Greetings. Long time no see.
Mar. 26th, 2020 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
milievaThings aren't super exciting over here, as we all well know. Hanging out at home all day loses it's shine really fast.
Basically, I've been spending most of my time at home for well over a year, dealing with a number of pain issues. And the medication I've been taking for them has been messing with my ability to write, and I definitely let this journal fall to the wayside.
Maybe now is a good time to revive it.
Right now, I'm staring out at our shed/summer house that's filled with all sorts of nonsense and trying to decide how best to tidy it up enough I can turn it into some sort of writing space. It's going to involve rather a lot of work. I probably need to accept that I am going to need to empty everything out and start over rather than just shoving things around. But I'm going to try to do it bit by bit for a few days instead, moving shelves and such around so it's not quite so full feeling. There are a few pieces that can go up in the loft now that we installed boards up there.
But just moving things around so I can fit a table in the corner would make for a good trial of the idea of a writing shed.
The current table I plan to use is the little camp table I bought to be a second table surface for sewing on, as the original table I wanted to use - my old folding table - is too big to fit where I want it in the space. Our shed is just too narrow for a six foot long table. The little camp table is a good trial, and we could get in something else to stay in there, should it work.
I still want to get some light paint to paint the inside to make it brighter in there. Which feels silly right now, but if it works as a writing space, I think it would be a good idea. It would not only freshen it up, but would make it brighter in there even when the sun's not shining into the little dirty windows.
Paint is one of things one can still order online here. I've been poking around at various DIY places that still deliver and have been debating getting timber so I can build the plant shelves that I keep wanting to buy so we can get more plants tucked into our tiny garden, while not feeling like we're completely blocked in all the time.
I don't know. It all feels like I'm trying to find busy work to avoid thinking about much of anything.
Basically, I've been spending most of my time at home for well over a year, dealing with a number of pain issues. And the medication I've been taking for them has been messing with my ability to write, and I definitely let this journal fall to the wayside.
Maybe now is a good time to revive it.
Right now, I'm staring out at our shed/summer house that's filled with all sorts of nonsense and trying to decide how best to tidy it up enough I can turn it into some sort of writing space. It's going to involve rather a lot of work. I probably need to accept that I am going to need to empty everything out and start over rather than just shoving things around. But I'm going to try to do it bit by bit for a few days instead, moving shelves and such around so it's not quite so full feeling. There are a few pieces that can go up in the loft now that we installed boards up there.
But just moving things around so I can fit a table in the corner would make for a good trial of the idea of a writing shed.
The current table I plan to use is the little camp table I bought to be a second table surface for sewing on, as the original table I wanted to use - my old folding table - is too big to fit where I want it in the space. Our shed is just too narrow for a six foot long table. The little camp table is a good trial, and we could get in something else to stay in there, should it work.
I still want to get some light paint to paint the inside to make it brighter in there. Which feels silly right now, but if it works as a writing space, I think it would be a good idea. It would not only freshen it up, but would make it brighter in there even when the sun's not shining into the little dirty windows.
Paint is one of things one can still order online here. I've been poking around at various DIY places that still deliver and have been debating getting timber so I can build the plant shelves that I keep wanting to buy so we can get more plants tucked into our tiny garden, while not feeling like we're completely blocked in all the time.
I don't know. It all feels like I'm trying to find busy work to avoid thinking about much of anything.
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Date: 2020-03-26 07:03 pm (UTC)What's the female equivalent for a man-cave? I feel like someone's already coined a term for it... Anyway, writing shed sounds awesome. Just pace yourself on moving/going through boxes. It gets way to easy to tell yourself "just one more box" wind up in pain from overdoing things. Happened to me just the other night. -_-
But happy cleaning! ;)
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Date: 2020-04-02 03:04 pm (UTC)I proceeded to make myself ill from all the dust I kicked up. There wasn't all that much to move though once we got some of the things up into the loft and out of the way.
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Date: 2020-04-02 10:51 pm (UTC)Yeah, that's my issue too. Even the N95 masks I keep around don't do the job. Found out nothing less than a full respirator mask is enough to keep me from getting sick if I do yard work or serious dusty stuff. They are actually easier to breathe through than the N95s.
https://postynotemusing.dreamwidth.org/709693.html
You might look into one when this is all over. I imagine they are hard to get now.
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Date: 2020-03-29 10:42 pm (UTC)i hope your pain issues are getting better over the time you've been absent.
also your diy plans sound so nice and fresh! i find that getting light into any space and reorganizing, cleaning, and repainting things just gives a person a new view on things.
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Date: 2020-04-02 03:06 pm (UTC)I was supposed to have surgery to investigate the pain issues, but that was cancelled for obvious reasons. Oh well. This too will pass.
I've still not used the space I've made. I should give it a go. I've been struggling a lot with my allergies lately.
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Date: 2020-04-02 03:07 pm (UTC)