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.

12/2/25

Today I woke up at around 11 am, tried looking over the altered elimination slideshow since that's what our quiz in patho was going to be about today, didn't get much done, warmed up some rice from last night and ate it, got ready, and left to go to class.

It had snowed a little bit last night, so it was cool to see some snow on the ground. The roads were completely clear though. I was kind of hoping we wouldn't have class, but no, we did. And class was boring. We took the quiz and then took the HESI for that class, which I did not do great on. Almost all of the questions were about lab results and stuff, it was weird. I got a 58 on it, but it's an assignment grade, so it really doesn't matter. And I didn't get the lowest score, so I don't care. I can do remediation and up it some.

I left and went to Nana's where I played one round of the new Fortnite season, and I won the one game that I played. Pretty cool. Then I finished Blade Runner that I started last night and warmed up some chili to eat. Then I went to work at 6.

Work was same old same old. I think I had around eight or nine transports, nothing significant. I sat in that big recliner in the ICU waiting room again for a bit, that might be a new thing I start doing. I also stole an orange Jell-o thing from the patient fridge before I left and ate that at home. It honestly wasn't great tasting.

Then I went back to Nana's, played Fortnite, did nothing productive, watched YouTube, and then went to bed pretty late, going on 4 am. And that will have a negative impact on my next day (you'll see).

So that was my day. I liked seeing the snow, 4/10.

12/1/25

Today was the first day of December, but I really did not do anything memorable today. I didn't even leave the house because I didn't have class. Our class was kind of online today, we had to answer forum questions that people asked on our group PowerPoint projects. So I got up early, at 9 am to plan on doing that, but no questions had really been asked yet, so I went to bed until 11 am, then I got up and worked on some. I was actually doing the majority of answering questions at around noon. We were supposed to be doing this from 9 am to 1 pm, so I actually was putting in work.

I really don't remember what I did for the rest of the day. I watched YouTube, tried downloading a torrent of the Sims 4 update so I could get that done, but with a VPN it was going to take like, all day to download a 17 gb update. So I just redownloaded an up-to-date DLC unlocker and played my real version, and that somehow worked. So I can play the Sims again.

I went outside some today and played with the dogs and Orange Man. My dad was up in the woods doing something and my mom was at work until 4 pm. And then she went to my grandma's afterwards, so I was alone most of the day.

Once my mom got home, she made salmon cakes and mac and cheese, so that was good. Then I watched another Stranger Things episode and started season two. My mom set up her little Christmas tree that she really wanted from Menards downstairs, and that thing is crazy. It's this fiberoptic tree that has super bright flashing lights, it would not have been my choice of tree, but she really likes it, so that's all that matters. I tried studying but couldn't really get much done.

I ended up watching Blade Runner and making rice Hamburger Helper. I went outside for a bit to find that it was snowing at around midnight. The first snow was on the first of December. I fell asleep while watching the movie, but then woke up at 2 am and moved to the bed downstairs to sleep for the rest of the night.

So that was my day, really boring. 3/10.

11/30/25

Today was the last day of November and a pretty good start to the Christmas season I would say. I think I woke up at around 9:30 am, and I think I just laid around until it was time to leave for church, so I got up and got ready for that. My mom also made me a coffee, so that was good.

When we first got to church, one of the ladies, I think a Heise, asked if I could help them get a ladder, so we went looking for it, but they couldn't find it. So that was fun. The service was alright, it was the first day of advent. I always like going during the advent season because they light a new candle each week and it's a little countdown to Christmas. I really can't get on with Pastor Rick's sermons, they are never that great for me. I feel like they are always kind of generic and they don't really have a theme. At least he isn't forgetting who I am anymore.

After church, we stayed to put up decorations, because they were doing that this Sunday. I also like doing this because this is kind of a tradition for us, we help with this every year. The Heise lady was the person in charge of this and she takes that job very seriously. I had to help fluff one of the trees in the fellowship hall area under their guidance. Then I went and did my decoration that I do every year, which are the trees up by the altar. My mom and dad were working on the big tree in front of the sanctuary area like they do every year, too. August Hanks also showed up to help. This is really the only time I see him anymore. Janell showed up, too, after I had to convince her to come and help. She got there after 11, and then around 12, we ate lunch.

The lunch at the church was not great. My mom brought deviled eggs, which I'm not a fan of. Really, all I ate were chips, a piece of ham, and desserts. The desserts were good, there was carrot cake, brownies, and German chocolate cake. And I ate part of Janell's donut.

Janell and I left when we were done eating and went home. She said she had a lot of homework to get done, but she wasn't working on it. I didn't really do much at home, either. I took a nap for a bit, like 15 minutes, played Deadshot.io, watched YouTube, that kind of stuff. I did get a little homework done I think. But I didn't really have much. I got my group slideshow thing done yesterday.

At around 4 pm, we started getting ready to leave to go to the Christmas parade in Cape. Janell did not want to go, she wanted to sleep, so she didn't go. Last year it took me convincing everyone to go to the parade, at least this year, my mom and dad kind of wanted to go. And I still wanted to go. This is another thing that helps put you in the Christmas spirit more.

The parade was pretty good. The theme was Charlie Brown Christmas, which I liked because I love Peanuts. We got there a little before 5, at like 4:40, and it got to us at around 5:10. I like how when it starts, it's still light, but it gets dark like, right as it starts. Jennifer and David were also there, and they found us and sat behind us. We were in front of that old theater that's now a boutique. The lady next to me was in this see-through tent thing that kind of blocked my view. About ten people told her she was smart, but it seemed kind of isolating being in there. Even if it kept you warm. I liked sitting out in my chair with a coat and blanket on. Anyways, it started with the runners, I guess they were running a 5K or something. Then the parade started. There were several bands from different high schools, some firetrucks with dalmatians, lots of other service vehicles like tow trucks and stuff that were all decorated with lights, there were motorcycles, a car like the one from Christmas Vacation, a DeLorean (that was cool), corvettes, and floats. So it was pretty cool. And we got a lot of candy. My mom was going a bit crazy over the candy, she kept getting up to pick up candy from the road. But it was a good parade.

Afterwards, I said I kind of want something to eat, so we were going to go to Culver's, but they were super busy, so we went to Arby's instead and ended up going in. It took a while to order because they were also kind of busy, but we did, and it was pretty good. I got chicken and fries and my parents got roast beef sandwiches. I made a homemade Baja Blast for my drink with Powerade, Mountain Dew, and Sprite. Someone came up to my mom and told her she liked her Snoopy hoodie, which was nice.

After we ate, we went home and I didn't do too much else. We talked to Janell some and then I think I watched Stranger Things since I've been trying to rewatch from the beginning since Janell and I watched the first part of season five last Wednesday night. Then I started playing the Sims 4, which I hadn't played in a few months, and I was kind of enjoying it. Then I took a break and decided to update it, which was a mistake. Because after I updated, I learned that Anadius, the guy who made the Sims 4 Updater application, has permanently quit. So I couldn't run my cracked version of the game because that version couldn't update to the new version. So that sucked. And that was basically the end of my night. The end of November.

So today was a pretty good little Christmassy day. 6/10.