#made avacado toast and i'm like

[appendingfic]

I hate when you experience something overhyped and you're like, well, yes, this is actually a pleasant experience

[dare-to-dm]

Bit of a rant, but a lot of y'all spend too much money on things you don't even enjoy. This applies to many things, but what started me on this line of thought is video game consumer habits.

This last year I did an independent study on xbox games that involved looking at a lot of player data, including looking at achievements to see how much of games people have actually played.

And I was staggered to find how common it is for people to buy a game and play it maybe once before putting it down for good. Like, it's one thing if you start a game and can tell right away that you don't really like it (although at a $70 price tag for some new games, I sincerely hope you're doing at least a little research beforehand to try to avoid that!). But a lot of people not only never beat a game, they hardly even start it.

I'm not as familiar with the PC market, but anecdotally it sounds even worse. I've looked at some of my friends' Steam libraries, and it seems like a common habit is buying a ton of games on sale, but never playing the majority of them even once. This should be obvious, but getting an item on sale is not a good deal if you won't use the item. It's just a waste of money.

And to be clear, this isn't an attack on "avacado toast eating millenials" mocking them for struggling financially with the deck stacked against them. I'm a hedonist, and I fully believe that entertainment has importance and value. You should buy things that you like. But I also think you should be a rational consumer and spend your hard earned dollars in a logical manner to maximize your enjoyment. Or at the very least, not throw your money away.

I see this with other hobbies like reading or crafting too. People with dozens of unread books they bought at the store, or knitters who have spent hundreds of dollars on yarn but haven't made anything in the last year. It's like people want to buy an identity for themselves. "I buy books because I'm a Reader!"

I just want to let you know that it's okay. You're still a reader even if you haven't read anything lately. I'm sure there's a good reason you haven't. Or maybe you've changed, and no longer enjoy a hobby you once loved, but you don't want to accept that. That's okay too! Just don't think that your love of something can be judged by how much money you spend on it.

[saltygilmores]

THOUGHTS WHILE WATCHING GILMORE GIRLS: SEASON 3, EPISODE 2: HAUNTED LEG-TUMBLR IS HUNGIE AND KEEPS EATING MY POSTS

The Netflix synopses (synopseses? Synposi? Where are you, Jess Mariano? You're my only hope) made this episode seem like it was going to be heavily En-Crusty'd (Christopher focused) but then the lovely @frazzledsoul told me that in this episode Rory takes Christopher to school (metaphorically) and this is also the episode where Jess takes RORY down a peg in a GLORIOUS confrontation at Doose's Market. If there's one thing I love seeing in Gilmore GIrls it's a good peg lowering. In fact, it gives me such immense satisfaction to see Rory in particular get taken down a peg that the three times Dean does it to her are the only times I actually side with Dean. Let the Notch-Taking-Down Party commence. But first....Happy 18th birthday, Jess! You're legal, mister! I am solidly and forever in the Late August/ Early September Birthday Camp (I have my reasons) and we're already there on the show! It's been almost a year since he arrived in Stars Hollow as a 17 year old! I'm gonna make it easy and say it was September 1st.

Now you can visit the strip club, and buy porn and cigarettes legally! You're a man now! (well, at least you could buy cigarettes at 18 years old 20 years ago. It's 21 now). Episode begins with Emily still being predictably salty about last week's FND, where Lorelai snuck out of the house while her parents were fighting over her breakup with Crusty.

Don't listen to her. You do can do whatever you want, even while you're on the clock. My little shmushkins. My apple dumpling. My peach tart. My banana muffin. My jelly donut. You're gonna make a bazillion dollars with your books some day and show em all. *pinches his cheeks* Lorelai is coming down with an illness which I shall diagnose as mononucleosis (aka the kissing disease) that she contracted from making out with Dean Forrester.

