my first rave at nearly 30, going to the social event anxious, did i mention i'm nearly 30, no good books

little joys and little sorrows #26 | reflecting on june

if spring is running the bath and watching the bubbles slowly rise on the surface of the water, dipping your hand in every so often to test the temperature, summer is carefully submerging yourself into the tub. water slightly too hot, stinging your shins, knees, your stomach, arms and then your shoulders, body adjusting to the heat, muscles relaxing, being still. it’s june, nearly july, and i couldn’t be happier.

it’s been a quiet month for me with most social events squeezed into just one week, but work has been keeping me busy, posting out a zine here and there, updating my blog, having more fun being online again, it’s felt full regardless.

how has june treated you? if you’re in the uk, you might be mostly made up of sweat due to this crazy heatwave we’re having. even i, someone who adores the sun and doesn’t mind feeling a little like a fried egg cooking under the sun, is finding this rather a lot. but i just keep reminding myself of how much i Hate the cold and darkness of winter. i don’t know how i would cope with a life without summers.

okay, let’s get into the lists.

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little joys

• went to my first rave and didn’t hate it! i know me and rave in the same sentence is alarming but it was a “day rave” that finished at 11pm which sounds like my kinda place. i’m not running to my next one however

• the sun!!! so much sun. i remember yearning for it back in january and february and i’m so happy it’s summer again

• i think i say this every month i’m sorry but i love being in our garden. i love having a garden. i love summertime in our garden.

• adding those bright blue damselflies to my extremely short list of favourite bugs. also listed are ladybirds, butterflies. that is all.

• going to my bestie’s birthday picnic despite not knowing anyone else there, ignoring my anxiety and having a better time than i thought (you always have a better time than you think)

• trying out my new wax seal on the latest zine i posted out. i love it. i’m obsessed.

• it’s been a couple of months and i still don’t hate my retail job!

• my bestie is coming to visit me today! i’m so excited to show another friend around norfolk (and hopefully reverse the brainwashing that is living in london)

• baking for other people. i’m making said friend some banana bread for her visit and i’m also thinking about baking something for the lovely old lady who lives next door who lets us borrow her lawn mower :’)

• finally finding something cold i can actually eat without any reactions!! rowntree mango ice lollies, thank you. i am desperately craving ice cream in this heat so i’m looking to try and make ice cream with oat milk but for now, this will suffice

• finally being brave enough to add a notion template to my etsy shop. i love making notion dashboards for myself and it was so sweet when my friend said how much she loved it and that i should share them with others, so i did :’)

• it’s my birthday next month! and i want to buy myself something to make me just as happy as when i saved up and bought my switch. definitely eyeing up one of those mini instant printers for journaling purposes… (edit: the photo paper is so expensive!! i’m now looking at second hand steam decks hehe)

little sorrows

• it’s my birthday next month. and the howls of 30 are almost deafening

• i haven’t held a ladybird in a while

• i haven’t been having a good reading year at all. not only am i not reading that much but nothing has captured me. my fable is rather empty.

• writing a lot but none of it fiction

• working retail with no a/c in the middle of a heatwave. need i say more.

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hello quiet readers, thank you for reading this month’s little joys and little sorrows. as always, please feel free to add your own little joys and sorrows in the comments as your form of reflection this month, i always love to read them :’)

i hope you all have a wonderful, nourishing sunday. i’ll see you next week in the sun room <3