AL 🏴‍☠️✨🎻 don't forget your fiddle!

I'm not lovable.

Ceiling tile painted by some fifth graders that appears to depict some very large squirrels and very small foxes on a grassy field

Best part of my hospital visit this morning was this ceiling tile in the exam room. Painted by some local fifth grade classes, they have one in each room 🥹

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I'm just relieved it's something simple!

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I've got my consult next week 🤞 and yeah I've heard it can be a bit of an adjustment afterwards 😬 so far I've been trying to eat light and simple like cereal for dinner and that seems to help haha

Thank you! Judging by what you and a few others had shared about your experiences with it I must be fortunate, I've only experienced some mild discomfort and very occasional pain, so we must've caught it early!

Yeah they'll be removing my gallbladder, which is pretty common I know but the only surgeries I've had are wisdom teeth and tonsils so this will be a lil different I think 😬 I'm not too anxious right now but I'm sure I will be eventually 😅

Yep, ya girl's got gallstones ✌️

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Thank you, friend! I hope you found some time today to recover from your travels!

My dad's coming to town tonight to go with me to an appointment I'm nervous about, but then I'm gonna buy him lunch and take him to a nice trail for a walk because tomorrow is supposed to be another lovely day!

I really needed this!

Having a great mental health day for the first time in a long time! It's a beautiful day, I've got my windows open! My tulips are already poking out of the ground! I just had brunch with an old high school friend! We talked for three hours, and will probably go hiking next weekend!

Listen to a record. Pet your cat. Have some tea. Do anything to remind yourself that other things exist outside of our current situation. It’ll keep.

Yeah, his comments were only 4 hours old when I took the screenshots this morning

The man just wants dudes on boats, let him!

You're so right!! 🥹

I can just picture him in his peepaw glasses scrolling on his phone and getting excited over M&C memes

They really were! And we never stood a chance.

Screenshot of a tweet that says: A low key kind of guy is a Master and Commander guy. They're probably in your life and you don't know it but if that movie comes up they light tf up. Watch, some of them will be in the replies to this tweet

Replies from Taika Waititi that say ME and I am that guy

I get served Master and Commander memes on IG all the time and I just happened to open the comments on this one and this is what I find 👀

*grabby hands*

Wooden caddy with paint brushes and jars

White porcelain tile with varnish pigments

Also a couple weeks ago I made this caddy for my varnish supplies with a lil storage box for my color pallette 🎨

Small wooden tray with a bright green microfiber cloth stapled to it and stuffed with a plastic grocery sack

Cello scroll resting on it's new special cushion

Having a really hard time being motivated and productive at work today because it's slooooow rn so I made this lil cello cushion thing so I have something soft under the scroll when I'm working on them at my bench. I used to just set them on a stack of ratty old notepads so this is an upgrade.

Me every day
It will always live on my heart
#OFMD #ourflagmeansdeath

Anyway. Things have been weird, I still feel weird. The possible medical stuff on top of the mental stuff does NOT help, but otherwise things are looking up.

(Also the meds I started last month seem to help a bit, still sad but things don't feel so dark)

But I've also had some old friends from high school reach out who live in or near where I am now, I'm having brunch with one of them this weekend! And the other invited me to come visit sometime, I've not seen her in so long and she's got two kids now!

I sometimes wonder if I ever should have left my hometown, where my parents are and other people who genuinely cared about me. The answer is yes of course, I like where I am and what I do, I just miss the support. It's still there, just long distance (and really not that far away)

I was home over the weekend and got to see my former music teacher, who has always been a huge part of my life. Her son was in town to put on a recital and I came back to attend. She sat me down during the reception after and we cried together in a room full of people mingling and eating cupcakes 😅

I've been having a real tough time lately (aren't we all) I've mentioned my struggles more while posting on socials with irl people. I feel embarrassed after I post things, like I'm crying for attention, but I've had a few people actually reach out and offer support so maybe it's good that I did.

Had another bout of pain last night so I finally called and set up my ultrasound appointment for them to look at my gallbladder since this is becoming more frequent 💀 grateful for my dad who is taking the day off next week so he can come along as moral support