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#me#my face#got invited to soho house this week should I go lol#somehow got invited to go snowboarding and to a birthday party as well?#and a music festival?#and the movies tomorrow??#got lunch and saw a movie with a new friend today#dinner with other new friends later this week#belated dinner catch up with a coworker this week#social Elaine tries to do it all#need to organize a holiday get together with friends as well
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A Bunch of Good Things from 2019
*I don’t do things consistently, so there’s chunks of time I just forgot to write. So the blank spaces are days where I could not recall the exact good things that happened.*
January 1: Started the year off right by hanging out with @nah-young, eating some delicious leftovers from New Year’s Eve and working on a puzzle. Also caught a shiny Delibird in Pokemon Go as the first catch of the year. 2: Had a headache at work, but went home to take care of myself. Dad and I talked for a long time about money and taxes without arguing. I have also discovered a future hobby I want to get into: 3D printing. 3: I cranked out four solid hours of studying. I’m going to ace the Auditing section of the CPA exam. I feel it in my bones (especially when I finally stood up and stretched). 4: My ‘other mom’ (one of my best friend’s mom) took me out for a belated Birthday lunch to our favorite Thai food place, and I enjoyed more mango sticky rice. It’s one of my new favorite desserts. 5: Did some epic New Year cleaning. Caught up on laundry, filed away my 2018 paperwork, and did some 2019 taxes. Finally on top of things! 6: A puzzle day! I connected a big piece of the sky to the side on the Lion King puzzle. I’ve still got a lot to go, but progress is being made. 7: As usual, I both surprised and pleased the teller at the bank when I moved some money from savings into my IRA. They wanted to know if it was for tax year 2018, but I could tell them last year was maxed out and it was for 2019. 8: Got to practice my training and supervising skills with @arrowhearts. 9: Spent the night at Lucy’s (she’s a cat). She’s the sweetest cat though, and was cuddling in my lap for so long! She even held my finger with her paw for like ten minutes. I love her. 10: It’s been forever, but I finally sat down and played some video games. I’m replaying Arkham Asylum again and really just exploring every nook and cranny I can find. 11: Might have started a new Francis story line ... Whoops :) 12: Helped Jane clear an apartment and acquired many new tools and art supplies to use. 13: Snow! It was snowing before bed, but I still woke up at 5 am to about 4 - 5 inches. Activated my dad gene and started shoveling at 5:30 am (sorry neighbors to the house I was dog sitting at). It’s so pretty out! 14: A quiet day, but I did some work for Jane and gamed some more. Can’t wait to start Arkham City when I get 100% on Arkham Asylum! 15: I took my coworker a basket of fun snacks from Lotte for her Birthday. She’s so excited to try them all! 16: Donated blood today and when I went to get dinner on the way home, I got a free salad! The entree was already free and I ordered a side salad. I pulled out my wallet to pay, but the coupon covered it, too! 17: Treated myself to breakfast on the way into preschool (my new volunteer place since the teacher I followed to several elementary schools is now at). Also ate some amazing home cooked food for lunch with @nah-young before going out for ice cream. 18: Did some very early spring cleaning to prep for my next yard sale and straighten up a bit. 19: Beat the storyline and finished gathering all of Riddler’s trophies in Arkham Asylum. I do still need to finish up the additional content for 100% completion. 20: Working with Jane to help clean out an apartment again and got stencils to use for my art (the ones with shapes of different sizes). I had wanted to get me a set, so I really lucked out. 21: Started reading a book for fun. Lol, I forgot that I can still read non-accounting things for fun. 22: Sent out 1099s at work. It’s always a dreaded part of the year, but it’s taken care of! 23: I started uploading my old Franmouche stories to AO3. I forgot that I’d written 185 pages of them. At least if someone else likes my rarepair, they have lots to read. No guarantees on the quality, but there is quantity. 24: Made fun penguin cutouts for the preschool class I volunteer at. Then studied for nine hours on campus. A busy, yet productive day. 25: Finished watching all my lectures for the next portion of the CPA exam! So much auditing knowledge!!! 26: Panic alleviated. My check engine light had been on for a few days. Usually it’s just a gas cap issue so I was worried, but after readjusting the cap again (which usually fixes it) and an oil change, the light went out! 27: Played some Pokemon Go for four hours with @arrowhearts and Lyla. No Kyogre, but at least we each got a Groudon. Plus, the weather was beautiful for this time of year. 28: I found a dollar today while sweeping the parking lots with my dad! I’m gonna be riding this wave for a week. (Fun fact: my dad and I used to go bike riding on Sunday afternoons/evenings in the local parking garages and look for pennies. We’d always get bragging rights when we found a quarter or more. We still get excited and tell each other of the day’s finds when we find a few coins while we’re sweeping). 29: Had a bit of a headache, but managed to get through it so I could finish the workday. Then I get some well deserved rest. 30: Met up with @nah-young for some fries and ice cream! 31: My annual physical went well! Took care of a couple test we’ve been putting off, too, and they weren’t quite as bad as I thought they’d be.
