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› Hello October! Life Lately, Halloween, School, Mental Health & Everything In Between | The EVERFLOW
So much has happened lately, my head can’t stop spinning. Building furniture, studying, shopping for the home, my mental health declining, celebrating 20 years as best friends and 2 years as cousins. Social training and so much more.
Hi, hello my pumpkins! It’s October and that means that it’s Halloween. Yes, Halloween started for me already in October last year — mentally — but in things etc. Oh well!
How are you all? I hope you all are doing amazing! How has your fall been so far? Or maybe you have another season? I know in some countries it’s summer now etc. Yeah, I can’t really have my brain work through that process at the moment. I know about Earth, rotations etc., but too much for me right now.
So, any plans for the upcoming week? I’m having meetings and celebrating my best friend / cousin who turns 37 tomorrow! 🥳 Woop.
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I have so many pictures to show you all, but I thought I would make a collage later with some photos. I am currently in bed right now, struggling to stay awake 🥲 so I will fix it in the upcoming days — I’ve got a few things left to send my teacher > assignments < before I get new ones PLUS a big exam on Tuesday. Do not look forward to that, but the show must go on.
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› Shopping, Storage & DIY Chaos | Building Shelves My Way | The EVERFLOW
Shopping.. shopping and more shopping!
Remember when I wrote this [Chaos is an understatement in my head.] post? My fingers and hands is still hurting but here we are.
I did alot of damage on my bank card but it’s worth it. In ny apartment there are not so much storage spaces so these shelves will be amazing! Now I just need to continue do more damage on the card to buy containers etc to organize everything – E’s drawings, his toys in the living room etc.
I have not been able to build them all together due to the pain and no right tools so I have 1,5 shelf left to build. I managed to fix the biggest one though. Oh that one made me so mad! I tried to follow the instructions but it turned out they had marked pieces wrong so while having a friend on the phone I was swearing, arguing with myself etc i all off the sudden i said out loud “Fk this! I’M GONNA DO IT MY WAY!” so my friend laughed out loud and joked “YEAH! SHOW THE SHELF WHO’S THE BOSS!” So I did.
I managed to fix it my way and it looks correctly as the box etc so im good and happy.
The second shelf was easier to build but due to the pain i gave up after building half of it so I have 1,5 done and 1,5 that need to be built. Haha!
I will also do more damage later and buy more to put in E’s room instead of having floating shelves. More space, more storage for him and all his toys. I can’t wait to finally get everything at its place again. Chaos deluxe but no more toy boxes etc.
One of those red ones snapped and smacked my finger
So I am excited! My autumn/fall and winter project. I only need to paint them later. They do not look good but that will be a later project.
What’s going on with you guys?/ I had to make a new instagram due to the past but this time it’s locked.
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› The big adventure with an autistic boy
I wrote in my last post that I was gonna write a new post about the adventure I had with my son to another city and here we go, with pictures and all.
The morning was ok but my son was nagging about going on bus which we usually do on weekends just to social train him and to do something with him instead of just being home.
But all off the sudden my brain went in adventure mode so I started to look up train times, bus times etc. We had 10 minutes to get ready and fortunately we had done everything as normal in the morning so we stressed to get dressed etc.
We got to the station with two minutes before the train would go. Lucky us!
It was the first time for me to ever leave the town we live in, alone with my son so I was nervous but also excited. A new adventure for us!
Bus, train, shopping, train, bus
Looking out the windows to see the whole adventure in train.
I went crazy taking pictures of my son. Yes he was the model and now black and white photos will be posted.
After two hours ish on the train we got off and our big new city adventure started.
It was a bit walk and crossroads we had to pass to get to the shopping area and he actually walked really well. No fuss or anything. Even waited when we had to stop (me empty my shoe several times of mini stones).
Just because he was so good. Behaved super well, he got a reward. A book but also “new” toys (he already have them at home but wanted more so he got it)
Shopping; new book and new toys for him and beauty products, soap bubbles stuff and a new mug for me – no fuss for candy or sodas.
Lunchtime: burger and fries. I didn’t eat due to my stomach. (Took photos but no point of showing)
The rest of the pictures I took during our adventure – black and white but also mixed with some colors.
The cathedral
Picture on the train on our way home
Color photos during the day
My little gentleman held the stuff for me the entire day. I didn’t ask or force him; he just wanted to do it.
That’s pretty much our adventure. I will let the photos speak more than me writing.
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› Shopping with a person with ADHD is .. interesting.
Sent two assignments in. Went shopping. Studied more. Made dinner. E is sleeping, and I am in bed.
Hello my beautiful sunflowers 🌻 Today have been a kinda hard day for me.
I have studied pretty much all day today. Sent two assignments in plus two that was not an assignment yet. How? From the books. The teacher writes the questions that are in the books as assignments, so I did that. “Wow, it goes fast,” was a comment from my teacher. Funny! So I explained to her why I do so much now. In case my son gets the flu/gets sick, I won’t fall behind so much. Which is true, though.
I wrote yesterday about the microwave and how it flashed, so it died. It broke my routine for the night, but luckily for me! WE WENT SHOPPING! Woho! We bought a new microwave today so my nightly popcorn can happen again! Happy Emma!
