2/3/26

Today I didn't have class because it was my OB clinical day and it was my off-week. So I slept in till around 11 AM. When I got up, I noticed the cat food I put out last night was gone now, and I actually saw the cat again, but it ran into the barn. I really hope that cat stays. So I didn't do much at all today, I just watched YouTube (quest series), ate my banana bread, cleaned dishes, swept the floor, won a Fortnite match, stuff like that. When my mom got off work, she brought me McDonald's, so I had a double cheeseburger, fries, nuggets, and sweet tea. My mom is sick with something now (hopefully not RSV) so she had on a mask and had a hoarse voice and stuff. Poor girl.

I went to work at 6:30 and it started out a little busy, lots of stuff from ER. I talked to Rylee some, she said she's going to start going to therapy again. There was this one crazy lady I had to move from ER named Kathy and a security guard girl had to come with me. Kathy kept yelling for Brittney and Robbie. She was just shouting at her max volume through the halls at 10 PM at night. And she'd tell me to stop pushing her and that she didn't want to go. It was pretty sad. I only did five transports today so I had some time to get some of my homework done, too.

I went back home afterwards and was going to start on my GDM diet assignment that is due tomorrow, but I fell asleep before I could start it.

So today was boring, but kinda nice just doing nothing. 3/10.

1/30/26

I had my mental health clinical today and it was at the Jackson courthouse, so I got up at 8 AM or so, got ready, put on some business casual clothes that my mom had laid out the night before, grabbed my lunch that my mom made me, said bye to my dad, and left.

We were supposed to meet the judge at the courthouse at around 9:15 and the drug court was supposed to start at 9:30. I got to the place and parked on a street about a block away and went in. I forgot we can't have phones in there, so I had to go put it back in my car and come back, and then security let me through. I went up to the third floor and the other students were already there, waiting in the hall. There were only five of us here today, Tanya, Briana, Abbey, Jayden, and me. We had to wait for a while, and the judge finally came out of his office or whatever at 9:50. We talked to him a bit and he led us into the courtroom with all the people on trial or whatever. We sat in the back of the room and all the other people on trial sat scattered around the room. There were about fifteen people in the room who were there for drug court. The judge would call one of their names, they'd go up to the podium, he'd ask them some questions about how they've been doing, what step of the program they're on, stuff like that. He had to talk to them for at least five minutes or something, so if there was extra time, he asked a lot of them stuff like, "What's your favorite food," "If you could go anywhere, where would you go," stuff like that. It was kind of sad, like one guy said his heat went out and he lost his job and all this stuff, but it is nice that they are trying to get help for him. There was one lady who they brought out of a locked door who had handcuffs and a Cape County Jail uniform on. I think she was there for a DUI. After that whole group was done, another fifteen people came in and they went. In all it took about two hours. At the end, we went up to the judge, he signed our sign-in sheets we brought (I messed mine up because I wrote on the wrong line) and we left.

I went to the Jackson Walmart afterwards at around 12:30 because I was bored and had a bit before I had to go back to SEMO for post-conference today. At Walmart I looked at some plants because they had some nice ones on sale and Legos. I got a little ten dollar Ninjago set because sometimes you just have the urge to buy something. After I checked out and was leaving, a guy outside the sliding doors came up to me and asked me something. I didn't really hear him at first and thought he was asking for money. So I kind of was confused. Then he talked some more and he said he needed a ride to his house, and he sounded kind of desperate. He pulled out his wallet and offered a ten dollar bill. I was a little doubtful but then figured why not, so I took it and led him out to my car. He had several bags of groceries, so he put them in my trunk, I cleaned out my passenger seat, and he got in. He was an older guy, probably in his 70s and I think he had on a veteran hat. I talked to him some on the way to his house at the Jackson Senior Estates and he was pretty nice. His name was Bob, he said his day's been hectic, his wife wouldn't have been able to pick him up until 3:30, he moved to Jackson from Cape in 2014, all sorts of stuff. I told him about my treatment court experience today and about me some. His apartment was only about four minutes away, behind El Torero. So I got there pretty quick, said bye, and that was it. So I'm glad I did that and I kind of wish I wouldn't have taken his money. But that was a nice bonus.

After that I drove back towards Cape and just went to Nana's for an hour. I built my little Lego set, ate some grapes, and then left to go to post-conference at 2:15.

Post-conference lasted about fifty minutes and we just talked about our experiences at the clinical sites today. I guess about half of our cohort was there and the other people went to the Behavioral Hospital, Gibson, and PSD or wherever. Ours at the drug court was probably the most boring, but it was still a cool experience.

After that class was out, I went home and didn't do too much. My mom got home and brought some Taco Bell, so that was yummy. My dad got home later and I talked to him some and told him about Bob. I think he was kind of proud of me for taking him home. Then Janell got home later so I talked to her some. I played some Roblox and met some nice people who were from New York. Janell liked them because they were singing Harry Styles. I actually ended up talking to them for a couple of hours until they got voice chat banned. And then even later that night, I drank some of that apple Fireball and smoked the rest of the cherry cigar, listening to music. It also started snowing for a bit at around 3 AM. I went inside and fell asleep watching Modern Family. So that was a nice little night.

Today was actually pretty good I guess. 6/10.

1/17/26

Today was the start of the weekend, and I really don't think I did much today. All I really remember doing was going outside some with the animals, feeding Orange Man, and putting wood in the wood stove. It was really cold out, so I wasn't out for too long. Janell was at her dorm all day, my mom and dad were butchering a cow I think, so I was home by myself for most of the day. So yeah, I don't think I did too much.

That night I actually did do some stuff, kind of lonely, weird stuff, but stuff. I was going to just drink a bit, play Roblox, talk to some people, have fun, but I didn't really feel like playing Roblox. So I drank some eggnog and apple Fireball and I just watched some YouTube, and then watched some TV, then went and smoked part of that cigar from Christmas outside the sunroom, then ate some spinach ravioli, watched some more TV, and fell asleep on the floor. So a little bit sad that I was just doing all of this by myself, but it was kinda fun.

So that was my day, it sounded bad, but it wasn't really that bad, it was a nice relaxing day. 4/10.

1/16/26

Today was Friday, and was also the day of my mental health clinical, which was at the Southeast Behavioral Hospital. So I woke up at 7:25 or so, got ready, and left at 7:40.

I got to the place at about 7:55 and went in. Luckily there was only one entrance here, so I didn't get completely lost like yesterday. Today everyone from my cohort was actually here because this was an orientation day. So I went in, we had to all sign in, and then turn in our paperwork, sign some more paperwork, and then we went back to a room and sat for a long time. I sat at a table with Corydon, Panashe, and Zach, and we talked quite a bit. I guess Corydon works with Rylee at the autism place, so that was a little connection. We talked about Call of Duty and different games and stuff, it was nice. But we had to sit a long time because they were doing the tours with smaller groups. So they separated the class into three, and we were the last group to go. The tour of the place was pretty interesting. It did kind of feel like a prison, though. The windowless cafeteria, the patient rooms not having any points or anything so they don't hurt themselves, the seclusion rooms, the gym. And we saw some of the adolescent patients here out in the hallway, and they just kind of looked like normal kids. Apparently people don't stay here long, only a week or so before they leave. But it was kind of cool.

