9/4/24

Uh oh, I'm getting a little behind again. But I'll try and give some updates in this post. So what's been going on recently... Well I kind of have a little friend group now, which consists of me, Oliva, Paige, and Lennon. We hung out as a little group on Saturday since it was Labor day weekend and there weren't any parties or anything. So that was kind of fun. It was just me, Paige, and Olivia at first and we drove around and they gave me their classic interview. Then Lennon met up with us and we just talked in Paige's car. Then we made a group chat the next day called Bob Linda Tina Gene.

Also on Sunday was Lewis McNeely's funeral, so my family went to that. I think he was my great uncle, I'm not really sure I never met him. But yeah, Sunday was kinda fun. Before the funeral, I woke up at Nana's because the night before was the Bob's Burger hangout, and drove home at like, 7. Then my mom and dad and I went to church and Vicar Rickar did NOT recognize me and that made my dad start cracking up in the middle of the sermon and my mom got embarrassed.

After church we ate at Culver's and I saw Scott from TKE in there. I also left my phone outside on one of the tables because I thought we were eating outside because they were kinda busy, and a worker had to come and ask if I left my phone out there, but I'd already went out and got it. And my mom and dad were both recognizing people and talking to them. It was a little overstimulating. But my mushroom and swiss burger was SO BUSSING.

Then after Culver's we went to the funeral which I basically already talked about. It was at Ford's (?) funeral home, which is honestly a nostalgic place for me because the funerals there were always kind of fun when I was little and I'd be running around and playing and stuff. But today the only real exciting thing that happened was an old lady hitting her head on a lamp on the side of the wall. But after the funeral we went to Sam's where I saw TWO MORE TKES, Mason and Romell. Which is kinda weird because they were with drunk me like two nights ago. But I said hi to them and my dad was there. Which kinda reminds me, my dad acts really weird about TKE, like he said he's free to make fun of me since I joined, soooo, whatever that means.

After Sam's we went home and I probably did nothing else. But whatever that was Sunday. Then Labor day was a whole nother story, that I don't really wanna get into but I guess I will. It was at our house and people didn't really start showing up until 3 or 4 because we ate at 5. But I just cleaned around the house and stuff until people start getting here. The food really did hit different and was so good. That was definitely the best thing about this whole get-together. My mom smoked ribs and wings, June brough hashbrown casserole, Jennifer brought chocolate chip cookies and gooey butter cake for dessert, it was so good. And there was potato salad and deviled eggs and stuff, but obviously I didn't eat that stuff. But it was us cousins that ate outside together on the back porch, which wasn't really that bad. It was Connor and his girlfriend (forgot her name), Mariel and Zach, and then I think just me and Janell. Pierce and his new girl, Ava Niper didn't show up until later and Kyle was back in Rolla. But it was alright. Then eventually me, Janell, Zach, and Mariel played some cornhole while Connor and Pierce and their girls were chicken fighting (?) in our pool. Also they were being spectated by all the moms and grandmas, it was a cute moment. So that was labor day.

Then yesterday, Tuesday, the only thing that happened was that I went to Paige's spin class at 3:30, and that was a freaking workout. But I got to talk to Paige and Oliva and stuff so it was kind of fun. Also, like 3/4 of the 12 people there were Paige's family, so that was kind of funny. And also I guess the TKE's are a part of this frat football and volleyball league that's going on, but I don't really think I'd be that good at either of those, so I don't think I'll join that. But I've also been going to the gym and stuff, I haven't really mentioned that yet, but I've been hitting up HealthPoint after class most days and am taking creatine and stuff, so yeah. I feel like I'm kind of at a turning point in my life. Especially compared to how I was feeling at the end of last semester and over the summer, so that's good.

8/23/24

Today was a kinda busy day for me. I didn't have breakfast, #intermittentfasting, but I had an Alani energy drink and a scoop of creatine. Then I drove off to class.

I had Anatomy II first and that was alright. I got asked to close the door in the middle of class, so that was the little highlight of the class today. But yeah, we're talking about the brain and stuff now. After that class got over, I talked to Evan Blondin because he was texting me about his fraternity, so I told him I could come to one of their things this evening.

Then I had Music Artist Expression and that class feels like it goes by so slow. But it's kinda fun, we learned about this monastery in Kentucky that sings chants. I guess we're on the chant unit, because all we've been talking about is Gregorian chants, syllabic chants, all of those. But, yeah, I still haven't talked to anyone in that class. Also he gave us a report to right by next week over artifacts from the Dark Ages, so that was kind of random.

After class I ate a meat stick that I had and went to the gym. I've really been trying to gain muscle. School starting back up has me kind of motivated. So I feel like I went pretty hard at the gym, even though I just use machines and stuff.

