Day forty-one of The 100 Day Project for 2021.

And then, yesterday, all was right with the world again.

The previous day's curveball means I'll be working long hours this weekend to make up hours lost in the past couple of days, but two positives came out of the past twenty-four hours:

Simon and I are now even closer, and our relationship stronger.
I hit a 10kg weight loss milestone.

Turns out the stress of those 24 hours helped me to jump the next weight-loss hurdle.

I probably would have preferred an hour or more on my stationary bike to get there than what happened. Especially as I'd have been able to watch some entertaining TV at the same time. But I guess I'll take it...

By 14:00 yesterday, we also had an update on Simon's long-awaited return to London. The exact date isn't confirmed yet, but he should be on his way back to London by Monday week at the latest. With any luck, we'll be reunited before Easter. An early birthday present for both of us.

I decided to keep today's drawing relatively simple and not focus too much on photo-realism.

Having said that, somehow, one of my feet turned out slimmer than the other, though that's not really reflective of the source image.

I drew this with a 4H pencil then went over the black outlines of the skirt and shoes with an HB. I went a little heavier over the edge where the white polka dots intersected with the 4H, and I used a 2H pencil for the outline of my tights/legs.

As you can see, I kinda botched the polka dots on the right-hand side of the image despite going great guns on the left first.

I made a mess drawing over the left side of the shoe opening on my right foot with the HB pencil.