We were there for about two hours, before we left and went back to SEMO. At SEMO there were some people from Gibson, a different institution that we'd have clinical at, so we listened to them. Once they left, we listened to Ms. Twidwell lecture for several hours. We got one little break that was for thirty minutes, so I went and got a free cheeseburger from McDonald's with my points. I was also still listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin, because I'm kind of into them right now. Then we went back to class and listened to her some more. Through most of her lectures, I just played Tetris or other flash games. Then some people from substance court or whatever came in and talked to us for a while, because that was going to be another clinical site we went to. I think that might actually be kind of interesting. At the end of class, we had to get into groups that she put us in, and roleplay in front of the class. I was in a group with Paige Wagner and Briona. At least I knew Paige, so that wasn't that weird. Our words that we had to roleplay were "altruism" and "attribute" or something. So it was a little weird. Ours was a little rusty because everyone else was going up there with their phones and reading a script that ChatGPT probably generated, while we improvised. I was a patient with schizophrenia in one of them. But it wasn't that bad, it was kind of fun.

I went home after that, without getting my textbooks like my mom wanted me to. I might still get them, but I never read the textbooks that I rent, so I don't think it'd be worth it. Janell was home and was getting help from my mom with some of her assignments. I played some piano for the first time in forever (like four days) so that was awesome. Then we actually left and went to a fish fry.

I always love these fish fries that they put on in Jackson and Chaffee. We went to the one in Jackson at the Knights of Columbus place. I thought we were just as our family, but June, George, Kyle, Keera, my grandparents, Daryl and Becca, and eventually Pierce were also there. So a lot of family was there. Pierce showed up right as we got our food, and he was wearing an almost identical jacket as me, which was a little weird. Also, this place was poppin' tonight, there was a full line, like, the entire time we were there. I think it may have been the first fish fry night of the year. So we got our food and ate it up, and it was delicious. I had baked beans, macaroni and cheese, hush puppies, lemonade, and of course, tons of fried fish. I only went through the line once, but I ate Janell's and Papa's leftovers. So I was full. An old lady behind me dropped her tartar sauce and it got on my jacket, but she was nice, and I talked to her a bit as we were leaving.

At home, Janell left and went to some parties later that night, I didn't because I'm no longer in TKE. It is a little sad, some of those parties were fun. I actually ended up falling asleep at around 8:30 PM and then waking up at 11:50 and freaking out that I was about to miss an assignment, but I actually didn't have any assignments due tonight. Then I was up for several hours watching Futurama and Modern Family. I started both of those for the first time. Then I somehow fell asleep listening to Jason Becker shred guitar really loudly though my headphones.

So that was my day, it was actually pretty good, even though the lectures were boring. The fish was good and it felt like a pretty filling day. 5.5/10.

1/15/26

Today I was a lost little duckling. We had clinicals at St. Francis today, so I got up at 7:15, got ready, drank part of a Monster, and left.

The only place I saw where it said to go was on the announcements section on the Canvas page, where there were two announcements. One said park at parking lot 7 and go to entrance 7 and the other said meet at the front by the fountain. So I got to St. Francis with 10 minutes to spare and I went to entrance 7. Nobody was there and I asked around and everything, so I went to the front entrance by the fountain, and I parked at Chick-fil-A and ran across the street, because I couldn't find parking. There was also no one there and the people there said they haven't seen any SEMO students. Then I texted the group chat and they said they were at entrance 6, so I drove back around to that side of the hospital, and they weren't there either, but the lady at the front said she thought they were at the learning and development rooms, so I followed the signs to back there, and they weren't there either, but someone back there got in contact with them and she led me up to them. So it was just a whole stupid ordeal, because she led me back through entrance 1, it was just so weird. So I walked into the little conference room with the other six students, and I feel like they were mad at me or thought I was stupid or something.

Once I was there, we started doing this scavenger hunt thing, so we walked around the hospital some, and then we went to this practice lab area, and got all of that over with. That Kate girl was like, "Bronson, scoot over, someone's trying to pass," using her bitchy little voice, I'm not a fan of her. And she was acting like she knew everything be apparently she works here. And then one of the instructors was like, "Does anyone else work in healthcare?" And I was like, "I work at Mercy." And they were like, "Oh, that's okay," like it was a bad thing to work there and not here. I definitely like it better at Mercy than here. I was starting to get a little peeved.

We were done there at around 10 AM, and then we went back to SEMO, where we went over some of the assessment stuff, clinical judgement stuff, that kind of stuff, with Ms. Malahy. That went on for a little bit but we were out before 1 PM.

Janell met me afterwards to go get lunch at Towers, I had her pick me up on Normal Street. We both got Indian food and they gave me a little sample of their new turkey, and that was pretty good, but not as good as their chicken. Janell and I caught up a little though, so that was nice. She had pathophysiology after this and was scared for the anatomy quiz. Like girl, you've got a big storm coming.

Janell offered to drive me but I walked back to my car and she went back to her dorm. I need the exercise a bit. So I walked up Cardiac Hill, down Pacific Street, and to my car, which I didn't realize was up on the curb a bit. Then I went to Nana's, and my mom got there a little after I did, because she had a potluck at work today and was bringing me some of the leftovers. She brought some chicken wings and snickerdoodles that June made. I also put out my bath mats that I had because I didn't realize they were over at the house already. Once she left I played a ton of Miles Morales, beat it, 100 percent it, went outside for a bit, then didn't do much for the next couple of hours.

I got to work at 6:30 PM, and there were even less requests this time that Tuesday. Only two for the whole time. I saw Rylee but didn't even really talk to her. Work didn't feel like it went by as fast as it did a couple of days ago, but it didn't feel slow either.

On the way back to Nana's afterwards, it actually snowed a little bit, just like Grant Dade said it would. It snowed for about my whole way home, which was for about ten minutes. But just the sight of that little bit of snow was awesome, because we've been so deprived of it. But yeah, at home, I think I just watched more Adventure Time and went to bed.

So that was my day. It was alright I guess, it actually ended up feeling kind of long. 5/10 day.

1/14/26

Today I thought I had two classes but I actually only had one - my maternal-newborn class. So I got up and went to that, which was at 9 AM today.

That class was with Ms. Dudley again, and whoa, was she crazy today. I don't even know how to describe her, she was just all over the place. Some of the things she would say were just wild, I really don't know if she's fit to be a teacher. Some of her expectations seem too high. Anyways, she gave us these notebooks because I guess we're gonna have to do a diabetes diet or something. Then later we did this group project where there were signs all around the room and we had to stand under a sign that represents why we are here. So me and all the other guys in the class, plus one girl, stood under the sign that said, "just here so I don't fail," because I don't really want to go into OB. Then we had to make a meme that describes that. So my group (me, CJ, and Corydon) made one where it was the guy with a girl, looking at another girl, I thought ours was pretty good. Then we did notes, and then we took a quiz over GU anatomy and physiology, and that was scary, already having a quiz. I got a 50 something, but it was eventually regraded to a 5/6. And that was that class.