Lorelai has no qualms about leaving the house to eat out every single day in a crowded diner and spread her germs all over town, instead of keeping her ass in bed, I guess. She's also incapable of purchasing and opening a can of soup and dumping it in a pot on the stove (or hell, even sticking it in the microwave) so she wakes up each day and chooses to be a Disease Vector. If she wasn't (presumably) still married to Luke in 2020 to cook her meals for her at home I don't know how she survived the pandemic. Luke: You know what helps a cold? A healthy immune system. You know how to get a healthy system? By not eating crap and blowing out your brain cells with coffee. Eat a vegetable now and then or some high fiber cereal. At least eat the carrots in the soup? Three minutes in and he's already Insulting Lorelai (while, uh, also insulting himself at the same time?) Whee, I'm loving this episode already! More Peg-Lowering, please! Several people on this show are going to be HUMBLED and I am HERE for it. But why is Luke always downselling food that he puts on his own menu? I know Lorelai and Rory don't ever pay him anyway, but doesn't he want to attempt to make some money? "My food will make you fat and sick and kill your brain cells. Don't eat it. Go eat somewhere else." Or is it that he's a-okay with poisoning the rest of Stars Hollow with copious amounts of junk food but wants to spare Lorelai and Rory the same fate? One would also suppose he doesn't actually have said vegetables or fiber rich cereal on his menu in the first place (it's a fucking diner) and that would mean Lorelai would have to pour herself her own cereal at home. Perish the thought. Is Luke secretly some kind of California Hipster in denial? Would he be more at home opening some kind of vegan cafe where he serves wheat grass shots and kombucha and avacado toast, you know, all the stuff Milo Ventimiglia eats. (But Milo’s a big junk food junky too, he's a bit of a paradox, that man). What does he feed Jess, by the way? In his first appearance he was planning to stuff his already neglected and malnourished nephew full of Corn Flakes and Pop Tarts.

Grandpa here is going to live to be 115 probably, but only if you shut up, you're already sending him to an early grave.

EVERYONE STOP EATING AND TALKING. THE QUEEN HAS ARRIVED! Anyone else think its funny that Lorelai and Rory and Luke are ilke the mayors of Stars Hollow who know everything down to when the mailman's dog farts but nobody knows who Shane is, where she came from, who her family is, when she moved in, where she lives, how she ended up with Jess...ANYTHING? Nobody even seems to know her name? Silence from Miss Patty and Babette? Lane and Dean never informed Rory that Jess was never in school, that he supposedly pulled the fire alarm, stole 500 baseballs, etc etc. again, shouldn't Lane be absolutely losing her mind to spill this piping hot tea that Jess has been hooking up with some mysterious blond skankbag all summer? And Dean too, shouldn't he always be dying to tell Rory anything that would cast Jess in an unfavorable light and make her think less of him? What is with this town where they'll hold an emergency meeting because he drew on a sidewalk with some chalk but when he actually does something worth talking about, nobody wants to narc on him? They fear him, that's what it is. What is Shane's last name by the way? I made up a poll and asked you to decide on her last name and I'm currently awaiting the results, which I will use going forward.

Jess and Shane continue to give Rory Gilmore a sexual awakening so immense it could knock our fucking solar system out of alignment. That boom you just heard was Jupiter and Saturn crashing into one another from the sheer force of Rory Gilmore's quivering loins.

Tomatos Sign. I wonder how much money Jessica Kiper was paid to stick her tongue in Milo's mouth and say "Hey" and "Jess". Did she have to audition? I would do the job for free. I would keep screwing up just so the director could yell "Cut" and I could do as many takes as possible. Warner Brothers could own me for the rest of my life just for that opportunity.

Meow! All she did was say his name, lol. Someone's cranky. You know what would cure that bad mood? A good handjob from Shane (last name soon to be announced). This whole "no strings attached sexual gratification" deal that was seemingly dropped in his lap? Meh, whatever. He'll do it, but he'll be reading the entire time. Meanwhile, this is Dean waiting 5 years for Rory to put out:

(By the way, Mr. Mariano, don't ever tell a woman to "relax") Jess sighs and leaves in the middle of his shift (Lorelai should be proud), leaving his customers wondering where their pancakes are, to go have sex with Shane somewhere public and indecent, leaving Rory in their horny wake. Perhaps Jess has the intuition that the cold, clammy, looming hand of Celibacy (aka his own hand and a jumbo size bottle of lotion) will soon be upon him so he better seize these opportunities.

Love it when she says shit like this as if her boyfriend Dean Forrester is some fucking chatterbox (he'll grunt a few words as he's also a typical teenage boy like Jess and she'll go "That's So INTERESTING Dean! Do go on. I love you, little buttered croissant"), and also like she should actually expect Jess to talk around her when he knows she's going to pick on him even worse if he does have something to say.

