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I used to have this recurring dream about an old Asian guy who owned a convenience store that was also a sushi place. Specifically I would get cigarettes or sushi from him. He sold not just regular smokes, but fancy ones likes Dunhills and the like. His store would always be mostly the same, kind of like one of those newspaper stands you see in TV in NY or Chicago. To the best of my knowledge this man nor his store have ever existed in the real world. I haven't dreamt of him in a long while that I can recall. Well last night I was supposed to be in some sushi place and the chef was one of his proteges. Like my mind has moved on from the original owner and is now in the next generation. How fucking weird is that? I recall another dream where I was placed in a psych ward against my will and managed to calmly walk out the door to try and escape. It was in some mall or large office complex and I just needed to make it through the outside doors. Explain that one to me, eh?

Recorded and reworked a large portion of the class I am working on. Got through 13 slide recordings and 12 demos. I have 8 left today and the class is done. I need to finish by about 12:30 as C has a 1pm appointment at DMV. She's getting a new license with updated picture and gender marker change. No name change yet, that's a 2024 project, but at least it will be a lot closer to being her. I know the stress that causes. Recently I had to show my ID to buy a bottle of wine and it was very nice just handing over my ID without any shame or embarrassment. It's the little things that get us through the day.

That and apparently sushi.

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I am better this morning than yesterday. I was just in such a mood when I woke up yesterday. Dreams that made me very angry. Doing better. I am not fond of this time of year and trying to find the sweet spot between heat on, humidifier, and body temp. Either I can't breathe or I am too cold. Bah. But I'm okay this morning.

Didn't do much of anything yesterday. Recorded another 17 demos. Same goal for today. Played some video games. Watched some tv. Stared at the snow on the ground. Had leftovers for dinner. Took a break to go pick up some prescriptions. How is it still November? I swear I am already thinking about Jan but this month doesn't want to end. Soon it will be Xmas though. Making it through another goddamn year.

ANA Y2 D185

Slept like shit. Bad dreams. Too hot. Couldn't breathe. Fuck everything.

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We got our first real snow yesterday. It's still coming down a little bit but not much. But from 1pm until about 8pm yesterday it snowed and stuck. The roads are clear, but the yard and house are solidly covered. Joy.

We had a fund day. Didn't do a whole lot in the morning, but then our friend came over around 2pm and we did a bunch of things. We helped her film and edit some hair tutorial videos for her business, we decorated the tree together, we made pizzas, I made a dutch baby for dessert, then we watched a movie together. It was nice having company. Nothing crazy, but enjoyable. She headed out around 8pm and C fell asleep on the couch. We went to bed around 10pm. 

Another week of recording. Woo.

ANA Y2 D183

"As god as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." 

I totally forgot to tell you all something. On Thursday, C shared something from y childhood with me. One of the funniest moments of television. The WKRP turkey episode. Let me tell you, 45 years later, it still holds up. 

We had a fantastic day yesterday. I got up early and went grocery shopping. Came back, woke C up and we were in the car by 7:45. We got to Bronner's at 8:58 and there was a line already. Not horrible amounts of people, but definitely a line. C couldn't believe it. I told her just wait until we leave what it's like. We walked around, found some nice ornaments, got a new wreath for the front door, and had a fun time. She was just floored by the people, the cheesiness of it all, and by watching how excited I got. After Bronner's we went to Zhender's, got some stuff from the bakery and had chicken lunch. When we walked in, the upstairs was empty. But when we left, they were waiting 100 deep for chicken. Again she couldn't believe it. We then went to the Cheese Haus. Got some cheeses and headed back to the truck. As we were leaving I showed her the parking lot for Bronner's. Packed. Just packed. Thousands more people than when we went in. The road coming into town which was empty for us was stopped traffic. She appreciated now me getting her there early and I appreciated a partner who didn't fight me to achieve that goal.

We got home around 1 and I took a nap. After we started setting up the tree. I brought up selective Xmas items. There is a little bit out, but not insane amounts. We're not even going to put all the ornaments on. Again, selective. We had leftovers for dinner, played some games, went to bed.

The coolest thing we did yesterday was decide on NYE. On the way up we saw a billboard for 80's night NYE at some casino. I told C I would like to do something together this year since last year was a bust. She agreed and we looked up some stuff while driving. We decided we're going to Grand Rapids, staying at the big cool Hilton, and going to their party. Two ballrooms full of DJs and parties. We get admission, parking, and a room as a package. Now we just need to find something to wear.

