oh god I'm so tired


BUT I BROUGHT HOME THREE COPIES OF NATSUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I should have planned this better because uhhh I ground out the second and third copies in like. 30 hours? But I didn't sleep in those 30 hours....I pulled two consecutive all-nighters for his bitch ass, but honestly? Worth it.

Now if the next JP event is also one of my faves I'll just die XD

Anyway. I gotta go wrap up Shinobu's birthday in JP + CN. I napped for a few hours but I still feel pretty crummy, but...Shinobu.......

Oh I also got a fourth copy of Tetora from the CN merge game but forgot to take a screencap I was so tired...sobs...I even took a nap this afternoon but like. I need to stop doing dumb shit like this, I feel like I'm dyin.

I'm still not feeling great, but that's not what this entry is about!!!! It's about the Switch event in JP!!!! I managed to get Natsume with more than 24 hours to go, which is a nice change of pace from grinding out the 5* at the last fucking second.


and now I finally have Natsume 5* cards in every color :D
However...as I was running through the last few plays of the event song I'd need to get him, I started to worry about something. The other green Switch cards I have are dance based - as are most of my good green cards in general - and this bitch is performance based. Which means that someone is missing from my most ideal lineup for green Switch songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


the role of Natsume is currently being played by Madara Mikejima
So, prayer circle for me while I make peace with grinding out a second copy of Natsume XD

In better enstars news, I managed to max out Madara's first feature scout during its revival in engstars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was one of the first cards I got and I ended up playing a lot of Yukai Tsuukai That's Alright! with him, so I'm quite attached. Plus I just think the secret color is neat~


also his stats are quite good; he's now my best yellow card in eng~


AND I got a second copy of Kohaku's cross scout as my VIP solo scout of the day :D so that was a nice little surprise~
ANYWAY. I've got more to say about enstars because of course I do but I'm gonna get back to the grind for a bit before I pass out.

Welp, prepare yourselves for a wall of feels, because I watched Desperate Checkmate and now I'm consumed by them. Holy shit. As always, enstage knocked it out of the fucking park and I'll be thinking about this for awhile.

Anyway. Lemme start by saying that I am not a KnightsP and mostly just love Leo, so I'm a fake fan who hadn't read Checkmate before watching the play. I'd seen the web anime like a year ago, but that's it. However, Desperate Checkmate was so fucking good that I immediately started reading shivalries's translation of Checkmate as soon as the play ended (which was around 3 am) and just. Okay. I'm starting to see the Knights appeal and even give Izumi fucking Sena rights, so...let's fuckin goooooooooooo!!!!

I'm not doing a scene by scene analysis because my understanding of Japanese is shaky, especially for long monologues and Leo's manic energy/breakdowns. So we're going by a lot of vibes + knowing the vague story beats from the anime, which means it comes down to the stage actors to get things across...and holy shit, they did. Sena's the POV character for most of the play and it opens with him alone on stage- before we cut to Leo in his throne.


Leo on the throne is sooooo good and ominous at first...

( click click for more of the opening shots )

And then we have the opening theme, Desperate Checkmate, which is honestly quite catchy and I'm looking forward to getting the soundtrack for this play whenever it comes out. Because like. Look. Some of the enstage-only music is really good, actually!!! And I need it.

We have a new Eichi for this place, which is like...fine? This is number three??? He honestly does a really good job, but he's noticeably shorter than Tsumugi (which makes for some creative staging to try to hide that). Kinda makes me wonder what they're gonna do next time fine is in a play, because I think the new Eichi is around the same height as Tori...

ANYWAY. Little John was a puppet, which was honestly such a good choice since she had to move around the stage. But holy shittttt. The scene with Leo rescuing her and getting the shit beat out of him was so fucking intense, thx to the really good lighting.


like HELLO!!!!!!!!! sir you are in peril

( more from this scene!!!! )

I liked the cuts between present day (Sena and Eichi playing chess/mind games) and the past (Leo being dragged to the hospital and meeting Eichi)...idk I'm not smart enough to describe it properly, but it's like...well executed. The set changes were all really solid; I always love the stairs/levels in Japanese stage plays, and Desperate Checkmate made great use of them.

Honestly, fuck going in order the whole time, I have ADHD- lemme talk about the staging choices. The set looked perfect: it was just like the Checkmate stage but had enough moving parts that it could be seamlessly changed for different settings/scenes/etc. And the fucking lighting in this one fucking killed me over and over.