After the gym, I went to Nana's and ate some cheese and yogurt (and I think that lowkey gave me stomach problems for a bit) and finished all of my stuff due this week. Then I kinda just layed around not doing anything until around 6 o'clock, which was when I left to go to Lambda Chi Alpha's thing.

It was so awkward showing up to that because I had no idea where to park, who was gonna be there, or how to get in. So I ended up parking in an apartment parking lot, and then finally texting Evan. Then Evan called me and came out to greet me. He led me into the house and introduced me to some people. I always thought Lambda was a little more laid-back than TKE or other frats, but they seemed kinda wild, too. And apparently they had a party yesterday, which is kinda weird, because who throws parties on a Thursday. I talked to Layne Collier for a good bit because he was there. He was my Camp Redhawk counselor before my freshman year here. Then we started playing poker, because that's what this was, a game night. But that one game of poker lasted like, two hours, which was the entire time I was there. There weren't really that many guys there, either. Only like, six or seven playing poker, and probably about six who weren't playing. I don't even really remember anyone's names. So honestly, I like TKE more than them as of now, even though I thought they would've been better.

But yeah, I left there around 8:45 PM and got back to Nana's around 9. Then I was planning on going to the TKE party tonight, so I texted Mason, cause he was the sober driver I knew best for tonight. So he picked me up and we drove to the TKE house. It's always kinda awkward at first, and I hadn't pregamed or anything. Grant and some other dude were outside, so Mason and I talked to them for a bit. Then I got a drink (my first time trying Twisted Tea!) and talked to some guys on the front porch. I met a dude named Jordan. They were having people sign their name before they went into the party, but didn't have me do that, so I don't know what that was about. I honestly don't really remember what happened. I'm writing this on Sunday now and I went to a Saturday party too, so I'm getting Friday and Saturday a little mixed up.

But yeah, once I start drank some, I think I played some flip cup. Then Danny said he was gonna teach me to shotgun so Nyk (who was bartending) gave us a beer, but he opened it, so I ended up beer bonging it instead, and that was also a first. I did it in the bar area, got down on my knee, and literally started sputtering as soon as it got to my mouth. But then I retried once I regained myself and I downed that mug. Then they got me another beer and we went up to the porch to shotgun. Danny cracked the hole in it and I downed that. I think I got it down alright. There were some girls Danny knew out there cheering me on, so that's cool. So yeah, I ended up staying outside and had a really long conversation on the porch with this dude who I think was named Cade? But we talked about music, Star Wars, Marvel, high school, it was honestly really fun, because I suck at these kinda conversations usually, but with the alcohol, it was actually enjoyable. Nyk showed up and talked with us some too, and then a dude named Miguel, (that goes by Michael) also showed up, and he was cool, too. Then they started smoking some weed from a pipe thing, and I took a couple hits, too, just to y'know, say I've tried it. I didn't really feel anything, so maybe I inhaled wrong, but I think I was just too drunk to notice it. I talked to Oliva, the girl from Snapchat who's into me, but I'm not really into her, for a tiny bit. And I think that was basically it. I left the same time that Cade did, in Kyle's car. And I had a good talk with Kyle, too. Definitely only because I was drunk, though.

So Kyle dropped me off at Nana's and I locked the door, but then I realized I left the key in the door, so I put the key back outside, relocked it, and then went back upstairs, but then I remembered going to check the door for a third time, just to make sure it was locked. So at least I'm still worried about home security while drunk. Then I hopped on Roblox and talked to a bunch of people on there. Talking on Roblox while drunk is as fun as being at a party. I went on this game called Neighbors, which is like, 1 on 1 talking, and ended up talking to this one girl for 2 hours. And it was like, 6 am before I went to bed.

So yeah, tonight was really about new experiences because I did like, three things I'd never done before, which I think is good, even if they aren't good things. It's not like I'm gonna do that stuff all the time. But yeah, today was a fulfilling day. 9/10.

7/26/24

Today was the day our vacation began. We have a Caribbean cruise planned in the next week and today and tomorrow we'll be going to New Orleans because that's where we'll be leaving out of. I'm really not sure of what I did today because I don't really remember, but I'll get the basic details.

I'm pretty sure I did nothing important throughout the day until we left. I probably just packed for the trip. So after I was done packing, my mom got home, and we were all ready, we left at around 4:00 PM. We went to Nana's before officially leaving just to check in on her and stuff. I sprayed for spiders upstairs because they've been kinda bad over here, and I almost died from the fumes of that spray. That stuff was lethal. But yeah hopefully they won't be as bad.

