ANA Y2 D218

 IT'S NYE! Tomorrow will be the first entry in 2024. It will be late. I am NOT bringing my laptop with me. That's right. I am going to travel today for the first time without a laptop. Setting a precedent for the new year. We spent the majority of the day at the salon yesterday. From 12:30 until 6 and then dinner. Our hair looks fabulous. We both slept in single positions to make sure it stays for tonight. We're leaving around 1:30 to the hotel. Party tonight! WOO! I am looking forward to it. C called in at 5am this morning. She is calling in tomorrow too. Will she go back? We don't know. Will they fire her? We don't know. We don't care. Seriously. She needs out of there and this may be the catalyst that was needed.

ANA Y2 D217

Up early not intentionally. Stupid cats were driving me nuts. I got one bringing us gloves and the other crawling all over me. I have no idea where Merlot is finding these damn gloves but she keeps bringing them to us in bed. Ugh. The other one is just being a pain in the ass.

Had a decent day. Good last therapy session of the year. C came home from work ready to quit which I support. We went to our friend's salon and spent from 2 until about 8 helping her set up her new space. We assembled so much damn furniture. Hung mirrors, wall decorations, etc. She bought us pizza for helping. Got home and played video games and went to bed around 11:30.

Today is new hair day. Very excited.

ANA Y2 D216

Back up at 4:30. Bleh. Don't like it. This whole time I've been "off" with the exception of one or two days, it hasn't felt any different than normal because of getting up way too fucking early. I do have therapy this morning and I had to be up anyway, but it's still annoying.

Major goal accomplished yesterday. Our new baker's rack arrived around 1pm and I spent an hour getting it all assembled and setup. The amount of cabinet space it freed up was incredible. I can now move things around in that kitchen and start the new year organized. Very happy about that. Picture in a minute.

Besides that we didn't do much of anything else. I did finally cook a real meal after many days of eating leftovers. I did a nice seared tuna with salad, soup, and gyoza. That felt good. Otherwise yesterday was one of those few days that felt truly like a vacation day. 

Pic of new setup. I am happy with it:

ANA Y2 D215

Now this is sleeping in gang! 7am. That's how you should enjoy time off. Of course we were up until almost 1am because we were playing a co-op video game together. But that's also the first time in a while we stayed up past midnight and on a weekday no less.

I was very productive yesterday. I have a couple of goals I want to achieve during this time off. Yesterday I managed to knock one off my list. While C was at work, I gutted the hall closet, bathroom drawers, and medicine cabinet and gave them a thorough reorganization. It was so cathartic. Got rid of old expired medicines, hair dyes, and the like. Threw out things I don't and will never use. Stacked and folded all of the towels and sheets. Made it easier to get to the stuff we need. Put everything in organized bins. Man it felt good when I was done. Took me a few hours, but it was worth it. I want to do the same for the kitchen too but I need the new rack to arrive first. That will be coming today. Once it arrives and is assembled, I will be able to pull everything out of the kitchen. Wish me luck on that project.

C brought home McDonald's at like 3pm so we didn't really eat dinner. She was hungry as she didn't get a single break at work. We watched some tv, then settled in to play a game. Took us a while of re-configuring network connections so we could play together but in the end it was worth it. We had a wonderful time.

That's about it. Five more days until I have to do any real work. I'm going to try and enjoy every moment of it.

ANA Y2 D214

I slept in a whole hour! Woo! Go me. I am officially off until 1/2 so fuck it. I can sleep.

Had a good day yesterday. Wrote another blog post for work, cleaned up stuff for end of year. Productive day. After, we went to the Walmart to get some hangers. When we were at C's sister's on Monday, her mom dumped all the stuff she had still in her house on us. The whole car was packed. I did learn just how much stuff fits in the new car. But that meant that between Xmas clothes AND old clothes we both needed hangers bad! The store was surprisingly calm. We didn't wait at all. No craziness. C also got a new cover for her tablet. She's been stressing about that since she got it. Mine comes with a docking station so I am less stressed. I have $50 credit with google and can get the nice one they have for like $30 when I am ready. It's on back-order right now anyway. We ate through a ton of leftovers for dinner then watched the new Nicolas Cage movie. We got about halfway before someone fell asleep. Not me of course. We also made a big decision yesterday. We found a baker's rack we liked. We did some furniture rearranging and we're going to use it for all the kitchen stuff. Thursday will be kitchen gut day. Today I am going to gut the hall closet. We will start the year with an organized house dammit. Yesterday was clothes and closets, today is hall closet, tomorrow is kitchen. Oh and of course I took down Christmas yesterday. You know how I am. Shit is over, put it away. The house feels better already. I also unpacked all of the Xmas gifts. Didn't put anything way yet, but got rid of a ton of packaging. Garbage comes today and I wanted it all gone. C set up her new monitor which forced her to clean her desk too. Something that was overdue. She also went through her mail and found her stupid company was automatically rolling her into their 401k. WTF? Apparently thanks to Bush that's legal. Um no. She turned that shit right off. So that's where we're at. Organizing, cleaning, getting shit in order for a brand new year.

