dollyrogerflag | Remember Summer Days: health appointments, picnic hangout, & drawings (Reply)

The past couple of weeks, I've felt like I've been back to my spiritual- productivity. I love waking up early in the morning and diving straight into doing creative stuff. Getting into a creative stimulation prevents me from getting trapped into doomscrolling (it's honestly not something I could a 100 percent avoid) on mainstream social media. There's a part of me that wants to drive out to beach places, but the most of the public ones nearby are contaminated. Most of the quiet beaches are in super bougie areas (sometimes I just don't feel comfortable in those places) or they're a bit of a drive away. So instead, I've been listening to Artzie Music playlist while drawing summery scenes, replaying romantic memories of the beach scenes in my head.

I basically drew more of my OCs in their summertime-related activities... and yeah, they're loosely based off of Bern and I ^^. You know the saying, 'write what you know'? Well, I guess in my case... I just 'draw' what I know, or all the things I've experienced with Bern. I guess I'm a simple gal who likes simple activities.

Some of my favorite summertime activities includes things like grabbing a burger from a local joint, heading to a seaside, seated in a parked car just to view ocean waves or see seagulls doing funny bird things.

*Ok, now back to reality!* Besides romanticizing beach memories, I finally get to see a new endocrinologist. According to my new doctor, they said that they've been super swamped and it wasn't normal for them since the pandemic started (the reasoning wasn't simply the pandemic alone, the reasonings was a combination of things we can't just easily claim and pinpoint). Now, I really really have to be a lot more strict with my routines... like not skipping my meals and incorporate my whole grain/ brown rice to most of my sides. As a person who is very scatterbrained, when you're caught up with activities, it's so easy to forget. I think I may have to put alarms for myself XD.

By the end of the week, Bern and I went on a casual picnic to see some of our friends...we didn't get to see them since April. Seems like they're all in decent health. We basically sat in a shade and discussed our entertainment media we've picked up for the past few months. And yes, there will always be that one person in a friend group who will diss your favorite tv show ;___; (if there's any One Piece club meet ups made for couples in Los Angeles, pls let me know). We shared some snacks. Overall, it was a nice picnic hangout. The weather was pretty mild for summertime... like 75 degrees F/ 24 degrees C type of mild. ..and it got slightly breezier towards later afternoon.