July 1, 2025

Lucifer opted to sleep in today which meant my plan to catch the 5:20p showing of 28 Years Later was squashed. I hope tomorrow he’ll opt to leave home in the morning so I can catch a showing after work.

Today was somewhat uneventful. I finally brought my collagen powder to add to morning coffee in the office. I hope tomorrow see more consistent results due to my increased intake of collagen plus my multi, fish oil pills, revitalizing scalp tonic, rosemary oil, Nioxin shampoo and conditioner, BioSilk and Keratese. Hair loss is just another obstacle on the road to death.

I had a lot to do today but I fumbled along. I suspect the unproductive Monday reverberated through my Tuesday. I managed to find some footing late in the morning. I still managed to finish up three packets despite a number of unexpected drop-ins. I had half the Tate’s snickerdoodle cookies for snacks today. Lunch was the chicken stew I’d cooked on Sunday and ice cold water.

I added batana oil and pumpkin seed oil to my Amazon card while on break. In the afternoon, I started to sneeze and feel woozy. There was something in the office that smelled so bad but I could not figure out where it was coming from.

I rushed home after work, let Lucifer out, collected my Aunt’s garbage and recycling, I swept the bedroom and part of the basement, cleaned the cat litter and refilled, tossed out old, expired food and tossed my recycling in the bin. I also put the garbage and recycling out on the curb before I took a nice hot long bath. I also took some Emergen-C, had a hot mug of lavender tea and took an Advil and melatonin. Oh and all my supplements before settling for the night. It is late. I dried my hair as best I could with towels then applied the scalp revitalizing tonic from Moroccan Oil, rice water leave-in conditioner and Bio-Silk before blow drying. I also applied my Kojic Acid underarm brightening serum. Honestly, armpits have lightened up drastically since I’ve gone back to waxing and started to apply the serum. Though I do an underarm wash, scrub and mask before waxing then apply lavender oil and the brightening serum at least once every 6 weeks. So it could be that.

I did not spend a dime today which is really great but I did pay $400 on my credit card. I have no plans to buy anything but I am taking myself out to the movies. I will eat buttered popcorn, a soda and a hotdog. I will go out to a coffee spot and order a caffeinated lavender coffee and read my book for three hours. I will also go to a museum and maybe the botanical gardens. I took Thursday off because it’s our anniversary. We would’ve been celebrating our 13th year. There is a part of me that thinks us breaking up is a waste. I guess I can’t help myself but I stop to think about how relaxing and peaceful it is been to live my life freely the past week that it would be a waste to stay together when I know I can accomplish more on my own.

Also, my hard cover copy of Manifest arrived in the mail today. Yay!

$0. Double Yay!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

January 6, 2025

Image
Today was foggy. Thankfully, the freeway was not backed up and traffic was at a minimum my entire commute. I wondered if everyone and their grandmother was stranded in airports everywhere. I arrived at work by 7:49a but because our computer system at work is shit, I logged in via cell phone which is highly frowned upon at 8:03a.  Work was work. I had been out of the office for 5 days. Peopling again after a hiatus put me in such a foul mood. So, I kept to myself and limited exchanges. Even after my single coffee, the side eye was my constant dark passenger. I had a brown bag lunch as usual, but I did forget my water bottle at home (also a reason for my sour disposition) forcing me to buy a bottled water from the often-unreliable vending machine on the second floor. $2.35. Bottle of Dasani water. I also finished my first (audio) book of the year, Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang for free on my Libby app.  I contemplated visiting a local reuse center for cheap c...
Read more

June 30, 2025

Image
Ahh. Monday. I contemplated calling in sick today which wouldn’t have been such a bad idea considering our system at work is down and has been for the last four hours. I spent some time talking with colleagues about reincarnation and family. I then tried to unsuccessfully read my current book, The Mountain Is You. My mind has already checked out of working today because of the abysmal start so I ended up death scrolling on Insta. Wednesday last week 6/25, I left work and ended up at the market. I spent an hour really considering my meals for the next few days. I did pick up mackerel for a dish I planned to cook my Aunt. I added an extra fish for Lucifer. I enjoyed shopping. There is no one pressuring me to hurry up. No one sighing, no one judging me for taking the time to choose my onions or my peppers. I picked up bok choy, bell peppers, shallots and yellow onions on sale three pounds for ninety-nine cents and three bags of Roma tomatoes. I bought two heads of cauliflower and a head o...
Read more

Saturday Orders

Image
I opted to receive orders on weekends only just so I’m home and can retrieve the packages before they are stolen. Not that it’s happened before although my order of Korean collagen sticks had gotten delivered to the wrong address. Today, I received a bulk order of Earl Grey tea. A household staple; ordering it this way I’ve found provides the most savings. $.14 cents per tea bag as opposed to buying from Target or Safeway plus I avoid crowds, fighting over parking and using gas. $17.04 Also ordered a few makeup replacements. A new-to-me concealer, an eyebrow mascara, an eyebrow pencil (a must-have) and a pressed powder compact that I got for $.14 cents after gift certificates and rewards. $.14 I took the concealer and powder for a test run using just my fingers to apply and the thin foam sponge from the compact. I wanted to try this lash serum + liner in Blackest Black since the eyeliner I currently have and used but stopped smears. Also part of the Color Stay line so I’m interested to...
Read more