For those that were wondering, I did partially make a mistake in how to handle the cardboard recycling!
Apparently I was meant to transfer our cardboard recycling into a designated bag before putting out there, but that bag was in the storage shed in our drive (which by the way I did look in for something more official appearing) but I didn’t know that.
Anyway, they still accepted the temporary container I used, and thankfully it didn’t rain or blow away.
So all is well that ends well.
I don’t have to take responsibility for messing up.
I got distracted reading a book again and the sun has risen.
Time to finish this editing that take a power nap (aka sleep).
Oh right, and try not to worry myself to death about the bins outside.
I’m not sure why I am so conscious of them now and not normally.
Maybe it’s because I had to put the bins out myself while my parents are away and I keep worrying I did them wrong.
But actually what concerns me most is the paper recycling.
I cleared out so much old paper stuff from my room without checking it, there’s probably some old letters and documents in there.
I have some irrational fear that someone will go through them…
I got bored earlier today so I did some maint on my PC.
Mostly updating all my drivers after postponing it for so long, but I also uninstalled some stuff I never use.
Just over 200GB of stuff I never use.
Crazy.
I also went online to check when I bought my SSD and it was three years ago.
I think they used to say they had a five year lifespan?
I can’t remember exactly but I think that’s right anyway.
Since I still have forever ahead of me I checked prices out of interest, and you can now buy 4tb SSDs for cheaper than my 2tb one!
Technology advances forward…
I saw a comment on a mod page today talking about how the modder wanted to rewrite the mod instead of keep adding patches to keep up with the game updates.
And someone in the comments underneath went “I took a look at the code and anyone can see why you’d choose to do that”.
And it sort of made me laugh.
I get that it was meant to reaffirm the decision and support it even if it meant a delay.
But it also reads like an insult of “your code is awful.”
I wanted to do this in 4chan green text style mock post of like “be me” but it didn’t sound right.
I was going to complain about how I started editing early to go to sleep early.
But then because I started early I figured I had extra time and took more breaks than normal.
So now I’m even later than usual despite starting early!
I also lost my draft edit for this because of wordpress! So don’t expect comments on it because I was too tired.
A large chunk of money vanished from my bank account tonight with no record of a transaction.
After some analysis I have calculated the missing money to perfectly align with the cost of the Index omnibus.
This leads me to believe that they have taken the money for the book, but it will not show in my transaction history until it is shipped and confirmed.
Which is a strange series of events, but I don’t know why I would expect any different from a situation like this.
Especially in todays society.
The mysterious helicopter that I’ve seen like thrice now landed on the field again near my house.
I’m starting to wonder what it is that requires a helicopter to visit like one every other month for an hour or more now.
Is there someone just super prone to accidents living there?
Or what exactly?
Is it like some secret cabal that sometimes screw up and they call an ambulance?
I WANT TO KNOW THE DETAILS!
Why are these things never in the news?!
One thing that stood out to me editing this chapter is that it felt longer than the previous chapter.
But actually in word count this is the shorter one.
It’s strange how perception can be bent like that, I wonder what it is about this chapter that made it feel longer?
The content? Number of edits? My tiredness?
I applied to some totally wild jobs today…
I don’t plan to get either of them, but they amused me.
One I actually applied to for the memes, I mean I absolutely won’t get that job, but it was funny to try.
It was for the online gambling commission, and I found the idea of being in the organisation that’s meant to be fighting lootboxes funny.
Recently my youtube shorts section has been flooded with Rin Penrose content.
Which is great, I won’t complain.
I don’t think even I could be that unapologetically British without trying.
Although maybe I do come across that way to the people I play games with?
I will never know, nor will I ever ask.
Anyway moving on from that.
As I opened this chapter to edit I was like “Oh god yes we were in the middle of this weren’t we!”
Which just goes to show how quickly you lose track of what you’re working on when you have multiple editing projects + personal reading.
Absolutely insane that authors can keep track of most things honestly.
Like I forget what I’ve edited but they have to remember everything they wrote going all the way back.
Well, there’s a reason novels need so many editing passes.
