What've I been up to?

Hello, again!

It's been a while since I've written. Life has been both hectic and monotonous at the same time.

I've been busy working, training, hanging out with friends...but haven't done a lot noteworthy. Granted, 3 months have gone by, so there has been some stuff...

First off, I got a new phone!!! I've been using Tracfone or Straight-talk since I was 18, so finally having a good phone through Verizon has been freaking awesome. I got a Note 2, which is basically a mini tablet that some genius made into a phone. It comes with this cool little stylus pen that fits right into the phone, so I can write, draw, etc! I've been using it to draw again, which I'll get to in a minute.

The phone has a ton of cool features, like its own sketchbook and notepad apps, a voice recorder that will record in high quality, and good cameras; one on the back, with flash (insanely helpful), and one on the front for selfies (I hate that word....) and video chatting!!! I'll grant you, the 2-year contract I had to sign my soul over for (I wasn't really using it anyway ;) worries me just a little, but getting that phone for $1 was a pretty sweet deal...and getting a $50 Best Buy gift card..which I used to buy a good protective case for it...was pretty freaking awesome.

I said earlier I've been drawing again. I've been wanting to be more creative, to express myself. Usually, I'm not very good at it...I don't have the skills right now to do anything great. But I have to try, and I've gotten a lot of support from the tumblr community to keep trying, that every artist has to go through this. I've posted some of my art online, and I've got a few ideas that I'm working on.

In addition to drawing, I'm also coloring again. Coloring for me is a zen exercise, wherein I put on my headphones, listen to a Dresden Files audiobook, and color elaborate dragons. Getting through just one dragon will usually take at least one whole audiobook, if not more. They're very complex, and I'm very picky about which colors I use where.

Speaking of being creative...I got to repaint my room! I repainted my ceiling in primer white..all by myself...with a roller that didn't have an extendy handle...that sucked. My shoulders still haven't totally recovered from that, and that was last Thursday. I then painted my walls, after having torn apart my room to get everything away from the walls. I got kindof depressed by that; I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't moving, that I didn't have to leave. The only times I've ever torn my room down like that was when I had to..so..yea. Anyway. I painted the walls a very beautiful blue, in a shade called Winter Lake. I did all of the painting in one day, and then came back up the next day (as I was dogsitting that weekend) and put my room back together. Got everything put back up on the walls, furniture moved back into place..in that day. Less than 5 hours. It's now a very calming space, both for my massage clients and for me to meditate and create in.

Next week, though, there's a lot going on. I'm turning 26 on July 4^th! Gettin' old ;) But I'm going to be spending my birthday out of state for the first time since I was 21. I'm leaving Thursday with my friend Kara for Rosemont, IL, to attend Anime Midwest! It'll be nice to have someone to hang out with this time round. Most cons I go to, I spend a lot of time alone, so having somebody around will be awesome. I'm going to be cosplaying goth!Elsa that weekend. Kara made the cape/train for it, though I still need to paint on the snowflakes. I have a black shirt and corset that will work perfectly, as well as a skirt that's got a opaque, very short skirt underneath, and a chiffon hi-low over skirt. I'll have on my snowflake jewelry, and have my hair done like Elsa's. It's going to be really cool :)

I'd mentioned the tumblr community...I'm a SuperWhoLock fan, and tumblr has been amazing while we're on hiatus for all of our shows. They continue to post screen caps and gifs and stories from SPN cons, and, of course, Destiel fluff. Yes, that's right..I'm a Destiel fan. They do, after all, share a more profound bond. And with what happened this season on SPN, having the support of the community is necessary. It just is.

So..yea. I guess more has happened than I thought. I just rarely have the time or the motivation to write for the blog, or for myself. But I'm hoping I'll be able to get back into the swing of it, so keep your eyes peeled for more posts :)