The Cracked Mug v 2.0

[erikavonkaiser]

Wow, um

I was really tired

I was feeling low spell slots this morning, as mentioned, so I did order some chicken tendies from a place around the corner to eat throughout the day with some leftover salad, and decided to get groceries tomorrow. I did my usual tidying up chores, lazed about, and then decided to go on a nice long walk with Baby Dog in the lovely weather. I walked at her pace, so definitely more of a meander than a walk, but it was really nice and I let my brain wander wherever it wanted to wander.

Once I got back I ate and then felt a little sluggish, still, so I decided to take a nap --

-- and promptly passed the fuck out for, I'm kinda embarrassed to admit, but I think over two hours. I woke up drooling, confused, and with a headache. I had a lot of weird dreams, too; I already don't remember them but some work stuff mixed in with fantasy stuff mixed in with some kind of high stakes chase where I had to take Baby Dog with me. Not a nightmare, just a lot going on. Anyways, I was so sleep-hungover I had to take a shower to try and wake myself up and now that I've done that I think I'm gonna walk to the corner store for a coffeedrank to wake myself up a little further. After that I'll maybe have a snack and settle down to draw or play some video games.

I do feel better, though. My body said "bitch we tired, sit down" and apparently it was right

[erikavonkaiser]

This is maybe a weird question to ask, but then again with how much of my friend group also has The Food Brain Horrors (tm), maybe not --

what is everyone, uh, eating lately???

I did get groceries today, but even with trying to plan and make a list all I could fathom was "idk, soup I guess???" so I did get some soup, some frozen veggies to throw into the soup, and some tortillas to eat with the soup and to have as quesadillas w/ some cheese. I'm just tired of no food sounding particularly good, which makes it difficult to plan what to eat, and I have such few cooking spoons (especially in my tiny kitchen) that most of the time chopping vegetables and dirtying knives, cutting board, etc., is already too much for me.

Plus, groceries are getting expensive! Even canned soup, which used to be a very cheap thing to my remembrance, is like $3 or more a can. I'm just tired of this part of being a human being, man, I dunno. I've thought of looking into meal kits or something, but I'm not sure where to start. I did order some stuff to start making protein shakes but I have to be careful there, because I do have the tendency to want to replace meals w/ drink (disordered eating) vs want to replace meals w/ drink (helpful eating).

[Fetian]

Yeah, food's been rough lately. I have been eating, uh, cereal, and eggs, and milk, and whatever gets made for dinner. It's a combination of 'don't have any food options' and 'nothing sounds good anyway'. But I have that cake now, too

It's getting into the season where smoothies are a good option, too, and I know that one's helpful for ash when he gets to too hungry to want to eat

[erikavonkaiser]

Yeah, food's been rough lately. I have been eating, uh, cereal, and eggs, and milk, and whatever gets made for dinner. It's a combination of 'don't have any food options' and 'nothing sounds good anyway'. But I have that cake now, too

It's getting into the season where smoothies are a good option, too, and I know that one's helpful for ash when he gets to too hungry to want to eat

Smoothies is a great idea! Maybe I'll grab some more stuff for those

[erikavonkaiser]

Nabbed some groceries this morning to try and eat a little better! I got some bananas to use in smoothies and stuff to make Rice with Thing, which I whipped up really quick and ate a small serving of because I was getting hangry. Now I'm gonna sit for a minute and then go on a jog before work.

Here have a WIP

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[erikavonkaiser]

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[erikavonkaiser]

It's you!

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Despite everything, it's still you

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[Fetian]

I love the little details in the way you distressed the scenery!

[erikavonkaiser]

I love the little details in the way you distressed the scenery!

Thanks!! I'm proud of how it turned out

I love my damp sad son

[erikavonkaiser]

Friday equivalent bcuz I have tomorrow off for an appointment!

The temps dropped pretty sharply yesterday so it was in the 20s this morning, RIP having the windows open for fresh air. I did just check and it looks like we get back up to the 40s/50s throughout the week, which I find acceptable spring temperatures after several years now of living in the Midwest.

Anyway, for now I'm chilling with Baby Dog and lazing about for a minute; work has been extremely busy, which is typical of a party weekend in Chicago, and I'm subsequently tired. I'll probably laze a little longer and then do chores, since I've got some bachelor mess that's crept in, and after that I'll go on a jog or otherwise exercise before work. Might cook another batch of Rice with Thing, too, since I'm running low on it and it'd be nice to have it ready for the weekend.

Also I posted this in Toes chat and in Smash Bros chat but I wanted to consolidate responses here. In a perfect world I'll doodle a few during D&D!

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E9, Rex
A7 or 5B, Sevaufein
F7, Silas
E10 or F10, Merillian
edit: E10 or D10, Soups
B1, Leon

If anyone else wants to suggest some lemme know!