Therapy, vacation and YouTube Rewind (Patreon)

So I put on my most responsible grownup pants and found a therapist. She's great. She's smart and kind and jokes with me when I need it. Here's one of the conversations I had with her recently:

THERAPIST: When was the last time you went on vacation?

ME: Well I technically took two weeks off this summer

THERAPIST: It's a little bit outside of my scope to give opinions, but I think having brain surgery doesn't count as vacation

ME: 😐

So on Saturday I'm going to a yoga and meditation camp in Mexico for two weeks. I'm not sure if excited is the right word for it, but I definitely look forward to properly turning off my phone and letting myself get bored. Read a book. Drink some tea. And try my absolute fucking best to not feel guilty about taking time off of work.

IN OTHER NEWS

I'M ALLERGIC TO THINGS

I took and allergy test and found out that I'M ALLERGIC TO DUST MITES! This is very exciting because I thought I was allergic to cats and dogs, but I'm not. Watch out random pets on the streets, I'm here to pet you all.

My arm during the allergy dot test

CLIMBER COUSIN VISIT

My cousin Matilda came to visit from Sweden! She's a professional climber and just came from Kentucky where she had climbed one of the hardest routes in the US. I started climbing a few months back, and it's been a really great way to get back into training after my surgery. We went to a place called Mickey's Beach with her photographer friend Francois LeBeau and it was as fun as it was freezing.

Don't mind my yellow beanie. Actually, do mind it.

Matilda climbing Mickey's Beach Arete 

Cousins! Our dads are brothers.

My first outdoor climb! 5.10A so nothing to write home about.

YOUTUBE REWIND

I'm in this year's YouTube Rewind! There's a lot to be said about that, but mostly I'm surprised that nobody has commented on my t-shirt yet. 

It's a slice from one of my brain scans right after surgery. That big void on the left is the hole that Brian left after he got evicted. I think it's funny, but it might be too bizarre to release as merchandise.

Thanks to all of you who came for the shoot. Was really fun to spend an evening getting to know you.

Have another video coming up December 13th, but it'll probably be one of my team members that uploads that. I'll check in with you as soon as I get back! And please tell me to lovingly GTFO if you see me lurking on social media during my vacation time. 

XOXO

Simone