Our friend is coming over today. We're going to help her shoot some YouTube videos and then make pizza. I made the dough last night and it's rising slowly. My five days off are at an end, but I feel rejuvenated and better than I have in a while.

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Up early. Going to store. Hopefully won't be a madhouse at 6am. Then we're going to the Xmas store. I finally get to be away from this room. Thank gods.

Didn't do anything yesterday. Took an actual day off. Was wonderful.

ANA Y2 D181

Ugh I hate this weather. Hot cold dry wet all at once. I can't breathe. I can't swallow. Head hurts. Fuck this.

We didn't leave the house yesterday. It was glorious. I made a makeshift holiday dinner. We watched some tv. We played video games. We pulled out the tree. Need to get more lights before we can set it up. We're going to the Xmas store in Frankenmuth tomorrow. Get new ornaments just for us. Today C works from 6-12. I'm not leaving the house again.

ANA Y2 D180

Been up for about an hour. Having some tummy troubles. Plus I rolled over at 4:45 saw I got paid early which of course woke my brain up and I started thinking about bills. A little after 5 I just said fuck it and got up to get things done. The positive is bills are all paid now and I don't have to think about anything for the rest of the weekend. I will take that. I also don't have to worry about this house. That's the best news I can share.

Yesterday C worked from 8-:430. She got her ass handed to her. Entitled last minute assholes abounded. She got yelled at for the stupidest things. Like the people who ordered their dinner for tonight and were upset it needed to be reheated. Seriously? They expected a hot dinner?? WTF? Or the coworker who decided to not come in because and I quote "I got high". Quality. One coworker almost quit on the spot from being yelled at. C yelled at some of her other coworkers who weren't working but still came into the break room for free food. She was pissed and I don't blame her. She did make it through, has today off, and was a poor exhausted sack for the night. I took care of her. We ordered out because I sure as hell wasn't cooking after the day I had.

See, while she was at work, I cleaned. For 9 hours. I sanitized this house. I did baseboards. I took apart light fixtures (broke one, landed on my foot and had to deal with that), I cleaned the over, I scrubbed grout on my hands and knees. In other words, this fucking house is spotless. 9 hours. I didn't even finish. I still have my closet room and the office. We will do the office together today because we want to move the desks around. I will work on my closet once I am done with all this. I want to wash my hair this morning so that's the priority. But the house is good. Now I can bring the tree up today and not feel overwhelmed. 

We ordered in Happy's pizza because I expected to be alone tonight and wanted leftovers. C was scheduled to go to her sister's about an hour away but around 10 she got a text saying it was cancelled. Her mom has other plans, her dad and other sister can't make it due to dad being sick, and I wasn't going because of dad. Her sister was like just stay home because it will be her, her bf, and the bf family. Not fun for C. Now she has no obligations today! I will make a ham and save the leftovers. All good.

Alright, time to go wash my head.

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The fucking cat crawled in between during the night and peed in the bed. Worse than having a toddler. I am so done with her. Nothing like waking up to that and on a morning where I could actually sleep. Motherfucker.

Speaking of sleeping, I am off until Monday. I hustled my little ass off last night and finished another class. I called my boss and asked if she needed me the rest of the week. Nope. Fine. Done for the week. That means I can clean today and relax for four days. I need it. No talking. No emails. Just done. I made a mac and cheese monstrosity last night. It was incredible. 2 1/2 pounds of cheese. Broiled for a crusty top. My magnum opus of mac and cheese. Incredible.

Need to go check the laundry. Then when C leaves for work at 7:30, I start cleaning. She has some weird shifts this week. 9-5:30 yesterday, 8-4:30 today. She said it was insane yesterday. Everyone trying to buy their entire dinner from the deli. Idiots.

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It's funny how when you can put a name to your demon it diminishes its power over you. I've clearly been in a funk the last couple of days. So yesterday I stopped and tried to figure out what was really bugging me. You'd think after 5 years of this shit I would have recognized it faster. Fucking S.A.D. hits again. Darkness most of the day, grey skies during the rest of the time. Yep. I was feeling 'the blues' due to the change in weather. Of course I have only lived here for 10% of my life and only experienced this shit for a short time comparatively speaking which means it took me a couple of days to isolate what was wrong. Once it dawned on me, I turned on all the lights, took some vitamin D, and lo, I am feeling better. Not great, but better. Because now I know what's really bugging me. Not a thing or a person, just the fucking weather and time of year. Gah I need out of here.