Then we left and didn't stop until we got to Sikeston, where we ate McDonald's. It was supposed to be Arby's but they were closed or something. But McDonald's was pretty good. I wanted to go to Walmart in Sikeston because it said they had Lego Minifigures in stock and I've been on a little kick of collecting them again. I know they're kinda childish, but they are fun things to collect. But we didn't go.

After leaving Sikeston, I don't think we stopped at all until the hotel. We did drive through Memphis and there was a little action there. My dad almost missed the interstate exit, but instead of just waiting for the next exit to turn around, he cut over and waited in between the exit and the interstate and got honked at. Janell made fun of him for that. And that'll be a trend, there was a lot of bickering between Janell and dad this trip. But yeah we drove through Memphis, I think we stopped at a gas station for a pee break a little after that, and then we got to Batesville, MS at around 8:45 PM. Before we went to our hotel we went to McDonald's again. This time it was actually my idea, though, because I wanted a McFlurry. It was a pretty good McFlurry. After that I convinced us to stop at Dollar General so that my dad could get some ankle socks, but what I wanted were Minifigures. I didn't think they had any, until we were leaving and they had some Marvel ones near the register, which is kinda crazy since those came out several years ago. But I didn't end up getting any. My dad did get his socks though.

Then we went to our hotel, a Hampton Inn, got checked in, and watched a mix of Griswald's Family Vacation and Men in Black, switching every time a commercial showed up. But it ended up being mainly Family Vacation, and Janell wanted to keep watching it even though everyone else wanted to go to sleep. I was kinda either way on watching or sleeping until my parents had her turn the volume all the way down, then it wasn't really worth watching. So I went to bed.

Today was pretty good, it was the start of a vacation, so that's always good. 7/10.

2/14/24

Today was kinda weird. It was Valentine's day, which didn't mean much, except my parents got me chocolate and a nice card. They really took a step up with the chocolate this year. Snoopy Hershey kisses and Little Debbie cakes. My mom also made me a breakfast sandwich and a coffee.

My first class was chemistry lab 

2/13/24

Today I actually woke up when my alarm went off, but my mom and dad were still going a little crazy to make sure I was awake. My dad came in my room and my mom called me to make sure I was up. But yeah, I got ready, ate two crescent rolls because someone made some this morning, drank some coffee that my mom made me before she left, and then I left.

SW121 was alright. I feel like only half the class was there today. We just talked about perception and empathy and stuff. Not much happened.

We got out a little early and I went out to my car to get my water bottle. Then I just sat out there and listened to some music until I had to go to nutrition at 11 o'clock.

In nutrition, Ramdial just talked about proteins the whole time and I just played Minesweeper and wrote in this blog.

Not much happened in EN140 either. Sam wasn't there, which I was kind of happy about. I like talking to him, but sometimes I just don't feel like talking to anyone. 

2/12/24

Today kind of sucked ass. I woke up at 2 O'CLOCK, which means I slept through my 12:00 and 1:30 class. How did I sleep through a class at noon. I had my alarms set but they did that annoying thing where they show up on my screen but weren't actually going off. I only woke up because my mom called me and asked why I wasn't in chemistry class. So I told her I slept through it and she was kinda mad. Then I realized I also had a 10 point assignment due at 1:30, so I missed that. I emailed Cunningham and asked if they did anything in class and he said not really. I told him I had a migraine and that's why I missed it. The noon class I missed was anatomy, but they probably only took notes in there and the notes are already online, so I probably didn't miss much in there.

The rest of the day I didn't do much. I looked through my chemistry notes just to refresh myself, then I played Sims 4 and Minecraft Bed Wars until supper. My mom is on this diet thing now and she made baked salmon with pecans on it and soy sauce green beans. It was really good. Janell also ate with us. After supper we talked downstairs about Silver Dollar City because my mom had gotten season passes. So she sent us those. Then I shut up the chickens and stayed outside for a bit. There was a nice sunset.

Then I went back in and played some more Bed Wars. It's kind of addicting. Then my dad got home and saw me playing and he got really mad about me playing it and me not going to class. It's literally a normal thing to not go to class though. None of my classes are ever full. I don't know why he cares anyway. My mom also talked to me about gaming and said it was too much. I literally was only on the game for like an hour and a half, and in that time my mom and dad were both watching TV. At least playing a game is more engaging than that.

Then at around 11 o'clock before I went to bed, I was watching The Walking Dead and my dad came upstairs again and was mad that I haven't been talking to him very much. I honestly don't know why I don't talk to him that much. I want to, but he's just been really annoying. Like, really annoying. He was saying I need to get better at talking, and I want to but I can't. It's literally not in my personality to like talking. And he was saying stupid shit like I should take a class on talking.

So today sucked. 2/10. Salmon and green beans carried.

