I felt good

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• Home improvement Saturday!
• Rachel and I made a little trip to Home Depot to get some supplies for the under the sink organizer. Got some Pakistani food on the way back in this run down spot that all the cabbies eat at that was delicious.
• Seems like I broke some plumbing in the process of setting up the under the counter storage. Will have to bother the super about this.
• Replaced the top on my standing desk with a much larger one so that Laverne has more space. So much home improvement.

I felt meh

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• Work had a little of discomfort, but we’ll get through it.
• Started setting up some under the sink organizer. Very excited for a bunch of organization down there.

I felt good

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• Launched, for realz, this annoying refactor that I had to do. It wore me down by the end, but I did it right, and that’s all the satisfaction I can get from that.
• Made white beans and eggs for dinner. My beans became mush by the end, which is what I wanted anyways, but I would love to be able to make a pot that doesn’t. Maybe I need to add a lot more water up front?

I felt good

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• Had to work a little late to get this breaking change thing out off hours. Thank god it’s done! Now I can focus on… modals. What a world 😅
• Just kept it rolling after that and did a little fun coding for the first time in a month. Getting more of a vision for a talk.
• Cooked my favorite comfort food dish of crispy gnocchis and Brussels sprouts 😋

I felt bad

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• Work had too many meetings and not enough time to work
• Had a rough exit therapy session. I’m moving on to another therapist because their scheduling is impossible, she’s moving to private practice for similar reasons. She gave me a list of things to think about and talk with the next therapist about. I cried when she told me how proud of me she was.

I felt meh

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• Busy day of meetings at work. Got a little burnt out after hour 3 of them.
• Met with our florist at the venue to talk through what we want. The flowers on my vest are going to have a little bit of rosemary!

I felt good

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• 👯‍♂️
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• 🍿
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• ✈️

• Traveled back from my bachelor party. Got Cook Out and traveled across North Carolina. Very bumpy flight back.

I felt rad

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• Main bachelor party day! Did a bunch of things in Asheville! Brunch! Donuts 2x! Breweries! Dinner! Dungeons & Dragons!
• We played this game where we gave each other compliments and it was very heartwarming.

I felt rad

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• Traveled to North Carolina for my bachelor party. Landed in Raleigh and road tripped to Asheville. Had some delicious food, got fitted for a suit and just vibes with friends & family I haven’t seen in a bit. The AirBnb I reserved is so beautiful!
• Dungeons & Dragons was pretty fun!

I felt meh

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• Last day of work before my mini vacay. It went pretty good.
• Had an intense call with Lou, our wedding officiant. “Buying a car is important. How is this different?” Got some more homework to complete.
• Packing was trying for my trip

I felt good

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• Volunteering went okay, coding is fun!
• Work went pretty well!
• Remix meetup was awesome! We will see if connections were made!

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️

• Work went great. We got through a lot of productive conversations.
• Talked to my psychiatrist, gonna keep my meds in place. Sadly, I’m going to fire my therapist and try a new one in their practice. The admin at my current therapist is actively hurting my mental health because they won’t schedule a recurring appointment.
• Watched all of the new Frontline about the age of east money. A lot to think about in it. I did a live tweet of it.

I felt awful

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• Woke up with cold sweats in a waking panic attack. Took the day off. Slept. Played some games. I don’t know why I’m so tender.

I felt rad

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• ✈️

• Traveled back to the city. Rachel made me this delicious conte and cornishon sandwich. I will try to make this on my own.

I felt rad

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• Took a hike at the Aubodon. It was a little stewy because of the snow, but still beautiful and peaceful
• Took a little trip to Great Bearington, got a spicy chocolate ice cream
• Fancy dinner at the inn, wish I could at least pay half, but I need to get them back money wise

I felt rad

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• ✈️

• Took off work cause I was in a weird place and needed to run some errands for the weekend trip.
• Got a milder sandwich from Sandwich King to avoid the heartburn. It was perfect.
• Traveled to Rachel’s parents. They were happy to see us and didn’t sweat us about the wedding.
• Shabbat dinner with Zelda & Stefan. What an interesting pair of people, a little annoying in a good way tho. Stefan speaks in a pattern of a Borsht Belt comedian but he’s not very funny.

