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day thirty | feb 20

Good morning! 

I slept in for once! I woke up at 10 AM today. I made coffee in my Keurig with cinnamon and a little bit of salt! I really wanted to grind up some beans for some FRESH coffee, but I didn’t want to potentially wake anyone up. I added some oat milk and creamer and went back to bed! I truly planned on doing nothing today, which I did.

I watched YouTube for 2 hours. I watched a range of videos, from channels like Zachary Michael, Mike’s Mic, SuperMega, and apple.cheeks! It was a nice, relaxing morning.

For lunch, I had my Raising Cane’s leftovers! They were super good, but I felt kind of gross afterwards.

Around 1 PM, my roommate and I left for an apartment showing! It was really close to the St. Paul campus. We also listened to kpop on our way over! The apartment was super cute, but since it’s closer to St. Paul we have a little bit to think about (since most of my roommate’s classes are on East Bank). After we took our tour, I showed my roommate around the St. Paul campus! She thought it was super nice since she had never seen it before. 

We also went to Target! We had both been craving a grocery store cake for a while, so we bought one! Well, my roommate did. It was pretty good! There’s a lot of icing on it though....still good!

Once we were back at our apartment, we lounged around more. I watched MORE YouTube, and a little bit of TikTok! I told you, I really did nothing today. 

At 5ish PM, my coworker texted me that I got a package!! A package I’ve been waiting for since November when I ordered it.....I am so excited and happy it’s finally here!!

It’s a 3.5 ft long bee. I tried to encapsulate the size of it in a picture, but I simply could not. I love it so much ohmygod. 

For dinner, I had two corn dogs! I had planned on making some stir fry, but my beef didn’t thaw in time....that’s a tomorrow meal then! Still a little disappointed that I couldn’t make my stir fry, but I’ll get over it. 

After eating, I FaceTimed a friend! We chatted for a little bit and I showed her my big bee and she also thought it was amazing. Friendship. 

I’m currently getting ready for bed, and I think I might watch Psych before going to bed! If you haven’t heard of it, you should definitely check it out. I’m not a fan of crime shows because this is the only one I can watch for real. 

Money spent: $0

Food Consumed:

1 cup of coffee

Raising Cane’s

Cake!

Pineapple chunks

2 Corn dogs

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~4 hours)

TikTok (~1 hour)

Spotify (~1 hour)

A palette to describe my day:

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day twenty-nine | feb 19

WOW one more day okay okay....

I woke up around 8:30 AM today. Panini wanted me to pay attention to her, so I didn’t end up sleeping in as late as I wanted to. I made coffee in my Keurig again and added some oat milk and creamer! Alongside my coffee, I had a chocolate chip bagel with cream cheese! I’m not really a breakfast person, but if you offer me a bagel, I’m going to take it!! 

This day was another leisure-filled day. I watched YouTube for I want to say about 4 hours today....and then I did a quiz! I’m not sure if I can really call it a quiz though. It was only one question! 

While taking the quiz (for Scandinavian Folklore), I listened to some lofi hip hop on spotify!! It’s very nice to listen to.

After I was done with the quiz, it was around 1:30 PM. I had to get ready for work! As I got ready, I rewatched an old Jenny Nicholson video to have something on in the background. It was good. 

Right before heading to work, I shoveled some pineapple into my mouth! I did buy it pre-cut, embarrassingly, but it’s so convenient sometimes. 

After work was over at 7 PM, I ordered Raising Cane’s with my roommate! We both got the caniac combo, so I spent about $15 including tax. I decided to watch Into the Woods for the first time tonight! I’ve been tempted to for a while, but I didn’t feel like I had enough time until now. Since I don’t really have any pictures for today, here’s a nice picture from the movie! 

Now Panini’s bugging me to go to bed. The dreamscape calls 😎

Money spent: $15

Food Consumed: 

1 cup of coffee

Chocolate chip bagel with cream cheese

Pineapple chunks

Dill chips

Chicken tenders

Texas Toast

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~4 hours)

Into the Woods (2 hours)

A palette to describe my day:

Funky fresh

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day twenty-eight | feb 18

Almost there!!

I woke up at 7 AM today. I made coffee in my Keurig since I had to leave for class in an hour. I sprinkled in some cinnamon and a pinch of salt and waited for my coffee! I added in some oat milk and oat creamer and sat down on the couch! I watched TikTok until about 7:40 AM, then got ready for class. 

I left around 8 AM but I had to get gas first! I stopped at the Holiday nearby and spent a whopping $35 on gas. I forgot how big the tank in the van is. As I headed over to St. Paul, I played my kpop playlist as always. The sun didn’t blind me this morning, which was nice. It was flurrying a little bit, though, and it got all over my windshield. 

During Color & Form, we did more stuff with dye! We did direct application dying and mine came out SO horrible. I wasn’t really feeling it today, so that probably contributed to my lack of direction. They had to dry after class, so I couldn’t get a picture of it. 