2/11/24

Today was the Super Bowl so we were going to June's. I don't know what time I woke up, probably around 10. I played some Sims and then took my nutrition exam because it was due today. My mom helped me and it ended up taking longer than I thought it would. I think it was 50 questions. I ended up getting 47/50, which I was happy with.

After that I didn't do much until we left. I looked up some about computers because I kind of want a new one, mainly for the Sims 4. Since I figured out how to get the packs for free, it's so tempting to download them all, but my laptop can only handle like, three expansion packs, much less however many there are. So I looked up some about getting a new PC.

Then we left to go to June's. I rode with Janell and my mom because my dad was leaving a little later. It was a pretty good little car ride, y'know, until we got to June's driveway and my mom realized she forgot her five dozen deviled eggs that she made. So she was going to turn around and get them, but Janell made her call dad and get them. He was at Oriole, but turned around and got them.

When we went into June's, Janell and I sat and talked at the table at first. I also talked to Mammy and Jennifer some. Then I also ended up talking to David and my dad, and David was telling me that Billy Joel was going to be in St. Louis later this year. Then we also talked about Billy Joel's new song, which was weird because how did David know about that? I guess he keeps up to date on things. Maybe it was on the news, who knows.

Then we ate. That food was so good, I wish I would've taken a picture of my plate. I had a pulled pork slider, a bacon and cheese potato skin, meatballs and smokies, brisket, garlic parmesan wings, a bratwurst from the German cook, and I don't remember what else. I also probably drank a gallon of Coca-Cola. I've been really craving it. For desert I had brownies, molasses cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and the best little chocolate-coated Oreo balls ever.

After eating, I got stuck talking to Andy Boyd for a while, which was nice because I haven't talked to him in years. Also Janell was jealous cause she likes him. But yeah we talked about college and my back surgery, and him working at Mondi, and papa getting kicked by a cow last year. Lots of stuff.

Then the game started and I sat in between Janell and Mariel on the couch. 

2/5/24

Today was Janell's birthday. Let me think about what happened. I got up kinda early on accident. It was like 7:30 when I woke up. Since I woke up this early, I figured I would use this time to study for my chemistry exam that was later today. Instead I procrastinated for several hours, watched TikTok and YouTube, and got a shower. By this time it was like, 11:00 and I hadn't studied. So then I finally started studying and filling out my notecard that we got to use on the exam. Then I left.

Before chemistry I had my anatomy class still. That one ginger dude from Alaska wasn't there today so it was kinda awkward with me and the other guy at the table. The redhead guy usually keeps things not as awkward. But yeah we didn't do much in that class. Just notes and stuff. I tried studying for chemistry for most of the time.

This class got out a little early so I walked around trying to find a spot to study. I ended up finding a lounge area in Scully so I studied there for 15 minutes. 

1/28/24

Gotta catch up on these stupid entries!!! Ugh, anyways, today I got woken up at 9:30 because my mom wanted me to go to church. I thought we were going to Cowboy Church but apparently not. So we went to Egypt Mills. My dad met us there because he was at my grandma’s since Morgan had to go to the airport this morning and couldn’t get her ready. He was a little late. We sat behind Ruth and Junior and Ruth was talking to to me about SEMO. The service was kind of boring. The sermon was about a bunch of demons and one lonely demon or something, I don’t remember. I hate to say it but I was on my phone for most of the boring parts. Anyways, once that was over we went home.

I played some Minecraft because that’s what I’ve been doing the past couple a days. I do this thing where I look up Realm codes, join them, and just goof off. It’s probably a waste of time. But eventually my mom and I got ready to go to Nana’s because we were going to try and seal off the closet. We left and by the time we were almost to Nell Holcomb, my mom realized she forgot her phone so we had to go back. But then we were back on track.

We went to Schnucks first to get some food to keep over there. It took a while for me to pick stuff out but I got a Stromboli, sourdough bread, garlic butter, ketchup, salt and pepper, chips, frozen stuff, and probably some more stuff. So I had a good little restock. When I was waiting in line to check out, my mom left to get some cherry chip cake mix for Aunt Rach’s birthday since she has that little inside joke with dad but the line started moving and I almost had to pay on my own until my mom showed back up in the nick of time. That was a little scary. Just kidding, I had it under control.

After that we went to Nana’s and got to work. My mom honestly did all the closet work. She was putting this leather fabric stuff on the walls to cover them. I guess it’s a temporary fix. While she did that I finally took down my Christmas tree and lamp. I also set the two black mouse traps with some cheese my mom brought. Put one on the food cart and one on the ground by my bed. My dad also eventually showed up to Nana’s. I made a bacon ranch Hot Pocket and ate it before we left cause I hadn’t really eaten much today.

