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My aunt's funeral is this Thursday. Apparently, she'd requested that I do a reading for her. This gives me a feeling I can't really put to words.

My aunt passed away from cancer this morning. She hung in there for a good few years, but these last few weeks we could tell was it. I'm glad I got to see her in march before she took her turn for the worse. I'm still processing the news, but man. It hurts.

Had to leave work early today due to some severe abdominal pain. Went to urgent care and they think I have diverticulitis. They prescribed me some antibiotics and hopefully that's all it's going to take. It's possible for this condition to cause a hole in your intestines and require surgery...

I find it really amusing that my mom makes a big show of how much she hates it when I use hair accessories despite being a boy but she never notices when I actually do. She'll yell at me for wearing a ponytail but I can and have worn bobby pins right in her face and she has never noticed. I keep...

I woke up on Sunday feeling queasy and then ended up vomiting twice. Had to call out of work yesterday and today. I am finally no longer feeling like a zombie and I think I can go to work tomorrow finally.

Today's my 12th anniversary of being on ZD. Coolio.

Today's my last day off. It was a nice and productive break, but it didn't feel long enough. (when do they ever though.)

Recently my mom wanted to get rid of a reclining chair in our living room so she let me bring it up to my room. So now I have a super cozy chair to sit in while I game instead of laying on my bed. Probably much better for my back this way and also I heard its better for your sleep if your bed is...

I've got CPR training tomorrow. Another thing I've wanted to learn for forever. Looking forward to it.

Half the christmas presents I ordered for myself arrived today. Got a bit self-indulgent and bought a couple LEGO Star Wars sets. It's been so many years since I've had phsyical LEGOs. I think itll be fun.

It's the same over here. It's awful. Unnatural. Unforgivable. :( I will have to becone a JRPG protagonist and defeat God Mother Nature.

I had such a great October. I did so much to celebrate this year. Very satisfying. :)

Gonna bake some apple pumpkin muffins for my kiddos at work on Monday. They were so excited when I told them about it. I got a long 4-day weekend to do it.

This morning I got certified in nonviolent crisis intervention. This training is something I've wanted to get for such a long time because of the population of students I work with, but subs aren't allowed to get it. Glad I finally can now that I've gone full-time.

Wanted to get my shoes repaired cuz they're not even 9 full months old yet but when I took them to a professional he told me they were a lost cause. :( Pointed out a giant hole in them I hadn't even noticed yet. I had to relent and buy a new pair... bleh.

My feet hurt. Haven't had to walk this much in a month. These kiddos got me using muscles I forgot I had. :sweating:

My nightly routine got delayed by quite a bit since I helped with my school's open house this evening. I should have been asleep almost an hour ago. :( Hope this doesn't mess me up tomorrow.

Grandmother's alzheimer's seems to be getting worse ever since she had covid. Her forgetting that she lives here is starting to be a multiple-times-a-day occurrence. Looking at the difference between now and last week before she got sick is oddly staggering. Wouldn't have expected her to be...

Woke up this morning with a scratchy throat and stuffy nose. Tested myself and now I have it too. God ****ing damn it. That's two weeks of pay gone now. I literally do everything right to protect myself and her ****ing nonsense got me infected. This is so goddamn unfair.

Things are more mind-numbingly frustrating than they are bad, honestly. Grandmother's already back and doing better, we were told she had a severe reaction to the covid meds she was taking because they arent supposed to mix with her blood pressure meds. What's frustrating is that both she and...

Turns out both mom and grandmother have covid now, too. Grandmother's on her way to the ER. ****in wonderful. If there's any silver lining its that I've still managed to remain negative and covid-free while being stuck at home with them. probably because i actually got vaxxed and they didn't

Really need to stop unconsciously clenching my jaw. Oof ouch. Maybe I need something to chew on constantly like some sort of beast or creature.

Turns out I am required to quarantine for 5 days even with no symptoms and a negative test. Welp. There goes my pay for this week.

My brother tested positive for covid. I almost never see him cuz we both stay in our rooms all day and our work schedules are nearly opposite so it's very unlikely hes exposed me. I can still go to work if I have no symptoms and test negative, apparently.

Ordered a burger and it arrived with two bottom half buns. That must mean there's someone out there that got two top half buns. I must find them.... and fight them. For balance.

Student I've had for two years now has exited summer school early due to a planned operation, and she'll be going to middle school next so I won't see her again. Hoping she does well. I'll still have her brother who is gonna be a 2nd grader so maybe I'll be able to hear how her operation turns...