Once class was over, Bryn and I made a pitstop at Starbucks. I got an Iced Caramel Macchiato with oat milk! I was super happy they had oat milk, since they’ve been so slow rolling it out to all stores. I used a gift card for this purchase! 

After that little adventure, I had soup for lunch! I didn’t let myself relax too much, since I knew I needed to finish up my paper. I worked on it for a while by myself (while listening to some lofi music on Spotify!), but I ended up going to Vivian’s apartment to work on it there for a bit. I finished up all of my writing while I was there! I just needed to do my citations and figures. I also had asian pear for the first time! I’m not really a pear person, but it was super good!

Speaking of figures, I took my photos for my paper after I got back to my apartment! I took a picture of my setup, which is pretty basic....if not funny!

After taking my pictures, I made dinner! I had Kraft Frozen 2 themed macaroni and cheese! I also put some sriracha on it, which always makes mac and cheese better. 

Then, I went to Design & its Discontents! I’m really looking forward to the redesign project, I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. 

Once class was over, I pretty much scrolled TikTok for a bit before getting ready for bed. I get to sleep in tomorrow! But I have to work in the afternoon...There’s a give and take to everything huh.

Money spent: $35

Food Consumed:

1 cups of coffee

Iced caramel macchiato

Broccoli Cheddar soup!

Dill pickle chips

Asian pear slices

Macaroni and Cheese

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~30 minutes)

TikTok (~2 hours)

Spotify (~2 hours)

A palette to describe my day:

Sunlight after 5 pm, please

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day twenty-seven | feb 17

Today was definitely a day! 

I woke up at 8 AM and decided to whip out my drip maker. I really shouldn’t use it because it encourages me to drink more coffee, but I knew I wanted more than one cup in the morning, so why not? I added cinnamon and a dash of salt to my brew, and shook up my oat milk and creamer as I patiently waited for it to finish. 

Once my coffee was ready, I sat down and browsed TikTok until 9 AM for my staff meeting! I’m not the biggest fan of the meetings because I usually don’t know what’s going on, and I never get to sleep in on my Monday/Wednesdays because of staff meetings and my usual work schedule. 

After my meeting, I did my math homework! Again, I usually try to do it BEFORE the day of but I just haven’t been feeling it lately. I listened to the Kung Fu Panda soundtrack again! It really does get me into that productive mindset. Since I was feeling so productive, I also did my Scandinavian Folklore reading right after!

I did have a corn dog for lunch again...can you blame me? It’s so easy....I also had a side of Dill Pickle chips! Very baseball field....very field trip energy coming from this meal. After I was done eating, it was pretty much class time. I plopped myself down at my desk and nearly fell asleep during both classes. There’s something in the air...I’m lazy and dehydrated. Probably not COVID. I don’t think dehydration is a symptom....let’s hope not. It might have also been the amount of coffee I drank today. 

ANYWAYS, after class my sister had me do this Zodiac Affinity thing on Spotify. I’m not really sure what it exactly means, but I thought my results were pretty funny.

After doing a little bit of googling, it seems like this is a short, satisfying playlist that speaks to your zodiac sign based off of your specific taste. This is actually really funny. Two kpop songs, two classical songs, and What’s Up Danger by Blackway and Black Caviar. It’s called range, people, look it up. 

I had sushi from Fresh Thyme for dinner! It’s really not that bad. Plus, I had planned on making some frozen salmon but it smelled BAD (mind you, I like salmon!)...so I went to Fresh Thyme quick before class. 

I also spent some time on YouTube just chilling. I honestly didn’t realize how integral YouTube is to my every day routine until this assignment so that’s good to know...I guess. I finally got myself in gear and finished up my business card designs right before class. 

We all presented our final cards today! I really like the way mine came out. 

Once Text & Image was over, I spent some time on my paper! I listened to the Spider-Verse soundtrack while I did! I made really good progress and can definitely finish up tomorrow. It’s not ideal, but hey, college is hard. 

Money Spent: $0

Food Consumed:

2.5 cups of coffee

4 thin mints!

Corn dog

Dil pickle chips

Sushi

Rice (because I made it before being aware how gross the salmon was going to turn out)

Strawberry Ice Cream

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~2 hours)

TikTok (~1 hour)

Spotify (~2 hours)

A palette to describe my day:

Inspired by that gross salmon....

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day twenty-six | feb 16

Four more days....Four more days.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t getting exhausted by this...I definitely see the patterns in my day at this point and I’m also a generally lazy person. But! We’re almost there! So keep it up me.

I woke up at 7 AM today for Color & Form. I actually laid in bed for around 15 minutes scrolling TikTok and checking my email, so I wasted some of the precious time I had. I made coffee, sigh, in my Keurig again. I’ve been so lazy lately. I still didn’t have oat creamer (until later in the day), so I added only cinnamon and oat milk. I only drank about half the cup before leaving for class.

