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southernmedicine
I had my first session with the no-cost therapist at the LGBTQ center and WOW. It was amazing.
She and I just vibed right off the bat. She was so easy to talk to, approached the session in ways totally compatible with my communication style, and was able to relate to me because she and I are pretty similar in a lot of ways.
I loved my last therapist, but no matter how good a session was, I always came out of it feeling a little worn out. Today, I left the session feeling totally energized. I already made my next appointment. Honestly, if she stays at the center offering these sessions for the long-term, I might just forget all about trying to get a new therapist somewhere else and just keep seeing her.
She and I just vibed right off the bat. She was so easy to talk to, approached the session in ways totally compatible with my communication style, and was able to relate to me because she and I are pretty similar in a lot of ways.
I loved my last therapist, but no matter how good a session was, I always came out of it feeling a little worn out. Today, I left the session feeling totally energized. I already made my next appointment. Honestly, if she stays at the center offering these sessions for the long-term, I might just forget all about trying to get a new therapist somewhere else and just keep seeing her.
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Jun. 13th, 2026 09:44 pmsouthernmedicineI just had a very magical moment.
I hate summer. I especially hate summer where it's not only hot, but humid as well. Luckily, I was able to find something about summer here that I really do enjoy: fireflies! I'm utterly enchanted by them. We don't have them where I'm from, and I've never seen them in real life before.
This evening, Blair and I were walking the dog, and there were a bunch of them flitting around on the path ahead. I was talking about how I wish I had a jar that I could momentarily capture one in, and that of course I would let it go right away.
Right then, one fluttered down, landed on my hand right in front of my face, turned its body so it's little bulb was facing me, and lit up. It stayed there for a few seconds, flicking on and off a few times, then fluttered away.
It was so beautiful and cool up close like that.
I hate summer. I especially hate summer where it's not only hot, but humid as well. Luckily, I was able to find something about summer here that I really do enjoy: fireflies! I'm utterly enchanted by them. We don't have them where I'm from, and I've never seen them in real life before.
This evening, Blair and I were walking the dog, and there were a bunch of them flitting around on the path ahead. I was talking about how I wish I had a jar that I could momentarily capture one in, and that of course I would let it go right away.
Right then, one fluttered down, landed on my hand right in front of my face, turned its body so it's little bulb was facing me, and lit up. It stayed there for a few seconds, flicking on and off a few times, then fluttered away.
It was so beautiful and cool up close like that.
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Jun. 9th, 2026 11:34 pmsouthernmedicine
Wow, these past few days have been a whirlwind. Blair planned out a beautiful three day birthday celebration for me in Wisconsin Dells, which is an oasis of activity revolving around spring and summer tourism. It's full of hotels, water parks, boutiques, escape rooms, restaurants, zoos and tourist traps.
We started out taking a little detour after dropping the dog off at Blair's parents' house, to have breakfast at this place we both love. Then we took off, meeting her sister Dana and brother-in-law/our DnD DM Gabe at the first location: mini golf! It was really fun, but of course I came in last, because I've never been much good at it.
We headed to this nice little mall for a bit, before it was time to go for dinner at this amazing specialty mac and cheese place called Macs. We headed to our hotel for check-in, which was called Aloha Beach Resort. While not on an actual beach, it's on the lake, so there is a lot of sand, swimming, fire pit, and a couple of pools. We went swimming for a bit, before it was time to rinse off and get ready for the evening's entertainment.
Aquavia Lumina is a very cool interactive light show exhibit. You queue up and walk about a mile through a wooded area in the dark, while all around beautiful light show unfolds in a mystical story. It was amazing.
The next morning, we headed for breakfast at a place called Mr. Pancake that is situated in an old riverboat. From there, we went to this place called Land of Natura, which is a huge manmade lake filled with very clear water, courtesy of their unique natural filtration system using rocks and silt. There were huge inflatables to run and climb and jump on, a long, low waterfall, tons of sandy beach, and loungers set up on little rock islands. There were tons of fish swimming around in there too, and you could rent goggles so you could swim around observing them. There was even a separate little island, reachable by a dock. You could rent kayaks, and we thought about it, but we were too busy having tons of fun swimming around and roughhousing and watching fish. Unfortunately, we all got very sunburned.
