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Dad brought home some fresh pastrami and corned beef. We also busted out some fresh baked swirled rye bread for it. I had such a heavenly sandwich for dinner tonight...

Had a 4th of July cookout with an old childhood friend, saw his family again for the first time in 18 years! They were back in the neighborhood and invited me over. We had a great time. I got to eat jellyfish salad, sea cucumbers, abalones, scallops, meat and shrimp skewers, gyoza, ribs, and...

This is actually what made me happy yesterday, but I spent the day at an aquarium for my birthday! It was incredibly fun and I got to touch a stingray and see so many cool animals. I loved it.

I helped with a Special Olympics event today. 350 kids from all 15 schools in my district. So many happy faces today. It was great. My kiddos had so much fun and we got to see a bunch of former students and teachers too.

I was standing outside handing out candy for several hours tonight. Notable events included: - one of my students came by and we had a "Spiderman pointing at each other" moment - little girl gave me a hug - kid told me I looked like an elden ring boss - nezuko and zenitsu who were super excited...

Spent the day decorating for Halloween. I've spotted some gaps in my setup that I intend to fill next weekend after another visit to Spirit Halloween. I'm also getting a fog machine this year. It's going to be great.

Absolutely perfect weather for the first day of fall. Chilly, cloudy, misty rain... this is exactly what the doctor ordered. I'm going for a walk.

Interactions I've had where I made my 7th graders snort laughing: kid: "look at my nails! so cringe." me: "nah thats not cringe that's based." *cue laughter from hearing a teacher say somethings based* That was from today. The other week I said "this is going from busted to bussin'" about...

My students love uno and have taken to old maid and now go fish, too. So I asked them what card game they'd want to learn next and we decided on blackjack. I created an adapted version for them and I'm gonna teach them tomorrow when they have a break. Should be fun.

Doodling with my kiddos today and I accidentally discovered a cute chibi style I wanna try on my ocs. Perhaps this weekend.

A big ol' fox was just prowling around my backyard within a few feet of my house. Got a very clear look at him. I love foxes. Best of both worlds between dogs and cats.

My students recently discovered that they love to play old maid as much as they love to play uno. These kids are habitual smack talkers, too, so breaks from school work just got even more lively.

Is there a "what made you laugh today" thread? No? Well, close enough. I got a phishing text this morning claiming that my Netflix account is locked and to provide the log ins to fix it. Except I don't even HAVE a Netflix account! Nice try, loser!

Made candy cane milkshakes along with more gingerbread today. Both came out excellent, and paired together? Heavenly. Good treat to have on Christmas Eve.

It started snowing this morning! Too bad it already stopped. It was just a light dusting, but this is the closest its ever snowed to christmas time in so many years. I'm happy about it.

My weighted blanket is so snug. Yall haven't lived until you've experienced the comfort of laying flat on your back under a soft 18 lbs of pressure. I almost fell asleep roght away the first time I used it. I could lay here for hours @_@

It rained the entire night, but that didn't stop anyone from trick-or-treating. The kids were out in full force and I had such a blast. Got lots of good spooks, and also got compliments on my costume and decorations.

My class carved pumpkins. Many of my kiddos did so for the first time. They had so much fun, it was heartwarming.

My previous school had a festival tonight so I went to visit and see my old coworkers and kiddos. That was a lot of fun. Some of the kids missed me, and some of them hadnt yet realized I'd been gone the past four weeks :crylaugh: "what do you MEAN you dont work here anymore?!" kids pls.

Finally getting my yard a little more than bare minimum decked out for Halloween. It's so nice to actually have some outside decorations that amount to more than a couple garden skulls.

The store clerk at Spirit Halloween recognizing and complimenting me on my BotW wallet. That hasn't happened in a while. :)

They dropped a lot of the best movies from their running and filled the gaps with three separate days of Family Guy episodes AKA the worst thing you can possibly do.

Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween is off to a good start today. Hope this year's is better than last year's. Last year's sucked.

New kindergarteners asking me how I know their name... while they're wearing nametags. :crylaugh: I love my job.

