■ Sometimes self care is…

[lukadian]

… shaping and painting your nails in the tub while listening to 90’s goth playlists. I think this week I’ll go for an Opal/Fire Opal look! 

it’s been really nice to get back into painting my nails this year. It’s a small thing, but I’ve found it really relaxing to do on the weekends alongside my usual routine of preparing for the coming work week.

Speaking of work, the new job has been going really well and we just completed our first big project! Next is prepping for summer duties and learning our database program. This week will also be my first intentionally taking some remote work days. For simplicity I’ll simply try alternating this week, go in on Monday, work from home Tuesday and so on. Ideally though I think it will be a little more practical to do the opposite. Mondays are hard for me and being comfortable and not having to commute to the office first thing in the week and later on a “hump day” sound really appealing!

I’ve been feeling incredibly nostalgic lately. Probably a result of the Pokémon fanzine I’m working on! 

Beyond that I’ve been listening to a lot of grunge, fell in love with Garbage all over again (apparently they released a new album in 2020!. And guys it SLAPS! Shirley’s still got it. |D) my work tunes are also adopting a lot more happy hardcore which is something I fell deeply in love with in my mid-teens thanks to my friend Gemma. I wonder how she’s doing, I should send her a shout… at any rate I’ve been loving these few playlists and albums! (The latter of which was one of my first exposures to Happy Hardcore back in the day, alongside Bonkers on Gemma’s recommendation!) 

Welp that’s all I got. Till next time! 

Comments

[hex_grimoire]

Oh, your new schedule sounds comfy! And ah, Garbage is such a good band. Definitely one of the gods of Grunge tbh!

[lukadian]

Garbage defined so much of what grunge -was- to me as a kid haha, and a lot of what my idea of “cool” was Lolol. I need to hunt down their other albums!

Honestly really been enjoying the new work schedule! This week I committed to trying out working from home on Monday and Wednesday and it’s been very nice, even packed in some extra hours on Monday that I’m gonna try to “flex” before the end of the week so I can leave early on Friday to get a nice head start on my weekend and beat traffic home! <3