@CathyTea , @RipuAncestor , @Twiggy , @AdamsEve1231
Thank you so much for your kind words. Today was a high pain day but I had to push through my full eight hour work day before I could come home to my dark mancave (oh how right you are about that CT; I have all the windows of my apartment covered in heavy blinds or black garbage bags to keep out the sun! I bet the other tenants think a vampire is living in here!) and it is a solace to know there are folks that understand (returns hugs to my fellow migraineurs, even if they are sporadic rather than chronic; no migraine is a good migraine!)
I find it interesting that so many people have mentioned spending time in nature as a means to unwind. I usually stay indoors when I have the choice because of the bright sunlight (chronic migraine = chronic photophobia), but it made me realize a hobby I used to be very into that I've kinda gotten out of in the last several years... which was astronomy! I really should start going out after dark and laying down with my fuzzy blanket and just watching the sky again. I remember how peaceful that was.
And I am exactly on the same page with you about finding water soothing, @AdamsEve1231 ! The area I live in is a desert (dry summers, snowy winters, right along the Snake River Canyon in southern Idaho) so we don't get a lot of rain, but I adore the sound of it. I often will play the website
RainyMood in a tab on my browser while I write or color, because I find the sound of the rainstorm so relaxing! Especially paired with a nice cuppa.
And I think I found the perfect new
coloring book for my interests. ^_^;; I bet @ra3rei would like it too!