Then I left, listening to The Wall by Pink Floyd. There's always songs from that album stuck in my head. I sat in the Capaha Park parking lot for a bit, because I had an hour before my next class. Then I went and got a 32 oz sweet tea from Kidd's, and went to Teen Challenge, where I didn't find anything.

I thought I had my nursing research class at 1 PM, so I parked, walked up the hill, and only Kaerynn or whoever, was there, and we figured out that this class is actually mainly online. So we left.

I went back to Nana's, played a lot of Miles Morales, almost beating it, my dad came over for a bit because I guess he was checking some stuff, and I just relaxed a bit.

I went to the gym for the first time in forever at around 7 PM, and it was really busy there for some reason. Maybe it's people trying to stick to their new years resolutions, but it used to never be this busy at 7 o'clock. I got a decent workout in though, and even did ten minutes on the stair climber. And it didn't feel like that hard of a workout, for some reason. I took a shower and then left at around 8:50.

After the gym, I got a free ice cream from Culver's because the flavor of the day was caramel turtle, so I couldn't pass that up. Also, it was pretty cold outside tonight, finally. It'll probably only be like this for a couple of days because it keeps warming up for some reason. But yeah it was dropping down to the 20s tonight.

I went home, ate some bread, took some melatonin, and watched Adventure Time (the "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" episodes) until I fell asleep.

So today was kind of boring, but at least I went to the gym and stuff. 4.5/10.

1/13/26

Today was the second day back to class, and I had my Maternal-Newborn Clinical. It was just at SEMO today, not at the clinical site. I did not give myself very much time to get ready this morning, I got up at about 7:40 and left at 7:45. These early classes might actually kill me.

I got to class just in time, and it was in room 101, a new room. And it was with Ms. Dudley, a kind of crazy girl. We learned about Ballard scores, assessing babies, stuff like that. After a couple of hours, I had a phase where I kept drifting off to sleep. Luckily she finally let us have a break and I went and splashed some water on my face. Then we moved rooms up to room 210 and she did a pelvic exam on a manikin. I got chosen to turn on the lights, wow. Then we went over medications, and I think that was about it.

After class I went to Nana's, played some Miles Morales, watched Slushy Noobz Virgin River video, and slept for a couple of hours. I woke up to my mom calling me and telling me that this guy that she works with, Kyle, was going to be coming over here and looking at the floors. I guess he was needing new wood floors and might get some from my dad.

So about 10 minutes after I woke up, this guy shows up and it was a little awkward at first, just because, who is this guy? He looked at the floors, we talked about nursing and stuff, and then eventually my dad showed up and then my mom showed up. So they took over from there. My mom also brought me Taco Bell, yummy. And then my sister showed up because she was dropping off something she got me, a Snoopy badge reel. So that was cute. So the whole family plus Kyle was there for a bit.

nice sunset before Kyle got there

Kyle left after a bit and then we all left at around 6:15, and I went to work. Work was pretty slow tonight, transport wise. Rylee was there and I guess I'm going to be working with her more frequently now, because she said she's working Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. So that'll make it so there's barely any transports on my shifts, which I guess I'm okay with. I can use that time to study. But work went by really really fast, time-wise. I only had four requests the whole night, so you'd think it'd feel like a long time because I wasn't busy, but I felt like I was only there for half an hour, not four. So that was good. Rylee was like, "You aren't very talkative today, you only use four phrases." Like, yeah, I'm tired today, girl.

I went back to Nana's, ate my burrito leftover from Taco Bell, ate some Oreos, wore my retainer for once, and fell asleep watching Adventure Time again.

So that was my day, I guess it was alright, maybe a 4/10.

1/12/26

Today was unfortunately the first day back to class. This felt like the shortest break ever, but whatever. I got up at about 7:50, got ready, and left at about 8:10 to go to my class which was at 8:30.

My first class today was mental health. It was honestly very boring. It was a three hour long class, but it just felt sooo long. The professor was one we hadn't had yet, Dr. Twidwell. It kind of feels like I'm in Harry Potter, where there's a new professor and class every new book. Doesn't help that her name sounds like someone from Harry Potter. But yeah, that class was boring. I thought we were going to be doing two truths and a lie, because she said we would, so I was trying to think of that the whole time, and we didn't even end up doing it. I was going to say, I've had a spinal fusion, I've been to the arctic circle, and I've produced a documentary. The documentary is the lie. I talked to CJ and some of the other guys for a little bit on our ten minute break.

After that class, I went to Nana's, played Miles Morales, ate some jalapeno sour dough bread, made an Americano, started a distilled water, and then left to go to my other class.

My second class today was Adult Health I, which was taught by Ms. Malahy, so she was familiar. We had to say what we did over the break and I said worked and did house renovations at my grandma's old house, how fun. We didn't do much in that class, and we got out about an hour early.

I then went around to some stores because I just rewatched Into the Spiderverse and I wanted to find some more of the Lego Minifigures from that series. So I went to Walmart and realized that the new series was out, so I scanned it and they had the dalmatian one, and that was the main one I wanted, since I was obsessed with dalmatians as a kid. So I got that, then went to Target and didn't get anything, and then went to Barnes and Noble and they had the fish guy, the frog guy, and Spider-Byte, so I got all of them. I also listened to the whole album of Led Zeppelin IV just because I'd never listened to it all the way through. Pretty good album.

I went to Nana's afterwards and kind of relaxed. I made some Philly cheesesteak pasta in a skillet and watched the "White Bear" episode of Black Mirror because I'd heard that one was good, and it was pretty good. Then for some reason, I decided to watch Bones and All and that is not what I thought that movie would be about, it was so creepy. But it was a pretty good movie. I was just a little scared after that, so I took a shower and ended up finishing People We Meet on Vacation that Janell and I started a couple of days ago, and that was more lighthearted. I was going to go to the gym today, but it was pretty late now since I watched so much TV, so I called it a night. I put on Adventure Time to fall asleep to, so I ended up sleeping on the couch downstairs for several hours, until I woke up during the, "Marceline, is it just, you and me in the wreckage of the world," episode, and then I went up and slept in bed upstairs.

So that was my day, I guess it was an alright first day back. I probably should have gone to the gym, but whatever. Today was a 4/10.

1/11/26

Today was the last day of our Christmas break. The end really snuck up on me this year. Anyways, I got up and went to church with my parents this morning. Church actually went by kind of quick today, it was over in 45 minutes.

After church we stayed and took down the Christmas decorations. It literally didn't even feel like Christmas this year. And it felt like we just put these decorations up. Anyways, we did all of that and were there for a few hours. There was also a lunch afterwards and I ate a donut, some barbeque chips, and two pieces of this really good banana cake.

