u/AndThatsOnYourPeriod

Please be nice. To preface, I have actual entomophobia, which makes my plant hobby really hard. I’ve actually been to therapy about my bug aversion lol, I’m not scared of them but seeing them and being too near them makes me literally throw up. I cannot help it.

I made this terrarium today out of things I already had because I was gifted this fern and fittonia for Mother’s Day. I’ve had these plants and I don’t particularly care for them. I’m familiar enough with them to know I won’t water them enough, or be able to provide the humidity they need outside of a closed environment. Hence the emergency terrarium.

The potting medium is mostly peat/shagnum, plus some bark and a dash of clay/pumice. I took a scoop from the center of a rotting tree stump in my yard as well (and made sure to pick out the slugs). I collected about 20 isopods from my yard too.

After a few hours to settle, under the flashlight I see springtails (I think), isopods… and these monstrosities.

I can mentally handle the springtails and roly-polies, but the centi/millipedes are really freaking me out and I can’t sleep with them in my house unless I know they’re A: not going to escape the sealed jar and crawl into my ears, and B:provide something beneficial to the terrarium.

My false indigo bloomed last week and I’ve had a visit from this lovely lady every day since.

(Also is there even a chance this is the same bee I see every day or is it probably different bees?)

Unfortunately I have no pics of my hair from mid 2023-24 because I was pregnant/postpartum and wouldn’t let anyone photograph me lol.

I started bleaching/coloring my hair around 2008 and did not give it a break for 15 years; I’ve gone from platinum blonde to vivids more than once (home bleaching of course lmfao). I genuinely didn’t know what my real adult hair color was until very recently. I always kept my hair shoulder length or above because it was so brittle and I had so much breakage that it looked like shit if got any longer. I thought I had really thin hair tbh.

In an effort to save money and time I decided to stop coloring my hair for good in October 2023. I had my stylist bring me as close to my natural color as possible and then didn’t touch the color again (the color didn’t hold for long and I was left with a very straw blonde for mooooonnnths).

I have been chopping 2-4 inches off every 4-6 months so growth has been slow, but I’ve finally got all of the bleached hair out I think.

As for care/maintenance, I use Garnier Pure Clean shampoo and Pantene moisturizing conditioner, then argan oil on damp hair, twice a week. I try to very how it is styled (I wear it down a lot, but I switch between braids, buns and claw clips). It only rarely gets heat styled, maybe once a month and I use very low heat settings. I sleep with silk-satin pillowcase with my hair in a single braid (I tried bonnets but couldn’t sleep with something on my head).

Today’s photo was just a blow dry on medium heat with Garnier Diamond Sleek spray; the 2025 pic I believe was air-dried and brushed. My natural texture is fairly wavy (last pic).

I’m not sure if it is as red as it appears in these photos or if that’s just from the paint change in the bathroom. It is so soft and silky now and I actually like a lot of hair. I used to joke I only had four hairs on my head but it’s pretty thick when I’m not destroying with heat and chemicals.

I used to get a piercing every year on my birthday, but I’m about five years behind and I’ve been wanting to update my set up. I was thinking a second tragus on the left could be cool, and the right definitely needs something else. I’ll be putting a hoop in once they’re healed, I don’t like wearing posts.