February
1: I had such a productive day in the office, even for a Friday. Special thanks to @arrowhearts for helping me move all (24 years worth) of our files. 2: Started off the day a little rough and feeling low, but I decided to go up to campus, and I’m so glad I did. I was able to help a bunch of people get to their destination. Also hung out with @nah-young and @arrowhearts in a sketchy room. 3: Technically today (starting at 1 am). Had a great talk with @nah-young about a lot of things including our friendship. Successfully avoided the Super Bowl (which I heard sucked, so that was a good use of my time). 4: Had a really good conversation with my dad for almost an hour. We had some fights earlier in the year, but it was nice to be able to connect some. 5: It’ll be silly to look back on, but I thought I lost a reference letter for a scholarship applicant, but realized I could find it on our shared drive. Such a relief! 6: I tried Duck Donuts for the first time today. One of our board members brought me and a coworker a half dozen each. 7: Caught a Miltank in Pokemon Go! I thought I missed my chance, but there was a special running, so I got it. 8: Just heard we got a new boss at work, so it’ll be nice to be full staffed again. 9: Started working on a painting for @arrowhearts. It might be my first completed artwork of the year. 10: A lazy day, but I flipped through a book on home decorating. You know, to plan for my future house. 11: Officially started working for Jane’s business. We’ll see how it goes, but at least it’s an extra couple of hours per week. 12: Finished a dog sitting job, and I’m super thankful to be sleeping in my own bed again. 13: I gave Lucy, the sweetest cat ever, a piggyback ride and it was the cutest thing ever. I was on my knees and forearms trying to get Lucy to boop my nose when she just climbed on my back and sat down. I rose up on my knees and hands and she did the “i’m not so sure but I’m going to stay here” stand and let me crawl across the floor a while before finally jumping off. I love this cat. 14: Took the auditing section of the CPA exam. I feel much better about this one than I have about the other two. We’ll see on the 26th. 15: Such a busy day at the office! It was productive, but just a lot of work. 16: Even though I just too the other exam, I managed to get a lot of studying done. 17: Mamaw and I got to chat and work on the puzzle for a while. It was nice to hang out with her since I haven’t done son in quite a while. 18: We had some really good food at our investment club meeting today. Sheppard’s pie (like meat and mashed potatoes), salad, this great cracker dip (I have no other details other than feels like sharp cheddar finally shredded with a hint of spice in some sort of sauce). 19: Our new executive director started today. I think I made a pretty good first impression! 20: Started playing Arkham City again. We had a snow day and even my office closed, so I made the most of my day. 21: Lol and today I finished the main storyline of Arkham City. Accidentally, because I was doing side quests, but Batman got mad when I tried to go finish some before the last mission. 24: I am obsessed with Excel, but I figured out a formula so that it would total certain categories even if they weren’t in order. Plus I learned how to make a drop down menu (on two versions of Excel). Guess who’s budget looks beautiful! 25: I caught a Latias in Pokemon Go. Not having much luck with the water legendaries. I wonder if they don’t like me because we picked the grass starter. 26: I passed the Auditing section! (and instead of keeping it quiet, I made a point to tell some people). Then @nah-young and I went to dinner to celebrate our successes of the day and just have a nice chat. 27: Good news: I starved off a migraine that was starting on Feb 26. Maybe this new method will help them from getting bad. Just took an Aleve with some hot tea. 28: Went on a Pokemon run, and I found $20 blowing across the yard when I got home! A nice find for the year.
March 1: I’ve been really getting into “Ghost Story��� by Peter Straub and had so much time to just sit and read while it rained. 2: I watched “Spiderman: Enter the Spiderverse” today. An epic movie and I highly recommend it! I also have several new costume ideas... 3: Officially started working on my Library Comic Con cosplay. There’s not much to show, but it was nice to start costuming again. 4: Hiked up to the nearby bubble tea. It was good! I got a mango green tea creama. Next time I know I have to mix it up before I start drinking it. 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Started replaying Castlevania IV. It’s been a while since I beat it, so hopefully I can still finish it! 11: I have proven myself an Excel deity. Well, at least Jane thinks though. She needed a spreadsheet for something and had some ideas so I whipped it out in five minutes flat with a bunch of formulas she didn’t even know were possible. I’m quite proud of it. 12: Lol, speaking of excel, I was geeking out over my budget with one of our board members. She was showing me how she built her itinerary in excel for her next trip and I got to show off my budget. 13: 14: 15: It was fake St. Patrick’s day at work, so I got to show off my green Riddler suit. Apart from being mistaken as dressing like a leprechaun a few times, I received a bunch of compliments on it. I’ve gotten a lot of use out of that suit jacket. 16: Tagged along with @nah-young to her grandfather’s birthday party and watched Bohemian Rhapsody. Apart from the timeline inaccuracies, I really enjoyed it! Look at that: two new movies in one month. 17: First big leaf job of the season. I guess the first major landscaping job. Dad helped out, so it made life easier. 18: Investment club meeting went well, and I ended up staying late to chat and help clean up, but it was enjoyable. Also had some great tiramisu from Trader Joe’s. 19: 20: 21: It was a downpour today, but I also made a 20 minute Costco run. Parking was great, the lines were short, and I managed to balance everything without a cart. Success! 22: Finally got around to doing invoices. It’s such a weight off my chest to take care of them. 23: I had the house to myself, so got ample studying done, played some pokemon, and treated myself to some bubble tea. Got myself a bunch of good pokes from Community day. 24: Another lovely day to sit and hang out with @nah-young. I always enjoy our hour long conversations just sitting in my car in her driveway. I also finished the lectures for the BEC portion of the CPA exam. 25: I found a gift card loaded with $30 today. It had been thrown into the dumpster, so a little gross, but it washed off nicely. 