These past couple of weeks were difficult in a few ways. Miriam's parents were for a week. Her dad is pretty conservative in a lot of ways and I got kind of upset with him a few times. I got sick about halfway through their visit. My best guess is I caught something while at the dentist without a mask while people were in close vicinity of my open ( Read more... )

When I was young - maybe a pre-teen? - my parents bought me a make-it-at-home ball bearing roller coaster called Spacewarp. I was thrilled! I've always loved watching things moving around in channels, like those metal overhead paths in pinball games for instance. I loved digging channels at the beach and pouring water in at the top and watching it ( Read more... )

I stayed outside with my parents as my mother packed the car. When she was done, we all hugged and I told them how grateful I am for their love and acceptance. When I went back inside to have some food, they were still finishing getting things arranged ( Read more... )

My parents made it across the border, and I am relieved! I didn't really expect there would be any problems, but crossing the border makes me anxious ( Read more... )

My parents are about halfway through their road trip to see Danae and I and should be arriving tomorrow. They made it from Kenosha, Wisconsin past Minneapolis, Minnesota last night before they realized they forgot to pack the power cord for my dad's dialysis machine. They were pretty anxious. Fortunately, Baxter, who had already shipped all the ( Read more... )

I am honestly at a point where, if I wanted to tell someone about all the major issues and stressors I am trying to manage in my life, I wouldn't know where to start. Like, my home country is crazy and likely to have violent unrest soon. My parents live in one of the Covid hotspots of the world. I haven't gone anywhere but the grocery store for ( Read more... )

After a week or so of spending a great deal of time on the couch, sleeping next to Danae, hugging stuffed animals, or eating chocolate and ice cream, I'm back to real life today. Which is good, because half my jeans are getting too tight at this point. It's definitely time to get back to following my daily task list and monitoring my food again ( Read more... )

My parents sent me an Amazon gift card for my birthday. I spent a little of it on a case for my new phone (a pretty one with cherry blossoms!), but I have some left. I want to buy something enjoyable for myself but I can't decide what. Normally it would be a board game, but I haven't even opened the five boxes of board games I brought with me when ( Read more... )

I'm finally settled into the hotel here in Fort Worth after a long, long drive from Evanston. My parents went out grocery shopping (we have a fridge and microwave here in the room). I was going to go with them, but on further consideration I decided that a little time to myself would be really beneficial. I had a better time on the trip than three ( Read more... )