I needed the ocean today.

I broke a nail… BUT IDGAF because I changed the headlights in my car, for the first time in all my 40 years, all by myself. I feel like I earned a cookie.

I out “gayed” my butch lesbian safety manager today. She asked if anyone had a screwdriver because a fuse box panel door was screwed shut. It was mostly asked as a joke. …I have a screwdriver on my multipurpose keychain carabiner… We both laughed for a solid 5 min. +10 points for this Fem 😉

Ankle/heel Injury Verdict: Small tear at the base of my Achilles tendon. Nothing too serious. It will heal with time. I honestly got pretty lucky. No more falling down concrete stairs for me!

WANT!!!!! *grabby hands* ew.com/sleepy-hollo...

Two things: - Why are there a zillion types of headlight bulbs??? - Why is DEQ and vehicle registration so damn expensive??? Today i noticed I had expired tags and a headlight out and SOMEHOW managed not to get a ticket…

Gully, my office fern, is going bananas! I’ve never kept a fern alive longer than a month or two. This one is a year old and living its best life.

Sharing joy! I absolutely adore toads.

I woke up early this morning to frantically finish a safety presentation for work, only for the internet to go out halfway through presenting it. Naturally… 🙃

Current WIP life status: -Sapphic Audiobook (I’m really enjoying it!) - Ladybug cross stitch (I’m loving how it’s turning out!) - Brigid Cross Keychains for Imbolc (to hand out as gifts) I FINALLY selected 6 attributes and corresponding colors! Only 24 more to make!

I fell down concrete stairs on the 3rd. I’ve had issues with certain ankle positions (sharp pains) since. Today I found a hard lump on a VERY tender/painful spot next to my Achilles tendon I may have actually broken something… If I’ve been doing spin on a broken foot I’m going to laugh so hard.

The original series is my absolute favorite and I’m still excited to watch a new take. My mind is totally open to it. Gillian Anderson will always be my favorite Dana Scully though. It’s absolutely impossible to dethrone her. I love that incredible woman.

My audiobook kinda sounds like it’s being narrated by AI. It’s not, but I’m still having issues with the narrator’s weird sentence breaks, odd inflections, and inconsistent vocal speed. Still, I’d much rather struggle a little with a narrator than support AI narration on any level. PERIOD.

I’d like to know how my student loan provider thinks I can support a teenager and another adult on only 1 income, and still pay them $300 a month. 🤬 What reality do they live in?

Question for the Pagans/Witches/Druids/etc. What attributes or associations do YOU have for the Irish Goddess Brigid? Examples include: Fire, Forge, Healing, and Poetry, etc. (This is for a project for Imbolc) #pagansky #druidsky #witchsky

The accuracy here…hurts.

Next project update! It’s going to be a lady bug!

14 of 47 candidates were selected for interviews for my future manager’s position. 2 hard Nos, 5 soft Nos. The rest were pretty solid maybes with only 5 stand outs for me. I hate rejecting anyone with a PhD and over 5+ years of applicable experience, but the pool was just too competitive.

Narwhal cross stitch project is complete! First project of 2026! What animal should I do next? Pattern by HappyLittleMouse on Etsy www.etsy.com/listing/4387...

It’s new nail day! Do I go winter chill, or do I go more vampy… Decisions, decisions…. They definitely need to be shorter because texting and typing is so annoying!

Today I’m working on constructing an Imbolc ritual for a pagan Druid group about individual and community healing and growth. I think every one could use it right now.

24/47 applicant resume and cover letters screened and individually scored for my future manager’s position. This is painfully difficult. There are some truly impressive and amazing candidates (on paper) in here! I getting excited for interviews already

I’m screening 47 applicants for my future manager’s position with a deadline of Monday afternoon. Bring it on. AI screening can seriously f*ck off. Real people should hire real people. Sure, It’s a lot of work and time, but it’s always worth it in the end.

Julie Fowlis is coming to Oregon in February and I want to go so badly. She was the singer of “Touch the Sky” from the animated movie Brave, and she sings absolutely gorgeous songs in Gaelic. I’m going to try to work tickets into my budget…somehow….

