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January: Week One
🕑 Added 2023-01-08 04:50:48 +0000 UTCEvery so often I do a daily self-portrait project for a set period of time. Once I did it a whole year but this time I’m gunna stick to just January. Every picture is taken on my phone with a remote timer in my hand.
Sunday, January 1st
First boba tea of the new year, hellllll yeahhhhhhh. I was filling out some of the Unravel sheets (see this post) and then I texted The Girls (Lucy Bellwood and Danielle Corsetto) about scheduling our next monthly Business Ladies meeting and then it turned out we were all available at that moment so we jumped on the horn (FaceTime) and did our thing for the next hour.
Monday, January 2nd
Working in the home studio in my winter coat and cap because it’s winter and my century-old house has no insulation.
Tuesday, January 3rd
Making oatmeal. I get up before Matt so I make the oatmeal every morning.
Wednesday, January 4
Taking the creature on her morning constitutional.
Thursday, January 5th
We had our friends over for dinner, while they’re visiting Portland from overseas. I accidentally brought up a subject which activates the FEAR!PANIC portion of Matt’s brain and had to figure out how to redirect the conversation away from that landmine without tipping off our guests that Matt was silently choking on anxiety and we needed to talk about ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT MEOW. It worked! We moved on to the topic of infertility and the endurance test of trying to conceive through every means possible, subjects that no person has any complicated feelings on 😮💨 (I am making that sound like it went badly for comedic effect. In reality, it was a good, heartfelt, human conversation).
Friday, January 6th
Motherfuckers, I have been practicing my DBT like a champ today. I’m so proud of my little broken brain. You can’t avoid pain in life, but you can reduce the amount you suffer- that’s what they told me at Space Camp. (Also it is cold as balls so I’ve been wearing this blanket my friend knitted as a cape all day.)
Saturday, January 7th
A couple days ago I made friends with a lady who got off at my bus stop and it turned out we live literally a block and a half away from each other on the same street. I gave her my number and today we met up for beverages (coffee for her, boba tea for me. We each brought our own specialized cups in our bags without coordinating ahead of time.) while exploring a park and our extended neighborhood. We’re both turning 40 this year, just three months apart! We talked for two hours without stopping and we’re probably going to meet up again soon (unless she was just saying that to be polite) because she’s only in town until the end of the month. I love making friends on the bus.
Comments
Alenka Figa
Haha that's solid advice (is... this an accidental poop pun?)! Thank you!
Erika Moen
hee hee :3
Erika Moen
YUP. Right there with you, bud.
Erika Moen
::high five::
Erika Moen
McCann’s® Traditional Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal https://mccanns.com/product/mccanns-traditional-steel-cut-irish-oatmeal/ I swear by it.
Erika Moen
Yes!! I have STRONG OPINIONS about oatmeal!!!! Specifically, it HAS to be McCann’s® Traditional Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal https://mccanns.com/product/mccanns-traditional-steel-cut-irish-oatmeal/ I literally take it with me when I travel. I thought I had IBS for years -YEARS!- but then I started eating this every morning and now I poop so good.
The Ferret
Hell yeah so many good bits and pieces. I love seeing Tig, such a cutie. And yay for bus friends!
Spiffy Voxel
I'm feeling you on the old-house-doesn't-hold-heat-well thing. Our house is Edwardian (the early 1900s), so single-layer walls. For a few weeks this winter we wore extra clothing indoors, as the central heating struggled to warm the house. I ended up wearing a hat and gloves at the computer along with a blanket over my lap.
Penny Gotch
Hell yeah using DBT skills! High five!
Bailey Doolittle
I would also be interested in your oatmeal recipe. My partner and I have come up with something good, but we're always looking for new ideas
Alenka Figa
Do you have tips on making good oatmeal? Is this a weird question? I have gone through phases where I try really hard to like oatmeal and I think I've done it and then it falls apart