Too late. That's hilarious- I forgot that Dean was about to show up just now and prove my point.

She's still wearing that stupid quarter on a string on her wrist. I will give this show credit for being very consistent with some of the small details like this. Every day for 2+ years straight, Alexis Bledel shows up at Wardrobe and they slap that thing on her wrist. That cup is HUGE.

Yeah. What? I could teach a comatose goldfish to say "I already ate breakfast." The hell is your point?

Oh god. It's that episode where Kirk and Lorelai go on a "Date". I do not remember how it goes but I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here and predict that it was sufficiently awkward. Honestly...Lorelai has done MUCH worse before and will continue to do much worse than Kirk. Mommy issues aside, Kirk has more redeeming qualities than Max or Crusty. Like, at least Kirk is ambitious. Lorelai is still only a few months removed from banging Crusty who wouldn't know the meaning of hard work if it bit him in the ass. I hope something bites Crusty in the ass. Like a rabid possum. Kirk...."Let's go out...In two weeks. I heard you have a cold. It takes two weeks for a virus to leave the immune system." He's also smart and would survive the pandemic. "You might be the prettiest girl I've ever seen. Outside of a filthy magazine."

It's the first day of senior year for Rory and our other Stars Hollow teens.

It's all downhill for Rory after high school.

Nobody tell her. L: I cannot go out with Kirk! R: Why not? L: He's Kirk! Poor Neurodivergent Kirk.

Fixed it.

i was about to say "What the what! Lorelai is actually pouring her own cereal?" but it's Rory wno's making her own breakfast and Lorelai is just pouring marshmallows into the bowl (who does that? That's not a thing. Here in The United States of America, there are already cereals that come with marshmallows). I mean, at least she's eating at home and "helping". Good for you for helping to feed to your chiild, Lorelai. Even if she's eschewing the (marginally) more healthy Raisin Bran in favor of Rice Krispies. I'm going to add a new feature to the ends of these posts: I call it: Things Googled While Watching GIlmore GIrls. Birthday Party Icons, How Old To Buy CIgarettes in Connecticut, Definition of Proclivities, How Many Words Can A Parrot Learn

[pbandjesse]

I am exhausted and am very worried about having to go to work tomorrow. I just feel so tired. I am also having allergy issues because of Sweetp and I am feeling a lot of big feelings. I mostly had a really excellent day! I don't want to complain to much. But I am not having fun in this moment.

I asked James to pull out my weighted blanket last night and that really helped me sleep. I woke up at 9, even though I knew Jess would be up earlier. But I knew if I woke up earlier I would have been miserable. She would have coffee and chill and was fine. And I felt a lot better after my long sleep.

I really liked my outfit and I felt cute and good. I asked Jess what she wanted to do because we didn't have a real plan. And she said she wanted to go somewhere cute and look at antiques. Bet. I can make that happen.

I did some quick googling and it was decided we would go out to Catonsville and then Ellicott City. There were two large antique malls and Catonsville had a cafe that apparently had "good breakfast and dope coffee" according to the Google reviews.

So we headed out. And really we had a blast.

The drive wasnt to long. I never have gone over to these two towns or parts of Baltimore county so it was really awesome to find new and cool places.

Our breakfast was very good. I got avacado toast and Jess got an egg sandwich. I got an Arnold Palmer and she got an ice latte. And we sat upstairs and had a really nice breakfast in a cute environment. Jess would also buy a jam (strawberry elderberry!) And got me two pound cake bites which I enjoyed later on.

We walked over to the antique store next and it was great! Super chaotic which is my favorite kind. Just jam packed, winding turns, piles! Baskets! And the prices were reasonable. I ended up finding an unpainted Russian nesting doll, a tiny brass elephant, and a glasses case with a tapestry of a unicorn. Jess got a pink glass ashtray. And I found so many other things I loved. Like coach and frames and mirrors! I didn't buy them but I loved finding them.

We also ended up having a long chat with the woman who worked there and she gave me the contact for their other shop that sells local artist work and that networking was just so cool. Jess said I'm good at the chitchat that leads to contacts. And it's true. I just love a little chitchat.

The ladies at the antique store also recommend we go to the farmers market before it closed. So we would brave the sun to walk over there and it was cool! I mean it was to hot because it was a parking lot. But it was a cool assortment of venders. I bought some dried lavender and we saw one of the farmers that sells at the BMI so it was nice to see him doing well somewhere else too!