We went home after that and I printed off some paperwork for my classes and started filling some of that out.

Then I went over to Nana's house with my mom and we got a desk assembled and put in living room. My mom also put together a thing for the laundry room and almost poked her eye out or something. I also brought clothes, my movies, and my Xbox over. So I'm ready to move back in over there.

Then we went back home and Janell was there, so she was packing all of her stuff up to go back to the dorm. Janell and I ended up playing Minecraft on her "Couch Cushion Amen" or whatever world, and that was really fun. I was building a really weird house. But she had to leave eventually, so she left and went to her dorm. She forgot her pillow so I had to get that for her when she came back.

That night, I didn't do too much else. I watched some YouTube and played some Roblox, took a shower, took some melatonin, and went to bed after taking some melatonin at about midnight.

So that was my day. Just in general, this is honestly one of the worst Christmas breaks I've had in a long while. It wasn't even that bad, it just felt short. Breaks in the past felt longer and more fulfilling, I always have some memorable stuff happen. This break felt kind of soulless. I didn't have any New Years resolutions, I didn't go anywhere outside of my Elephant Rocks trip, I didn't have a game that I played through, or shows that felt memorable. I just remember last year, I would stay up all night watching The Walking Dead, I went squirrel hunting, I played Metro 2033, I had a big Minecraft phase. And it felt like that stuff went on a while. This was just a rushed break, and I was working a lot this year, so maybe that's why. Another factor was the fact it was so warm. It didn't snow it all, it hasn't since that tiny snow on December 1st. It has been in the 60s and 70s some days. Ugh.

But anyways, that was just a little reflection on my break. Today was good in general I guess, but I didn't do anything, really. 3/10.

1/8/26

Today was luckily the last day I'd be working one of these long shifts. I didn't have that much time this morning again, because I kept falling back asleep every time I woke up. But I got up at 11 AM or so, got a shower, grabbed my food that I didn't eat yesterday, got ready, and left. I actually wore the same shirt that I've worn the past three days, but it's my favorite work shirt, it's the one that fits the best, so I wore it again. Janell got home right before I left because she got up early to get breakfast with Myra or something, so I said hi to her, then left.

Work felt like it was going by really slow at first, the first several hours felt like forever. There kept being requests that I had to cancel or postpone because they were already done, or the patient wasn't ready, all the requests just took a long time. There was another request from OB, so I got to go back there for my second time ever. It was from OB to neurophysiology, fun. My mom got me a soda and an Italian wrap thing, so that was good. Then something really fun happened at around 4 PM. I had a guy from surgical that I was taking to CT scan, who the nurses thought took some drugs while he was in the hospital, and his daughter was on the phone yelling to talk to a nurse, because according to her, no, he did not take any drugs or anything, but he was really acting like he was on drugs. I was the only one moving his bed because they put it in as only needing one person even though it was a bed, and I didn't want to get Nathan Chanley involved, so I just did it myself. It started out not so bad, until we were in the hallway before you get to MRI and he sat up and said he felt sick. There was nothing I could do, there were no vomit bags or anything with me, and like, five seconds after he said that, he projectile vomits all over the side of his bed, the floor, and the wall. And it was nasty stuff, there were jalapenos or something in it. I was about to call housekeeping when that one CT girl, Macie, happened to walk by and she got ahold of someone to clean it up. Then we went to CT and it was smooth sailing from there. I don't think there were any other notable events, really. Rylee showed up at 6 PM or something and Nathan left, but it was nice to talk to Rylee again. I had one thing that was from med tele to ICU and I had to have a nurse come with me, since I was going to the ICU. The guy that came with me was Jimmy, and I got to talk to him some, and it was actually his birthday today. So that was kind of cool. I had a few more ER requests that I think we pretty unremarkable, then I played Survev.io, ate about five cookies that were in the break room and then I left.

On the way home, I listened to some Beach House, and that was a good vibe. "Girl of the Year" was a pretty good song. At home, I didn't do much except finish The Amazing Spider-Man and then I also watched 28 Days Later. And I don't think I did much else.

So today was alright, at least that was my last long shift I'll have to work. 3.5/10.

1/7/26

Today I had work again, great. And I didn't wake up any too early, I woke up around 11 AM, so I really just brushed my teeth, grabbed an Alani from the garage, and left.

Work today wasn't that bad I guess. It at least felt like it went by at a steady pace. I was working with Nathan Chanley for the first time today, and he was definitely a little odd, just like Rylee said. He's nice though, he just says little quips and one-liners to everyone he sees. Like, we got down to dialysis and he was like, "How's the office doing today?" Boy this is not an office. He also does that thing where he kind of walks on his tiptoes. But I like him well enough. I think Kaden was also here for a bit. My mom got me some stuff from the cafeteria when I was free, I got a Baja Blast, some blueberry yogurt, and some of the peanut butter energy bites. I didn't really eat any of that today though, because every department got a ton of pizzas delivered, so I ate about five slices of pizza throughout the day and just saved that other stuff. I'm trying to remember what all even happened today, all these long shifts kind of blend together. I know at around 7 PM, I had to take a guy from surgical to x-ray, and that was a whole ordeal because I got to diagnostic imaging and there was no one there. I tried calling them, but it just called their empty office that I was already at. I looked around the whole imaging floor and there was no one. Finally, I saw another number written on the wall, so I called that and then someone answered. I guess they were down at ER, which I probably should have guessed, but they were gonna come up here. And then this guy had to go to the bathroom because they gave him Lasix so that he'd pee. So I brought him to a bathroom, and then he got pee everywhere, so I got him a new gown and he changed into that in the empty x-ray room. Then I had to clean up a pee puddle. And after about 40 minutes or something, an x-ray tech appeared. But it wasn't that bad, it was a little break. I also saw that one lady who was a cook at Saxony. I think her husband's mom or something was in the ER, but I talked to her some. Several things today just took a long time, like, they should not put in a request unless that person is ready at that moment. I went down to ER, and the person wasn't ready for another 45 minutes because she still had all this paperwork to fill out.

Then I went home, I was going to go to Nana's but didn't, got home, talked to my dad some, talked to Janell some, played piano, started watching The Amazing Spider-Man, didn't finish it, and went to bed. That was really about it.

Janell soaking her ear in salt water

So that was my day, literally just worked all day, 3/10.

1/6/26

Today I was still sick. When I first woke up, I felt really bad and almost called off of work. I still probably should have, but I didn't. Once I took some medicine and got a shower and all that, I was feeling a little better.