I felt awful

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• Woke up really stressed out and didn’t want to go upstate cause I was in a bad place. Rachel talked me into going, which I decided to take on.

I felt meh

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• Work had an exhausting amount of meetings.
• Had depression after work, had depression Chipotle

I felt rad

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• 👯‍♂️
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• 💼

• Volunteering went really good! The kids were cruising on Javascript, the teacher just needs to keep it rolling.
• Work went pretty good, I was able to get into the flow deleting code.
• Went to a concert with Adam. It was a jam packed showcase show with a bunch of bands that I’ve never heard of that were pretty good!

I felt good

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• 🍜

• Work went okay, was able to fix the prod that I broke somewhat intentionally. Tomorrow is more writing 😑
• Made a spicy miso carbonara for dinner. It was alright, tho I burned the bacon.

I felt good

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• Work went okay, lots of calls, but deadlines were met!
• Made shrimp fried rice for dinner, turned out great!

I felt rad

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• Woke up late and cooked a fancy lunch of soft tofu, lettuce and rice.
• Purim spiel at Oliver’s was pretty fun. Always nice to meet new people
• Went to T&J’s housewarming party. What an eclectic group!

I felt rad

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• Talked wedding stuff with Rick at Astoria Bier & Cheese. Things are slowly coming together and we’re feeling a lot better about it.
• Stayed up late coding because I can.

I felt good

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• Made a deadline at work early, now to do more than promised.
• Went to a Polish restaurant near us and had like the best pierogis. There was a large family next to us that we found very amusing.
• Week wore us down!

I felt meh

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• Had a conference call with my wedding party to build Dungeons and Dragons characters for my bachelor party! I’m going to be drunk criminal goblin chef monk. Lots of stuff to work with there!
• Work certainly kept me busy.

I felt bad

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• Too many meetings at work, not enough progress. It’ll get better.
• Was just tired after work and slept

I felt meh

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• Work was exhausting. Too many meetings compared to the amount of work that needs to be done on deadline.
• Made pumpkin & peanut butter soup, always a favorite in our household.
• Felt anxious in the evening, but I was able to breathe and focus on good things.

I felt meh

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• Work was tricky but still easier than last week
• Skipped lunch and ate late but didn’t get too unhappy

I felt meh

• Feeling less stressed
• Slept all day tho reviving from being up until 4am

I felt rad

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• Chores and Eli’s party. Always nice to go to a party and meet new people.

I felt meh

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• Got into the zone coding, which hadn’t happened in a bit

I felt bad

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• Worked in the city tho all my coworkers ghosted on me ☹️
• Made burritos while I drank a stout which made me day better

I felt good

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• Today was a lot better. Got a little fastball that I’m going to try to knock out of the park at work
• Coworked with Landon today. Always nice to do stuff in person.

I felt awful

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• Woke up on edge and it just got worse. Nothing really bad happened, I just snapped. I called emergency therapy (did some basic CBT work to get balanced) and psych (adjusted my meds slightly) appointments that helped a great deal. Was able to finish the day on a high note.
• Wrote a lil blog post about my journey to a Lua based Neovim config that I’m pretty proud of.
• Wrote an apology email that needed to be sent as it was weighing heavily on my mind.
• Tomorrow is going to be lot better, I just know it.

I felt meh

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• Presidents’ Day off! Played Metroid Prime all day
• Rachel and I were watching a funny movie in the afternoon. It was so funny that Rachel accidentally chipped her tooth laughing so much. That put a damper on the rest of the day. That said, there was a point where she was crying AND laughing at the same time, which was fun.

I felt bad

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• 💆‍♂️

• Felt sad all day
• Made a delicious bean stew tho

I felt awful

• Really awful depressive wave just hit me as we got home. I need to get my meds adjusted.

