Thank you! I am shocked it didn't take me longer! I'm used to my pieces taking me closer to 2 but i think I locked in for this 😮‍💨

Thank you so much!!

Agh not the typos... #handembroidery

Do I just not want the trip to be over? Maybe. I'm not ready to leave the warm weather. I'm not ready to pop the vacation bubble. The west coast energy is just so freeing, so light. I'm so grateful for this trip. And I have to remind myself that I am incredibly grateful for how far I've come.

But the thing is idk what else I would have done. I had SUCH a good day yesterday walking art galleries and talking to the sweetest people. Had a great lunch by myself, went to museums. It was a perfect day. And I'm actually sitting here like "yeah but did I appreciate it enough?"

I did about 90% of the things I wanted to in the city. And I've been ACTIVE and on my feet every day so far. So I took today to rest before we fly out for the next leg of this vacation tomorrow. But I'm sitting here regretting wasting the time.

I actually just posted a tutorial on how I do my stencils! The channel is pretty new, but I'm working on it 🥰

Anyway I'm rambling here. But it feels like we have returned as the products of those years. "Hello, you absolutely beat the shit out of us, and gave us every trial, but here we are. This is what you made us. And we love you for it."

I couldn't understand why this place still feels like home as soon as I stepped into it. But my hubs and I moved in together here, got engaged here, got our cat here, and set every foundation for our lives here.

And it was such a vivid, strange experience. Because I felt like I was stepping right back into that version of myself. I could have turned right instead of left and walked to my old job right down the street on the corner.