ANA Y2 D213

We had a wonderful day yesterday. It was long and busy and I was up from 4am until 11:30pm with no real downtime in between, but it was worth every minute. Started the day by making whipped cream and waffles. Separated out the presents for us both. 81 this year total. 37 me, 35 C, 9 for both of us. Now I had three external she didn't have which means for once I technically would have had less. Hence the need for "both of us" presents. We got some really practical things this year. Indoor hydroponic garden, seeds to go with it, induction burner, pan to use on it, clothes, C's new monitor, and we both got new tablets. I also for the very first time in my life got Barbies!! I got two - the Margot Robbie one from the movie and the Holiday Edition. So excited to have gotten them. We also got a new blender which I can't wait to use. But our ability to use our presents was cut short as I had cooking to do. I got everything cooked and put in trays by 11am. Then got myself ready. I knew various family members would be there and wanted to be as conservative as possible. I wasn't going to embarrass C in any way. I choose simple makeup and a long dress. I did get multiple compliments on it so I think I did good on that front. There were about 12 people there total. Finally met her dad face to face. The surprise guests were her grandparents (sort of, grandpa and step grandma who no ones likes apparently). I also met her sister's boyfriends and held mine own with them. I'm not sure how well my food went over because there was more left over than I expected. Oh well. I think it might have been too much for the mid-westerners. Especially the radishes. But we had fun, I got good gifts from the secret santa. We headed home around 7:30 and we were back home by 9. We spent time setting up our new tablets and breathing. 

Now today I do have to work but I have a specific task to complete. Once that's done I am free until next week. Let's get her done.

ANA Y2 D212

MERRY CHRISTMAS BITCHES!

It's finally here!! Present time!! WOOO! I cooked yesterday and bounced off the walls. Used the leftover lamb to make lamb poutine. Came out awesome. Now, I have presents to open, food to make, and shit to do.

May you all have a wonderful day and we will talk more tomorrow!!

ANA Y2 D211

Our party was a success!! What a wild day! Was up early and went full non-stop until about noon. Cleaning, prepping, organizing, running to the store for last minute things. I realized I no longer had a baking pan which was a serious problem. We had to hit the store for that and some kind of dessert. In all my planning I forgot about dessert. Back to GFS we go. We got everything we needed and started planning. It was the kind of day where I needed to keep everything written down or something was going to get missed. I had my lamb in at 11am on the dot. The lamb cooked for 7 hours and turned out perfect. Was super happy with the results. Our friend brought a new person we had never met so there was some anxiety about that. Turned out to be a really nice person. We went through four bottles of wine between six people over 4 hours. Works for me. Everyone had a blast. 

Today I do nothing. We have 18 hours until Xmas. Tonight we watch our regularly scheduled Xmas Eve shows and wait for Santa.

May you my dear readers have a wonderful day today and a beautiful tomorrow.

ANA Y2 D210

Yesterday was just insane. Ups downs and everything in between. I got up early to pay bills and move move move. Unfortunately C's body had other plans for her. She woke up throwing up, fever, etc. Her fucking job gave her shit about calling in on a Friday. The guilt trip was disgusting. If she's sick the last place she should be is around food for fuck's sake. I left her in the fetal position in bed to go to the store. When I got back she was so upset at the guilt she was getting ready. I tried to stop her but to no avail. Fucking people. I then settled in to work. I got two brand new blog posts written. Over 4000 words. I took a break in between to go to the Mediterranean store for stuff for tonight. Came back, finished the second one. I was feeling great. It was around 1:45 or so. I went into the other room to try to catch a nap and after laying down for five minutes I hear a noise. Fucking cat was under the tree pissing. I saw red. Just went ballistic. She had been crawling under there and pissing on presents for god knows how long. Ruined a bunch of shit. I have never intentionally harmed an animal in my life but yesterday only the gods stopped me. As I was dealing with this C came home. I told her to get that thing out of my sight before it ended up outside. I was livid. I was able to wash the clothing items she peed on but it just pissed me off. I moved the majority of the presents into the other room to avoid any more issues. From here on out I refuse to acknowledge its existence. It's dead to me. You don't fuck with Xmas. Ever.C was still pale and came home to throw up. So here I am trying to fix the Xmas presents, put her to bed, and calm myself down. It was not a good couple of hours. Obviously C didn't want to eat dinner and I ended up having some of the leftover pizza. C was being stubborn and not going back to bed so I left her tucked in on the couch with a bucket (her idea). I managed to get into bed around 10:30.