26: Ran up to the local library to turn in my books (look @arrowhearts, I did it the day before they were due and didn’t have to make a midnight run). I wasn’t going to check out more books since I already had some checked out from another library visit (I go to many branches due to my job and often check out a book or two, resulting in cycles of books due at different times), but I did anyway. I started reading Area X, too, and so far, I’m really enjoying it. 27: Our family’s accountants think I’m a bit weird because I was so excited to get my tax papers back even though I owed money. I was just like “cool!” to all the facts and things on my sheets, which is apparently not what they’re used to, but one of the new tax laws works in my favor as small business income is taxed at a lower rate or something. 28: 29: 30: I love Annihilation in the Area X series! I haven’t plowed through a book that fast in years. 31: I was catching up on my business spreadsheets and it turns out I had the most profitable March since I started my business :)
April 1: No April Fools jokes, which is always a huge plus. 2: 3: 4: Took the BEC section of the exam and then clocked in a bunch of hours for the Foundation. Jubilee is almost here!!! 5: 6: The Jubilee is over!!! What a relief! A lot of things went well, and I heard it was a lot of people’s favorite. Not sure what actually happened because I was stationed at check in/out all night, but hopefully the silent auction results are good. Huge shout out to @arrowhearts and @nah-young for getting me through the night! 7:A quiet morning of returning the Jubilee to the Foundation. Plus some other landscaping. 8: I know everyone at work is saying I should take time off, and I didn’t, but I’m actually feeling blessed that I have the physical and mental stamina to keep working on things. Plus, I need to catch up with post Jubilee stuff. 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: Got to talking with my art dealer for a long while and we exchanged headcannons and ideas. 20: Had a nice Pokemon run with @arrowhearts‘ dog. Plus, enough work to keep me out of trouble X) 21: A very busy Easter. I moved a huge mound of mulch. It was half the size of my car. Hopefully the home owner will like it. 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30: 31: I’ve been feeling behind, but I finally knocked out a really important thing at work today. Got our annual applications in!
May 1: 2: 3: My gauntlets for my comic con costume look so cool! They’re a little stabby (there’s staples on the inside, although I should be able to tape it down for safety), but overall look cool for a first draft. 4: A long day, but I feel like I was really able to help my friend and her family, which is nice considering how much they do for me. 5: The event that happened wasn’t good, but I’ve been humbled as to how well our house was kept and motivated to try and become more organized. 6: Dad and I were chatting today, and we could even touch on topics in a civil manner. It was quite nice! 7: Just found out I passed the BEC section of the CPA exam! I’m 75% CPA!!! And no cavities were found after my dentist appointment :) 8: Frantically working on my costume, but my head piece looks really good! 9: Mom even chipped in to help. We rigged up a steampunk mask I have (which doesn’t fit on my head right) so that I can actually wear it. 10: I’ve been fasting for Ramadan and I think my body and I are finally on the same page. It was a rough start this year, but I’m looking forward to focusing on being thankful for what I have and working on self discipline. 11: Library Comic Con! My costume is a bit rough, so no final pictures, but I have plans to make it better! 12: It was a busy Sunday. Lots of lawns, but thankfully the weather was cool. 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: Had a nice meeting with my boss. I keep feeling like I’m not on top of things or she’s disappointed, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Plus, she said I did great at the finance committee meeting, so that was nice. 18: Although I scared everyone I worked with all day, I was able to donate blood even though I had been fasting. 19: I saw the tiniest inch worm while I was pulling weeds today. It was more like a quarter inch worm and it was just trying so hard to climb up my arm when I found it. I also saw the first lightening bugs of the year. As a bug type Pokemon trainer, I’m quite pleased with all of this (less so with the mosquitoes though, as I got my first bite of the season). 20: I have found a nice way to keep cool at the property Dad and I work at. I’m allowed to douse my head, neck, and hat with the hose, and man does it feel good! 21: I received many compliments at the executive committee meeting for all my hard work on the budget, the Jubilee, and finance committee. 22: Caught up on reconciliations at work (finally). It’s been just a nightmare, but I’m happy they’re done. 23: Another me day. I’ve been taking Thursdays off and got to game for a bit but also accomplish a lot of laundry and studying. 24: Had a good meeting at work to discuss the future of the nonprofit I work at. Plus I finally made a phone call I didn’t want to make. 25: Went to a foam helmet making class with a coworker. I’m super excited to start trying out this style, and I think the sample we made in class can easily be used to make a helmet for Vile. Might have purchased a few things to go with it :) 26: Found a new drink that I love from Kung Fu Tea! Also got to rewatch Coco, which is always good. 27: Part of my afternoon spent working with Jane was changing her screen saver. It was set up for one photo of pictures, but some were so fuzzy, so we set up new pictures and I got to add my fuzzball to the reel. 28: I visited one of Jane’s friends to discuss dog sitting and we had such a nice conversation afterwards. 29: I found a four leave clover today while mowing lawns. It’s been years since I’ve found one, so that was exciting. 30: I plowed through about 6 hours of studying for the FAR portion of the CPA exam. Only two more lectures and then onto multiple choice! 31: Filled out a form at work (finally). Now I just have to hope my boss will sign it and have it notarized.