I felt rad

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• Museum date day! Went to the Guggenheim and then went to Cafe d’Alsace for an old person time dinner (ate at like 5:30pm)
• We remembered eating there with Kathrine & Dan so we texted them and what do you know, they were 10 blocks away so we got to meet them while they were in the city!

I felt good

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• Work was very productive
• Went to Astoria Bier & Cheese for a lil after work drink and date
• Finished the Afterparty, so funny and well done with a great twist

I felt awful

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• Broke down a little at work, but I’ll bounce back
• Delivery debacle brought us down a little

I felt good

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• Make up Valentine’s Day dinner. We went to Palma in the West Village, which was excellent.
• Felt very unmoored after work and walked about 40 blocks to clear my mind. I think I have plans and I’m more than a little sad, but there are ways I think I can make things work.
• The WeWork in south Times Square is my new fave. Love the patio!

I felt good

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• Valentines Day! Made Marry Me chicken for dinner and a crème brûlée for dessert. Both turned out very good and no one was left hungry!
• Got the “scaries” about class tomorrow
• Documentation project is chugging along
• Thought I had lost my birth certificate and social security card, but I found it. Ruined most of my morning tho.

I felt bad

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• Work went okay, documenting is fun

I felt good

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• Super Bowl Sunday! Cooked and watched the game

I felt meh

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• Played Metroid Prime and chilled

I felt rad

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• Tiny Blue Ghost concert with Anjie was fun! Wish we were standing, but it was a good concert!
• Work went okay, starting to get into my zone.

I felt good

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• Sorta wrapped up planning at work, time to grind!
• Made a very delicious French Onion Frittata. Will def make again!

I felt rad

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• Big day of progress at work thinking about how documentation can assist sales cycles. Tomorrows a big day in which I need to wrap up planning for the quarter and it’s just a bunch of writing more things down in my head
• Fixed some long stand bugs in the side app

I felt meh

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• Work went just okay
• Made this super delicious doenjang brothy bean stew with rainbow chard that turned out perfect. Used Hochan’s mom’s doenjang, which was so tasty!

I felt bad

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• Felt down all day, lots of anxiety
• Finished Paul T Goldman, what a character study of a horribly flawed man

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️

• Rachel and I went to a French restaurant in our neighborhood which was pretty good
• Sunday Scaries!

I felt meh

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• Too cold out to do anything but be cuddly and play games

I felt good

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• Finished some planning at work
• Saw a play, A Bright New Boise, with Kris & Blaire. The play was just alright (good performances & set design, source material was a little weak tho) but it’s always nice to see them.

I felt meh

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I felt rad

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• Manhattan date night! We went to ABCv and had extremely good vegetarian food
• Volunteering was sorta bad but it is what it is

I felt good

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• Demo went well at work

I felt good

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• Had a good project planning meeting that I got tasks out of.
• Got my demo working for real and will show it off tomorrow!

I felt good

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• 💆‍♂️

• Made risotto. Why don’t I make risotto every week?
• Just chilled and watched football

I felt rad

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• Rachel went upstate for the night so I had the place to myself. Just chilled and watched The Last of Us

I felt good

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• Vim club conference call went okay
• Getting into the zone. Documentation zone!
• The new Lil Yachty album is really good, wasn’t expecting psychedelic rock album, but damned if he didn’t pull it off

I felt good

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• Rachel was stressed out because of a presentation and I was locked in the office for most of the day. I didn’t eat lunch ☹️ We had a little bit of passive aggressiveness in the evening
• I also heard most of Rachel’s therapy appointment today. I tried not too but she’s so loud. I need to think further about how we will do finances and how different ways to make her and her work feel worth it.
• Work went okay, no one was passive aggressive there, at least. Making some headways on where I think we should go.

I felt good

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• Work went pretty well, I had a eureka moment that I’m going to demo Thursday
• Poached some salmon in some spicy olive oil

I felt rad

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• Lots of good meetings at work. Gonna grind and shine no matter the weather 😎
• Rachel made a delicious butter bean and kale dish. Told her she should make it again, can’t ever be accused of not being supportive.
• We decided that Laverne is an atheist and that Fonzie is Jewish. Can’t argue with the boss on this.

