Culling of the Inks Continues

Nearing the end of the Ink Saga.  I just have 9 or so left to do and I’ve swatched ALL the inks I currently have.  And I think I’ve passed 45+ inks on to Alfredo – good mix of samples and then smaller bottles from the Diamine Inkvent & Colorverse Colorvent 2024. 

Speaking of which, I think my 2025 Diamine Inkvent should be arriving soon.  And I’ve ordered the 2025 Colorverse Colorvent.  So yeah, something like 50 bottles of ink between them.

My LONG awaited pen from Just Turnings in Australia is finally stateside.  It’s currently in Chicago, so hopefully, I’ll have that pen by the end of the week.

Other than that, I’ve got shit else to talk about.  ::chuckles::

INK

Ink, ink, and guess what?  MORE ink.  ::laughs::

I have decided (in my infinite wisdom) that I need to do a proper ink compendium of all my inks, based off color families.  Which is a great idea, honestly.  Keeps me from buying similar colors and all that jazz.

But that means, I’m going through my ENTIRE ink collection.  We’re talking a good 175 or so inks.  And some inks?  They are a mixture of two color families, so they get swatched in both sections.  Some are purple and blue.  Some are pinks and browns.  Etc., etc., etc.

Which, in all honesty, is a good thing.  It’ll help me use up some of the samples that I have the TINIEST bit left.  Will also allow me to stop and evaluate every ink as I swatch it.  Do I wish to keep the ink? Does it just need to be rinsed out of the sample vial (if only the tiniest amount remains)?  Or is there enough of the ink, that I can pass it on to Alfredo.  Thus getting it out of MY collection, and dumping it on him.  ::laughs::

Goal Getter

So I’m redoing my 101 goals in 1001 days and making it more “official” by utilizing their website to host my list of goals.

I’m currently up to 74 goals and still trucking on them.  Add to this, that I’m also setting up my 44 goals for my 44^th year….and yeah, LOTS of dreaming it occurring.

Quite a few of the goals revolve around culling out various hoarding I have done over the years – oracle and tarot decks, to wands, to stones, to perfumes, etc.  Just will need to figure out where to sell them off.  Most likely eBay or directly to friends.  I’m not looking to get rich off of it by any means.  I just want it to go somewhere that it will actually be appreciated…instead of collecting dust and space here in my home.

The Question

The Pen Show is tomorrow and Saturday.  I asked off for that and our anniversary.  I’m debating if I really even want to go to the Pen Show.  Financially?  Fuck no.  After paying the balance on the maker pen that’s coming from Australia, I really don’t have money to purchase any pen at the show.  And I definitely do NOT need anymore notebooks.  So really, the only reason I would go is in case they have a special ink made for the Pen Show itself.  It’s been done in the past, so it IS a possibility.  But at the same time, I’m currently working through the inks I have, and culling out the ones I know I will NOT use.

To go, or not to go……..

The Beginning

Pretty sure I’m in perimenopause.  Isn’t that just grand.  ::rolls her eyes::

Yeah, got hit with a hot flash out of nowhere today.  You know, I didn’t think hot flashes would be especially bad for me.  But I forgot that when I get overheated, I get so nauseous.  And yeah, today, I had fans going at work.  The building was a crisp 69 degrees.  AND I was fanning myself manually with a thin notebook.  And the entire time, I was repeating over and over in my head like a mantra “Do not throw up.  Do not throw up.  PLEASE do not throw up”. 

And as fast as it came, it left.  And then the headache descended. 

Seriously NOT looking forward to possible YEARS of this shit.

GLORIOUS

Last night I dreamt that I pretty much dumped Psycho Ex into the realm of the Fair Ones and skipped away. I just remember the look of utter hopelessness and betrayal on his face when he realized where I left him it was FABULOUS. I wish I could bottle up that feeling and use it whenever I’m having a down day. Because I pretty much rode a high ALL DAY. Anytime I’d start feeling a bit “meh”, I would remind myself of his look of utter abandonment of all home his face had when I danced out of the door, leaving him trapped with the Fair Ones.

Now, some of you may recall that I have absolutely ZERO dealings with the Fair Ones....but this? This I would gladly do.

Numbers

So let’s spitball some numbers here.

Leviathan turned 19 years old this month.  I can hardly believe I’ve had my lavender serpent for almost 2 decades!

Hubs turned 50.  We did dinner at Medieval Times and had a blast.

I’ll be turning 44 in November. 

Just wild how fast time flies by once you stop and look back at all that has been accomplished/endured/dominated. 

I’ve been with my current library for 5 years now.  Crazy to stop and think about that.  I never thought I would ever truly leave child care/education behind.  But yeah, I honestly haven’t looked back once I got out.  And from what former coworkers have told me, I got out when the getting was good.  Such a shame.  It was a fabulous afterschool program in the beginning.  And to think I worked there for 12 years.