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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
2-10-2026 Log
Lazy day was lazy. Started out with date night with the BF and GF. Good time. He made chili for us that was really tasty. <3 Also, he finished my Christmas gift (he got delayed since he had to wait for a warmer day to use a sealant on it). I'm now a happy owner of a pretty shooting star dice tower. I'll have to take pictures sometime. <3 🌈💫☁️ Did make a pretty bad mistake though on the way back. I was changing the radio station and didn't realize how much pressure I put on the gas peddle ... unfortunately a cop realized it before I did. >_<;;; Got a ticket but at least they had a QR code to make it easy to pay for. But that's a bit of a wake-up call to pay more attention to my driving. The mate's kinda happy that this might help encourage me to not have quite as bad of a lead foot though. -_-;;; After that, we watched a bit of a show (they wanted to show me a specific section of their show, Monogatori, which was actually pretty good). I decided to just take it easy today. Partly because date night and the cop incident wore me out. But also, despite going to bed in a good mood, had a bit of a stressful dream that left me feeling a bit tired. So just fooled around not doing much today and going to bed early. I've got one more day off before work, so I'll get back into the swing of things tomorrow. ^_^

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NightWolf714 said:
Honestly, not sure the meal planner would help. Mostly because I can be slightly picky about things. I've gotten better with it! But still have a bit to go. Honestly, what we should do is make our own menu. We've talked about having a list of items we regularly like. And maybe have the dry erase weekly planner on the fridge. We've mostly found it difficult when the mate is on a day-shift schedule and we have half of our meals separate. We'll figure it out though. I appreciate the recommendation. ^_^
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You're welcome. I just realised - another idea would be to use an AI chatbot, like: "please make me a five day meal plan for two people avoiding these ingredients, none of the recipes take longer than X minutes to cook, all of them can be frozen or kept in the fridge and had as leftovers. Please make a grocery list and provide storage instructions for anything that might go off." Then if the result isn't to your liking just ask it to list the plan again but with your desired modifications? I dunno. Could make things easier.

I'm also glad your driving mistake just ended up with the cops and nothing worse!
 
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2-11-2026 Log
Not a whole lot I can think of to say for today. We were hoping to finish off the anime we were watching. Turned out that, at the last quarter, they finally found their footing. But still pretty bad, lol. Though it was amusing enough that I don't regret watching it all instead of dropping it. We had to get an early start on it, though, because the mate realized they had their discord show night as well. Which, admittedly, was a little sad because they are still on day shift sleep schedule and I want to spend all the time with them. But it was nice parallel playing and tuning into the show here and there. (They're watching StarGate. I'll probably watch it on my own at some point because what I've seen is really good.)

Momentum was a bit of a struggle. 20 squats each set kinda adds up after a while! Along those lines, I've decided to drink some protein mixed with almond milk in my coffees on days that I'm doing Momentum (or other strength-based workouts). Those are days I'm most likely to a.) burn off the calories and b.) utilize the extra protein into muscle instead of just letting it become fat. Calorie counting also seems to be going well. Other than that one blip last week, I've been able to be fairly relaxed with it. And not worrying about times when I simply treat it like So if I can keep this up, looks like I've figured out how to calorie count in a healthy, much less stressful manner. It does mean that my weight will not go down as fast as I'd like or may fluctuate a bit. But I'll still be able to see trends. I'm more looking at long term gains versus short term anyways. That said, I've already been able to make changes. I've realized some things are much larger portions than I thought! And I'm doing waaaaaay better at drinking water. Including, like, actual straight up water instead of just water-like things.

Well, for not having a lot to say, I sure did say a lot, lol. Heading to bed now. I meant to go to bed a little earlier, but should be okay. ^_^;;;