I felt good

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• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Chilled, watched football and read
• Made what can only be described as “apple sauce pizza” (clinical term “toasted apple and shallot tart”). Was very good!
• Prepped a loaf of bread to be made tomorrow

I felt meh

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• 👯‍♂️
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• 💆‍♂️

• Did a lil cleaning and then just chilled

I felt good

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• Lots of good talks at work. Accountability is practiced is my mindset.
• Used some leftovers to make a fantastic dinner.

I felt rad

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• Gathered most of the Chord NYC peeps together for the company kick off! It was so fun to have camaraderie!
• Code Nation networking was very fun. I need to start rebuilding networks. Being around bootcampers and recent grads gives me life.
• I did break my dry January, but I’ll get back to it tomorrow.

I felt meh

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• Volunteering went okay. Some kids were a lil blazed, which was interesting.
• Had a presentation dropped on me in the middle of the day at work. Got it done, just a lil disruptive.
• Talked to Lou, our wedding officiant, about wedding stuff. He’s so funny and I cannot wait for the big day.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳

• Messed up cooking some chickpeas. They are tricky!
• Work went okay.

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️
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• Vibes were off. Had some wedding related stuff that came up that threw us off. People need to chill about it.
• Made caramelized shallot pasta for dinner, was very good. Doubled it so I have more sauce to use later this week.

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️

• Woke up super late and just chilled.
• We watched The Worst Person In The World. What an excellent movie, visually amazing and a lot to think about.

I felt good

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• 👯‍♂️
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• Hot pot with Anjie and Erwin in Flushing
• Movie night, watched Ticket to Paradise, which was just okay

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️

I felt rad

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• Work went surprisingly well, except for the documentation meeting where I blathered on about things that don’t matter. People seem excited for what the documentation project could produce.
• Album mode.party keeps getting better and better. I’m starting to game plan growth features, like modals and OpenGraph images, that will hopefully yield clicks. Might need to hire someone to do a logo or something.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🥡
• 🌞
• 💼

• Volunteering went just okay. A little worried about our progress, but it’ll get better
• Got in the zone coding, which was fun, as it hasn’t happened in a bit
• Talked to my mom for her birthday

I felt good

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• 📚

• Work went good, shipped my migration 🎉 Noticed a few things wrong with it that should be easy enough to fix
• Made this delicious roasted tofu and broccoli dish with miso butter. Will probably make it again

I felt good

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• 🌞

• Work went okay, so close to calling it on this migration
• Nothing but great news from my dentist
• We were a little pinch drunk today as we could not fall asleep last night

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️

• Binged the Normal Gossip podcast while watching football. Such a nice combo.
• Felt generally off all day.

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️

• Super low key day. Slept in really late and just chilled.
• Used the leftover white beans to make a beans alla vodka dish, which was delicious.

I felt meh

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• 🥡
• 🕹
• 🌿

I felt meh

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• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Finished a task at work, on to the next thing. Thinking really hard about the next thing, which is just a bunch of documentation.
• Felt too tired and bloated to cook dinner, which sucked.

I felt meh

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• 📚
• 🌞

• Work went okay, slowly making progress
• Felt a little down after work and just tucked myself into bed at 6pm

I felt good

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• First day back at work went pretty smoothly. I need to pick up the pace, personally, to feel a little more settled.
• Added genre tags and a bunch of new publications to Album Mode.party. My big New Year’s resolution is to launch it in some way.

I felt meh

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• 💆‍♂️

• Monday scaries as I have to go back to work tomorrow
• Football watching was a more than a little fraught and a reminder of mortality. It’s gonna get outlawed in our lifetime, just watch

I felt good

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• 💆‍♂️
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• New Years Day! Made a pork loin with apples and a quick braise for dinner to celebrate.
• 🏈 and 🎮 all day
• Added a little category display to the side app

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 💆‍♂️

• Relaxing charcuterie dinner for New Year’s Eve
• Haven’t been journaling the past two weeks because I was sick and just wanted to vibe during the holidays. We did a lot: Got a fancy dinner, saw Kate Berlant’s 1 woman show, saw a few friends.

