I thought this month was going to be a good one. It was not.

• Tarot of the month (full year, month by month, drawn Dec 2025): The Two of Cups. This card is the closest thing in the minor arcana as you can get to The Lovers. It represents a strong bond, be that romantic or platonic, and harmonic synchronization. Frankly, when I learned that Good Omens S3 would release in May, I immediately associated this card with Aziracrow. Because of course I did! Instead, this ended up being about holding tight to friendships for comfort when things go to shit. // This version of the Two of Cups comes from the Light Seer’s Tarot (no affiliate link).
• Song(s) of the month: Desperate Now (Stabbing Westward), Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper), heavens in ashes (eli.)

General Life Stuff
Life hasn’t been kind. Ghost and Gherkin got rejected from the Humane Society in their intake appointment for being too nervous. Every other shelter is full. The poor kitties – including Jojo – have intake appointments with Animal Care Services in June, which is unfortunately a kill-shelter. I’m devastated, and I can’t write about it anymore without breaking down. I’m glad I got three of my babies to good new homes, but for these three, I just have to hope that one of the shelters around town (the ones that tell me they pull from the euthanasia list rather than from the public) will save them.

The rest of the month – ignoring the whole Good Omens debacle that left the fandom grieving and fractured – was filled with getting in as many doctor’s appointments as possible before I lose health insurance. Dentist, Ob/gyn, an MRI (first time I’ve done one of those in a closed MRI rather than one of the open ones!), therapy, blood work, etc. And with packing, taking stuff to a storage shed, figuring out what needs to stay with me over the next few months vs getting shipped to Europe later, etc. Lots of bureaucracy too, and that’s never fun. I moved in with a friend this past weekend and will be with her for the next few months. I’m really grateful that she’s letting me stay with her during this time as I transition to the next stage of life!!

Goals
Again, little has passed here. I got more done on my Bang fic. I have an idea of what I want to write for the TIC Zine, though honestly, this may be too ambitious of a goal in my current circumstances. I did schedule two photoshoots for June! I also have a good idea of two of my cosplay choices, and I’ve begun watching some ProCreate tutorials via TikTok unexpectedly when they started showing up in my feed. No active learning, just watching random things. Hopefully in June I’ll be able to put some new skills to the test because I haven’t drawn anything in ages.

Writing
Mostly just the stuff I mentioned under my goals, though I did begin writing a short fix-it S3 fic that addressed the stupid Book of Plot Holes issue to make a choose-your-own S3 situation. I hope to finish that one quickly.

Favorite Photos

Exciting stuff
I’m not sure there was anything exciting this month. No! I take that back. My middle child wrote the family Discord group on the 28th to let us all know that she was getting married – that day – to her longtime girlfriend. It was their two-year anniversary. (And yes, this is always how my child shares her news – in last minute snippets. It’s nbd. I’m happy for her and glad she and her wife are happy!) But really, the big exciting thing that was meant to be this month did not end up being very exciting, and the next exciting bit will be coming in the next week or so as my divorce becomes official! So yeah. Boo for May in general.