I need way more discipline when it comes to going to bed and also when it comes to ingesting coffee. This continued back and forth is further proof it’s not possible for me to have. I don’t want to talk about my battle with it every time I write up a post either, the writing was on the wall long ago. I suspect it may have contributed to the unpleasant dreams I was having pretty frequently a couple of months ago as well which is a huge motivator to stop. Glad I woke up when I did today.
As for yesterday, it was great! Birthdays are always celebrated in our household but they’re never a huge to-do. We usually go out to eat after handing over presents then come home and relax. There’s been some years where we just stay home. This felt relatively normal as well. My brother got a Husky tool cart as a gift from my mother and father. He’s been working on his car a lot so it’s perfect for his growing collection of tools. The funny thing is it matches my Husky tool cart perfectly. They’re both black so they’ll look like a purposeful set when mine comes in from transport, but mine is about three times the size. I thought that was a nice coincidence. My mother made us both cakes which was a lovely surprise. I got vanilla, my brother got chocolate. She made me a cake for graduating. I know school is over, that it happened, but I sometimes forget that graduation was a part of that since I didn’t get to experience a conventional one. I couldn’t blow out the candles because of the two week self-quarantine so my father played it safe and just waved out the flames with a kitchen towel. You do what you gotta do. The cake was delicious, by the way. Ate my slice with some oat milk and was extremely happy. I’ve been wanting to have cake for the longest time. It ended up being my dinner since it was such a large slice (but I got very hungry later and devoured half of a leftover cheesesteak too, oops). Afterwards I showed my brother that great album from Lost Cascades and he loved it too. When I first came across it I was hoping to find a vinyl print of it but everything from that artist and their collective was limited run and long sold out. I wanted that to be my gift but I figured I’d at least share the awesome music. We watched some fun youtube videos after that then I got to watch him play Half-Life: Alyx (which is also awesome).
Which now brings me to today. I’m back to having things to do. It could only last so long. My now former roommate (awww) asked me to check out her portfolio and correct any incorrect grammar I came across a couple of days ago and I told her I’d have those corrections to her today. I’m going to have some tea, not coffee, then get started. I desperately need a shower too. But on that note, my hair suddenly looks a lot longer, which was a nice surprise. Anyway, I’m all over the place right now. It’s a bit early for me considering I went to bed at 4 AM and I’m writing at 9 AM.
Also, my favorite pair of old, beat up pajama pants finally gave their last yesterday. I won’t show that damage but I’ll tell. The back seam had small holes wearing through on the butt 🍑area. Then, as I was getting up from the couch, the fabric was held under me and tugged, then it tore open. There’s a massive hole right on the backside which makes these finally unfit for wearing. The elastic band had already kind of given out before that but these were so comfortable and throwing away unsuable clothing (or anything, really) is a still a new concept to me. But these are going in the trash. Thank you for several years of service, money jammers.
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