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I was a little too optimistic in my last journal... SICK
3 years ago
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I had hoped I would have time for art and art trades but I made a slight miscalculation. n_n;; My home has turned into a petri dish. We've just been nailed with sickness after sickness. I started typing this journal up last night since we had a brief few days where everyone was okay and then I woke up this morning with a cold LOL. Really the only hard part has been being stuck in the house while being too tired to do anything.
The animals have ALSO been sick. Even the 20+ year old turtle needs to see the vet for the first time ever?! I'm very grateful that we have money saved up that vet appointments aren't an issue. We've been every few weeks this summer. The vet's office very nice. They were gushing over how well behaved our rats were the last time I went.
I haven't had much free time. Mostly I've been reading. I just finished re-reading The Scum Villain's Self Saving System book 3. I've read un-official translations of the book before (It's Chinese > English) but I've been enjoying having a real copy in my hands! Definitely one of my favorite books. I really enjoyed reading Chinese fantasy and comparing with English language fantasy. It's really neat getting to see what tropes carried over between languages. Now I need to figure out what book I'm reading next.
I also have been really into puzzles recently. I'm working on a 2,000 piece space themed one now! It's really big!
Do you do anything fun when your feeling under the weather?
The animals have ALSO been sick. Even the 20+ year old turtle needs to see the vet for the first time ever?! I'm very grateful that we have money saved up that vet appointments aren't an issue. We've been every few weeks this summer. The vet's office very nice. They were gushing over how well behaved our rats were the last time I went.
I haven't had much free time. Mostly I've been reading. I just finished re-reading The Scum Villain's Self Saving System book 3. I've read un-official translations of the book before (It's Chinese > English) but I've been enjoying having a real copy in my hands! Definitely one of my favorite books. I really enjoyed reading Chinese fantasy and comparing with English language fantasy. It's really neat getting to see what tropes carried over between languages. Now I need to figure out what book I'm reading next.
I also have been really into puzzles recently. I'm working on a 2,000 piece space themed one now! It's really big!
Do you do anything fun when your feeling under the weather?
For me, it's usually haha. But a fun thing I've gotten back into is making kandi bracelets! I usually use a kid's plastic plate, the kinds with sections for food, and fill them with beads. This way you can kind of lay yet position you upper body against the bedframe/ couch and work while relaxing.
Or could do some scrapbooking! Maybe cut up some magazines and paste the pictures in a sketchbook!
Bracelets would be fun! I mostly did the embroidery floss kind growing up - which is easy to tape down or pin for on the go - but I’ll have to try your plate idea and break out the pony beads.