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  • First Thing Water - Missed for coffee
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Missed
  • Light Therapy - 10 minutes - Done
  • Universal Warmup - Done
  • Momentum - Day 9 - Lv 2 - Done
    • Oof, it got hard after set 3 with those squats!
  • 30 Days of Cardio - Day 9 - Lv 1 - Held
  • Better Sleep - Done
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful I figured out a good system to treat myself to the tasty protein powder without overdoing it.
    • I'm grateful that we always seem to have a stash of sourdough crackers these days, lol.
    • I'm grateful life is pretty good in a, there's no major concerns/drama/issues in my immediate life settings. (There's some work stuff, but it honestly doesn't effect me too much, so I'm gonna start not stressing over it.)
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • Been calorie counting in a good manner without overstressing about it. :)
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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
2-12-2026 Log
Work night
  • Woke up in dream state so groggy and wanted to go back to bed. :/
  • Kept wanting to read webcomics instead of getting ready for work, lol
  • Mate surprised me with fresh asparagus! And Chinese take-out! I was a happy pup!
  • Ahead on time so stopped by Dollar Tree on the way into work for cheap press-on nails and (small) Valentine's gifts for the crew. (I got cute press-on nails but I've heard it's best to try your first time with cheap ones in case you mess them up.)
  • Mistimed the Dollar Tree visit. D: Turned out okay though. 8 minutes late but they were just starting with report
  • Last of the training with my once-a-week orientee. Going well. I'm confident she'll be okay and get faster with time.
  • Tasty cookies at work. Yum!
  • YESSSSSS!!! Firefox can sync active tabs so I can catch up on DareBee journals at work. The tabs aren't in order, but it's something!
  • A coworker taught us a fun lil' game called "Imposture Who." Basically everyone but one person in the group knows a secret word. And we all go around saying a word related to the secret word. The person who doesn't know has to fake it and everyone has to guess who's faking. XD
  • Yay, able to leave work a little early
    • Or tried to anyways, lol. Saw a coworker friend and caught up with him on the way to my car. Got out on time, though, which is kinda early for me LOL
  • I got to see the mate before bed. <3

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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
2-13-2026 Log
Happy Friday 13th, lol.
  • Had trouble getting to sleep
  • The mate tried making a drink with chocolate protein powder, almond milk, and blueberry flavoring. Yum! It turned out much better than I thought it would
  • Got caught up reading comics again before work, lol
  • Client from PHP had D/C'ed during the day. She wrote a me a thank you card. <3
  • Too cute! The chef made heart shaped biscuits for their lunch tomorrow
  • Felt lazy today~
  • Free time most spent playing phone games or reading
    • Read an anthology of short comics based off the various author's personal experience with autism.
    • I don't have an official diagnosis or anything, but parts of it I could relate to and felt seen.
  • Took a nap. I usually don't, even if I'm a little tired. I'm kinda hesitant about naps in general for some unknown reason
  • Got a chocolate covered strawberry from work. <3

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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
2-14-2026 Log
Happy Valentine's Day bees~ I hope it was a good one for y'all. And I hope y'all remembered that it includes love towards yourself as well. <3
  • Tired~ Ended up snoozing for 20 minutes before getting up.
  • Had to convince myself to do exercises. >_<;;
    • My poor leggies with all of those jumps! :jacks:
  • I asked the mate if I could have mini pancakes instead of my standard breakfast. They delivered! Such cute quart pancakes with apple slices. (The mate enjoys plating and making meals look pretty.)
  • Smooth traffic into and out of work
  • SAD FACE! My crew's schedule (including mine) are messing next week so no official family day. ;n;
  • Report went long but luckily most of it was things that happened during the day but won't affect my shift too much
  • A few extra tasks but nothing major
  • Tried a little bit of crocheting ... and broke the yarn. D: Was able to fix it and move on, but that was demotivating a little. And a bit harder to continue than I thought it would be (I had to be careful with the next round too).
  • So happy last shift for a bit.
  • Got to take home nice treats for myself and my partners. <3
  • Enjoyed staying up a little bit and catching up with the mate before bed

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2-15-2026 and 2-26-2026 Logs
Ugh, I forgot to write up journals for yesterday and the day before. It's been a busy couple of days here. I'll try to get today's written up before bed though!

So Sunday was a bit off since we couldn't have family day. I slept in until sometime between 6 and 7. Was nice to be able to catch up on my sleep debt at least a little bit. Went out for a couple of groceries and Chinese take-out so that was nice. But I also got a text from the BF reminding us that we agreed to let him sleep over Sunday and Monday nights because he had an in-person class he was leading Monday and Tuesday. <3 While sad I couldn't see the rest of the crew (including the GF), I'm glad I could spend a little bit of time with him. Though that may have been a good thing as the GF has apparently come down with a nasty stomach bug. ;n;

Honestly, the evening wasn't exciting. I felt tired so I didn't really do anything. I even allowed myself to skip exercise to rest up. Which may or may not have been a good thing (as I'm finding doing at least a little bit helps me sleep better). The annoyance is that I wanted to stay up decently late to take my car into the shop Monday morning. It's been making noises so we wanted to get it looked at. The mate offered to take it themself, but then they would have been stuck there all day so I didn't like that idea. So we both drove down there. They parked and rode a tiny bit in my car and their reaction to actually hearing the noise was ... ahhh ... not good, lol.