I left for work at 11:30 and got there at 12. Work today was not that great, but it felt like it went by kind of fast. Kaden and Cali were there, and Cali was being annoying again. The first thing was that she didn't show up to pick up a bed from ultrasound, so me and some guy down there got it moved up. I tried switching the request to be only me, but it ended up kicking me off and made it only go to her. But me and the guy, Joel, got that person moved. Then the second thing she did was really annoying. We moved some guy from dialysis back to his room, and I pressed "acknowledge" on my end, but she never did on her end. I even moved the guy's stretcher back down to the ER and then got some food with my mom from the cafeteria, and she still never acknowledged it. That meant we both weren't getting any new requests and they were all just piling up. So after I ate some of my chicken wrap thing, I went up to the break room and asked if she'd done it, and she said she was waiting for me to get done. Like what? I actually have no idea what she was talking about. And then she still didn't. It had been like, 50 minutes now, so I just removed myself from it so I could keep getting some done. There were three or four that I went and did, and when I got back to the room, she was still sitting there. I guarantee she never acknowledged it and just had me do all of those. Then she left and I was by myself for the next six hours. I had one request today that was from the Cape Birthing Center and that's the first time I've actually gotten to go back there. I had to take her to the interventional radiology waiting room place, so that was kind of cool. I was feeling pretty good at work up until about 6 o'clock, when I started getting a sore throat again. I guess some of my medicine was wearing off. I did have a pretty stopped up nose all day, though. Then there was this other little incident which was a discharge from surgical, but it was a pretty late discharge, at 7 PM or so. So I got this old lady and brought her down to the lobby, and she had all these bags with her, like damn, how much stuff do you need. We got down to the lobby, and I guess it was her daughter who was there to pick her up, and that girl was mean. She started getting onto her mom about forgetting things, but we had the things, but then we actually did forget something, apparently she had a walker. So I went all the way back up to her room, which is really far from the lobby, to get the walker. I got up there and there's a nurse in the room and there are two walkers, so I ask which one is hers, and she says she thinks it's this one. There was also a charging block, but no cord, that needed to be brought down. The nurse was kind of getting onto me, like, "Make sure you check the room before you take them down," and it's like, I DID, this lady just had a whole Walmart of items in here. So I got down there and of course the lady's daughter is like, "This is the wrong walker, hers has gray on it, not white. And WHERE'S THE CABLE, THAT CABLE WAS 25 DOLLARS." Then I think she went up herself to look, because I had one from ER I had to go do and I wasn't dealing with any more of that. The lady at the front desk in the lobby was telling me about how she needed to label the walkers. Like, yeah.

It slowed down and I went home. At home, I laid down, took some Nyquil, and went to bed after awhile. Janell was at a movie with some friends, that new movie with Sydney Sweeney, but she got home at 11:30 or midnight or something. I didn't really end up going to sleep until 2 AM or something. I played some Fallout 4 on the big screen before going to bed.

So that was my day. I mean, I was sick and working a long shift. It was not that great. But it honestly still didn't feel that bad. 2/10 though.

1/5/26

Today was not great, because I woke up, and I could instantly tell I was sick. I had a pretty bad sore throat and I hate sore throats. Literally five hours ago when I went to bed, I felt fine. I was really hoping I wouldn't get this, my dad has had a cold for the past couple days or so, so I probably got it from him. But whatever. So I didn't do too much in the morning. I was going to make my tourtière that I make every year, but I really didn't feel like that today. So I'll probably make that on Friday. But yeah I didn't do much.

My dad and I went out and shot some guns at around 3 PM or so and that was fun. I started feeling a little better by then, so we got some of his guns that he's been wanting to shoot and went down to his building. I brought my .22 Walther and 9mm Taurus and he brought a couple 9mms, the Taurus .380, a derringer, and the .357 Smith and Wesson and the .454 Casull Ruger. And that was pretty fun, there was a good variety. That .454 was crazy, the recoil was insane. But it's a huge cartridge. It was a fun time.

After that we went up and my mom had gotten home by then. Her and Janell made a little supper, they made stuffing and green beans and then thawed some frozen bacon-wrapped meatloaves. It was pretty tasty.

Then I fell asleep for a bit and woke up around 9 PM. My dad got home from working out and tried talking to me, but my cold was getting worse again and I really couldn't talk to him as much as I wanted because I just felt bad. He made me a hot toddy drink, and that was actually really good, it felt like it cleared my throat some.

Janell got home later and she started a movie, I think called What Lies Beneath, but I ended up falling asleep because I took some Nyquil.

So that was my day. Shooting guns with my dad was fun, but being sick all day was not, so it was a 3/10 because of that.

1/4/26

Today I also don't really remember exactly what I did even though it was just a couple of days ago. I don't remember the morning at all. Is that a problem? It was two days ago. Do I have memory loss? Or did nothing happen and that's why? Anyways, I guess I didn't do anything in the morning.

At around 1 PM, I left with my dad to go over to Nana's, because my mom had been over there all morning, and we were going to go help her. We loaded up the old TV from downstairs to bring over there and then left. We were over there for several hours and we painted another couple of coats onto the wall. I played some more Spider-Man Miles Morales and helped clean some downstairs. My mom was on the aux this time and she was playing some country. And not that great of country. I like some country music, but not really what she was playing. My mom had a meeting at 5 PM, so she left for that and my dad and I left shortly after.

My dad and I stopped at Scriptural church on the way home to see if they'd put Nana's name on her tombstone with her husband. She wasn't buried here, she was buried with Troy, but they were still going to etch her name over here, and they hadn't yet. So I guess my dad will have to call them again because he paid $250 for it to be done 4 months ago. But we were there for a while and he was telling me about how he knew all of these people buried here.

We went home and I'm not sure what all we did. I think we watched more Stranger Things with my mom, we're on season 2 now. I can't remember what I ate at all today, that's odd. Then Janell and I watched two movies tonight. We watched Stand By Me and my mom watched part of that with us before going to bed. That movie was pretty good, I liked it. Then Janell and I watched Pineapple Express and that was also a pretty good movie. Movies don't make me laugh much, but some parts of that one were pretty funny. Then we went to bed, and I slept upstairs tonight.

Today was pretty good, too, even though I didn't do that much. Maybe a 5.5/10.

1/3/26

Today I also don't remember exactly what I did. I may have played Fortnite in the morning, there were a couple of days in a row when I'd wake up and play Fortnite. I think I also made an egg that morning.

At around 2 PM or so, I went with my mom to go over to Nana's because we were going to paint. We went over there a week or so ago with Janell and we got all the tape put around the windows and stuff to paint. We went to Taco Bell first and I got a burrito. Then we went to Nana's and they got to painting. I didn't help too much with painting at first. I went upstairs and did some dusting, hung up my mirror finally, and played Spider-Man Miles Morales on my PS4 for a while. That game's actually really fun. I love the fact that it's set in winter. I also changed my PlayStation ID. That's the first time I've changed it in four years. Then I went down and helped them paint some.

Then we went home, watched more Stranger Things with my mom and sister, made a pepperoni and cheese sandwich, and then Janell and I watched a movie called Zodiac, but I fell asleep right before the end, so I don't really know how it ended. But I still added it to my Letterboxd. And that's all I remember from today. There may have been more, but that was the basis.

Pretty good day I guess. Probably a 5/10.