Today I have to start the lamb, clean the house, and prep for company. Six people including us tonight. I did some picking up yesterday but I also have laundry to do this morning. I put the leaf in the table already. Still have to dust, vacuum, and general straightening. People are coming around 6. Tonight should be fun. It better be. I need it.

ANA Y2 D209

 Got shit to do today. Bills. Store. Write blog posts for work. No time. No time. Move move move.

Sigh. Life.

Had a good day. Most of it spent doing one final session with my good group. 5 hours of the day with them. Did some catch up the rest of the time. Went to our friend's salon around 4 to help her move into a new space. We were very honored as she wanted us to help her design the layout and flow of her new space. Came home, made swedish meatballs for dinner. Watched Children of Men. Went to bed.

Okay, must concentrate on shit. Go go go.

ANA Y2 D208

We are into double digits people! Only 91 hours to go! WOOOO!

Do you know how many variations of that woo word I have added to dictionary with varying degrees of the letter O? I'm ridiculous. Anyway, I digress...

Spent the whole day teaching. I did get a beautiful and wonderful surprise midday. C came home at 2pm and gave me a dozen red roses. Just because. No reason other than she loves me. Made me cry. Not going to lie. I don't think I have ever been given roses without any reason. Flowers, yes. But long stem roses? Nope. Made me giddy. I love them and I love her.

During my class I did manage to convince them to do another 1/2 day today. There were so many questions and they were all so excited to learn things that I just couldn't say no. They were such wonderful people. We're getting paid for it. We're going to bill them $1000 for a 1/2 day which means I am more than covering my costs. Plus it's less thumb twiddling and pushing paper for me. This leaves me with 12 hours to figure out this week. Then it will finally be Xmas.

Made tacos for dinner. Relaxed on the couch. Had a nice quiet evening. C looked up things she wants to cook and make for Monday dinner. Went to bed a little early because we were both tired but not too crazy. She also is working with our friend on possibly getting a new job in an office where she would have a more steady schedule. Trying to set that up to start in Jan. That would make a huge difference for both of us. Let's cross our fingers.

Okay, time to do some other work to fill the rest of today.

ANA Y2 D207

We're so close to Xmas I can taste it. Ugh. It's right around the corner. 115 hours. Almost down to double digits. Just three more work days and I not only get Xmas but time off. Another day of teaching today and I have a bunch of small mentoring stuff arranged for Thursday. That will keep me going. I can make it.

Spent all day teaching yesterday. Finished around 4:30. Didn't feel like cooking or doing much of anything after so we grabbed a pizza. Now we have leftovers for the week too. Perfect. We watched some TV, relaxed, went to bed around 10. All in all, a normal calm day. The group I am teaching is very engaged, very smart, and a pleasure to teach. It does drain me a bit more because I have to be on top of everything, but totally worth it.

The snow has pretty much melted. Will be gone I would wager by end of today. The house across the street has been getting a lot of showings. I hope he gets a bidding war. Drive my house up! Go go go! Maybe we will be able to move next year. Fingers crossed. Arranged with C's sisters our plans for Monday. I am feeling really included and liked by them and it means a lot. I get I am coming at this from a different perspective than in the past, but it's like this is how your relationship with your partner's family should feel if that makes sense. I don't feel like an outsider like I have with B's family. It's not weird or uncomfortable reaching out to them. It's nice. We have some additional friends coming on Saturday for lamb night. Up to 6 total now including us. This is going to be fun. A baby Xmas party. We're going to be cleaning all morning Saturday and I will be in the kitchen a lot, but you know I like that anyway.

Look at me being all verbose. Sheesh.