Unfortunately still don't have the car back. Turns out we should have changed the brake pad before now and it was completely worn out. >_<;;; But was a good thing we took it in, because they caught cracks forming on the serpentine belt. If that had gone out, that would have been a nasty situation to fix (and probably more expensive to). The main trouble is that they had to order some stuff so I still don't have my car back.

Monday night was pretty chill as well. I deleted a few phone games so I let myself download a new one ... and made a huge mistake with it. A merge 3 with a slot-game element to it. Both of those are addictive in their own right, let alone together! And it has cute animals in it! I'm gonna have to set a timer with this thing. D: But I did convince myself to get a work out in so that's good (did Momentum Day 11). And had a good time hanging out with the BF and the mate before they both ended up going to bed.

Also did well with naps. I took a short one on Sunday night and a longer one last night. Trying to catch upon my sleep as best I can before a, well, unfortunate couple of work weeks start up. I'll be working Wed-Friday nights, off Saturday, and then working Sun-Wednesday nights. Soooo ... yeaaaaaaah ... I'm gonna have to get comfortable with naps.

I'm sure there might have been other things, but that's all I can think of at this point. ^_^;;;;;
 
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2-17-2026 Log
I'll be honest, I did not want to get up on time let alone early. But we had a meeting that required me to get up a little early so that was that. At least it was virtual. A lot of it didn't apply to night shift as much, but was good to hear that it was all good stuff. Though I did go back to bed after the meeting for another hour and a half nap. I felt a lot better after that. Worked on leftovers since I had a bit that had built up for dinner. We're watching the most adorable anime to go with it right now. ^_^ The mate suggested going for a late evening walk afterwards. We were both reluctant to do so, but both agreed that it would be good for both us of. I'm really glad we did. Getting up and moving really helped. And we have more active hanging out chatting while we walk, so it felt like I made a better use of our limited time together before they went to bed.

I did have a talk afterwards about my work situation. See, I was trying to dedicate myself to working full time for a year. But once that happened, it feels like it's just been one thing after another. And I wanna drop down to PRN (as needed) already. But there's issues with that too. Plus, I would feel like I'm running away. Basically, it's a tangled mess of emotions and I can't even use the past few months because they were unusual, but I also don't know if "unusual months" is the new norm or not. >_<;;; It's all very confusing. The mate helped me come up with a good game plan though. We'll stick with the game plan of evaluating every quarter (from when I started full time, which was mid-October). Until then, I'm gonna work on time management so that, whenever it is I do drop my hours, I won't just be spending all day mindlessly playing on my phone. ^_^;;; I feel better having a game plan in place, even if it's kinda loose of one.

Stuck to it decently well. Read on my comics some. Saw an episode of my own personal show (ever so slowly going through the classic Strawberry Panic). Decided that since I am dropping the daily doodling, I'll give my monthly drawing a chance. (Even if that's intimidating. It's Gods/Goddess themed and I'm trying to draw the Goddess, Brigid, I follow.) Got a workout in. So could have been a little better, sure, but better than I was doing.

I'm not looking forward to work though. Not because I'm worried about it in particular (though I am wondering how Thursday night will go, as my boss wants to hang out with us for the first bit of it). I'll be working three, off one, then on three. That's ... a lot of 12 hour shifts. I know some folks could knock it out of the park, but I'm not one of them, haha. So definitely gonna have to work on taking naps. Still, it'll be over before too long. But, yeah, that's the kinda thing that makes me want to go back down to PRN, lol. It also doesn't help that I don't have my car back yet. We're hoping I can pick it up before work but we'll see.

That's all for today bees~ Have a good one.

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2-18-2026 Log
Work night
  • Tried Momentum, 1 set in and dead so stopped
    • Debating about pausing Momentum and Cardio during this crazy week and switching for Recovery instead. That way I'm not overdoing it but still doing something.
  • Had to leave out early, YUCK!
    • Though it was to go pick up my car so yay!
  • Found out my schedule changed?! I could have sworn it said Wed-Friday but now it says Tues-Thr?! Looks like it might be okay (there was another nurse on the schedule for Tuesday) but oof! I feel bad about being a no-call, no-show. Asked my boss about it as soon as I found out.
  • Making good time into work so stopped at Petco to see cute critters
  • Caught up with two dayshift nurses I love.
  • Shift going smoothly
  • Got a lil' thank you card from my boss. <3
  • Had idea for keeping up with stock meds
  • Yesterday got invited to join their new safety committee. Still thinking about it.
  • 5/7 blood draws, woot woot. (Knew I wouldn't get those anyways. One wouldn't be there until after I left, one I knew would refuse.)
    • It'd been a little bit since I've drawn blood at work so even better.
  • Got a "Great Catch" at work, getting a nail that was slightly sticking out hammered down.

