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I think C is going to look for a new job soon. This getting up at 4:30 every fucking weekend is insane. Unless she asks for it off, they automatically put her on every weekend both days. It wouldn't be so bad if it was both Saturday and Sunday every fucking weekend. I never get to sleep as a result and she feels horrible making me get up at this time. NGL it would be nice to at least sleep until 6 or 7. 

Was up super early yesterday but I got everything done. Paid all the bills, went to the grocery store, recorded my stuff, went to a meeting. We had date night and had Italian for dinner. Then we went to the mall and walked around. It was a nice night ruined only by us having to go to bed at 10pm so we could be back up again.

Today I have some stuff to do but not a lot. I may just take a nap after she leaves.

ANA Y2 D125

I am up at 3:40am because I have shit to do today. I have to get to the grocery store so I can get back and finish recording before the weekend. I have to pay bills. I have to get everything done. I might nap later. We shall see.

I had to rescue B last night. They locked their keys in their car at a gas station near their work. It was a whole debacle. I didn't think I had the spare key, then I found it, almost ruined my dinner. Other than that, I spent the day recording. Too much to do too little time to do it in.

ANA Y2 D124

I am up later than I wanted to be but we didn't go to bed until 11:30 again. This time not for fun reasons. C had a damn closing shift again. She had to close by herself and she got home late, wanted to eat dinner, etc and the next thing you know it's 11:30. Spent the day working on CBT stuff. Had to take a break to go get some printer ink. Didn't do much of anything while she was at work. All in all, not a very exciting Wednesday. Oh well.

ANA Y2 D123

I was up late last night. Didn't go to sleep until after midnight. But it was our own doing. We were up having some fun. Two nights in a row. Not complaining about that. Tired this morning, but very happy. Worth the trade off.

Spent the morning doing more mentoring with folks at Lawrence. Had another good working session. The rest of the day was spent working on a new CBT. That's pretty much how my whole work week will go this week. It's fine. It's something to do ya know?

Didn't feel like cooking last night so we had La Kabob. Went to the park afterwards and walked for an hour. Was nice being outside. The weather right now is perfect for us. Low 60s, grey. Just the way I like it. Came back home, played some video games. I accomplished a couple of new achievements in WoW, then we went off to bed and ended up doing the aforementioned fun time. 

C works a late shift tonight so odds are against a three-peat. It's okay, I need a break anyway.

ANA Y2 D122

We had a rough night. At one point I swore I heard the noise that means a door was opened. I bolted from my desk, grabbed a knife and was searching this house looking for an intruder. This of course meant we were on edge for the rest of the night. Those fucking walnuts falling on to the roof didn't help. Every time one would fall we both would bolt awake. Made for a very scary night. Ugh.

Spent the day waiting for some feedback on something. In the end I got what I needed and I am glad I waited because I am once more now switching gears. Fucking salespeople. We took a break during the day and went to IKEA. I checked out new chairs, we had meatballs, and we brought home some goodies. Worth the trip.

Not much else going on. Going to be a quiet week. Have a meeting this morning at 8, then working on recordings.

ANA Y2 D121

I got a full night's sleep for once! Yay! I slept for at least a good 7.5 hours. That's like winning the lottery in this house. We were both exhausted yesterday. Poor C went off to work early and was dragging all day. I was a zombie for most of the day. I took a nap but it wasn't enough. When she got home from work she fell asleep on the couch until dinner. It just finally caught up with both of us. We were in bed by a little after 10pm last night. But it won't last. She has to work this week a few days and back right to it. She is going to start looking for something with a little more normal hours. Please. 

I have no idea what I am doing this week. Need to check my calendar. Probably nothing exciting.

ANA Y2 D120

Ugh. Up way too early for a Sunday. Especially since we didn't go to bed until almost midnight. Fucking hate C having these 6am Sunday shifts. They suck for everyone involved. Our friend is still here and he is leaving at the same time C leaves to drive back home. So everyone is up. Yay. 

