Okay, with this post I will let you in on a few things~

1. Today I left my apartment to temporarily move back in with my parents for the summer holiday. I am now enjoying the company of two cats. The kitten in the top photo is my dad’s cat Badger. Toast is still grumpy about being back to visit him..
2. This is probably one of the only times you will ever see me in comfy pants. I never, ever, wear sweatpants out in public and rarely ever get photographed wearing them. ;p I think I also don’t usually take photos with glasses on..
3. In this next photo I am proving to my dad that I too can lift my cat into the air above my head. Except my dad only needs one hand to lift Badger into the air. I cannot wait for Badger to keep growing bigger. Toast is already over 11 pounds and Siberians can get up to either 11-14 or 10-17 pounds, depending where you look online…

And looking back on the photo I do realize that it is like the lion king, haha..

“I’m flying, whooo….”

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Today was a day of snail mail suprises. c; After a long, 9am-7pm day of classes it’s always nice to find something waiting for me at home.

The first was a package from my parents with my easter basket. Actually, at first it looked more like an easter basket for Toast… but after I unpacked it I found all the people candy for me. ;p

The second package was from Leyla of sassyNpunk Boutique!

A while ago she found out from a post I made on facebook that I really liked their pastel bat hair clips, and she decided to send me one ah!

Cute packaging~

It’s so adorablee, can’t wait to match it with an outfit! Thank you Leyla~ ^o^

The evening I got back from Boston my parents had a little (awesome) surprise for me! My mom found these belts for $4 each at a rue21 store, and knew I’d be able to take the studs off and repurpose them.

We counted the studs on one of the belts and there were at least 150! $4 for that many colored studs is a steal, considering there is no shipping fee too. My parents are always thinking of me, I love them so much~ c;

They even helped me take a lot of the studs off, it was a team effort~~

p.s. I was even able to keep the glitter belt because you can’t see the stud holes through the glitter. ;p

It’s spring break and gorgeous out! ;D I’ve gotten so much done today, and it’s not even dinner time yet. :]]

My mom helped me take a few photos.. my lovely red van Clifford’s Mom is in the background~

I got the top for $0.90 at a thrift store with Eva over winter break, and the shoes I got at the same thrift store for $5 year or two ago. Jeans were altered by me to be skinny jeans (they used to be bell-bottoms). :]

I took some photos of my mom too! Here’s my favorite:

Over break I get to play with my dad’s new kitten, Badger (he stole the name I wanted to give a future cat.. :p ) He’s so tiny and full of energy..

Only problem is that Toast is really grumpy now. He’s been an only child for awhile and isn’t used to the change, haha.. He thinks he fits in that little box, but you can’t really see it past his fur in the photo. ;p

While I was at home last weekend I ordered a ton of blank T-Shirts from Joann Fabrics for pickup. Look at all the goodies my parents added on top before they shipped them to me! （*´▽｀*）

There are treats for both me and Toast, haha~ Though I might need to find someone to share with me, I don’t think I can finish all that by myself. ;p

I frequently do. But instead of letting my doubts or lack of a clear path slow me down, I try to force myself to keep busy on new projects, though it’s difficult to do sometimes.. Even if they aren’t what I feel like I “should” be doing, they usually lead me to find something that will lead me forward.

To me, working on random projects always feels better than sitting around feeling sorry for myself or questioning the world (those questions are too big anyway).

Which makes me recall one instance over winter break that reminded me how much I love my family. I was lying on my bed (not even with a computer) and thinking about how little money I have, how maybe I won’t find a way to make enough money to live, how I reallyyy wanted a pair of blue fuzzy platform shoes that Charlotte Free was selling but I didn’t have the money for, and how I couldn’t even justify spending the money on supplies to make my own platform shoes even though I was craving a pair.

My dad came up to my room and forced me to accept some cash to buy the supplies for platform shoes (flip flops, pretty duct tape, shoe glue). I say forced because I really dislike accepting money from my parents, since I willingly quit my job a few months ago and I don’t want that to be a burden on them.

But it worked. I started the platform shoes that night, finished them a couple days later, immediately made a pair of shoes for my mom and I was magically out of my slump. All thanks to the support and understanding of my family. ♥

What kind of slumps have you guys had, diy-related or just life in general? How’d you get out of them? I think it’s completely normal for everyone to go through this occasionally.. but it’s also good to know of ways to get out of them as quickly as posible~