LOL no. I’ve just taken several art history classes and am going through a phase where I’m trying to get to know myself better and be kinder to myself as well. Painting and artistry kind of run in the family though, despite that for me I’ve never really explored visual art because I always considered myself to be…

that sounds delicious. I will be making tons of comfort food for sure.

He is gorgeous! I love his curls! What an angelic little one you have.

That is so so so cute!!!! I would love a mini-me spa buddy. I know what I’m planning on doing when we have kids :)

I love those but we tend to get them together. I do the full body hot rock massage and it is amazing. We definitely have our spa spots and they serve us well. Thank you for the rec though.

I don’t right now but I can do one from memory - it’s from our wedding and she would love receiving it and having somewhere to hang it up. I’m honestly not one for drawing people, since I’m still working on improving my technique in that regard, but it can’t hurt to keep trying it out. That’s a really great idea,…

I sketch and will probably do yoga. I want to get into painting but will need more time before I bust it out. Hoping to learn some oil techniques before the end of this year.

that sounds interesting - I may have to explore that! thanks for the recommendation!

probably more like browsing for me - I did too much damage over Xmas and actually owe my rents and my bro some presents for their respective birthdays because of my overshopping habits :(

Ugh yes. I binged The Crown yesterday and will try to implement a yoga routine. I need to do something to help me with my anxiety and that might be the best way to go about it.

Yeah, I’m going to get in front of the fire and relax with the dogs as much as possible this week because I may not have time to do it otherwise.

Actually, those are all on my list for this week so that’s funny you should mention it! I’m going to write a note to my mom (and/or call her) and apologize for being a pill over break. Hopefully this will help repair our relationship.

sending good will your way! we’re moving states next summer and I can’t wait! good luck!

I’m seriously going to be sad and stressed this next week (work anxiety, husband traveling, poor weather). So tell me what you ladies do when you have down time and want to indulge in some self-care to cheer yourself up and/or keep spirits level :)

I was also considering this because they’ve been pretty good to me for the most part and I know that my issues are (hopefully resolvable) and I’m getting them treated. I’m hoping I can begin to work through them now to help me move forward in the future. Otherwise, I’m going to be stuck working some other job at home…

Maybe stomach problems since I’ve been battling a sinus infection off and on for almost a month. I’ll figure it out though. Thanks for the pep talk - I’m hoping and thinking that EMDR will work since my issues are so debilitating I really have no other options.

Yeah they are trying to be accommodating but I’m afraid I’m so easily triggered that I’ll have a panic attack and embarrass myself (it happened once at this job already) and/or just walk out and be unable to attend. They think if they have the food in another room it’ll be okay but I freak out when people snack,…

Cut ‘em out. We had to do the same with my husband’s “family” and as a consequence are no longer in the will (his sister is insane and stole all of their parents’ money). They all are nuts, are unsafe and unstable and have done nothing but bring misery into our lives. Our apartment building even has their info in case…

that’s actually what I was thinking. I just really hate being deceitful but I can’t make a 7 hour meeting where I’m triggered the entire time.

So I have severely crippling anxiety. (I’m working on it, but as we all know it’s a process). There is a mandatory meeting at my job next week and my therapist told me to just be sick for it now and we’ll work on building up my ability to attend it. If necessary, what excuse would you use?