Example 1:

when Eichi is talking about the Eccentrics and they're all represented by lights in their colors... *chef's kiss*

Example 2:

Madara's stage play actor had a scheduling conflict - he's in the Blue Lock stage play that's running at the same time - so this was the solution. One of the ensemble cast played him while his regular actor recorded his lines, and they used intense lighting to obscure the details of his face & such to make it seem like it's still our regular Madara. But god, while working within the limitations, it made him so much more menacing in every scene he was in. Fucking stellar, 10/10 solution, honestly drove home what a dangerous and sketchy dude he is SO WELL, I love it.


like- even if this guy is bringing you good(ish) news, he's clearly someone who's frequently up to no good. FANTASTIC. I love him *w*

WHICH IS ALL SO FUCKING COOL. Just. There's clearly a lot of love and care put into adapting the stories for the stage, and it shines through. But getting back to those stairs...Leo enters a scene through a central arch and gets into a conversation with Eichi. This conversation fairly quickly turns into emotional warfare - thx Eichi - and Leo tries to escape- only to find that his exit has been blocked by the stairs.


LIKE!!!!!!!! THESE WEREN'T HERE BEFORE!!!!! THE SYMBOLISM OF HOW BLOCKED IN HE IS JUST SENDS ME SOMEWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And then later on there's a part where the IzuLeo divorce/love confession is happening and they're back to back on the stairs and I want to chew fucking glass over these idiots. Eichi and Tsumugi were in top form, which is to say Tsumugi had an obvious and desperate crush while Eichi missed all the parts where he was supposed to reciprocate it in a healthy way. So like. Very good XD And Sena and Leo were......codependent and shitty at communicating and Leo kept saying "I love you" and it kills me. EXPRESS YOURSELF BETTER, SENAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

sorry not sorry about how long this is I can't contain myself

Leo's breakdown at the climax killed me. It killed me in the anime and Leo's actor is so fucking incredible at capturing the angst, the desperation, the mania, the everything that makes Leo Leo. And it was everything in this. Crying and laughing at the same time about how everyone loves his music, not him, broke my fucking heart again; when will this not destroy me???? The part where he blames Sena for all of it is not in the anime, so I got to have my heart ripped out again for these fuckers ;w;

It took over a year, but I think I've finally been worn down: Izumi Sena does in fact have more depth and worth than I've given him, and he can tentatively join the characters that I care about the most. The stage play + reading Checkmate in full gave me an appreciation for his dynamic with Leo, but also him on his own and how he interacts with the rest of Knights. Cannot believe I've ended up here, since I did NOT originally click with Knights.......

Ritsu is still canceled for gacha crimes tho

So, this had sorta the same problem/conundrum as Meteor Lights in that it's a serious story without a lot of room for inserting musical numbers - save for We'll be "Knights" - so...the last half hour or so was just a Knights Live XD Probably to fill time + make use of Tsukasa, since they had him there for the small bit of plot he was in...but literally the story wraps up and then it cuts to Knights backstage announcing that they're doing a Live next and they hope we'll all stay!

OKAY THEN XD

But part of the way through the Live, Knights has to do a costume change, so someone else has to sing to fill that time...and it's none other than these fuckers:


nothing could have prepared me for the EiMugi duet called Never Over of all fucking things. who did this. Liz and I screamed so fucking loudly we couldn't believe it!!!!!!

( I have so many screencaps of this song specifically... )

Also, for a lot of the Live, Tsukasa was equally if not more central in the blocking. Since this is a !-era story, which technically takes place before Leo has returned to school, he's still the newbie of Knights. But since it's a play being performed in 2025, we know that he eventually takes over as leader, and it's a nice bit of foreshadowing~

OH GOD ALSO THE BEST PART!!!! It seemed like there was a new ending song for enstage, which like....okay Checkmate and Human Comedy are more serious stories, I guess Singin'☆Shine! isn't the best closing song, you know, for the mood...but it was still disappointing. Liz and I had resigned ourselves to no more Singin'☆Shine!, but then.......

EVERYONE CAME BACK ON FOR IT AND IT WAS SO GOOD AND WE SCREAMED SO LOUDLY THAT LUMOS HAD TO LEAVE XD Lumos watched the entire stage play with us because she loves Leo, but our excitement over Singin'☆Shine! was too much for her XD

I swear I could say a million more things and I probably will later, but I'm hungry and thirsty and I have to walk away before I go insane~

also I do have a download of the stream but I don't want HappyEle to nuke me so just PM me if you want it thx!!!

