Halfway through 2026

29 Jun, 2026

At the beginning of the year I wrote ideas for 2026 and updated with progress on 2026 in March. Now we're halfway through the year!

Here on the site:

Personal, home, family stuff:

monster trucks is booked for next month and ear defenders have been purchased
the swim event in the Lakes has occurred. Plans for next year are already afoot. Several other swims have also occurred
fun summer parties have been happening though the weather hasn't been massively cooperating
a canoe has appeared
have been to more theatre, a Tolkien festival, and am keeping on top of events-type stuff
significant amounts of garden have been dug with significant amounts still to go
DIY projects have gone well and other the next few months there will be more painting, tiling, and now I'm not prepping birthdays I'll spread out some artwork for framing

Learning, reading, projects stuff:

I'm clearing my reading deck a bit ready to take Middlemarch on holiday with me next month
signed up for a few courses as I'd let that sort of slide, more on which soon
my cloudspotting book is sitting by the back door and getting more use than the telescope
got my camera out and doing some research on cyanotype kits
still done nothing about learning basic electronics and nothing new about my French. Still whoops!
Recollections project is trundling along. Running much smoother with Obsidian now. It's been a busy couple of months but I'm still confident it will be done this year

Games:

keeping my eye out for stuff at the boardgame cafe that isn't D&D, while also going to D&D
ran a big game day two days ago with lots of scenery and damn near lost my mind. It was fun though

Creativity:

got a much better idea of the final two chapters of my fic. Cautiously optimistic it will still get done this year. Will have to start more serious work on the next chapter soon
been writing a very short story a week over the past few weeks. Not had much time but still wanted to finish things and it's been a really great experience
posted more zine stuff and Joyride and stuff here, that felt good