april 2025
just some april happenings... published on may 5, 2025
April somehow felt so fast, yet so slow. I felt like I completed nothing too. It kind of felt like I was in limbo.
The month started out with a blast of snow. I had gotten home from work that night with barely any snow on the ground. Then about an hour or two later, it looked like Christmas. I live in a city, so the light pollution makes heavy snow look kind of haunting. This was really wet, sticky snow. The kind you want for making the best snowmen. Most of it was gone within two days.
A lot of silly little things happened as well. I went to Texas Roadhouse for the first time. Definitely not what I was expecting, but I was pretty pleased. I could probably gorge myself on the bread and butter for days on end. It was so much food for not too much food. I felt like a real cowboy king.
I also went to an auto show. It was kind of mediocre. I was sold a Mitsubishi pretty hard, and the new Honda Motocompacto made my heart flutter.
Last smaller thing was that the garden was started. You can read about my garden here.
One of the more amusing things to happen was my house being invaded by a standard-issue cat. We were catsitting for a friend's mom. This cat is still kind of a baby, so she was sooo energetic. The only two moods she had was sleep and run around the house really fast. She had learned our routines. This meant that she knew when to wake us up for meow for food. "Meow" isn't quite accurate. What she actually did was squeak. She was great to have her around, and she managed to train us into hearing her bell all of the time. We actually had auditory hallucinations of her bell when she was gone.
I did finish my website in April. I had taught myself to code in order to create it. I had my Squarespace site for my illustration work, but I had absolutely no experience in HTML and CSS. I still haven't touched Javascript, though.
I haven't had so much fun making something in such a long time. Starting out, I did really think that it was going to be unattainable. It was so much easier and faster than I had thought it would be. I do have plans to go in and fix up a couple pages that I did first because I learned how to do certain things better.
Everyone who has come by to check out my site has been so nice, too. Y'all so sweet, and it makes me really excited to do more.
Lastly, April ended with some cool storms. I only caught some cool clouds.
things i found
I can't take credit for finding this because my partner did. Two neat brands, Filson and Housefly, did a collab that I think looks SO COOL. I am all about fishing gear and men's workwear, so this is right up my alley. I did only buy one shirt from it because money isn't too plentiful right now, but I don't really need more clothes.
(A suede cowboy vest will be in my hands soon.. I need one so badly...)
There's a cute little vintage store near me, and I found a bunch of fun accessories. I was so much more interested in these weird things than the actual vintage clothing. I just love weird accessories. There's just something about combining men's workwear with cute, strange, and sometimes delicate, accessories. I love it so much, and I build my entire vibe around it.
april's vibes
images + art from pinterest
for may
For May, I'd love to fall in love with making art again. I do keep saying that to myself, but it never happens. It does disappoint me a bit. I don't want to get too much into it, but it does make me feel like I've failed because I went to school for illustration. I am supposed to be working in illustration and design! I try to not beat myself up about it too much.
In order to make that happen, I want to detach myself from my devices more. I am addicted to my phone in an unhealthy way. The idea of separating my brain from my phone and the internet makes my heart race a bit. I can't explain it why, but it makes me really anxious. I am someone who always has YouTube and/or music playing when I'm doing ANYTHING. I've really wanted to not do that. I want to be able to leave my phone at home and be okay. There is really no need to have it all of the time, but it's so hard to get rid of it.
What may make making more art kind of difficult is that my May is pretty busy at work. I bartend/manage at an event space, so work is dependent on event bookings. May is pretty booked. It does mean more money (that I want to spend less of), but it means less energy and time. I just have to find a good balance, and, again, not beat myself up too much. My garden will give me the fulfillment I need.
Happy May!