The past two days have been a step towards warmth and the living.
Spending much time with friends both online and in person has been a huge boon.
We spent the evening last night playing Everdell, listening to Enya and drinking tea. This morning as we drove to the nature park to exercise, we listened to the new Decemberists album in the car which was surprisingly wonderful and seemed to put my mind greatly at ease. The walk at the park was terrific and beautiful, was able to snap a few photos I hope to use for some landscape/ environmental watercolor sketches .
We went to lunch but eating is a new challenge as we are desperate for low sodium, low fat and low calorie foods for me. We are restaurant fellows and that just doesn’t add up with these restrictions at all, which has been quite startling trying to change suddenly!
When we returned home I messaged with a wonderful badger friend, who walked me through setting up Secondlife for the first time. A Queer furry born in the 90s who’d never played second life until today! Much gay animal shenanigans ensued as I assumed badger form. The badger showing me everything was quite patient as I clunked about trying to figure it all out. The evening closed with some sketching and work on a piece for a project I had canned on the initial diagnosis, now trying to finish it as things are not as immediately in crisis as we assumed, however there is time lost and a deadline for the project however I made good progress I was happy enough with.
I am forever greatful and THANKFUL to my loved ones and fuzzy friends and queer friends during all of this.
The animals are settling back and breathing easier, and as long as they, my friends and loved ones are happier I can’t ask for more.🐀
Favorite track from the Decemberist album: “As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again”
Long White Veil:
https://youtu.be/65ZujegODRg?si=lZccvJrgs88V7yBa
