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Haven't been able to draw anything I really like so far tonight but I did put down the bare bones idea for a future cartoon.

Going to keep trying to draw assorted things tonight...maybe try to get in another hour before bed. I just have to keep reminding myself that not being happy with my results is a reason to try harder to improve instead of giving up.

(This was inspired by seeing "patriots" bitch about others trying to persuade them to switch to ammo that doesn't have the potential to poison 10 fully grown bald eagles per round)

#bald eagle #cartoon #lead free #amateur artist

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Sorry I disappeared for awhile. Was coping with getting my divorce done, keeping up with bills, and tending to a friend's mother in her final months. (I had the honor of being the last person to dress her the night she passed)

I knew it was time to start trying to draw daily again, when my early Christmas gifts were supplies, a drafting table, and a new art lamp

I was having trouble all week with trying to practice my drawing. Kept trying to do "proper" techniques and proportions outside my current ability and getting frustrated.

To achieve level that I have to make sure to keep doing it consistently. To keep doing it consistently I need to enjoy it. For now I am just going to have to take a little kid's approach to drawing...maybe for a couple weeks to a month...and just fuck around with random colors, no reference shots, and the idea that all of it is fantastically fridge worthy.

After I get a few weeks of that approach I will start back up with proper exercises and attempts at accuracy

#doodles #cat #cute animals #keep trying

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Payday took awhile to come to me today, he kept hiding behind bushes and trash cans and peeping out. Started filming when he finally approached.

Gave him a mix of almonds and pecans. He decided to eat the pecans and bury the almonds.

#Payday the Squirrel #cute animals #squirrel #suburban wildlife

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I got to see my fuzzy boy today. I love this silly furball

#Payday the squirrel #cute animals #suburban wildlife #Squirrel

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They saw me photographing them so they came right up to me. I was so shocked I almost forgot to switch to video

#wildlife #oh deer #bambi doe #doe a deer

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Had a minor hiccup with my divorce.

Even though Douglas County will pay fees to serve the papers, El Paso County won't accept their system for doing it. Had to pay out of pocket and just hope that Douglas County will compensate me if I turn in a receipt.

Took all my cash on hand but fuck it, it's worth it if this is just over with soon. The divorce summons is on its way to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and hopefully they will get him served soon!

I have wanted this for over a decade. Glad it is finally coming together

#divorce #moving on #moving forward #making progress

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I had a ridiculously good day at work

I only had to do enough dispatch work to get my daily cab lease paid.

I did a couple of hour side job, doing inventory and date pulls from the vending machines at the state office building, that paid a couple hundred dollars. As a bonus I managed to collect a trunk full of snacks and drinks to donate for local direct aid!!!

Capped it all off with a client buying me a corned beef and cabbage dinner at a local restaurant.

#good day #share the good fortune #side quests #cabbie life #getting paid

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I just checked my fitness tracker and my heart points are more than double my daily goal and almost half what the American Heart Association recommends for a minimum weekly goal.

I knew I was booking it today when I hit the trail today but DAAAAAMN

The really crazy part is I managed this while wearing flip flops

#fitness after 50 #making progress #killing it #goalsetting #new achievement unlocked

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My little buddy, Payday the Squirrel, is being extra squirrelly today. I had to stop filming to get him out from under my car.😂

#Squirrel #Payday the Squirrel #cute animals #almonds #Suburban Wildlife

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My fee waiver for filing my divorce was approved. I can pick the summons up today!

I have an official case number and everything!!!

#divorce #domestic abuse survivor #moving on #life changing

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I am just thinking back to the time one of my Star Trek groups on Facebook just spent a week meming They Might Be Giants lyrics onto Star Trek images

These were my contributions to the fun

Okay...I reversed the meme on that last one😉

#star trek #they might be giants #meme #funny memes #nerd

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Taking a walk in a cemetery, for the first time in a couple years.

I am at Flower Hill for the first time and I found a lady with two monuments. Looks like one was put down when she was buried and the other placed by one of her children after they grew up. Only 23 when she passed

#cemetery #fitness after 50 #headstone

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Wish me luck y'all. I have my divorce workshop with the WCA paralegals in just a little over an hour. I am nervous but excited.

Been wanting to divorce this dude for over a decade. The last time I even laid eyes on him was 2010 before moving out of state to be out of his reach. He swore he would see me dead. Then after I moved he did everything to avoid the divorce. Now I have help getting it done.

This is the face of a woman about to be fully free

Update:

This is moving even faster than I hoped

I have another appointment with WCA in two weeks and in the meantime I am in front of the courthouse, about to go in and drop off this bad boy right here.

As a bonus WCA is hooking me up with a caseworker to help me sort out more than just the divorce!

#divorce #Domestic Abuse Survivor #Never Give Up #freedom

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I could be wrong, I would have to backtrack to be sure but I think this is the most heart points I have gotten in one day, since I started using Google Fit

#fitness after 50 #keep it up #goalsetting #google fit

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Home from Karaoke. I skipped the last couple weeks because I haven't had a day off in months and between that and finally moving on the divorce I have been exhausted. Should have gone anyway. Between the singing and the love from my bar friends this is the most refreshed I have felt in ages. Now for a soak in bath salts and off to bed.

You know I feel good because this is the closest I have done to a nakies shoot in years

Part of my good mood tonight is just from getting out but part of it is I finally have an appointment locked down with my paralegal to get the divorce going.

#bath salts #nakie #bar night #long overdue #divorce

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Glad I stocked up on nuts for my taxi. My buddy Payday the Squirrel came to see me when I was in his neighborhood

#squirrel #best boi #Payday the Squirrel #pecans

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Sorry for not being around for a few days. Aside from not having a day off work for a few months and trying to get my apartment in better shape, I also am working on a divorce from a husband I haven't laid eyes on in over a decade.

I also recently spoke to him for the first time in about a half decade. It was productive at first, but after a couple days he went off the deep end again and was saying I "tricked" him into contact with a magic spell from 2016? (WTF)

This is after I refused to help him move to the city I moved to, to be safe from him

I am incredibly burnt out ATM but have a plan to keep me on track with my job and fitness goals until I can get a few days off. I haven't kept up on the art because of the burnout but I have a plan to get back on that too...possibly even before I get the day off.

Just wish me luck on getting all this sorted

#divorce #burn out #dont give up