We got back and all collectively agreed to have a long nap after each of us showered. Then it was time for dinner at this place called HotRock, where they cook steaks or fish for you on volcanic rocks. We got specialty drinks in souvenir tiki mugs, the best ceasar salad I've ever had, and incredible desserts: beignets, nutella mousse, tira misu cheesecake, and some free ice cream for me since Gabe decided to tell the waiter it was my birthday.
For the rest of the evening, we sat around talking and playing games before bed.
This morning we checked out of the hotel and headed to Timbavati Wildlife Park. It was very hot and humid, but it was a really great time! We saw lions, tigers, and other big cats. There was a train you could take through the park, from which you could see lots of herd animals, a lone rhino, and pass through an area where there were tons of llamas and alpacas just running loose. You were allowed to feed them from the train, and it was crazy how some of them would lean their whole bodies in and snatch the feed boxes out of peoples' hands. We got to feed camels also, and there was a giraffe encounter. We saw lots of birds, lots of goats, and we got to go into the kangaroo enclosure and pet them. We saw sloths, a red panda, and some baby animals in the nursery building. We got these little seed sticks and went into the parakeet enclosure and had lots of birds land on us, which was lots of fun.
By mid-afternoon we parted ways with Dana and Gabe. They headed home while Blair and I went into a nearby candy shop, then got some drinks for the ride home. Took a long nap together when we finally rolled in, because being hot, exhausted, and sunburned was enough to cause a steep crash.
I really don't wanna go to work tomorrow, but then, it's always hard going back to normal life after you've gone away for a few days having fun.
We started out taking a little detour after dropping the dog off at Blair's parents' house, to have breakfast at this place we both love. Then we took off, meeting her sister Dana and brother-in-law/our DnD DM Gabe at the first location: mini golf! It was really fun, but of course I came in last, because I've never been much good at it.
We headed to this nice little mall for a bit, before it was time to go for dinner at this amazing specialty mac and cheese place called Macs. We headed to our hotel for check-in, which was called Aloha Beach Resort. While not on an actual beach, it's on the lake, so there is a lot of sand, swimming, fire pit, and a couple of pools. We went swimming for a bit, before it was time to rinse off and get ready for the evening's entertainment.
Aquavia Lumina is a very cool interactive light show exhibit. You queue up and walk about a mile through a wooded area in the dark, while all around beautiful light show unfolds in a mystical story. It was amazing.
The next morning, we headed for breakfast at a place called Mr. Pancake that is situated in an old riverboat. From there, we went to this place called Land of Natura, which is a huge manmade lake filled with very clear water, courtesy of their unique natural filtration system using rocks and silt. There were huge inflatables to run and climb and jump on, a long, low waterfall, tons of sandy beach, and loungers set up on little rock islands. There were tons of fish swimming around in there too, and you could rent goggles so you could swim around observing them. There was even a separate little island, reachable by a dock. You could rent kayaks, and we thought about it, but we were too busy having tons of fun swimming around and roughhousing and watching fish. Unfortunately, we all got very sunburned.
We got back and all collectively agreed to have a long nap after each of us showered. Then it was time for dinner at this place called HotRock, where they cook steaks or fish for you on volcanic rocks. We got specialty drinks in souvenir tiki mugs, the best ceasar salad I've ever had, and incredible desserts: beignets, nutella mousse, tira misu cheesecake, and some free ice cream for me since Gabe decided to tell the waiter it was my birthday.
For the rest of the evening, we sat around talking and playing games before bed.