1/2/26

I don't think I did too much today, I'm trying to think back, it's been a few days. I know this was the day Janell got her wisdom teeth out, but I didn't really do anything with that. My mom's the one who took her to get that done. I think I just played Fallout 4, Fortnite, and did nothing all day. I know that evening I watched Blade Runner 2049, the 4K one I got for Christmas, since I had my Xbox here and that huge new TV we got downstairs is 4K. So that was pretty awesome. We may have also watched some Stranger Things episodes earlier in the evening, my mom has been watching them for the first time with Janell and me. Anyways, I don't remember what else happened today or what I ate.

4/10 I guess. At least I didn't have to work today.

1/1/26

Today was the start of the new year and it was pretty uneventful. I woke up around 8 AM or so at home and didn't do much until around 9 when Janell got home. Janell was out last night for New Years Eve and stayed at her dorm, but she came home so we could watch the Stranger Things finale before I left for work. So she got home and we watched that, and it was alright. It really wasn't that great. The Abyss should have been cooler, it was too empty. It was just average. I didn't even finish the epilogue part because I wanted to take a shower before work. I left for work at around 10:30.

Work wasn't that bad again today. I think I did 19 or so transports. At least it wasn't 30 like Tuesday, that took me out. I had some guy I took to CT scan who was talking about Roblox the whole way and telling me I look like a Roblox YouTuber. Then I asked him about Fortnite and he said it's very cringe. I put in a request for the first time because a nurse didn't know how to, so I put it in, but only had the patient's last name, so I pressed the first person who came up with that name, and soon after I put it in, Cali, called me, bitchin' about how that patient wasn't the right patient, but I just put it in to be in the system. If I didn't do that, they would just be discharged without being in the system, so what difference does it make. So that was kind of a mistake I made. But yeah, most of the transports and stuff I did weren't that interesting. I met my mom a couple of times throughout the day because she was working a 12 hour shift from 7 to 7. She got me some fruit, a Dr. Pepper, and part of her Danish thing for lunch. Then we went down to the cafeteria to get supper at around 5:30, because they had a special New Years Day menu. We got pork chops, black-eyed peas, and sweet potatoes. Towards the end of the shift, I recreated the beginning scene of Stranger Things with the guy in the elevator because I was bored. And that was work.

I went home, and noticed the moon looked cool, there was a big ring around it. Apparently it was a lunar halo, pretty cool. I really can't remember what else I did this night.

Anyways, New Years Day was kind of boring this time around. Does not feel any different than last year unfortunately. 4/10.

12/31/25

Today was New Years Eve, but I still was working. I stayed at Nana's last night and didn't even set an alarm, but I woke up at around 8 AM. I got up, made some mac and cheese, ate that entire box, and then watched the last two episodes of Freaks and Geeks. I took a break from this show for some reason, maybe to make it last longer. I think it might be my favorite show. But those episodes were really good. After I finished that I left for work. On my way there, I listened to "It's Just Another New Years Eve" by Barry Manilow. I've listened to that song for the past three years now on New Years Eve. It's a pretty great song.

Work was not as bad this time as it was yesterday. Except I think Cali may have had some beef with me today. This first thing she said to me was, "Why does your hair look like that?" She said it looked like I got shocked with static. Then I was waiting for her to take someone in a bed, and a nurse asked me to discharge a patient while I was waiting, so I did, because I'm nice. And ended up waiting for me and seemed mad. Then when we got back to the break room, she took her stuff and migrated to who-knows-where, probably to get away from me. Also, she kept judging how I did things, like how I moved the bed into the dialysis room, like girl. Anyways, there wasn't really anything crazy today, but the hospital was just so full. I heard that St. Francis started sending people here, the ER was just packed. My mom wasn't here when I got here, but she got here a little later because she got called in. She was only here for a bit I think, but she got me a Dr. Pepper from the doctor's lounge. I had to do several requests helping Jaime move beds and that wasn't too fun. I also saw and talked to Riley, Janell's friend who now works in ultrasound. There was some German chocolate cake in the break room, so I ate a couple of slices of that throughout the day. I'd ended up doing 24 transports by the end of the day (22 on the phone, but I'm counting a lab sample and the discharge that didn't get put in). At least I didn't get a migraine today. The last couple hours were slow again luckily. I played Survev.io and watched the new Slushy Noobz Minecraft video.

I went home as soon as I could and talked to my dad and laid down. I only had an hour before midnight and the new year. I watched some of the stuff on the news but didn't really see the ball drop. My dad and I did end up going outside and I shot my shotgun twice for the new year at midnight. We also heard some other shots and fireworks. And that was about it, after we were done listening outside, we came in and I ate a meal that they had brought from June's to me. Yeah, the family had a get-together at June's for my grandma's birthday. I kind of wish I could've gone to that. But the food they brought for me was good, there was salmon, bread, and brussels sprouts. I ate that, drank some sparkling, and watched Death Note, and fell asleep watching that in the chair.

        

New Years really wasn't that great this year. It seems like in previous years, I was more reflective and optimistic about starting a new year. Now it just feels like tomorrow just gonna be another day, which is true, but still. It could've been worse, I could have been one of the people in the hospital for the night. But today was alright all things considered. 5/10.

12/30/25

Today was not too great. I woke up early, at 5 AM or so and watched Death Note some. I took like a week break or so from it but now I'm back I guess. I'm almost done with it. I watched that maybe for a couple hours. I didn't really do too much this morning. I tried cleaning up the basement a bit because it looked pretty awful. Then at 11:30 or so, I left to go to work.

I was working a 10.5 hour shift, starting at noon and going until 10:30 PM. And it was a pretty awful shift. I remember when I first started, I worked a couple of 12 hour shifts while training, and those really didn't seem that bad, the time seemed to go by fast. Today felt like it went sooo slow. And I was actually crazy busy, usually that makes it go by faster. It was me, Cali, and Jaime here today. I hadn't worked with Cali in months because I think she only works mornings and I only worked evenings. So I worked with them some, because they refuse to take beds by themselves. I don't think those beds are that hard with just one person, they just take a little extra work. After about an hour there, my mom texted me if I wanted lunch because she was also working today and she gets lunches for free. So she met me in the lobby and we went down to the cafeteria to get some food. She got me a sandwich, some peanut butter oat things, and a Dr. Pepper. She had to leave soon after because she had to charge her phone and then do scheduling things, and I was planning on staying in the cafeteria and eating some, but I got a request right after I sat down, so I put my food in the fridge and did that. I had a little break to eat my sandwich, but for a long time, I had back to back to back to back requests. And I also started getting a crazy migraine that got worse and worse through the whole night. And that was basically it, it was hell for like, 5 hours straight because the requests would never end. I drank my Witch's Brew Alani that I brought and that may have made it worse, and then I took an Excedrin, which may have also made it worse, because those two things added a lot of caffeine to my system. When there was about an hour left, I ate my peanut butter oat thing which was pretty good, and then left at 10:30. Hallelujah. In total, 30 requests. DAMN. Then I left and went to Nana's to sleep.