Speaking of living here, the 18th marked 5 years in this house. The second longest I've lived anywhere straight. One more year and it breaks the record. Sad. Oh and my mortgage got sold on me. Motherfuckers. I need to figure out how to make payments to a new company. Bastards.

Recorded all day. Recording today. Only two more days and I get a break. Going to clean this house like crazy on Thursday.

ANA Y2 D177

I didn't have a great day yesterday. I was too tired and annoyed at everything so I shut down. It was easier that way. I mounted a hook in the bathroom. I made ribs for dinner. But I did it all with detachment. I simply was not here.

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It's not even 4am and I am up. Been up for a while. Slept like absolute shit. I ache, I can't breathe, the fucking blanket was driving me nuts, I had horrible dreams, you name it, it hit me last night. So fuck this, I am up. Also I have to go to fucking walmart this morning because I went yesterday and bought a new hook for the bathroom and half the fucking hardware is missing. Fucking degenerates. Tired of fucking people, tired of everything.

ANA Y2 D175

I woke up this morning to something touching. C's sister texted me inviting me to their family secret santa. It feels really good to be included. At the same time? I absolutely hate secret santa. I hate getting a gift for someone I don't know and don't want to receive one from someone who doesn't know me. You all know how weird I am about gifts. I mean what if I get her dad who has never even met me? What the hell do I get him? Ugh. I am going to need to think this one through.

Had therapy at 7:30, taught from 8:30 until 4. That was my whole day. Therapy was good. Talked about how I am feeling claustrophobic right now. How Xmas isn't hitting me yet. All the things. Class went fine, no issues there. For dinner we had a mish mash of things to clean out some leftovers. After dinner we had fun sexy time. C pretty much passed out right after at 9. I stayed up for a while longer. Played some games, went to bed around 10. She has to work the next few days straight. This is 2 of 6. All of them early damn shifts. 

I don't have any plans for today but I am sure I will find some trouble to get into.

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Recorded 23 demos yesterday. Still 9 more to go in the class I am working on right now. It's a beast. But I will get it done. This work is supposed to take me up until mid-December and I am going to make that happen.

Didn't feel like cooking last night so we had Persian. Now we have leftovers. Works for me. Watched tv, played games, had sexy fun time in the bedroom, went to sleep. A not very exciting day and that's okay. Almost holiday weekend. Therapy this morning then all day training.

ANA Y2 D173

I had a bad night. For some reason I had a major tinnitus flareup. Just hit me hard. I couldn't function. First one of those I have had in a long time. I think I am just stressed out about a bunch of stupid shit and it came on. But I couldn't do anything. I ended up just laying in the dark on the couch to try and get it to pass. I ended up falling asleep and C came and got me around 11. I was out there from like 8pm on. Fucking sucked.

Worked on recording all day which probably didn't help. We took a break to go to the store, I did a webinar from 2-4, then I made us salmon noodle bowls for dinner. The flare started around 4 or 5 and it was a challenge making dinner. But I got through it. I don't want to experience that again.

More recording today. Only 5 more business days and I get a four day weekend. I plan on using that time to deep clean the house. Still haven't put up any Xmas shit and not sure if I will.

ANA Y2 D172

It's currently 32 degrees outside. Freezing to be accurate. But you know what? Not in here baby! We have heat again! I was a little worried last night because our window was 12-4:30 and 4:30 came and went without a peep from them. I called at 5 for an update and was about to call again at 6 when at 5:45 the tech finally called. He got here about 5-10 minutes later. Our flame sensor needed replacing? Okay. Total out of pocket cost? $20 that I tipped him. That's it. Granted I have paid into my warranty program about $1100 over the last five years, but if it had been something more serious, that $1100 wouldn't even touch a furnace issue. I know this because the exgf had their service call yesterday and their heater is kaput. They're looking at $5000. So yeah, I will take my $20 and a bottle of water and a $20 a month charge thank you very much. We are toasty and happy. 

I spent the first part of the day recording, will do the same today. I have a 2-4 meeting today so I am not rushing to start. Made Italian hot beef sandwiches for dinner last night. Watched some tv, had some sexy time because we were happy to have heat, and went off to bed. Other than the heater, nothing exciting. That's okay. 