I felt good

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• Another night of Hanukkah, another night of Rachel singing in Hebrew at Fonzie as I hold him like a baby, for he is the Hanukkat.
• Work was mildly challenging in a good way. Was able to get a little bit into flow and fix some tests.

I felt bad

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• 📺
• 🥡
• 💆‍♂️

• Woke up very late and we were too tired to do chores.

I felt rad

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🎉
• 💆‍♂️

• Chris & Steph’s holiday party!

I felt bad

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• 🥩
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

I felt meh

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• Floated through the day at work. Fun to work in a different codebase, but I need to reframe my overall view of what’s coming.
• Made refried white beans with broccoli rabe. The broccoli rabe turned out a little to salty on its own, but that isn’t the end of the world.

I felt meh

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞
• 💼

• Rough day. Teaching was harder than I expected, I had to run to the train to make it on time and work was tricky to focus on.
• It was nice to catch up with Bill & Dil for lunch on Wall St.

I felt bad

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• Generally felt off
• Made chili noodles for dinner, so good!

I felt good

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• 👨‍💻

• Finished the new season of the White Lotus. It inspired me to input chatgpt “Jenifer Coolidge reads me Goodnight Moon but Christopher Guest level ditzy” for no reason at all.
• My next project might have some traction at work. We. Shall. See. As long as my next task has traction, I’ll be happy.
• Cut off my project time at dinner, still stayed up late. I just need some coding to make whole. What hole is it filling? Man, even I don’t know. Also, seems like I’m just gonna stay late. What am I anxious about? Time. It just keeps going and it effects everyone & everything.

I felt good

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• 💆‍♂️

• This is a week where we get back into our routine. We went shopping for all the groceries for meals this week and I made a fantastic chickpea and squash sheet pan dinner with hot honey. Really excited to see a turnaround!

I felt rad

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🎉
• 👨‍💻

• Woke up very late and went to Stav’s party 🎉

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👫
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Work went good, I was able to focus on writing a proposal with minimal distractions
• Mini date night at the Jack Jones
• Stayed up too late coding at night. Really enjoyed finishing the night listening that good live Fishmans record.

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 🛒
• 👨‍💻

• Work went better. Got really stressed out in morning because of a bug, but got to work with someone through it and then felt good once we diagnosed the root issue and came up with a fix. I also got to vent about some stuff and start putting meetings in motion to get help.
• Made a lil baked spinach artichoke pasta. I couldn’t get it to the levels that the dip at the Queens Room is, but it was still pretty good.

I felt good

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• 👫
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• It was the last day of Medicare Open Enrollment, so I took Rachel on a date to the Queens Room to celebrate. The food and drinks were good and we were touched by how nice the staff was to a special needs regular next to us.
• Work went okay. Still spinning my wheels, but it’ll get better, I hope.

I felt bad

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• 🥡
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Felt off and took the day off

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Felt unwell and took the day off

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Recovery day from going hard at the party.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧹
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜

• Birthday party! I cooked a prime rib, horseradish mashed potatoes, broccoli rabe and a salad for a bunch of my friends. It turned out great and everyone was very merry!
• Did a bunch of cleaning in preparation for this.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳

• Did most of the cooking for my birthday dinner party! Should turn out good, hopefully.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Work went okay, my manager gave me positive feedback. Let’s see what’s next and if things can get off my plate.
• Made tteokbokki with the gochujang that Hochan gave us. Oh my god, it was so good, it was a little sweeter and smokier than the store bought stuff and the spice was more balanced. I’m also over the moon every time I eat rice cakes.
• Therapy was somewhat useful. We talked about how to navigate family getting older and how to navigate situations where I’m frustrated with someone’s behavior that I cannot control. We ended the session with my therapist telling me about how my old psychiatrist closed the office that she worked in, got a new office just for him and told everyone in his practice that they were all remote now, good luck AFTER he did all these things. It’s heartwarming to know that we are all going through choppy waters so we laughed about that.

