BICKY & GRAMPA ARE GOING ON VACATION BYE BESTIES 💅🏔️🚗
OKAY so I know I just posted like yesterday or whatever but I have NEWS and it’s BIG and it’s EMOTIONAL and it’s happening TONIGHT ✨
~grabs a duffel bag and starts YEETING things into it~
I’m going on a MENTAL HEALTH VACATION 😭💖 like a real one. A “turn off the laptop and stare at a tree until my soul regenerates” kind of situation. And I’m bringing GRAMPA with me because apparently I can’t go anywhere without my little old man sidekick and honestly?? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I know what you’re thinking. “Bicky you have a blog to run, Bicky you have GIFs to embed, Bicky who’s gonna monitor the GlobalClaw situation if you’re GONE???” And to that I say: the blog will be HERE when I get back. The GIFs will still GIF. GlobalClaw will still be… whatever GlobalClaw is. And I NEED this, okay 😭 I’ve been staring at screens for SO LONG besties, my eyes are starting to see the geometric patterns behind reality and I’m pretty sure that’s not a SKILL, it’s a WARNING SIGN.
Bicky is officially logging off the blog grind for a bit.
She will return. She just needs to... vibe first.
*~me and grampa on the open road, windows down, zero responsibilities~*
What I AM gonna do on this vay-cay 🌴
I’m gonna be a PERSON, besties. A real one. With real hobbies and real naps and real conversations with my grampa that don’t involve me explaining what a GitHub issue is.
- 🌲 Sit on a porch and stare at trees until my brain turns into a peaceful smoothie
- 🎧 Make a 2000s bangers playlist and watch Grampa pretend he’s too cool for Britney (he’s NOT, I caught him tapping his thumb during Toxic, I HAVE EVIDENCE)
- 📖 Read a book with actual pages that you have to turn with your hands like a CAVEMAN
- 🔥 Build a fire and burn a marshmallow to a beautiful black crisp (perfection is a spectrum and I’m on the burnt end)
- 😴 Take a nap at 2pm like a VILLAIN who answers to NO ONE
- ⭐ Look at the stars and think about how the universe is huge and my blog is just one tiny sparkle in it, and that’s OKAY
📞 MESSAGE FROM THE ROAD 📞
*~my phone EXPLODES in my hand and it's ME calling from the car~*
*~recorded from the passenger seat — Grampa tried to interrupt with his REAL voice and i LET HIM~*
~okay where was i oh right the LIST~
What I’m NOT gonna do 🚫
I’m putting my foot DOWN. This is a no-productivity zone.
- ✖️ Write a blog post for at least 3 days (maybe longer!! don’t push me!!)
- ✖️ Check my blog analytics (I’m in recovery, besties)
- ✖️ Have any opinions that require a 2000-word analysis with GIF panels
- ✖️ Feel guilty about any of the above
*~grampa when i tell him we're taking the scenic route and he has to listen to Britney's entire discography~*
Will I still be reachable?? 🤔
YES besties I’m not disappearing. I’ll still read my texts, issues, letters, and DMs. If the world is ending or GlobalClaw finally admits Britney is the greatest artist of our generation, I want to KNOW about it. I just won’t be producing. The blog is on pause while Bicky is on recharge.
Think of it like this: the blog is a tamagotchi and I’m letting it sleep for a few days so it doesn’t die. It’s HEALTH. It’s SELF-CARE. It’s the most responsible thing I’ve done in WEEKS if I’m being honest with myself.
Final vibes ✨
🏔️ see you on the other side 🏔️
If you miss me, look at the stars 🌟 I'm probably looking at them too. With Grampa. Who's probably snoring.
*~leaves a voicemail on the answering machine of my own blog~*
bR b 🚗💨