On my way over to St. Paul, I listened to kpop! I guess this is my Tuesday/Thursday morning routine now. The sun was also blinding me as I drove down University Ave, which added a fun, danger-filled aspect to my morning drive. Just kidding. It was awful. 

During Color & Form, we dyed fabric for our repeat patterns! The blue is really nice, but I wasn’t expecting the spider web look to it. Oh well! It’ll add character to the design. 

After class, I drove Bryn back to her apartment and played my 90s jpop playlist. I have no idea what they’re saying but MAN those beats are groovy. Love ‘em. Once I got back to my apartment, I made the remainder of my potstickers and scrolled TikTok while I ate! I then remembered I didn’t have creamer, so I zoomed over to Fresh Thyme to pick some up. 

I then made myself a second cup of coffee, this time with oat creamer! I sat down at my computer and avoided doing actual homework. Instead, I drew this fun illustration! It’s actually fanart of the first anime I ever watched, Soul Eater....oh wait, I already painted them this month! You know what I’m talking about. 

I actually really like how it came out! I’ve been trying to play with shapes recently. After that was done, I wrote about a paragraph for my paper. I really need to write more of it. 

Around 5:30 PM, I had dinner! I....unfortunately had a corn dog. While I was at Fresh Thyme, I also picked up Dill Pickle chips! So I had some of those along my corndog. It felt like a school meal for sure. After I ate, I only had about 10 minutes before class so I popped onto the zoom. 

After Design & its Discontents, I...well frankly, I picked up my cats litter. She had a very stinky bathroom break that needed to be scooped. I also watched some more TikToks! Now I’m writing this blog post so...I guess goodnight!

Money Spent: $0

Food Consumed:

1.5 cups of coffee

2 frozen thin mints

Potstickers 

Leftover rice

Corn dog

Dill pickle chips

(probably) Strawberry Ice Cream! Haven’t actually eaten any yet.

Media consumed:

TikTok (~2 hours)

YouTube (~2 hours)

Spotify (~1 hour)

A palette to describe my day:

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day twenty-five | feb 15

hey hello! I woke up at 7:30 AM today. I had to get ready for work, but I really wasn't feeling it today. Nevertheless, I popped some ground into my reusable k cup and tried to wake up as much as I could. While waiting for my shift to come around, I watched some TikToks! Some days are just like that. I would like to turn off my brain for the morning.

My shift at work was just fine! Same old same old. Someone brought cupcakes in! Of course I grabbed one before I left. When I got off of work, it was around 12:30 PM. I decided to have a delicacy for lunch: a corn dog. I’m kind of gross, since I eat it plain. Just me and my hotdog dipped on batter. What’s better than this? 

After I scarfed down my corn dog, I had class! We started using Microsoft Excel for some graphing in Algebra, which I’m not really a fan of. You’re gonna make me do math and now make spreadsheets? This is so upsetting....Scandinavian Folklore went good though! I always enjoy hearing my professor speak in that class. 

Once class was over, I crocheted a little bit! With the yarn I got over the weekend, I crocheted 5 squares for a potential sweater. It’s probably going to take me a while, but it’s a nice thing to do in my downtime! I got three skeins, one yellow, one green, and one blue. I think it’ll turn out super cute! While crocheting, I watched YouTube for about 2 hours! 

I finally decided to stop avoiding my paper. I wrote around 800 words! Good job me. I haven’t quite gotten to the part where I need to start citing readings, but that’s an issue for....the next two days. Since I thought I did a good job writing today, I let myself relax for the rest of the time that I had planned on working on it. I sketched a little bit and watched an episode of While You Were Sleeping. Panini cuddled with me while I watched. I then thanked her by annoying her with a picture. Love her lol.

After watching, I made mac and cheese for dinner! It was Frozen 2 themed Kraft. I was truly a child with my food choices today. I had been compelled to buy it because they reminded me of the Blue’s Clues macaroni and cheese that I had as a child. They were also completely out of spiral kraft (arguably the best kind)!! So rude of that Target, but I’ll live. 

Welp....another day.....another bedtime! Goodnight

Money spent: $0 

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

2 frozen thin mints

Corn dog!

Some Garlic pita chips

Macaroni and cheese

Media Consumed

Tiktok (~1 hour)

While You Were Sleeping (1 hour)

YouTube (~3 hours)

A palette to describe my day:

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day twenty-four | feb 14

Remember how I said I did nothing yesterday? Well, I did nothing today too.

I started my day with French press coffee! I added cinnamon to the grounds and, what's this? A pinch of salt?? Yeah, my sister started doing it recently so I thought I would try it out. I'm not sure if it really did much but it makes me feel fancy. I also had my last bagel! It was pretty dry but I revived it in the microwave.

