My Mosaic

I can hear how much this convo has brought up for you @Bow - understandable, we touched on some very heavy topics tonight. Wish I'd checked in sooner!

Before I go I will help with safety planning if you need?

Please @Jynx

just saw your book bouquet, it's so lovely 😍 it's amazing how you find so many creative ways to turn books into such cool pieces!! @Bow

i also see that last night was pretty rough, sending you gentle hugs 💙
how are you holding up?

Hi @rav3n thank you. I got some more flowers today so am going to make some more.

I’m really really tired today. I’m camped out on the couch. Last day of school holidays so don’t want to be hiding in my room as much as I would love to be there. Went and did groceries this morning and felt so sick while out. And have had a lot of stomach aches.

how are you?

oh yes! would love to see how the flower arrangement turns out @Bow

oh no, like stomach aches and sickness from feeling anxious/overwhelmed? or like flu/cold/cramps sickness? either way, hope you're staying warm and cosy. sometimes i like to take a few deep breaths while placing my hand over my chest/tummy (whereas the feeling is sitting) and remind myself that i'm in my safe space, and i am okay here. feel free to give it a try, no pressure 💙

i'm alright, didn't sleep too well so i'm lil tired... think it's time for me to make myself some coffee! also just realised i need to get the groceries tonight, so if i can tick that off tonight, that'll be enough of an accomplishment for my Monday.

Oh yep I’ll show you once I’ve done them @rav3n im finding that really nice fake flowers are so expensive! Getting some of Temu to see what they are like.

Hmm I’m not sure what it’s from…. Possible a consequence of an ED behaviour? So own fault really and shouldn’t really complain 😔

We did groceries this morning, Monday must be the day for it.

oh really!? i thought they'd be cheaper... but now that i think about it, it does make sense since it lasts longer @Bow hoping the temu ones work out! have you order lots from temu before? i've heard so many mixed stories 😆

EDs are complicated, and you’re allowed to feel crappy about something without blaming yourself. you deserve to be heard 💙 has the sick feeling eased a lil?

yep it must be! also, did you end up visiting the bookstore on the weekend?

Oh @rav3n have I ordered lots from Temu or what!!! 😂 😂 way too much!! Majority has all been fine. And you get one free return per order and sometimes they let you keep the item and refund you anyways. If I need something I’ll always look on Temu first.

Nausea comes and goes. As do the stomach pains. It’s rough.

Oh yes we got there. I bought way too many books. Like 30 books, plus a collectors box of 22 little books. It was a beautiful secondhand store. Books floor to ceiling and one whole book case of Alice books. And as soon as you step inside you can smell the books. The old man didn’t really understand why I was buying so many books. And why I picked a couple of really old books with parts of the cover torn and missing.

wanna see my pile of books I got?? 🫣

haha glad that it's been mostly a good experience for you! i've heard about the size of certain products being misleading, and some battery-operated items being made with poor quality batteries... but besides that, seems like it's pretty decent! @Bow

aww no, that does sound rough. do heat packs help you? hoping Mr Sloth is also around for the extra bit of comfort 💙

OMG 30!!! AND the collectors box!!! i can just imagine the smell of those books, sounds like such a lovely place to visit. AND YES PLS, i'd love to see what you collected!!

Nah haven’t really tried heat packs @rav3n just laying on the couch. I feel real bad cause mums outside working and I’m being lazy on the couch.

so this is what I got hehehe

the shelf Just behind the chair to the right was full of Alice books. They also had some of the ‘collectors’ shelf that were old/rare copies. And then a few behind the counter that he showed me that were really expensive. I always go to places like this and plan to take photos but then forget. I looked for books for my daughter but they didn’t have any.

I love the illustrations in this one

 and the shop man was like you sure you wan this one?

the man said that he had a guy come in with nearly 1000 books. He had tried to send them over to the UK to give to the British library (Lewis Carroll is British) but he couldn’t send them. Was going to cost thousands.
When we were in the UK at the beginning of the year we went to the British library cause the original copy /manuscript is kept there. But it wasn’t on display then 😞