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This is my first time doing summerstock. Its at a great company, the pay is fine, the housing is okay, I love my roommates and have made many friends. And yet I am still miserable. Its very far from home, where my family and partner and pets are, in a climate i dont thrive in, with no AC or time for escape. I am debiltatingly homesick, hyper sensitive from Long distance relationship and now im having issues at work. Is this just not for me? Its been over a month and everyone tells me ill get used to it but the more time that goes on the worse I feel. Every time I start to get better something else bad happens. I never thought that i would feel this way or have such a hard time, it has me questioning if I should be in this field at all. Please be honest.

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Im looking for a contemporary/fineline artist in Santa Fe, New Mexico? I only have one custom tattoo so I don't really have the hang of being intuitive about what artist I think could do my design. I want to comission them for a design that will have to do with the opera I work on, maybe something to do with stars on my arm, and I want to throwin the birthmark tattoo from Barbie Princess and the Pauper on the back of my shoulder. Recommendations?

Im looking for a contemporary/fineline artist in Santa Fe, New Mexico? I only have one custom tattoo so I don't really have the hang of being intuitive about what artist I think could do my design. I want to have them make a design to do with the opera im working on, maybe something to do with stars on my arm, and I want to throwin the birthmark tattoo from Barbie Princess and the Pauper on the back of my shoulder. Recommendations?

My partner loves Mrs. Field's and Meijer cookie cakes, but neither of them deliver custom orders. I am 1000 miles away but want to get him a cookie cake for our anniversary but have no way to get it to him, the only thing I've read about is Uber Courier, which seems to have bad reviews and I cant even find it on the app. Has anyone else done this? If so, then how?

My boyfriend is in a much better finacial place than me. It effects nothing about our relationship except for gift giving, which I already have a lot of anxiety about. When he sees something he wants he will usually just buy it unless he's already spent a lot of money that week, unless its something big like a watch or a motorcycle or something, which are the only things I can remember him vocalizing that he wanted. He likes video games but is not super into merch, he loves The Weeknd and Jane Remover. He reads, cooks, loves movies, and writes but ive never really delved into that with him, cologne, and coding. He has a lot of records, and buys his own clothes so i dont want to involve myself in that.

Things ive given him-

The oddessey trilogy (liked but already had one of them)

Dolce and Gabbana cologne (said and seemed like he liked but hasn't really worn it

Homemade Christmas stocking (he is muslim but super enthusiastic about christmas so I made him one and to put other gifts in, liked.)

Diary free hot chocolate mix (was excited about but still hasn't tried)

Small picture of me for office (he EXPLICITLY SAID HE WANTED ONE i would have never done that otherwise, left in the stocking for two weeks so I hid it in a drawer and am contemplating taking it back bc I am dying from embarrassment, which prompted this post.)

Repurposed photo album with personalized recipe cards for us to fill in together (excited about but still havent used.)

Dairy free brownies with words on them (good)

Homemade raspberry filled chocolate (really good)

His first ever birthday cake (best gift thus far)

In those little couple quizzes on instragram reels, one of them was like "who is better at giving gifts?" And he said himself, not in a mean way but ive been kind of hung up on it since he has so many more resources than I do, and I vocalize what I want all the time just bc I never stop talking, while he does not say very much in that vein. The bakery goods and books are the only exception but I dont want to always give him the same thing, plus we are both on a fitness journey so he doesnt want treats all the time.

I hate giving gifts it is so stressful I just want to be good at it.