This morning we checked out of the hotel and headed to Timbavati Wildlife Park. It was very hot and humid, but it was a really great time! We saw lions, tigers, and other big cats. There was a train you could take through the park, from which you could see lots of herd animals, a lone rhino, and pass through an area where there were tons of llamas and alpacas just running loose. You were allowed to feed them from the train, and it was crazy how some of them would lean their whole bodies in and snatch the feed boxes out of peoples' hands. We got to feed camels also, and there was a giraffe encounter. We saw lots of birds, lots of goats, and we got to go into the kangaroo enclosure and pet them. We saw sloths, a red panda, and some baby animals in the nursery building. We got these little seed sticks and went into the parakeet enclosure and had lots of birds land on us, which was lots of fun.
By mid-afternoon we parted ways with Dana and Gabe. They headed home while Blair and I went into a nearby candy shop, then got some drinks for the ride home. Took a long nap together when we finally rolled in, because being hot, exhausted, and sunburned was enough to cause a steep crash.
I really don't wanna go to work tomorrow, but then, it's always hard going back to normal life after you've gone away for a few days having fun.
i should be sleeping right now....
Jun. 7th, 2026 11:59 pmflareonfuryCleaning update: nearly completed folding of the laundry (I have a couple more baskets to go so yay me), cleaned the bathroom (minus the tub, did mop the floor at least), cleaned OUT the couch, and vacuumed the living room. Managed to break a light fixture for my new living room ceiling fan I don't have up yet (which it is way past return date so I'm going to see if I can superglue it back together otherwise meh) - it's about right, I've broken at least three dishes within the last couple months (my Captain America & Sailor Moon cup and a bowl). I need to work on cleaning my room, getting the spare bed dusted/cleaned, laundry put away, and vacuuming the rest of the house. I'd also like to get the gardening beds put together ideally but that is backburner right now. I'd also like to re-organize my books and clean out the storage room. I also need to clean out my car.
So this weekend, other than cleaning, my brother came over and worked a bit more on the office floor - apparently it needs more floor leveler so he couldn't start that part (which fair, I never did end up painting anyway). He started me on watching Star Wars: Clone Wars show since I enjoyed the Maul show. Except early seasons animation was not great, so I don't know if I'll watch more of it without him. I don't know why but I just enjoy Star Trek stuff more? Maybe I just need to be in the mood for animated stuff.
So I updated Capes & Crusaders TCG today, only did a couple decks - but I had the idea last week to start a Make a Deck option at the community, so I got some rules/guidelines up for it - haven't started making what I have YET, but hopefully the concept works. *shrugs* I did end up returning to a "Monthly Theme" concept - except this one, since it's consisting of Pride, Spider-Man, and Supergirl is going to last until the end of August.
No writing this weekend, but I do think I'm going to pass on the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
unconventionalcourtship this year - I just can't find one that I want to try, or I get sorta close but meh. It does inspire me to want to work on my X-Men Pairing & Prompt Generator - I'm planning on making a MCU one and a DC Comics one - the plan for writers to be inspired of different pairings for xmen100, mcu100 and now dc100.
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So this weekend, other than cleaning, my brother came over and worked a bit more on the office floor - apparently it needs more floor leveler so he couldn't start that part (which fair, I never did end up painting anyway). He started me on watching Star Wars: Clone Wars show since I enjoyed the Maul show. Except early seasons animation was not great, so I don't know if I'll watch more of it without him. I don't know why but I just enjoy Star Trek stuff more? Maybe I just need to be in the mood for animated stuff.
So I updated Capes & Crusaders TCG today, only did a couple decks - but I had the idea last week to start a Make a Deck option at the community, so I got some rules/guidelines up for it - haven't started making what I have YET, but hopefully the concept works. *shrugs* I did end up returning to a "Monthly Theme" concept - except this one, since it's consisting of Pride, Spider-Man, and Supergirl is going to last until the end of August.