But we were to hot and went to the car to cool off and go to the next antique mall.

This one was even bigger. Just way to big. We didn't get to the whole thing, Jess tapping out after about 45 minutes. I found a lot of cool stuff and weird objects. I also found people selling fakes or lying about vintage (a cream sweater claimed it was from the 70s and was silk cashmere, found it had a side tag that placed it in the last decade and was made of 100% acrylic). But mostly it was just a lot of fun searching. They had a lot of movie props too which was pretty cool.

Jess ended up getting a girl scout cookbook from the 60s and I got a precious box purse I think I will use for wedding accessories. It has a checked bag tag inside which was neat. And it was only $12.

We were both pretty beat by this time. I want to go back to check out Ellicott City more because it was so cute. James says we haven't gone because it floods so often but like. It was so cool, made me think of new hope and I would love to explore more with them. A new place, since I'm so bored with everywhere else.

We went back to the apartment. And I got very. Overwhelmed. Because the bill from the hospital came and it was more then double what I was prepared for. I tried very hard not to fall apart. I did not cry. I know we will work it out but. Man. It's terrifying. I hate that my insurance getting messed up has caused all of this now. It's really scary.

But Jess and James and my mom made me feel more secure. My hand hurts and it was like. It is t even like they fixed me. So I just felt so sad.

Jess helped pull me out though. And we went through all the candlesticks me and James have collected and we have 80! James thinks we need 100, but it is nice to know we have so many for the wedding and still have time to get more. We also wiped them all off and vaccuumed out the fireplace because there was just a ton of dust and dirt. But I'm sure we'll have to do it again but it felt like progress.

We would have a little late lunch snack. Melon and cheeses and stuff like that. I wish we had crackers but it's fine. And soon after that Jess would get ready to go home. I helped her carry everything down and hugged goodbye. I miss her already.

I would lay down and wait for James to get back. But then I got up and packed my bags for camp this week. We are doing printmaking and I am excited about it. And I filed my clothes on my bag.

And then James was here and after a little cool down and change we headed out to get my last vaccine.

It was a little more intense in the ER this time. Pregnant ladies, kids with broken limbs, ect. But we handled it. And I got my vaccine and the doctor gave me a splint to try to help my hand pain. But we handled it and James would sit with me on the bed while we waited to be discharged. We watched videos and it was just nice being together.

It was raining a bit when we left. We walked down the street to the diner and ran into some people James knew. Neighbors and old church relations. And we got our sandwiches and shared a milkshake. The food was great but it still really hurt the wound on my mouth and I was having a hard time still. That's just the theme with food for me this week I guess.

We had some laughs with the family next to us. And then we went home. It was raining pretty hard but we got back here as it was lightening up.

I took a bath. And James read a book. And I did my eyebrows a little and tried to just be chill.

I am very tired though. So maybe I'll actually fall asleep earlier tonight. We have to get Tucker in the morning so James can take them to the doctor after they drop me off. So we must wake up early. Well I must. But I just hope it will be a good week even if it's to hot.

Sleep well everyone. I hope you are safe and well. Take care of each other.

[lavellane]

pancake, bouquet, and train for gracie!!

🥞 PANCAKE - what is their comfort breakfast?

avacado toast !!! but like make it the most bourgeois shit youve ever seen. hour-fresh sourdough bread, a dash of squeezed lime juice, a sprinkle of feta with black pepper and sea salt, maybe a sunnyside egg on top and garnished with like. rosemary or some shit 🤡 obviously nick wiseman is the Only man alive who can pull it off so sorry in advance to rosy ur gf is the most high maintenance bitch in chicago </3

💐 BOUQUET - create a bouquet for them! what do those flowers mean? are any of the flowers their particular favourite?

ironically gracie normally buys weekly bouquets of roses for herself (🤡) so while she doesn't know much about flower symbolism, if somebody made a custom bouquet for her??? oh she'd absolutely lose her mind lmao. i'm thinking snapdragons (graciousness, strength), orchids (love, beauty, luxury), purple iris (eloquence, wisdom) and protea (diversity, courage) would suit her perfectly and she'd be so touched to receive something like that 🥺

🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

ok so ! academically gracie agrees with kant's proposed answer - that the correct reaction is to do nothing, because under the circumstances the person being forced to control the lever is basically just another victim on a third metaphorical track, and to participate in the situation is to assume the role of the victimizer and bare responsibility for a situation that isn't your fault at all. but obviously in practice she absolutely would not be able to abide doing nothing. so she'd save the four people - she wouldn't have to think too hard about it, since to her it seems the least catastrophic result, but it would absolutely eat away at her :(

[submalevolentgrace]

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you know, I was going to just be lazy and snarky and link to a news article about the announcement... but... fuck it. i need to vent.

for the last two years, australia has had what was generally accepted to be one of the best pandemic responses worldwide, using lockdowns, health advised mandates, and income support, to very successfully contain and limited outbreaks, keeping infection, deaths, and disability from the virus low. we were no NZ, and there were still issues, mostly with the federal government refusing its responsibilities regarding quarantine facilities and under sourcing pfizer vaccines because government MPs had investment in astra zenica, and they cut unemployment payments in half at the end of 2020.... but overall, we did a good job as a country, especially compared to the two big empires that usually set our policy.

well, late last year, that changed. scott morrison, the prime minister, decided we were going the american route of "fuck you all, actually" and declared there would be no more lockdowns, no more mask mandates, no more income support, everyone get back to work. he told us it's time to "live with the virus."

so everyone went back to work, and because the government said it was safe, also went back to partying and socialising and holidaying and travelling all over. just in time for omicron to come along and infect everyone at christmas and nye, all while the federal government refused to even suggest people should be careful or limit holiday gatherings. the PM assured us it was "mild". state governments seemed to have their hands tied by the federal, and health experts' pleas for everyone to be careful were barely heard in the face of federal encouragement to enjoy the holidays. "live with the virus," and enjoy a big christmas lunch.

what happened next was entirely predictable; we went from hundreds of cases, to thousands, to ten thousand... the case numbers rocketed up so fast that they stopped being counted. not that it mattered, our PCR testing capacity was quickly overwhelmed so we have no idea how many cases there are truly; although the reliable estimate put us in the top ten most infected countries per capita, ahead of the usa and uk.

with so many people infected and forced to isolate, workplaces started becoming understaffed very quickly, so scott morrison quickly called a national cabinet to shorten isolation periods and allow negative at home rapid antigen tests (RATs) to be an acceptable benchmark for returning to work. no attempt to contain or limit the spread was made. "live with the virus." the economy demands it.

this resulted in two outcomes: RATs quickly sold out absolutely everywhere, because it turns out the federal government ignored health/logistics advice given to them in september past year about the need to stockpile rats if they were refusing to lock down, meaning there literally aren't enough physically in the country to meet demand. so nobody could really know if they were infected, and asymptomatic carriers were back at work... which is the other outcome. more people back at work while contagious, infecting more and more people. even if you're sick, there's no income support, so if you have to pay for luxuries like avacado toast, or rent, or medicine... back to work, it's the american way, which means it's the australian way now. "live with the virus."

now every system is crumbling as a result of the PM's decisions. supermarket shelves are bare, not because of panic buying but because the supply chains that stock them simply don't have enough workers. perishables are rotting in warehouses, deliveries are backing up, palettes remain unloaded, shelves unstacked, because too many people are dangerously sick to work, and the mildly sick aren't allowed to isolate long enough to protect the as yet uninfected workers.

school goes back in a few weeks, even though vaccinations for under 12yos has only just been authorised. there is not enough time for the kids (and by extension their families) to be protected, even if there were enough vaccines available. it appears that the federal government didn't actually do anything to increase our supplies of vaccines before expanding the age range. keeping kids back at home has been ruled out, because that would require keeping parents home with income support, and they have decided there will be no more spending on helping people, only back to work and back to school. "live with the virus."

as for hospitals... it's grim. ICUs are over capacity, outpatient wards are converted to covid wards, ambulances are taking over 12 hours to reach critical cases, all elective medical procedures are cancelled because every available staff member and then some are being put on full shifts at covid wards without time for bathroom breaks, and even vital surgeries for terminal illnesses are being cancelled because there are no beds to care for them if there are complications. the death rate is chilling. the hospital staff that dare speak out paint a shockingly dark pictures of the mental and physical health of themselves and their coworkers, to the point that many are quitting despite the overwhelming guilt and shame of leaving even less staff, because resignation is better than suicide. they all speak anonymously, and if you believe what i hear from my ex nurse friends, it's because they've been threatened with criminal and/or civil legal action if they blow the whistle. because we wouldn't want the public's morale to drop, it's an election year.

