Mel @melpsn@mastodon.art

I went to college for Art & Graphic Design. It was the first time I was completely surrounded by other creative oddballs and felt like I belonged somewhere.

A long time passed in the regular world where I didn't feel like that anymore.

Then I found out about Mastodon and this instance in particular.

Even though I don't post art as often as I post randomness, this is the first time in years I've had that feeling again.

Thank you all for being yourselves.

🙏

Here's a little bit of peaceful afternoon in case you needed it. I certainly did!

This one time when I was still in the middle of my martial arts phase, I sat on the step outside my work and meditated for a few minutes at the end of my lunch break.

My boss saw me and freaked out, because he thought it meant he was stressing me out.

He saw me meditating and *took it personally*.

I stopped doing it so he wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

People are so weird, and peopling is so confusing.

It's my little guy's last day of kindergarten today. I was going to get a bunch of stuff done around the house, but I think I'm just going to sit outside under the umbrella on the deck and sip a coffee and listen to the birds chirping in the tree. My last quiet afternoon for a while....

How do I keep getting black grit all up my leg? #summertimeproblems

The other day I learned that the French name for 'Bulbasaur' is 'Bulbizarre'. 🤣

#pokemon

There's this giant raven who thinks it owns my neighbourhood, and when I see it in my yard I chase it with a broom to keep it from thinking my garden is its buffet. (Yes I do look eccentric.) Now this damn bird has decided to call me out. It keeps coming near, out of reach, and cawing endlessly at me. If I didn't have so much to do today, I would spend as long as it takes, waving my broom menacingly, but I had to give up this time. Outside I still hear: CAW-CAW-CAW

Woo!

Finished the Pokeball piñata!

And I gained 100XP!

Sometimes my phone chimes at me and I don't even know why. Was it a weather update or something? Not chime-worthy, Android.

I'm getting tired of feeling like Pavlov's dog. This little device is supposed to work for me, not the other way around.

I'm trying super hard to have reasonable expectations for myself and not come unglued, but I am having a kids birthday party this weekend that is supposed to be in the backyard but if the weather is bad it's going to be inside and I don't have space and also I don't have time to clean every corner of every floor where the kids will end up if they do come inside. Also their parents might stay and there's a bunch of adult family invited too, some of whom are staying over.

Zomg small amount of sunbeam! This is Spunky. She sleeps with gusto.
#cat #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday (Let's face it, every day should be caturday)