Just a little side note. I am still overall happy. Mostly, I am happy in my relationship. It's been over a year and I still have the urge and desire to be with my partner. To kiss them, to hold their hand, to be around them, etc. All the things you're supposed to want to do with your partner. It's well past any infatuation phase. It's settled down, in love. It's a new weird concept for me. I think about how I felt about past relationships and they didn't even come close. There was always some underlying tension or secret or issue. I know that sounds crazy, but in the past I was in relationships for a "reason" and not because I actually loved my damn partner. Not like this. Platonic feelings? Sure. For the most part, I liked my partners. Now I am talking not just spouses, but people I dated too. There was never this kind of feeling. I'm sorry it took me so long to find this, but in the end, I'm happy I did. So yeah, I am okay. Life gets frustrating, work gets frustrating, but for the first time, I have someone I can depend on, count on, and hold me when shit gets too real. I'm okay.

ANA Y2 D171

Nothing exciting today. We're doing our best to stay warm. Moving heaters from room to room. My exgf also had her heater go out. She's got three kids and two dogs she's trying to keep warm. Much worse off than us. We're getting through it.

C worked, I worked. Made coconut chicken for dinner. I haven't made this in a while and I think it's because subconsciously I didn't want to? It's something I would make for B all the time and I guess I have been avoiding making their dinners? But it's a good dinner and it turned out great. It's been over a year now since they left for Alaska, almost a year since they moved out, I think it's okay to cook foods again. It's so weird. At least last time I moved and had a clean break. This time because of circumstances, it's like they're still in my life and just out there. I talk to them a couple times a week. I asked them for directions to the bulk food store the other night. There's no animosity in the respect of the relationship ending. There really isn't. The thought of being apart has been a theme here for quite a while. That isn't where any anger I might have comes from. It's being financially responsible for them that irked me. You want to move on, okay, but you don't get to keep a lifeline. But as I stated here a year ago, their false hope of us being besties is emerging. We're not mean or cruel to each other. If I needed someone to watch the cats, I would call them. But are we seeing each other every day? Nope. Are we staying up at night having chat sessions? Nope. It's the natural order of things. If we do move, that gap will grow even more. It's okay. Which is a long convoluted way of saying I can cook things again. 

Noon is the start of my heater window. Let's hope that this is a painless day. Please dear god, let me catch a break.

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Had a bit of a breakdown yesterday. It was cold, really cold. So the heater was on, but it wasn't getting any warmer in here. Damn heater isn't pushing any hot air. It's blowing air, but it's cold air. It's pushing out room temp air. Which means my furnace, which I have been worried about for years, kaput. As you might imagine, the thought of a dead furnace did not fill me with joy or happiness. I was crying from the thought of where I would get money to fix it. Then stupidhead reminded me of something. I have been paying towards my home protection plan with DTE for the last five years. The literal one and only thing that plan covers? The furnace. They are coming out tomorrow. If it's fixable, it will cost me small dollars. If it has to be replaced, that's another story and I will cross that bridge when I come to it. The hope is that it will be a small fix and it will be a small charge. A few hundred dollars which they will add to my energy bill every month. Send me all the thoughts and prayers please. Even if that shit doesn't work.

Got up early yesterday and went to store. Came back, dealt with putting the pool away for winter, redid the Tupperware cabinet, did laundry, dealt with above heater issue, made a leg of lamb for dinner, watched some TV, collapsed. Welcome to my life.

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Spent the day in the house mostly. We worked on our food algebra. Figuring out our macros to adjust for the changes my doctor wants me to make. We ended up driving all over the place to find a bulk foods store. First we ended up in the wrong city. There was one I was looking for in particular having been in there in the past. Sadly they all have the same damn name around here. We did finally find what we wanted and we got a bulk amount of nuts and dried fruit. We then sat down and figured out how to make small snack bags with the right mix of protein, carbs, and fat. Food algebra. We had Japanese curry for dinner, watched some tv, went to bed. Not the most exciting of Saturdays, but that's okay. Today C has to work and I am off to the grocery store. Have to get cat food and other basics. Doing lamb tonight.

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I FUCKING SLEPT IN! YAY ME!! HA!

That's it. That's the most exciting thing to happen right now. I slept until 7:30. Go me.

Yesterday I taught. We went out to Old Navy after work because I want C to buy me a pair of jeans for Xmas. I ordered other gifts. I feel I have a good handle on Xmas right now. I paid bills. Almost done paying off the fucking IRS. We went to dinner at Hopcat. It was a good day overall.

ANA Y2 D167

I cannot wake up this morning. Slept okay for the most part. Had bizarre dreams. But slept mostly through the night. Just am very tired. Need another hour or two. But alas, bills to pay, classes to teach, shit to do. Thankfully C doesn't work tomorrow and we have no weekend plans. I can sleep tomorrow.

