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Anya's Photos of the Day
A first-person account of recovery from a serious traumatic brain injury


Fogo with Segundo and more
Nov. 11, 2022: Well today was insanely fucking busy. It was the busiest night I’ve ever seen at Fogo even before the crash. After work...

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Nov 13, 20221 min read


Chilling with Nathan
Nov. 10, 2022: Well I don’t even know what to write about this one. We had a nice talk. I felt better after the talk. I learned that he...

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Nov 13, 20221 min read


Fogo with Viviana and Diane
Nov. 9, 2022: There were about 200 reservations tonight. Went up to 204 and back to 200. Earlier in the night I took a photo with Olivia...

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Nov 13, 20222 min read


Fogo with Htee
Nov. 8, 2022: Well today I worked with Htee at Fogo, pronounced Tee. We talked a ton. I told her basically everything. Said I’m still in...

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Nov 13, 20221 min read


Hot tub and Mickey’s
Nov. 7, 2022: Well today I didn’t really try to take a photo of the day. I just have a selfie I saved from the hot tub earlier and also a...

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Nov 13, 20221 min read


Fogo with Asani, Macie, Brenda, Stella, Lea, Tee, Yaya
Nov. 6, 2022: There were a fuck ton of hostesses tonight. Thank God I worked the night. This morning only had like 138 reservations, and...

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Nov 13, 20222 min read


Fogo with Genesis, Stella, Diane, Asani
Nov. 5, 2022: Well tonight was kind of crazy. I worked with a fuck ton of people, including Lea, Macie, Stella, Brenda, Israel, Yaya,...

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Nov 13, 20222 min read


Fogo with Diane and Genesis
Nov. 5, 2022: Well tonight was super busy. I didn’t feel like I did well but other people thought I did. Like Matt and Genesis. One big...

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Nov 13, 20222 min read


Fogo with Brenda and Leah
Nov. 3: Well tonight Brenda and Leah left way earlier, at like 6:45, which I remembered just now. So I worked most of the night with...

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Nov 3, 20221 min read


Fogo with Olivia, Ava and Aliera
November, 2: Today I took my picture with Ava, Olivia and Aliera, although Aliera didn’t want to be in the photo. There were 216...

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Nov 3, 20222 min read


Nathan and Fogo with Maggie and Jorge
Nov. 1, 2022: Today was a good day. During the day I went to Sabathani then hung out with Nathan. I have a bunch of notes from that...

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Nov 2, 20222 min read


The Holtzes’ Bonfire
Oct. 31, 2022: Well today I thought I wasn’t gonna have a good photo of the day. So I took a bunch of random photos of my day. But then I...

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Nov 2, 20222 min read


Sunday Funday
Oct. 30, 2022: Well today I did a lot. In the morning I worked at Fogo. Had about 1,000 steps starting my shift. Then I finished with a...

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Nov 2, 20222 min read


Fogo with Israel, Diane, Macie, Genesis and Stella
Oct. 28, 2022: Well today I had a very busy day at Fogo. I worked a double, and my first Saturday night since Matt had not let me for a...

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Nov 2, 20222 min read


Fogo with Israel
Oct. 28, 2022: Well tonight Israel actually remembered the photo of the day, and asked me if I’d taken it yet. I’m just waiting to do my...

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Nov 2, 20222 min read


Fogo with Olivia
Oct. 27, 2022: Had an ok night tonight. Here’s me with Olivia after we clocked out and were eating. I’ll have to look at my old notes to...

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Nov 2, 20221 min read


Fogo with Israel
Oct. 26, 2022: Tonight at work I took a selfie with Israel. I feel like it’s one of the first times I’ve done a picture with just her,...

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Nov 2, 20222 min read


Fogo with Hannah
Oct. 25, 2022: Well tonight I didn’t have a great night at work. We didn’t do the best job with seating tables and Fernando even took all...

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Nov 2, 20221 min read


EMTs who saved my life
Oct. 24, 2022: Well today I met the EMTs who saved my life. And other people, but that was the one I really cared about. It was Allan...

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Oct 24, 20222 min read


Fogo with Genesis, Matt and Stella
Oct. 23, 2022: Well today was a fantastic day. This was my morning photo of the day. I ended up with a better one later but this morning...

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Oct 24, 20221 min read
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