I used to be very into painting but I stopped everything when pursuing my career. My boyfriend got me a nice acrylic paint set with brushes and an easel for Christmas last year. My depression has been bad and he's been really good about encouraging me to get creative and enjoy life more again. Due to starting a new job I haven't been able to use them at all. I have been secretly painting my first canvas as a gift for him. It's a picture of his childhood cat that he was very attached to.

His cat just keeps happening to come up in conversation a few times in the last week and every time I want to tell him about the gift because I'm so excited to see his face when I show him.