ANA Y2 D206

Finance people piss me off. I've always had trouble with them because I don't fit neatly into a box. I'm not a consultant. I'm technically not management. I'm not Marketing. I'm not IT. I do all of the above. So they get annoyed when I submit my hours. Too much here. Too little here. Go fuck yourselves bean counters. It's the end of the year. What do you think is going on? See with other people they're hourly consultants who only bill when there is work. I'm salary so they want play by play. Yet if you asked these same people what they did all day they'd be hard pressed to cover every fucking minute of the day. Annoyed.

Took C to the doctor yesterday. Regular appointment. Nothing exciting. Blood draw. Refills. Went without issue. Only issue was the weather. It decided to start snowing and while at first it wasn't much, it did end up leaving enough to cover. It will probably be gone today but made driving a challenge yesterday. Also very windy out which didn't help. Nice being in a new car with new wiper blades. Made little chickens for dinner. Tried something new. I did sous vide on them for 6 hours at 150. They came out fine but it didn't add anything to them either. More like a smoked meat which is meh. Wouldn't do again to be honest.

After dinner C did the dishes, then we took her car to get air in the tires. While we were out I was whining about wanting ice cream so she stopped at DQ and got me a blizzard. It's not often I get the princess treatment and it's nice when it happens. Played some video games, went to bed. 

Next two days are all day training. Suck that finance.

ANA Y2 D205

Sorry for the delay, was getting my timesheet done and out of the way. Gotta keep the bean counters happy. 

So here we are. The last working week of the year. Hell week. We're days from Xmas. Mere days. 163 hours to be exact. Just right there. Close enough to touch and feel but not enough to open presents. Luckily I have two days of training this week. I honestly wish I had more. Anything to fill this week and make it go by faster would be a blessing. But I will take two days and not complain. It's two days no one will be bugging me. Just have to figure out how to get through the rest. Ugh.

We didn't do much of anything yesterday. C worked. I went to the grocery store in the morning. Got to drive the new car in the rain. Whee. New wiper blades are the best. I have fancy LED headlights too. It's been a while since I've had a car where the headlights turn. The truck while having nice features was still a a truck and missing some of those niceties found on SUVs and cars. Like LED following headlights. All weather tires and AWD make it easy to drive too. Will I miss 4WD? Maybe. I did use it a few times in the snow but ironically I used it in NV not in MI. I used it maybe once here. I survived a year with the AWD on the Nissan while I lived here, the Subaru will be fine. Either way, started to get a feel for it yesterday while running errands.

Made steaks for dinner. Watched TV. Got a little frisky. Heh. Fell asleep. A good Sunday. C has a doc appointment today which I will take her to and going to make little chickens tonight. One week people. One week.

ANA Y2 D204

I know I said we had no plans for yesterday, but when has that ever stopped us? We went over to the bulk food store, dropped stuff off at B's, and found a Mediterranean store that has everything we need for shawarma night next week. We also did laundry as planned. Didn't really eat dinner. Wasn't feeling hungry. Mostly just noshed on nuts and berries. Oh well. Today I am off to the store early, then nothing. We're in the home stretch for Xmas babies. It's almost magical time!

ANA Y2 D203

Was so tired after teaching yesterday. I haven't done a full day of teaching in a while let alone two in a row and it drained me. Especially since this was a good group and I exerted a ton of energy on them. I gave them my all because they were giving me theirs. It was a great session. I have two more with them next week and it's a good group to be ending the year on. No complaints on that.

Made lamb for dinner. We both fell asleep on the couch. Old people is what we are. Sheesh. C brought home a nice tray of Xmas snacks from work. We nibbled, we watched tv, we fell asleep like two old people. Sigh.

No plans for today. Laundry, some cleaning. Otherwise no obligations. Heck, I slept until almost 6. Go me.

ANA Y2 D202

It felt good to teach yesterday. I did two groups; the first was mentoring and I was able to solve their issues without too much trouble. The second was a standard class with a group I've taught before. Ironically, the last time I taught them was April 2022. Right before the "changes". I did come out to them which was refreshing. I have three more sessions with them, one today and two next week. I am looking forward to it.

That took up my day. We had leftover Chinese food for dinner. Watched some TV. Went to bed. Almost Christmas people. Almost Christmas.

ANA Y2 D201

Yesterday I did something interesting. I decided to reconnect with some people from the past. Nothing crazy or scary. Just some old friends from cast. I was very selective about who I reached out to and my main goal was if they haven't grown or changed then I am going to nope them right out. If I could see or tell that they are in the same place they were 10 years ago, then that's not what I need. I managed to talk to a few and overall the response was positive. In fact, I discovered that one of them still reads this blog!! WOO! So a big shout out to you my friend. I am glad you're still here, getting healthy, and living your best life!

