a calm storm

 this week has been a whirlwind. it was a lot more relaxed than the previous one, but not necessarily good. i was mostly unfocused, and the one big job i had i never got around to because i was busying myself with everything else. uh, anything else, if i'm being totally honest...

mr smear finally went back to school, which was a bit of a relief. i've been doing what i can to circumvent resistance and at this point i've got no idea what's working and what's not.

i've had zero time and headspace to work on anything outside of my main gig, and have been making a point of catching up sleep. i'm not sure it's helping.

taking care of my tattoos has been annoying as always, but this time the aftercare has been a lot more time consuming and going over each individual line has become an interesting little ritual. i'm really stoked by how good my arm looks, now, and i'm really glad i got this done before breaking for swimming season.

it's the tail end of rosh hashana right now, i'm not sure this has been a great couple of days but i'm hoping that it's the start of a much better year than what we've all been going through. that would be nice.