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Making progress on my ongoing project to de-greigeify my home 🙂 I know it’s not gonna be for everyone, but I love the bright colors and having a home that has personality and feels like MINE. It makes me so happy to see and I love how the sunlight bounces off it through the day!

Been pretty tired recently - not sure how much of that is ramping back up into activities vs normal post-surgery (x2!) fatigue vs some hormonal or nutrient imbalances from surgery/ongoing health stuff, or likely some combination of all of the above.

but, despite the fatigue, things have been mostly good! I’ve gotten some quality time in with friends recently, have been spending time outside hiking...
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Hey finally some good news for me, after months of back to back shit storms! I'm allowed to ease back into exercise and running and hiking! I am an out of shape, spaghetti noodle arm baby at cardio and strength training right now BUT I'M DOING IT!

Also - my poetry collection that's coming out in the fall ✨ officially has a cover ✨ I...
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Next surgery - June 30th 😅 this'll be much less invasive and mostly easier healing (my septum is deviated so badly my right nostril is almost fully blocked, but we were worried sinuses would have problems too and they're thankfully fine!). So taking advantage of already hitting my deductible for the year and getting it fixed. Still under a bunch of restrictiona for the hysterectomy...
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This poem was previously published in Throats to the Sky Magazine several years ago. The publisher for my upcoming poetry collection that'll be out in the fall only accepted manuscript submissions that didn't include previously published work so, this one's not in the collection - though I do think it would otherwise fit :)

Rut

My knees in the groove of the rock

uncomfortable, but
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Made a dress for my birthday yesterday :)

One of my best friends is a really talented musician and had a show last night which was a great way to celebrate. Such good energy.

Got a nice lil new tattoo filler of Desert Paintbrush, one of my favorite local native flowers, and a new pet spider (name tbd) today. All around, a very good birthday!

This week was my first full week back at work after surgery. Went better than I expected, but I’m def not back to 100% back to full capacity yet (not surprising, given that I had organs removed lol). Overall recovery has def been going well at least. I still have activity restrictions but overall I’m pretty mobile in terms of walking around and driving at...
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Surgery took a bit longer than expected due to adhesions but overall no major complications or issues. Tired and sore, but overall feeling better then I expected to. Will prob be pretty quiet over here for a bit as I recover, but looking forward to healing and getting back to things. Have 6-8+ weeks to full recovery so lots of books and sedentary activities for...
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The mural project was AMAZING but I’m also def feeling a bit run down after all the work for it. No time to rest though - I have a booth at an Art Festival this weekend. My first art fest! I’m excited and nervous. I know sales etc can be really hit or miss and since it’s my first time there as an artist I’m...
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This whole mural project has been such a dream! Our local bike alliance coordinated and organized it in conjunction with a local muralist. The vision: a group of 20 artists each paints a panel representing an area along the bike path that goes from St George Utah to Zion National Park. They held juried applications to select artists, and each panel came with a specific...
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