STARBAGE

earlier this month, i went on a trip to Washington for a week to see my girlfriend. it was kind of a birthday gift for myself (even if i went the day After my birthday..). it was nice to not be at home, lol. 
i got to decorate my cake myself which was definitely a highlight. at home, i always feel anxious to do silly and whimsical things like this, no matter how small. having someone else on board for it made me really happy (i also don't like baking so thank you Cygnus for doing that for me and letting me just do the fun part LOL <3)

we really only had one major outing after that but it was pretty cool. We took the bus(something i am not used to!! public transportation!!!) down to Tacoma to see the Museum of Glass. Glasswork is really amazing, i remember wanting to get into it when i was younger but it never actually happened. This museum has an actual workshop for artisans in it, and it was quite toasty in there.... but Tacoma is fucking cold, so it was nice.

I took a lot of pictures and i'm not going to upload them all, LOL, but here is some of the stuff we saw
as you can see, there were obviously a lot of vases and stuff but also some other amazing things. There was actually even more glass bugs but i forgot to take pictures of them i guess, and my phone doesn't even really capture the detail that was present. Working with glass at that scale sounds difficult, it probably cools very quickly doesn't it..? i don't know much about it, lol. i also really loved the floral glasswork since it reminded me of some old stuff from relatives.

there was also a thing they had where professionals made glasswork based off children's submitted drawings which was sooooo cute. i love you cat sunday and hamburger cowboy.

afterwards we ate at the museum but i won't lie it was kind of just okay. it was very convenient that they had a cafe though. yay.

Afterwards we went to a cute little craft/junk shop called Tinkertopia. it was really neat. I'm not even sure how to describe the vibe besides it's just. so much stuff. so much. they had a lot of custom packaging with funny quips and stuff on it it was just really cute.

This place has scheduled crafting where you can basically rent a work area out for an hour and a half, which we originally came here to do, but we came way earlier than we thought we would and it made me very anxious and irritable for no reason. Looking back on it it was pretty silly, but like I said i am not used to the whimsy that real life can have. Thank you to my girlfriend for dealing with me being that way.

anyway i made a fucking wizard 

i did not get any better photos of him and i left him with my girlfriend so this is wha you're getting for now. sorry. i like him though. his hat is a CD.

....and, um, besides that day, we kind of stayed home a lot. It's cold over there and i am not used to it. i prefer the cold to the heat until i actually have to deal with it, then i become a kailsicle. We ate a lot of yummy food too. It was just great... I am sad that i had to leave, and that's part of why i didn't post about it until now aha... i hope i can go again soon! i love my girlfriend so much yay