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With insomnia kicking my butt unexpectedly, the few hours of sleep I had before having to start my day and the fact that the sleeping aid I took in the middle of the night to finally fall asleep seems to take forever to get out of my system, I feel pretty crappy right now.
I wish I’d have the knowledge to understand what causes the glitches in my body. What is actually nor working properly when we suffer from Fibromyalgia (come on, there has to be something wrong that causes the neverending pain and all the other symptoms, right ?).

So in the same vein of my Gratitude Friday ritual, I notice that when I mentally list what I am currently loving, my energy shifts almost magically. I guess this is simply because my mind then focus on something more positive, it puts myself in a happier place.

Today.Currently.Loving:

• New tv shows like “The Following” or “Cult” (both filmed in BC, lovely coincidence)
• Collaborations
• Connection
• Muted colors
• Creative visualization
• New ideas sprouting
• New learning curves. Creating digital artwork on my iPad mini
• The prospect of being in Port Townsend (WA) in June
• Ezechiel sesame bread, toasted, with a little bit of salter butter that will melt on top
• Packing orders
• Thinking about what  we’ll do next month for K.’s birthday (our Koala is turning 6)
• Crockpot meals

What are you loving, in your part of the world, right now (don’t overthink it) ?

It’s that time again. Isn’t it weird that sometimes I am finding myself in the middle of something, thinking «oh that would be a great random thing about me to share on the blog !» and smile. Yea… I am like that.

I even made a pretty button to go with my random infused blogpost 😀

1. I am obsessed with light. I call myself a «Light Hunter».
2. Now that I am alone for lunch during the week days, I eat on my couch while watching tv. My own little lunch break from work and housing chores.
3. I have sleeping issues since I am a teenager, and I am only now figuring things out (the «why» of stuff).
4. At the beginning of my Fibromyalgia, my coping solution to fight exhaustion was to drink a Monster energy drink every single day, so I could just do what needed to be done.
5. I am a witch of some sort. It is time for me to accept that again. I had a bit of a spiritual crisis during my creative blackout a few months ago, and I’m currently working things out to totally 200% be myself. I was lost for too long.
6. My studio looks messy, but everything has its place. I love putting my things into labeled boxes. I label a lot.
7. I dream of having my artwork being part of an art gallery exhibition (if you hear me, out there…).
8. I am a tree hugger.
9. I love jewelry. The unexpected weird kind of jewelry (just see my Etsy favorites to see what I mean).
10. I sometimes wonder how my life would end, just out of curiosity. Because well, let’s be honest, we all are born to die eventually…

I have one or two blogposts I began writing weeks ago. But they are taking longer than planned to be finished, maybe I still need to clarify my thoughts before sharing them with you.

Just for fun, I was thinking «Why not sharing 10 other random things about me ?» so there we are 🙂

1. I love nail polish, and I am happy to see that funky colors are back in the trend.
2. I suck at naming things. BUT I loved the name searching phase during my pregnancies, I have a passion for first names.
3. I wish I was a scrapbooker.
4. I love love LOVE quotes. And keep a file on my computer with plenty of them.
5. Once (for a long time), I had this dream of publishing a book. Not any book, but kind of my Mémoires.
6. I get lost in my mind pretty easily. Sometimes it scares my husband a bit.
7. I enjoy celebrating birthdays, making them extra special. And love when my close family does the same when mine comes.
8. I dream of flying or gliding in some way, like with a parachute or something. To see if it feels the same than when I fly in the dreams I have when asleep.
9. I heart creepy cute things.
10. I live in a very rainy part of the World and moved here anyway, knowing it wouldn’t be that good for my health.

Please, share with us random things about yourself if you want ;D

PS: I am working on getting these articles published. And share new art I have been making. While waiting, why not hang over on my Facebook Page so we can stay in touch ?

My dear friend Anu asked me to blog about 10 random things you might not know about me, as she did on her blog.
You know how much I love making lists about everything and anything 😉

1. I am Metis. But this term has a different meaning here in North America than it has in France though (you would say «biracial» when we use the word «metis»). I don’t consider myself «Black». But I definately am not «White» either. I have a hard time fitting in a racial box.
2. I love eating a banana with Nutella. Mix discovered in middle school from my bff at this time.
3. I have a focusing issue and it is impossible for me to do/concentrate on one or two things only. I scatter a lot.
4. I have an obsession for my totem animals: owl, raven, whale, elephant.
5. I have a book project started since a few years now.
6. I have lots of artists crushes. And when it happens I tend to stalk everything they do.
7. My best friends are scattered all over the globe, and despite technology I feel desperately lonely most of the time. I would love/need local girlfriends.
8. I did one year of music theory, and hated it but was the best of my class. My teacher told my mom I was a «natural». But I did not have the chance to actually learn how to play an instrument. And for months it has been quite bothering me somehow. I really want to learn how to play the drums, and piano. There is something with rythm that obsesses me.
9. I love love love finding an handwritten card/letter in the mail, and to receive packages.
10. I have a passion for tattoos. I have a few and always think of the next one(s). That said, they have to have a symbolic and special meaning for me. I had my first tattoo when I was 15-16, and my mom was with me when I was getting inked.

Your turn ! tell me random stuff I don’t know about you, I want to get to know my readers 🙂 If you blog about it, please feel free to come back with your link.

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I hope the Easter Bunnies did not forget you but that you did not eat everything yet 😉

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