After we left we went back home and I tried playing Terraria because I hadn’t played it in forever, but it was funner thinking about playing it than actually playing it. Then I decided to go shoot my Henry, but once I got down to the building it was way too muddy out by the target area so instead I decided to squirrel hunt again. I put Opal and Chowder in my dad’s office and that took forever because they were not cooperating. Then I walking up into the woods with my gun.

I was also wearing crocs and my new pants so I wasn’t really prepared for hunting. I heard some squirrels after about twenty minutes of slowly walking the path. I heard/saw at least three in the same area. The only one I shot at was one that came out of an opening in a tree in front of me. It should’ve been an easy shot but I somehow missed and it climbed all the way up in the tree. I took another shot but missed again. I guess I just absolutely suck at shooting. But yeah I was probably in the woods for another hour or so. I also saw a deer and what looked like an armadillo or turkey or something. It was at the bottom of a ridge and I was kind of hurrying to get down there because if it was an armadillo I’d want to shoot it. I ended up slipping and falling on my butt, getting my newish pants dirty. And then I couldn’t even find the animal once I got down there. Then I was about done and was gonna leave but my dad was home now and his car was at his building and I thought it’d be kinda awkward I’ if I just came waltzing down a field with my gun so I waited around for a good 25-30 minutes and he was still down there so I just left. While I was waiting I was whistling back to a really pretty-singing bird. I think it was a white-throated sparrow. When I got down there, my dad was leaving the office. Apparently he was talking to Beck and had me talk to her after he saw my getting close. That’s about it.

Then we went up to the house and my mom had tortellini made. Janell was also home by now. Eventually I checked my camera for Nana’s house because I set the camera up facing one of the mouse traps and THERE WAS A MOUSE IN THERE. Kinda crazy, I finally caught the mouse that keeps pooping on my pillows. After all that I did my chemistry and SW121 homework, watched a really sad episode of The Walking Dead where Negan killed Glenn and Abraham, and went to bed.

Today was a 6/10.

1/27/24

Today I guess I really didn't do much in the morning, I don't really remember. I know that at 1:30 my dad and I went to a gun show at the Osage Center. My dad said he'd seen a sign for one and he kind of wanted to go to it. So we were trying to figure out where the gun show was because he thought it was at the Show Me Center but I looked it up and it was actually at the Osage Center. So yeah we drove there. 

1/16/24

I don't know if it's going to be feasible for me to try and keep writing every day. I keep forgetting. But I'll keep trying I guess. Today was my first day of second semester at SEMO and I surprisingly woke up really early just on my own. I think I woke up around 6:30, and then I tried to fall back asleep but I couldn't so I just listened to music. Then I got out of bed and got dressed and ready at 8:30. My mom made me a bacon egg and cheese sandwich on my grandma's homemade bread and that was really good. I parked my car in the garage last night so after I ate, I went ahead and left. Janell and my mom left at the same time I did because they had a hair appointment at Amy's. Also Max left a giant shit pile right in the center of the garage, can't forget that detail.

The roads were still kinda icy from the snow a couple days ago but they weren't too bad. I just went to Normal Street to try and find parking because my first class was in Grauel, and luckily there was parking on the street. I don't know why more people don't park there. But I ended up getting there pretty early so I just sat in my car and listened to my old playlist that has all of those Fountains of Wayne songs on it.

Eventually I went to my first class at 9:30, which was Helping Skills for the Human Services. This morning I put on Crocs without thinking about it and I realized when I was walking to class that I probably should've worn closed-toe shoes because I got snow in my shoes. But anyway I got to class and sat in the back next to an Indian guy. There were only like, four guys in the class, so that was kinda crazy. The professor for that class seemed pretty nice, too. She brought muffins or something but they were at the front of the class so I didn't see them. She was kinda sad not many people ate them. But yeah, once that class started she talked about herself and apparently she worked at a juvenile detention center or something. Then we went over the rubric and she made us introduce ourselves to someone else in the class and then introduce that person to the rest of the class. The Indian guy next to me asked to be partners so we were. We had to ask them their full name, hometown, major, favorite food, and something you don't know about them. So I told him my name, that I lived here, I like ravioli, and I was on my high school's bowling team. Then he told me his name, but I had to keep asking him to repeat it. It was like, Ismael or something. I don't remember. And I think I pronounced his last name wrong. I pronounced it Cymbal, like the instrument. But yeah, I guess he likes burgers and street racing. That was kinda all that happened in that class. We got out like, 45 minutes early, so that's cool.

