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Congratulations to my debuff princess in the Aquarius Cup, she and Oguri and Taiki pulled it off

He really does like watching tv…

I got this little journal to add to my growing collection of cute small journals with various purposes. This one’s for documenting my 6 months of IUD symptoms lmao..

It’s so cute and sturdy and I love the magnet clasp

Boss seems happy that I’m home and is just chilling, watching me like a fish in a bowl.

Two dorks and a sweet person

Though I should probably get home to Boss soon because I’ve left him again and he’s gonna go insane

It’s actually really nice to speak to a doctor who isn’t my psychiatrist, and I’ve known my neurologist for longer. He’s known how bad my depression can be and so hearing how I’m doing and if I’m safe is important to him. I’m glad to have him in my life.

I’m at the point of progress in my neurological care where we don’t need to adjust my meds or device often, so instead I just get a 30 minute therapy session with my doctor who is awesome and sweet (depression is a comorbidity of epilepsy).

I decided to stop taking Vyvanse recently for that reason. Not sure if my hair was falling out at any different rate, but my heart rate and blood pressure were DEFINITELY way too high for really no discernible benefit.

Purrs on max, cuddling on max

I got home at about 3:30 and went to sleep almost immediately since I didn’t sleep much or well on the trip. It’s 1:30 AM now and Boss has been in my face meowing “Hi.” every time I wake up briefly to roll over.

Cuddle time has resumed

And with pho in my belly, we’re done for today. I’m gonna be sore tomorrow since I fell down the stairs of the riverwalk three times since it was raining all day and I wore new shoes that I didn’t know were slick af. 💀 but I learned my fall recovery reflexes are REALLY good…

I didn’t take photos but another place we went to was a South American cultural (mostly) outdoor mall. Like many farmer and creative markets right now, it was oversaturated with drop shipped bullshit. But the minority of vendors who made true handcrafted goods were amazing.

Mural outside the TGC store

We also went to a mall recommended for its eccentric nature, which turned out to mean local vendors on the bottom floor selling various goods (homemade or drop shipped ((eww))) among mall retailers and lots of unique stores on the top floor. It was neat! And had anime on tvs..

Their tags were real… I just take them off immediately fhhfjd

Also they were playing LL Sunshine and i appreciate that

My only purchases so far on this trip. I went to an anime store that was recommended on Reddit for having the most legit merch. The claim was true, I only saw a handful of possible bootlegs among the Pokemon plush.

Glad to have these legit San-ei cuties. ☺️

Looking some things up, San Antonio has a lot less annual crime than Houston and a slightly lower threshold cost of living, but it suffers from similar problems like a lack of high wage jobs and a geographically visible rich/poor divide which keeps ppl generationally locked.

So far my impression of downtown San Antonio is that it’s very Catholic, has more Mexicans than Houston (or at least it seems so visibly) , and its vibe is less intense. There is still poverty and homelessness but I feel less hostility in the air if that makes any sense.

Think he just had a libbed-out reaction to “Conroe” but. Look at me. I’m gay.

We found the San Antonio art gallery, there are such galleries all over Texas. The guy on duty asked if I knew about it and I said I’ve been to the Conroe one. He replied tersely, “This one is NOTHING like that,” then told me how the San Antonio one is exactly like it. 🫤

I love her expressions and toothy smile, I’ll def have to get her and Len too eventually! Glad you got her!

Visited the store that owns him and his brother (a black cat that I saw elsewhere from a distance)

meow meow meow meow

At the riverwalk. Photos don’t do it justice. I’m already worn out cuz we parked far from it and dad walked us in a big circle in the wrong direction first 😭 But now we’ve enjoyed breakfast and are having a moment to sit before going back out.

these two local wifis that showed up

I like too how the film let the protag be justified in her anger in some moments and not just scold her for it, because she’s RIGHT to feel that way. And nod to the cynicism that okay maybe everyone isn’t good but let’s at least try to do things in good faith first.

I think choosing to have a protag and thesis about feeling anger, helplessness, and naive impulsivity to do good in the face of the world’s inaction/apathy is SO necessary for this moment in time.

“I’m tired of feeling this way. Everything is broken and there’s nothing I can do. And when I try, I make it worse.”

Paraphrased from the protag of Hoppers, I just saw it. It was really good! Even my dad thought it was stronger, he’s praised it a lot and he’s not much of a cartoon guy.