I'm really annoyed. I went and bought some padded envelopes last week, they arrived, and the stupid things were too small; way smaller than the size measurements said they'd be.
They weren't too expensive, so getting a refund wasn't worth it, but I can't use them for what I intended.
My intention with them was to start selling some of these games that I've collected over the last month or so.
I have picked up games here and there whenever I saw them in charity shops or places like that, especially if they're a good price. But, recently I started getting serious about buying.
200 Euros, that was my limit, and I've gone a little bit over budget and have currently spent about 210-ish, on about 120 games.
The majority of the games seem to go for around 5 - 10 Euros a piece, while some are upwards of 25, and then a good few I have are in the range of 25 - 80 Euros. (Mainly, some of the PS1 games I've picked up.)
It's a good little profit, but obviously, the hard part for me now is selling the things. I'm not too worried about selling them rapidly, as I'm more interested in longevity, and would like to keep a healthy stockpile while continuing to pick up deals where I find them.
Today, I picked up this large roll of white paper, to use as a backdrop for taking photos of each game.
All is well on that front. I have the stands, the backdrop, and the time this weekend to do it.
I ordered more parcels a few days ago and some fabric to make a homemade lightbox for the product shots. I ordered these particular items from the sellers because they said they'd arrive by today... but, they didn't, and instead will arrive by Monday.
I was at work today, and am in tomorrow, I'm off on Saturday, which was going to be a time I could sit down, set up properly, and get a bunch of the items photographed, then I'm working Sunday, so things are a bit hectic, but I found the time to get this stuff done. Only to be let down by a sudden change in delivery time.
I'll be going back to Aimee's on Sunday evening after work, and probably won't be back here until Thursday. All my stuff is here, and I have nowhere down there to set up to do this stuff, and also I don't want to drag everything down with me, and even if I do, there's no point, because the stupid packages will be here.
It has really bugged me, and just reminds me of a situation only a few weeks ago where I bought the stuff to play older consoles and stream retro games.
After a lot of head wreck I got the thing set up, and did stream some stuff, but time isn't exactly on my side, I'm only here when I'm working, and when I get home and have dinner I'm not really in the headspace to do streaming or anything like that.
Also, the controller wasn't working so that didn't help matters either.
All The Ideas, But No Time
I'm just venting at the moment, and I get that these issues are stupid, but I've just been so frustrated recently. I'd like to just have time to do some shit I want to do.
I bought a mounting frame a few weeks back to do my model-making and film the process. Have I done that? No, the thing is gathering dust in the corner. It's essentially a 200 Euro doorstop at the moment.
It's tough. I have so much I want to do, but no time to do any of it. Hive is literally the one thing I have, that I can do for an hour or so a day and feel like I'm accomplishing something. What exactly? I'm not sure, but it feels fulfilling.
There are about 3 things I really want to do, outside of Hive, but each one has had issues before I could actually get started, and since all of those things revolve around me being home, and then only being here when I'm working lies the main issue.
Kaleb is in creche 3 days a week, Monday - Wednesday, from around 8AM - 6PM, that would give me enough time to get the stuff I want to do, done, but there's no space for me down there to set up.
I'd love to bring my frame down there to make models or something on those days, but I have no idea where I would set up to be able to do so. I'd like to figure something out so I can utilise some of the time I have during the week.
The model making is one itch I've had for a while, and I think doing a few videos will scratch that itch, and I may not even end up continuing on after doing the few videos. But, it's really on my mind because there's this feeling of not being able to do it, which is driving me nuts. Same with the streaming. Also, now I'm feeling that same annoyance now with these parcels not arriving.
It just seems that every time I set my mind to do something or get something done, something happens that throws the whole thing off course.
