The Cracked Mug v 2.0

[erikakaiser]

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oh my god just fucking do it already, you've been sending me e-mails for like six months, I am not going to give you any money

pull the trigger piglet

[Fetian]

We're just not that into you

[erikakaiser]

Updates!

Thursday: I had off! I had some personal time I had to use or lose before the end of the year so I gave myself a three day weekend and BOY did I need it. The entire last week of November I had just been grumpy and out of sorts; some of that was aforementioned weather dropping to the low twenties out of nowhere, plus this time of the year in general sucks for me and many others (RIP the sun, my old friend). A big part of it was family stuff blues, though, which can sneak up on me around the holidays. Once I acknowledged that and kinda felt my feelings about it I ended up almost immediately feeling a lot better, and spent Thursday catching up on some tasks + making soup, which turned out good. Slept a lot, tbh, I was fucking tired

Friday: chores and stuff, I don't even remember what all I did yesterday but it was a nice chill day and I felt properly rested both physically and emotionally for the first time in a solid week or so. Went on a nice long run, played Valheim with the homies

Saturday: my last weekend day! I have D&D later, am currently doing laundry (+have a few small chores to finish, mostly cleaning the kitchen and taking out the trash), and intend to do some creative stuff this evening. I'm pushing to finish my novel draft before the end of the year still, and I think I can do it! I'll probs do a goals/resolutions post soon and talk about that more. Would love to hear other people's goals/reflections/etc. too, I know internet cool kids get weird toxicity about New Year's resolutions (Ky sure did) but the end of a year is as good a time for it as any.

aside from that holy goddamn look at this art WIP I got earlier today, I keep gazing at it with awe and wonder

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[erikakaiser]

I could be using my spare funds to spoil my little brother, who may not ever know I exist, but instead I will, with joyous spite, use it to commission homoerotic artwork

[erikakaiser]

The entire last week of November I had just been grumpy and out of sorts [...]

also I was so grumpy I thought several times of something my grandpa used to say that's always stuck with me:

"I'm so grumpy I can't even stand myself"

like it's such a perfect way of defining that emotional state when you're really crabby, and you know you are, and you're irritated at yourself for it, but it doesn't actually fix anything and you will still bite the first thing that causes you a minor inconvenience

[erikakaiser]

Monday equivalent! Got a good night's sleep ("slept in" a little; I was awake but very cozy in bed and snuggled with Baby Dog for a bit before actually getting up and about), got some chores/tasks done, and am now sitting for a minute to get some creative work poked at before I go exercise. I have soup on the stove, even!

amazing what an actual restful weekend does for a ho

Goals for this week:
double-check with the vet about Baby Dog's new pet insurance (see if I need to set her up appointments for things, also)
figure out my dental insurance, I keep telling myself I will and I need to just rip the band-aid off and do the confusing aggravating scary thing
get my external hard drive out and put all my digital art in one place w/ one back-up, right now it's kind of verywhere

....verywhere???

everywhere

okay let me go do stuff bye

[erikakaiser]

Running this time of year is generally unpleasant but I do love seeing all the fat chonker city squirrels in their winter coats

[erikakaiser]

hey Erika don't forget to put in an order for more of those pill pocket things because Baby Dog is a giant drama queen about taking her meds unless it is compressed into something tasty and the peanut butter trick doesn't work anymore (she has become suspicious of peanut butter and will only take little licks)

[Fetian]

Alright, but I love "verywhere" as like, "scattered to the four winds"

[erikakaiser]

hey Erika don't forget to put in an order for more of those pill pocket things [...]

did this!

Also made some progress on my big grown-up tasks and put in my requests off for the beginning of next year (I somehow ended up with major events requiring time off in January, February, and March -- I am not complaining, but it does mean I've had to kinda keep my nose to the grindstone and accumulate aforementioned time off). I even did bonus grown-up task and started looking into --

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I'm sitting in front of my space heater for a few more minutes and then I need to make a quick run to Aldi's cuz I'm out of milk and dish soap, except I typed that like ten minutes ago and then sat here with the tab open while I dooted around so now I actually need to go to Aldi's