a wizard approaches

I'm going to be getting new glasses! Technically, I have had new glasses with all my optician appointments, but the last three lots were reading glasses, so they don't count :q

But these ones are everyday ones, and I am very excite! According to my records, the last time I had new everyday glasses was 2016!! So we decided that yeah, maybe I was overdue a new pair. But also my eyesight has changed a little bit - my right eye, which is the worst one, has improved a little! The optician I saw said it's not by a lot, but because my eyesight is so bad anyway, it's more noticeable to me. (I am -10 in both eyes, whatever the heck that means). So it's probably better that I get new glasses.

Unfortunately, they will cost money, because the NHS help towards paying for stuff is minimal. I get £15 off the total price of the lenses, and that's it.

But new glasses, though! With seafoam green frames! Or some form of blue/green, anyway.

I also had the dentist the day before, and we will not talk about the shenanigans I had with the buses. Instead, we will mention that he was relatively pleased with the state of my mouth, which is a good thing. This doesn't always happen, so it's always good when it does.

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In other news, at the beginning of the month, I finally remembered to look up how to do graffiti style writing, found a tutorial on youtube, and actually followed it!

And then I've been doing lettering stuff ever since (but not specifically any graffiti style, because that's not my ultimate goal here).

I don't know if I've ever mentioned it on here before, but I really like lettering, I just have next to no confidence in my skills. I've done more of it in the past few years than in my entire lifetime, so it is a thing I'm working on but, like I said, I don't really feel confident in my skills, so I'd like to improve them.

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And, in news that is likely no surprise to anyone, I bought some Zebra mildliners. I got a set of three that has the blue-green, pink, and yellow pens. And...the pink and yellow are WAY harsher than I was expecting! My Stabilo pastel highlighters are milder than those two! The blue-green is okay, though, in comparison (and no, I'm not just saying that because I like that particular colour). I got them for cheaper than retail price (£4 for the set), so I'm not massively disappointed, and I will probably use them for arting anyway.