I felt rad

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• 📚
• 🌞
• 💼

• Lead my first class for Code Nation. Went pretty well, though there were some road bumps. Kids loved that I threw candy at them.
• Spent the day tracking down a tracking issue for a customer. Sorta paired with a jr on it. Was kinda fun that I found it (ugh web components).

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜

• Work went okay until the end of the day where I’m afraid that I stepped in it. Let’s see if we can pick up the pieces.
• Got dinner with Hilary and Hochan! They brought us some of his mom’s gochujang and miso and some soju from Korea! Always nice to catch up with them, so happy his teeth got straightened out and that they will be able to make my birthday party!

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜

• Work went surprisingly well. Stumbled into two new downstream consumers of the packages we’ve been working on, which is not something I expected waking up.
• Got dinner with Chris and Stephanie, so nice to catch up with them after so long!

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️

• Traveled back to Queens, pretty unremarkable
• White People Taco Night ™️

I felt rad

• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Nice lil Saturday in the Berkshires. Woke up super early and went for a hike. Then just chilled and enjoyed my day.
• Rich and Gaylene visited, nice to catch up with them.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Went to a meadery with the Shumans. Very tasty.
• Leftovers!

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Thanksgiving! Helped cook and was generally merry

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Did my volunteering with Code Nation. It went okay, this class is a little bit of a struggle, but we’ll get there.
• Had a good walk to Grand Central with one of the other volunteers, Justin, where we talked about restaurants and comedy.
• Traveled up to Rachel’s parents in the Berkshires. Helped chop veggies and had a delicious 🥩 dinner.

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🥡

• Found out that I’m leading class tomorrow for my Code Nation class. It’s on CSS class attributes, a lil nervous, but I’m sure it will go fine.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 🌞

• Went into the city and worked so that I could make a dentist appointment in the morning. Had the best Sweetgreen I’ve ever had (crispy rice salad)
• Saw The Menu with Kris and Blaire at the Alamo. Movie was pretty good but everyone got frustrated when our food didn’t show up which was compounded by the food on the screen. We got burgers afterwards which made things a little better. Always nice to see them!

I felt meh

• 📺
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Yet another lazy day.
• Rachel isn’t feeling great so we’re just taking it easy and staying indoors.

I felt meh

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• 📺
• 👯‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Work was pretty okay. Still lots of context switching but the happy hour at the end of the day was fun.
• Stayed up late to work on improving an existing OSS library. Need to update tests and take it for a test drive, but I was up all night working on it because I really haven’t coded lately.
• Started watching Loot, what an enjoyable show!

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Still wasn’t feeling great, took another day off.
• Been using my Steam Deck like an oversized Gameboy Advance.

I felt bad

• 🕹
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• Took a sick day. Slept and played games in bed.

I felt bad

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Work went okay, but I had to lie down because I was feverish

I felt meh

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• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Work was a blur. Focusing is hard.
• Just going through the motions of life. Kinda letting everything pass by without caring much. Really missing my normal zest for life.
• Neovim Lua config is mostly done, need to A/B test it for a bit at work to work out all the kinks.

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Lazy Sunday where we did chores and I watched football

I felt meh

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• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Slept in until noon and didn’t do a thing.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Work went really good! Things are getting over the finish line in certain aspects, which feels good.
• Started converting my Neovim setup to Lua after peer pressure from my works #vim channel. It was a lot of work, but I’m getting pretty happy with the results. Being able to write functions normally is very freeing. I just need to wrap up all the LSP setup and I can call it done. OH AND I CAN FINALLY SEARCH CODE SUPER EASILY!
• Rachel and mine’s sleep schedules are all messed up. We think it might be the time change + stress. Gotta get this fixed ASAP as it gonna destroy us.