I'm really hungry but don't feel like cooking yet, so here's me trying to make a bit of a catch up post from the past week or so.

Friday
BUSY DAY. I picked up my PS2 from the store and they did an incredible job (as always). The top loader has been warped since I installed it in 2007, and they fixed that without me even asking??? The whole repair was only $30, because they're fucking amazing. I ended up chatting with the employees for like two hours because we all love to talk, but I managed to avoid buying anything extra...this time XD


I cut through Round1 on the way out, so I just had to take a pic of Madara on one of the rhythm games~
And then I got to be disappointed by the BIBLION scout box - aka the rate up box for the Crazy:B climax - because I guess Tsukasa has betrayed me???? idk I was exhausted and hadn't eaten yet, so the world was ending. After I got lunch I felt a lot better XD

idk what I did the rest of the night...OH!!! I picked Liz and Pat up from work and then we (unsuccessfully) tried to pick up meds for Pat before driving off to Petco. Lumos and her expensive food is killing me but I love her...anything for baby ♥


also I put Tsukasa on my homescreen in an attempt to entice him home...tune in next time to see how that went!
Saturday
Crazy:B climax babeyyyyy!!!!! I can't believe the climax events are finally here OwO I'm kinda sad I'm only going for one copy of Rinne, but the Double Face one will be here before I know it. I'm also excited for the TRIP album cards in a couple more months!!!

Liz and I went to Arundel Mills, because I guess I go there every few weekends??? I finally remembered to bring the right nuis with me, so I have some very good pictures at the Egyptian movie theatre.


FINALLY BROUGHT THEM!!!! AND THEY LOOK GREAT!!!!!!!

( a few more pics of the mall and dinner )

And then we went home so I could get on the grind- the grind for more dia, because I was determined to bring Tsukasa home. Both for the event rate up and because I have this card in JP & CN, so I'm used to seeing him around. I also just really like the outfit. Also Tsukasa USUALLY stalks me!!!! And so...I had to wring a bunch of dia out of my account and try just one more 10 scout...


SWEET SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, the story for the scout box is legit really good...and also is kinda the reason Nagisa has an account for writing RPF in Ougonten XD So that's delightful. I love when thinks interconnect like that (sometimes in silly ways).

Saturday was also the end of The Legend of KAGETSU on the CN server and I did manage to snag Keito from it, as well as use my hoarded memorial coins to pick up some Kohaku and Madara cards I'd been missing. Next up is Mika Goes To Space the event, and then I can maybe take a break from focusing on CN for a bit.

( snip snip for even more enstars screencaps )

Sunday
Writing this entry is really challenging me to think about what I did the past few days....mostly just lounged around the house and played video games, I think???????????? OH. Josh made it back from the bachelor party he was at down in SC, and he stayed over for another night to break up the long drive. And I made a bow for Genevieve to send home with him, since she's living a very spoiled life as an only cat and thus needs an adorable bow, too.

.....I should have taken a picture of the finished product before sending it off :T

Monday
Pat went up to Pittsburgh with Josh, leaving me and Liz alone for a little staycation! We mostly just vibed around the house, but we managed to pop out for some groceries in the afternoon. We got the stuff to make tantanmen + a few other meals but forgot gatorlyte again, because my life is suffering XD I've just been really dehydrated lately ;w;

I started patterning some outfits for nuis, but burnt out kinda quickly because doing tiny stuff is soooooooo taxing for me D: I'll try to get back to it soon, I just...idk. It's a lot. Plus I think I have to get slightly different pleather that's thinner, and uhhhhhh joanns is just about gone so I don't think that's gonna happen any time soon.

bluh.

And then I played a bunch of FFVII and accidentally reached the point of no return with Aerith without remembering to make an extra save file with her, so I feel stupid ;w; I do at least have to replay basically disc one to get the trophy for taking Barret on the Gold Saucer date, so...I guess I'll make one then...

BUT WE GOT THE EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT AND I WAS RIGHT IT WAS SWITCH WITH NATSUME AS THE CENTER, EVERYONE ELSE WHO DOUBTED IT CAN DERELICK MY BALLS XD

plz cowboy Wataru, I take back everything I said about "no more cowboys" plz I need the rate up support for Natsume!!!!!!

