This photo is actually from last week because I took almost 0 pictures, and nothing worth looking at aside from photos of my mom that I won't post either.
This week was good in the beginning, hard in the middle, and good again at the end. What a rollercoaster of emotions.
I got back into the gym this week. I only went twice, but that’s 200% more than the week before, so that’s a big win. My sister was a big help in making that happen because I had to pick her up from school one day, and she’s a super consistent gym-goer, so shout out to her for that.
One thing I am most excited about this week is that my new writing purse came in!! What is a writing purse? It’s the purse of a woman who writes, and that’s who I am! It’s a Land’s End canvas tote, and I love everything about it. It’s a gorgeous deep purple color, and I love the size; it is big enough to fit all my writing supplies but small enough that it won’t become a bottomless pit of junk and trash. It has so many pockets inside and a cool strap to keep your keys on. I’ve been thinking I might like to put some kind of bag charm on it just to zhuzh it up, but it looks fabulous just the way it is, too.
These are not my photos. I was too lazy to take my own. These images belong to @funkmeinthepast on Depop.
Things started to go south on Wednesday. I started my period on Monday, which surprised me not only because that meant that it came right on time, which has not happened in ten months, but it also meant that I was perfectly happy and normal the week before it started. It caught up to me, though. On Wednesday nights, my parents go out to dinner at the same Mexican restaurant near the high school while my sister is at Mock Trial practice. They started doing this while I was away at school, so they’re very comfortable going without me, which is nice because there’s no pressure to go with them if I don’t feel like going. This week was one that I decided to opt out of because all I wanted to do was lie down, so I showered and promptly went to bed. And I stayed in bed a lot for the next four days. Anytime I didn’t have to be at work or could get away with lying down some more, I was in my bed. I spent so much time in bed that my neck started to hurt and it was hard to fall asleep because I couldn’t get comfortable anymore. Then I started to get really sad and depressed and hopeless about the future of our country and the world. I cried to my mom. I cried getting ready for work. I cried in the car. It was awful. But now I’m doing much better; I’m more regulated and I don’t have to spend every free moment under my blanket, so I’m grateful to be back on the upswing.
Another highlight from the end of the week was when my family went to the grand opening of DAISO. I had never heard of this store until they announced that it was coming to town, and evidently, it’s the first one in the Central Valley. My mom, my sister, and I were planning to go around eleven o’clock, but the line was way down in front of the other stores in the strip, so we did other things nearby. When we were done with that, we checked back one more time and the line looked about the same as it did before, so we bailed on that idea. It just so happened that we went out to dinner on Saturday instead of Friday because my mom had to be somewhere. While we were out, my dad took us all to DAISO because by that time there wasn’t a line anymore. I didn’t really know anything about DAISO at all, but I had heard they had stationery, so I was looking forward to seeing what they had. While we were there, I spent most of the time in the stationery and craft sections, but they seriously have everything in that store. I can’t imagine how many different SKUs they have in there. I was impressed by their selection of journaling/scrapbooking/collaging supplies. We didn’t buy anything because we just went to scout it out, but I am very excited to go back by myself when I have more time so I can get some cool new stuff., but I have to be careful because I could easily go broke in there.
Oh gosh, how could I almost forget to tell you about this? So I decided it was time to change my belly button ring because it finally got to a point where the bar on the ring I got pierced with was just too long. I had been eyeing some cute hoop rings on Etsy, so I bought one, but I had no idea what size to get, so I got a 10mm ring. It’s super cute, but it’s just a touch too small and it feels pinchy. I decided to switch back to the bar until I could figure out what to do, but the universe had other plans for me. When I put the bar back in, I didn’t think that the tiny little top piece had screwed in very far, but I couldn’t get it to go anymore, so I let it go. Then, a day or so later, I pulled down my pants to go to the bathroom and that little top piece was missing. I was at work, so I didn’t have access to the tiny hair elastics that I used last time this happened, so I cut and tied a regular rubber band and luckily that worked well enough. I didn’t want to go back to the piercing shop that I went to the last time this happened because I was too embarrassed to tell them it happened again. Plus, this time I had a spare ring at home, even if it wasn’t ideal, so I just went with that. I knew I couldn’t just stick with the too-small hoop, so I ordered a new ring that’s 14mm and it should work better. I just have to wait for that to come in and then I think everything will be okay again.
So that was my week. I think this coming week will be better because I’ll be in my follicular phase. Plus the weather finally cooled down and it’s really autumn now. Good things coming soon. Until then…
Love always <3
Nicole
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