My wild Friday night consisted of emailing this dressing company to see if this vinaigrette I used to buy is discontinued LOL. I also went to the gym, took a shower, did a whole ass skin care routine, and took some melatonin gummies. Yes, I’m blogging this from bed. Yes, it’s 9pm.
Update: Through some online sleuthing, I found out that Tessemae’s filed for bankruptcy last year and was acquired by another company this year. They haven’t responded to my email yet, but I did email on a Friday night after hours, so I’ll give them a few business days š Otherwise, I may have to try making my own dang ranch vinaigrette!
I read that a routine can help you feel in control of your life, so instead of focusing on things I canāt control, I can set small goals. Like if I fall asleep without taking my makeup off or brushing my teeth, Iām usually like no bigs because I never get cavities and hardly ever get blemishes (only at the most inopportune times, like when I have a party to go to), but last night after I took a shower, I brushed my teeth, put on my cat headband and did a whole ass skincare routine, and took these new melatonin and ashwaganda supplements I instacarted because Iāve been having trouble sleeping.
Before the stroke, I would sleep at like 2, 3, 4 in the morning (on a weeknight!). After the stroke, I was sleeping more than half the day. I was also on medical leave and didn’t work for 6 months, so sleep filled up a lot of that time. I sleep a normal 8 hours now, but Iām usually in bed by 9 or 10. Iāve noticed that Iāve been staying up past midnight some nights, even though Iāve been in bed for hours. I had a restful sleep last night, but I took the gummies like at 9pm. I think I need to take them earlier, because it takes me a while to digest things. That’s why if I take an edible, I do it before an event and during the event, because it could be hours before I feel the effects š
I also did 30 minutes on the treadmill an hour after breakfast, lunch and dinner today. It’s the only way I’m gonna complete this Nike Run Club 60-mile challenge Shi has us on this month!
I was like, “Do I need to reset my chakras? Is Mercury in fucking retrograde?” Because I like to blame everything but my own life choices for my absolutely sour mood š
IDK why my dad has so many batteries. When I need one, I just take it out of my smoke detector š Considering Iāve almost burned down my apartment, I should probably take some of these batteries home…
When we were doing sake bombs at Yokohama Yakitori Koubou last weekend, Shi raised her shot and was like, “To the next step!” And Christine was all like, “What’s the next step?” And Shi was like, “The next step is death!” š¤£
I thought she was gonna cry when she told us about her son potty training and refusing to poo and her daughter almost getting sex trafficked at Sesame Place. Do we need to have an intervention, Shi??? Be honest š
It was not how I expected to spend my birthday week (or the first half of 2023), but thanks to everyone who sent flowers, stuffies and cards and have wished me well after my āmedical emergenciesā (theyāre calling it) to the hospital and to my sister who is taking care of me till my LOA is up in July, to Nicholas who shaved my chocha with clippers LOL and sang me HBD in the operating room, and to Nori who left the office to take me to the ER. Iām in LA this week for some appointments and Dr. Joshi says Iām āhanging on by a threadā (he doesnāt sugarcoat shit) while the rest of my doctors have told me they expect a full recovery in a few months. My therapist was surprised that it was a full moon (I showed her the moon phase widget on my watch lmao, nor that I believe in crystal energy) but all I know is I left my crystals charging on Pammieās rooftop before we left SD, because I need all the help I can get. Pardon me. I’m def less foggy, but I got 3 vaccines today LOL.
I caught my first cold in nearly three years and have been down for the past two weeks! Apologies to my new neighbor who’s had to listen to my nonstop coughing, sneezing, and four seasons of The Great British Baking Show: Holidays.
Welp, I have until 2035 to get my life together before I start driving an electric car that needs to be charged regularly.
Iām the type of person who doesnāt fill up their gas tank until Iām running on fumes (this picture was taken today).
I’m also the type of person whose phone is always on the cusp of dying or already dead (even though I work from home). Donāt even get me started on all my unread notifications.