I go back to work tomorrow. The summer school grind begins. This week we're just setting the place up. Starting next week is when the kiddos come. The days are shorter though and we get Fridays off. :)

I think tomorrow is finally the day I'm buying a new car. My dad's been saying he'll take me to a dealership all of last week and he kept putting it off every time, but I think this is finally it. Can't wait to be rid of what I got now.

Just went out to check out a new haircut place, and also tried a new sandwich shop while I was at it. But then when I got home there was an ambulance in front of my house. Apparently my grandmother was struggling to breathe. Mom called paramedics and they checked on her and she seems fine now...

Today is birth. It's weird to think I'm 27 and getting closer to 30. :sweating: the passage of time is never-ending... Today I will cook shrimp risotto and grilled fish to celebrate. My dad is getting whole steamed crabs too. Gonna be gud.

Me after sitting around doing nothing all day and then sending two work-related emails in the evening:

My grandmother is starting to display more severe symptoms of Alzheimer's and dementia. We knew this was coming for a while, but it's still rough to watch her lose so much of her awareness and short term memory. It's only gonna get worse.

It stands for registered behavior technician. Its like a paraprofessional with a very high focus on behavior analysis and support. I got my bachelors in behavioral science and have been trying to get a full-time job as a spec ed para, so this will help me get my foot in the door.

Spring break has begun as of today and I'm relieved, but also bummed cuz I'm gonna be doing a lot of important stuff. Kinda tempted to just put it off and chill, but this is my best opportunity to do it. I'm planning on taking an online course to get licensed as an RBT since that will help me in...

It's not the seeds, it's the acidity. Oranges and peanut butter and stuff are off the table for similar reasons.

Trying to come up with lunches for work that don't involve tomatoes or lunch meat is hard with how picky I am. I have to avoid them for the sake of my stomach problems which sucks because almost everything I like uses tomatoes somehow. Last week I came up with a strawberry banana sandwich with...

Going out to eat with some coworkers tonight to celebrate surviving the longest month of the school year. Should be fun.

Pre-emptively updating my resume for a future summer school application reminds me that I didn't get hired by the district this school year yet like I was hoping. :( There will be future opportunities, but still. I wanna get out of this house already.

If Dave Filoni wanted Asohka Tano to be so unlikable at first, why did he make her so likable right from the start? :suspicious: Seems like a silly mistake to make. :eyes: I knew she would be an instant fave when she called Anakin "sky guy". And I was right.

I feel like finally deciding to check out all the Star Wars tv series stuff like the Clone Wars but I don't have a single day off in the entirety of March (not counting weekends). Why do I have to want to do this now when I have such little time to do it? Ain't that always the way. :(

Really hoping I get the full time position I've been after for months this time. I had chinese food tonight and my fortune cookie said "an unexpected relationship will become permanent" and i was like... damn. im not a believer in fortunes but the timing. damn.

Today makes 11 years since I first joined ZD. neato

Tomorrow I am finally gonna cook the dish I was gonna make the day I got sick. Pan-seared salmon, asparagus, and shrimp rice with a creamy lemon garlic sauce. I am excite.

I bought skin lotion a few weeks ago cuz my hands dry out easily this time of year, and I keep forgetting to use it and wonder why my hands are still dry and cracked despite the lotion being right there.

Tomorrow I plan to cook shrimp scampi and the day after I am gonna bake some pumpkin banana bread to bring to Thanksgiving. Looking forward to it.

Got a little christmas shopping done for myself today. Bought a new jacket cuz I needed one that's in between "light raincoat" and "heavy winter coat". Also bought a short-sleeved hoodie because I've wanted one for years but never found one til now. Aside from clothes, I bought a bunch of pins...

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. Notable happenings: small child dressed as zero the ghost dog Tanjiro Kamado appeared (and apparently I was the first person to know who he was that night) A former student from a different school recognized me Small child who was scared of me challenged...

Today after work I attended a training on safe eating plans for my students, which covers how to prepare food for them to be able to eat it safely for a variety of reasons, like medical problems or behavioral problems like stuffing food in their mouths, and so on. Also went over signs to watch...

Made it through the initial work week of planning, classroom set up, meetings, and professional development exercises. It was my first time experiencing that. I think it was good for me to really see all of that groundwork for the school year. I officially start back on Monday. I'm really...

ginger snap cookies. ..... that's it that's the post.