PiB; Just Because – The EVERFLOW

Stepping out of my comfort zone while struggling with body insecurities felt terrifying, but after 30+ hours awake, six bus rides, and a full day of parenting, I still challenged myself to do something scary.

Even with zero sleep, I still did something my son loves — riding the bus.

We went into town to buy my Propud for smoothies, berries, and other essentials, but also to help E practice his social skills.

Two stores, heavy backpacks, and significantly poorer later…

We came home with a toy for E, candy, Pepsi Max (yup, of course), six protein shakes for my smoothies, frozen mangoes and raspberries, a bag of chips, ice cream, bananas, nicotine pouches, on-the-go yogurt, an energy drink, and a can of Pepsi Max.

Let me count…

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6.

Six bus rides in just two hours.

That’s honestly insane.

At the same time, I challenged myself by stepping way out of my comfort zone — which felt terrifying.

How?

I tied up my shirt so it became a cropped top, meaning I showed a bit of my stomach (see pictures), and I also went out wearing lace leggings.

I never show my stomach, so that alone was huge for me.

Funny enough, the leggings were actually too big for me, which is a pretty massive result of my ongoing weight loss journey — WOHO!

That gives me even more motivation to keep going and reach my goal.

At least E was happy, and I didn’t crash, so I’ll call that a win 🙌🏼

I can honestly say I’m pretty impressed that even after 30+ hours with zero sleep… I was still up and walking.

Time to Pull Up a Chair ·

A chaotic little pre-trip checklist before Bulgaria — mostly so I don’t forget anything. Packing lists, random purchases, and yes… rice.

Bulgaria trip is coming up way faster than I thought. Today the countdown shows 19 days.

In 20 days I will be in Bulgaria! That’s insane!
Wait… Emma, what? 19 & 20? I will be at the airport on July 12th BUT the flight doesn’t leave until 06.30am on July 13th.

Leave for airport – July 12
Flight to Bulgaria – July 13

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✔️ Plane tickets ✔️
✔️ Hotel booked ✔️
✔️ Airport transfers arranged ✔️
✔️ Train tickets ✔️

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Things I have bought;

Shoulder bag that fits the camera bag plus more ✔️
Travel locks ✔️
Sunglasses ✔️
New shoes ✔️
Cabin bag ✔️
Suitcase ✔️
Camera lens covers ✔️

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What I don’t need to buy/have already (mostly a reminder to myself)

Travel bottles (for night cream, hair oil etc) ✔️
Scrunchies ✔️
Brush ✔️
Headphones ✔️
Charger ✔️ (but I do need a new cable though)
Water bottle ✔️ (I tend to buy ALOT of those)

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What I can buy in Bulgaria:
This might sound weird but bear with me. I will explain below.

Toothpaste + Toothbrush
Shampoo & Shower stuff
Rice

I can probably buy more but for now, that’s what I have come up with now.

Now for the explanation… why I can buy those things in Bulgaria: it may not take much space but I would rather buy those things in Bulgaria than risk having an explosion in my suitcase. Rice? I will bring an extra sock so I can fill it with rice and make a little beanbag that works as a tripod for night photos etc instead of bringing my tripod with me, which I did when I went to Italy — so… let’s just say I won’t be doing that again.

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Wow I didn’t expect the post to be this long with just; what I have, need, and don’t.