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What Are You Happy About Today?

- Firstly and most importantly, I got an amazing commission of my OCs from @k o i !!!!!!!! This is the first time anyone's ever drawn my characters and she did such a great job, look how ridiculously cute they are:

- Today's Pancake Day and I'm not one to turn down an excuse to make pancakes, so I made some American-style blueberry pancakes! We usually make crepe-style pancakes so it made a nice change, and they came out extremely well so I'll definitely be making them again in the future!

- Had a chance to chat with my best friend! We don't get to talk that often these days so I'm really happy to hear from him and hear that he's doing well.

- I've been enjoying the Lunar New Year event and seeing everyone's creations! I also finished my Draconic Designs and Flicker & Fortune submissions and got a couple of plum blossom collectibles with my tokens! Plum blossoms are one of my favourite flowers so I knew I needed them as soon as I saw them.

- Also been having fun playing ACNH lately. I played through the Festivale event yesterday, and I'm really looking forward to the snow melting next week so I've been doing some minor redecorating in preparation for the spring 🌱
 
My partner and I decided to put together little baskets for each other for valentines day. Hopefully my partner likes the things I picked out. I got them: Lindt chocolates, ferrero rochers, hersheys kisses, after eights, cetaphil face lotion, dove body scrub, multi colour pack of post-it notes, pack of black socks, tropical skittles and a steam gift card & a valentines card. Oh and a pack of stickers with hearts and cats & dogs so imma stick those all over the basket.
 
I watched the first season of Disventure Camp, which I surprisingly haven't watched until today. It's keeping me sane while I wait for the third season of the Total Drama Reboot. Nothing's actually confirmed yet, but things are looking good for a potential renewal. It's safe to say I enjoyed my day off.
I have a morning shift tomorrow. I know it's Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day, but my place of employment isn't projected to be busy at all. I hope that's true.
I slept well despite having a lot on my mind. February and March are just... rough months for me. I'm glad there's an event to keep me distracted.
I'm being recognized at work by new management for my work ethic. I love being complimented when I know I'm the best in my position. There's my toxic mindset again LOL.
 
I made some good progress on my entry for Draconic Designs today!! I still have a lot I want to do with it but it’s starting to shape up I think!

Played through a couple more days on my Murakumo file in Rune Factory 5! I’ve been grinding for crystal flower seeds lately and as a bonus, I’ve run into a ton of chests with some really nice rare items, a lot of which I haven’t even found/shipped yet!! ;u; Even got an Ancient Fish Fin from one, which I’d been actively fishing for for a while!

I’m happy about all the Red Envelopes I’ve gotten so far! How am I supposed to sell these back when y’all are so sweet 😭

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day!! 🥹💕 It’s seriously one of my favorite holidays, and the new Fashion Dreamer event is supposed to start tomorrow too! It even has a steampunk theme omg. I know what my plans are gonna beeee

Also really happy with my Valentine’s aesthetic! ;v; I’ve been eager to start using my YCH comm from k o i eeeee

I watched some Youtube with my family and really enjoyed Grian's most recent episode of Hermitcraft!
 
I’m happy today was a great day off. I’m happy to be feeling better since I haven’t felt that great this past week.
We took Aurora to the park this morning and had a really nice walk. Aurora got to meet a new friend named Pippa.
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I gave Aurora and mom their Valentines gift a day early since I have to work all day tomorrow. They both loved their gifts.
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Aurora also got some milkbones
I played ACNH festivale today since I had the time to enjoy it. I also sent my villagers on both islands Valentine cards.
Me and Aurora got a nice evening walk.

Hope everyone had a great day.
 
- Got up early today and was really productive at work. 📊

- Got to play some more Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. 🎮

- Finished the day with another workout at the gym. I was able to handle more weight on each of our exercises. 💪

- Fed my kitties their special food when I got home. 🐱

- The Dallas STARS defeated the Carolina Hurricanes just now 4-2!! They still sit atop the NHL Central Division for now. 🏒 🔥 💚
 
I hope you all are having a peaceful, lovely week so far! If you’re celebrating Valentine‘s Day tomorrow, whether with a partner, friends, your fictional ships, or even just by treating yourself to your favourite candies, I hope you all have a beautiful day! Remember that it isn’t just about romantic love. All kinds of love are beautiful and are deserving of celebration; platonic love, romantic love, familial love, self-love etc! Be kind to yourselves. ❤️