the country is in a state of despair, everything we worked so hard for and sacrificed throughout 2020 and 2021 had been lost in less than four weeks. the most vulnerable are sick and dying, the systems designed to support them beyond limit. people are terrified, and angry, and desperate for leadership. nurses and doctors are working themselves to the brink of suicide to desperately try and prevent as many people as they can from dying, and they are failing.

and it is against this backdrop that the prime minister, scott morrison, announced his grand plan to ease our pain, that he would take to the national cabinet and beg the premiers et al to support:

he asked the states to allow under 18's to operate forklifts in factories, to speed up supply chain operations.

scott morrison's solution to the disastrous human suffering born of his own callousness and reverence for profit over life and health.... is weakening child labour laws.

scott morrison is a fundamentalist pentecostal christian that admits he lets his faith and belief guide his policy. he believes in wealth prosperity gospel and the rapture, and that illness and suffering are punishment for sin.

"live with the virus."

he means die with the virus.

and hey, get some kids to work in the warehouse while you're at it.

yep, "children driving forklifts" is definitely the radical, forward thinking kind of action that might just turn this whole thing around!

[bbysamu]

awh thanks darling :> that's always a cute way to put it hehe

omg right? then you look like even more of a fool when you slip even while taking baby steps haha. and ofc! i'm happy you liked them!

omg yeah that's fine!! v smart haha

aww ok :> i love chatting w you too! you're really easy to hold a conversation with!

omg me too! or i get up a bit too early for "brunch", but i'm not hungry so i normally just eat at noon lol. and ooo avacado toast is so good! i haven't had it in a while tho.. :( lol

oo fun!! what did you do for your party? did you have a specific theme, or just a general party?

my day has been pretty good!! i've been quite busy these past two days, but it's for a good thing :D i went to a meeting this morning (pls i woke up early for the first time in ages for it lol) but it was for graduation, which is tomorrow!! then i got to meet up w my sister and a mutual friend who we haven't seen for a while. we hung out for a bit, went to target and starbucks, yk fun stuff haha. then, i came home and had to finish my finals, but now i'm all done, besides my actual graduation ceremony!!! (sad note tho, i got a really cute dress for grad, but it might rain and we're outside and i don't want my gown to stain my dress so i'm not wearing it :') but at least i have another cute dress now right? lol

yup! i am pretty new to tumblr :) i've had a great experience so far! i've made a few good friends, including you :D and it's super nice to have so many ppl encouraging me to continue writing :> i'm really happy here <33

how about you darling? how have you been?

sorry for my late reply, grad school has me swamped 😭 Thank God I get to relax for a bit now

you're the easy one to hold a conversation with...so thank you for that. Brunch is so good, but I feel you on this. When I used to be in college my friend always wanted brunch at like 11, but I'm like, that's lowkey lunch already...y'all really gonna make me wait until lunch time to eat Brunch? I always bug them to change the reservation to 10:30

For my party, it was just a sweet 16 one HAHAHAHA I don't think there was a theme, but I did ask people to dress at least semi-formal. I'd love to throw a great Gatsby theme one day though...

Yes, busy is good, I agree, as long as we're not too overwhelmed and still taking care of ourselves. I'm so sorry to hear about your dress 😭 😭 its okay like you said you can always wear it to another occasion. But also, really happy to hear you've hangout with family and friends

Welcome welcome to Tumblr! yes, keep writing! don't free pressured and just have fun 💕

[pbandjesse]

Today was a really really excellent day even if I just stepped on some broken glass. Mostly surprised me. Today was still an excellent day.

I could not for the life of me fall asleep last night. I was up until past 2. I cleaned a bunch. I made more piles. Brought all my stuff up from my studio. But doing all that gave me like. Nervous energy. So I was wide awake for a long while.

Eventually I found a video to fall asleep to. And woke up at 730 from a text from my dad. He was on his way!

I knew it would be at minimum 2 hours. So i laid in bed for a while and just enjoyed a lazy morning. Eventually I got up and dressed. Made a sandwich. And watched some tv. I did some nore organising. Tried to make things easy for the work me and dad were doing. And it was nice.

