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- Tuesday involved me getting up earlier than usual because I had to go to the office for an in-person working session on the thing I presented last week. We got a lot done and have a plan, yay. I also learned a non-work thing: I am WAY more sensitive to garlic than I thought, especially if it's uncooked. I felt inflammation coming on as I was heading back home in the evening, and woke up on Wednesday feeling AWFUL. When do I get the good side effects of being a vampire? When?

- I am, as usual, doing a lot of window shopping. This pink hat with black bats and moons calls to me, of course, but then I decided I could DIY something even more suited to me. Thanks to AliExpress, I have a pink hat with an even wider brim and a bunch of black lace bat appliques. This coming weekend will involve painting the hat with a darker pink alcohol dye, then attaching the appliques. And maybe wide ribbons (attached to the inside of the crown) so I can tie it on if I want.

- I'm also coveting this sterling silver choker with a giant quartz centerpiece, but it's out of my price range. But it's so pretty!

- I'm thinking of taking a day off from work and persuading the Stroppy One we should go to the zoo. The things that are giving me pause are 1) the Stroppy One is about to start deadline work, and 2) the local zoo is very hilly, and will be challenging for me. (There's a part of me that thinks making the trek to Seattle to go to Woodland Park may be a better idea, especially since I could go visit my beloved red pandas. Our local zoo doesn't have red pandas.)

- All in all, things are meh around here, but I'm trying to find things that make me happy. I hope you peeps are also finding things that bring you joy.

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Date: 2025-04-17 08:05 pm (UTC)

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staxxy

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hurrah for the project moving forward so quickly, but ugh about the garlic issues. That really sucks. Garlic is delicious.

the hat is lovely, and reasonably priced, and you have a husband whom you might be able to ask to paint the inside brim of a hat or two once he is past his deadline work, to have GCS bats on it. Just sayin'

The jewelry at that site is radically overpriced for what you get. That piece in particular isn't TOO bad in pricing, but a LOT of the other things there are ridiculously priced. I am all for sites/artists making money but some of those layering chokers are $350 and there's a lot of glass in them. Not even custom glass, just like flat marbles you can buy at Michael's. I get that they are intending to cater to a market that has more money than sense, but good lord.

a Day off to see animals is a good plan. You are much closer to NW Trek where you are now. Maybe that could be a thing? Maybe go see a MOOSE..

Date: 2025-04-17 08:54 pm (UTC)

garpu

that choker is very pretty. Happy thing: the solo RPG, Erenshor. It's styled after an MMO, but it's all computer-controlled "players." (Logic and keywords, not LLM.) It's very much an EQ-era game, so quest text reading is a must, something Steam players don't seem to like. But I'm absolutely enchanted with it.

Date: 2025-04-17 09:52 pm (UTC)

icprncs

Go to WPZ. Snow leopard kittens! (They'll be a year old next month and they're big, but they're still EXTREMELY kitteny in behavior.)

But also, you can rent a wheelchair or powerchair at either zoo for a modest cost.