𓇢𓆸 I finally unlocked Spirit Deers in Cozy Grove!! Ironically enough, I had just been talking about hoping to unlock them soon when I booted up the game the other day, only to unlock them about 20 mins later!! My first deer is a young Sad Deer named Alf, and he is so gorgeous!! I’m so happy, I hope to get him to maximum happiness soon! I also unlocked Lagomorphs, and I got my first one for free from Lee Berry Dennings!! She’s a young Blood Lagomorph named Spooks, and she is so cute! Some of the other highlights from the past few days have been Ertle (my Moon Cat) becoming an adult, earning 9 new badges, upgrading my tent to level 7 and unlocking a new room to decorate, buying some cute new items, learning some more new cooking and crafting recipes (some of which I hope to use for the first time soon!), and catching 8 new critters and 7 new fishes yesterday! I was having so much fun fishing and catching critters last night, I can’t believe how many new ones showed up, and all within just a couple of hours! I’m hoping to catch some more new stuff tonight. 🫶 This game has been my biggest comfort this past week, I’m so grateful for it and so happy that I decided to get it!
My deer!!!!! Isn’t he so pretty 💙
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Me showing up in the What’s Bothering You? thread every day for the past week
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A few of my animals!! The blue bird is Cleo, the green bird is Mocha, and the squirrel/rabbit-looking friend is my Lagomorph, Spooks!!
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Who named these………
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Personally I think it’s impossible to be depressed if you have a Snowbear. Will report back if this is true. Also bought a Clown Bear Statue, so I might be living my best life now
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𓇢𓆸 I was finally able to get myself in the mindset to start sending out Red Envelopes, and even received a few more myself! It’s been hard to motivate myself to participate in the Lunar New Year event with how awful I’ve been feeling, but I’m doing my best. Even if I’m not able to participate in any of the creative events, I at least want to help us reach our 2k Red Envelopes goal. ❤️ But I think I’ve come up with an idea for my Flicker & Fortune entry that I like, so I’m hoping to be able to get started on it soon and do it justice!

𓇢𓆸 Bonk has also been an incredible comfort to me this past week. I was feeling especially depressive yesterday and didn’t have the energy to do anything but sit on the floor with her and rest my head on the coffee table, and she kept jumping up onto the table and rubbing up against my head and bonking her head into mine. 🥹 She also cuddled with me tonight! She may or may not have kicked me out of the chair afterwards LOL, but I still adore her. 🖤
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𓇢𓆸 I am still so grateful to my friends and for all of the beautiful messages that I have received as well. Feeling like this has been so lonely, but I am so thankful to everyone who has kept me in their thoughts and has taken the time to reach out. I know you all are busy and dealing with your own things, so it truly means a lot. I always feel so bad tagging people in here xnsjn, but there are a few friends in particular who have been so thoughtful to me and I just want to thank them again. @Zerous @.: Meri :. @-Mars- you 3 are so, so incredible and I am so thankful to you. Between the gorgeous art, the kind words and your friendship, I truly can’t thank you guys enough. Please feel free to tell me to shut up and stop tagging you XNSJNXDH, but genuinely thank you guys so, so much. I am eternally grateful 💜

𓇢𓆸 My mom and I left food outside for the local wildlife again! We haven’t seen the bunnies in a few days, but the squirrels and the birds have been enjoying the food at least!

i finally told my mom part of what has been going on with me and my friend. It was extremely difficult and painful; but my mom listened to me and gave me some comfort that i needed. Right now she’s making me some soup since I’m sick and can’t eat anything solid. I’m really grateful to my mom.
I’m so happy that you were able to talk to your mom a little bit about what’s been going on. I know it’s never easy, especially when you’re struggling so much, but I am so proud of you. I want more than anything for things to get better for you soon. Please don’t forget during all of this that you are a kind, incredible person, and you deserve so much. I hope you feel better soon. You know you can reach out to me any time for anything. 💜

got a 90% on my first midterms test!! we are sooo back! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉
WOOOOOOO congratulations, that’s so incredible!!! You should be so proud of yourself, that’s an amazing grade! Your hard work is paying off, I’m so, so happy for you!! 🎉🎉

We took Aurora to the park this morning and had a really nice walk. Aurora got to meet a new friend named Pippa.
Aurora’s face in the third picture is so funny to me LOL, look at those cuties!! So happy that Aurora got to make a new friend! I’m also happy to hear that you’re feeling better! I hope you continue to feel good and that you have an easy day at work tomorrow ❤️
 
𓇢𓆸 I am still so grateful to my friends and for all of the beautiful messages that I have received as well. Feeling like this has been so lonely, but I am so thankful to everyone who has kept me in their thoughts and has taken the time to reach out. I know you all are busy and dealing with your own things, so it truly means a lot. I always feel so bad tagging people in here xnsjn, but there are a few friends in particular who have been so thoughtful to me and I just want to thank them again. @Zerous @.: Meri :. @-Mars- you 3 are so, so incredible and I am so thankful to you. Between the gorgeous art, the kind words and your friendship, I truly can’t thank you guys enough. Please feel free to tell me to shut up and stop tagging you XNSJNXDH, but genuinely thank you guys so, so much. I am eternally grateful 💜
No, I will tell you to never shut up 🫶 I get bashful when people thank me or say nice things to me so I tend to leave it at a heart react akfjfklsdj, but I want you to know that I truly appreciate it, and it makes me really happy to know that I've been able to help in at least some small way ;v;

and also thank you for blessing us with Bonk yet again 🖤
 
Aurora’s face in the third picture is so funny to me LOL, look at those cuties!! So happy that Aurora got to make a new friend! I’m also happy to hear that you’re feeling better! I hope you continue to feel good and that you have an easy day at work tomorrow ❤️
Aurora has the best expressions. It’s nice she has another friend especially since she recently lost three of her friends since they moved to different states. Thanks it’s nice to not feel so tired all the time. I love seeing pictures of bonk .
 