Spent the day working on classes, made chicken parmesan for dinner, watched some tv, rearranged C's desk with her, played some games, went to bed. Absolutely nothing exciting. I am feeling the urge and need to get out of town again. It's been since September since we went anywhere. We discussed what we're going to do for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. Different than last year since her family all knows me now and we've been together a while. Her sister wants to host Thanksgiving and we are thinking about it. The hard part is C has to work Black Friday at 6am so we couldn't stay too late and her sister lives about 90 minutes from us. Nothing has been decided for Xmas yet. There's also still the issue of her dad and other family she doesn't want to be around. That's a whole different can of worms. 

Speaking of Christmas, we decided on a couple of gifts yesterday. She's been needing a new monitor for a while and I have been needing a new vac sealer. There it is. Our "big" Xmas gifts. Done and done. We will have a small amount of presents this year. Nothing extravagant, nothing crazy. I swear on it.

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Since C had to close last night we stayed up late and I slept in this morning. I have a 3-4 meeting today and figured fuck it. I won't start working until 8 today. Go me.

Spent the day working on stupid shit. Had leftovers for dinner. Waited for C to get home. That's about it.

ANA Y2 D165

Yesterday was an adventure. More things happening on a tuesday than the average person does in a whole week. Got up in the morning around 5, and immediately sent a second request to Roto-Rooter. Around 7:30 I got confirmation and 8:15 got a phone call. Thank goodness. I took a whore's bath in the sink barely turning on any water. The tech showed up around 9 and was here until about 10:30am. He pulled out five bags of tree branches. Sigh. Okay. We discussed options for the future. Realistically I can either keep calling them every 2-3 years and have it snaked at the roughly $300 a pop it cost me yesterday, spend $1700 and have it high pressure flushed which would buy me 10 years before calling them again, or spend $10,000 and have the pipes replaced because clearly there's a hole the roots are coming in through. This is actually a tough call. No, I can't do either of the more expensive options right now, but we need to think this through depending on how long we plan on living here. Are we going to be here in 10 years? I truly doubt it. 5? Maybe. Regardless, he got everything cleaned out, cost me $300 and I took a real shower. Rest of the day was spent working. Had a meeting at 2pm with IBM about a bug we found in their latest release. Then went to the store to get stuff for dinner. Our friend came over around 5:30 and we had the bestest girl night. I made a nice roast, risotto, and zucchini. She braided and did C's hair, we laughed, we had fun. For dessert I made caramelized pears served over french vanilla ice cream. We wound down and started to get into bed around 11. C slips into bed and is says "gee this feels wet". Fuck fuck fuck. We pull back the sheets and there's a big old pee spot. Sigh. Rip the sheets and blankets off and get everything in the washer. Find replacements and try to get situated. Fucking cat. Long day. Many things going on. But not a bad day. Just a day in the life.

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The water came back. We tried flushing it with chemicals to no avail. I sent a request to roto rooter but haven't heard back yet. There will be no Christmas in this house this year.

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I managed to do two things yesterday. I had a hair appointment in the afternoon and spent my morning cleaning up a shit water filled laundry room. You weren't expecting that, were you? Yeah, me neither. I got up with C when she headed off to work. The plan was to take my time, move slowly, enjoy my Sunday. I started off that way. I took a leisurely shower and was ready to just relax. Didn't even put on clothes, just a robe. Then I made my way into the kitchen. I smelled poop. I freaked. I thought the cat had pooped somewhere. It was so strong. I was getting frantic looking around. Finally I made my way down to the basement. The smell was overwhelming. At this point I am expecting to find a pile of diarrhea somewhere. I go into the cat room and see a trail of something. I'm like JFC she peed on the floor. But then I noticed the carpet tiles were wet. Nope nope nope. I then go into the laundry room and there it is. The source of my nose assault. Two inches of standing poop water. Motherfucker. I calm down and assess the situation. First up, see if anything is damaged. Then I started plunging and snaking. After about 2.5 hours I broke through the block. Got all the standing water up. Poured a bottle of main line drain cleaner down there and prayed for the best. Then I had to clean up carpet tiles and towels and the floor. By the time it was over, it was time to go to my hair appointment. So from 8am until 5pm, I literally did two things. Got home, showed C everything, we did some toilet tests, and it looked good. We still need to bleach and scrub the floor down there to make sure it's sanitized but so far we look okay. I am going to home depot to get a bottle of root killer today and doubling up on that. Hopefully I will make sure it's all good. My hair looks great btw. She did a half up fishtail braid and I love it. Very happy with that.