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Had a very helpful therapy session.
• I was able to focus only slightly more at work, but I still feel like a fraud.
• Made my favorite potato dish, which is crispy smashed potatoes with spicy fish sauce. Always end up eating them all at once. Need to use parchment paper next time.

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞
• 💼

• Work was extremely stressful. A launch happened and everyone is coming to me with questions. I got really overwhelmed with all the information.
• Hopefully tomorrow is quieter!

I felt meh

• 🏚

• Focused most of my day on getting a customer ready for launch at work. Worked a lil late, so it goes

I felt meh

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• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Work went okay. Seems like I’m making progress on some projects but treading water on others.
• On Sunday, Rachel and I were talking about Album Mode.party and she pushed me on getting it ready for launch. Well, that motivated me to knock out two of the huge pressing bugs that I needed to fix before launch. In doing so, I stumbled upon a fun opportunity to make an non module that I mostly knocked out.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🎶
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Relaxing day to prepare for the onslaught of the coming week
• Went to the Really From breakup show. It was so good! I don’t think I’ve been to a better mixed show in a venue that size, I was able to hear the woman singer even while the trumpeter was going off

I felt bad

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Did our shopping for the week and made some delicious veggie burgers

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Woke up not feeling well so I took the day off

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌞

• Work went okay, lots of distractions. Tomorrow, I must focus.
• Made a delicious spicy pork chop dish. Air got a lil spicy.

I felt rad

• 🥡
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 📚
• 🌞
• 💼

• Teaching for Code Nation was super fun! A lot more productive than last week, but still more room to get even more perfect.
• Really enjoyed working in the WeWork on 57th St today. Got a lot done and the vibes were good.
• Took a few meetings in Central Park. Fall is so nice.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞
• 💼

• Went into the city to get lunch with Rachel, Beth, Chad and lil baby Myelle. So nice to see them on their last day in the city!
• Worked out of a very relaxing WeWork in the Garment District.
• Work went well until the end of the day, when I got swamped with like 3 important tickets in the span of 2 minutes just as I had to leave the WeWork. Really threw everything off. Cannot wait to not be on call later today.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Rushed to finish something for a demo, which turned out so good I did it live.
• Rachel and I talked through some wedding drama that was brewing around the guest count. Happy to be over that now.
• Caught up with Matt about his resume and job searching. Always nice to hear from him.

I felt good

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• 📺
• 🧹
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Cleaned up the apartment in advance of Rachel’s mom visiting on her way to Paris
• Had a great time catching up and dinner at the Thirsty Koala was excellent
• Steam Deck arrived, setting it up is annoying tho

I felt meh

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• 📺
• 👫
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Lazy day
• Dinner with Henry & Natalie
• Comedy show

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• Work went okay
• Kris & Blaire’s Halloween party

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Work went okay, getting close to the end of a few projects!
• Made my famous (around the apartment) caramelized fennel pasta! Skipped the fennel seeds and added a lil Parmesan which made it turn out really balanced.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🌞
• 💼

• First day of teaching at Code Nation! The class is going to be very fun to work with!
• Worked out of the Times Square WeWork. It was a nice change of pace and I look forward to leaving the apartment to work at least one day a week going forward.
• Met up with some coworkers for dinner, was nice to see everyone
• My new iPhone came 🙌 No more Android for me, thank god!!!

I felt good

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• 🍜
• 🌿

• Fun day of fixing bugs at work!
• Roasted broccoli and tofu for dinner

I felt good

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• 🌿
• 📚

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Recharge day!
• Made buckeye like cookies and also made a shrimp scampi. Both could have turned out better.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👫
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Date night! We went to Christos and had way too much prime rib.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👫
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• Took a half day at work so we could take engagement photos for our save the date invites
• We really like our photographer, such a fun and collaborative energy
• Skipped the concert I wanted to go to because I was so tired

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• My standup comedy graduation show went great!
• Stayed out very late celebrating that.

I felt bad

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 🌞

• Got my Invisalign stuff off and my dentist was very complimentary of how well I followed the regime. It’s hard to get a kudos from them, so I’m very proud
• Work was just very stressful. Hard to balance 3 projects.
• Made a white bean and Parmesan soup. Turned out great and we have soup for days!