Why nightly popcorn? I don’t know, honestly. It started this winter that I ate popcorn every night and now can’t stop. Lol! So last night was a bit hard for me 😅 but today I got my popcorn! 🍿 🍿
While buying the microwave, I decided to buy a new pencil case. Yes, I bought one. Even though I have one but I cant find it now. I have a gut feeling at I have accidentally thrown it away. Not sure though but oh well. I need a pencil case for the studies so, I bought one. $9 😮💨 So expensive! My other pencil case is bought for $3. That’s triple the amount. Insane!
I also “ran” around in the store, looking for stuff and on stuff. I was all over. Even I would have complained if I saw how I was walking around, etc. Lol! No, no one complained but I got a lot of looks, lol.
Afterwards we went to another store where I bought two new frying pans, a bottle of shower cream, and 😏 an 8-pack of Pepsi Max. Hehe. The addiction is real, people. Horrible, but it’s there. I have found a way, though, to minimize my drinking during the days (no, I’m not talking about alcohol. Only Pepsi Max), and that is I don’t drink out of glasses where I can see how much I have in it. I use my water bottle metallic thermos and drink out of. Works so well! Since I did that, I have not been drinking as I used to! So lets continue and see if I hopefully can minimize it 60% (or more).
So now my bag is packed with laptop, books, papers, pencil case, extra books that I’m selling tomorrow and tomorrow morning I will pack down chargers for my phone, laptop and headphones.
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Today’s dinner is simple yet so yummy. Even E said repeatedly, “Yum!” “So good!” “Good!” “Yummy.” That made me so happy! He is very selective when it comes to food but thanks to the fact that we have been challenging him a lot when it comes to food, he can eat almost anything. Except soup,which I understand him.
Maybe it doesn’t look so yummy in the picture, but it was delicious for the tummy. Minced meat with red onions & cooking cream. Gluten free pasta for me (I’m gonna try gluten free to see if I’m allergic to gluten) and some vegetables 🥰
Yes, it looks A LOT on the plate but I could only eat at most half. 🥴 Too much, but honestly, it’s not a lot on the plate. Oh well.
So im off to bed now. The alarm goes off in five hours 🥴 and honestly, I’m hungry!
Thursday schedule in school;
9am – 12am Food and health
12am/pm to 1pm Lunch
1pm – 4pm Health pedagogy (is that even the correct word? According to Google translate it is)
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Goodnight my sunflowers 🌻
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› Confession of a shopaholic
I have always been a shopaholic. I was way worse before than iam now but since I started with photography again I feel drawn to buy more and more stuff. It has become a problem for me so now I have removed all my paycards, credit cards etc from the wallet on the phone. Read below.
What I’ve just ordered to expand my photograph equipment
to tripod;
● Tripod expander – Cloudteng 369 Camera Top Down Pole
● Tripod head 360° ball x2
● New Backpack because the last order got cancelled
● Double shoe holder for lights on camera x2
● 5 mini lamps
● two wrist holders to camera (the first one broke)
● SD cards holder (for 40 cards)
● 2 new batteries for my camera (gonna need it during winter due to the cold killing the batteries fast)What i got from my last orders so far;
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●Closeup +10 (62mm)✅️● Closeup +10 (55mm)✅️● Closeup +10 (52mm)✅️
● HD closeup filter +4 (52mm)
● HD closeup filter +8 (52mm)
● HD closeup filter +1248 (52mm)
● Starlight 8x (52mm)
● HD Neutral HD CPL Polarisaror (52mm)
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●Tripod 157cm with video head✅️
● 2 Smaller tripods
●Camera holder for wrist✅️
● An other wristholder to Camera (different style)
● Backpack for the equipment (got cancelled)
●Lens covers (62mm)✅️● Lens cover (58mm)✅️
● Tiny umbrella (incase of bad weather to protect camera)
How long have I had the addiction for shopping? Well to be honest, my entire life. I buy stuff and get tired of them and throws them away. So I doesn’t become an hoarder.
But I was horrible and way worse before when I was a massive addicted. I just grabbed everything I wanted and bought. I have gotten better due to massive hard work on myself. Now i get stuff into my cart, think it through and ask myself if I really need it. Most of the time it’s no so I put things back to it’s place. Unfortunately I noticed when it has come to photography and camera equipment I have become worse so now I must restart my brain and work hard again.
But Emma, why do you buy so much to your camera? I have two old cameras Canon 450D (my first DSLR camera) and one Canon 1100D . Due to them being old they doesn’t give me the sharpness I wish for or focus. So buying filters, tripods etc is something I hope would help me instead of needing to spend $$$$$ on a new camera.
I have googled around and watched youtubes on tips and tricks on how to get the pictures more sharp and it’s all about shutterspeed, aperture etc but honestly they also say “instead of buying a new camera because your camera are fine. Invest in equipments and lenses ” but due to the prices off lenses in Sweden, I will try equipment things first. Hopefully I will be able to buy lenses that will help me but the lens world is crazu big and I do not know which ones to pick.
I’m also trying to find my niche i photography, trying different kinds styles. I know for sure that portraits ain’t for me.
so yeah, a little backstory of my confession. I might continue with this and make it a series. I have a lot of confessions and it actually felt good to write this even though it was a mix of confession and photography.