04.09.24 Spanish , makeup and shopping

APRIL 9, 2024

WELL, I’ve had a happy day so far. It’s been wonderful because I’ve been busy. I accidentally set my alarm to go to the paid photoshoot for today, not tomorrow. So that means I literally dipped out of my meeting with Mikayla second early, and said that I had a job to go to, which is wonderful. THAT is the reason I want to work in some capacity. And right now I’m just texting Mikayla, my job coach, about potential job options. I told her that frankly I’d be willing to work just about anywhere because the only thing I want is to be REQUIRED to be somewhere. Ya know, I had a pretty good photo of the day ayer, aka yesterday. I still enjoy randomly throwing in Spanish wherever I can. And something just came up with that too. Recibí un mensaje aleatorio de un hombre llamado Miguel Lopez. OK, now I’m back in English just so people can read and understand this. I’m kind of feeling like if my phone didn’t die, and my car didn’t run out of gas, then I wouldn’t be able to be happy. But both of those things happened today! My phone died, and my car got down to less than a quarter tank, at which point I stopped into a gas station. Unfortunately, the machine wouldn’t read my debit card, so I had to go in to pay inside. TBH those things are literally what’s making me happy. Just running into problems like that, and sorting them out. FYI, I’ve also been using my debit card, not my credit card, because I can’t locate the credit card. Now I’ve emptied everything out of my wallet, and I found the credit card! So I guess the record of my monthly expenses is going to be a little bit off, because I just paid $20 cash on my debit card for the start of a tank of gas. I’ll finish the rest of the tank later, on my credit card (which I’ve found now.) Today I also went shopping. I did the first run at Lunds, where I bought whole milk, oat milk, avocados and blueberries. Then later, when I realized I don’t have the paid photoshoot today, I ran into Trader Joe’s and got my dad’s yogurt, granola, and the frozen cod that comes in a blue box. FYI, all of that was accomplished on my debit card. OK, I just labeled this page: “Spanish, makeup  and shopping,” because that’s what I have today. And I literally DON’T think I could have ever been happy if my phone didn’t die and my car didn’t need gas. I also just checked that all the photos I have in each date’s folder actually belong to that date. Anyways, now I have a bunch of extra time because I don’t have anything til Spanish at 7:35pm. TIme to set my alarm, so I’m sure I’ll get there on time. The alarms also helped me today because they reminded me to go and meet with Mikayla, and while I was there at Backstory, which is across the street from Nolo’s, my alarm rang for the photoshoot I have tomorrow, which I accidentally put on the wrong date. Whatever, I’ll add it for tomorrow too. And THIS just reminded me that I wanted to text Hannah and ask her if Nolo’s was hiring part time. I don’t think they currently are, but it’s a great example of the kind of work I’d be willing to do. I DID successfully communicate to Mikayla today that the only thing I’m really looking for in a job is to be required to be somewhere. I just don’t feel like I have enough hard requirements in my life right now, and I trust myself to do a good job of succeeding if I’m able to find my “VERY PART TIME” job. Today I also asked Mikayla if we’re gonna begin sending out job applications before my Florida trip, or only after. Anyways, gotta save myself space to talk about my night Spanish class. It’s very important to be to be able to find a job tbh. Honestly, when I can live in my own house I’m just gonna be so happy all the time. Just coming back home every day is gonna be wonderful. Oh, and I’ve also already taken my meds today, at 2:40pm, partly since I thought I’d have to run over to the photoshoot that I’m gonna be paid $150 to attend tomorrow. And I just cropped the photos in this page a bit so I’ll have space to write TODO aquí.  Just gotta take a hella horizontal picture at my Spanish class. At any rate, I’m feeling decently fulfilled by a lot of my volunteering. Just today I was able to plan on some more stuff with the teaching Spanish-speakers how to speak English, which is my new favorite volunteer activity. I’m not sure I’d be willing to cut down on that volunteer job just to make time for a “real job.” OK, OUTTA SPACE AGAIN, damn it. The photos just got smaller again, lol. OK I just went to my clase de español 5, y fue EXCELENTE. She broke us up into groups of two, and had us write 15 sentences using the conditional in a situation decided by a different group. I worked with Lynda, and we wrote over 10 sentences using the conditional. Our situation was that a boy didn’t have money to pay for a sweet at a store. I also didn’t write down any notes about Lynda’s life, even though I took notes on literally everyone else. Not sure how or why I missed Lynda. I’m literally just reading through my notes right now and they’re reminding me that someone studied in university, and someone  who works with PPE in her job will go to Puerto Rico soon. Someone also works with Spanish-speaking students at her job, a middle school in Brooklyn Park. I said that I recibí un daño cerebral y que eso es lo que me hace amar el español porque lo recordaba después. A guy’s also gonna travel to Spain this year, to Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao. This all REALLY makes me want to find a job that uses Spanish in some capacity. Failed to take a hella horizontal photo at class, OH WELL. Added a random makeup photo too, because makeup is now SO IMPORTANT to me now! <3 Dinner, which I’m shockingly hungry for, is gonna be some falafel and fried rice (after 10pm.)

GOD And now I'm just re-publishing this months later, because it shows up as an unpublished draft right now!