u/slinkslowdown

I was at the foodbank last week, had about an hour to wait in line. They let us relax inside of the church and have snacks and drinks, it was a chill time.

At one point, a college-aged looking kid snuck up onto the church's music stage. He sat at the piano for a couple of minutes, looking around nervously. Lifted the lid [is that the word... ?] off of the keys. Made some hand movements above the keys, but didn't hit them.

Finally, he started playing. Moonlight Sonata. I scooted over a few seats from where I was and recorded some of it. When he finished, I clapped and a couple of the church volunteers joined me.

He took a break for a couple of minutes, then played another song. And then another. I didn't recognize these ones; they sounded more modern, so maybe pop songs?

Finally his number was called and he left to get his food.

ETA He's back home with his owner now!

Large brown and black dog, no collar.  Very friendly but vocal, I got him to come and chill with me for a bit while I called the after-hours animal control number and left a message.  I've also messaged some lost/found pets pages on FB.

He bolted off after a while.

+Electric Unicorn.

+Tryphenia. [From the Greek for soft or delicate.]

+Nakalat.

+Sun Odyssey.

+Lucy.

+Lithodes. [And there was indeed a king crab painted beside the name of this crabbing boat!]

Not even safe from this shit in my dreaming life, I guess.

I don't remember anything else from the dream I had the other night, just that I had one of my usual focal aware seizures--déjà-rêvé [fucking hilarious...], intense panic, palpitations.

This really weirded me out because a couple of weeks ago, I had my first focal seizure in over a year and it was just after waking up.

Experiencing a seizure in a dream is fucking wild.

I don't remember anything else from the dream, just that I had one of my usual focal aware seizures--déjà-rêvé [similar to déjà vu, but it feels like you've seen the situation in a dream before which is hilarious here...], intense panic, palpitations.

This really weirded me out because a couple of weeks ago, I had my first focal seizure in over a year and it was just after waking up.

It's finally warmed up [a lot!!] and it's perfect weather to chill on the cafe's patio with a drink or a sweet treat. It's right at a busy intersection in the heart of downtown, so there's lots of interesting things to see! I always have my headphones and MP3 player with me. Sometimes I'll bring a book or art-y things. Today I brought along a coloring book, gel pens and alcohol markers, and sat on their patio with an orange-vanilla Italian soda. Spent some time slowly coloring a WIP and taking in everything around me.

Some of the things I saw today:

+There was a giant family celebrating a college-aged-looking guy's birthday on the patio. They got a ton of food and treats from the cafe.

+A teen girl from the above family practically grabbed me to ask what I was drinking, she seemed real keen on it. She bought a whole tray of the Italian sodas for her family!

+A ton of dogs, big and small.

+The nicer weather means people are bringing out their sweet rides! Sports cars, vintage cars, nice motorcycles.

+And speaking of motorcycles, I saw one guy zip past on one and his helmet had giant plush bunny ears on it.

+There's a beat-up piano sat outside the cafe. People paint and draw all over it, and that's welcome. Well TIL that piano works! No idea how well-tuned it is, but there was a high school-aged kid playing it for a little while.

Whenever I come home, I let myself decompress with a simple ritual. I take off my bracelets and a couple of extra rings that I like to wear when I go out. And I switch from my fun, rainbow glasses to my boring at-home pair.

It physically relaxes me and resets my brain to at-home mode again.

+Four Winns.

+Hombre.

+Hyundai Ulsan. [Just an absolutely massive cargo ship stopping in at the port downtown.]

+Island Beet.

+Our Time.

+Prawnto. [I see her from time to time, my favorite name out of the commercial fishing boats I've seen!]

+Shirley Evelyn.

+Low'n Over.

+Rock 'N Rye.

+Passing Cloud. [I think my favorite today, it made me smile so much.]