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• Felt a lil woozy and took a nap during the day
• Standup class went well, very nervous for the graduation show, but I think I’ll do okay

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Regular ol’ day at work

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🧹
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Recovery day from going hard last night

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🎉
• 🌞

• Had to work a bit in the morning, but I may have found some stability in the thing that was stressing me out
• Watched the Tennessee game with a bunch of Tennessee alums. What a game!
• Went to an Oktoberfest is that group that was pretty fun.

I felt meh

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• 🌿
• 📚
• 🌞

• Work was still chaotic but not in as fun of a way. I feel a little like a fraud cause I can’t get this thing working, but that shall pass once I can get it off my plate.
• Went to Grand Central to see if they have my phone, they do not, another week with this Android 😔

I felt rad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 📚

• Work went awesome. Was it a lil chaotic? Yes. But I got everything I wanted done and kept all the promises.
• Really helpful therapy appointment. I need to work on separating preparing for the future from worrying about the future.
• Made a delicious spicy pumpkin peanut butter soup. Def a winner that I will cook again once it gets colder.

I felt good

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• 🌿
• 📚

• Busy day at work, lots of productive meetings. Starting to get a vision of what could be.
• Rachel and I had a lot of fun filling out our wedding photographer’s questionnaire about us. So many good memories.

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🍜
• 📚
• 👨‍💻

• Code Nation training. Can’t wait to help teach high schoolers to code! Everyone was so nice in the training.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚

• Roasted some delicious broccoli to go with some ravioli in sage brown butter sauce
• Work was a lil stressful but I think I made the best of it

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Hung out with Justin and Chris and watched sports!
• It was all good until it wasn’t.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Made a sausage, apple and lentil stew in the Crockpot. Turned out great!
• Just another relaxing day of college football

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 📚

• Work went okay, working for the weekend
• Everyone is mushy and sad around the apartment

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 📚

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🍜
• 📚

• Worked a little late so I could wrap up an important project. It wasn’t anything difficult, I just struggled to focus during business hours.
• Talked to my therapist about changes I need to make to feel more productive and less distracted. I think I have a plan that I’m going to start implementing tomorrow.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🥡
• 👯‍♂️
• 📚
• 🌞

• Standup class went pretty good! My lil set is getting there, just gotta keep honing it.
• Working was pretty calm.
• Not having a phone continues to be annoying. iPhones are just expensive/not available enough that it’s just smarter for me to wait for my phone to show up at GCT.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥡
• 👨‍💻

• Work wasn’t too stressful and I was able to hit flow a few times
• Had fun untangling Rachel’s necklace

I felt rad

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• 📺
• 👫
• 🍜
• 🌞

• Rachel’s birthday! We celebrated with a big and delicious meal at the fancy Italian place in our neighborhood. We did it all family style and they were so helpful in this endeavor.
• “You sure you don’t want us to make any noise?”

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Katherine and Dan’s wedding was very nice and fun
• Left my phone on the Metro North and am phoneless

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👫
• 🌞

• Work was stressful, but I got through it. This was the first time I felt supported when a fastball came across my plate.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🕹
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Slowly hitting my stride at work
• Squashed some of the most glaring bugs on the side project. Need to follow up with Paul about the design.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👫
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 🌞

• Date night! Ate at the new tapas place near me (very good) and then watched Confess, Fletch which was excellent. Really don’t make movies like that anymore.
• Getting over the hump at work.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• 🌞

• First standup class, went okay, I have some decent bones of a short set, gotta flesh it out and be able to go without notes by next week.
• Struggled a bit at work, didn’t remember that I needed to compile code to make it work.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚
• 🌞

• Made chicken vesuvio for dinner, wow what a great sauce
• Work went okay, getting better everyday
• The dry cleaner frustrated the heck out of me, probably going to file a chargeback because he won’t take responsibility like a man

I felt good

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Relaxing day of chores, cooking and football