June 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: Took the (hopefully) last CPA exam. It was nice as I spoke to an elevator engineer before the exam and it helped to calm my nerves a bit. 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: Wasn’t sure what day to put this on, but @nah-young and I hung out for hours just sitting and chatting on the cats’ back porch. 15: Successfully navigated into DC with the help of @arrowhearts (and had an interesting laugh about her being my son...? Oh well, at least we got to give the people sitting outside a show as we left the building with two rollie office chairs each). 16: Started working on my Halloween costume. I’ve abandoned the idea I originally had and will be switching to a different Mega Man X character (fun fact: it was a costume I originally intended to make before being introduced to Scaramouche back in 2017) 17: It was a scorcher, but had a slurpee for the first time in almost a year. I’m so thankful for the 7-11 within walking distance of where my dad and I work on Mondays. 18: I’ve officially passed the CPA exam! Now onto the next steps... 19: I have been struggling with telling people good news, but I did make an effort to inform some people about me passing the exam. 20: Told some more people about the CPA exam and just trying not to stress. I got celebratory milkshakes for my family after dinner. 21: My coworkers are so sweet. They brought me in a cake and we had a mini celebration. 22: 23: 24: 25: 26:Found a praying mantis while mowing. She kept standing where I wanted to mow, so I got to pick her up and put her somewhere safe (with lots of snacks for her!) 27: 28: 29: So glad I went to see Detective Pikachu with @nah-young and @arrowhearts! I really enjoyed it! 30: 31:
July 1: A new fiscal year! I did manage to get a good bit done on my latch hook. 2: A sudden thunderstorm took me off the weed pulling job early (i.e. a perfect opportunity to read). 3: It was quiet in the office. Too quiet ... yet super productive! I processed so many gifts and letters. 4: I don’t really celebrate, and spent a lot of it working, but played some pokemon in the rain. It was a warm day, so the cool rain felt so refreshing! 5: A jammed packed day with trashrooms, a bank run, and more pokemon quests! I completed another 15 and hatched a new pokemon. Plus I finished another book: Dr. Death. 6: A busy day, but I was able to finish everything so I can take the next day off completely (for once). Again, apologies to @arrowhearts for dragging you out and getting caught in a downpour so I could get some bubble tea! 7: 8: 9: 10: Unboxed my unicycle! Not sure when I’ll ride, but it’s ready when I am. 11: 12: 13: 14: The vanity is back in my bathroom! Dad’s renovating it, and it’s been a slow process, but I finally have a sink! 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: Spent a few hours working on cleaning the basement, and I’m finally seeing some of the fruits of my labor. 21: 22: 23: 24: Officially finished the Vile helmet! 25: Just started a new dog sitting job, and the house is right on top of a pokestop. Guess I’m going to have a full item bag again! 26: Finally got myself a memory stick for my PSP. I’m replaying the Maverick Hunter X game ... because I can! 27: Got three team rocket grunts in one day at the one stop. 28: Plowed through the Vile portion of Maverick Hunter X. Lol, I probably make it harder on myself since I only use my favorites, regardless of if they’re good against the boss. 29: Had a huge crab and shrimp dinner at Jane’s house. 30: Hung out and ate delicious homemade butter chicken with my best friend’s mom (she’s basically like my other mother). We laughed and chatted, showed off our latest projects, probably kept the neighbors up, and just had a good time until like 2 in the morning. 31: Welp, it wasn’t a raid day for armored Mewtwo, but @arrowhearts and I did defeat more Team Rocket Go grunts in the rain.
August 1: Chatted with @nah-young for a few hours and I’ve got a new place to eat on my radar! 2: I kept feeling like I was letting my boss down because I couldn’t answer her questions/didn’t understand, but she insisted I was handling myself well, and found the information she needed later. Plus, she’s very complimentary of my work and appreciates my transparency and work ethic, both of which I work hard on and value. 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30: 31:
September 1: 2: 3: It’s official! We’re having a Halloween party at work. If my new schedule turns out, I’ll be at work on that day and will show off a costume. Not sure if it will be the one I’m working on, but I can always recycle an old one. 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: I had such a good ripstik run. @nah-young and I practiced for a good while yesterday (and she did her first trick, too!). I guess it’s nice to see the fruits of our practice since we’ve been working off and on for about a month. 16: Had the investment club meeting at my house. I didn’t get to cook everything, but I picked the recipe and it turned out well! 17: I finished “Every Tool’s a Hammer” by Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) and I really recommend it. It’s such a great book for anyone who makes or creates. It’s a fun read and chocked full of helpful hints. 18: I decided to start reading the Naruto series. I’m enjoying it so far! Now I just have to wait for the next to volumes to be available from the library. 19: I started replaying Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase. It’s amusing, although I’m a little rough. 20: 21: 22: 23: I’d been on the fence about taking a vacation early next year because I want to save up for a down payment, but after talking to my dad, I decided I’d do a little something. I still need to work out the plans (and make sure the people I want to visit are free), but I’m looking forward to it! 24: 25: 26: There’s a chance I might be going full time at my office job, so dad encouraged me to take the day off from trash rooms. I still got up early, but knocked out a bunch of chores, finished Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase, finished a drawing, and cleaned in the basement a bit. 27: Lol, I just realized I have three cycles of books checked out again. I started reading The Wicked Years series. I’m trying to set aside time each night so I can read a chapter or two before bed. 28: I made the pattern for my gauntlets! I’m actually trying to do it the right way and making measurements, creating an accurate template, and just generally taking my time. 29: Part 2 of the gauntlets: They’re made! My template worked and I spent a couple of hours slowly forming and shaping them. I still need some practice on the gluing component, but at least they feel sturdy. 30: Started replaying DK 64 again. I really love this game. Besides Gauntlet Legends, it’s probably my favorite N64 game we own. 31: Got rained out at work, but managed to take it easy in the afternoon and just generally keep ahead with laundry.
