Jolly's posts

@Atropa Belladonna:
it is SO satisfying!! Especially peeling back the excess vinyl. Its like slowly pulling the pealies off electronics <3
Trying to think of what else I should design with my cricut. All the possibilities but I am empty brain

OH
gosh, yeah, that would be super awkward. Hope you got away fast then XD

@sunny:
Oh yeah, the museums! I loved touring the museums ;;
What I did (since I was often alone) was I always had a mini journal or sketchbook with me in a satchel. So before I'd head out, I would plan my trips out. Doodle a little map, write town/street names or bus/train stop names. I'd also precautiously plan in case I get off on the wrong stop, cause I'm adhd space out brain. But by having all the names written down, it prevented me getting too lost <3

Oh and if I did anything spontaneous, I would add street names as I walked so I can back track to get back to my original path XD

@Shadami:
Yeah, I get that. It took a long time for me to come to some terms with my parents. I've had a great deal of venting even on this site a couple years back, especially that time my mom booted me out XD
But I learn that its OK to not see eye to eye, its OK if a person has said awful things in the past when they were frustrated (we're all human) and sometimes its not worth addressing different views if its something that doesn't directly affect me (like I never talk politics with them anymore, I'll ignore their words and politely change subject lol). The only way I could get along with my family was to put physical distance between us by moving out. Now, even if we disagree on something, its very easy for me to change the subject with something like "Hey more importantly, look at my cat"

But I dont mean to talk about myself, just hope to give hope to a situation that is still very much in need of healing first. I hope that you find a way to live peacefully with the family you have!

@Shadami:
Its good that you can take steps forward that way. Religion is a tough one. But when a parent is understanding it lifts so much weight off <3
The freedom to believe in what you want is a blessed feeling.

Feel out when the time is right to tell them about your person <3 waiting stinks so much, but you'll get the opportunity I'm sure!


@sunny:
Yeah the London transport system is far better than any US city could ever hope to achieve, I think. If it hasn't changed over the years since my last visit, it was safer too. When I took american buses, I'd get a sweat on cause everyone around me looked sooo... drugged up and dangerous.

@sunny:
I LOVED it in Wales! we went to camp, but surprise surprise it rained! We kept trying until about 2am the tent kept slapping us in the face by the rains and winds. So we gave up, a friend knew someone with a holiday cabin so they let us stay there. It was snuggled up in the side of a hill and overlooked a valley, so I was beyond spoiled by the views

London is obv dirty like any ol city, but it does feel much safer to wander around in daylight compared to where I'm from. And I dont have to drive. I'm phobic of cars/driving, so being able to ride trains or walk places is the best. I'd live there in a heartbeat if I could just for that alone

@sunny:
Yeah I spent just under 6 months the first time I visited, then went back again about 4-5 months a few years later. obv I didn't have a job at the time, my mom sent me over XD
Most of my time was spent near St Albans, which is around where my sister's inlaws live. She spent some time studying abroad there so also have a handful of friends all around London. Lots of bus/train rides <3

First visit was mostly touristy stuff. Check out this and that for the first time, then road trips around the country and up to Wales. Thats when I got to visit a lot of rural areas while we drove around. We'd just stop randomly to enjoy nature. Or maybe a friend knew someone somewhere that still had thatched rooftops. So cute
The second visit I didn't really go far outside London. I was mostly just out on my own trying all the hard toffee I could find. Saw the place more from a resident POV than a tourist one at that point, since I just got to witness the day-to-day lives of the family and friends and explore where they lived every day.

@Shadami:
They aren't, I should put the order in XD
The labels I made are in a FFXIV font that is hard to read if you're not used it, so Ill just type it out into the main post in a sec!

I had to ask why we had mustard, but my husband uses that a lot for his chicken gumbo sloppy joe things he makes (super delicious)

@Shadami:
When going through healing and things like this, sometimes it can help to write it all out on a paper. I cant remember what the exercise is called that I did in gradeschool where you just start writing and writing without worrying about grammar or structure. Just write every thought. Some people burn the paper when they're done but I'm too lazy for that, I just chuck em. XD
Its a nice way to get it out of your head so you can process your emotions. <3

BUT THATS GOOD I'm so happy you found someone like that <33
I remember when I first met my husband I went absolutely nuts. Like crushes never hit me hard, but there were points when I'd get off work (where I met him) and come home to do my college homework. But I couldn't THINK so I'd lay on my carpet and get annoyed at all the gushy flutteries in me I couldnt get SHIT done!

@Shadami:
You got some of them!! XD
answers are in the 3rd post!

I'm not as great with spices either. I rely on smelling them to see if they fit the dish, more than I'd know their names. Which always works out great!
I only know to buy them if a recipe tells me to tho

@Feral:
LOL

*sneezes*

@Wildfire:
YEAH like I thought about moving them away from the stove, but there's really... nowhere else to put them other than the dining table XD
its a nice sized kitchen for being an apartment, but its not huge by any means (perfect for me tho).

XD GOOD
hoped my silly predicament can be fun

@Shadami:
thought dumping is danger for me too. But all the more fun

@Borealis:
heyy, your new avi looks squishy cute <3

@sunny:
Haha! what I would give to live in the country in england or wales, rain and all
London was neat and all (safer than the average US city) but outside it it felt soooooo nice being there during my 6 month visas

@Feral:
makes sense, I really dont like my government either!
Although I'm curious since I dont know the UK as well. Here in the US the government already knows everything about you as long as you have a birth certif and social security number (which is forced upon us at birth pretty much). So even if I didn't have a passport, they still know. Its kinda spooky.
Is it not like that in the UK?

@Atropa Belladonna:
I was (finally) labeling my spices in my kitchen using my cricut machine XD
and wax sealing a bunch of letters. Not really a craft per se, but its fun to do <3

Oh gosh that is awkward! But I hope it was nice seeing them at the same time?
I move so much that I'm often spared this chance :'D

@Wildfire:
:O
I did not know this! I have tons of rice, I'll give this a try. Thank you!!

@Wildfire:
Yeah some of them are kinda shaken up in the jars so it makes it cloudy or odd shapes XD
Some of the powders have also hardened in there? I think having it right next to the stove might have gotten them all wonky, so I need to sift them once I'm done labeling to break em up

@sunny:
LOL at a second look I see where it looks like chips! Its powder, but its just weirdly shaped being in a glass jar like that

@sunny:
Yeah, florida comes with a ton of warning signs
dont go in the woods, dont walk barefoot in the grass, watch where you stand, that palm tree is on fire but its fine, dont swim in the ocean where the pelicans float, aside from the ocean dont touch the water...
ah, and definitely dont crawl into tight spaces.

I've visited England a couple times, the nature there is a lot more relaxing <3

@sunny:
ohhh, you must live in england or somewhere like that where nature hasn't decided it wants to kill ya
I'm used to it though, I spent my childhood in florida.