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I'm not sure what to write about this week besides my review I will do tomorrow or Friday. But I felt like an update would be a good idea since I like to write about things other than those. At times they feel tiring.

This week has been going well overall. I took off a few days to take care of things around my house and yard. Also to see family and help my family. My mom is back from the hospital, she is doing better each day. In my yard I got some plants transplanted, pulled some weeds, got some things moved around in my garage, put my windchimes and little yard decorations out.
I got some of my plants transplanted to larger pots and rearranged some of them since I think they weren't getting the proper light. Also I went through a few more books and flower pots to sale during my garage sale.
I've drawn a bit more for my next chapter of Promised Memories, wrote the next chapter and did a New room of scrutiny page.
With sewing my old pants I repaired one pair. I plan on doing the other two soon, maybe I'll sewn a bit more tonight. It's soothing to sew again after so long.
I've been still reading away, I think that is my favorite pastime anymore. Two books currently, it's good to switch back and fourth if I'm not in the mood for one I can turn to the other.
This morning I worked on sorting stamps for one of two trades I needed to get back to. And it was also something soothing, too. I'd like to get back into working on stamps again.
Also I've been back into playing Paleo Pines, the dinosaur farming game! It's a nice, slow pace. And the graphics are beautiful and calming. It makes my heart happy.

I think that's about it for an update. But I've been doing good. And overall feeling well. May is mental health month, so with that in mind I have been trying to slow down and do things that keep me feeling good.

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Glad you are doing well. Also can't wait to catch up on Promised Memories.

Thank you, it's in the works. I just need to create an account on globalcomix. I think this will happen next week, since this weekend is already looking pretty busy -__-

As always, I'm glad you've been doing well and taking care of yourself, Jess! It's the simpler things in life that can anchor us back to who we are sometimes and help us redidcover those things.

Also, I'm glad to hear you've been getting back into reading! Since I've been reading a lot lately myself, I guess that makes us literary buddies then. Yay!

Thank you! It truly is the simple things at the end of the day that I am most grateful for. When I go to bed at night I try to remind myself what I have to be grateful for.

Yes, literary buddies!! I like that! I think it's my favorite pastime now. I plan on writing soon about the two books I am reading. Do you use the Goodreads app?

Glad to read your mom is back home and recovering well.

Do you do a lot of sewing? or more like small fixes?

Thank you <3

I used to when I was younger. Mostly just fixing up clothes now. When I was younger I tried creating clothes. Like tank tops and skirts.
Do you like sewing?

Very cool! I sew enough to fix holes and such in clothes. Nothing fancy, but learning to actually do clothes and such would be awesome. I just need the time to learn it.

Oh I'm sure you will learn it! And it's such a life saver! Plus if you really are attached to a piece of clothing and it needs a minor repair - you can just fix it!!

Glad you're week is going well and mom is doing well!

I do the two book thing too - usually a fiction and a nonfiction haha. Somehow though it's gotten up to like five right now!

Thank you! :-)

Oh wow, five books is pretty impressive! If you feel like sharing, I'm curious as to what you are reading. I plan on writing soon what I have been reading.

Sure! (I hope this isn't too long haha)

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow - Very good book so far, I really need to get back to this one more!

Dune by Frank Herbert - This will have been my third time in four years reading this, I think it's my favorite novel. I just got really hyperfixated on Doctor Who while getting close to the end of this read and kinda put this down for a bit, another one I need to just sit down and complete! Really love this one!

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn - The original "Episode 7" from before the prequel films even came out, I've actually never read it - it's decent so far!

Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep by Terrance Dicks - I love love love Doctor Who, and have seen chunks of "Classic Who," but have found I prefer reading the old novelizations of the serials to actually watching them so every once in a while I'll try and find one to read and read it!

The Shiva Sutras by Ranjit Chaudhri - The Shiva Sutras are basically small mantrams about how reality allegedly revealed to this wise man ages ago, and this covers those and extrapolates what they mean. Basically covering nondual theology from a traditionally Advaita Vedanta tradition.

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Stuff like Doctor Who/Star Wars is kind of like reading junk food to me, it "tastes" good but I realise it's rarely "high literature" or whatnot, but thats fine haha. I don't like to read five at once, but sometimes my mental health gets wonky and I find myself continuously starting new books... it'll work itself out haha. My goal for this year is 29 books read and I think I have 8 or 9 this year so far... I'm a little behind but things have been a bit wonky (and I've had way too many books I quit halfway through). Hope to complete a few and get back to my regular 2!

I look forward to seeing what you're reading! Do you use Goodreads? And if you do, would you wanna be friends on there? (If not - totally fine!)

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to tell me about those books!

With Dune, my boyfriend has the first one so I may borrow that someday.

I haven't read or watched any thing from Dr Who. But I plan on at least checking out the show in the future since I have had many friends suggest it to me.

I've never been a Star Wars fan. But I feel I never gave it much of a chance. :-p

And the other two you mention sound good, I may add those to my "to read" list. Thank you.

Yes! I have a good reads account. I would love to! I'm on there a-lot and not a-lot of friends to follow. My name is Jessie Slaby on there. There is an old account, but just try to add the newer looking one where the picture is a selfie of me where I have a black jacket with it's hood up and a book in my hand. Hopefully that makes sense. ^^;;

With Doctor Who, if you have Disney+, the new season starting with the episode "The Church on Ruby Road" has been designed to be a great entry point for new viewers, so no need to worry about missing past stuff if you're interested! It's campy in style but honestly that's what I love about it, it's a really fun show. And the new Doctor is absolutely fantastic (the protagonist, The Doctor, is a Time Lord so when they're near death their body "regenerates" and so they look different and it scrambles up the personality a little. Current Doctor is the Fifteenth Doctor, but all the Doctors are actually the same one character. So the show could really go on forever haha). If I were to recommend a book that isn't in that list, it'd be "Reincarnation Blues" by Michael Poore. I could try and give trigger warnings from what I remember if you needed that.

I looked you up on Goodreads but nothing came up! Here's mine: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45971332-cory

I'm glad we're friends on here! :-)

I don't, but my boyfriend has Disney+. We are actually slowly making it through the Marvel shows.

Okay, thanks for trying. It's a weird thing when it comes to searching for me - a few of my friends had trouble, too. I need to start using it from my laptop. I'll add you!

Thanks! Here's to many conversations going forward :-)

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