- Tetris on Gameboy Color and Capri Sun Cherry as meditation.
- Meeting Tanja and Cos in the Sauna Wagon on Sunday evening.
- Charlie who has started curling up into a ball to sleep (preferrably on the sheepskin in my balcony chair).
- A whole garden full of snowdrops on the corner of our street.
- C. cleaned the whole apartment and even brought two bouquets of flowers for me after I came back from the seminar kitchen.
- Meeting my friends for board game night, preparing for a DnD session. I loved coming up with a character based on Dolly Parton and her song Jolene.
- I loved singing along to Stand Up at the Surprise of Voices choir concert and watching Nathalie's amazing performance. And to see with how much positive energy and charm Pauline led through the evening.
- Slowly getting back into getting-things-done mode. Planning trips with friends (I'd love to go to Borderland with Hanna and Ben). Working in the garden, decluttering, taking care of my inbox.
- Cher's fabulous outfits in the musical version of her life (I saw the Cher Show at Deutsches Theater with Margit and Sash).
- Ripping out the nasty weeds to make room for new bushes and plants.
- Wrapping Lian's presents and decorating the table for his birthday breakfast. I made a balloon garland and even found some sparklers. We also baked chocolate muffins decorated with sprinkles and smarties!
- The first butterflies fluttering through the air.
- Planting bushes and nasturtium seeds; ripping out all the weeds and cutting back the trees.
- Meeting my new book club for the first time!
- A hot shower, snuggling up in bed, ordering pizza and watching a lovely Swedish movie about a famous conductor leading a choir in his old hometown (Wie im Himmel).
- A spa weekend with Sash and Christian (Lena got ill). A little walking tour through Schärding, eating delicious Palatschinken at Café Blaas, running into my first fleamarket this year (I got a bag, a picture frame, a wooden ring holder and a black top). Revisiting a few places in Passau, stumbling upon an art exhibition at St. Anna chapel. I loved applying face and hair masks at the pool and hanging out in the steam room. On Sunday, we stopped in Altötting to see the black Madonna. Such a fascinating place.
- Stopping in Haging to get some catkins from a booth. Finding free radish seeds - and a friendly orange cat!
- Rereading Die Wand by Marlen Haushofer. I love the tone of that book. The calmness within the drama.
- Baking Swedish cheesecake with almonds, cottage cheese and blueberries.
- Meeting Margit at the garden center with the whole car full of wooden frames for my new vegetable garden. Cuddling the cat strolling around the plants. Taking home one of each I liked. Then we went to the cinema and it was unexpectedly lovely.
- Playing a DnD one-shot as Jolene, my brand new character inspired by Dolly Parton.
- My feelings are coming back. I am annoyed, and angry. Exhausted, and passionate. But I also notice that I tend to escape from reality more now. Playing Tetris for hours, eating sweets, smoking. I'm craving balance.
- Seeing Sentimental Value at the cinema. I like Renate Reinsve's acting. Something about her reminds me of Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
- The first time my head wasn't read as a tomato after Zumba class.
- I was allowed to have five small fruit trees for free because the shop didn't have them in their system anymore!
- Attending the presentation by a local on the plants and animals you can find in the nearby moor.
- Seeing C. in a black shirt. It suits him so well!
- Working on my vegetable beds! Constructing some scaffolding for my beans and peas.
- Findus coming to cuddle when I was sitting on the floor building a tiny little flower bed fence.
- My first evening alone when C. and L. left for China. So relaxing. I reactivated my Netflix account to watch Emily in Paris and had pizza in bed.
- Besoming a little more social. Slowly warming up to the neighbours, bonding. Setting out baked goods for everyone. Bringing Franzi a tray full of veggie stew, fresh dill, sour cream and roasted potatoes when her kitchen was being renovated. Taking care of Paula when she had a little accident on the trampoline and was in pain. Making a paper crane for Annika.
- Starting to train Claude AI as my personal assistant.
- A video featuring girl dads teaching their daughters "dude stuff" (like using power tools, being a grill master, taking her to exotic places) so they won't be impressed by any old douchebag in the future. Really touching.
- The first session of an online class I'm taking. It's BECOMING WEIRD, BECOMING WILD: From Feminist Hybridity to Divine Monster by Jasmine Reimer. We talked about feminist hybridity in history - neolithic goddess worship, the grotesque, and Surrealism. I loved the writing/drawing prompts she gave us to take a little creative break.
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