We went to the Detroit International Auto Show yesterday. We got up and left the house by 9, parked by 9:30, and in the doors when they opened at 10am. We chose to go into a certain set of doors and I am very glad we did. The last time I went to a show like this it was in LA and wow, what a different vibe. Here, the "big 3" dominate where as in LA, the other brands and the more obscure ones had a more equal showing. Mercedes, Audi, Aston Martin, Range Rover, etc were all shoved into a back corner where as they had more square footage at a west coast show. Here it was GMC! BUICK! FORD! CHEVY! All as you walked in. We came in at the Buick/Cadillac doors and it was like welcome to cars for old people! Just awful. Bland basic cars. Absolutely nothing exciting, nothing that gets you going. The good thing about this, is as we progressed the halls, we saw nicer and more interesting things. If we had ended on those, I would have been disappointed. But we started with the bleh and only went up from there. They had actual demo tracks in the halls where the big deal was how good all these trucks are. Jeep, Ford, Dodge all had these obstacle course tracks setup. This wasn't a car show as much as it was "see our stuff is fun! buy our stupid products!". We did in fact see a couple of 2024 models we liked. One from VW that I had never heard of because VW is very uncommon around here. The best display was from McIntosh showing off their sound systems that were in some of the higher end model Jeeps. They had speakers that were 50,000 each. 70 drivers, six feet tall. They were awesome. Got to see Mini and a few other fun things. Sadly there were less concept or prototype kind of vehicles. Again, it felt more like a giant car lot than a car show. But we had fun.

After we rented some scooters to show our friend how much fun they are. Sadly, the ones here are not as much fun as in GR. The ones here are locked to 11mph, all janky from abuse, and the roads suck. We still had fun, but not the kind of fun we had last time. Still makes us want to buy our own though. On the way home we stopped at C's work and bought some steaks for dinner. We had a good meal and then made a fire outside. We had s'mores and stayed up talking. Really nice time was had by all.

Today I am up for them. I plan on doing nothing today.

ANA Y2 D119

We have a house guest! It's been a long time since anyone has stayed over. We setup the bedroom downstairs for him. I even bought a fancy new air mattress with a headboard. Hopefully he slept well on it. It was fun having someone else here. I miss house guests. He arrived around 5pm last night, we had Thai food together, went on a walk, played video games, and just hung out. It was good. 

I spent the day working and on meetings. Gave the first run through of my new workshop. It went over really well! I actually sounded like I knew what I was talking about. Yay me! I also did a few hours of mentoring with my client in WI which worked well too! Not too shabby. 

Today is the car show. Leaving here around 9am and getting home when we get home. I am excited as the last show I went to was in LA 20 years ago. This should be a fun day. My ear is better by the way. A few more days of antibiotics.

ANA Y2 D118

Worked all day on docs, webinar in the afternoon. C had a closing shift so I cleaned the house while she was gone for our guest tonight. She brought home pizza and we ate at 9:30. Stayed up until 11:30 to let pizza settle. Had bad zombie/alien dreams. Nothing else going on right now. Therapy in 90 minutes, meetings all day, car show tomorrow.

ANA Y2 D117

I had really weird dreams last night. I was in a house with all of these people making noise, I was in a restaurant that turned into a crack neighborhood, I kept getting misgendered. It was just frustrating. Plus we're getting one last hot day today and the weather is so dry outside. I woke up unable to swallow. On a positive note, my ear is getting better thanks to the doctor. I went to the doc yesterday and she pulled out a good n plenty size chunk of wax from my ear. Plus I am on 7 days of horse pill antibiotics. Find the positive. I did a ton of talking work yesterday. Multiple meetings, a 90 minute chat session with clients, more meetings. I got some direction for the next couple of weeks at least. We had to go to the pharmacy after work and then came back where I made butter chicken for dinner. Played video games, went to bed. We started to have some bedtime fun but both of us felt too tired and put it on pause. Should have a quiet day today. Need to clean the house tonight.

ANA Y2 D116

Back to the 4:30 grind for us. C has to finally go back to work so we're up. Joy. I have a doctor's appointment this morning anyway. Nothing exciting to report. Back home and back in the rut. Stupid work, stupid meetings.

ANA Y2 D115

My ear is driving me nuts. I managed to make a doctor's appointment for tomorrow at 10:45 so hopefully I will get some antibiotics and it will clear up. Mostly at this point I need her to drain both of them. I fucking hate this. I wonder if I searched through my archives how many instances of ear infection I would turn up. 23. That's the answer. Most of them in Aug/Sept or Dec/Jan. Told you. Twice a year. At least I know my own body.

Spent the day working on docs. Nothing exciting. Same shit different day now that I am back. Crap, I forgot to do my hours for last week. Hold on. Ok done. Stupid shit. My hours are irrelevant and this shouldn't be an issue, but whatever. It's done, no one can bitch.