In AC:CF, I got the silver fishing rod. I should also be getting an invitation to Redd's tomorrow. <333

In AC:NH, the museum is closed for remodel. I will be getting the cafe just in time for tomorrow for Valentine's Day. <333

I also did the Valentine's Day event in Pocket Camp for the first time. I chose Apollo. 🦅 💕 Not only do I not have Rooney yet, but I find myself being more attached to Apollo lately. 💖
But yeah, it is so wholesome. :,)
I also got a mint-colored mug as an in-return gift. <3

Speaking of, I am looking forward to Valentine's Day tomorrow. I know it's silly for someone who is not only single, but is also AroAce (well, not to fictional characters), but it is honestly my favorite holiday along with Christmas. 💘💕🌹🌸
I am curious to see how Valentine's Day will go for me in my current Animal Crossing towns this year. This will be my first year I will be celebrating it in four different mainline games: AC:GC, AC:CF. AC:NL, and AC:NH. 🥳🥳🥳💖💖💕
I also play AC:WW, but Valentine's Day is unfortunately absent in that version. 💔

I will definitely be writing out how tomorrow went once VD is almost over. <333




Unfortunately, we didn't get a Papa's Paleteria sneak peek, as I hoped. However, there should be something Valentine's Day-related up on the Flipline blog tomorrow, so I am curious to what it will be. <333 💕
 
February 13th 2024

So, I realised that this is my last full day (8AM-10PM) that I would be home alone before starting my new job. I had no appointments, no evenings plans, nada. So I decided to have a self-care day because why the hell not? I deserve it. 💪
  • I played Pokémon Brilliant Diamond in the morning, working on filling out my Pokédex. I'm 90% of the way there! 🎮
  • I built the Lego Beijing Postcard set my mum mailed me last month. I'd been hoarding it until I had more arrive so I had something to play with if I really had the urge. 🧱
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  • I treated myself to sushi for lunch. My partner can't eat most of the staple ingredients in Japanese cuisine, so I've rarely eaten it in the two years we've been together. I ordered a salmon and tuna combo; it was my first time trying tuna sashimi and I'm craving more. 🍣
  • I baked half a batch of sultana cupcakes ahead of my partner's parents coming to visit on Thursday. Although really it was just an excuse to bake - I find baking so relaxing. 🧁
  • I made one of my favourite meals, a tomato and courgette halloumi bake, even though it was only me eating. It's normally my go-to meal to cook when we are hosting other people for dinner (again, my partner can't eat it). Oh well, more for me!
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  • Lit a candle, put on a face mask, threw a Loch Ness Monster bath bomb in the tub that turned everything purple, and lay there for an hour and a half with a book. My phone was nearly dead so minimal distractions. What battery power I did have was reserved for playing this song:
  • When my partner walked in the door I was lying in bed with a cup of tea and a book. She said she was happy to come home to see me in such a good mood. :blush:
 
It was Todd’s 2nd birthday yesterday so I made him a special cat cake (just some posh cat food with some treats sprinkled on top!)
He’s such a fussy eater and refused the chicken flavoured one at first, but we swapped it for salmon and he was a big fan of that. We also sung happy birthday to him (poor cat hasn’t got a clue what’s going on 😹)
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All pooped out today from the excitement!
 
  • My boyfriend got me a bunch of valentines gifts, the first thing arrived a couple days ago, it was a Sakura Japanese snack box and it had 30 different snacks in it and had so much yummy stuff! The rest of the stuff should arrive by this weekend or early next week at the latest. He said one thing is a collectionof things and is coming from the Crunchyroll website and some things from Amazon. So it will be a surprise! Also he loved his valentine's day gift I got him which was two things of candy and a classical Bach guitar book
  • Mocha is still very shy but she's doing well she eats, drinks, uses the litterbox. I love her. Her and Mustachio sniff eahother sometimes but they don't hiss or growl or anything so I'm happpy about that. Mustachio is doing well, as playful as always ❤️
  • I had a great shift at my volunteer job with the rescue kitties yesterday! There was a big tomcat there named Man Cat. He was a lot of fun. He's the stripped tabby pictured below
  • I'm doing well, feeling good, been practicing violin and ukulele regularly. My violin lessons have been going well. Feel like I'm making a lot of progress especially with violin
  • I have time over the weekend to draw :)
 

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to me and I just want to thank them again. @Zerous @.: Meri :. @-Mars- you 3 are so, so incredible and I am so thankful to you. Between the gorgeous art, the kind words and your friendship, I truly can’t thank you guys enough. Please feel free to tell me to shut up and stop tagging you XNSJNXDH, but genuinely thank you guys so, so much. I am eternally grateful
Xara bdbdb 😭💚 it means a lot knowing I can help you, even a little 🥹 Thank you for all the kind words you’ve shared as well, aaabdb it means a lot 💚💚

Today has been pretty good though! I hung out with my partner, watched some stuff with them and played chess, then played hide and seek with them and my little brother! Played some genshin, I only have 6 geoculi left now! It was really nice just having a relaxing day with people I care about 💚
 
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