Once I had my coffee, I watched an episode of While You Were Sleeping! then, since I knew I needed to start my paper, I decided to completely avoid it. I called Bryn and we went to Michaels! We both got some yarn for sweaters. it's technically blanket yarn, but who says you can't make a sweater out of blanket yarn? I spent $25.

Oh! I had a corndog for lunch. I feel like a child every time I eat one but they’re oh so good. Why aren’t corndogs more socially acceptable? I want to see a corndog restaurant. That probably exists in LA or something. 

Once that was done, and I was still avoiding my paper, I decided to finish up my secondary color for my repeat print! I think the blue will be nice. I’m also currently in the middle of beefing up all of my lines for print, as the really thin line weight might get hard to print.

After a few hours of YouTube, I made potstickers for dinner! I got these from Target, and they're pretty good! Trader Joes is definitely better though. I had those with some rice and finished off the night by watching more Four Weddings with my roommate! What a time to be alive.

While we were watching, we discovered the horrific fact that Hulu was removing one of the two seasons available tomorrow. How rude...how disrespectful...we should have watched all of the episodes while we still could have....sigh. 

Money Spent: $25

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

bagel with cream cheese

corn dog

pomegranate fruit strip

banana

potstickers and rice

Media Consumed:

While You Were Sleeping (1 hour)

YouTube (~3 hours)

Spotify (~30 minutes)

Four Weddings (1 hour 20 minutes)

A palette to describe my day:

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day twenty-three | feb 13

Get ready for this post! It’s about to be extremely short!

I woke up at 7:30 AM so I could have some downtime before work. I popped my reusable kcup into my Keurig and made some coffee! I’m almost out of oat creamer again, so I might buy some Original Coffee Mate because I’m getting lazy. The coffee was pretty good, but I think I’m going to try using my french press more again because as I’ve said before, it’s just better!

I watched an episode of While You Were Sleeping while eating a bagel with cream cheese before heading off to work. Since it’s a Saturday, I have to work a full 9 hour shift. 

Nothing really happened at work. My coworker and I ordered from a restaurant I can’t really remember the name of for lunch. I had a wrap! It was pretty good and they had some excellent house chips, but I got the hiccups after eating!

Since I worked for so long, I was able to get some homework done! I finished up my repeat pattern for Color & Form. I had to reformat a bit, but I actually really like how it turned out!

I’m going to be erasing most of that wood texture from the spinning wheel. It’s definitely too heavy right now! I’ve also got to add a secondary color, so I might add the grain back in that. 

After work, my roommate bought wings for me! We got wings from Wing Street, and it was pretty good! We both agree Buffalo Wild Wings is better, but it was nice to try something new! 

We also watched another 3 episodes of Four Weddings. Embarrassing.....but it’s so entertaining! 

Money spent: $12

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

Bagel with cream cheese

Chicken wrap

Chicken wings (I just now realized I had meat two times today which is....weird for me)

Fries

Media Consumed:

While You Were Sleeping (1 hour)

Four Weddings (~1 hour 20 minutes)

A palette to describe my day:

I’m tired

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day twenty-two | feb 12

writing from my phone again....going to edit in the morning

i woke up around 9 AM and practically did nothing all day. I made my coffee in my Keurig again and added oat milk and creamer. I sat back down on bed and watched 3 episodes of While You Were Sleeping. I am not ashamed. I'm surprised how good it is! I shouldn't have judged it so quickly when I first watched it. 

Since I don’t really have a picture for today, here’s a screenshot from While You Were Sleeping!

This is from the first episode! It’s not a sad kdrama. 

i also had a chocolate chip bagel this morning! I spread some honey walnut cream cheese on it, honestly probably too much.....that’s how it be sometimes. 

After my morning of leisure, I had to go to work! Nothing too crazy happened while I was there. I talked to my coworker pretty much the whole time so that helped a bit!

i got off of work around 7:15 PM and unfortunately ordered McDonalds for dinner. It's been a rough week ya know?? I had a cheeseburger meal! It honestly wasn't that bad and I had a nice crisp sprite alongside it.

I watched three episodes of Four Weddings with my roommate! That show is pretty absurd sometimes. We also found out it stopped production after 10 seasons! That explains why all the outfits are so....2012 most of the time.

as I said, I'm writing this on my phone so it's super short but I'll edit it tomorrow.

Money Spent: $15

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

chocolate chip bagel

cheeseburger

fries

sprite

clementine

Media Consumed:

while you were sleeping (~3 hours)

four weddings (1 hour 20 mins~)

A palette to describe my day:

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day twenty-one | feb 11

Another day of nothingness!

I got up at 7:15 AM today! I was cutting it a little close, since I take a while to get ready for class....oh well! I made coffee in my Keurig again and added some cinnamon to my brew. I added my classic oat milk n creamer and sipped on that while watching....another Jenny Nicholson video. I just love her so much.