We didn't feel like cooking last night. Had to run to target to get an air mattress for this weekend. C's friend is coming to spend the weekend and go to the auto show with us. He is coming Friday and Saturday and we needed something for him to sleep on. While we were out we stopped at the grocery store and got a couple of frozen pizzas for dinner. Nothing exciting, just didn't want to cook. Watched some TV, then we went on a walk. Our goal is 4-5 km per night. We found a route that is just a little under. We did 4.7 last night. Every night we want to do this until it gets too cold. We walked so much over the weekend we don't want to lose the momentum we have built up. It's good for us.

Came back, played some video games, went to bed around 11pm.

ANA Y2 D114

Yesterday was one of those example where it's clear B and I grew into two different people. I was at Death Grips from 4pm when we left the house until we got home around 11. They were at the Ren Festival. I'd rather poke my eye out with a stick than go to a Ren Festival. Sorry, not my scene. But you know what? They would have absolutely hated what I did. All fair. I am sure they had a great time. So did we. But again, we couldn't have gotten to where we are without having to go through what we did.

Anyway, yes, yesterday was concert day. Most of the day was uneventful. We started getting ready around 2:30, left the house at 4. One of the things I was concerned with came to fruition. The concert venue is directly across the street from the sportsball venue. A stupid ass lions game was just letting out as we were pulling in. That meant the already shitty laid out streets were gridlocked to hell. People trying to get into parking lots where people were trying to get out. Plus it was two very different crowds. We managed to find a deserted lot and just parked. In the end it was a smart move because we ended up not paying for parking. Score. Got to the venue and because half of the show was GA floor, there was already a line. We were probably 50 people deep and we got there at 5:15 to stand in line. Two hours later doors open and we finally moved. The merch line wasn't bad at least and we had our shirts, beverages, and got to the bathroom quickly. We were seated and situated by 7:45. The show started at 8:40. Now the thing you have to understand with DG is they don't fuck around. There's no stage show, there's no banter. There's no encore. They played their set, they left. They intentionally make it hard to take pics and videos. I got some but not a lot. I enjoyed myself except for "Craig" in front of us. This dude, his buddy, and GF all went to the sportsball game before the concert and were already trashed. They were still drinking. When the show started, accountant by day, idiot by night Craig started jumping around and almost fell off the balcony. His buddy fell over twice and passed out halfway through the show. At one point the GF was crying because Craig was "missing". He was in the bathroom throwing up. They were the only damper on our evening. Whatever.

Left the show, stopped at Wendy's on the way home, ate, and got in bed by midnight. Overall a fun time was had. Today I have two meetings and blah blah blah.

Here's one of the few decent pics I got last night:

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Out of curiosity I went back and read my entry for this day last year. B and I were still in the same bed but moving towards that being done. They were looking forward to A being in town for a week and I was getting ready to go spend the weekend with C. I was starting to make sense of everything. I was moving forward. One thing of note was this time last year two of B's friends had turned to me to complain about them. The funny thing is on Friday, one of those two people called me to say hey we haven't seen each other in like two weeks let's hang out. So here I am a year later and can honestly say that I didn't lose any friends because of what happened and instead deepened at least one friendship. That's nice. 

Had another good day. We took our time getting up and heading out. We had breakfast first, lounged around the hotel and headed out around 10am. Of course as we got closer to suburbia we both started getting cranky. We talked a lot about how different we felt being there versus here. It's a move that needs to happen is how we both feel. Got home close to 1pm, unpacked, did laundry, decided we weren't cooking, ordered Thai for dinner. We watched a movie, Vivarium, and settled in for the night. It was okay. Too many unanswered questions for both of us. After the movie we retreated to the bedroom for a little fun. There's another big difference. As stupid as it still sounds, for my own mental health, I am still keeping track of the number of times we have sex each month. Plus I am tracking the whole year. We're above the national average right now and it's only September. Yep. That's a good thing. After we had our fun we both were craving something sweet and went on a hunt for a milkshake. We went to four places. Two had broken machines, one was closed. We finally got what we wanted but of course we were hella frustrated at everyone in this area yet again. Got back, ate our treats, played some video games, and headed to bed around 1am. 

Now today, oh today. It's DEATH GRIPS NIGHT! I am excited and scared at the same time. This is going to be a loud insane concert. I have to figure out what to wear, where to park, get cash. But I know we will have a fun time. Been looking forward to this for months. 12 hours. Let the day begin.