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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
2-19-2026 Log
Work Night (I hope it's not confusing that I post these when I post them, so usually the day after it's dated. ^_^;;;; )
  • Snoozed just a little bit
  • The mate tried out putting the vanilla icecream flavored protein powder into waffle mix. That tasted amazing.
  • Held normal workout because I've been feeling kinda tired (and massively struggled yesterday with it)
    • Tried out Outbound. It worked out great! Only did Lv.1 but that felt like a good amount for today
  • Went to work in a pretty good mode for the first part
  • My boss wanted to hang out with us for the first part of the shift. (Fortunately she gave us a couple of days heads up about it.)
    • Definitely nervous but was a good time. I've briefly met her but got to get to know her a bit more. I like it and think she'll be a great leader for us.
  • Missing Tuesday ended up being okay. And she was fine with me skipping out on Friday night so I'll get 2 days off before the next work week
    • Super happy because we are able to meet up with the crew for a late dinner on Friday evening. And then go to a family cookout on Saturday night with the mate's extended family (which we otherwise wouldn't be able to do because of how early I'd have to get up for it.)
  • Started work drawing up my lil' work project. Working on a new inventory form for medications we keep in stock for all to use (like Tylenol or Pepto-Bismol). Hoping to make this easier to tell when we need to order things and keeping up with expiration dates.
    • I mentioned to my boss that I like doing that kinda thing, so she may have me make up more things. But also, when I mentioned making up a form her response was a joking "one more form" which is definitely a good sign, lol

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2-20-2026 Log
Bit anxious but overall good day. Got to sleep in an extra hour. Then got up and moving, though admittedly a little slower than normal. Then on our way to grab food and head up to visit the family. Unfortunately we slightly mistimed (and took much longer than we expected at McDonald's getting food. -_- ) that we just passed one person in the crew leaving just before we got to their place. (She had some prior arrangements.) Still, we had a really good time for the folks who could meet up! It was so good seeing them since we weren't able to earlier this week.

We also had a bit of amusement at a mystery of the BF's. See, he got a package from Shein. Addressed to him with his address. But he didn't order anything. He asked around and no one he knew had a clue about it. He's had it for a couple of weeks now so we gave up on it. (And no worries, he's keeping an eye on his financial accounts to make sure it was a poor attempt at stealing or something.) Doing a quick lookup online, it sounds like it might be part of a "brushing" scam? (Basically, his name and address got leaked. So a seller on Shein sent him free stuff, and then will give themselves a 5-star review in his name.) But the long and short of it is that he got a bag of random clothes items ... for petite girls, lol. Bestie S was able to fit the set of tank tops so she grabbed them. I was pretty much the only person who could wear the rest, lol. Well, one shirt was too small for me (probably a child's size). So that was nice. ^_^

After that, was kinda lazy. I probably could have exercised but I mostly took the evening to be lazy and make the most of chilling since I have things planned on both my off days. I meant to do a bit more artwork this evening, but if I work on it tomorrow, I should be okay. It's been a while since I've done it, but I decided to try and give a last second attempt at the monthly Trinquette Challenge over on facebook. (The idea is you have a month to do a full image using reference images they provide to help you improve your art skills.) The theme for this month is gods and goddesses. A bit nervous, but thought it could be a fun idea to draw a picture of Brigid since that's who I follow. The hard part is seeing if I can finish by the 25th, but if I can get the sketch done, I can work on it at work on my tablet.

Now off to bed. It's pretty early for me but I'll be needing to get up earlier than I realized I needed to for the cookout we got invited to. Wish me luck with sleeping, lol!
 
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2-21-2026 Log
Whoops! Forgot to write today's log up. Gonna make it quick and then get to bed.

Did a good job going to bed at a decent time so I could wake up early. Also did a good job not getting distracted while getting ready so we were able to head out the door pretty quickly. Ended up making it out to the family cookout in good time. Good food and it was nice catching up with some of the mate's extended family. We see them maybe once or twice a year so it was fun. Unfortunately the mate's mom was feeling under the weather so she skipped out. Their brother was there though, and they always have a good time hanging out. And we managed to get some leftovers too. (Just barely saved the mac and cheese from being tossed, lol.) We agreed to pick up dinner for their mom and drop it off. We visited for a little bit, but then I was pretty tired so we had to head back before it got terribly late. Took a nice hour and a half nap. After that, just kinda felt lazy and lost track of time. Playing games, reading stuff online. I did finish the sketch I was working on, so that's good. Especially since I decided to add another element to it, lol. (Which may or may not keep. I think it adds something, but it also looks tacked on because it was, lol.) Now off to bed so I can be well rested for the start of the new work week.

