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2025.05.17

Rachel visited us today and we went to the Aquarium! Kiddo wants to be a marine biologist and was very inspired, especially by the sting rays. We also went on the ferris wheel and had a nice meal. It was really nice! :)

2025.05.10

We met our old friend Josiah from FF14 today in person! We went to Pike Place Market and explored. I had a lot of fun. Josiah bought gifts for his mom for Mother's day, and I got 3 rocks (heart shape white/pink for me, small black heart for Kiri, and a opalite one for kiddo) and 3 framed artwork of cats in the Market. We also ate at an unexpectedly fancy crab restaurant, where Kiri was very happy to eat cheese curds (he misses poutine). Then we chilled at our apartment a bit. :)

2025.04.26

Kiri's family back home is struggling (health, finances), and he's been stressed and emotionally drained from it. He got his SSN, however, which is good news. We've been playing REPO with Mai, which has been very fun. I started playing Dandy's World so that I can play with kiddo. Haven't had much time at all for hobbies otherwise due to heavy workload.

2025.04.13

Kiri, kiddo, and I went to the mall to meet Sh. and their partner--we had lots of fun! Had some snacks and we got a lot of things from Daiso, Miniso, and Uniqlo. :)

2025.04.09

Not much to update, but I'm very busy with work things! For my main full-time job, we have a time-sensitive government-related request where if I don't get the data in on time, the project is fined thousands of dollars per day. I'm also doing my current side job that pays just as much as my main one. Grandpa professor also wants to continue doing research with me, so that's another task. Also need to contact Sh. (friend who made Hammy) to hang out soon. Busy busy.

2025.04.04

Kiri changed my plates for me, and P. came over and replaced my car battery, and the three of us went out for ramen after. ^_^ There are car basics everyone should know (but I don't know them). Like about the oil level--P. said if you drive when the oil is empty, it (the engine?) can explode. And when the filter for the engine is not see-through anymore, it's time to replace it. And when you're doing battery stuff, always do positive first. I didn't know any of that! Honestly, why don't they teach this to you when you're getting a car license? I love to learn, and there's so much to learn but so little time. I think in my spare time I should learn at least some car basic knowledge. I also want to teach myself machine learning, SQL, and Python, which a lot of industry jobs want.

2025.04.03

Applied to a job on a big online platform but am not hopeful about being selected--but that's OK since I have a stable job already. Life is also stable--I have a job that's not too demanding but simultaneously challenging at times, and I have a lot of free time. But I spend most of it sleeping.

2025.04.01

Feeling a little better--yesterday Kiri and I went to the gym and did a bit of exercise. There's a paper I'm doing analyses for a paper that are complicated (to me).

2025.03.30

I feel unhappy and stressed still. I've been having bad dreams. In one, I am being beaten and I scream out for help, but my voice comes out muted and though there are people in the next door room, they don't help me. Another one is about the man who scammed me by not paying me for the work I did. I don't really have good experiences with men.

I burned dinner.

2025.03.29

Feeling unhappy today. Maybe I have been too busy and am feeling burnt out. My husband made me stop smoking years ago, which I know is good for me. But I really want to be smoking on a balcony.