ANA Y2 D112

We had another incredible day. One of the best anniversaries I have ever had to be honest. We started the day with a nice breakfast downstairs, then we did more walking. This time we focused on all the art and one specific area of town. We saw some incredible artwork, had a fun lunch, and got back to the hotel around 3. But let me tell you about the piece of art we bought. Yes, much of the art here is for sale. We went into what's called the Artist's Clubhouse. This is where all the artists hang out, have some cool displays, larger exhibits with media that can't be outside, stuff like that. There was an exhibit called Light in the Dark. It was a Ukrainian exhibit of photographers who had captured life around them during the time the Russians had knocked out all the power plants in Kiev. They wanted to show that beauty and life still exists in the dark. There was one piece in particular that stood out for both of us and we just loved. I asked the curator if any of the work was for sale because normally they have QR codes next to pieces that are for sale. She told me yes, she just didn't want to mess up the installation with QR codes. Cool. How much for X. She looked shocked and then told me that is HER piece and one of her favorites. She was the actually artist from Ukraine!! How cool! The piece was within our price range and I told her we wanted it. So when Art Prize is over, we will be the proud owners of a signed piece of history in my mind. Something taken during a war, with an incredible touching human story behind it. This is the piece:

After that we found ourselves at a perfumery. We ended up making our own perfumes!! So much fun! Back at the hotel we rested until dinner, then walked to the restaurant. We had down south comfort food of fried chicken. But fancy fried chicken. Bee pollen dusted and damn good. After dinner we rented electric scooters and rode all over town. We rode to where there is a condo for sale to check out the area and building. We liked it but it's just a little over our price range. But it gave us an idea of what areas we like and could live. The scooters are by the hour so we wrapped up at 50 minutes and went back to the hotel. After sitting for a few we said fuck it, let's do that again! We did another 45 minute scooter ride around town. If we live here, we are buying our own. It was a blast. 

One of the things we both loved is not at any point did we feel unsafe, out of place, in danger, unwanted. We felt like we belonged and fit in everywhere. Such a nice feeling. We're heading home today. When we get there, we get there. Check out is noon so we have about 4 hours to figure things out. I am sad we are leaving but I know we will be back, most likely permanently.

ANA Y2 D111

I had the most perfect day yesterday. For real. I didn't think days could be this wonderful. Not a lot of money was spent, nothing crazy was done, to be honest, nothing even exciting happened. But it was quite possibly one of those days you could die happy after. As I said yesterday, I had a horrible night sleep. Bad dreams, tossing and turning, cats walking all over me, the works. I didn't have more than a single hour of solid sleep the whole night. It was just awful. On top of it, thanks to her fucking coworkers, both C and I are getting sick. We may have the 'rona again. These goddamn people thinking it's over and coughing all over you is just beyond belief. Right now, we both have scratchy throats. Not sure if it's because of hotel AC or sick. We shall see today. But back to yesterday, aka the best day ever.

We left the house at around 7, not too much traffic at that time even through it was a Thursday. Got to the hotel and of course it was too early to check in, but we wanted to just park so we didn't have to move the car. The plan was to park and walk everywhere. Walk we did. Almost 13 miles total. We did a half marathon yesterday. It was insane. Surprisingly, I am not feeling too awful this morning. A little soreness in the calves, but not bad overall. The hotel did in fact let us park in the garage and now the truck sits. We started out by walking to an antique district, about 1.7 miles away. We had a wonderful time walking around, looking at stuff. Didn't find anything, but still had fun. Then we started on the day's big adventure. POUTINE WEEK! 12 restaurants on one street all doing 12 different poutines. That was about 1.7 miles from where we were. We're up to 3.5 now. We walked ALL the way up the street where the places were and walked another mile. We managed to get 5 poutines eaten before we had enough. But everyone was having a great time, they were into it, and just having a blast. They even have little passports with stickers to keep track of where you ate. Love it. 

Let me pause there for a second. By this point in the day, like around 1pm, it really hit me. This IS my kind of vibe here. It's alive. People are alive. Things are silly and fun. Just such a different feeling than where we live. Everyone is so old, cranky, dead inside. But here, you could feel the energy everywhere. That theme continued through the whole day. It also contributed to our mood. We were happy. People were happy. The weather was perfect. Alive.

