5 day power outage ( ˶°ㅁ°) !!
We had a 5 day power outage last week, and we were left with no power in the middle of winter, unable to use the oven/stove, no hot water, nothing. I spent a bunch of time outside, burning off some dead ivy and other scrap materials in our yard. I had to cook most days on a makeshift stove made of coals and a metal grill - it was annoying but at the same time really fun, and the woodsmoked flavour of all the food I cooked was really tasty!
Once my boyfriend came home from work, we read books by candlelight and played with the baby until it was time to sleep, and we slept rugged up on the couch together next to the fire (it was too cold to sleep in the bedroom lol). Thankfully our power did come back a few days ago but I might keep using candlelight after dark :-)
I bought a camera ♡
I bought a new camera today!! It was a cute little Pentax
optio 15$ cam off Facebook marketplace, I'm so excited to take some cute photos and make a photography page!
I also bought more polaroid cartridges for my Instax as well. I spent some time in melbourne with my family and visited friends on the weekend, we had a big lunch and I brought sauerkraut, candied oranges and apple mead! I liked spending time down in the city but I find it so overwhelming with the smog, endless traffic, bustling dirty streets.... Let's say I'm happy to be home cuddled up on the couch.
Tangles...
Ughh, my hair is super thick from the pregnancy. I mean, so thick that it takes over 15 minutes to brush it "( – ⌓ – ) The back is full of knots and I almost have a dreadlock, my whole head is sore after combing, the ends are all split.... anyway - I'm thinking of recutting my fringe, as I let it grow out over the last few months and I feel liek I don't even look like myself anymore lol. Some girls look sooo cute with curtain bangs but my huge big forehead respectfully says No b*tch... ｡ﾟ(TヮT) Depending on how it turns out, I might post my haircut :-)
I gave birth!!!!＼(￣▽￣)／ 
I haven't written a blog is soooo long. I have good reason, I promise: I finally gave birth to my little baby boy. He is more precious and perfect than I ever could have imagined. It feels like my life is finally complete; I can't fathom that I ever lived without him... I am sitting in bed right now, cradling my sweet prince, he is so sleepy and warm and there's nowhere he'd rather be than cuddled up in my arms. I had a few complications during the birth which led me to having to get an epidural, but I'm just so glad he is safe and healthy.
Waiting for my little baby...
3/04/2024 12.15pm
The sun is growing colder each day, the sky fading to a murky grey. The warmth I so took for granted, even complained about, has left me shivering against my little electric heater wrapped in a thick blanket. I can feel my son pressing his chubby feet against my ribs; I imagine how warm he must be, carelessly sleeping inside of my womb, sucking his thumb and dreaming of the world to come. As if he could even begin to imagine the world that God has prepared for him - so full of wonder - but his world is so so small. My boyfriend is working outside in the dying sun cleaning engine oil; he says wants me to make lunch but the fridge has nothing but some milk and butter. I'm going to walk down to the local store - the only store in our entire town - but she is rarely ever open anymore, and on the rare occasion the doors aren't shut the whole town comes to sit and eat in the old brick building together and talk. Me and my boyfriend are the youngest people in the town, pretty much surrounded by boomers living out their retirement on the block of farm land they worked their whole life to buy, and we are somewhat of an anomaly to them. Soon, our little baby boy will be the newest member of the village, and probably the first person to be born here in 40 years. But for now, I sit and wait for him in our quiet living room, my cold fingers tapping away at the keyboard.