I went back to my car to sit down and heat up because my next class wasn't till 11:00 and some black guy asked me for directions to the International Village, which I didn't know, but I figured it might be near the Greek Village so I pointed him that way. Hopefully I helped him, guess we'll never know. After sitting in my car for thirty minutes I got out to go to Scully where my Food and Nutrition class was, and on the way there I ran into Mack and Zach Robinson. And I called them Mack and Zach when I saw them which was kinda cringy. But yeah we talked for a bit, I told Mack that I think I'm in her chemistry class because I'm creepy and check the people who are in a class with me on Canvas. And I told them I'm a nursing major now, so fun. And then Zach told me Eli was mad at me because I kept leaving him on delivered, which is true, but right now, Eli's the one who's left me on delivered for two weeks.

Anyways, I got to Scully and went inside. At this point my toes were numb. But yeah I found the nutrition class on the top floor and went in. I was scared most people would be online and I'd be the only in-person person but the class was actually packed. I sat in the back near the door again next to some foreign girl. That class was honestly pretty boring. Jackson Haertling was in it, which I didn't know. Oh yeah, Audrey Daniel was also in my first class. I didn't talk to her or anything, though. But yeah in nutrition we introduced ourselves and told our majors. The majority were nursing majors, but I was the only guy from that major. I found out Jackson is a psychology major. Interesting. But that's basically it.

After that class got out I went to Brandt to use the restroom because that building is where I always use the bathroom. Then I made my way back to Grauel for my Rhetoric and Critical Thinking class, which I was kinda dreading because Sam Stuart was going to be in that class and I figured it would be awkward. I met Sam in the building and said hi and he figured out that we were in the same class, so we ended up sitting next to each other in the classroom, and it was kinda awkward. This isn't really the kind of class where you can talk, so Sam was just on his phone and I was just doing nothing. But it wasn't that bad. The professor was this old lady named Mrs. Seabaugh and she was honestly really boring. A full 75 minute long class would feel like forever with her. Luckily she let us out really early. Sam asked her after class if she was from the north and she said she wasn't. Sam said he was trying to get on her good side. But yeah then we went our separate ways and I went to the library to right some entries.

1/14/24

Things that Happened Today

- janell and i went to town

- parents got mad

- went to kohls, tj maxx, petco, target, mall

- started snowing when we were at shoe dept

- had turkey and stuffing

1/15/24

Things that Happened Today

- went outside in the snow

- went to the creek

- rode 4-wheeler

- shot revolvers

- vacuumed room

- watched walking dead

- janell cleaned her room

1/10/24

Today I think I woke up at around 10 or 10:30 or something. Today my mom was going to Cape for some errands and stuff so I went with her.

The first place we went was McDonald's because I didn't eat anything. My mom had a free thing for 6 piece nuggets for her birthday yesterday and she let me use that since she didn't want anything. I also got a coke. So that was good.

After that we went to Dr. Gibbons office because my mom's contacts had come in. I stayed in the car for that though. My mom said someone in there guessed that she was Joan and the lady said she should buy a lottery ticket for guessing right. Don't know why I included that, just a little detail I remember.

After that we went to First State Community Bank to close my account because I never use that account. I had 150 dollars in it that I got out in cash so that's good. I think all of my money in that account is because they give you a couple of dollars for every A you get on your report card.

Then after that we drove to SEMO and my mom showed me where the bus used to drop her off at Scully. We went here because I was going to see where my classes were going to be. My mom just dropped me off, though, because she had to go pick up prescriptions or something. But yeah my Scully class was nutrition and it was actually on the highest level (4th floor). All of my other classes were also on that side besides Grauel, but I didn't go to Grauel because I already know that building pretty well. But yeah I have like four classes in Magill and one in Rhodes. Then I walked to Academic and my mom picked me up on Normal Street. I also had to point an Indian guy in the direction of Dempster because he asked me for help.

After that we went to Last Mile Liquidators because my mom's been wanting to go there for some reason. I actually think she said she wanted to go there to look for shelves for my closet at Nana's. It was kinda nice in there. It's at that new building on Williams Street. They have a bunch of overstock furniture that's still boxed and is marked down by 20-30 percent. Maris apparently works in there and I said bye to her when we were leaving. Also they have a doodle or poodle or something that was just walking around the store. But yeah in the store I actually found a TV stand that I really liked and ended up getting. It's definitely an upgrade from the one I have at Nana's right now. Some scrawny kid picked up the box that the TV stand was in and made it look like nothing. My mom was really impressed but I just figured it wasn't that heavy. Then when we got to Nana's and I tried picking it up, it was actually really heavy. I underestimated that kid.

But yeah we didn't go to Nana's right after, we actually went to Buffalo Wild Wings. I got a cheese curd burger and my mom got a normal cheeseburger. It was reallly good but really filling. They were also playing the Blues game so I got to see them lose to the Panthers. But yeah that's about the end of that. Always fun.

