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Day Sixteen

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Friday, April 24 , 2020

7.00am:
I’ve been awake for a while, so better get out of bed now, before this snoozing becomes a habit.
Plod into the bathroom…do the usual, except no shaving today. Really, what’s the point?

Coffee.

Today, I have to do a couple of things I’ve been putting off for a while:
1. I have to hem the net curtain in the lobby. Yes, you got that right. HEM it. You see, I put up
nets on all the windows, because I kinda like them. But, rather than buy new ones, I just
repurposed some I’ve had from the previous apartment. But, that meant cutting them to new
lengths and widths. This resulted in one now having a proper hem. Over the past years or
so, that net has been constantly under attack from the big leafy plant I placed by the window
in the lobby – near the front door. To the point where, the un-hemmed edge is barely more
than tangled threads. It looks bad, I’ve known it does for ages. Now, I’m going to do
something about it.
2. Make some short pants. Again, I’m repurposing some stuff – a pair of trousers I bought a
while ago, but they’re the wrong size. Rather than throw them away, I’m going to cut the leg
lengths and make some shorts.

Several hours, multiple needle stab wounds and lots of bad language later…

New curtain hem

Repurposed short pants

YAY! Success. One newly hemmed net curtain and a pair of wearable, repurposed blue short
pants. Very proud of myself.