Hi! Just a rando post before July slips away totally! As you recall, I started a new med of late, so things have been a little wonky for me. I'm feeling a lot better, but at the same time, I'm just doin' my best on any given day.
Now: some summer stuff. Forgive this collage. I just snatched a crappy mirror phone pic and did some crappy Photoshop. (Check out that bent arm; it's giving content-aware, it's giving Goofy Wormpus.) As you can see, in this pic I am wearing the Mary Janes and a pair of socks I mentioned in this post last year.
Space buns have been THE MUST, of late. Hair on my neck? NAUR. Of course a regular ballerina bun or messy bun would get the hair off my neck, but I feel like space buns are more fun. I've been putting flower hair clips on them for extra fun. These claw clips are small enough that I have also used them in Blythe hairdos.
I lately got a new undereye corrector, and have been enjoying it. It doesn't crease on me and a little goes a long way. To be honest my under-eye circles are like... completely next level. I not only have visible greeny-blue veins all around both sockets but purple/gray skin discoloration as well. The circles are literally all around my eyes due to the way the veins sit. Which makes it nigh impossible to effectively camouflage it all. These dark circles actually have nothing to do with sleep or diet. I've had them since I got sick with impetigo as a kid. Seriously, if you see pictures of me from elementary school, there they are, making me look like a haunted horror movie child. They are everyday for me, and literally never any better. I always look like I recently got two black eyes that are still healing. But anyway, I've liked this corrector! But I am aware that I will probably need two discrete color correctors if I really want to conceal. And I just don't have the mental batteries or the desire to futz that much!!! Maybe someday. In the meantime I like this a lot right now.
(I have some STUFF to SAY about makeup because a lot of products I've used for a while have been lately discontinued, or the company's gone out of business. It's left me to need to find some new things to try. And I do not want to deal with it!)
My nephew loves my phone case. It's large and heavy and colorful. Very attention-grabbing, if you are less than a year old.
Scooped some pastel Sharpie S-Notes to add to my collection of markers I regularly use to bujo and highlight guitar chords! Thrilling purchase, especially because they were $2.50 where I got them. Did I need them? Decidedly no. Did they give me serotonin, yes.
I got this insulated lunch sack recently, since I have been packing lunches and got sick of carrying my lunch all loosey-goosey in my regular bag. Just another example of my daisy sickness. It's so groovy though. Unfortunately I really like it.
Lastly, I have recently done several diamond paintings, and I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT. It's MEDITATIVE. Amongst three other kits, I did this pink guitar one and hung it on my wall. I needed this hobby like I needed a fractured toe and a locked jaw. (Two other things that happened to me this summer, both of which I have basically memory holed.)
- flower hair clips (Target, 2023)
- CC undereye corrector (Tarte)
- tulip phone case (Five Below, last year)
- pastel Sharpie S-Notes
- checkered insulated lunch bag (H*bby L*bby)
- pink guitar diamond painting kit (Michael's)
Also this past month in particular, I've been spending time doing things with my parents, which to be clear is something I enjoy. I just have one friend that lives in my city -- my friends are either online or in other cities -- so my family are my built-in IRL social group. Lately my parents and I have been going to get smothered fries at a BBQ place (we get them with chopped brisket, mmm). We get to visit with my nephew some days and my grandma on others. I am actively trying to appreciate this season in my life, where four generations are sometimes in the same room.
With my mom, I go to knitting club every Wednesday. In addition to that, I have been a volunteer alongside her at a children's camp, doing both a music hour and an arts and crafts hour on Mondays. I can now say I've demonstrated the function of a capo to a bunch of four-to-six-year-olds. Intimidating. (Legitimately! I was not prepared for that!) I've provided guitar accompaniment and done a lot of prototyping of art projects. Just helping as best I can to make these children's hours go smoothly. It's more of a production than you'd think, behind the scenes. Luckily I'm not running the show. I have felt glad to be of assistance in whatever ways I can be, however.
With my dad, I have lately joined him and his group of buddies who get together on Thursdays to play music! I have a post about this in the pipes, so I'll talk more about it there. Suffice to say that learning new-to-me songs and doing associated pre-pro aspects of this activity is also taking up a lot of my free RAM lately.
Looking back at this post in future summers, I think this little graphic of all of this stuff will take me right back.
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