Writing about this day makes it feel like forever, it just keeps going. After BWW we went looking at car lots for either Janell or my mom. We went to Morlan first and my mom was looking at a blue Ford Escape that she thinks Janell might want. I don't know why my mom wants to get Janell another car instead of herself. Janell's car is the car the keeps breaking down, but she picked out her shitty car and knew that Mini Coopers were unreliable. She can't just expect to get a new 30,000 dollar car when hers breaks down. So I think she should get my mom's Equinox and my mom should get a new car. The Equinox is probably more than Janell deserves anyways. But I guess my mom's a better man than me. But yeah my mom even had a dealership guy come out and unlock the car. The car was over 25,000 dollars so it was out of the price range. Also the dealership guy told my mom she should get a car instead of Janell because of the prices right now. I didn't really understand his logic and how it mattered (actually I guess he meant we keep the Equinox and give it to Janell [actually wait I still don't understand]).

Whatever, after that we went to another dealership (Coad Chevrolet) and looked at car that I actually thought looked nice. It was a light green Chevy Trailblazer, which you wouldn't think would be that cool, but it was. AWD, dual exhaust, blacked-out logos, tinted windows, carbon accents. A dealer guy, Landon, came out and unlocked it. This one was over 32,000 dollars so I that's still pretty pricey. But it was nice. Also my mom got locked in the backseat because it had a child safety lock.

After that we drove to some other lots but nothing caught our eyes. Then we went through the car wash because my mom had a coupon and then we went to Nana's to unload the TV stand. Then we went home.

Once I got home I went and found a kennel for Chowder because he's getting fixed tomorrow. I got the kennel, some blankets, and dog car seat cover and put all of that in my car. For the rest of the evening, I spent some time outside, something that I should do a lot more. I listened to the entire album of The Stranger while walking through the creek and sitting on a rock with Opal and Chowder (Max was there too, just not really sitting with me) out by the little waterfall area behind the creek. It was nice. I also fed Orange Man on my way back to the house. Then I put Max and Chowder in the garage so Opal and me could go on a Mule ride. Chowder and Max don't like riding the Mule so it's easier putting them up. My dad got home when I was just pulling out of the garage in the Mule and I think he also went down there and fed the cat after I did. Orange Man eatin' good tonight. But yeah I just drove around the woods and to the top of Fornkohl's Hill.

Then I went inside and ate. We had breakfast for supper, so pork sausage patties and a fried egg. Janell also got home just in time for supper. For the rest of the evening I didn't do much. Talked with the family and discussed bringing Chowder to the vet. My mom said she'll also go with me to make sure everything gets done. I could do it myself, but I feel better that she's going along. Also hopefully she'll pay the vet bill instead of me. If she does, I'll eventually repay her. Really hoping she does.

But yeah then I played some Fortnite and wrote this thing. I also cleaned my entire room. It desperately needed it. It's almost 2 AM and I feel like I've been writing forever, so I put it in a Word document and this passage alone is basically the equivalent of a FOUR PAGE ESSAY. That's longer than all the essays I wrote in EN100. No wonder it feels like I always spend so much time writing.

But yeah I gotta go to bed. Today was like a 7/10 just cause it felt like I did so much.

1/9/24

Holy shit if I don't get my act together I'm gonna kill myself. I was supposed to leave my unmotivated self in 2023. I told myself I was gonna write every day of the new year and I've been procrastinating like little bitch and I've already missed the first nine days of 2024. But don't worry I'm gonna go back and fill them in, they just won't be super detailed because I'm gonna have to remember or look at my maps and search history to see what I did that day, but trust me, I'm gonna do it. I'll actually write every day from here on out.

Anyways, today was my mom's birthday. Last night, I could not fall asleep AT ALL. It was like, 2:30 when I started trying to go to sleep and I couldn't, I was just laying in bed listening to music until past 4 AM. My sleep schedule has been SOOO off. Like, way more off than it's ever been. I've pulled four all-nighters this break. Over the summer I only stayed up all night once. That's crazy. So even though I set my alarm to 9:00 I woke up at noon. And then I fell asleep until 1. Also my dad was being annoying as all hell because for some reason he thinks I'll want to get out of bed when he's like that. No, it just makes me want to kill myself. But luckily, I had my new headphones and they work perfectly for blocking out noise, so that dealt with that. I also voice memoed him acting like that to always remember it (because it's such a nice thing to remember). And yeah, I know I should've been out of bed by then and I wanted to get up, but I am not giving him the satisfaction.