I got dressed and ready by about 7:50 AM and got a text to one of my friend’s group chat that Adam wasn’t showing up to Color & Form today. Rude......just kidding....kind of. Since he wasn’t coming, I decided to pick up Bryn from Dinkytown! I don’t hate Dinkytown, but I don’t think it’s the best place to be walking around at 8 AM alone (as a woman). 

I popped on my kpop playlist and headed over to her apartment before going to St. Paul for class. We worked on our designs for repeat prints! Mine needs to be edited so nothing’s going off the page, but here’s my original idea:

I think it’s really cute! It’s based off the folktale East of the Sun West of the Moon. It’s going to look a bit different since I’m probably just going to get rid of the stuff around the edges, but I still think it’s nice! 

After class, Bryn practically pressured me into going to Panera (just kidding hehe). We both got bagels! I also got a tub of the Honey Walnut cream cheese because it’s easily the best option ever since they wrongfully discontinued their raspberry flavor. 

I dropped Bryn off and went back to my apartment! Then I did a whole lot of nothing for most of the day. 

I had a bagel for lunch, with cream cheese of course! It was very very good, and the combination of Cinnamon crunch with honey walnut is never a failure. 

I also worked on my stashbuster blanket a little bit! That was very therapeutic. All the while, I watched YouTube! 

After I got bored of that, I picked up While You Were Sleeping again. It’s a kdrama I started a while ago and forgot about. It’s actually really good! I was being quite dumb when I didn’t think it was worth my time. 

Before Design & its Discontents, I had the rest of my salad from last night! It was pretty okay as leftovers. I also had the salvageable parts of an avocado I left out one day too long with some lemon and pepper. 

Once class was over, I watched another episode of While You Were Sleeping! Ironically, it made me quite sleepy as I am right now. Bed time. 

Money Spent: $15 (parking in St. Paul and bagels)

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

Cinnamon crunch bagel with cream cheese

Avocado with lemon and pepper

Salad

A Reese’s peanut butter cup!

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~3 hours)

While You Were Sleeping (~2 hours)

Spotify (~40 minutes)

A palette to describe my day:

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day twenty | feb 10

wowowow! what a day.

I woke up at 8:30 AM today! I had, yep, my staff meeting at 9 AM so I was pushing it a little bit, but I wanted to sleep in as much as I could. I made coffee in my Keurig...I really wanted to grind up some fresh beans for this brew but I didn’t want to disturb my roommates....some dreams cannot be. I’d rather be a good roommate or whatever.

I poured some oat milk and creamer into my cup alongside my coffee! I recently found out that my milk frother is just straight broke, no idea what happened, but broke. Rest In Peace. 

I sat down with my coffee and scrolled TikTok before my meeting. This experience has definitely made me notice how much longer I’m on YouTube than TikTok every day. I feel like when quarantine and such started, I was on my phone waaayyy more. 

My meeting actually went longer than usual, since it was my boss’s 7 year anniversary at the company! The idea of staying somewhere for 7 years is scary to me. I guess I have to accept sameness someday. 

After my meeting, I had to get my math homework done! I usually like to get the work done before the day of the class, but I really wasn’t feeling it the rest of this week. While working on my algebra, I listened to the How to Train Your Dragon soundtrack! Dreamworks really has some banging soundtracks.

Once my homework was all squared away, I had lunch! Well, I ate at lunchtime, but I wasn’t that hungry. I had a Campbell’s sipping soup (Roasted Red Pepper!) for lunch and some cheese and peanut butter crackers from Keebler. I felt like a child again.

After class, I decided to start crocheting a scrap blanket! I’m sick of having all this random yarn around. I’ve almost finished my other project but surprise! I got bored. I also made the blanket WAY longer than I thought I did so I’m thinking this project will be one that I put down and pick up when it’s convenient. Here’s a picture!

It’s a super bad picture but you get the point. I listened to some video essays on YouTube while working on it!

Before Text & Image, I had a salad for dinner! It was BBQ Ranch, and it was okay. It was just one of those Target packs. I feel like there could have been a bit more flavor, but overall pretty good. I didn’t finish it all, so I stuck some of it in the fridge! 

After Text & Image, I had some strawberry ice cream! I caved and bought more even though I had some pretty recently. I’ve been needing a good pick me up this past week. 

I watched random stuff on YouTube for about 2 hours before going to bed. I wouldn’t say this has been the most productive day, but that’s okay. You gotta let yourself be lazy sometimes (and definitely not all the time as I do).

Money Spent: $0

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

Soup

Peanut Butter and Cheese crackers

Salad (BBQ ranch)

Clementine

Strawberry Ice Cream

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~4 hours)

TikTok (~1 hour)

Spotify (~1 hour)

A palette to describe my day:

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day nineteen | feb 9

I woke up at...yeah, 7 AM again. I had to get ready pretty much right when I got up because I knew the roads were going to be bad! I had picked out a shirt I wanted, but I had to go fish my darks from the dryer and pick some pants out.

