First Update for Project OMGWTFF

I keep meaning to chronicle the creation of something from start to finish. And I keep not doing it because it's a pain in the ass and I'm thinking the same thing every day: "Why am I doing this?". So okay, I'm late on the start of this one, but it seems like something that's gonna need to be chronicled. As such, there will be much cursing and little sense-making and I'm still not really up on taking pictures of in-progress things, but we'll see. Let's call this Project OMGWTFF. (I don't think anyone needs that explained.)

Day 1 - I needed to do something different, so I grabbed some completely unused yarn and started making... something. Trying to keep to the goal of only using what I already have. (I see myself failing very soon.) Why am I doing this?

Day 2 - This "something" started to take shape, but it was still just... something. A little larger than I thought it'd be already, though... Why am I doing this?

Day 3 - Somewhere around halfway through the day, the something decided what it wanted to be. And somehow I managed to hold back a sob. Finally got the main body done, taking lots of extra time because of the very long tail. Measured it, against my better judgment. Just shy of 14 inches from front of the chest to the tip of the tail... now. This will change. Again, taking some control to hold back a sob.

...And then it decided it wanted at least one set of wings. The "at least one" is fucking terrifying. But I went and got the decently thick wire I had left over from chocobos and started building the framework. Took quite a bit of time to braid long lengths of disagreeable wire together. (And yes, at that point, I was glad I had glasses. If you have tried to work with long lengths of wire, you will know why. Not a scratch, both eyes intact, I am somewhat triumphant.) Formed, shaped, bent. Wound up with a wingspan quite a bit longer than my arm. Were it fully extended, it looks like it'd be almost my arm span altogether. Well. Shit.

Stabilized the framework and started getting it covered in yarn. Why am I doing this?

Day 4 - (Today.) Continued getting the framework stabilized and covered in yarn. Used up the rest of the wire. Possibly halfway done with the basics of wing construction. Complications. And again, complications. Also continued trying not to sob. No comment on success. Why am I doing this?

According to my hands, my neck, and the state of my desk, I have damn well earned a weekend off. *confetti*