My doorbell rang at 10. Dad was here! It was so nice to see him. Hes gotten so skinny! But he looked good. Happy. I was a little distressed over a mean email i had just received. So it was nice to have him right there to talk to and get my mixed up feelings out. My dads always been a realy good sounding board for that kind of thing.

We weren't idle for long, quickly we got into removing screws and pins and spackling. Its that fun pink stuff that changes to white when its dry. We did that for more then an hour. Just talking and fixing. Some of the time i was fixing a sculpture mom sent along with him. And gluing that tiny fidget spinner to the back of my phone case. Its really nice to have it there. Can't drop it anymore.

By noon we were basically finished. And I was starving. Dad got changed and we headed to Ceremony roasters for lunch.

There was a line but it moved fast. Dad got a macrobowl with chicken and I got the spicy avacado toast with a poached egg. We got drinks. I created an abomination of black ice tea, sweetener, and half and half. I really enjoyed that. We talked. Caught up about family. And then the food came and ot,was way more colorful then I anticipated.

But it was so so so good. I even ate the pink parts that i didn't recognize. They were a little spicy. And while the egg was slightly overcoojed it was all awesome. I will for sure go there for food again. Maybe when Jess is here in July.

After we ate we walked to the car. We held hands which was nice. I love my dad very much and it was nice just being with him. Even if I was nervous about him falling or getting hurt or not being able to walk. We did a lot Today and that was really nice.

We went to amazing glaze! It was great! We decided to pick something to paint for eachother. Dad wanted this toothbrush holder thing. And I got a bowl. We looked at my Pinterest insp board and got to work.

I made dad's forest at night themed, and he made mine kind of based off of a russian or Ukrainian piece i had saved on there. We both made them navel blue as a base. And had fun decorating. I hope they come out well. I really had a great time. I got to learn that he majored in ceramics in High school. Something i never knew. And that he's been really inspired to make installation art lately. He didn't call it that but the pieces he wants to make that he described to me are exactly that. Im really excited to see what he does with his ideas and free time.

We each wrote on the bottoms of our pieces. And helped him finish his outlines. And then we were done. We paid and I'll go back at the end of the week to get them.

We walked next door and got ice cream next. Enjoyed sitting outside. It was beautiful and I just felt really happy and at easy.

We hung out and talked for a long time. And then home. We got to my apartment. And got the last of the stuff to go to the studio. There's still stuff in the fridge. But almost everything was taken over today.

And because of dad's bad joints and hernia, I had to carry most of it. Which was exhausting but we knocked it out. He brought the things from the car and i took them upstairs. Good teamwork.

I was very overheated though. So I laid on the ground for a while. But once i cooled down i was all good. I got to show dad the furby stuff ive been into. Explain the culture and ebay and all the weird stuff. It was fun and he had questions and was supportive of my weird hobby.

He wanted to go take a nap. So he headed out and back to my apartment to sleep. And i started unpacking things. I got some stuff away. And while I was working on the kitchen James came home.

We rested and unpacked. Had a snack. Cleaned up. And then at just about 8 got a call from dad. He was done his nap and ready for dinner. So we met up at a pizza bar around the corner.

We got 3 diffeent pizzas to share. And that was fun. It was a really nice dinner. The food was very good. James told us about sports. Dad asked us about medical marijuana and we ranted about the prison industrial complex for like 15 minutes. It was great fun.

A littke after 9 we said good byes. I will go meet up with dad in the morning. At least briefly. And then he will go back home. Im really glad he came. I love him very much and had a lot of fun with him today.

Me and James got back to the studio and I got washed and am in pjs. I patched some holes here, but the one is a nightmare. Thr wall is just crumbling. I put so muchs spackle its basically a new wall. Well see if it holds or the water damage was to much. It was fun veing handy. Then James helped me pick outfits for the week. Which is when i stepped on a piece of broken glass from the bowel aquarium mom sent. It was dropped a bit and a section broke off so now theres small shards in the carpet and we don't have a vaccuum here. Ugh. It'll be okay. Just annoying.

Tomorrow is back to work though! We are doing some organizing and set up at wildwood. Im looking forward to it. It'll be a really nice day. I'm sure of it.

Goodnight everyone. Sleep tight.