We did take a midday break yesterday. C was off and our friend who now drives for FedEx sent us a video midday letting us know of a Dick's Sporting Goods closing down nearby. They are liquidating and we decided to check it out. Got some good stuff! Got sweatpants and workout clothes for pennies. C found a pair of shoes for her mom regularly $125 for $28. I got sweatpants regularly $49 for $8. Added some more gifts under the tree for a fraction of the cost. Nice.

Made salmon for dinner, watched some tv, and then I helped C adult. She wants to get back using the spreadsheet I made for her and make a plan to pay off her debt. We worked on that for a while. Speaking of that, the other day I had to give the dealership $500 down to leave with the new car. I wrote them a check. I didn't have to take anything out savings! It's going to make things tight between now and next Friday but it's a good feeling knowing I was able to do that and not be screwed. I have the savings if we need it, and that's what matters.

Teach today, tomorrow, and next week. Then it's finally Xmas. 258 hours as of 6am EST today. Come faster!

ANA Y2 D200

Well there's one thing I don't have to worry about for the next three years. Yes, I got a new vehicle. Number 33 in my life. I am now the proud driver of a 2024 Subaru Outback Touring in Autumn Green. I really like this car so far. It has every feature I want plus some. Yes, the payment went up. But given that cars across the board went up, what was I to do? This is why I have been stressing out. I knew my payment was going to go up if I wanted to keep all the features. Now I have three years to figure this out. At least I am not going to spend three years hating my vehicle. Worth it to me. Pic at the end.

That was about 3 hours of my day yesterday. Did some prep work for my classes this week. We ended up having Chinese food for dinner. Watched some tv, played some games, went to bed. Nothing else exciting to report. Tomorrow I start teaching. Teach for two days, then two days next week, then it's finally Xmas. 

Now without further ado:

ANA Y2 D199

Yesterday morning I woke up to FIVE days of training being added to my calendar. Out of nowhere. Including one for today. WTF? Of course I can't ask the sale guy because he is PST and doesn't answer shit until like 1pm my time. Luckily it was with a client where I have an inside connection. So I called him. Got the scoop. I do in fact have training but it's Thurs and Fri this week and two days next week. The sales guy just wanted to "make sure my calendar was blocked". You know and giving me a heart attack in the process. 

In other news we went and drove the Subaru. We liked it. I am going back this afternoon to see if I can afford it. If I can get a payment under $500 a month I will have the lease issue resolved. If not I am back to square one. Whee. The car itself is nice and has all the features I want. It doesn't get me extremely excited but meh, I can handle it for three years.

We decided to clean out the fridge for dinner. My stomach was feeling bleh and around 10 it decided to revolt. Not pleasant. But at least I feel a little better. Since starting hormones the IBS issues have doubled. Oh such fun. I don't remember reading this in the brochure.

Have to work on more webinars today. Heading to the dealer around 2pm.

ANA Y2 D198

Had a quiet Sunday. Went and washed the truck early. Cleaned the house a bit. Prepped my ingredients for dinner for later. Watched some tv, played some video games. When C got home from work we just hung out and didn't do much of anything. It was nice. Made chicken pot pie together from scratch. Came out awesome. After dinner she read, I relaxed. This is how Sundays should be.

Going in three hours to drive the Subaru. Wish me luck.

ANA Y2 D197

We ran errands yesterday morning. Nothing exciting. Went and took care of the stocking stuffers. Stopped at a cool grocery store where I got a 7.5lb leg of lamb for Xmas Eve dinner. Tonight we're making chicken pot pies from scratch and got a couple of things. Had tacos. Came home, relaxed, Watched some documentaries. One was hard to watch. It was on the current state of things in the Bay Area. Just broke my heart. The second was on Shepard Fairey. That one was interesting. Went to bed. I was up and down during the night. Couldn't sleep solid for some reason. Finally fell asleep at 1, only to be up now. Tis the life. After C leaves this morning I am off to wash the truck so it's ready for tomorrow. Going to test drive a new car tomorrow morning. We shall see what happens there.

ANA Y2 D196

Had a fun night last night. The day was uneventful. Worked on shit, went to meetings. The real fun started when we left for C's hair appointment. We brought all of our friend's Xmas gifts plus the equipment and makings to do crepes. While C was getting her done I was there making wild rice chicken and mushroom crepes. Hell yeah. We also had a bottle of wine. C's hair turned out incredible. We got home around 8, relaxed on the couch for a while, then went and had some bedroom fun. Woo! Finishing the year off strong baby. Collapsed around 11.