But yeah I was eventually out and about. Not really about though. I stayed inside basically all day, which sucks, but it's not like there's anywhere to go. I went out with Chowder for a bit. After a while my mom got home and I got to say happy birthday, but she was tired and took a nap for a while in her room. Queen deserves it. I played some Stardew Valley because for the past couple of days I've been into it again. I guess Janell got home sometime in between 3 and 4 and she was all mad because we were going to go out to eat tonight for mom's birthday, but the Craigmiles, mammy and papa, and Pam were also going to be there. Apparently she wanted it to be just us four. I didn't really mind either way. I just like going out to eat.

So yeah we all started getting ready to leave a little before 5 and I got a shower, brushed my teeth, all the works, and Janell was still in bed, so we basically had to drag her out to go. Janell was honestly being not very nice today. Like, it was my mom's birthday and Janell still kept trying to get her way. Like girl, it is not your day. But we eventually left and had a very awkward car ride. It didn't start out that way, but Janell kept on nagging and my dad kept backing Janell up. That's also a bad habit my dad has. It seems like he backs up Janell more than his wife. I was literally the only one trying to keep everything optimistic and saying it'd be fun. But yeah Janell kept calling June and Pam bitches and stuff and saying all this other stuff and eventually my mom started crying and it was actually the saddest thing ever. My mom literally never cries and there should be no reason she has to cry on her birthday. I'm crying just thinking about it and I almost cried then. Finally Janell apologized after I told her to, and she ended up apologizing several times. My dad never really did, but I guess he wasn't really making the claims or anything, but he was supporting Janell. But yeah it was awkward the rest of the way there.

We went in and most of the other people were already there. For some reason they'd assigned seats and of course they decided to put me next to Ella, because for some reason she was going to be there. So I was across from Connor and had Janell on my other side. I was kinda surprised Connor was there, but I guess he was on his break from Buffalo Wild Wings.  And luckily things loosened up once we got seated. I didn't end up talking to Ella or anything but literally I do not know her, I shouldn't be expected to. But yeah it ended up going good. I got ravioli carbonara and zuppa toscana for my soup. The soup was a little grayer and weirder looking than normal, but still good. Then for dessert, June got a chocolate lasagna cake and gave me a slice, and my mom got the zeppoli Italian doughnuts and I also ate one of those. The ride home was normal, luckily. The rest of the night was also normal. I talked to the fam, played some Fortnite and Stardew Valley, and started writing this entry. Also, this post has literally taken me thirty minutes to write. I feel like that's longer than normal.

But yeah I was hoping today would be better than it was, but I'd give it a 5/10.

1/8/24

Today was the aftermath of an all-nighter so I was up early. This was also Janell's first day back to school, so I started trying to get ready when she was getting ready.

I didn't really end up doing much, but I felt like cooking something, so after Janell and my dad left (he took her because her car is still acting up) I tried making some poutine. For some reason cooking always drains me so much and once I'm halfway done with the dish I just wish I'd never have started and it was that way with this. And literally all I was actually making was the gravy. But the butter took forever to melt, and the broth took forever to boil, everything was taking forever. Also I realized I probably made 6 times as much gravy as I needed. But yeah I finished it up, air fried some crinkle fries, and got out some weird like, uncured mozzarella balls or something. They tasted kinda weird. So I put it all together and went outside to eat it, because poutine tastes best when eaten hot in a cold setting. It actually tasted really accurate to authentic Canadian poutine. Didn't exactly look the part, but that doesn't matter.

Making that was the highlight of the day and after that I did nothing. I know I fell asleep at around 3 pm and my dad caught me sleeping and literally got so mad. He hates when other people take naps but apparently he's allowed to nap whenever he wants. Then he made me go help him put a tire in the back of his truck even though he definitely could've done it himself. And the tire also rolled out when he rolled it up there and he got mad at me.

I was going to have to pick Janell up to go to an appointment at 3 but my mom was off by then so she did it. I was kinda looking forward to it, though, because I wanted to get out of the house. But they brought me home Chick-fil-A afterwards so I was more than happy. Then I played some Stardew Valley and that was the end of my day.

4/10. I need to get out of the house.

1/7/24

I feel like today was actually decent. I slept at Nana's last night and ended up waking up early (6:45) even though it was past 4 AM when I went to bed. But I stayed up because I wanted to leave before one of Nana's helpers got there. So I got ready, left, and went to McDonalds. I got a Sausage McMuffin and a free hashbrown with some rewards points. So good.

When I got home, the garage door to the house was locked for some odd reason so I had to go back to my car and get the house keys. Everyone was still asleep inside. Also I guess Addi had spent the night because her car was outside. I went upstairs and played Minecraft for and hour or so. I think my Gamepass glitched or something because it should've gone away by now, but whatever.