Still Here

Another one of those blog post titles that I'm pretty sure that I've used before but am too tired/ lazy to check. It's the day after the winter solstice during which many people claimed that the Mayans marked as the end of days. Alright...

I suppose all of those that bunkered down felt the same way that we Floridans feel when the tropical storm doesn't turn into a hurricane that eats our faces: better safe than sorry- at least we're ready for when it does come.

Had an emotionally intense night last night and I will have a better attitude- outwardly and inwardly.

It's just a matter of getting there/ figuring out how.

The cough has been dry and intense. Insert some half-serious lame joke about getting abs from all of this. Finished up the peanut butter fudge, chocolate-dipped pretzels, and spiced walnuts. One of the brothers is coming into town today. Eventually.

Whoops. it's a bit later after I got distracted by catching up on all of the Christmas vlogging (Vlogmas) that I've fallen terribly behind on (I have more than 70 videos in my queue to watch later) and it turns out that there's been a few miscommunications, but he's here and staying at this house. Time to wash some sheets and dig for some pillows or something. Oh the holiday cheer. :P

Oh! I also got another package from my folks today. It took two days longer than it typically does, which isn't bad considering how close to Christmas it is. They wanted to get some of the folks here some extra presents but with what's been going on, it's been super tough between all the hospital and specialists visits. I'm pretty impressed that it came together at all and grateful for how consistent and reliable my family can be about the holidays.

It was like a mini-Christmas for me to open it and figure out what to do with everything. There were a few post-it note labels and my mom threw in extra gift packaging and cards for me to do with what I will (just in case). A tad overwhelming, lol.

That spurned me into starting and finishing my gift-wrapping, so that's all done and hidden away. Not because I'm afraid of peeking or whatnot, but because FMIL opted not to put up the tree with the terror of a kitten around this year and I know that he'd tear into the gifts just because they exist. Sigh. So, I guess I'll just bring them out Christmas afternoon.

Meh, enough of the ranting. I just want to go lay down. Here's a playlist from Andrew Huang aka Songstowearpantsto on YouTube. He remixed "The Final Countdown" each day leading up to the apocalypse yesterday. I love his creativity!

Let's Get Weird

The last few nights have been full of good conversations.

Been super hot during the day, kids weren't even allowed to go out on the playground in the afternoon. Rough day for me and after raging to whomever would listen for a solid two hours- the all-nighter I accidentally pulled hit me.

And now I'm as close as I am going to get to being punch-drunk since I don't drink. In the past fifteen minutes I have been sitting at my laptop, wearing my headset, listen to YT videos, and realized I said "WHEEEE!" and even started yowling like a whiny cat. For no apparent reason. I think that's a littler weird even more because there was no context and it was only 6:30pm. >_>

Needless today, armed with this internet machine- I've re-stumbled very close to "the weird part of YouTube". That dark side where you can never "un-see" what you somehow managed to find while watching something completely harmless and very much unrelated. It seriously gets weird, bro.

I'm still in the really weird but not traumatic part. However, some of the follow videos I  am going to share may eat their way into your soul and/or brain. You have been vaguely warned. Also, they are all by Andrew Huang of SongsToWearPantsTo. I posted one of his collabs before. He's really creative with mashing up super different genres of music in unexpectedly good ways. It's truly amazing the work he's done in the last several years.

Yay!

Rundown

Today has been a bit of a slow day for me mentally and physically so here's a playlist of songs I'm lovin' at the moment:

Jason Chen's cover of "Love on Top" by Beyonce.

Loving the key changes.

Landon Austin's cover of "Part of Me" by Katy Perry.

Not only is his style great, but his unique voice just takes songs to another level.

Alex Goot & Wellington's cover of "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction.

Not crazy about the original, but I'm pretty sure there's always at least one Goot cover in every seasonal playlist I make because I love his style and voice.

Hannah Harto & Songs To Wear Pants To's "Show Me Where Your Noms At".

 Hannah of My Drunk Kitchen fame. She's my culinary spirit animal. It's pretty self-explanatory why I love this.

The Piano Guys' cover of "So Happy Together" by the Turtles.

I love their talent, creativity, energy, and love for music/ life.

Paradise Fears, Megan & Liz's cover of "Thousand Years" by Christina Perri.

You know that I love this song and there is just something so heartfelt and soft about this cover.

Demi Lovato's "Give Your Heart A Break".

I have loved and admired her for ages and this song has not only been different, but so very energetic. It's  been on repeat for the past few days.

Have fun!