October 1: Today officially marks the first day of working full time at my office job. They added ten hours a week, so now I’m working 4 days at 10 hours each. It’ll take a little adjusting. I’m happy for the extra hours! 2: I sent out invoices on time for once! 3: It was my fuzzball’s 16th Birthday today! Someone also brought in some really yummy snacks to work that were leftover from a meeting. I also managed to create templates for the leg gauntlets and cut them out of foam. I’m just rolling with the motivation now, and would like to have Vile finished by Halloween (keep reading to find out if it was finished). 4: Really just having a good time playing DK 64. Knocked out Gloomy Galleon, so all that’s left are my favorite levels! 5: 6: 7: I have leg gauntlets formed. Lol, I guess I should look up the name... All that’s left is the chest plate and cape! 8: I lucked out! My coworker can’t go to a book signing even this weekend and asked me to get her book signed since I’m going. It was the perfect opportunity to get my hands on a copy of “Where the Crawdads Sing” which I wanted to read before this weekend. 9: Making some headway on the costume again! Arm and leg gauntlets have the plating and base coat of plastidip. 10: I finished “Where the Crawdads Sing” within 48 hours of having it my possession. That’s such a huge accomplishment to read something so quickly and eagerly! 11: I was plowing through my to do list at work. I knocked out 11 items. Woo! 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30: My Halloween costume is finished *gasp* before Halloween! Barely, but it counts. 31: I won the most creative costume at work! Well, tied for first, but that’s cool.
November (whoops, I really forgot to write this month) 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: 29: 30: 31:
December 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: My coworker is back! She had been on extended leave for a while, but now she’s back. She bring such a positive and fun attitude to the workplace. 13: 14: I’m officially 25! I worked a few hours in the rain, but got a lot done (and saw Lucy, my favorite cat I cat sit). Instead of going to a steakhouse for dinner, which I’m not a fan of, we ended up going to somewhere I did enjoy. Overall, it was a nice and quiet celebration. 15: 16: 17: I finished the Naruto series today! It was a good series, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Going to take a manga break to work on a few novels I have checked out and then decide which series to start. 18: 19: A busy day again. Knocked out two leaf clients for the year and went to see three bands perform at a local music club. I stayed out way too late, but had a great time hanging with a friend, one of the performers, and the performer’s friend. 20: 21: 22: 23: 24: Hung out with my brother and grandmother. I crushed them in several games! 25: Went to my coworkers in the afternoon and dueled for the first time in quiet a while. They wiped the floor with me, but I had fun with my deck destruction deck. 26: 27: Ended up hanging out with Jane for a while and just chatting about everything. We’re seeing eye to eye on a lot of things, so it was nice. 28: Finished my leaf jobs for the year! Time to relax. 29: 30: 31: Welp, ended up being sick and missing out on the intended New Year plans. I guess I did start the year with a migraine, so here I am ending it with one. After I rested up, I did start playing my favorite video game. Plus, I frantically read “Hey, Kiddo!” before the end of the year
Notable stuff
Highlights: Passed the CPA exam Officially hired full time
Books read: “Ghost Stories” “Every Tool’s a Hammer” “Where the Crawdads Sing” “Wicked” Naruto series “Hey, Kiddo!”
Movies watched: Spiderman: Enter the Spiderverse Mary Poppins 2 The Princess and the Frog Pokemon Lucario
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[where Aomine is a waiter in an Italian restaurant and Kagami’s a glutton who’s really excited to eat pasta] [belated happy birthday @mochius]
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Living in Japan with an enormous appetite is a lot harder than it seems. Kagami observed that not too many people had appetites like his so it came as a surprise when he discovered a new restaurant, just a few blocks from his place, that served unlimited pasta.
Unlimited pasta. Kagami almost drools at the thought of it. Sure, burgers were nice and a staple to his diet but pasta… Pasta is delicious . He makes plans to check out the new restaurant, silently hoping as he did that they gave out unlimited breadsticks too, like this one American-Italian restaurant chain in the States he kinda misses.
He makes plans to go by himself the next weekend. It wasn't that Kagami didn't have anyone to invite to dinner with; he had a friend or two who was always down to try out new restaurants around town. Sometimes, Kagami just wants to eat and relax by himself. And what better way to relax than to go on an eat all you can pasta eating spree?
