An accurate depiction of me as I work on this post. I feel stuck in a vicious cycle. My blog, and sharing my projects through it, has always been my biggest motivator. But ever since I lost motivation with my blog, over months --now, sadly, almost years-- a direct result is that I lose interest in all of my projects, flitting fitfully from one to another, feeling overwhelmed by things that ought to be fun, as well as by my relentless overconsumption, never finishing anything.

This weekend marked our first two-night visit (Friday through Sunday) to my mom-in-law’s place since we adopted Domino back in May. I really missed spending that much time over there. We went to thrift stores, estate sales, played cards and the WiiU Wario Pictionary type game. My mom-in-law made one of my favorite things ever for dinner, creamed chipped beef on mashed potatoes, and her roommate who is like family made me my favorite coffee cookies.

Can you tell I'm excited for it to be Fall already? 🎭 Mood 🌦️ Weather 🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Steps 🎮 Playing 📚 Reading Calm, happy overall. Warm, overcast. Cooled down in the evening. Forgot to wear my watch. Whoops. Awakening: The Redleaf Forest Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Try as I might to wait for my blog-writing muse to make its comeback, blogging (and writing in general) is a habit; one needs to do it to begin with in order for it to regain its old cadence.

Alt: It's a GIF of One Piece: Luffy and the Zombie Grave, showing a zombie coming out of a grave being pushed back down by Luffy.

Alt: It's a GIF of a little cartoon monkey being followed by three yellow ducklings above the text "Follow me".

Alt: It’s a GIF of two sparkly-eyed, little kemonomimi girls from some anime. They are looking up beseechingly.

Alt: Doddle of a lil guy happy-crying massive buckets of tears while scrolling on their phone. The text “me right now” appears at the bottom of the GIF.

Alt: GIF of a white bunny repeatedly squishing a blue cat in a tight hug.