At Nana's, I don't think I did too much. I still had my migraine, so I just laid down on that black and white fluffy rug that I put upstairs. I actually really like that rug, it's nice to lay on. Then I fell asleep.

Today sucked, but I guess it could've been worse. I could have hit and killed someone with my car on the way home or something. 2/10.

12/29/25

Today I actually don't remember what I did up until Janell and I left for town. We left a little after 1 PM and went to Dr. Gibbons office first. We didn't have an appointment this time, but we were going to pick out new glasses because I hadn't used my insurance this year and I feel like I kind of need a pair. Janell just wanted a new pair I guess, but she'd already used insurance on contacts. So we were in there for a while and we both ended up finding a pair. I feel like mine should have been free, but they added these stupid charges like a "material charge" and anti-glare and it ended up being $50.

After that I think we ended up going to Burger King because Janell really wanted to try their vegan burger for some reason. So I got a double bacon cheeseburger meal from there. That was actually pretty good, we don't go to Burger King much anymore.

After Burger King, we went to Dollar Tree because Janell wanted to buy some more of those stupid Doorables that she got the other day. So we went there and she opened those. I think she got two Sebastians and Ariel from The Little Mermaid.

I made Janell go to the mall after that because I kind of wanted to look for some stuff. I was gonna go to Vintage Stock and look for some CDs, mainly Pink Floyd, because I love them right now and don't have any CDs of them, and I don't want a digipak and that's all that Barnes and Noble has for them. And I actually found two different CDs in jewel cases, "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals". I ended up getting "Animals" because the other one looked yellowed or something. Then I also found a REM album and "Deluxe" by Better Than Ezra, and I liked those albums and they were cheaper so I got them, too. So that was a good little $19 haul.

We went home after that and my mom and Janell got started cooking dinner, they were going to be making the fish that Buddy gave us. I went out and went squirrel hunting because I still hadn't gotten one this year. And I actually ended up getting one after being out there for about twenty-five minutes or so. I had to make my way down to the creek from behind the chicken coop and that's where I found one. I took kind of a cheap shot at it and hit it in the guts. Almost every shot I take at a squirrel misses, so I didn't even aim for the head. I kind of wish I would've though, even if it would have missed. This shot didn't instantly kill it, it fell from the tree, then grabbed back on towards the trunk, and then fell when I walked over. It actually fell into the water of the creek and still looked alive, so I shot its head. It was kind of sad. But I brought it up and started skinning it. I got it started, but had to get my mom to help me get the skin off of the legs and head. So we got that done. The fish that they made was really good, they also made brussels sprouts and French fries.

        

And I honestly can't remember what I did for the rest of the night. But today was really good, I got my CDs and I got a squirrel. 7/10.

12/24/25

Today was Christmas Eve, even though it didn't really feel like it too much. I would say mainly because of the weather, it was actually hot today. Like, humid and 70 degrees. But anyways, I woke up really early today at around 5 AM and I started cleaning my room upstairs because I had to sleep up there instead of downstairs because Myra and Addie stayed over with Janell last night. So I got all my clothes picked up off my floor and my room started looking nicer. I ate some leftover sushi from last night and stayed up for awhile. Janell and them ended up leaving at probably 10 AM because they were meeting someone to go get breakfast or something. I think I fell back asleep for an hour or so while watching the Until Dawn Slushy Noobz video. I actually can't remember if I feel asleep or not, but Janell got home again around noon, and then she said she was going to town again, so I went with her this time.

We were going to go look for some stocking stuffers and presents for mom and dad, so we went to Hobby Lobby first and found some stuff. We got my dad these shotgun shell coasters that Janell thought he had to have and this toilet paper holder that was a chicken. I also got Janell a little squishy gummy bear thing she wanted. Then we went to Dollar Tree and picked out a bunch of little stocking stuffers. I think we got them a car freshener, some sparkling drinks, hand wipes, and some other stuff I can't think of. We also went to Five Below and the other Dollar Tree in Cape because Janell wanted to find some Doorables for some reason. So she got some and opened them, and then we went home.

At home I don't think I did too much, but my dad was really cleaning the windows. I picked up some, played some Fallout 4, my mom got home, and then her and Janell started making the charcuterie board that we'd eat later tonight. That's kind of a tradition I guess we do now. A really new tradition, I think last year was the first time we did that, eating a charcuterie board on Christmas Eve. But once my mom got home, it was about time to go to the candlelight service at church at 5 PM, so we got ready and went to that.

It was pretty busy at the church, most of the pews were filled. It was a pretty good service, I was just so tired for some reason. I fell asleep about three times during the sermon. I had to scrape the wax off of my candle to keep myself awake. But we sang some good songs and I love that service. Afterwards, we didn't stick around too long because it was so busy the hallway was starting to back-up.

So we went home and opened our stockings first which had the candy that Janell and I picked out in TJ Maxx that one day, so I got some peach rings. Then we ate the charcuterie board and it was pretty good. There was deer sausage, some good cheese, crackers, pepperoni, salami, and garlic cheese. Then we opened our main presents and it was pretty surprising. I'll list off some of what I got. A shaver, a box of Cuban cigars, a pin, some smart lightbulbs and outlets, Blade Runner 2049 in 4K, a nice new phone case, a car windshield cover, some silicone spatulas, Croc slippers, a 3DS charger, and the final big present was the big Lego DeLorean set. I really didn't know what to think of that, because I knew that was an expensive set, but I really like it. The presents I got from Janell were a pack of Dalmatian playing cards, a Star Wars blind box, a Harry Potter book, cologne, and a Lego Harry Potter greenhouse. So that was awesome and I would say I got some really good presents.

After we got done opening all of those, Janell and I went out and smoked one of the cigars that she got from Miami that was cherry flavored. Cigars really aren't my thing, but it was kind of fun. Then I ended up talking to my dad for a long while when he was looking at his guns, and he kind of ended up giving me one. He was showing me this Stevens Model 94 that belonged to his dad and he asked if I liked it, and I actually really did. So that was really cool, too. Then Janell and I talked to dad some, Janell and I watched a Bob's Burger episode, and I fell asleep at about 12:30.

So that was my Christmas Eve. I would say it was actually really good even though it still didn't feel much like Christmas. 8/10 day.

12/5/25

Today I had my big clinical, and it was the last one. I also made sure that I would not be late to this one, like my Wednesday one. But this one was at 7 am, unlike my 1 pm Wednesday one. Anyways, I woke up earlier than my alarms and I got up at 4 am. But I couldn't fall back asleep, so I got up. It ended up being alright though, even though I only got 3.5 hours of sleep. I got up, instantly played a round of Fortnite, made an instant coffee in the microwave, watched some YouTube (Christmas PopularMMOs videos, very nostalgic), did some stretches in the living room to try and wake up a bit more, and then played some Roblox. And that was actually pretty fun, I played this Raising Cane's game, I don't know, this was just a good start to my morning. Then I drank a mini Alani and left to go to the Lutheran Home.