Today
Woke up early to drive Liz to work, got home, tried to work on graphics/writing/coding/this entry...I started this like 5+ hours ago D: I did take a nap in the middle because Lumos got in my lap and put me to sleep, but I also fed myself. I'm not still starving XD

Anyway!!! I have to pick Liz up in like half an hour, so I'm gonna cut it here. I probably have even more pictures I haven't posted yet, but 1) this is long enough and 2) I don't feel like sorting through everything to see what I have and haven't posted.

New event announcement featuring Switch with Natsume as the center, aka one of my favorite characters and units and just HOT DAMN I love the single shot of the MV we have right now!!!!!!


it's like Hot Topic meets summer festival (with a side of traffic safety thx to bright orange accents lmao)
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh idk man I've been sick so I've been pretty much completely out of it, but at least I have Switch to support me!!!!!!! It's the Crazy:B climax in ENG, so of course JP had to do an event I super care about at the same time!!!!!!!!!!! NATSUME PLZ. I'm excited and also like "god why"

Also I'm just. idk how to put this into words because I don't feel great, but like...I was really disappointed by the last Switch event, so I'm trying to be hopeful but am also nervous. The song + outfits are better, but that's no guarantee the story will be...tho nothing could be as bad as some of the ending bits of Wish sooooo

I have a bunch of nui pics to share (featuring a cute outfit I found at the mall that actually fits the pattythree nuis!!!) but I'm tired :/ And uh. I got the ps2 repaired! So that's good. It's working even better than it was, since they managed to fix how the flip top was warped.

Maybe tomorrow I'll write a more coherent entry ;w;

Soooooooo I was hit with the inspiration to make this as I was going to bed last night, because Liz and I were joking about the "but babe, you love being gaslit" meme, which led to talking about Sena, which then of course led to discussing his indoor boyfriends XD It's funny, I absolutely could not stand this dude at first, but I've now begrudgingly come around- sort of.

All this is to say I just had to make this as soon as I woke up XD

Other than that...fixing sleep schedule is still going, uh, mid? I'm sleepy all the time and still not able to fall asleep at a reasonable hour, so fuck me I guess? I'm naturally more nocturnal, but everyone else in the household works a 9-5 and I wanna see them when they're awake :T

ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!! FIRST CLIMAX EVENT HITS ENGSTARS THIS WEEKEND AND I AM PUMPED!!!! It starts with Crazy:B, so you know I'm excited :D I love the MV; it's all of them going on a road trip and it just looks nice *w*

I started making an icon last night before bed, but was too tired to do much with it...and then this morning I was possessed by the desire to make something for Izumi Sena of all people...so I'm gonna try to get back to it.

EVENT CARDS GET!!!!!!!!!!! With more than 24 hours to go!!!!!!! :D


featuring my first ever Esu 5*!!! to be fair this is only his third, but the first two were gacha ones and I haven't been lucky enough to snag either yet ^^;;


and another green Subaru, but 1) his attribute has better synergy with my other green Trickstar cards and 2) he's got pretty damn good stats cuz he's a tour card~
Honestly, the set list of this tour has been really good! Tours can be such a grind if I don't vibe with the set list, so I'm really glad I like this one...since I am a little burnt out on jp events already ;w; I just don't wanna miss getting all the cards from this new chunk of Main Story, especially since I snagged all the 4piece ones last year.

I do have some mixed feelings on how they've structured some of the rewards for this tour. In the past, any backgrounds from an event have come from points rewards (usually around the 800k-1mil points mark, which is about where I end up if I'm not going for the 5*), with the option to purchase them later for a single memorial coin each if you missed them. Which is nice, because there are some really pretty backgrounds from past events that I've picked up because the price is right.

HOWEVER. In the current jp event, both 5* and one of the 4* have backgrounds that you unlock on the card (one background per card), which is something that usually only happens with cards from the gacha. There are also backgrounds from points rewards, so??? idk????? This means you'd have to spend 10-30 memorial coins per background, depending on the card you're snagging, which is kinda fuckin excessive. Like, okay, yes, you're getting a whole card and not just a background, but you're unable to even see a preview of the background if it's from a card.

Like many things with the big changes enstars has made this year, I'm on "wait and see" to, you know, see how I feel. It's just...a small thing but still one that makes me fussy. I know I'm actively playing in jp and keeping on top of events, but being able to snag older event backgrounds for a relatively cheap price has been really nice- in both jp and eng!


but I do like the fancy promenade in the mega sphere - courtesy of Esu's card ♥ - and I just had to put Kohaku and Madara there~ also pleased to have the SCR room outfit of demon Mama- everyone plz give me good luck at eventually getting the last two copies for the MV version!!!!
idk I'm not sure if I'm actually super upset or just fussy because I overdid myself doing a shit ton of dishes and other house cleaning related stuff today :T Also bleeding.