All of my completed 2025 cross stitch projects! It was a super fun year! If you want pattern creator(s) info, please let me know!

@cyrusquin.bsky.social and I introduced my 16 year old teenager to Buffy the Vampire Slayer tonight. The last time I watched Buffy with Mark was when said teenager was 10 months old. Time has FLOWN.

My child decided my next cross stitch project should be a narwhal and I’m so excited about it!

I pulled a muscle around my scapula putting on a sports bra this morning. I’m actually uncomfortable swallowing liquids because of it…it’s weird. Oh well. This too shall pass (or something) lol

I’m so excited to finally get out of the house and come into work today It’s been so nice to step away from my role as caretaker and be around other adults for 8 hours. FREEDOM!!!

I started listening to The Neverending Story audiobook. I’m only 2 hrs in and Artax just died in the swamp of sadness. It’s a 14 hr audiobook! The book content and pacing is WAY different than the movies.

I’m having a hard time being optimistic today. We are 4 days into 2026 and I just got hit with a monthly student loan bill double what I was paying previously. Everything I was excited to do this year is now on hold. Please send someone cute. I need a distraction.

Today I spent $110 on snake food. Now I have 9 large frozen rats in my freezer. That should last a few months lol

Falling down wet concrete steps, while holding an excited tripod dog eager to go outside, because the apartment outside lights are all off (for SOME reason), is a delight. 🙄 Owe. At least nothing is broken I’m calling the office tomorrow because that could have been so much worse.

Ah yes, my favorite activity after seeing all the “anticipated 2026 sapphic releases” posts on social media is to add about 15 books to the “notify me” list for my libraries. I’m really excited for some of these new releases AND I’m supporting my libraries!!

A favorite New Year’s Day tradition is to take a “I woke up like this” selfie to kick off my new year (and document my glorious bed head). Happy 2026!

Tiny cross stitch project is complete! My first project with 28 count fabric! (A gift for my partner)

100 SpinCycle Classes with my bestie: ✅ We are officially on the “100 Club” board! And I designed shirts lol.

🕷️ Deleted my FB account 🕷️ FINALLY took my kid to Disneyland! 🕷️ Read 80 books 🕷️ Survived an extremely stressful season at work (managed 22 staff members) 🕷️Moved into a new apartment (that I can afford on my own) 🕷️ Completed 83 spin cycle classes

Books to read in 2025 (that I definitely should have read by now): - The Never Ending Story - Pan’s Labyrinth - Frankenstein Books to re-read: - The Princess Bride - The Picture of Dorian Gray (again…lol)

@chthonix.bsky.social Thought of you :)

I need more Mighty Nein 😭 I 💙 Beau

Nerdy Christmas gifts!

I just finished my 80th book for 2015!!!! My end-of-year reading review is going to be difficult this year…

I got a lot more done on my 9th invertebrate cross stitch project for 2025! A Luna Moth!

Things that weren’t on my Xmas bingo card this year: - soothing a friend through a panic attack because he took WAY too many edibles and thought he was dying when they kicked in - soothing my sister while she cried in my arms because her 20-year-old kid was being an absolute dick to her all day.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! I drew a midge today. Since males have hairy antenna, I thought they looked a bit like Christmas trees and made this one into a festive little midge. Goeldichironomus neopictus 🪰 #bugart #art #entomology #insect #illustration #smallartist #digitalart #artist

Making cookies at 11 pm on December 23rd. Sounds about right. :)

I decided to challenge myself. I’ve only ever cross stitched with 14 or 18 count Aida fabric, but I wanted to design and create a holiday ornament for my partner this year. Since I needed “small” I’m working with 28 count fabric for the first time. I was intimidated, but it’s going really well!

I wanted to smile, so I dressed up as an elf for my last office day before Christmas.

There was a large Amazon box left outside the apartment mailboxes, in the open, today. I saw it around 9am and thought nothing of it, assuming that someone would be back for it. At 6pm, after a bad rainstorm, it was still there. It had been moved, drenched, out of the way of the mailboxes. 🧵