A week later, Kagami makes his way to the pasta buffet. He's been so excited about eating his fill of pasta that he'd actually literally dreamt of eating plates and plates of pasta in his sleep, twice!! But he wakes up with a small line of drool dribbling down his chin and is sorely disappointed that it still wasn't the weekend.
No matter. Kagami will have his unlimited pasta day. He will stuff himself with all that carbohydrate foodstuff.
And there he was. Finally in front of the restaurant. Kagami could practically hear the gates of heaven open and a choir of angels sing as he steps foot in the doorway. The scent of pesto and garlic waft in the air as he walked inside, carefully keeping what he hoped to be a passive looking face as he follows a timid looking guy (who keeps apologizing to him for some reason?) to a table with a nice window view.
Kagami almost eagerly reaches for the menu and studies it, trying to figure out which pasta combination would give his palate the maximum satisfaction possible. He’ll probably be ready to order in a few minutes.
Aomine’s idea of a good time was definitely not spending his free time waiting on tables at Satsuki’s great aunt’s restaurant. Well, he gets tips and a relatively decent wage and he needed the money so he really shouldn’t complain. Satsuki already so graciously used her connections to find him this job just so he can afford to buy new Jordans. He should probably (definitely) work harder.
His eyes wander over to his coworker, Ryou, who was timidly sitting down this one guy who looked like he was trying to not to look too excited. Tall, nice body, probably plays a sport too, he muses to himself, shamelessly staring at the redhead, who was staring so intently at their pasta all you can promo mechanics menu.
He’s kinda cute, he muses, low key wondering why the said cute person was dressed so nicely just to eat pasta. Maybe he was on a date? Aomine wrinkles his nose. That was possible. The redhead looked a little too excited to eat pasta and he doubts anyone can look this excited just because of pasta. Now that Aomine thought of it, the more he looked at that customer’s face, the cuter he looked in his eyes.
… He’s really cute. And gorgeous.
Aomine turns his attention back to his tables and mentally shakes his head to clear his head. Well, it wasn’t any business of his, prying into this handsome stranger’s life so he brushes it off and sits a few more people who arrive soon after. Monies before honeys.
But Aomine can’t help but notice… It’s been an hour, some of his tables have already vacated and were replaced by new customers and handsome redhead-san is still poring over the menu. Ryou hasn’t taken his order yet? Aomine frowns. This would be such an odd mistake for the other boy to make. Ah, he sees the said boy approaching the table, notepad in hand, expression apologetic and anxious.he passes by to clear one other newly vacated table near them and listens in on their exchange.
“ A-ah, I’m sorry but are you ready to order now, sir?” Ryou asks, lightly waving his hand to catch the other’s attention. The guy was too engrossed (or was he?) with reading the menu that he almost didn’t realize Ryou was there in front of him.
“O- oh. Uh, sure…” Huh, he looks a little downhearted, Aomine observes. Wait, his date hasn’t even arrived yet. Brow creasing, Aomine wipes at the table furiously. Was he being stood up? Why would anyone stand this beautiful man up?
Soon enough, Aomine hears Ryou confirm the other’s answers in a timid voice and he scurries away to get the orders done. He grunts softly, still in denial that the cutest person he’s seen in the past few months was possibly stood up by his date. Aomine raises his head up and notices some of the other employees looking at the redhead and seemingly whispering to each other while sneaking glances at him.
He finishes up clearing the table and stands straight, turns to face the guy and says, “Uh, everything doing okay here?” Bright red eyes look at him in surprise and Aomine himself was surprised too. He’s more beautiful up close.
“Ah, yeah. Just had my order taken, actually.” He has a nice voice; it was a voice Aomine wouldn’t mind listening to for hours on end.
Aomine nods, stalling for time. “I see. That’s good.” He can’t seem to ask the other for his name or if he was waiting for company hence the delay in him ordering so Aomine just awkwardly gestures to the kitchen with his shoulder. “Well, I gotta get back to work now. Hope you enjoy the food.”
The guys smiles at him and Aomine feels like he’s been blessed with the most beautiful sight he’s ever seen. “Thanks. You too.”
And Aomine ambles away, hands full of dirty plates as he ponders, You too?
A hot waiter just asked him how he was and told him to enjoy his food. Kagami, like the most eloquent person in the world, responded with “You too.”
You too? Are you kidding me? He stares at his napkin and mentally berates himself. Wasn’t this sort of like the thing he and Tatsuya read on the internet and laughed at? That’s it, he’s never gonna laugh at people’s stories of getting tongue tied when faced with someone attractive.
Kagami’s so embarrassing. He’d repeatedly told the apologetic waiter who keeps trying to take his order that he wasn’t ready to order yet so many times just because he couldn’t choose between pasta types and sauces. There was so much pasta combinations he could think of but he can only choose two. It really wasn’t all you can eat pasta but eat all you can pasta but with limited combinations.There’s also the fact that there were no free breadsticks. He’s a little heartbroken about it but no matter. He’s gonna make the best of this minor setback.
But again, back to the point. He can’t believe he just went on and made himself sound so dumb in front of a hot waiter. Kagami wishes the chair he’s on melts into the ground as it swallows him whole.
“S- sorry for the wait. Your order’s here.”
