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Week of 11/4: I'm a little behind on rating - so sorry y'all! Stuff has been coming in but I've been swamped with work and life stuff. No extra spoons for me. I'll catch up this weekend (probably Sunday)!

Cindy, 30-something, she/they. I'm slowly figuring things out, but the journey has been pretty fantastic so far ^_^ I'm just getting back to swapping after a long hiatus. It's been a wild half decade, and it feels good to be starting a new chapter of my life.

I live in Sacramento with my two cats, Orpheus and Lore (plus his mom, Mamacat, my bonus feral). I work for the state, focusing on training and development. I'm passionate about social justice and do what I can to be the change I want to see in the world. I try to fill my free time with learning, creativity, and mindfulness (though I still get too much screentime 😅).

I do struggle with mental health. I keep a close eye on it but sometimes it can sneak up on me. For Swap-bot purposes, this means that sometimes I can get a little behind on rating, but I will always circle back as soon as I can. I know that life happens, so I'm pretty flexible as a swap partner as long as you communicate.

A... Activist, Astrophysics/Aliens

B... Blackout Poems, Body Positive

C... Collage, Cat Lady

D... Dancing, Dinosaurs, Duolingo

E... Elephants

F... Feminist, Fossils (collection), Folk Art

G... Geocaching, Geek, Green (favorite color), Gnomes

H... Hamilton, History, Hiking

I... INFP

J... Jellyfish, Journaling

K... Kin (family is important)

L... Library

M... Mythology, Mental Health, Memes, Mushrooms, Memorykeeping

N... Nineties kid, Nature

O... October (favorite month)

P...Polish/American, Psychology, Photos

Q... Quirky, Queer 🏳️‍🌈

R... RPGs

S... Street Art, Space, Stardew Valley

T... Tea, Trinkets, Thrift shopping

U... USPS

V... Video Games, Vintage

W... Wanderlust, Washi Tape, Witchy

X... X-men

Y... Yay!

Z... Zines

... Scrapbook ephemera (stickers, washi, etc.) ... Nature related treasures and trinkets (pressed flowers, cool rocks) ... Magazines ... Nail Wraps/Stickers ... Tea (prefer black tea, not a fan of peppermint) ... Postcards

It would also be awesome to get special edition stamps (e.g., Dungeons and Dragons). I have space in my journal specifically for envelope ephemera.

I'm not anticipating this to be an issue on here, but I have a pretty bad nickel allergy.

I have a complicated relationship with Christianity.

Notebooks I Keep: - "bullet journal"/scrapbook combo - morning pages - book journal - gluebook/collage - art journal - grimoire - experimenting with a commonplace book

Outside of my notebooks, I'm very much a hobby of the week type person, and enjoy trying out new things.