..........and maybe also because I've only gotten a couple hours of sleep the past few nights because I'm still trying to fix my sleep schedule D: Life is hard when you're nocturnal and/or depressed or something.


also it's my precious stupid bird son's birthday today!!!!!! featuring his 2024 birthday pasha card, because it's running in China this year ♪
okay that's enough I'm gonna grind the tour more (or maybe get back to making icons again...maybe)

OKAY. The image hosting software still isn't working properly, but at least it's being worked on by the support team. And I can still upload things through my FTP client and the in browser control panel, it's just the convenience of the specific image hosting that's lacking- for now.

Cool things I did this week: more hand-sewing projects! I made a big bow for Lumos and matching-ish ones for my Judal & Hakuryuu nuis! :D


SHE LOOKS SO PRECIOUS the bow is soooooo cute on her + it has a bell and it makes such a good sound, I keep dying from how cute she is ;w;

( more pictures of Lumos + the bow itself )

making bows for my Madara and Kohaku nuis definitely inspired me, and I'm sooooo excited to have some for these little shits, too ♥
Besides that...it's mostly been playing enstars, stressing about my website, and watching Liz fucking crush it at Queen's Blood in FFVII: Rebirth XD I've played some more of the OG, too, but...idk I haven't been feeling great so I've been sleeping a lot. I would really love if this could stop happening ;w;

BUT!!!! I wan to make more cute things!!!!! I have a bunch of YouTube videos open on how to make rosettes for pins/ita bags, and I wanna use that knowledge to make things for my nuis. The Kohaku & Madara ones that I usually carry around are a unique size for nuis - basically only the company that makes them makes outfits/accessories for them - so I also wanna make them some more clothes. I just gotta keep inspiring myself!!

Also I promised myself I was done buying Chinese enstars merch because of the tariffs - even though I love most of it, hence why I've got a bunch I preordered - but they just teased the new collection of merch and it's REALLY FUCKING CUTE!!!!!!!! Everyone has fox ears and fluffy kimonos for most of it, and then they're making fox nuis of all the characters.

AS IF THE KITTY CAT KIGU NUIS I ORDERED AREN'T CUTE ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's killing me XD I guess I'll have to see how all the tariffs shake out/how feasible buying from a reseller in Japan or else is, but damn if I don't want basically that whole collection ;w; Life is hard!!!

Oh, right...on Madara's birthday I did a single scout on his birthday box because I didn't have much else to spare, and this fucker gave me a third copy of his demon 5* XD


I'm not even mad, just surprised!!!!!
.....and then in ENG I did multiple 10 scouts and got NOTHING OF HIS. I did get some 5* cards, just not his. Which like. Okay. I'm glad to have them, but I'm also kinda desperately hoping to max out his first feature scout and get the secret color...maybe someday.

Lemme finish this off with a great pic I took the other night: Double Face in their pristine unicorn kigus...on an old pay phone.


I love putting them dumb places~

Save for a few kinks that I'm still sorting out - like logging into/uploading images to my actual image hosting on my site - it's all back!!!! Everything is there, it's just a matter of fixing some fairly minor things. All told, it took about 12 hours from when I submitted the support ticket, which is honestly not that bad! Especially since they had to escalate it multiple times due to the complexity of it...yeah. idk what went wrong, but it was something major on their end.

BUT IT'S ALL BETTER NOW!!!

I have a lot of thoughts and also yesterday was Madara's birthday and I spent most of it stressing about website issues so like. bluh. MAYBE NEXT YEAR, MAMA XD

Anyway, I'm gonna try to catch up on my friends page and replying to comments and all that, I'm just kinda wiped emotionally right now. I hate that I mostly managed it while it was going on, but now I'm...not? It's like an emotional hangover of sorts I guess? idk. I don't like it :T

This weekend flew by!!!! Maybe because I was out of the house so much? idk. The unicorn kigus for my nuis finally arrived, so I just had to get them new accessories ;D


including a second miniature shopping cart to go with the one I already own, so they can each have one ;D
Seriously, it was a weekend of going places so I could get them things XD We went to Towson Towne Centre on Friday- partially to drop off my ps2 at the retro game store for repairs and partially to look at Claire's for accessories. The unicorn kigus are a different aesthetic than their other ones, so of course they need new stuff. I'm trying to go for more of a cutesy deco look to match the brighter colors, which is a little harder to make with just stuff I have sitting around the house.