Had leftovers for dinner, went to bed around 9:30 because of stupid time change. Have a doctor's appointment this morning. Let's see what that nets.

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Woo. An "extra" hour. Woo. Fuck DST. Stupid shit.

You know just when I thought fear based politics couldn't get any stupider, the wonderful people "in charge" rose to the occasion. The latest? Well first off, all these idiots, boomers, and trolls claiming TikTok is indoctrinating the youth and turning them towards Hamas and making them terrorists and we should have bought or banned TikTok when we could have! Seriously? That's what's doing it? Are you fucking stupid? And as if in answer to that question, 10 republicans are sponsoring a bill to REMOVE anyone of Palestinian origin from the country and blocking entry to anyone from Palestine. Tell me you're a racist piece of shit without telling me you're a racist piece of shit. Here's my stance on this whole issue. First off, my opinion is based on an outsider's short term view of an area that has had issues for 2000 years. Anything I say or believe is irrelevant to these people's lives. That's the first truth. Second, what Israel is doing right now is barbaric. You can be pro-Jew without being Pro-Israeli government. The two statements are not contradictory. I promise you. Second, the Palestinian people are not Hamas. To punish, hate, and direct ill will towards the people is wrong. Plain and simple. That would be like starving or bombing 50% of the US because of MAGA. Hate the terrorist group, fine, but don't kill the people over it. Don't bomb an entire area for 3 individuals. That's literally what's happening. The Israeli government, not the people, are using this as a justification for genocide. That's inexcusable. Nothing on TikTok is swaying your children. They just aren't pieces of shit like you and have the ability to apply critical thinking skills. Give it a try some time, you might see it works.

Went to the grocery store early yesterday. Came back, cleaned, put groceries away, In the afternoon we headed over to friend's house to hang out and have dinner. On the way we stopped at another location of C's work. We first went in there a year ago and it's what prompted her to want to work for them. My god the difference between stores is amazing. This other location is just 1000x nicer and has more amenities. We ended up having Mediterranean for dinner, watched Five Night's at Freddie's, and got home around 10.

I have a hair appointment at 2 today. Yay me.

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Taught all day, made cornish game hens for dinner, played video games, went to bed. That's all. Not an exciting day. Yesterday did mark one year of us living together and stupidhead leaving for Alaska. Can you believe that shit was a year ago?? What the hell man. I was pondering yesterday my life and shocked at how much I've been through. But rather a life lived than a life not. Right???

ANA Y2 D160

Finished recording the final demos yesterday. 11 more done and done. Meeting next week to discuss what's next. That was my whole day. C worked the close so I was on my own. Played games, watched tv, had taco bell when she got home. Today I actually teach. This should be interesting.

ANA Y2 D159

So very tired this morning. I have 11 demos left to today and I got up normal time even though C closes tonight. I want to get an early start. I did 14 yesterday in 6.5 hours. I am estimating a little over 5 hours for today's work. The sooner I start, the sooner I am done. This is my last class I am recording and I teach tomorrow. I have to get it done. But it doesn't make me any less tired.

Spent the day recording. Made shrimp and grits for dinner. Watched Castlevania Nocturne. Very good. I can't wait for a second season. Who knows of course when that will happen. SAG is still on strike. We don't hear as much as we did with the writer's but, they're still out there. Oh and we got our third even though it really shouldn't count. But he's famous in his own way. Heck, even I know him and I hate the sports. Bobby Knight died. Oh well. That's 3. Got my doctor appt for next monday for IGF discussion. Let's see how that goes.

ANA Y2 D158

Merry Xmas 1st! Oh yeah baby, we're in Xmas season! No, there's no "Christ" in Christmas. Just a big ol' X. Suck it.

Here's the plot twist you weren't expecting - it fucking snowed yesterday. Yep. On Halloween. It started around 4 in the afternoon and was on and off all night. Woke up this morning to a light dusting outside. Snow. Halloween. October. WTF? The GOOD news is that didn't stop the children! WE HAD KIDS SHOW UP! I was so excited and happy! The first two who came to the door got a bounty. Full size Hershey's and a handful each of candy. The remaining kids got like 2-3 each from us. We only had 10 kids in total, but we got kids! Made me feel so good. Now, I am gonna be grumpy for a minute. They were all in cars and most of them didn't know the proper protocol, but dammit, we had kids. I will take it.

Today I pull out the Xmas stuff. 60 days of putting up with that nonsense for poor C. Cest la vie, she knew what she was getting into when she started dating me. This will be our second Xmas together. How time flies when you're going insane.