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anxious
listening: mood indigo // duke ellington
hello everyone! i want to share something that i JUST personally discovered recently: tea pets! they're eeny teeny figurines made of clay that are designed to absorb tea. you pour tea on them and keep them in tea cabinets to absorb the different fragrances and flavors! the heat from the tea also reacts with the clay, causing it to change color over time. it's a little tradition that brings small joy to someone's routine, as pouring tea on a tea pet is seen as "feeding" it.
i never really thought that i would ever become a "tea person". ever since i was little, i was very picky with what i ate and drank, never really venturing out of my comfort zone until i went to university. i was barely tolerant of coffee then, only drinking it because it gave me a boost of energy that my pre-ADHD medication brain desperately needed. it was only when i was forced to cut down on my coffee consumption due to stomach issues that i began to drink tea. that was maybe four years ago now?
nowadays i drink tea whenever i can! i love trying new flavors and perusing all the different kinds of teawares that exist. at this moment i'm trying to find a teapot that really catches my eye... maybe some lovely teacups too. anyways.
yesterday, i went on my first date of 2024 (woo)! it was a lot better than i thought- most dates i've been to in the past filled me with horrific amounts of dread, but this one didn't. it was also more fun that i thought. honestly, it would be no exaggeration to say that yesterday's date was really nice... and perhaps i'm looking forward to a second one? who knows. the awful feelings and experiences i've had in the past seem distant, mostly because it's been proven to me that decent people are out there and that i should always trust my gut. good things happen to me too! it's so silly to verbalize that sentiment out loud but it's true.
i went to the natural history museum and took my time to look at the ocean and dinosaur exhibits. i really do think that the preserved giant squid they have there shrinks every year. the curators also returned the preserved coelacanth to the ocean exhibit! i swear it wasn't there last year
and it was more damaged-looking in the past. my date also got me a hello kitty dinosaur plush without me asking... this has never happened to me before! anyways...
yeah. that's it for this rambling entry. Tea pets and great first dates. i hope everyone has a wonderful week
i haven't written an entry in some time, so hello! i hope that everyone is okay and safe. spring is here (at least for me) and it's just been raining. the sun hasn't been seen in several days... i hope that the weather gets less rainy soon.
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