#everyday adventures

[intrepidheroine]

Turns out, going shopping on days when I have what I now recognize as tactile sensory issues is actually a fantastic idea.

I have been rotating four shirts because I can't stand the feel of most of my stuff. Some of it doesn't fit right, and some of it I hate the fabric. I realized this at the store because I tried some stuff on and had a moment of, "oh, THIS feels right!" So I grabbed the things that felt like 100% yes pleases, and I am going to go sort out my shirts between Sometimes, Always, and Never because it is silly to have the ones out that I don't want to wear.

I almost got out of the thrift shop fairly cheaply, but they stuck the nice yarn by checkout. And I love the feeling of bamboo and pima cotton. So that ended up being a splurge even though it was 75+% off the list price, but I will come up with a project because I love the feeling of the yarn in my hands, which is apparently a reason I have been having trouble finishing my projects lately.

The things we figure out at the thrift shop.

[effortlessly-unhinged]

Calling that last cramp before my period starts in full "the telltale sign of impending blood" will never stop amusing me. But even more amusing if hearing my man repeat it in his matter-of-fact tone every time I say it.

The telltale sign of impending blood!!!

"Ah. The telltale sign of impending blood. I'll go heat up the rice pack."

[auntie-venom]

It’s a blistering 57°f here in Dublin, a true “heatwave”. The Irish are suns out buns out after 5 months of dreary wet weather.

We’ve followed suit by renting a car and fleeing to Wicklow.

Strider was pleased.

[dndsettingsinfo]

[twelvemonkeyswere]

It's been WEEKS, WEEKS, of hearing children screaming in the afternoons. I'm always inside so I never saw where the screams came from, but they were always calling someone. At first I thought it was a kid calling his dog, or a kid calling a sibling.

Today I figured it out.

I was outside playing with the dog when the yelling began. It's the lil neighbor across the street. He's yelling a name over and over again until I see my next door neighbor, another little kid, popping out his door. "YEEEEEEES"

And the first kid just shouts his lungs off, "ARE YOU LOGGED IN"

"YEEEEEESSSSS"

"I'LL SEND YOU THE INVITE"

They have both been playing some game, each in their own house, and that's how they've been communicating all this time LMAOO

[koi-sims]

[Heart-to-Heart]

It had been several  weeks since Corrin and Loki returned from their camping trip and though they’d ended it early, they couldn't deny that a little part of the experience had come home to stay. Corrin looked around and found an affordable and safe fire pit they could use at their leisure in their own backyard. Sitting around it and chatting had become he and Loki’s way of chilling out from the struggles of life and cheerfully watching the neon lights of the city twinkle in the night was just so damn peaceful. However, something was on Loki’s mind tonight...

Loki: Hey, Rin?

Corrin: Hm?

Loki: ...I think I’m ready to open my club. I’m gonna do it.

Corrin: Oh yeah? That’s great, man. When you wanna do it?

Loki: I...I dunno. I mean, I think I’m ready, but shit...there’s so much that goes into opening your own business. Am I really ready? I dunno, now that I think about it. I keep telling myself I am but....for real? Mm.

Corrin: Hey. You can do it, Loks. You got this. You went to school for this, and you have me. It might be a little scary in the beginning but for real, once you hit your stride, you’d gonna nail it. If this is your dream, you need to follow it while you can!

Loki: Mmm......

Corrin: What’s that “mmm” for? If anyone could do this, it’s YOU. You’ve got the passion, and the confidence, and the support. You could take on the WORLD, Loki, but you can’t be scared! Stop doubting yourself! You’ve done great things in your life thus far. What the hell makes you think you can’t do great things with this?

Loki: You really think that, Corrin? You think I could make it?

Corrin: Listen. You’ve got the musical passion of a maestro, the ambition of a CEO, and enough loud-mouthed theatrics to put the Royal Opera House out of business. But you gotta GO for it.

Loki: Your shade has not gone unnoticed, but you’re right as hell!

Corrin: I know I am. I’m your brother. Your TWIN. I’ve watched you do your thing for all our lives, and I know you better than you know yourself sometimes. I know you’ve got this. If I didn’t, I certainly wouldn’t fill your head with pipe dreams.

Loki: You’re right! You have the emotional sensitivity of a cactus, there’s no way you could bullshit me on something like this!

Corrin: I’m glad you’re finally seeing the light, you thick-headed bastard.

Loki: Mom would not appreciate that comment.

Corrin: And you won’t tell her, or else I’ll shove you ass-first into this fire.

[marcherren]

[redheadonaroadtrip]

For the sake of transparency….

This is me! And this is me most days, Monday to Friday.

I’m more and more conscious of how the internet portrays people #livingtheirbestlife and it concerns me. The psychological impact this can have on others can be devastating.

I certainly don’t want people to think that I’m contributing towards that culture so, here I am, in the office, doing a normal Monday to Friday 9-5!

I don’t have a cute little camper van, or work from my laptop as I travel around the UK or rest of the world in designer clothes.

I work Monday to Friday, go home, have my dinner and fall asleep. I save my money where I can, and make the most of the little, everyday kind of adventures. I take advantage of the country I was born and live in, because too often people take that for granted.

You should never set your standards to anyone else’s. It is YOUR life and will be whatever you choose it to be!

Make every day an adventure, even if you’re just heading to and from work. Try and keep your mobile phone away, gaze out of the bus window, appreciate the flowers that have managed to flourish in the city you may live in, look up and admire the clouds in the sky…

There’s beauty and magic in every day, you just have to keep your eyes open for it!