We also swung by Ebisu (again) to look for cute stuff + get more snacks and then got bubble tea, because what is my life if not a quest for more excuses to get bubble tea? Gong Cha is doing a collab with Line right now and I got a free keychain with purchase, which goes really well with my ita bag imho.

On Saturday, Liz wasn't feeling well, so Pat and I went questing for nui accessories!!!! I had seen something cute in Claire's the night before but couldn't make up my mind before closing time, so we tried going to the Claire's in Security Square Mall by our house. Key word: tried. Apparently, that location has been closed for over a year but no one updated Google or Yelp :T

So!!!! Onwards, to perhaps the most overstimulating place in the world: Arundel Mills Mall. It's sooooooooooooo stressful and way too huge and I fucking love it XD I gotta remember to take my Bakura and Marikku nuis with me someday so I can take pictures of them at the Ancient Egyptian-themed movie theater...I just keep forgetting until I'm at the mall itself.

BUT FUTURE NUI ADVENTURES ASIDE. Liz wasn't there to watch us, so Pat and I were drawn in by the siren call of the Books-A-Million...the manga section called to us!!! I grabbed the newest volume of the P5 manga + Fangs volume 3 - someday I'll get a hold of volume 2, but Tokyopop fucking hates me I guess!!! - and Pat got the first volume of The Summer Hikaru Died (which I think I'm gonna steal and read too).

And then the fucking Lindt store got me!!!!!!!! They were handing out free samples and I can never resist a good piece of chocolate...plus I'd been meaning to check them out for awhile. I used to love picking up a few truffles + a decadent drink from the Godiva store, and I've missed it ever since they closed all their stores ;w; The Lindt store does have fancy drinks, but I hadn't eaten proper food before heading out so I didn't try them- this time. I did get a small bag of truffles, though ;D

I also managed to get all the way to the food court and feed myself without throwing a tantrum, despite being wildly overstimulated and achy...since of course I forgot to take my meds, too. Pat and I were both like "shit we should celebrate, this won't happen again" XD

OH WAIT I SKIPPED OVER THE MOST IMPORTANT STORE!!!! Rumi Life, aka the adorable stationary/accessories/home goods/etc store!!!!!!!! I got a miniature shopping cart there a year or so ago because I couldn't resist it, and I figured they might have some stuff for my nuis. And they did; I got a clip on bow for Madara and another shopping cart. This one is also a scooter! tbh the nuis are great because now I have an excuse for all the cute shit I always wanna buy ♥ I use it for them~~~~


you just know I had to take the boys with me, into the desolate wasteland of a dying store~
Today we all went out to Joanns....our location isn't quite closed yet but it's definitely winding down ;w; Since it's one of the last ones, they keep getting shipments from the warehouse/stores that closed already, which is how we managed to score a great deal on a Cricut EasyPress in its largest size :D Pat's wanted one for awhile and tbh I'm excited for it, since I'm still having nightmares from carefully ironing on all that gold heat transfer vinyl to Double Face's Last Mission coats. This thing has precise temperature control, so it'll make things much easier in the future :D

We grabbed dinner at Red Robin + more cat food for Lumos, since we now have to keep her stocked on expensive wet food. I love her dearly, but girl. She's killing my wallet XD

Oh and then we got ice cream!!! Liz had wanted a milkshake at Red Robin but they were kinda overpriced + we had many more errands at the time, so we ended up swinging by one of our favorite places on the drive home. I'm always ready to fuckin CRUSH one of those soft serve + butterfingers blended things, and they're the best place to get them (especially since Sonic stopped carrying butterfingers for some reason).


( come see more nui pictures from the weekend~~~~~ )

I'm also not feeling great today :T Liz has been feeling sick all weekend (and also the end of the work week, honestly) and I'm worried that I caught it. I know I'm a house spouse at this point, but ever since I had covid a second time I've had so much trouble with being sick. If I get sick, I stay sick for longer than anyone else in the household. I used to shake things within a couple days, and now it takes weeks- sometimes months ;w;

So basically I'm just nervous that I'm gonna be sick for the next month, since that's what keeps happening to me. I'm really not looking forward to it...FINGERS CROSSED I'm not actually sick, or I can at least get over it quickly.