I missed the Journey anniversary, this time not because I was traveling but just because I overslept and was busy and it slipped my mind between everything.  Honestly, not even upset about it because I just didn't have the time today...

I didn't do last year's either, which makes it 2 years since I've actually been on the pilgrimage.  Hmmm, I hope I can manage one at some point.

Somehow have a really busy few days!  Two days ago I worked really hard on Rhythm Quest then yesterday I did good work for my job, today was just a bunch of different stuff all over.

Something had been stealing my chickens' food; I've been trying to put up makeshift barriers which seem (?) to have been working so far, until we can just line the entire floor of the coop.  Unfortunately today I found my entire supply bin uncovered and something had definitely gotten into the food.  Really annoying since it also rained a tiny bit so I had to dump everything out and clean it out...at least this time I know from last time to get the food out of the original paper bag it comes in, since it grows mold due to the moisture from the soaked paper if I don't do that.  I'm not sure if it was me that left the bin uncovered or whether whatever animal is responsible figured out that there was food inside and managed to lift the cover, but either way I have it secured more definitively now -- now if I find something amiss there I'll =know= that it's the thief...

My beloved meowmie is getting on in years, now is a certified senior meowmie!  Hopefully she can live on a great rest of her life, we all love her a lot.

As I was saying I somehow seem to have exploded in stuff to do haha, this weekend / few days in particular seems like I may have booked myself with a few too many things for comfort, but hopefully it'll be ok.  Between meeting with friends, stopping by Jammix, donating to goodwill, picking up groceries, getting a bang trim, and even a silent reading event I guess at least my therapist will probably be proud that I'm pushing myself, haha.  I said no to one trip, but I said yes to another one (PBB).  It seems intimidating, for sure, and hopefully I don't end up regretting it, but I considered it carefully and it seems like an appropriate amount of "risk" or "new" for me to take on, I think even though it's not something I was jumping at the bit to participate in at first, it seems like it's roughly aligned with where I'm at, so I made the call to hop on board after considering it.

I got a comment "this is the first time I've seen you wearing pants [instead of a skirt]" the other day haha, it's been a while since I've heard something like that.  Made me a slight bit self-conscious actually, like wait, am I actually wearing the right thing??  Not that that actually bothered me, it was just kind of a funny thought to have.  But like, it also made me wonder, maybe I would feel better there, too, if I brought that part of myself to the table -- I mean, more than I already do.