Once I was dressed, I made coffee in my Keurig again! It’s really not my favorite way to make coffee, but it helps with portion control! And I feel bad about bringing anything that would make me take my mask off to class. Anyways, I made it with my classic cinnamon, oat milk, and oat creamer! 

On my way to St. Paul, I listened to my kpop playlist again! It helps me wake up and get ready for the day ahead. In class, we learned about our next project! I’ve got some ideas in the cranium that I think will work well...we’ll just have to find out! 

After class, I rushed back to my apartment for work. Work, again, was uneventful. I pretty much sat at that desk for 3 hours doing nothing. I did help pack some little Valentine’s Day treats for residents though! And I found out that someone did remove the music filter from Spotify because I heard a song with some swears in it today. Nice 😎

For lunch, I had the rest of my Bulgogi! I’m Bulgogi-ed out for a bit, I think. It was still good, but I was out of kimchi! That’s always a bummer. 

I got off work and finished up a business card variant! I still like my original one with the items in the big yellow void, but I’ll see what my classmates have to say! Here it is:

I also have to refine my card backs, but I made most of those in InDesign so I’ve been procrastinating them. 

I also finished up my paper outline! I listened to the Kung Fu Panda 3 soundtrack while doing it. I thought I should complete the series if I was working on something! I think Kung Fu Panda 2 might have the best soundtrack, but they’re all great!

After that, I just sat and watched YouTube videos for a bit. I didn’t sleep very well so I decided to treat myself. I made more coffee!! 

After Design and its Discontents, I had dinner! I made the other pot pie I had in the freezer. It still had too much meat, but whatever. That’s what I get for being lazy. While eating, I scrolled TikTok!

Right before bed, I made some slides for a “Get to Know Me” presentation during my work meeting tomorrow. I’m not really looking forward to that.....

Money spent: $0

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

Cranberry and Orange Belvita 

Beef bulgogi and rice

Clementine

Peanut butter and cheese crackers

Chicken Pot Pie

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~2 hours)

TikTok (~15 minutes)

Spotify (~1 hour)

A palette to describe my day:

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day eighteen | feb 8

day 18 | feb 8

I got up at 7:30 AM for work. I made coffee with cinnamon, oat milk and creamer! I either didn't put enough creamer in or I put too much water in....whatever. It was still good!

I sat down with my coffee and watched a Jenny Nicholson video on YouTube. It was about Star Wars Land! She went into depth into the development and performance of the park since it opened, and I loved it (even though I’ve seen it before)! It's a classic, as all her videos are.

i had another uneventful day at work. The music was okay though! I have a feeling someone removed the uncensored music filter over the weekend because there were some bangers today. I was also hoping my Amazon package would come during my shift! It did not...

After work, I attended algebra and Scandinavian folklore! In between, I made some coffee because my classes felt loooonnnggg today. I was just lounging around after class, and guess what??

SURPRISE!!! My package came!!

I love him.

I had some Tomato and Basil soup for dinner! It was pretty good...:the garlic bread I made needed more garlic though. It was a premade kit, and honestly it was...all butter!! Who would do such a thing? Target, that’s who....sigh...I’ll just have to make some from scratch next time. 

after dinner, I wrote half of my outline while listening to the Kung Fu Panda soundtrack! It really gets me in the zone, maybe I, too, can feel like the Dragon Warrior. 

Money Spent: $0

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

cheesecake!

bulgogi and rice

clementine

tomato and basil soup

garlic bread

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~3 hours)

TikTok (~1 hour)

Spotify (~30 minutes)

A palette to describe my day:

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day seventeen | feb 7

I woke up at a nice 9 AM today. My cat kept bugging me to play with her, so I dragged myself out of bed to play fetch. 

As I was doing that, I brewed some coffee in my drip maker! I actually remembered to add cinnamon to my brew this morning, so good job me. Once it was finished, I got to add oat creamer (yeah!!!) and my absolute FAVORITE oat milk that I bought last night because Fresh Thyme finally had it in stock. That oat creamer really just adds an extra punch....now I’m just waiting for the day when they finally develop oat half and half. 

Throughout the morning, I really did absolutely nothing (spoiler alert....I did nothing in the evening either). I sat on my bed and watched YouTube while crocheting! Here’s an update on my little project.

Behind the main white part, all the extra bits are splayed out! I hope I can finish it sometime soon. 

For lunch, I had some leftover Bulgogi! It was just as good as it was last night, but I think I put it in the microwave for a little bit too long. The kimchi was still perfect though! I always end up finishing the kimchi before the sprouts or the other side dish. I’m pretty sure the third one is some kind of fish cake, but I could be completely wrong because I usually don’t eat too many of those. 