Oh. Never mind then. Kagami’s melodrama can wait.
Kagami raises his head up and his eyes practically shine at the plate of breathtakingly beautiful pasta set before him. He mutters his thanks to his waiter, starts eating and at the first bite, Kagami pauses.
He doesn’t shed any tears but he feels like he could. Rubbing non-existent dust from his eye, Kagami silently thanks all the deities he can think of that he was lucky enough to be born in the era of eat all you can promos.
He had been shamelessly sneaking glances at the hot redhead (he should really find a name to call the other aside from ‘hot redhead’) since he cleared the tables around the other. Is he crying? Aomine's heart aches for this handsome, stood up by his date so now he's probably going to binge eat his woes away stranger.
“Ryou.” Aomine calls out just as the said boy passes by him. “Table 5 took his time in ordering, huh?”
“Huh? S- sorry, he said he needed more time to pick out his orders,” Ryou answers him. Then he adds in a timid voice, “He looked really troubled while looking at the menu though.”
Aomine nods and glances back at the redhead and is surprised to see the manager, Imayoshi, beside him making idle chit chat as he refills the plate.
Even the boss from hell got concerned for him. They both straighten up as the said boss fro--, uh boss walks towards their direction. “Sakurai-kun, could you bring some bread sticks to table 5? Tell him it's on the house.”
Ryou scurries to the kitchen and Aomine looks at Imayoshi, bewildered. “You never give free breadsticks away.”
“I can though.” Imayoshi gives him one of those creepy smiles Aomine can't seem to get used to. “Anyway, Aomine-kun, tend to your tables. You can make eyes at table 5 later during your break if he's still here.”
So Imayoshi noticed him staring. He feels his cheeks heat up slightly. “I'm not making eyes,” he grumbles, turning his back away from the said table and going to the kitchen to pick up some orders.
Again, after the redhead practically inhaled, yes inhaled ( he’d been keeping watch; the guy was like a gorgeous black hole on legs), a few more platefuls of pasta, he passes by the guy as he served his own tables. Aomine takes a moment to look behind him, good! Imayoshi’s in his office. Then he speaks to the other.
“So how’s the food?”
Kagami stops mid-chew and immediately answers, mouth full, like a dumbass, “‘Ishh good.”
… Crap.
He swallows and coughs awkwardly, eyes flitting sideways. “I mean, it’s good.”
The waiter tries to stifle a laugh. Oh no, he’s cute when he smiles. “Glad to know then.”
His brain tries to work quickly, thinking of what else to say before this guy runs off to do his work again and Kagami sees that the other was wearing a nametag. Why didn't I notice that before?
“Ah, yeah… Oh, can I get another plate, uh, Aomine?”
He notices Aomine kind of pauses for a moment, eyes widening for a fraction of a second, before immediately turning around and waving his hand at Kagami nonchalantly. “You got it.”
“Thanks!” he calls out at the waiter, feeling a little giddy at the feel of saying the other’s name out loud. He has a crush on the waiter, Kagami realizes and he finds himself not minding it. It’s not like it’s bothering anyone but me anyways.
Aomine returns, plate full of pasta and with a little added bonus. Kagami glances at a pair of huge meatballs on top of his mountain of spaghetti and tells him, “Ah, I didn’t order any meatball add-ons.”
“Don’t worry about it. It’s on me.” Aomine says as he shrugs.
Kagami blinks. “What for real?”
“Yeah for real.” The waiter frowns. “You don’t like meat balls?”
He quickly shakes his head. “No, no, no, I do like them. Meatballs.” Kagami gives him a sheepish look. “It’s just that I already got some breadsticks for free earlier. I kinda feel bad for getting so much free stuff.”
“...You’re the first guy to not immediately grab the free complimentary food we sometimes bring out. I’m kinda impressed.” Aomine grins at him in a way that Kagami can only describe as wolfish and places the pasta, with the meatballs, on his table. “Take it. It’s not like we can take food back into the kitchen anyways.”
Kagami feels as if he was being spoiled by this place. What did he do to deserve this extra service? He gratefully looks up at Aomine and smiles at him graciously. “Thanks.”
It was just one word, one little word , but Aomine’s insides flipped as his heart starts pounding loud against his chest.
Fuck. Aomine’s so whipped. This was just a fresh, no longer than an hour or two crush though, he’s had crushes on customers before but none of them made him feel like this, dumb and smitten beyond words. It’s so dumb there’s no way this wasn’t something worth exploring.
At that moment, Aomine’s become determined to find out if this… whatever this thing was, was something he could pursue. It’s a dumb conclusive solution to his little crush but hey. He’s a big boy now; if it doesn’t work out then whatever.
He glances at his watch for a moment and tells the other, “Uh, so I kinda have a break coming up in a few minutes. Would you mind if i joined you here? To keep you company or something?”
The redhead looks surprised. Aomine doesn’t blame him; he’s surprised himself. “Sure, if you don’t mind sharing a table with someone stuffing his face full of pasta,” he says, sheepishly laughing.
“I don’t.” Aomine says, mentally celebrating his luck. He takes a moment to breathe before finally asking, “So, can I know your name?”
“It’s Kagami,” he grins, offering Aomine his hand. He takes it and gives it a firm shake. “It’s nice to meet you, Aomine.”
