julicorn's journey

julicorn

Thank you @beanielou  

South_coast

Oh poor you, I've known a couple of people that that's happened to (both recovered) and it must feel so strange. Well done on the tarot, life's definitely too short to worry about what other people think - something I think we've all learned this year ❤

julicorn

South_coast said:

Oh poor you, I've known a couple of people that that's happened to (both recovered) and it must feel so strange. Well done on the tarot, life's definitely too short to worry about what other people think - something I think we've all learned this year ❤

Thank you South Coast! It's really nice to hear of all those people who have made a full recovery, or have come out the other end with only minor symptoms. It's a weird one, seems to not be all that uncommon, but hard to believe when it hits you that it's meant to just go away in a few weeks time. In the meantime, I've become an expert at taping my eye shut at night, so that's some progress at least (the first few attempts were a real struggle!). 
And thank you, luckily Mr julicorn is super supportive and sort of interested as well, so it's nice to have him to share some of that with  

Karmacat

Juli, you poor thing with the Bell's palsy Good to hear it gets well after only a few weeks, but thats quite long enough

Tarot!  It's so interesting - comes with a whole side helping of history to it, and modern versions.  You're certainly in the right city to learn it!  I can't believe anyone has problems with it, thats very odd.  Enjoy it!  A friend of mine was going to publish her own tarot cards, linking in with Egyptian symbols (she'd made a lifelong study of Egyptian esoterica, but only discovered tarot in her 50s).  It wasn't to be, for other reasons, but tarot and its readings are a great system.

julicorn

Thanks so much Karmacat! 
My own tarot deck would be really fun at some point, I have a range of tarot cross stitch patterns already that I'd like to turn into a deck at some point too (although much more work to be done on that too!). 
Today I'm spending some time trying to re-learn how to use my sewing machine because I got a quilting pattern a few weeks ago. It's a bit frustrating at the moment, but once I get it set up properly I think it will be good fun. Mr julicorn also ordered me some cocktail supplies and a fun witchcraft cocktail recipe book to cheer me up which looks absolutely fantastic, and we had a really nice cocktail last night with gin, ginger beer, ginger / cloves / saffron syrup, blackberries and rosemary. I could get used to this, haha! 

Karmacat

Sounds great!  I have one of my mother's sewing machines now, an Elna, but I can't bear to think about learning how to thread it - I haven't sewn with a machine since I was 12 years old,and I hated it Enjoy the patchwork

julicorn

Karmacat said:

Sounds great!  I have one of my mother's sewing machines now, an Elna, but I can't bear to think about learning how to thread it - I haven't sewn with a machine since I was 12 years old,and I hated it Enjoy the patchwork

Similar here! When I was a teenager I quite enjoyed pattern making, but my grandma would always do the actual sewing for me because I just couldn't stand it. 
Yesterday was good though, ok the first hour or so was an utter nightmare because I just couldn't get it set up properly, but after a bit of patience and consulting the manual for once, it went rather smoothly. I'll share my little quilt once it's finished, it's wonky because I don't have an iron or the patience to press properly, but I'm really enjoying it so far, haha!

Sistergold

Oh Julicorn sorry to hear you have not been feeling well. I wish you a speedy and full recovery!

julicorn

Thank you so much @Sistergold

I started work again yesterday, it was surprisingly draining to be perfectly honest. I'll be doing shorter days this week, and have Friday booked off too, so that is nice. It was good to see people other than Mr julicorn though, and my face seems to look surprisingly normal on Zoom calls, which makes things a lot easier. 

Karmacat

Good news on the quilt and on looking okay for the Zoom calls - I know what you mean about that.  I mean, yours is about an illness, but mine is just about looking like a ghost bit of eyeliner works wonders