, but i really want my dang laptop. when i left the bar on tuesday night, my boss was like, why are you coming in tomorrow? which, thanks, but at least let me pretend i should come in or i never will. as it was, i ended up slacking him on wednesday morning and telling him i wouldn’t be in. i appreciated knowing in advance that he had no bones about my not being there, but. idk. idk where i’m going with this.

it’s snowing; public transport in the area has ceased to function; wfh meant i managed to continue my slow, happy progress through the new series of queer eye and watch half of the latest critical role. silver linings.

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*) ‘east of england’ is actually a region of the country, as opposed to east england, which encompasses east of england. the whole area is a mix between a number of regions - not really north enough to be the midlands; not south enough to be london; just about west enough to not be east anglia. i don’t know why we’re like this, guys.

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here are some things i have spent money on (that i probably shouldn’t have spent money on, but whatever):

1. my bff and i (ex-flatmate) (oh man, it’s been a decade) are going to see brian friel’s translations at the nash in june!
2. i also bought a ticket to see julie at the nash on the same day because why not
3. i am going to miss most of bfi flare this year (the bfi’s lgbt film festival) but i did manage to book battle of the sexes and call me by your name which are showing on this ‘second chance’ day they do on the closing day of the festival. got in for some priority booking, too, which is always fun

i’m hoping to see lady bird soon as well, but it will have to be in london because it’s not screening at my local.

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spotify rec’d me the new vance joy album this week and i have to say: well played.