I got to the place and got out after sitting in my car for a bit listening to If We Make it Through December. I walked in on time, we went back to the conference room after meeting in the lobby, we turned in our goals, and then we got assigned our patients. I was still with Coryden, and we got assigned room 316, which were two old ladies. Everyone was at breakfast, so we helped with that first. I helped this one guy eat, he was pretty nice. It took forever though, I felt like his Froot Loops were never-ending. And then his sausage, bacon, and eggs. After that, I went to our room and introduced myself to one of the ladies, but she was trying to relax in bed. So I left and found Coryden, and then we ended up giving someone a shower. And not just anyone, we got to give the 110 year old a shower. And she was mostly independent. But that was kind of a weird experience to say the least. It was about what I expected, but it was just weird. But she didn't mind being bathed by two guys, so that's fine. We got all of that done, that probably took at least 45 minutes. Then we just kinda helped out around. We went to lunch at 10:45 or so, and that was just sitting in my car eating a beef stick and drinking another mini Alani.

little bathroom break

Coryden and I came back in after half an hour and checked back up on our people. I really don't know what else we did. Our ladies were either sleeping or didn't really want to be bothered. Coryden was kind of overstimulating me again. He kept going back into their room to check on one of them, and she'd tell him the same story about how her brother, sister-in-law, and nephew came to visit and they gave her a chocolate bar. I heard that story about four times. We helped with lunch some, Coryden was going crazy making water, and I ended up talking to Breanna a lot, like for an hour. But that was pretty nice, we talked about high school, nursing, just random stuff. We had a meeting in the break room for our little debrief conference, and we were probably in there for over an hour because everyone had to explain what all they did and if we met our goals. And we had to sign some papers and stuff. After that, we went back out and helped some more. Then they actually said we could leave early, it was like 2 pm at this point. One of the patients was having a dressing change and some people were staying to watch that, so I stayed too, and we watched that. It was actually pretty crazy. This lady had like, a whole slice of her abdomen off of her. Then I left after that. And I made sure to not back into any cars like I may have done a couple of weeks ago.

After that was done I guess I went home and I really don't remember what I did. Probably just watched YouTube and played games or something. But then we had to get ready because we were going to the Finch's for a little pre-Christmas get-together. Janell got home right before we left, so I went with her there. We didn't think she was going to be able to go because she was supposed to have a social thing with her sorority, but I guess that was cancelled.

So we went to Rach's and it was actually a fun little night. The only kids were Emma, Matthew, and Leah because I guess Micah was sick. And Leland wasn't there either, which honestly, I was fine with. He's a little much sometimes. Too nonchalant. But it was fun, we ate a good meal. My mom brought pulled pork, barbeque sauce, and buns so we had really good pulled pork sandwiches. There were also these quesadilla things that tasted kind of like Imo's Pizza, but they had beans and stuff in them. They were good. There were deviled eggs and salad stuff, but I of course had none of that. I did have sweet tea that wasn't very sweet, though. Then we just talked for a while, I talked to Molly, Carrie, Daniel, Rach, really everyone. I told them how I left TKE, told them about work, about clinical today, everything. The kids were crazy, they're all into 67. Even Emma. But anyways, after we talked for a while, Janell and I went outside with Leah, Matthew, and Emma and we threw a football around even though it was dark. They did find a light-up soccer ball that worked a bit better in the dark. I was putting all of my effort into kicking that ball around. Then we went back in and played Loaded Questions for a while, that was fun. One of the questions was "what is something impressive that you've made" and I said cranberry Christmas cake because I made that last week, and then my dad came in and said, "You made that!" Like dad, they were supposed to guess, and they never would've guessed that. So that was a thing. Then Janell left to go back to her dorm and I had to stay until my mom and dad decided to leave probably 45 minutes after Janell left.

Then we went home and didn't do much else. I tried watching Die Hard but didn't really get into it. I'll watch it later once break starts, because I do want to watch it.

So that was my day, it was actually pretty good. 7/10.

12/3/25

Today did not start great, because I woke up to all of my alarms, but pretty instantly went back to sleep. And I finally woke up at 12:53 pm. And my clinical was at 1 pm. So I ran out the door without doing anything except changing into my SEMO scrubs. Luckily my stethoscope and all of that was already in my car. And Chateau, where clinical was, was about fifteen minutes away.

I made it there at 1:10 pm, ten minutes late. But I went in, signed in, and found them, and Ms. Tripoli was not happy. She's already the strict army teacher, so I kind of expected this. She gave this big spiel about how they just had a meeting this week about how next semester they're going to be changing the rules to if you're even one minutes tardy, you'll have consequences and eventually could get kicked from the program. She said she thought I was in a ditch somewhere. Like damn, can a man not sleep in until 1 pm and then be ten minutes late anymore? Just kidding, I should not have been late and I deserved that talk. After that it was smooth sailing. It was still another hour before I got to assess my person though. And luckily, the person advising my assessment was Stephanie and not Ms. Tripoli. And I didn't even really assess the lady at all. My person was this 95-year-old lady who had a fractured elbow. She really was the sweetest thing, a big talker, but her neighbor was in there visiting her, so we didn't want to take much time. So I asked her a couple of questions, I listened to her heart and lung sounds, tested her grip strength and eyes, and that was about it. Then we just listened to her talk. So that was easy. Also, before all of this, there was a patient with a heart murmur and we got to listen to that, so that was cool. Then we took a picture and that was the end of the clinical. I also checked my Spotify Wrapped afterwards, so here's that.

      

After that, I went and filled up with gas and then went to some stores. I started at Teen Challenge but didn't find anything that caught my eye. Then I realized I should probably get Janell some stuff because she's getting me stuff for Christmas. I really have no idea what she likes, I'm really bad at picking out gifts. I went to Five Below and got some Japanese and Christmas candy, a Wicked: For Good poster, and a Bob's Burgers keychain blind box. Hopefully she gets Kuchi, because when we were watching the show during the summer she liked him. Then I went to Target and got her a Moriah Elizabeth plush blind box because I got her one for her birthday and this one was different. I need to find some better stuff though.

Then I left town and went to Nana's. My dad was here when I first got here, and I guess he was just checking to see if the temperature and everything was fine for the house. The house is really only heated from a couple of propane heaters, he says those are the most efficient, but I feel like I've been getting more frequent headaches when I'm there. I might be getting monoxide poisoned, because the house does smell like burnt gas now. But whatever. We talked for a bit, but once he left I really didn't do much here, I played a round of Fortnite, started rewatching Stampy's quest series on YouTube on my TV. I love that series. Then I ate some bread, pepperoni, and provolone. Then I left to work out.

I went to HealthPoint at about 7:40 pm and this was not a good workout. I just felt totally fatigued. I did a couple of machines and I felt nauseous and weak. It was not fun. So I lowered the weight, finished up, and was out of there in an hour.

I went back to Nana's, took a shower, relaxed, and went to bed. That was my day.

So not a great day, but not the worst. I got some shopping done at least. 4/10.