Today we have no responsibilities. Just chillin' all day.

ANA Y2 D195

These fucking nails are too long. They look beautiful but I cannot function. I need her to file them down tonight when we go in for C's hair appt. Oh well. I tried.

Spent the day working. Did some mentoring for the Human Society. Great group of people. Love working with them. Then more webinar stuff. Made a pull apart pizza ring for dinner. We finished season 1 of Fleabag. Nothing exciting.

Tonight is C hair, then a quiet weekend.

ANA Y2 D194

Nothing exciting to report. Spent the day working on webinars. Made sloppy joe potatoes for dinner. We watched more documentaries. We worked on a color application to pick new colors to paint the house. This is going to be our 2024 house project. Meh, that's about it to be honest. Boring old wednesday.

ANA Y2 D193

We had a wonderful day yesterday. C enjoyed her birthday so much. It's clear to me sometimes that, especially in recent years, this wasn't always the case. She is very not used to being the center of attention. She isn't used to having things done for her or remembered. Welcome to your new world babe. Birthdays have meaning in this house. I went to the store in the morning and got her not only a card, but decorations, balloons, and an ice cream cake. She was so happy when she got up and saw everything. Yay! Worked during the day, me not her, then we got ready for Korean BBQ. So much fun. Our friend joined us and we ate our weight in it. Came back home and had ice cream cake in bed. A good day was had by all. Two more days and she gets her hair done! That's part two of her birthday. Part three is she wants to make homemade pot pies this weekend. Done and done. I can accommodate that. This whole year has been refreshing for both of us. I'm happy.

ANA Y2 D192

It's C birthday and I forgot to get a card. Going out right now to get one. Dumb ass. I remembered everything else but no card. 

Worked on new webinar. Made shrimp fajitas for dinner. Watched a few documentaries (short ones). Went to bed. Had a dream about a moose.

ANA Y2 D191

Slept bad last night. Bad dreams. Had to pee. Blanket pissing me off. Cat driving me crazy. Ugh.

Quiet Sunday. Didn't do much of anything. Made soup to go with the rain. It rained all day. Just cold wet and dreary all day.

Nothing else to report. Tomorrow is C's birthday. Excited about that.

ANA Y2 D190

Yesterday felt like it flew by in parts. My hair and nail appt was at 2pm, but I had the brilliant idea to go at 12 to try and go the grocery store first as there is a walmart right next door to the salon. Well we get there and I knew it would be crowded but I wasn't expecting this level of mayhem. I drove by saying nope nope nope. So now we had 90 minutes to kill. Sigh. C hadn't eaten and we ended up going to Potbelly. It was meh. The place was packed with children. But it was better than C's first choice, Chipotle, which had a line out the door. Double nope. We got into the stylist at 1:45 or so and didn't leave until after 5. This is what happens when your stylist is also your friend and you yap half the time. On the way home we got savvy sliders. Now that was good. Then, C has been wanting some work gloves for when she is in the freezer. She's been trying to find some online but that's a struggle. At 8:20 I took her to home depot and she found some. Since we were out I suggested we try the good Walmart so I didn't have to go this morning. So we did. Got the grocery shopping done. Home around 10, put everything away, went to bed. See? Didn't do that much but it flew by.

Today I am making potato soup. That's it. That's my big plan.

ANA Y2 D189

Yay I slept in a little bit! 5:45 is definitely acceptable for me. Heck, I slept most of the day away already! Heh.

Nothing exciting to report. Had a couple of meetings. Learned my next two projects which will take me into January. Made lamb chops for dinner. More excited about today. Hair and nail appointment at 2pm. Getting Xmas nails done. That will be fun. Had a good therapy session. All in all, glad it's the weekend but it wasn't a bad week.

ANA Y2 D188

Slept poorly last night. Tossed and turned. Dry. Strange dreams. Not fully awake yet.

Good day. Took C to DMV. She got a few things done. Changed her gender marker, changed her address, changed her picture. All positive steps. Her main goal for 2024 is legal name change. We will get that done. I finished my monster class. Very happy about that. Done recording for the year that I am aware.

Made tuna for dinner. Came out really nice. Played some games, had some fun time in the bedroom, went to bed.

Have therapy this morning. Then two meetings. Tomorrow I don't have to get up with an alarm. Hair and nails at 2pm tomorrow. Go me.