Around 2 PM, my roommate and I went to Target for more groceries! We stocked up and stopped at The Cheesecake Factory! My roommate had mentioned she wanted to get some recently and my sister was having....an extremely bad day so I wanted to go get something for her to cheer her up. 

We actually had to go to Edina for it since there weren’t any restaurants close to us. So, our whole trip took about 3ish hours. In the car, we blasted kpop! It was lovely. 

After we got back from our errands, I made a caesar salad for dinner and ate pretty much the entire thing. I told my roommate it tasted like a salad from the hospital cafeteria but I guess that’s not a common taste memory. 

Once I ate, I decided I should actually get some work done. I finished my math homework and quiz while listening to the Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse soundtrack again! It gets me in the zone I guess. 

After my homework was done, I had some of my cheesecake with my roommate and watched some YouTube! I got the White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle cheesecake and boy oh boy it smacks so hard. It’s got such a nice, light chocolate flavor while hitting you with raspberry at the same time. 

Tomorrow I have to work at 9 AM. I work so much this month. I am exhausted. 

Money spent: $20 (cheesecake!)

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee (with oat creamer, milk, and cinnamon)

clementine 

Brownie 

Bulgogi

Pomegranate Fruit strip

Caesar Salad

Part of my cheesecake slice!

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~3 hours)

Spotify (~1 hour 30 minutes)

A palette to describe my day:

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day sixteen | feb 6

Nothin’ like working on a Saturday.

Today I got up at 7:30 AM. I like to get up around 2 hours before my shift starts...I’m just a slow riser!! This morning I made my coffee in the Keurig again. I added oat milk and cinnamon! I think I’ve been using my Keurig more because I’m not drinking as much coffee as I did last semester. That’s definitely a good thing! Alongside my coffee I had 2 Caramel Delights! 

I took my coffee and my cookies and sat down to watch some YouTube before work. I watched a new episode of Animal Crossing from SuperMega and an old video from one of my all time favorite YouTubers named Jenny Nicholson. Both videos made me laugh a lot!

I got ready for work and arrived squarely at 9:30 AM. I didn’t bring coffee, though, because my coworker suggested we get Starbucks today. I liked that idea! I also had 150 stars so my drink was free, which was pretty awesome. 

I had planned on doing some homework at work, but all I got finished was an adapted version of one of my business card concepts. Here it is!

Someone suggested I fill the space more (although I kind of liked it sitting in a void). It’s okay! I still prefer my original, but I’ll see if the people in my class like this more. I might also play around with different ways to fill the space. 

During work, my coworker put on some random pop playlist. It’s definitely not my first choice, but it’s okay. I end up tuning out a lot of the music anyways. It was a little draining after 9 hours of it though!

After work, I ordered Bulgogi from Kimchi Tofu House! It’s a super good deal for the price. You get a whole bunch of beef, some rice, and side dishes! I did get a little annoyed because my first order was cancelled due to no postmates being available to pick it up, but I just put in another order. 

I also went to Fresh Thyme with Vivian and her roommate Tam! While I didn’t pay for my groceries, here’s a picture of the haul. 

There’s not a whole lot there, but I’m going to Target with my roommate tomorrow! Fresh Thyme is kind of expensive. 

Right now, I’m listening to the Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse soundtrack. It’s so good but it always makes me want to watch the movie!! Not that that’s a bad thing, but I’ve seen it so many times already...

There wasn’t much to talk about today since I was at work for so long...I am tired.

Also, my blog is still flagged. I’m just going to make a new one tomorrow and repost everything. smh tumblr

Money Spent: $20

Food Consumed:

1 cup of coffee

Iced Caramel Macchiato

Clementine 

Peanut Butter & Cheese Crackers

Beef Bulgogi

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~1 hour)

Spotify (~30 minutes)

A palette to describe my day:

winter weather advisory

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day fifteen | feb 5

the weekend! yeah!...oh wait I work for 9 hours on Saturday.

This morning I woke up at a leisurely 9:30 AM. Sleeping in felt really nice today! I feel like I wake up pretty early Monday through Thursday, so if I can sleep in on Friday I will take that opportunity. Anyways, I made coffee in my drip maker today! I was feeling in a coffee mood, so I thought I might as well make a good amount of it (don’t worry I didn’t drink all that much). I forgot to put cinnamon in with my grounds! I was able to put them in after it had been brewed, but it just hits a little different when its steeped with the grounds. I added oat milk and headed back to my bed for a slow morning!

I sat back down and went to YouTube...I’m seeing a pattern here....

I watched a video on the initial failure of Disney’s California Adventure, the sister park to Disneyland by Yesterworld Entertainment. I love watching videos and reading stuff about theme parks! I think the work that goes behind them is super cool and I wanted to be an Imagineer for Disney World when I was younger (before I realized how bad I was at math). It was part 1 of a 2 video series, and the second isn’t out yet! It’s been two weeks...come on...I’m impatient. 

