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It was a pretty bland day yesterday.

So, I normally hold all of my stress in my body. Right now my shoulders and neck are so tense that they are just aching and have been for so long that it feels as if that is their natural state. But I know that is not true. I know that it is possible to not have this sort of pain and I need to eliminate the stressors which are leading to this state. I can identify several of those. The largest of those is that my day to day job does not allow me to properly use my creativity or tell the stories that I feel the need to let out. I cannot talk about the things I love or that interest me because they are alien to the place where I am spending most of my day.

My next question to myself is obviously, how do I change that?

EBay update: 1 watch, 1 pattern, 1 kitchen piece, 1 magazine.

My friend is scattering her mother’s ashes today, so I am going to let the dogs out and make sure they get fed.

It’s making me think about not only my future, but also my family’s rituals around death. The memorial or the mass is not the important part to our family. At least not that I have seen. It’s the after-party. Yeah, I am not really sure what to cal it. It’s not a wake. A wake happens before the funeral. This is after the funeral.

We talk and eat and share stories about the deceased. I have learned more about my family at these events than practically any other way. They aren’t always new stories, but everyone tells them differently. And there were people I was related to that I only ever met in that space.

It’s also has made me reevaluate where I am and where I want to go. What do I want to do with my life for the next 40 years? Not what I am doing today as my day job, that is for sure.

EBay update: sold 7 dolls and a Kenner projector with slides.

Been a quiet day so far. Watching Antiques Roadshow and listing things on eBay.

Waiting for Sumo highlights on NHK.

I should be writing, but I am in purge mode right now.

Sold on eBay: lot of 58 tea strainers & a SW mini-drone.

It was a quiet day. I have started a new short story, so that’s good. And there’s been some response about vlogging. So we will have to see.

Today I learned that Waverley Sanatorium puts on a Christmas display. This is now on my bucket list.

EBay Update: sold a Pop and a Fraggle Rock Book.

I have been toying with the idea of vlogging. At the very least a once a week sort of round up of eBay or something. Or a bit of traveling videos or something.

I don’t know. Just a thought not a plan. I have been toying with the idea for awhile now, but it falls into the “ai don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.”

There’s a YT community based around writing and writing practice. That fascinates me because my brain would never have gone there. Vlogging about writing seems really counter intuitive. But who knows, maybe?

EBay sales: a movie promo pin and a penny doll. Not the best sales day. Or week. Yet. There’s still time and I still have a pile of things to list.

Listening to a podcast this morning talking about being your full and authentic self, even if that means being vulnerable or out of alignment of what is “normal”.

And that is probably one of the most terrifying ideas ever.

I am.

Weird.

But I guess that’s normal for someone who is creative.

I have also been told that I come off as scary or intimidating because of how my brain works.

Which of course means that I tend to hide parts of myself to make other people comfortable. Finding my fellow weirdos at my writing group has been a gods-send.

But being my full and authentic self outside of there? That is going to take work.

Still, being me -fully and unapologetically- sounds a lot more fun than trying to fit into the mold of the proper lady, businessperson, or anything else.

So, today was pretty normal. Meetings at work. Met a friend’s for dinner.

Just a day.

EBay sales: Dick and Jane Books, and a possibly German statue.

So, not really feeling my best today, so, I’ll just stick to an eBay update and get to bed:

Sold: 2 packs of oracle cards, an equestrian sculpture (folk art), and an oil dispenser with chickens on it. The cards came from a monthly subscription box, the sculpture from an auction box lot, and the oil dispenser was left over from my father’s shop.

Spent the day with my friend and business partner at The Small Press Expo.

I want all of the artwork I saw. Well, okay, a lot of the artwork I saw and it was very difficult to not buy more than I did.

Also bought a pie-crust table from a neighbor. Love it.

EBay sales: Winter Holidays doll, Rustie doll, gravy boat, Hummel ornament, a promo glass from the Rescuers, and a watch box.

At some point I will start coming up with interesting titles again. But habits are hard to make, but easy to break in the beginning.

Errand speed run. Hit the bank, the dollar store, and estate sale, and picked up a table I bought through Next Door all in and hour and change. Go me!

It’s Halloween decorating time and I had a small orgy of Dollar Store decor to add to the ten boxes already in the basement. Picked up a “frog” and a “piranha” skeleton. Baubles for the all-seasons tree in the living room, and small pumpkins to tuck in and around things in the house.

So far today, sold a doll on eBay. There are bids on other auctions but none that will sell today. She’s a big one so I am happy. I am all about reducing the pile of satin and tulle filling a chair in the dining room.

Popped a set of Time Life books on Next Door because shipping them would be a pain in the rear. They are cool books but we are done with them and the second hand shop won’t take them.

Off to D&D with my crazy pals. Until tomorrow!