Got a lot of hugs and happy waves from students visiting for open house this evening. Seeing how tall some of them got over the summer got me like :eek:

Today was the last day of school. I got a couple cards from parents thanking me for making their kids' school year brighter, handwritten notes by the kiddos included. Stuff like that really keeps you going, man. :kawaii:

Something about having handmade cookies in the oven is just so uplifting.

I got to work with my favorite spec ed class today. Love those kiddos. They're so much fun to teach.

Today has been a very wonderful snow day. Got to see snow, made lots of progress grinding in granblue, made a delicious meal, and to top it all off I'm gonna make myself that milkshake I've been craving. Today is a good day.

It was a severe stomach infection. So severe I was ejecting water out both ends for 6 hours straight and got so dehydrated I almost collapsed. :sweating:

After an entire week since leaving the emergency room, I finally feel well enough to eat regular food. This past week all I've eaten was toast, yogurt, gatorade, and pedialyte, but last night's spaghetti and meatballs going down without issue has finally put me in the clear. Time to get myself a...

Dressed up as Santa for the kids at work today. It was so great. They all loved it, and it was a surprise for them, so it was even better. I visited the kindergarten and spec ed classrooms to hand out candy and it was a huge hit. Most of the kids kept trying to tell me I "wasn't really Santa"...

31 Nights of Halloween starting strong this year with the Addams Family double feature and Hocus Pocus. :) I'm in nirvana.

Was with a kindergartener today who struggles a lot in school. His teacher told me he was like a totally different person when I was with him, I heard he was asking for me when I was out of the room, and he asked me if I'd be coming back to work with him next week. Feels good man.

Being a working adult with a car means I can stop at dunkin donuts on the way home from work and buy a breakfast sandwich at 4:30 PM and no one can tell me no.

Had a little vacation day today by going to my aunt's house and having a barbecue and going swimming in her pool. Ate some burgers, king crab legs, and salmon fillets after spending over an hour in the water. Also got to pet a really cuddly cat named Mittens. I'm really happy I got to do that...

20 inch furret on his way to my house (shipping notifcation came in and made my day)

It's very good. She can only say a small handful of words and I'm honestly not sure how many names she actually knows. But she really likes me and comes to me for a lot of things over the other teachers in the room, so it's really sweet. She's making progress.

One of my students who has motor disabilities and can barely form words tried to say my name today and I almost cried ;A;

Got to work today for the first time in almost a year. I was with a special ed class I worked with very frequently last year. It was really good to see them again, and they missed me right back. :) Covid compliances weren't too much to work with, and they shortened the school day by two hours...

Just got a lovely email notification about my Monster Hunter Rise preorder. Apparently, the steelbook preorder bonus that was announced recently was added to my order free of charge, since I placed the order before that was a thing. It's $35 on its own, and I'm basically getting it for free. Epic.

After nearly a year, I finally found the last two volumes of Fairy Tail's soundtrack available. Yes..... My collection is now complete, except for the second movie ost which didn't really appeal to me.

Playing with my little cousins. They're so funny.

Thinking about how tomorrow is the start of the snow season in ACNH is making me happy. We almost never get long-lasting snow where I live anymore, so having it in AC is gonna make me smile every day.

It's Halloween, AKA the best day of the year! :keese:

Watching the autumn leaves fall from the trees in my backyard like cherry blossom petal scenes in an anime.

When I was at the store today, I bought some gummy worms. Yum. But more importantly, I bought a lil ceramic owl to display in my room. I love lil fall trinkets like that. Yay!

I woke up his morning and it was too cold to wear a short-sleeve shirt! Finally! I've been waiting for this ever since it first became too hot to wear long sleeves!

My dad brought home some fresh crabs and shrimp. Yummmmm. I love picking apart shellfish. Satisfies ancient reptilian brain.

My top 4 favorite video game series are all getting new stuff in the next few months. Zelda - Age of Calamity in Nov Monster Hunter - Rise next March, Stories 2 next summer Ys- Origin port in two weeks, Monstrom NOX next summer Rune Factory - 5 next summer This is a great time to be me. :)