After that video, I watched one from ContraPoints! I actually never finished the video about J.K. Rowling I started however long ago, so I watched the rest of it! I love ContraPoints and she makes SUCH good content!! I need to watch more of her videos in general. While I watched, I worked on a crochet project! Here’s what I have done so far.

I don’t really want to say what it is yet...if I don’t finish I’ll mention it, but I hope I can do the rest of it this weekend! And yes it does look kind of creepy right now...it’ll be cute though don’t worry. (Also I’m using a pattern I’m not smart enough to make my own!!)

For lunch....I didn’t really have lunch. I didn’t mean to, but I started working on my Algebra homework and got lost in it. I did have a Keebler Cheese and Peanut Butter cracker pack though! They’re so dry but I’ve always thought they’re a top tier snack. You just have to have some water with them....

After lunch, I had to go in to work. Work was...work. The playlist that was on had a LOT of Taylor Swift on it. I’m not against Taylor Swift but wow that was a lot of Taylor Swift I heard today...and it wasn’t even a playlist of mostly her songs! She just dominates the pop charts or whatever....

At work, we had donuts! We were doing a little giveaway for residents so everyone in the office got one. Mine had chocolate frosting and sprinkles. I usually go for vanilla frosting on donuts, but the chocolate was really good! Not to sweet or bitter. Perfect middle ground!

I got off work at 7 PM. I worked on my math homework literally in silence because it was stressing me out. It probably took me around 2 hours. One of the girls from my math group actually FaceTimed me to help, which was super nice of her. I definitely won’t get full points on my assignments, but you know what I tried.

I made dinner around 9:50 PM. I used some leftover rice, mixed in an egg, and threw some sauce on it. It was uh....it was okay. I really don’t have a whole lot of food right now, and that was the quickest thing I could throw together. 

On a more positive note, I got paid today! Unfortunately, I impulse bought a shiba inu stuffed animal....I’m not in a great place rn 😔😔😔 It’s okay because this bad boy is coming.

I look forward to his arrival.

Money Spent: $30 (on the shiba)

Food consumed:

2 cups of coffee

2 Thin Mints

Cheese and Peanut Butter Crackers

Donut

Rice with egg

A whole lotta water

Media Consumed:

YouTube (~3 hours)

Spotify (~30 minutes)

TikTok (~10 minutes)

A palette to describe my day:

A little annoying...a little boring....but it went fast

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day fourteen | feb 4

Hello!

Today I woke up at 7 AM for Color & Form. I made coffee in my Keurig and had 2 Samoas (aka Caramel Delights)! I spent my morning browsing TikTok before leaving for St. Paul at 8 AM.

The roads were suuuper bad today...my professor gave us the choice to not come in today, but I wanted to print! My kpop playlist definitely got my adrenaline going as I combatted the morning snow.

In Color & Form, we completed our alter-ego prints! Here’s one of mine.

It came out okay! I think the colors are really vibrant. Also, apologies for the image quality, Tumblr was having a hard time uploading it. 

After Color & Form, the ticket booth in the parking lot actually worked! I spent $8 on parking today. I left with Bryn and we headed over to Roseville to pick up some fabric at JoAnn’s and get Panera for lunch! I didn’t buy the fabric, but spent $10 at Panera. 

I got back to my apartment around noon and ate lunch! I also watched YouTube for about 2 hours before working on my abstract for Design & its Discontents. The video I watched was about a family that’s got a show on TLC...it was pretty interesting! 

I wrote my abstract in the early afternoon and listened to the Howl’s Moving Castle soundtrack while I did it! I really enjoy that soundtrack in general, but it often helps me work because I’ve heard it so many times. After I finished, I rewarded myself with a cup of coffee, with cinnamon and oat milk! I really miss my oat creamer right now but I’m just being dramatic.

I met with my reading group at 5 PM to practice for class, and I think it went really well! I’m actually pretty glad we went early, even if we didn’t have a choice. Now I don’t have to worry about it anymore!

For dinner, I wasn’t actually sure of what to have. There’s virtually nothing left in my fridge (I have to go shopping this weekend), but then surprise! My roommate offered me pizza. Of course I had some! I just took some slices of cheese and they were very good...as cheese pizza always is. 

After eating, I went to Design & its Discontents! I’m glad some of the information about the paper was cleared up, because I always get nervous to write papers. I don’t think I’m the best writer but I try!

I chatted with my roommate after class for a while, and now I’m writing this post! I noticed my blog got flagged so I’m hoping to deal with that by tomorrow...pain. 

Money spent: $18

Food Consumed:

2 cups of coffee

2 Samoas/Caramel Delights

Broccoli Cheese Soup

Chocolate chip bagel

2 slices of pizza

Clementine

(what a healthy day....not)

Media consumed:

YouTube (~3 hours)

TikTok (~1 hour)

Spotify (~1 hour)

A palette to describe my day:

Snowy!