Back to poutine. We finished our fifth one and made the almost 2 mile walk back to the hotel. We got checked in and no, we didn't sleep. We opened presents a day early. We were both too excited to wait. We both cried when we opened our gifts. For the first time in either of our lives, we got a gift that was so personal, so unique, it made us both cry like babies. I got C a custom ViewMaster with pictures from the last year. She was bawling looking at it. She got me a glow in the dark personalized star map of the sky at the exact hour and coordinates of our first date. I mean come on, how incredible are we?? Seriously we were both so touched by each other's gifts. She confessed later no partner had ever given her a gift that resonated so deeply before. I feel the same. I've gotten some good gifts over the years, but this went above and beyond. The thought, the effort. She got it out of Dublin Ireland for crying out loud. The time she took to customize it. It all means so much.

But there was more fun to be had! We then went to the opening party for Art Prize! We went to the park where the opening ceremonies were being held. Had ice cream sandwiches (free at that!), listened to the opening speeches, watched a band, saw art. Next up? Noodlepig. Look it up. Hands down the best noodles I have had outside Japan. Granted, I have only been to Narita, but still. Wow. We met the owner, had a great conversation with him, and fell in love with the restaurant. Again, ALL DAY we felt like this is where we belong. The night still wasn't over! At 9pm we took a walk down the river and watched the fireworks display. It was incredible. They lit the whole bridge up, had an awesome show, and energy was all around. We then went to DeVos place where art was being unveiled. We walked around for at least an hour looking at artworks. Finally around 10:15 we walked back to the hotel. At no point did we feel unsafe, or worried. We got some ice cream from the market, came back up, ate ice cream in bed, and finally crashed around 11. 

What a day! Now today I have paid bills, we're going to see more art, then we have an anniversary dinner at a southern place. Go us.

ANA Y2 D110

 Heading out this morning. Yesterday sucked. Slept like shit.

ANA Y2 D109

Slept better but still not great. Had more weird dreams that kept waking me up in the night. Fuck maybe some day I will sleep good but last night was not the night.

So my stomach wasn't feeling the best last night but for some reason I wanted ice cream to settle it. C mentioned that this wasn't the first time she's seen me eat ice cream to settle my stomach. She jokingly said I was the opposite of lactose intolerant. Well guess what? I am! It is a real thing! It's called lactase persistence and it is less common in adults. Most adults, especially those in the US develop lactose intolerance once they have moved out of childhood. Some have greater issues than others, but it turns out some people with certain ethnic and geographic backgrounds develop the other way. 100% of people from Irish descent are lactase persistent. HA! This is why I can eat, and desire to eat, as much cheese and dairy based product as I do. My stomach needs it and craves it. Suck it.

Worked on shit yesterday. Got shit done. Nothing more exciting than that. Same shit today. Everyone thinks I am off today as well and I am not going to burst their bubble. I plan on doing jack shit and getting out of here. The next few days are going to be a blessing. I need them as does C.

ANA Y2 D108

I got tired of Chrome yesterday. I don't know why but it was just pissing me off that it had so many process and background services open when I had literally one tab in one window. I had happened to see a Firefox video recently and said fuck it. Let's go back to FF. So far no issues. We shall see how long that lasts.

It's raining outside. Been raining since about 9pm. I know it rained all night because at 1:37 I got up from a really, really bad dream. The kind I haven't had in a long while. Really disturbed me.

Spent the day working on new pieces of paper to go with the old pieces of paper. Nothing exciting to report there sadly. Finished up painting and reassembling the closet room. Very happy with how that's coming together. Made BBQ chicken sandwiches for dinner. Went for a 2.1 mile walk after dinner. 

Two more days and we are out of here.

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We're both extremely exhausted this morning. Not that we stayed up late or anything, it's just the getting up at 4:30 is starting to get to both of us. Especially now that it's getting colder and bed is getting cozier. C needs to start looking for a new job as do I. Maybe a move to GR would be perfect for both of us to find something new. Maybe. 

Did quite a bit yesterday. Mostly worked on the closet room, but that involved putting up the new window film, moving furniture, taping, then finally painting. I got one coat done and will do the second tonight. I want everything put back together before I go to bed tonight. When C got home we went off to a cider mill. She did even though she was super tired because she loves me. Came back home where she collapsed and I made dinner. We watched some tv and then both of us struggled to keep our eyes open until bedtime.

Only have to work three days this week. Then we get a real break. It can't come soon enough.

