Yep you read the title right we have snow right now on the ground in the middle of April. Woke up to around three inches this morning. I think most of the state is being hit with it though. Luckily none of us have to leave the house for work. Not that three inches around here is a lot by any means, but there are definitely people out there who are not prepared to drive in any snow. It reminds me of years past when I was walking to work and fought a polar bear and ended up fracturing my elbow and tearing the ligament in my wrist (Mind you I remember a polar bear, but other people might just remember me falling gracefully on black ice). It was a cold April 2nd...the day is imprinted into my memory...but that's a story for another time. This is generally just a quick what's been happening to me update so if these type of entries bore you I will not be offended if you stop now.
Anyways moving right along for those of you who have stuck with. The roommate and her child decided to bring a cold of epic proportions into our house. My husband, son, and myself have been sick for nearly two weeks at this point so I'm hoping it goes away soon. We've spent a few nights on the couch the ends of which are reclining so that my kiddo could sleep at an angle. Being slightly propped up made it so he could actually sleep without coughing the whole night. It's been a rough patch, but we're getting through it. During this time we've been doing a lot of chilling and just relaxing due to the low energy levels. We started watching a clay-mation children's show called Pingu. I'm not sure how many of you have seen it, but it's all about a family of penguins. They don't actually speak except according to my closed captions in penguinese. It's a little weird, but oddly cute? You have to watch it with closed captions! I can't stress this enough. I nearly died at the "stern penguinese", "cautionary penguinese", "cheerful penguinese".
I finally got my second volume of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-Kun. I have to say the manga is even funnier than the anime. I've had moments where I'm should my husband wondered if he married a mad woman as I was laughing loudly at something that happened on the pages of my book. There's more characters and some of the situations are just so insane that you can't help, but giggle at the events happening. I also finally got around to reading all of the Toilet Bound Hanako-kun books that I have. I think they came out with a book 0 that I want to snag it's a prequel and I'm looking forward to the next volume. It's such a fun cute series with that slightly creepy supernatural/horror twist that I really enjoy. On the anime front the second season of Rise of the Shield Hero is finally out! I've been debating watching it as it comes out or just waiting until most of it is out so I can binge it without being left hanging when they toss in the expected cliff hangers at the end of an episode.
For those of you who have made it this far thanks for sticking with me! I know my posts can get a bit rambling! On the art front I've been working on trying to get back into the flow of things. I just haven't been feeling at my creative best lately, but video games and books definitely help. I did the drawing and commission for my friend and I think that's helping. Moonfini gave me permission and some inspiration to draw her character Joy again so I am in the middle of working on that piece currently. I hope that by the time I recover from this dumb cold I'll be feeling back up to snuff for creating new and fun pictures. Thanks for hanging in there with me! Hope you all are staying healthy and having fun!
Well as of today my kiddo is officially two years old. I honestly find myself already questioning where the time went. We took our first big car trip yesterday to the zoo which is a 3.5 hour drive over the mountains. I honestly was feeling a bit of anxiety about doing this trip. I wasn't sure how he was going to handle being in the car for that long. Not only that, but we came back the same day. Surprisingly the only melt down he had came toward the end of the day at the restaurant where all he wanted was to go back home. Understandable for a 2 year old who got up unusually early and didn't really get a nap.
As for the zoo.... well as you all are well aware we're still kind of in pandemic mode so a majority of the exhibits at the zoo are still closed due to covid. We also didn't really plan for the weather. We had sprinkles mixed with torrential down pours! Given all that we still have a pretty good time looking at all the different animals. The sea lions in particular really seemed to want to put on a show. The lions were actually awake and the cheetahs were on a parade path right by the glass. Most of the animals seemed in a mood to show off. Kiddo was very impressed by the elephants which were and I quote "Awesome!".
After the zoo we got to hit up an Asian shopping mall. Unfortunately where we live we don't have access to one. Got to find all kinds of treats and even a hot pot! I'm really looking forward to breaking that in! Look forward to tales of hot pot adventures! Why do Asian markets have such tasty baked goods!? I ended up spending a goodly amount! Found my favorite spicy ramen too! The place I get it from recently stopped carrying it.
So after being soaked to the bone at the zoo and shopping we stopped for dinner with some family in the area and that's when the small melt down happened. Spent a majority of dinner hanging out in the car watching videos on my phone with the little guy. Then we started the long drive home, I was worried I might fall asleep....well I was worried for absolutely NO reason. While we were enjoying our day the weather decided to work it's way to the mountains... Getting home through a white out was exhilirating to say the least. My husband was pretty much white knuckled the whole time as we tried to discern the road. Long story short though we lived to talk about it! Next time I think we'll aim for a trip in the summer!
