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I went to a chamber music concert this afternoon and remembered to bring my cross-stitch. I adore chamber music, but it is often difficult for me to focus through a concert without drifting. It occurred to me last year that concerts would probably be similar to podcasts and audiobooks, in that having some kind of physical task (fiber craft, cooking, household chores, driving, etcetera) might eat my distraction and let me pay attention to the music.

This is indeed the case! But it requires me to A) have a project that I don't need to be paying VERY close attention to (that is, not a lot of counting stitches) and B) remember to bring the project to the concert.

Anyway the concert was lovely and I made some good progress on my current cross-stitch project. :)

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In unrelated news, I have notified Landlord Dude that I am moving out in mid to late June. The next step is to work out how to hire a storage pod and where to put it. It is not entirely clear if my driveway would work (unpaved, narrow), and if not, whether I could get permission to either drop a pod in the street for a few days or use a couple spaces in the parking lot kitty-corner of my house. So that's a bunch of research and also a small adventure with a measuring tape waiting for me.

I will also continue sorting and discarding 15 years of accumulated stuff, as one does.

And then I think I will notify the rental company of my plans around March 28, which will leave them two full months (plus some fraction of June) to hire and start training a replacement.

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Date: 2025-03-10 07:30 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] senmut
Oh wow! Good luck!

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Date: 2025-03-10 02:49 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] branchandroot
You are very wise to get started now.

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Date: 2025-03-10 04:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] branchandroot
I bet it is! My own moves were the spark to move my library into ebook form, just so I'd never have to move with 45 book boxes again, and it was really weird, for a while, not having full shelves around.

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