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Moody by Proxy
Apr. 6th, 2025 09:43 pmI'm feeling really moody at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it is mostly because the main character in the book I'm listening to is kind of unstable. That's okay. I'm pretty sure that in the next 10 hours of book, he'll manage to get himself in and out of some problems that will ultimately work out okay. It is interesting, as this series started out pretty plot driven, but has turned into more of something that feels like updates on the main character's life. This happens with the Patrick O'Brian books too. I think if you have a long series of books that revolve really strongly around a main character or two, some of them stop having a clear plot.
Anyway, I just didn't feel like painting the painting that I had set up to paint, so instead I'm going to paint an owl for a friend who was a zoologist.
The weather report says we'll have three days without rain, which I'm super excited about.
I'm kind of thinking that I might have to accept that the raised beds are going to take a long time to get put in too. Right now, we are waiting on:
- the tree people who couldn't come because of the storms that downed a bunch of trees
- the window people who can't do anything until it stops raining
- the landscaper who was looking for someone to put in the raised beds
- the water heater repair people who refuse to answer my messages
- the contractor who is supposed to fix the exterior stone wall and bathroom before the end of the month
- the immigration service that will at some point contact us so that we can renew our (expired) residency
* sigh * Oh, Portugal. I think that 2/3 of those are because of the rain, though, so hopefully we'll be able to get some of this done if it ever stops raining. I should also contact the guy who actually fixed the water heater in January to see if he can do anything, and then I might need to use the (dreaded) complaint book, which apparently actually will get results. There is nothing I can do about immigration, though. For that, we just have to wait.
Anyway, I just didn't feel like painting the painting that I had set up to paint, so instead I'm going to paint an owl for a friend who was a zoologist.
The weather report says we'll have three days without rain, which I'm super excited about.
I'm kind of thinking that I might have to accept that the raised beds are going to take a long time to get put in too. Right now, we are waiting on:
- the tree people who couldn't come because of the storms that downed a bunch of trees
- the window people who can't do anything until it stops raining
- the landscaper who was looking for someone to put in the raised beds
- the water heater repair people who refuse to answer my messages
- the contractor who is supposed to fix the exterior stone wall and bathroom before the end of the month
- the immigration service that will at some point contact us so that we can renew our (expired) residency
* sigh * Oh, Portugal. I think that 2/3 of those are because of the rain, though, so hopefully we'll be able to get some of this done if it ever stops raining. I should also contact the guy who actually fixed the water heater in January to see if he can do anything, and then I might need to use the (dreaded) complaint book, which apparently actually will get results. There is nothing I can do about immigration, though. For that, we just have to wait.
