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16/11/18 07:44This continues to be a week that needs to be fired. It has included a miscarriage, a stroke, a financial blow, and a sudden pacemaker surgery. None of the medical occurrences are me, SALM, or the Spawn, but they are all people whom we are close to, and I think we are getting collectively emotionally ragged.
I am propping myself up as best I can, which includes spending as much time at work as they will give me because work means both money and immediately tractable problems, as well as spending time on making myself look my best because it is something over which I have a semblance of control. Today I am pairing red jewelries with a dark blue maxi dress, and my hair (which was up all day yesterday drying in a clipped bun) is down loose and curly and moussed to stay that way.
Today I'm also back to experimenting with my smells. I could not find the One Smell I Wanted (which, come to think of it, is probably in my winter coat). Instead, I combined CBihateperfume's In The Library, which smells like dust and old books, with ZOMGSmells' Jäger #1.
In The Library: In the Library is a warm blend of English Novel*, Russian & Moroccan Leather Bindings, Worn Cloth and a hint of Wood Polish
Jäger #1: Clean as freshly-washed dirt, sharp as a brick. Lemon oil, oak moss, patchouli, white aniseed, and a pink rose in the lapel, because...well, yu never knows...
This, I smell like a Jäger in a library, which would quite possibly a confused but intrigued creature in such a place. It's an off-kilter sort of smell, which suits this week quite rightly.
Ooof, my back just reminded me that I have pulled a muscle somewhere in the vicinity of that awful area between left shoulderblade and base of neck. And there is something going on in the outside edge of my foot, too; hurts to stand. Hurts to sit criss-cross-applesauce with any amount of pressure bearing down on that side of the foot. WTF, meatsuit?
The one thing in the list of woes over which I might possibly also exercise some control is the financial hit. That hit is this: My car needs some massive repairs, to the tune of nearly $3K according to the dealership. I applied for a loan; it was approved, but only as a counteroffer of $1K. I'm going to accept, and have another half a grand in savings, but am trying to figure out ways to make up the rest of that money to actually get the repairs done. I'm going to take it to a different mechanic, because I have no doubt the dealership's pricing is padded (they have a lot of space, a lot of people, a lot of expenses to cover) but I still expect it to be pretty expensive because among other things they say my whole exhaust system from tailpipe to (but not including) the manifold needs swapping out for new.
I'm trying to think of some small but easy-to-produce thing that people might have interest in. The Lost Souls skull motifs could be one, especially if I just stick just to the face part without the border. I'm trying to find other small fun things that I could make up and stick in the shop; I was thinking a flat heart motif with a long tail like a balloon string, a la floatyhearts, could also be fun.
Maybe there will be some slow time at work today and I can research other such small things. Suggestions welcome!
Hello, Blisstopia.<3
I am propping myself up as best I can, which includes spending as much time at work as they will give me because work means both money and immediately tractable problems, as well as spending time on making myself look my best because it is something over which I have a semblance of control. Today I am pairing red jewelries with a dark blue maxi dress, and my hair (which was up all day yesterday drying in a clipped bun) is down loose and curly and moussed to stay that way.
Today I'm also back to experimenting with my smells. I could not find the One Smell I Wanted (which, come to think of it, is probably in my winter coat). Instead, I combined CBihateperfume's In The Library, which smells like dust and old books, with ZOMGSmells' Jäger #1.
In The Library: In the Library is a warm blend of English Novel*, Russian & Moroccan Leather Bindings, Worn Cloth and a hint of Wood Polish
Jäger #1: Clean as freshly-washed dirt, sharp as a brick. Lemon oil, oak moss, patchouli, white aniseed, and a pink rose in the lapel, because...well, yu never knows...
This, I smell like a Jäger in a library, which would quite possibly a confused but intrigued creature in such a place. It's an off-kilter sort of smell, which suits this week quite rightly.
Ooof, my back just reminded me that I have pulled a muscle somewhere in the vicinity of that awful area between left shoulderblade and base of neck. And there is something going on in the outside edge of my foot, too; hurts to stand. Hurts to sit criss-cross-applesauce with any amount of pressure bearing down on that side of the foot. WTF, meatsuit?
The one thing in the list of woes over which I might possibly also exercise some control is the financial hit. That hit is this: My car needs some massive repairs, to the tune of nearly $3K according to the dealership. I applied for a loan; it was approved, but only as a counteroffer of $1K. I'm going to accept, and have another half a grand in savings, but am trying to figure out ways to make up the rest of that money to actually get the repairs done. I'm going to take it to a different mechanic, because I have no doubt the dealership's pricing is padded (they have a lot of space, a lot of people, a lot of expenses to cover) but I still expect it to be pretty expensive because among other things they say my whole exhaust system from tailpipe to (but not including) the manifold needs swapping out for new.
I'm trying to think of some small but easy-to-produce thing that people might have interest in. The Lost Souls skull motifs could be one, especially if I just stick just to the face part without the border. I'm trying to find other small fun things that I could make up and stick in the shop; I was thinking a flat heart motif with a long tail like a balloon string, a la floatyhearts, could also be fun.
Maybe there will be some slow time at work today and I can research other such small things. Suggestions welcome!
Hello, Blisstopia.<3
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