ANA Y2 D106

I slept in until 5:42! Look at me go!

I had a busy morning yesterday. Got up, went grocery shopping, had my hair did, and ran errands. Then came back home and did nothing the rest of the day. I didn't feel like painting. Saved that for today. 

Fuck it's ear infection season. My left ear is stopped up. Got to find my $150 ear drops from last year.

ANA Y2 D105

Welcome to the weekend where I am up at 4:30. Yay. Neither of us slept good last night. I blame Indian food. It was good, but it's doing a number on us both. 

Worked, had Indian food, went to bed. I had therapy yesterday which went well. Started planning the painting of the closet room. Going to start that project today. Wish me luck. Now excuse me, back to the bathroom.

ANA Y2 D104

Nothing new to report. Same shit different day. Just going through the motions. I don't know. I'm losing it. I'm perpetually tired, I am done cooking all the time. I am done with a lot of things.

ANA Y2 D103

What makes religious people think they are immune to No Soliciting signs? Specifically Jesus people. I have noticed over the years that Mormon, JW, and similar will respect the sign. "Christians" however do not. They still come to the door like it's their right. We had a gaggle of old church ladies roaming the neighborhood yesterday. Like gas seekers in the Australian desert from Mad Max. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. Take your Jesus and shove it please. Not only that, but they were crazy to be out in the weather this week. It's finally cooling down but they were out there in 90 degree heat and humidity. Suffering for their cause I guess? I got to teach C something new about them. She was wondering why they do it given how they get treated and I told her that was the point. The point of sending any member of any congregation out to do door to door missionary work is to be rejected and shunned and treated like shit. When they go back the leaders can say "see we told you we're the only ones who love you. This is your family. Stay safe here with us". Cult mentality. But you know, it's the gays and us trans folks who are "shoving our agenda" down the throats of "good Christian folks". Go fuck yourself. I am not going door to door with bottles of estradiol saying be one of us! Although, that might be kind of funny.

Finished part one of my presentation yesterday. Part two to be done this morning. Then I can put this all to bed. Find out what my next task is. Yay. Made fish tacos for dinner. Watched TV. Not much else going on. Oh B's grandmother is in the hospital again. This time however she might not make it. Sad, but inevitable. The whole reason why I live in MI. I am undecided if I should go to a funeral. I don't want to start anything but I do want to pay my respects. I will decide when the time comes. 

One week until we go away. Can't come soon enough.

ANA Y2 D102

Nothing really to report. We did take a break during the day for C to do some shopping. She hasn't bought herself anything in a long time and the girl needs clothes. She ended up buying pants, a jumpsuit, a new leather jacket, a shirt, and a new pair of boots. I was really proud of her for putting herself first for once. She spent less than $200 on everything which is amazing. I helped by giving her $60 in old navy credit I had. That went a long way. Basically covered the jacket. She also treated us to lunch. She had guilt over everything for a while, but got over it. Now she has clothes for our upcoming events. 

Made pork chops for dinner. Watched tv. Went to bed. Still hotter than fuck here. Supposedly it will start to cool down today. Please dear jeebus let it.

ANA Y2 D101

Well, it was hotter than satan's asshole yesterday and still is. It's 5:30am and it's 74 outside. Going to be mid 90s today again. We were going to do things yesterday then had the common sense to say no. It was too fucking hot out. We should get a break from it towards the end of the week. Come on fall. Hurry up and get here. 

So we did nothing. I finished the dresser and putting all the clothes back in said dresser. We played video games. We made dinner. We cleaned up the house a bit. Yes, that's our idea of doing nothing. C doesn't have to work until tomorrow and I am letting her sleep in. I do like the fact it's already Tuesday. Get us closer to the weekend. Only 10 more days and it will be our one year anniversary. Holy shit. Here's the dresser:

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Happy 100!! At 9am no less! I slept in finally! Sweet mother of god, I slept in. Call the papers, call the press! Fuck. None of that makes sense in today's world, does it?

Of course we were up until 2:30 so it's not like I truly slept in. I got my normal amount of sleep. Just delayed. Have I mentioned I have the best partner? Yes? Well too bad, because you're going to hear about her again. Suck it.

