Is that sunshine?

It is, after days upon days of rain, we've finally been blessed with sunshine! A cloudless, blue, & slightly warm day. I'm always surprised by how much sunlight truly does effect us as human beings. How days after days of cloudy & rainy skies can generally bring down emotional moral while sunlight fills us up with energy. For the most part anyways. It's odd though, when there is a thunderstorm at night it's so comforting & enjoyable but during the day we dislike it. That was a broad statement I guess. Hot Mortal Things, am I right?

We're just star dust being warmed by a still-living star, how fascinating is that?

Moving on, sorry that I have been MIA lately. After D&D on Friday I ended up having to create a new character because my original character's morals were too high to travel with a evil player. We are only in our second session & they had already killed or attempted to kill 4 or 5 random people & one shop owner. It was literally stressing both her & I out.

Originally I was playing a Horizon Walker Human Ranger who had strong religious connections because she was a Shrine Maiden. Think: Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon) + Kagome (Inuyasha) & that was my ranger, Kiki-San Pendragon. However, now I am playing as a Moon Elf, Way of Mercy Monk. Think: Pale, dark haired, elven plague doctor with the ability to either end or save you. Literally, end your life or save it. That is Ophelia! She doesn't have much of a backstory yet but she's got a 17 strength & is a trained healer (through spells, kits, & the medicine skill).

I will say, though, that my go-to D&D class is Druid but not a healer Druid. Healing, most of the time in my opinion, is boring. Being a heal bot is basically like being a younger sibling that mom made you drag along that can do one thing really cool. The last Druid that I played, Basil was her name, only took high damage spells & summoning spells, a primal spellcaster. Halflings are my most played race but I don't have a favorite race, honestly.

Moving along, Saturday was very low-key. I met with a friend & had coffee & discussed this, that, & the other. Nothing too crazy. Came back home to my apartment & watered my plants, did some class work, & watched Bob's Burgers. As one does on rainy afternoons. I did attempted to read a new book but it was vulgar & distasteful, too many unnecessary details in all the inappropriate topics. & I do mean all of them, it was beyond dark.

Sunday was a little more eventful because I went to a new shop! Madame Meerkat's Cabinet of Curiosities. In Short, it is a metaphysical shop.

Not in short, it's a cute metaphysical shop on the corner of a building that hums at a different frequency than the other stores around it. It's cramp but comfortable, everything feels like it is where is should be. The shop has a wide variety of crystals, candles, incense, books, shirts, & an abundance of other items that I'm probably forgetting. Oh, & best part, it also sells coffee & hot tea! While there I tried their Moon Hare tea with a little bit of honey & I recommend it.

While there I bought 3 crystals, some ritual candles, & stickers. They've got some of the cutest & unique stickers, one of the few that I bought was a skeleton hand tipping a tea cup & spilling flowers out of it. Needless to say, I suggest stopping by for a visit.

Curious items for curious people would be a good catch phrase for the store. I don't know if it has one already or not.

Continuing on the original topic, how sunny is it outside! I'm still in shock at how clear the skies are but I'm also so happy about it. Even though I'm sitting inside writing this with a cup of ice coffee. Actually that is a lie. I'm drinking out of a mason jar that I typically use for fresh vegetables but I didn't feel like digging my typical glass out of the pile of clean dishes. It's called adapting, dude. Ooof, the song Locked Up by Akon has been stuck in my head & I have no idea why, so I'm gonna play it to end the cycle hah.

I should probably go outside & really enjoy the sunlight but sitting at my desk chair why the light streams in is nice. Plus I've got class work that needs starting & a work out to complete. Yet, little motivation. It happens, lack of motivation that is, & that is okay. I'm human, just a collection of dead star dust existing on a rotating planet in the never ending universe.

Oh well, see you guys later!

-Arrivederci-