Nothing Day

Once again today I’m “off schedule,” though the day did start out with what is becoming the typical four-mile walk.
When I got home I started working on a picture that I’ve been commissioned (which is to say “asked,” as there is no money involved) to draw.
It’s actually a picture of a group of people; specifically, characters from a D&D game that Scott and several other people play.
I did a group picture for them before, but since that time most of the characters have changed, so it’s time for an update.
As it stands, I’ve completed three of the six characters to my satisfaction. I’ve completed a fourth, but I’m not really satisfied with that one.
The biggest problem is that some of the characters are male.
I can draw males, it’s just that I generally prefer not to, so they’re going to take a little more work than the female characters, which I’ve already finished drawing.
The biggest problem is that I have plenty of female reference pictures to work from, but I don’t have any male reference pictures, nor am I especially inclined to seek them out. Given how the fourth picture (of a male) turned out when drawn without reference, though, I think I’m going to have to do so.
Beyond walking and drawing, I didn’t do much today.
I did take a stab at eating solid food, in the form of an omelet.
Said omelet had nearly turned out picture-perfect, but ended up ripping in half when I was folding it. Ah well.
It was still a bit difficult to navigate the actual eating of food, as my gums are still raw, so I’d prefer not to get food stuck in them. Looks like I’m going to be sticking with soup for a while yet.
It’s hot and muggy again today, so I find myself feeling sticky and gross just sitting here. Normally I don’t bother with the A/C, as it doesn’t work that well, but today I was inclined to do so. The only problem, though, is that instead of not working well, it’s not working at all. Apparently whatever caused the fan to stop working last summer has happened again, so at some point I’m going to have to get maintenance in here. If nothing else, I will need the fan to work in the winter for heat, if we assume that I don’t move when my lease is up.
I don’t want to move, but given that they (apparently on accident) didn’t raise my rent at all last time I renewed my lease, it seems likely that they might bump it up quite a bit this time around. We’ll see, I guess. I still have six months to go, but as I get older, and particularly with my work schedule, months fly by rather quickly, even though I’m seldom having fun.
In any case, there’s not much else for me to write about, as today has been kind of a nothing day.