“Pleasure’s mine.” He could feel the corner of his own lips quirking upwards. “Guess I’ll finish my shift. Be back in a few minutes.”
“See you in a bit then.”
And Aomine practically speedwalks into the kitchen as he ignores Imayoshi giving him a judging Look and Ryou squinting his eyes at him, possibly wondering if Aomine’s just stolen his table from beneath his nose.
“Not a word. I’m off my shift.” Aomine hisses at the two of them. Imayoshi smirks knowingly and just waves him off while Ryou begins to start apologizing for staring and thinking Aomine’s out to steal his tip from table 5. None of that bothers him, surprisingly. He's sure he'll be teased by the staff the next day but he doesn't really care.
Aomine punches out in record time, grabs his free meal for the day and saunters up to Kagami's table. “Hey.”
Kagami grins at him, red sauce on his chin. “Hey yourself. I see you have food.”
“Yeah, perks of working here I guess. You have something on your chin.”
His grin turns into a frown and Kagami tries wiping the sauce off his chin. “Did I get it?”
Aomine answers, “Not really. A little more to the left.”
Wipe wipe. “How about now?”
“Just a bit more.”
Wipe wipe. “Now?”
“Hold on, let me just…” He pats a napkin on the spot of pasta sauce. “There.” Aomine murmurs, feeling a little embarrassed he has the shamelessness to actually wipe sauce off an almost perfect stranger's chin.
“Thanks.” Kagami looks a little red.
Coughing awkwardly, Aomine takes a sip of water, racking his brain for something to un-awkwardify this situation. “Uh, so. They didn’t show up huh?”
Aomine was sitting in front of him, eating his own plate of pasta. It kinda feels like a date. But also not really. Kagami was a bit distracted, admiring Aomine from across the table as he ate his nth plate of pasta. He missed what the other was saying and blinked. “Sorry, what didn’t show up?”
“Your date. I mean, the person you were waiting for.”
Kagami half-chokes on his pasta. He starts coughing terribly for a few moments and gratefully takes the cup Aomine offers him a few minutes into his coughing fit. “I- I don’t have a date. Or person I was waiting for.”
“Eh?” Aomie’s eyes widen and he frowns. “But you took so long to order. And looked really excited coming here…”
Did he take that long? He laughs sheepishly and looks away. “I, uh… kinda was trying to decide on pasta combinations and was trying to figure it out. And in case you didn’t notice… I really like food so coming here was kind of a big deal for me...”
He’s so embarrassed yet at the same time also extremely amused; it was the first time his gluttony was interpreted this way. It was almost like some sort of rom-com plot.
Aomine became quiet. “... yeah, that makes more sense, I guess.” “Aomine, did you think I got stood up?”
The other’s silence confirms his thoughts. Kagami lets out a little chuckle. “Are you serious?”
“Not my fault I thought of that. Who the fuck dresses nicely to eat unlimited pasta anyways?” Aomine frowns, looking much like a child who had just been proven wrong about the existence of the Easter bunny. “I even got you sorry you got stood up by your date, they’re a shitty person meatballs.”
“Well, I did say that you really didn’t have to… Sorry about that.” he murmurs, scratching his head. They share a moment of silence, Aomine’s pout slowly disappears and he leans towards Kagami.
“Make it up to me if you’re really sorry.”
It was Kagami’s turn to frown this time. Was he supposed to pay for those meatballs? Buy him meatballs? “How?”
Is Aomine really going to be extremely shameless and say something really dumb to Kagami?
You bet he definitely is.
“Go out on a date with me.” Aomine says, with confidence he sort of doesn’t feel. He tries to read Kagami’s expression; the other just froze and is currently staring at him.
When he finally unfreezes, Kagami speaks. “A date? You mean here? And right now?”
“Wha- no! I mean like a real date, not a date here in this dumb place. Tomorrow, if possible.” He hears someone clearing their throat and both their heads turn to see Imayoshi looking at Aomine disapprovingly.
“I mean,” Aomine coughs, “Not here, in the best restaurant ever since the best boss ever might get inconvenienced by me trying to win you over.”
Imayoshi raises an eyebrow and waves at them. He notices Kagami wave at him back. Ugh. Too cute.
“So? You wanna go on a date with me?” He’s suddenly struck with the realization that he had just literally asked this almost perfect stranger just because he found him cute. Aomine’s done worse things drunk but for some reason, he’s extremely nervous. His hands were clammy and it’s taking all his willpower to keep his leg still.
It felt like hours before Kagami answers. Cheeks slightly pink, he laughs and nods his head. “Yeah, I think that would be great.”
He finds the corners of his lips twitching upwards. “Yeah?”
“Yeah.” Kagami leans in slightly, grin on his face. “I shouldn’t be ungrateful the the nice guy who gave me sorry your date is shit meatballs.”
Aomine sighs and relaxes. “That’s good to know.”
He doesn’t remember what else they talked about after that little exchange they finished their meal and exchanged numbers. Kagami smiles at him as they part ways and Aomine supposes working in a pasta place wasn’t pastably the worst thing ever.
#aokaga#aoka#knb#aomine daiki#kagami taiga#mochius#wheezes it's been so long#i hope to not disappoint#pat tries to write#kyahfics: olive garden
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