OH! In the US from Feb 23 until March 1, it's National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. So take that as a reminder to be gentle to yourselves but also don't be scared to reach out for help because you aren't alone. :)
 
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2-22-2026 Log
Work night
  • Woke up feeling more rested overall. Not perfect, but definitely better
  • Still took it easy though. Outbound workout again, though Lv. 2 this time
  • Slight anxiety/depressive mode about going into work. :/
    • The mate talked with me about it. Asked how much of the feels are my own and how much are inherited. I realized that most of it were inherited and about things that didn't effect me.
  • Drive into work and talk got me into a great mood
  • 2 day shift nurses and me. All neurospicy. Report was not straight forward in the least in a great, most pleasing way, haha. Lots of work trying to keep us on track. XD
  • Lots of time spent on current phone game for a limited time event. Possibly too much time. ^_^;;;;;
  • Also lots of time spent on art though! Good amount of inking done for my current picture. Gonna be pretty close to the deadline though.
  • Sudden snow flurries. O.O

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2-23-2026 Log
Work Night
  • Had trouble getting to sleep, so tired when woke up.
  • Skipped workout, just warm-ups and yoga
  • Got to hang out with the mate a little before going into work, though, with that extra free time so that was nice
  • Hit the ground running kinda day, but not necessarily in a bad way.
    • Helped me be pretty on top of things since I just kept that energy going for a while
    • Well, until I tried putting on a youtube video to have with charting, lol
  • Both more and less phone game time. Less on any specific one at least. I think overall too though
  • Read a little on my tablet
  • Finished inks on my picture. And nearly finished the flats
  • Got a nice lil' nap in
  • Left work at a pretty good time. Unfortunately traffic was doing it's thing, but oh well.
  • Did pretty decent overall with mood regulation today. Some points were a bit rough, but did well.

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2-24-2026 Log
Work Night. But I forgot to write down the journal so this is by memory. ^_^;;;
  • Tired but not as badly as I thought I would be for night 3 in a row. I guess I'm doing better this week. :)
  • We've been having themed dress up days for NEDAW. Today was cozy day so PJs and sweats. I show up wearing my Wonder Woman onsie. XD
  • Wore a lil' Black Widow themed leg pouch since I realized I didn't have pockets. Poor thing is old enough that the pleather is falling off. :C
    • Good excuse to get a much higher quality leg pouch though! Took a peek at Amazon and there's some cute ones on there. <3
  • One of our affiliates got us doughnuts. :D And there were some leftover for night shift too. <3
  • Found out a coworker accidentally made a short-cut list for ordering blood draws ... which is visible to everyone and makes it a bit confusing since there's a bunch of duplicate lists now. >_<;;; I do not get what this woman is thinking half the time.
    • Tried to poke around and see if I could delete it. Not able to. But I did find out that I could make a list for the diagnosis codes we need for lab orders. I don't think anyone realized that, so I made that up to simplify the ordering process.
  • Good progress on my picture. Definitely not getting it done in time (the deadline is the 25th) but it's looking really good! I just need to figure out what to do for a background once I'm done with the shading and highlights and other details.
  • A little bit more reading. Found out that the Elf Quest books are on Hoopla. Been curious about that series for years now.
  • Been also reading a book I'm borrowing from Bestie S. called "Never Whistle at Night." It's an "an indigenous dark fiction anthology." Pretty good and ranging from dark, horror, and just kinda unsettling. (One story so far I knew were it was going, but couldn't stop reading and gave that morbid uneasy feeling getting closer to the climax, for example.)
May have been more during the day but I can't remember. XD

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2-25-2026 Log


Yeaaaah, that's about the jest of it. Slept in a ton. Finished off Achedemon's Dilemma (cuter than it had any right to be). Played on my phone. Read comics a bit. Just felt kinda drained and not wanting to do anything. Figured out part of why when the dreaded shark week started later in the night. -_- We'll see if I can be more productive tomorrow.

Though, to give myself credit, I did empty the dishwasher like the mate asked. That counts. :)
 
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2-26-2025 Log
Meant to get back into my normal workout. But life has a way of doing what it does, lol.

