Hannah: Snake, Canasta, Shopping and Dinner from Mom

May 10, 2023: Another really good vacation day so far. Not even over yet but it’s better to start this mid day. I was thinking of labeling it “sea life, snake, shopping,” but I don’t really have photos of the sea life we saw. Well to start with my notes, I had my morning meds at 7:01am with two eggs, toast and coffee with oat milk. I also texted Papa about the job app that I did with mom. I also did the pre-check for my Jessica and Bergquist appointments. I also finished and published yesterday’s photo a little bit after I finished breakfast. Mom also put more blue gel on my burns this morning, and Hannah venmoed me the $4.95 from the shell I bought for her yesterday to get my purchase to the $10 necessary to pay with a credit card at Corey’s yesterday, which I didn’t mention in my photo. Then after two hours after my meds I also had some peach spread on an English muffin because I was still a bit hungry. I also asked Hannah whether I should read Spanish or watch a Spanish movie on the flight back, and she told me I’d probably have time to do both. Also this morning I randomly got 5 stars on the Waffle game for the first time, which might be the first time I’ve ever done that. I also had some good conversations with Alex B. today, from Fogo. Alex told me that when I was at Fogo she saw me speaking more Spanish than I remember doing, even with customers. I also told her Spanish was the one thing I really didn't forget because of the brain injury, and told her all about disability. And then I gave her the link to my photo site and explained the story behind the photos of the day, and I told her that if she ever plans on getting a TBI to do it when you have a good relationship with a therapist. No way in hell I’m finishing this today. At least I have the photos mostly figured out. A lot of Hannah. I thought I might take a dinner picture with mom too because we went with her to dinner, but she just took one of us. Let me just write through what I can think based on the photos without looking at my 11 pages of notes too much more. Alright so first of all, I drove Hannah to the manatee observation center, and there we actually met a snake, not a manatee. The snake was a corn snake named Diego, even though it was a girl, just because they didn’t know the gender when they named it. I literally also showed the staff my snake tattoo and told her about my sister’s rosy boa. Later Hannah and I played Canasta at a Mexican restaurant where we ate lunch. She won, I know. We also went shopping for some of my items that I wanted to buy on this trip, and I actually totally succeeded in buying the fanny pack. We went to 2nd Street Art and found the best fanny pack ever, that has like three pockets and also is white so it matches everything. Hannah and I also had lunch at a Mexican restaurant called the Taco Dive. That’s where the top horizontal photo comes from. Then, on the right, we actually have our dinner photo, where we went out to El Sid taquería, and I got two more tacos, the WTF and the carnitas. We agreed it was cheaper and better than Chipotle. Our server told us she liked the shrimp best, and Hannah got that one. I think the corn and feta were the best parts. Also when I was there at Sid, I posted the snake photo on my personal Instagram, and I told Hannah that my post-Fogo Instagram has had some good moments. I also had my night meds with the dinner meal at 7:18pm, and we’re assuming it was close on the fat count. We also took the far right photo there, of me and Hannah at Sid, where you can also see my new white fanny pack. Mom convinced me to go with no purse that night, especially because carrying it kind of hurt my sunburned shoulder. Then after we finished and mom drove us back, Hannah and I went out to the pool to sit in the fading light a bit. Hannah also did a quick swim, though my skin was peeling too badly and kinda bleeding from the sunburn. Hannah and I were really hoping that our BeReals would go off when we were down there, but it hasn’t gone off all day yet. Also today while I was talking to Hannah at one point I told her that I feel like this vacation has shown me that it’s possible for me to be happy. I’ll just read through my notes and see if there’s anything else I think is super important. Speaking of important add ons, I also bought a present for my mom for Mother's Day today, and also a present for Liam. Didn't write through all my pages of notes so I didn't get there, but I just looked and saw it. Oh and I also took a shower today, my first one since the sunburns, and had mom trim my hair again afterwards. So basically for the first part of this photo I was actually writing through my whole day, but then when I said “no way I’m finishing this,” I changed to just random stuff that seems important. Oh and literally at the end of the night Hannah and I just watched Father of the Bride, which was good, and had a trailer that was very appealing. It was also enough after my night medication, which was at 7:18pm, that we were able to have some popcorn too. Funny enough I kind of got close today on the 12 hours apart goal, so that's a benefit.