dog world

Not been doing a whole lot of anything interesting. On Friday I went to Winners to try and find something Melissa has been looking for, but they did not have it and I walked out with some cat toys and scratchers, and one of those book nook kits. The toys were a big hit, I could only see Sophie playing in the entryway, but she knocked those little fish around for 30 minutes.

Saturday morning I rolled out to do my shopping so that I could be home before the ultra-local event started and not need to find parking again. I finished the skirt completely, pinning, pressing and stitching the hem, stitching on 2 matching buttons on the pocket flaps, and a hook and bar. I'll wear it this week so I can get a photo. Just kinda flapped about the house for a bit, as I was meeting M downtown for a theatre showing of Hamilton, which we enjoyed. The sound should have been like doubled though, so we could turn it into a sing-along lol. After, we went to the used bookstore just down the street (no goodies this visit), and then back to M's place so we could... (dramatic pause) BUY TICKETS. I was really just there for moral support lol. I immediately transferred my cost over bc I had it planned for already, so that's one cost down. Then we were scoping out various seats within that theatre since we plan to see it again, her and I, and then checked out other theatres of different shows. Hot damn why are they all so gorgeous!! Why do I stay in a province that wouldn't know what art was even if it slapped them in the face!

Anyway... got home MUCH later than intended, but hilariously I saw some of the same people on the train that I had seen in the afternoon. It was actually a rather full car, which made me feel a little safer. Watched an ep of drag race and crashed into bed. Sunday I was lazing around more, bc the day before the kittens had just wanted to be ON me and tried to do so while I had room around me on the couch for precisely one. We had planned to go see our friends in nearby city, but they weren't feeling well so we cancelled. Unknown date of rescheduling. I just laid in bed all day, had a migraine aura around 330 so I took some drugs and a nap. Of course that meant that I couldn't sleep until like... 1 am, and I woke up in the middle of the night too.

Still have not finished my swatch for the sweater which absolutely will not be finished in the three months at this rate. Yarnspirations (Bernat/Patons/Red Heart) put out a collection of 20s inspired projects, one of which is quite pretty and uses a yarn I happen to have two of (deep stash, purchased no later than 2016), so I fished that out of a bin and swatched (much easier, 13 singles by 14 rows). I did it mostly because i KNOW my crochet gauge tends to be VERY tight, which is fine for the toys I usually make but would be super annoying to make a whole damn garment and find out it's too small. I have to size down 2 sizes for knitting, but UP 2 for crochet, go figure.

Fibre fest this weekend, and my local friend is up for going <3 We haven't been to this one since 2018 (I think), I'm really excited. We had such fun on that trip. I'm not REALLY shopping for anything, maybe a couple of projects, especially because every thought right now is "do I want this, or do I want to go to New York?". I have a few days to sort it out. Time with my friend squishing yarn is MUCH more important.

I can't believe its been 6 weeks already since a fave actor was cast in a show. I'll just stop hiding since this info is super easy to find, but the show is Hadestown and the actor is Jack Wolfe (I know him from Shadow and Bone). He debuted on Tuesday and there are already slime recordings, one of which is a 46 second clip from my favourite song (Wait for Me) that I listened to for, no joke, an hour and 15 minutes solid.

The trio of myself, Trick and M were talking about going to NYC together for a show. I was initially planning for later this year because we don't know how long Jack will be there. Trick is headed to the east coast in February and they (along with their partner) were planning a day or two on either side of that trip to detour through NYC to go. February definitely works better for me, so I made sheets for both November and then, just to compare.

We have since found out that Jack's event management confirmed he would not be at a con in London at the end of February because he would be on Broadway still. So we have felt empowered to decide to go. M and I probably could manage it a bit sooner, but I am so thrilled with the idea of all three of us (plus partner) going together so we can hold each other up. Trick and partner invited me to their east coast event too, but if M was able to go, then I wanted to spend a few days in NYC with her since we have been talking about this for years. (She planned it first. I said that sounds great, let's do it -- someday. We never had a firm reason before now.)

Current plan is for M and I at least to fly in Monday, do touristy shit that evening/Tuesday-day, see the show Tuesday night and sob our eyes out, maybe catch a matinee on Wednesday, shows on Wednesday and Thursday evenings (we have already accepted that there are too many shows and not nearly enough time or money). In the days, up til mid-day Friday, we are planning to visit the met, the natural history museum, at least two bookstores, grand central station, the public library, a ferry around staten island if it's running, Brooklyn Bridge is a reach I think but it's on the list of "yes I want to see this", try pizza and bagels and tacos, and just generally LIVE NYC life for 2.5 days. M said it was convenient that we are the same people and want to see the same things lol. But we will have to have an actual itinerary that's not so strict as "1-2pm, book store", but we will need to look at what we want to do and how much we can group together.

We are like, SO excited. It still doesn't feel real. We've only just committed to buying tickets on the weekend as that's the thing we don't want to risk missing (no danger of it yet, but best availability and all). We figured we can sell them if things don't work out.