Didn't set an alarm this morning so I ended up waking up around 5pm-ish. Though it was a bit of a light sleep. I really need to remember that when I do almost completely zero, I don't sleep as well even with melatonin. >_<;;; But it was still fairly light out so the mate suggested we got a nice walk in. Decided to risk how I was feeling and go for a long walk. I had to fix my posture part way though, but it was a good time. Amusing moment was on the return back we were deciding what to do with the rest of the evening. We decided to get food out since it had been a little since we went to a sit-down restaurant (one day I'll learn to spell that word without the aid of spellcheck. But not today). Plus, it was close to a grocery store too. "And you can get your second cup of coffee there too," the mate added. Which confused me. "Second cup?" And this person whips out one of my Starbucks Frappe drinks from their hoodie. That's love right there, haha. We just both kinda died laughing at the timing. I am constantly joking that we should write comics. XD Apparently they grabbed it because we had talked about getting groceries after walking and knew I'm complain (jokingly) about not getting coffee first. That's survival instincts love right there. XD

Got steak pasta at the restaurant; pasta for comfort, steak for luxuriousness and iron. Though it took me all night to finish it, lol. (American portions, am I right?!) Then grocery shopping. I ended up impulse buying a little. They had Easter items out which included plush toys. There was a whole line of lil' plush rubber ducks made to look like various things. I almost got the small highland-cow duck to go with my giant one I got years ago, lol. But I went for the butterfly duck because it was cuter. They also had a bunny duck that was cute too. I absolutely love weird hybrids or just weird-ass plush toys in general. Even have a couple of franken-plush toys (where someone takes 2+ plushes, tear them apart, and sew them back together again). Definitely worth it. <3 And also got a cute over-priced snack pack because it made me happy (I usually only get it when it's on sale, but shark week means I get to do little splurges, those are the rules).

Rest of the evening was fairly chill. Watched a bit of YouTube with the mate. Parallel played video games. Reading up on comics. (I finished one manga I was reading, so now reading through "The 100 Girlfriends who Really Really Really Really Really Really Love You" which is peak silly rom-com poly goals, lol. Loved the anime, so excited to read the manga.) Going to bed a little early to continue catching up on the probably massive sleep debt I've collected lately. Meant to do exercise but time kept slipping away from me, so just counting the walk for today.

There's a little part of me that's kinda sad. I haven't planned a date night for this week with the BF and GF. And I miss them and wanna cuddle them and kiss them and huggle them, lol. Buuuuuuuut ... it's also been kinda nice waking up whenever I wake up and not really having to do anything for more than one day at a time. So mixed feelings. We are having our family day on Sunday so it's not too bad. But, yeah, conflicted feelings about it. And adds to my desire to go back down to part-time-ish hours because even 1 day a week makes a difference. (But not yet. Still holding onto full-time for a little longer.)

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  • Walked long way around the neighborhood, about 1.5 miles
 
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2-24-2026 Log
Work Night. But I forgot to write down the journal so this is by memory. ^_^;;;
  • Tired but not as badly as I thought I would be for night 3 in a row. I guess I'm doing better this week. :)
  • We've been having themed dress up days for NEDAW. Today was cozy day so PJs and sweats. I show up wearing my Wonder Woman onsie. XD
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I need to see a pic of that onsie! ;)
 
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I just butcher the pronunciation in my head for these. Rest-au-rant, with a really crunchy rant. Same with Wed-nes-day amd Feb-ru-ary.
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I do the exact same thing with those words along with fri-end and so many more. LOL!
 
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2-27-2026 Log
Pretty good day. Slept in just a little bit before getting up. Got a nice breakfast of bacon, oatmeal, and a banana with show watching. I was tempted to jump into coffee but managed to get some water first.

Which I don't think I've mentioned, but I had previously gone back and forth about what exactly counts as water. Basically my general overthinking. But, like, I counted gatoraid zeros because it was hydrating. Hot teas counted. But my sweet tea didn't always count. Sometimes it did (since was it really different from the hot teas) and sometimes it didn't. So recently I got tired of that back and forth and decided that only actual, pure water would count. Well, if I used water flavorings, it could count. But, like, my propel or liquid IV didn't. Using the KISS method (Keep It Simple, Stupid). XD

Did play on my phone a bit more than meant. I was gonna crochet but never got around to it. But I also did a good amount of reading so I think it's okay. I'm really enjoying the 100 Girlfriends manga, which is no surprise because I really enjoyed the anime too. (Found out they are getting a 3rd season and I am hyped for it!) Read a little bit of journals on here, but it wasn't catching my attention the same way, haha.

