#rae irl

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If anyone has any pictures of pets or plants that they’re willing to share with me, I could really use them today

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Yes, we ended the day with a double rainbow on the way home. Completely forgot about that. Gorgeous

Ren Faire day with @iguessitsjustme!!! We touched grass together!

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Went to the Jim Henson exhibit with friends today! I love my friends <3 anyway here are some muppets:

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I finally got it! I have been waiting for this to come in the mail! I got it!

Behold my new beloved

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I did this last year and had a good time. Feel free to decorate or if you have your own tree let me know so I can also decorate your tree!

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My younger brother is graduating from college today. Everyone say “congrats bunny”

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As it turns out, not traveling home for the holidays make them 1000% less stressful. Like I love my family and I love our Christmas traditions, but I am so, so excited to have the most relaxed and chill day this year without needing to worry about packing and traveling and making sure I am spending enough time with family and participating in all of the family traditions, even the ones I don't really like. I can make my own holiday this year and while I will obviously be talking to my family on the day, it will be so nice to not have to worry about the pressure of the holiday at all.

And an added bonus for me is @heretherebedork is coming over and we are going to have the best day. So I'm not spending the holiday with my family that I was born into but I'm definitely spending it with my chosen family. (Also my mom is thrilled that Francis is coming over because my mom loves him as she should.)

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Bored at work.

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What in the chicken fried fuck do you mean it’s only Tuesday?

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Scared. But gonna do it anyway (I do not have a choice)

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14 days ago my brother told me there was a package on its way to me

He addressed it with a nickname only my dad ever calls me by (and even that's rare) and said it would be here within 15 days. My birthday was months ago. There are many months until Christmas. There is no reason for this man to have bought me anything. Well apparently the package is in my city and just still needs to be delivered. So I will probably get...whatever it is tomorrow. He has told me only 2 things about this package:

He saw it and thought of me so he impulse bought it for me

It is not unhinged

Now, if you know me, you know that the odds of someone buying me something for me that is not unhinged in some way is unlikely. So, dear followers. Before I get the package (hopefully tomorrow), I ask:

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I want to talk about hope.

In June of 2021, my house burned down. I was living with my parents and my two younger siblings at the time. My younger sister was set to move out in a few days, and I had just put my two weeks’ notice in at my previous job and was working my final day (I worked remotely). Around midday, I smelled burning followed by the smoke alarms going off. Only my siblings and I were home at the time. As I came out of my room, one of my siblings ran up stating the house was on fire. All three of us fled as quickly as we could. We all made it out with plenty of time and none of us were hurt. But because we fled so quickly, none of us were wearing shoes.

My siblings and I tried desperately to reach the rest of my family. My mother was about an hour away visiting her father as she did every week. My dad was at work in a different city. And my older brother lived across the country from us. The area we lived in was rural and we all had very poor cell reception without the use of internet. It was incredibly hard to reach anybody. It felt like the three of us against a giant monster that consumed everything we had. But as we struggled to use our useless phones (luckily all of us had our phones on us when it happened) and as we watched our house become consumed by flames, the most miraculous thing happened. People showed up.

These were not people that the three of us knew. They were all people from the community that came to see what was going on. They saw the three of us trying to call our parents and lent us their phones. They sat and watched with us as the flames engulfed our home and as the pops and bangs of the house being torn apart hurt us to hear. And the thing that I remember the most is the family that looked down at our feet, saw that we had no shoes, and took off their own shoes and gave them to us. They did not think about it for a second. They simply removed their shoes and gave them to us. They did not fit perfectly, but they were a comfort that we did not have that was given back to us during an incredibly difficult time.

I know right now is tough. I know things look bleak. I know it looks like there is a monster consuming our home. But there are people out there that will sit with you. There are people that will offer you their phones. There are people that will offer you their shoes. There are people that will return to you a piece of comfort that was stolen. They are there. And you will not have to look very far to find them. Hope will be found in those people. In the little moments and the little acts that they do. Even when you feel so alone and like you're watching your house burn down, hope can still be found.

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Every year for Thanksgiving, my family goes around and we each have to say what we’re thankful for and I wanted to also tell y’all what I’m thankful for. Because I thankful for all y’all. It has been a terribly rough year for me and knowing that I had a saf space to come to here was so incredibly helpful. I love y’all and whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, I want you to know that I love and appreciate y’all and I genuinely cannot express my gratitude enough

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FINE. I’ll get up, get ready, and go to work. But I will NOT be happy about it

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My outfit was a hit at the company party

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🎶✨ when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool) 🎶✨

(no pressure I'm just curious!)

Kat! You know I always love talking about music (I've been in a bit of a slump lately with music so hopefully this helps!)

I am going to do something unexpected of me and not mention any Stray Kids songs because I listen to their whole discography and I want to talk about songs that I maybe haven't talked about before.

Blow by Big Ocean

Genuinely, I just want everyone to listen to Big Ocean. They are a lot of fun and if you like pop music of any kind, you will like them.

2. History Maker by Dean Fujioka

I had a whole Yuri on Ice phase a few years ago and this song still goes so hard. It has been my ringtone since I watched Yuri on Ice. Don't like the fact that I keep my phone on silent at all times make you believe I don't absolutely love this song.

3. Maniac by Conan Gray

This song has gotten stuck in my head about a bajillion times. In fact, before I got into Stray Kids, this was the first song I thought of when I heard the word "maniac." Also I know BL tumblr loves The Story by Conan Gray because of The Eighth Sense, but I love this song just as much.

4. Guilty by TAEMIN

I honestly don't much to say about this one. I just really like this song.

5. it's the guns by Philip Labes

I try not to bring politics to my tumblr because of how prevalent it is for me irl and I use tumblr to escape that. But I haven't heard a single song from Philip Labes that I haven't loved and this one really hit home for me when I heard it for the first time.