Let me enlighten you what's been going on in my life
I am writing this from my bed. I am in the middle of it because there's the space to chill in the middle of it - my partner is in Switzerland for business but she's coming back tonight - just in time to watch Barbie. We're going to see Barbie with a group of friends and I have my pink outfit ready! Also just in time for Pride, which is tomorrow. I am psyched for this weekend.
I am wearing glasses, I generally do not wear glasses but since I've had an eye infection I am not allowed to wear contacts - it's sad though and highly annoying. Now thinking of it, I should pick up my new eyedrops from the pharmacy.
My Nintendo Switch is laying beside me. At the beginning of this year, a friend introduced me to Fortnite and I've been playing it occasionally ever since. It is a bit of my guilty pleasure. Earlier this year I played Stardew Valley and Let's Go Pikachu. The latter, blew my mind. Absolutely loved the nostalgia in a new coat and my soul left my body to celebrate when I realized I could fly over towns on my Charizard.
Meeko is laying inside the wardrobe. She chose that as her new spot, I guess because it feels protected. Soon, she'll need to find a new spot though, as we're planning to install doors on it and she won't be able to access the wardrobe anymore.
Why doesn't our wardrobe have doors (yet)? We moved! Last May we moved from Mitte, Berlin to Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. We desperately needed a bigger living space. Thanks to my former colleague, we managed to get this place and we are in love with it. We went from 50m2 to 77m2, have a dedicated working space now (instead of our desks right next to the bed) and a balcony facing south. The neighborhood is amazing, we're surrounded by restaurants and the connections to the rest of the city are perfectly fine. We're close to the park too, which is very nice on a warm summer day. We have few boxes left and our curtains came down the other day - I know, the rod literally split in the middle of the night.
Summer! This summer we had/have plenty of weddings. Two down, two more to go. We also went to Santorini, Greece. It was great! We drank loads of wine and ate loads of food. I could actually post about that.
In a bit, I should get started with work. I am still a product designer but I switched jobs. I started at the beginning of the month and so far I am enjoying it! I've had a super warm welcome, which was meant more to me than I thought it would. It's a company in climate tech and there's loads for me to learn as it's a new industry. Also, last night we just hung out with a few colleagues. We went for loaded fries, B&J ice cream and then to Monsterkabinett - if you haven't been, it's very interesting and I liked it! I don't want to say much about it because the best experience is to be surprised. We ended the evening with craft beers and I walked 30 minutes home.
Speaking of fries, I am still not doing exercise. I really should. I tried to cut down on carbs for the past few days but messed up yesterday. Oops. If I could make myself do 5 minutes of yoga, cut down on bread, rice and potatoes, eat less beef, I'd be happy already. My partner has been asking to do squash - I could try that, I heard you get a great ass from that.
Thanks to @lizanomadsoul I am writing this post. Not because she asked me to, but because I was reminded of the amazing people that I've met here in the past few years. I have been struggling with becoming active again, but maybe a yearly update sufficient.
I love you all, life is busy but I haven't forgotten you. Thanks @varunpinto @lizanomadsoul and @gandalf for touching base every once in awhile.
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Hey! Welcome back :D must've missed you in my feed but noticed your recent post on trending. Can't remember last time we talked, may have been something ocdb related, hope you've enjoyed some passive returns while you've been gone!
Haha I watched barbie with the gf last week, was alright, was hoping it'd be funnier but wanted to watch that before oppenheimer rather than the other way around.
I hadn't even heard of Let's go Pikachu, I got a DS as a bday gift a few years ago but other than playing one of the Pokemon's I haven't really touched it in a long time, I need to check this one out. :D
Hope to see more of you in the near future!
Thank you for the warm welcome! No promises but at least a yearly update of my life is the minimum at this point 😅
I agree! At some point I wasn't really sure where Barbie was going to go, but I enjoyed the production (and honestly the hype) itself.
I didn't get to see Oppenheimer yet but it's definitely on my list, have you?
Let's go Pikachu is definitely a recommendation if you go for nostalgia. I am scared to start one of the newer Pokemons as I barely relate to it, but maybe I'll challenge myself in the future.
I just checked your last post, how's your diet going? I'm trying to cut down on meat and carbs but it's a slow process 🥲
Haven't watched it yet!
Diet's okay, could be a lot better but mostly just getting used to drinking water rather than soda's atm which already has helped a ton. Soon I'm hoping to also mix in some exercise in there which should help with continuing to eat what I'm eating still (in terms of amounts, but healthier foods) while continuously losing some weight until I feel comfy again at 85 or so for my height. :D
I looked at let's go pikachu and am honestly a bit worried I'd ignore some more important things I need to take care of if I were to buy it now. xD
That sounds great though! I've heard before that sugars (candy, sweets, soda) are a big one. I am happy for you it's going in the right direction! 💪
I find "healthy" foods such an odd term and I think for me to make that work I really need something a bit more defined e.g. "more broccoli" or "no potatoes" 🥲
Hahahah, yes! I totally get that 😂 I'm always open to new switch suggestions though - I just got the escapists 2 and I'm struggling 🥲
Hello there :-) I'm afraid that you need to update those photos because it seems they are not uploaded correctly. Or maybe that's this imagehoster's bug?
Nice to see you around! :-)
Hmmm, they rendered for me 🤔 Is it still not working?
Now it's OK :-)