I would just like to mention that I have possibly the best and sweetest boyfriend ever, and I want to keep him for a long time.  I have been so mopey and useless, and he managed to cheer me up in about three sentences.

Last month's period?  Absolutely painless, like most other periods I've had since moving to this house.

This month?  I'm learning firsthand what 'writhing in agony' actually means.  When you're in pain, and nothing seems to make it better, you tense, stretch, shiver and squirm, trying to find some combination of tensions that makes it hurt less.  Or ( Read more... )

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Accomplished:
Weeded front, back, and side garden - we have many tiny cucumbers and tomatoes!  And a cauliflowerette!
Mended Luka's kerchief band
Swept upstairs, stairs, downstairs, more stairs, and basement
Looked up local galleries & places to display art - found 5 within reasonable walking distance, collected emails and phone numbers, talked to one ( Read more... )

Accomplished:
Sketched 2 chibis
Revamped schedule
Took out trash and recycling
Sketched 3 chibis
Inked 5 chibis
Worked on Abbie 2
Helped kill wasp nest
Took cardboard to recycling place
Sketched 11 p Metanoia
Wrote 4,309 words (23,500) (and that's after getting a late, slow start!)
Did laundry
Took out compost
Picked raspberries
Paid Mom for Dillman's retreat
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Accomplished:
Cleaned upstairs bathroom
Colored Abbie 1
Weeded veggie garden (front garden needs it, too, especially near the steps, but I'd rather draw.)
Sketched all Luka-brain chibis
Went to lifedrawing
Colored Myristica
Base-colored Beth 1 2 3 4
Inked Megan
Colored Megan
Shaded Beth 4
Sketched and inked more chibis
Mailed stuff
Recolored Zenia tattoo
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Accomplished:
Processed studio orders
Inked Abbie 2, Caitlin 1
Put down base colors for Abbie 1, 2
Worked on Abbie 1
Deleted ~500 words, wrote ~1000 (22,082)
Removed cat-pee-smelling carpet from art room
Reworked dog for Zenia
Wrote ~500 words
Cleaned up Caitlin commission, sent for final check
Inked Abbie 3, Beth 1 2 3 4, Zenia
Colored Zenia
Inked Myristica
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