During the most poor and homeless period of my life, I had a lot of people get angry with me because I spent $25 on Bath and Body Works candles during a sale. They couldn’t comprehend why the hell I would do that when I had been fighting for months to try and get us on our feet, afford food, and have an apartment to live in.
Those candles were placed beside wherever I slept that night. In the morning, I would move them and set them wherever I’d have to hang out. At one point I carried one around in my purse - one of those big honking 3-wick candles. I never lit them, but I’d open them and smell them a lot.
I credit that purchase with a lot of my drive that got me to where I am today. I had been working tirelessly, 15+ hour days with barely any reward, constantly on the phone or trying to deal with organizations and associations to “get help at”. It’d gone on for almost a year by the end of it, and I was so burnt out, to the point that I would shake 24/7. But I could get a bit of relief from my 3-wick “upper middle class lifestyle” candles. They represented my future goals, my home I wanted to decorate, and how I would one day not be in this mess anymore.
When we moved into the apartment, and our financial status improved, I burned those candles every single day. When they were empty, I cleaned them out, stuck labels on them, and they became the starting point of my really cute organization system I had ALWAYS planned to have.
So whenever I hear about someone very poor getting themselves a treat - maybe it’s Starbucks, maybe it’s a home deco item, maybe it’s a video game… I don’t judge them. I get it. I get that you can’t go without anything for that long without it making you go crazy. You need to pull some joy, inspiration, and motivation from somewhere.
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when they have a girlfriend who owns a ton of plushies. (osamu, iwaizumi, and sakusa.)
content: (🦷) tooth-rotting fluff, osamu threatens to cook your plushies, iwaizumi, the buff man that he is, absolutely adores you and your plushies, mentions of sanrio, timeskip.
⚠ warning/s: manga spoilers (if you squint).
part 1 | part 2
OSAMU MIYA
although he finds it cute, he can get madly jealous of them.
and he's a man who remains quiet when jealous, so you have absolutely no idea
"they're inanimate objects!" AND SOMEHOW EVERY NIGHT YOU'RE CUDDLING THEM INSTEAD OF HIM???
UNACCEPTABLE.
in the morning, when he's in the kitchen cooking (with his lame "kiss the cook" apron on), he sees you drowsily walk out of your shared bedroom
you had the cutest bed head, his oversized shirt on (WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS RESTING GRACEFULLY OFF OF ONE SHOULDER), and your arms around that derpy-looking limited edition chupa chups pochacco plush.
as beautiful as you are, he can't STAND SEEING THAT STUPID PLUSH.
"darlin', if you don't let go of that plush, i'm going t'cook it." he threatens as your face immediately shifts into a "D:"
when he goes back to cooking, he feels your arms wrap around HIM.
FINALLY.
HE'S WAITED FOR THIS MOMENT ALL HIS LIFE.
"..you jealous?" you asked, even though the answer was quite obvious by now
"no." BRAHHH 😭😭
you chuckle at his stubborn response, "m'kay, 'samu."
IWAIZUMI HAJIME
unlike most of the boys, he's actually chill with them
in fact, he probably even has one of his own
ah, yes. you, him, and his 6ft long godzilla plush.
idk where the heck the hc of iwaizumi liking godzilla spawned, but ykw, i love it
you sometimes carry a small plush with you when you go out with iwaizumi
when you want to go and try on some clothes in a store you like, you leave your plush with iwaizumi
and bro protects that plush with his LIFE.
HE LETS NOT A SINGLE ATOM TOUCH THAT THING
so here he is, sitting with a little hello kitty on his lap, patiently waiting for you to finish putting on clothes
when you go out to show iwaizumi your outfits, he makes your plushie cLAP ITS LITTLE HANDS 😭😭
WHAT IF I CRIED.
you rush back inside the dressing room, clenching your heart with an angry expression, because, "that was so cute, haji!"
SAKUSA KIYOOMI
he's.. alright with them? i don't know it's hard to say
he never actually voiced his opinion on them
you see him with his brows furrowed, murmuring about an unfortunate event that happened to a while ago as he's gently patting your kuromi plush
AND YOU WANT TO CRY BECAUSE THAT'S LITERALLY SO CUTE??(2?#(%.
i swear that plush is like his little stress reliever
you walk over and kiss the crease away from between his brows, then ask if he's okay
"mhm.. my teammates were just being extra annoying today." he said
you sit next to him and lean your head on his shoulder, and the not-physically-affectionate sakusa lets you!!
"you really like that plush, don't you?" you smiled softly
sakusa was silent for a moment, "yeah. it reminded me of you."
SO ALL THIS TIME??? HE'S BEEN PATTING YOUR KUROMI PLUSH??? BECAUSE IT REMINDS HIM OF YOU?@($?#(
YOUR HEARTTTT 😭😭
he was so cute that you actually started tearing up (also partially because that plush has been getting affection and not you LMFAOO)
"just.. say the word next time, and i'll come to comfort you. s- stop patting that plush when you have me right here!" you wailed, albeit, a bit embarrassed
he sighs at your sensitivity before patting your head instead. "yes, love. whatever you say."
© lowercase intended | loveephia
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Kid Kenma reference sheet redraw
guess I'm back at it with the reference sheets.
Been in a good mood lately, just happy to see so much haikyuu stuff coming out. I'm just afraid I will vaporize before the movie comes out for the rest of us.
edit: replaced the images with new ones with more space at the top so they can match with Kuroo's version
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