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3 months ago
It's the most 4's a person can be but on Wednesday I get to be 44. I am working the whole day seeing therapy clients for my placement so I dont think I'm gonna be actually doing anything on my actual birfday on Wednesday due to how frizzled I'll probably be after listening to peoples problems for 5 hours but I've been thinking on how I can celebrate in some way or another.
Normally what happens is I run a freebee sketch stream or a charity fundraiser and I've been thinking I could do something like that, and then alarm bells go off in my head going "WHOAWHOAWHOA" you KNOW you have the final essay for your diploma due in a couple of weeks thats easily about 8k in words once you've transcribed the 20 mins of audio with embedded process comments and you really need to be spending significant time on that do NOT take on 100 headshots or a million freebee doodles" and im like...crap back in the previous years I was good at ignoring that voice and then seriously burning myself out trying to juggle everything...But that was then and this is now and I am slowly being replaced by a responsible adult (help)
So I'll make you a deal, when my course is finished and suddenly I am free from the shackles of education (so I think we are talking end of Augustish if all goes to plan...um..which i dont wanna jinx) I will do a big sketch celebration/fundraisery type thing (so some free stuff and some charity stuff) to make up for my lack of participation in any of that sort of stuff recently.
In other news I'm still alcohol free and still losing weight (down 22lbs now) and walking about 8 miles a day in the morning before I work. I have also managed to grow some strawberries and trying to grow some sweetcorn, courgettes, aubergines, peppers, cucumelons, sunflowers, kiwifruit, tomatoes, gem lettuce and pumpkins, which is kinda exciting, I've also been doing quite a bit of crochetting whilst ive been travelling to and from my therapy placement so I've made a blanket and in the middle of making a sweater scarf (cause theres a huge call for those in June) so ive been productive in a lot of physical ways recently but not so much digitally at the moment
Normally what happens is I run a freebee sketch stream or a charity fundraiser and I've been thinking I could do something like that, and then alarm bells go off in my head going "WHOAWHOAWHOA" you KNOW you have the final essay for your diploma due in a couple of weeks thats easily about 8k in words once you've transcribed the 20 mins of audio with embedded process comments and you really need to be spending significant time on that do NOT take on 100 headshots or a million freebee doodles" and im like...crap back in the previous years I was good at ignoring that voice and then seriously burning myself out trying to juggle everything...But that was then and this is now and I am slowly being replaced by a responsible adult (help)
So I'll make you a deal, when my course is finished and suddenly I am free from the shackles of education (so I think we are talking end of Augustish if all goes to plan...um..which i dont wanna jinx) I will do a big sketch celebration/fundraisery type thing (so some free stuff and some charity stuff) to make up for my lack of participation in any of that sort of stuff recently.
In other news I'm still alcohol free and still losing weight (down 22lbs now) and walking about 8 miles a day in the morning before I work. I have also managed to grow some strawberries and trying to grow some sweetcorn, courgettes, aubergines, peppers, cucumelons, sunflowers, kiwifruit, tomatoes, gem lettuce and pumpkins, which is kinda exciting, I've also been doing quite a bit of crochetting whilst ive been travelling to and from my therapy placement so I've made a blanket and in the middle of making a sweater scarf (cause theres a huge call for those in June) so ive been productive in a lot of physical ways recently but not so much digitally at the moment
*reads*
That's great that you're doing so well with your recovery. :D
*reads more*
Gem lettuce?
Are you _sure_ that's a good idea? Like...aren't you worried you'll grow squirrels? XD
In seriousness it is good that you're listening to the little responsible voice. It's not good for you to overload yourself so much.
Happy birthday to you. Keep kickin butt.
Do not plant more than one or two zucchini seeds, unless you realllllly want to give away zucchini to all your friends.
When I was an actual child, Mom once planted four "hills" one year of about 3 plants each. We had zucchini and _____ for months. We gave to neighbors and friends at office and school, and still had plenty left.
One time a few years later she asked if I wanted to come out and help her plant zucchini. She got a very firm "NO" in response.
However I have also learned that I need to plant at least 4 sweetcorn plants to get anything useful whereas most years ive only ever planted 2 at most...so this is my first year planting 4 so mebbe ill get a sweetcorn and ive never sucessfully grown an aubergene so Im hoping this year will be the year but who knows LOL
I saw your blanket on BSky and it was awesome, and you can see the work you've put in it. Well done for growing your veggies. Now you gotta eats them! hehe. Such as The Good Life!
You got this! 🐨
And good job on staying dry (boose wise only)
Four forewarned foreigners fortunes forlorn for 40K forever forgotten... foraging 44 forsaken Fourghetti's.