We'll see if tomorrow I can be a bit more productive. But I also got a workout in today so I count that as plenty productive. I also did a bit of simple cooking to use up some of the leftovers we had with plenty new leftovers. Such is life, haha.

That's all for today bees. Later~

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2-28-2026 Log
Good day today. Spent a little bit of it at first just waking up and sipping coffee (since I was groggy from waking out directly out of dream state). Decided to get some Burger King expecting to hang out there for a bit. (We've had TERRIBLE luck with BK's lately with extreme waits.) But this BK was so on top of it, I had to compliment the staff to the manager. I did make the mistake of not getting my sandwich plain though. D: Though I sat with the anxiety for a bit and, with support from the mate, gave it a try. And then got mad at how much I liked it, even though it was super weird. (This is HUGE for me with my food phobias.) I still don't care for the onions and pickles, but otherwise it wasn't too bad.

After that was off to our main goal, Ollies. Honestly, not a huge fan of the place. But it's fun for an occasional browse because it's such a hodgepodge of stuff. (I'm pretty sure they probably get stock that didn't sale at other stores). Found a few interesting books that I picked up. I did manage to contain my impulse buying a bit so proud of that. (No, I didn't need a crochet kit when I have multiple projects I've already started, lol.) We also got a few other things but overall nothing too crazy.

Chilled for a little bit once we got home because I was tired. Then the mate decided they wanted to jump into VRChat. Not really to hang out but just to go to a fishing world they had found. I figured I would join them because who doesn't like a good fishing game? It was a lot of fun! The world was better than I thought it would be. I'll definitely need to go back sometime. Though I didn't stay on there nearly as long as that mate did.

After that, more chilling. Watched an episode of my personal show (still slowly getting through Strawberry Panic). I did try some crocheting. But the yarn I was using broke on me again. (I think I had too much tension.) And then messed it up enough that I could neither add more yarn nor unravel it. So I think I'll have to start that project over. Luckily only 5 rounds in since I was fairly early in on it, but that was enough to stop crocheting for the night.

I also decided to finally try putting on the press-on nails. I looked up some info and totally knew what I was doing.

Turns out I totally had no clue what I was doing. Had trouble figuring out the nail glue container (and still confused by it). Got glue all over my hands and on one of the nails. But did finally get them on ... only to find out that half of them are backwards. Did y'all know they have lil' numbers on them? I sure didn't, lol. Fortunately they were from the Dollar Tree and I expected to mess them up. But overall, not too bad for a 1st attempt, I think. But ... I am not use to longer nails. Especially fake ones, as the sensory input is different. Typing this journal up is an interesting challenge, lol. We'll see how long they last before I yank them off, lol. If it turns out I can't get use to them, I can always give them away to someone in my crew, after all.

Now off to bed. Excited because tomorrow (errrr, today at this point) is family day. ^_^

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  • Daily Hug Challenge - Done
  • First Thing Water - Done. Just barely remembered to swig some water before starting on my coffee, lol
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Forgot. As I tend to at home. >_<;;;
  • Light Therapy - 10 minutes - Done
  • Universal Warmup - Done
  • Momentum - Day 12 - Lv 2 - Held
  • 30 Days of Cardio - Day 12 - Lv 1 - Done
    • Could definitely feel yesterday's Momentum in my legs from the side lunges. I'm glad this was just Lv 1
  • Better Sleep - Done
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful the mate showed me the nice fishing world in VRchat
    • I'm grateful that typing with press-on nails isn't as bad as I thought it would be
    • I'm grateful I have my own allowance so I could get some fun books
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • Didn't impulse buy too much
    • Got around to trying the press-on nails like I've been wanting to
    • Did VR for the first time in months
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3-1-2026 Log
Oh wow, I can't believe it's March already! I mean, I know February is a short month, but still!

