Weeknotes 08-31-2026

Another hot week gone by!

Last Thursday there was a lunar eclipse with like 96% coverage. On thursdays my friends and I have a standing girl dinner pot luck that we do each week, so last weeks girl supper we also made little intention potions in honor of the eclipse. Emilie brought over all kinds of stuff to put in like rosemary, moss, leaves from the sequoia forest, etc etc witchy stuff. Lots of fun. I put a lot of ingredients that represent peace and calmness because this summer has been Overwhelming.

On Sunday, we drove up to Manhattan Beach to watch our friend complete the Catalina Classic paddle board race. He paddled ~31 miles from Catalina to Manhattan Beach!!! Insane feat! It was so exciting to be there when he finished!!

Otherwise pretty boring week, lots of work 😭

In other news, I’ve been slowly backfilling my Ex.Mag collection. Ex.Mag started back when I was making no money, so I never backed the kickstarters for the first few volumes. Now that I do have some money to spend, I’ve been buying the old ones whenever they go on sale (in addition to backing the new ones that come out). Today in the mail I got vol 01 and vol 03!! Very excited to read them!!

One upside to work being so busy is that I haven’t really had the motivation to read novels, so it’s been so fun to return to reading comics again!

One other cute thing from this week- I adopt a whale named Mars currently who hasn’t been spotted for the last couple years that I’ve had her adopted. I get a monthly email on the whereabouts of my adopted whales and their families, and last week I got an email that Mars and her calf were spotted in New York :’)

How adorable is that?!