No writing this weekend, but I do think I'm going to pass on the
unconventionalcourtship this year - I just can't find one that I want to try, or I get sorta close but meh. It does inspire me to want to work on my X-Men Pairing & Prompt Generator - I'm planning on making a MCU one and a DC Comics one - the plan for writers to be inspired of different pairings for xmen100, mcu100 and now dc100. Books Update
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Movie News
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TV News
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@ dc100 @ mcu100 @ xmen100 taking Supergirl (ANY UNIVERSE!)-related prompts for Supergirl Summer Prompt Meme at supergirl_tv galorechallenge Round 14 ends June 30th... if we get any takers.Backdated Post (mostly because my computer froze and it didn't save)
May. 31st, 2026 11:57 pmflareonfury6/7/26 Note: So this post should have been posted May 31st, but instead, basically a week later since my computer did a weird freezing thing for the internet. So while I lost a little more writing on the original post, I did manage to screenshot what was originally written - so that's what you guys get here.
Welp, ending this month with a lot more icons being made than writing again. I have kind of a busy schedule for the month of June, so I'm not sure exactly how much I'll be around, but I do want to make a few posts in June (I've been wanting to talk about the latest books, films and shows I've been watching) here and some drabbles/fics (I seem to keep getting distracted by iconing instead of writing, lol).
Anyway, I signed up formarvel_bang - I haven't quite decided exactly what I'm going to do for it - either I'm starting the long awaited sequel to Falling Slowly (XME, Rogue/Scott), working on the WIP Hearts & Souls (MCU/TASM, Darcy/Steve, Tony/Pepper, Peggy, Howard/Maria, Peter/Gwen, Mary) that I haven't touched in years, or starting a brand new Rogue/Scott or MCU related work. I'm leaning towards the Hearts & Souls mostly because that one is at least started - I think I need to see the original movie again for inspiration, that might help me write more. I don't know though, because Wanda has been inspiring me a lot more lately, so who knows.
I do want to do aunconventionalcourtship but I can't find a summary that intrigues me enough to write for it yet - sign ups close June 10 so I still have some time to look for something. I really want to do a Kara/Maxwell (Arrowverse) fic for it though. I also tentatively signed up for launchtheship for Batman/Joker/Lois (Harley Quinn animated series) and Bucky/Kate/Yelena (MCU) - but there are a few other Marvel ships that don't have anything that I've found.
Okay so besides wanting to get more writing done this month, I also want to work on more decks for Capes & Crusaders TCG. I got distracted (lmao again), by making icons otherwise I'd have completed a couple decks today (I have images for Aquaman's Lorena Marquez and started saving image hunting for Batman Beyond's Aquagirl & Big Barda). If saving images wasn't so annoying anymore, it would get done faster (I hate when I go to save an image and it tries to save it as anything but what it is - I don't know who THAT was a good idea but fuck them). I did at least put up the previous Pride header in honor of Pride Month (minus the original purple background). I did pay attention that I could do at least a deck within an hour (maybe more) depending on if I have images or not. It's when I have to go looking for images I get lost and become distracted or down a rabbit hole and find mismatched images (for example I went looking for Rachel/Betsy & Betsy/Warren images, ended up getting scattered images of Betsy with Beast, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Emma as well). I'm thinking of kind of doing a Make a Deck challenge at the community, where I'd make cards out of the images I have and ask members for help/donations to fill in the rest - that might be best? I do miss character/ship fansites so much though - they used to help so much.
So anyway the reason why I'll be busy in June, will be because my aunt will be visiting from June 13th-June 20th (or maybe a little less? she said she has to leave early for a party). So I'm not sure how much time I'll get to be on the computer doing that period of time. Also my friend who moved to Colorado will be here for a few days as well (I told her she was welcomed anytime and because something another one her friends is dealing with, she came to the east coast). So what THAT all means - I have to actually clean clean my house. I don't know if it's a mixture of anxiety/depression or some other mental disorder (or just how I was raised) but doing chores are a struggle for me so I usually do the bare minimum, but I can usually motivate myself to clean when "company" is coming a lot more than normal, especially now after working 10+ hours a day. Started doing all the laundry baskets that I've been avoiding this weekend, so I should be current by next weekend. I need to check outbitesizedcleaning for tricks/inspiration.