Got up and got moving fairly quickly. The crew was there just a little after I woke up. Folks were a little tired and out of it, so we spent a decent bit just eating lunch and chatting. We were hoping, however, to get to play HeroQuest some. Not just because it had been a while (apparently Nov). But we were also partway through the last quest of our current campaign. So eventually we go to it. Which made me VERY happy as I was the storyteller for this campaign. And I have a blast doing it. It's the closest I've come to traditional storyteller/DM/GM of a tabletop RPG. Definitely a lot of fun. Of course it was also just nice to get to see folks again since I hadn't in so long. <3

Slight bit of drop of mood after they left, but not as bad as expected. Relaxed and did my normal thing for the most part. It was such a long break that it kinda feels weird going back into work. It also sounds like there's been a few discharges and there'll be a couple of admits when I get there. Gotta be honest, that makes me a little nervous about this week. But overall, not a bad day. And looking forward to a workout or two from the start of Girl's Week on here when I wake up. <3

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Forgot to mention before bed. For the press-on nails, how many guessed less than 24 hours? XD

I popped one in the morning, tried to replace it, popped it off again. But couldn't get use to how they felt. Plus, annoyed because I couldn't do thinks like open a can of coke by myself. So took them off last night. XD
 
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3-2-2026 Log
Work night
  • Oops, only partial alarm set. That could have been bad! Luckily the mate checks on me once they've made my breakfast if I'm not up yet so that just meant I got to snooze for 10 minutes.
    • They added leftover bacon to the meal too. <3
  • MIL called the mate to check dietary restrictions (we're invited to a wedding in May and she was responding to us). The mate shared my food victory from the other day with her because they were so proud of me. She was too, and commented that "[my mom] would have been so proud." ;n;
  • Held my regular workouts to focus on Girl Power Week. The workouts I picked were either easier or harder than I expected, lol. Went well though, even if a minute of jumping jacks nearly killed me. XD
  • Got to pet the neighbor's dog before work. The day has been blessed. <3
  • Rained a little on the drive but luckily not when I was entering or leaving the car.
    • It did start just after I wriped the windows down to remove the pollen, which was amusing. XD
  • Got to catch up a little with a day shifter I haven't seen in months.
  • Low census. Weird but very nice! (It definitely won't last long, lol.)
    • Was suppose to get 2 admits today, but one backed out
    • Day shift was apparently slow enough that I didn't have homework from them. And even completed a task I was gonna help out with for tomorrow, lol.
  • Spent too long catching up with day shift so I wasn't really able to go to snack with the clients. Which is kinda sad because I enjoy that, but also meant I got a jump start on tasks
  • Good bit of lazing though. Some phone game time, some reading. Restarted that one crochet project and it's going well. (I figured out what happened last time, so that's a plus.)
  • In the morning, gave report to two day shift nurses, one of which I had found frustrating on occasion. She ... seemed eager to help though? She was even saying she might try seeing if she can do the one task that always falls on me. O.O Very much a 180 degree attitude change. I'm hesitantly optimistic about this.
  • Report went quick so I was actually able to leave work early. Woot woot!

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3-3-2026 Log
Work night
  • Woke up in the middle of the day with some anxiety. Had trouble getting back to sleep. :/
  • Bacon with breakfast helps though, lol.
  • The mate is taking care of tax stuff. I'm so fortunate that they are good at that kinda thing and enjoy it too
    • They're actually kinda happy because we made enough to pay money this year.
  • No homework from day shift. And the one nurse did get that one task done so she earned some brownie points with me.
  • Running around helping the RCS as soon as shift report was done. Sounds like she didn't get enough help during her shift so tasks had backed up. :/
  • Did manage to have snack with the clients though!
  • Not as fast with my tasks but still pretty good
  • Surprise lunch included butterfly shrimp! <3 <3 <3
  • Bit of blood sugar issues tonight which sucked. :C I know why though and what was going on so that helped.
  • On the way home, found out I did a small oops at work. :C Luckily it's okay, but still sucks.

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3-4-2026 Log
Work Night
  • Snoozed for about 15 minutes because I didn't want to get up
  • Wanted to do multiple Girl Power Week workouts but only felt up to one at this time. Hoping to do the other one I was eyeballing later.
  • Day shift apparently had a day! Had someone admit and then almost immediately AMA. O.O Crazy stuff, I tell ya.
  • New trainee starting today. She's nice and doing well. Eager to play around with the practice charts and learning it pretty well so looking good.
  • Managed to get some down time today because we were both kinda tired, lol.
  • Reading through the Elf Quest comic since it's on Hoopla. Pretty interesting so far.
  • Internet went down. Eep! Even resetting the modem didn't work.
    • Surprisingly enough, I was able to accurately remember who had early morning meds and what they were. That's kinda impressive for me.
    • Luckily, it came back on before the end of shift so I was able to chart everything I needed to
  • Only one day nurse today, struggling because there's an admit today (we've been slammed this week with admissions) and she isn't feeling well.
    • Let her have a vent session with me. Seems like it really helped. She's doing better, but still struggling with prioritization and not getting overwhelmed.

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