When I woke up this morning, I laid my crystals out to charge under the full moon, washed my serotonin pill down with crystal-infused water, and cried into my acai bowl. Pre-pandemic me would never, but LA has changed me, y’all.
I donāt know if itās work, or my period, or the $25 I just spent on doordashing this acai bowlā¦ but Jesus, I got emotional. You should probably avoid this hot mess express for the next 3-5 days.
One year, we’re getting kicked out of bars downtown, and the next we’re staying in on a Saturday night with the kids (none of which are my own), drinking homemade sangria and playing chow crown. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Christine’s going to murder me for posting this LOL. Hopefully her three kids keep her too busy to ever read this thing!
I know so many people who are going through tough times right now (the death of a parent, the loss of their family home, and trouble conceiving, to name a few)… Besides LA traffic, my only other gripe is that I’ve been working long hours, and my postmates driver (that my work pays for) forgot to include utensils with my order last night, so I had to eat my calamari in my office with my bare hands like an animal. I feel like an asshole even mentioning it. All things considered, I have so much to be thankful for.
My Shi just got engaged to the love of her life, and I couldnāt be happier for her.
She gave me these two rose quartz crystals a few months ago, because ālove comes in pairs,ā she said. Iāve never been a believer of crystals, but I did buy this cute ass dish for them (I still believe in good home decor, after all). I keep them on my bar cart in the feng shui-recommended “love corner” of my apartment. The booze around it will likely be of more assistance to my love life than the art of feng shui or crystals, but I appreciate Shiās effort! Ha.
Not much has changed since Chelās diary entry from my 8th birthdayāI’m still fun at sleepovers, and we’re all still a little afraid of our cousin, May! Ha.
I love that she still has all of her old diaries. I used to send people handwritten letters, but I didn’t start documenting my life until I started this blog in my early twenties. I never expected to keep it going for this long, but here we are 15 years later! For the three of you who have stayed tuned to this blog, thanks for sticking it out with me after all these years. Hereās to the next 15!
At lunch today, our waiter told me he really liked my glasses when we first sat down, and later brought me some hot water, lemon and honey because he said he heard me sniffling. Deane said he wanted my dick, but I’m pretty sure he just wanted the tip š
I suppose in the end it’s almost too easy to look back and say what you should have done, how you might have changed things. What’s harderāwhat’s much, much harderāis to accept what you actually did do.
At home, at weekends or whatever, it wells up and I canāt handle it. But most of the time I can just about handle it, you sort of have to get through the day.
Every morning, I wake up and forget just for a second that it happened. But once my eyes open, it buries me like a landslide of sharp, sad rocks. Once my eyes open, Iām heavy, like thereās too much gravity on my heart.
She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. But the third, the one you drink because it’s there, because it can’t hurt, and because what difference does it make?
Why’s everyone still singing about California?
Haven’t we heard enough about the Golden State?
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water
There’s something about it, to which I cannot relate
You should be watching Orange is the New Black, if only for sound advice from Yoga Jones. (She was the voice of Patti Mayonnaise if that helps sway your decision at all.)
Youāll be sick or feeling troubled or deeply in love or quietly uncertain or even content for the first time in your life. It wonāt matter. Out of the blue, beyond any cause you can trace, youāll suddenly realize things are not how you perceived them to be at all. For some reason, you will no longer be the person you believed you once were. Youāll detect slow and subtle shifts going on all around you, more importantly shifts in you. Worse, youāll realize itās always been shifting, like a shimmer of sorts, a vast shimmer, only dark like a room. But you wonāt understand why or how.
It took me so long to do so many important things. Itās hard to accept that I spent so many years being less happy than I couldāve been. Jim was five feet from my desk and it took me four years to get to him. Itād be great if people saw this documentary and learned from my mistakes. Not that Iām a tragic person, Iām really happy now. But it would just make my heart soar if someone out there saw this and she said to herself, āBe strong. Trust yourself. Love yourself. Conquer your fears. Just go after what you want and act fast! Because life just isnāt that long!ā
