Evacuated

Today was my first day working from home. I'm blessed to have my BFF help me move my equipment from the office to the spare room of my place. The setup is pretty makeshift and makes me feel like a college frat kid, but it'll have to do. I mean what else is gonna be the solution? They evacuated everyone in my office, so it is what it is.

At first I thought it would be pretty rad to work from home, but I can sense that it will be at least a month before they let us return, if they do. The "b" button of my keyboard is starting to act up, so that kinda sucks too. I'll have to hold off on getting a new keyboard, as I don't really want to spend any extra money right now.

Anyway, CS helped me get settled in and set up all my equipment for me. I did my first shift at home today; PJ dropped off lunch for me so I was grateful for that too! I got curry katsu, which I would say is one of my preferred foods. Then, when I got off shift, CS took me to pick up my preorder of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I will play a little of that before sleeping tonight, to try and take my mind off the craziness in the world these days.

Mostly, I'm saddened that I can't go to the gym, or to the bar/pub with my friends. Being on lock-down sucks pretty badly, but I'm grateful that everyone around me is still safe. I pray the Lord look over everyone during these shaky times.

Star Status

OMG... MY BELOVED, DEAR FRIEND WROTE THIS ONE PIECE FANFICTION FOR MEEEEEEEEEEE AND IT IS... D I V I N E

I quickly dash across the meadow. Chest heaving at the effort in maintaining both stealth and speed. I hid in the troughs of the hills I have run many times before. I spot keenly the patrols as they methodically march by. I have never been caught and I will never be caught, for my strength of will is fueled by what is to come. Slowly but surely, as I have many times before, I reach my destination. I reach out in pitch black night and feel for that small indentation next to the buttruss of the castle wall. It is my secret alone given to me by who loves me most.

The stone pushes inward and a well-oiled, near-silent mechanism whirrs behind the wall. The stone door slides smoothly out of my way, revealing a sharply winding staircase. At the base there is a freshly lit torch that he has left for me; My love. As I catch my breath I find myself staring into the flames. Two tendrils of flame of equal ferocity licked and sputtered and encircled one-another, reaching high above the torch. Each seemingly trying to douse one another yet each becoming greater for the effort.

"Life, death, and love come from the most innocuous places", Karin mused. She gathered her thoughts and quietly strode inside, her heart thumping in anticipation. She reached out and carefully grasped the torch, gathered the skirt of her dress so as not to trip, and made her way upstairs. The wall she could hear softly sliding back into place, hiding her beautiful disgrace. The climb, as it always was, was time to reflect on her thoughts. To steel herself against her betrayal, as it was betrayal, but to also steel herself for allowing herself to love another, as it was certainly love unlike anything she has ever felt, unless in his embrace.

What's Updog

Howdy! Last night I was feelin' happy about getting a lot of things done. This workweek feels like forever though; why is time going by so slowly?

I had a lot of things I wanted to say last night but now that I'm actually before a computer and typing, everything escapes my mind. I guess the only real update is that I've been going to the gym with my friends, and honing my cooking skills. I've also been drawing a lot more than I used to, and getting back into a comfortable ~creative~ groove. I've been way too hard on myself for way too long, and it's been a lot of fun dissecting how I got to be living that way.

Last month I churned out some FE doodles to celebrate how happy I was to get Nils in FEH. They're silly doodles but seemed to be well-enjoyed.

Baby boy came home! BIG HUGS

Baby boy is never leaving me, hence the handcuffs
Claude: ... what is this

I've been relatively uninspired since February, actually. I can also analyze myself as a very lazy artist that can't seem to put in the work to make clean lines/colouring, so I'm doin' everything for fun. FUN! I need to keep drilling that into my own head.

"Sandwich"

Lol hello - thanks to the inspiration from my friends, I was able to churn out some random drawings and they were really fun! I'm slowly getting back into the scribble-art days of my youth, and it's been great.

Welp, it's FE stuff (no one is surprised) featuring FE boys (again, surprising no one). Heh! It all started when I said I'd draw myself in a sandwich with Claude and Dimitri:

But then I decided, what the heck, I'm actually going to draw a second - literal - version. LOL hidden behind the cut in case no one wants to see some weird ass art courtesy of moi, heheheh... ... ...

30 Day Writing Challenge 2020

Day 1: List 10 things that make you really happy.

Hmm. This should be super easy, as I'm a simple lady and get really excited over 'insignificant' things. Listed in no particular order, and I left God/Jesus out because that should be a given.

1.) Sunshine, warm weather
2.) My doggo and hiking with my doggo
3.) Cooking, feeding my friends/family
4.) FIRE EMBLEM!
5.) Singing
6.) When people enjoy my writing
7.) Gushing over my fandoms and my friends humour me
8.) Music, a song with melody I enjoy
9.) Wearing cute clothes, wearing pink
10.) My beautiful hair - courtesy of my dear Gienny, and my beautiful tattoos - courtesy of my dear Sim


Day 2: Write something that someone told you about yourself that you never forgot.

"It's daunting, Karin, but this shared exercise in becoming self-aware can allow us to get off the couch, go outside, read great books, and make cool new friends. For the record, you've got a challenging sales job, while attending university, aspiring to become a librarian. When I worked with you at Cellcom Wireless at Richmond Centre, I asked who he hires, and he said not students, except you, because you're amazing. Also, the Lolita outfits you make are the best cosplay I've seen of anyone I've known personally. I haven't gotten around to reading your blog lately, but Sheep-Doll seems cool So, from where I'm sitting, it seems like you exercise great diligence, and creative output, in life. Messages like these might get us down on ourselves, but my intent is for us to realize that if we don't take our own depression so seriously, having fun in new ways will bring us closer to our ideals much faster, and more easily, than anyone would expect."

The part saying "I asked who he hires, and he said not students, except you, because you're amazing" really stuck with me and helped me to raise my confidence in a time where I was unsure of myself. And that's really amazing.

Haha, also, I can't believe at one point I did aspire to be a librarian... and lol, I didn't make my lolita dresses myself nor is it cosplay, but y'know, nothing's perfect! 😂 I'm so grateful for my mentors and supporters in life, that helped me be who I am today.