Yesterday she worked. I spent the day working on a dresser. I completely refinished this nasty ass green dresser B left behind. Functionally it's fine, but it was ugly as sin. The person we bought it from had painted it with chalk paint, never sealed it, and painted over the hardware. All in all it bugged me whenever I looked at it. I got some white chalk paint, the proper wax to seal it, and stripped that hardware. 3 coats of paint plus one coat of wax later and I am happy. Pictures tomorrow as the final coat is still drying. But here's the thing, I would work on a coat then wait two hours before the next coat. I was bored and puttering around the house. I was getting sad and lonely. It's not C's fault, but she has worked every weekend since starting and it sucks. I have been up at 4:30 every fucking weekend day. Tired of it. So when C got home I commented on how proud of her I was, but that I'd like to do something together because I've missed her and this weekend shit sucks. I was talking about today, but that little minx surprised me with 10pm, no one under 16 allowed, Barbie tickets!! WOO! I got to dress pretty and go out at night! Late night date night surprise! We had the best time. Because it's a 2 month old movie and it was 10pm, there were two other people besides us. Fucking rocked. They were in row three, we were in the back. Neither of us bugged the other. Downside is you get the end of night popcorn but meh, it was a good time. We got home, did other things, and finally went to sleep around 2:30.

I don't know what we're going to do today, but it doesn't matter. I had a good time last night.

ANA Y2 D99

Some day I will sleep past 4:30. Some day. Not today. But some day.

I spent 4 1/2 hours cleaning out that cat room yesterday. I filled the recycling with old boxes, a garbage can of junk, and a contractor bag. Five years of accumulated garbage. I'd say never again, but we all know shit happens when you live some place. You just end up with stuff. Stuff you think you need but don't. Stuff that just piles up.

Speaking of cats, I am no longer speaking to Marble. She went into my new closet room and pissed on a pile of shirts. I've had it with her. Just fucking done. I am no longer acknowledging her presence. She doesn't exist as far as I am concerned. I will continue to feed and water, but right now, she is dead to me. I'm tired of cleaning up other people's decisions. 

Made salmon for dinner. Went to the grocery store. More of the same today. This is my life. It's not a bad life, but it sure is getting tedious. It's okay. 10 days we will do something exciting.

ANA Y2 D98

Alright let's get going. Things to do people. It may be a holiday weekend for some, but in this house C has to work the next two days and I have projects to work on. Figuring out the bills yesterday proved trickier than originally planned. It was trying to figure out what came out of what but the autopay things were sneaky. I almost missed one but remembered in the knick of time. Otherwise I would have hurt myself. But I caught it. Got that taken care of, worked on my presentation, had a meeting about it, and then my day was done. We had chinese food, watched tv, played video games, went to home depot for some paint for a project I am going to start this weekend, went to bed.

Today, grocery store, laundry, then I am cleaning out the storage area. Look out bitches, here I come.

ANA Y2 D97

Okay, my first split direct deposit happened today. I need to figure out what comes out of what account. This is going to be interesting. On a plus note, with one more DD into BoA, they will credit me $300. That's literally free money. I didn't move everything because I have a ton of autopay stuff that still comes out of Wells. I have to sit down and figure out what comes from where. Once I minimize or move the auto stuff, I can change the DD again. Or maybe not. We will see.

Worked on my presentation. It's literally all I am doing right now. Another day of it today. But it is a three day weekend. I just need to get through it. Made sweet and spicy chicken for dinner. Watched some tv. C stayed up late as it was the first time she could in a while. I definitely do not hold it against her. I went to bed around 11, she came in around 2. But let's talk about differences, shall we? First off, she went to bed with me and we had our nighttime ritual time together. Only after about 30 minutes when I was falling asleep did she get back up. I woke up right before she came to bed and didn't have the panic attack I was having a year ago when the same thing would happen. I knew that my partner was literally just in the other room playing a video game, not still out fucking someone or on a random 2am taco bell run. Or in the other room chatting with their multiple girlfriends. My partner doesn't act like they're single even when they're technically not. No, mine was killing shit in a digital world. Instead of a panic attack, I smiled when I woke up, saw what time it was, and saw she wasn't there. Why? Because she deserves a night of being able to do what she wants. She works 4-5 days a week getting up at 4:30 in the morning. There's a difference between staying up because you're binge watching Grey's Anatomy for the 15th time and sleeping in until 2pm the next day, and doing it because you know you'll be spending the whole weekend getting up at a ridiculous time. So yeah, she earned it versus just deciding they've earned. There's a difference.

Alright, let's figure this bill shit out.