Jodi’s house with Jodi and Alec

April 4, 2023: Well I totally messed up on my photos today. I didn’t take a single photo at Open Door because I thought I would see Bella. Well, today I had my meds at 5:45am with cheese and crackers. Also right before I left I made two eggs, well after the two hours for my meds had passed. Well I drove into Open Door and at first there was no one to translate for, I even told Lynn and Ed that I was considering looking for work as a translator soon. I also listened not to music but to Simple Stories in Spanish on the way there. I did check the voice mail messages at Open Door, but there were none, just two calls that left a message of silence. Sadly there were not many people to translate for right away, and I just told one Spanish speaking family how I learned Spanish, though they didn’t really need translation. But then after like an hour or so I got a few people, thank God. I also told Wendy and Victoria that I had to leave at 12 because I thought I was meeting Bella at 12:30. So I did leave at like 12 and drove over to Chimborazo, at which point I texted Bella that I was there and was asking where she was. Then I looked back at my messages and realized that she had actually said the meeting was Saturday, not Tuesday. I have no idea why I changed it to Tuesday. Some mistake, not sure why. I did tell her though how I kinda messed up the date. So then I called Papa and told him about what had happened, and he invited me over for lunch. Good because I was quite hungry. What I did was I actually drove back home and picked up my laptop and external hard drives and then went over to Papa’s. We had Chinesey rice and then what I did was I actually just worked on my Spanish knowledge for most of the afternoon. I brought my hard drive stuff but didn’t work on the yearbook that much. Then when he went to mock trial I drove over to Jodi’s to pick up some food that was the right about of fat for my meds. There were some "better nut bars," some almond butter and salted caramel snack mix. Put one of the bars in my purse already so I’ll definitely be good in the future. Then I drove home from her house, which was like a minute, and actually called this guy Alec from Tinder on the way home. Had an amazing talk with him. I feel like I told him pretty much everything. And that’s why I put a picture of him in this, I told him about this project and how it helps my memory. I learned that he likes his job and works in HR for C.H. Robinson. We also did this crazy thing where I said I had some personal stuff to share and we decided to do a “personal share trade.” So we talked a lot, for like 3 hours at least. Probably the best part of my day, which was good because I didn’t remember to take a photo with Papa when I was over. Funny enough Alec showed me some scars that he has from his chest surgery and I showed him my left knee scars from this accident. Also told him all about Lunds and Fogo and possibly wanting to find work as a translator, and being on disability. He said that his sister is on disability too, and is always worried about the “earning too much money” thing. So yeah other random things area that I learned that he too lives alone and has a cat. Also mentioned that I live alone and don’t love it. Funny enough we even spoke a little Spanish together, though he didn’t understand everything I said. Well, we both like fantasy books and he said it was cool to learn about everything that I said. Funny enough he also said that he used to work at Cigna as a behavioral health claims analyst, at which point I asked mom if we had Cigna. We don’t. Around the end of the call he also asked me what my dream job would be and I told him that I didn’t know, which is true.