Also new community alert!
dc100 similar to of course mcu100 and xmen100, just encompasses ANY DC universe.
Also in case you missed it:
taking Supergirl-related prompts for Supergirl Summer Prompt Meme at supergirl_tv
Welp, ending this month with a lot more icons being made than writing again. I have kind of a busy schedule for the month of June, so I'm not sure exactly how much I'll be around, but I do want to make a few posts in June (I've been wanting to talk about the latest books, films and shows I've been watching) here and some drabbles/fics (I seem to keep getting distracted by iconing instead of writing, lol).
Anyway, I signed up for
marvel_bang - I haven't quite decided exactly what I'm going to do for it - either I'm starting the long awaited sequel to Falling Slowly (XME, Rogue/Scott), working on the WIP Hearts & Souls (MCU/TASM, Darcy/Steve, Tony/Pepper, Peggy, Howard/Maria, Peter/Gwen, Mary) that I haven't touched in years, or starting a brand new Rogue/Scott or MCU related work. I'm leaning towards the Hearts & Souls mostly because that one is at least started - I think I need to see the original movie again for inspiration, that might help me write more. I don't know though, because Wanda has been inspiring me a lot more lately, so who knows.I do want to do a
unconventionalcourtship but I can't find a summary that intrigues me enough to write for it yet - sign ups close June 10 so I still have some time to look for something. I really want to do a Kara/Maxwell (Arrowverse) fic for it though. I also tentatively signed up for launchtheship for Batman/Joker/Lois (Harley Quinn animated series) and Bucky/Kate/Yelena (MCU) - but there are a few other Marvel ships that don't have anything that I've found. Okay so besides wanting to get more writing done this month, I also want to work on more decks for Capes & Crusaders TCG. I got distracted (lmao again), by making icons otherwise I'd have completed a couple decks today (I have images for Aquaman's Lorena Marquez and started saving image hunting for Batman Beyond's Aquagirl & Big Barda). If saving images wasn't so annoying anymore, it would get done faster (I hate when I go to save an image and it tries to save it as anything but what it is - I don't know who THAT was a good idea but fuck them). I did at least put up the previous Pride header in honor of Pride Month (minus the original purple background). I did pay attention that I could do at least a deck within an hour (maybe more) depending on if I have images or not. It's when I have to go looking for images I get lost and become distracted or down a rabbit hole and find mismatched images (for example I went looking for Rachel/Betsy & Betsy/Warren images, ended up getting scattered images of Betsy with Beast, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Emma as well). I'm thinking of kind of doing a Make a Deck challenge at the community, where I'd make cards out of the images I have and ask members for help/donations to fill in the rest - that might be best? I do miss character/ship fansites so much though - they used to help so much.
So anyway the reason why I'll be busy in June, will be because my aunt will be visiting from June 13th-June 20th (or maybe a little less? she said she has to leave early for a party). So I'm not sure how much time I'll get to be on the computer doing that period of time. Also my friend who moved to Colorado will be here for a few days as well (I told her she was welcomed anytime and because something another one her friends is dealing with, she came to the east coast). So what THAT all means - I have to actually clean clean my house. I don't know if it's a mixture of anxiety/depression or some other mental disorder (or just how I was raised) but doing chores are a struggle for me so I usually do the bare minimum, but I can usually motivate myself to clean when "company" is coming a lot more than normal, especially now after working 10+ hours a day. Started doing all the laundry baskets that I've been avoiding this weekend, so I should be current by next weekend. I need to check out
bitesizedcleaning for tricks/inspiration.Also new community alert!
dc100 similar to of course mcu100 and xmen100, just encompasses ANY DC universe.Also in case you missed it:
taking Supergirl-related prompts for Supergirl Summer Prompt Meme at supergirl_tv