February
February 3, 2025 ;
Just a bunch of random stuff
Dentist - Hmm tbh I'm not sure if I have anything substantial or burning that I just have to say, but I realized that I needed to make a February page so here I am. Let's see... well, in January I ended up having a bunch of fillings done, so I had to go to the dentist twice. I always think it's going to be so much worse than it actually is, lol. But I also think the conditions have just gotten better. I think before when I'd have fillings, they weren't giving me as much numbing shit as they do now. Because I have had plenty of fillings where I could feel the metal crown thingy that they put around your tooth, and it fucking hurt. But yeah now? I didn't feel a thing.
Jury Duty - I got a jury summons last month too (I can't remember if I talked about it) and I'm supposed to respond to the court by today. I already did that last month so... I guess I just have to wait. I will find out idk, either late this week or early next week? My summons date is February 10. UGH I had to talk myself down last night. I THIIIIINK my county still does jury interview shit online, which would be SO SO SO SO nice. Like why the fuck would they make us all go in person just to sit around and waste time all day? Idk. But yeah, trying to convince myself that just because I get summoned doesn't mean I necessarily have to serve on a jury. But even if I do serve on a jury, it's also not the end of the world I hope??? Like... I will survive, somehow. I guess we'll see...
Hair Mishaps - Hmm I got a haircut late last week and well... I don't love it, unfortunately. I made the rookie mistake of seeing the length wet and then asking her to cut it shorter, and thus it ended up too short. Oh well... ugh. It's not totally unfortunate if I slick it back, but it definitely made me feel ugly as fuck for the first day lol. I did make a hair appointment for May for adding color again, and then I made another one for June to cut it. I guess we'll see what the conditions are like then.
Reading - In book news, I've been burning through the Apothecary Diaries. I'm really not looking forward to catching up, but I am getting closer and closer each day. I think I have a few light novel series lined up once I'm done, but ugh who knows if I'm even going to like them as much? At least I have the anime to look forward to as well, but ugh........ I just want more Maomao!!! I'm on volume 11 right now and I think I have two more until I get to the prepub. So yeah, I guess I'll have another series to add to my weekly reading. At least I have more than one going at a time. Currently I'm also reading From Villainess to Healer, Dahlia in Bloom, and Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore's Fifth Year weekly, so yeah! Lots of stuff to keep me going throughout the week.
Mandarin - In Mandarin news, it's been going pretty okay. I think I stumbled from one thing to another but now I'm working on the Mandarin Blueprint free lessons. Not sure if I'll end up paying for it, but so far it seems cool. And I already know a couple characters, so that's more than I knew last week (zero) lol! I'm kinda excited to learn how to read? One I feel like it'd be fun to read what people are saying on Xiaohongshu without having to translate it. And two I think it'd be cool to read Manhua and Chinese webnovels without translation. Not that I am reading any at all right now, but idk I just feel like the reading possibilities are endless! Anyway, I'm trying to go slow with it though so I don't burn myself out. So far I think it's going okay!