19 september 2025
It's my birthday today!
Got some nice well wishes from my loved ones. Han sent me a bunch of adorable hand curated kitten meme reaction images, which I SO appreciated. And of course P and I are hanging out and have made plans to write together today, so I'm super excited about that.
Woke up in an ice cold bedroom (the AC was running overnight) and snuggled up very comfortably in a fresh set of PJs, bed linens, and with hair that smells like rose hips because of the new shampoo and conditioner I've been using- it's been very soft, and the waves have appreciated the definition from it.
Also pleased about being able to use my mechanical keyboard since I'm at home for the day. Not for any actual work purposes, but I paid good money for it, so it's nice to get some use out of it. I'm still considering bringing it to campus with me, at least for Mondays and Tuesdays, where I work mainly from the gradspace department and that's it, but we'll see. It is kind of heavy, and I don't have a good dust cover for it... But I do like working in the relative silence of the space. So it's a toss up.
Waiting for the kitchen kettle to boil so I can make myself a damn cup of hot coffee and actually enjoy it straight. Ever since I'd swapped to matcha, the awfulness of coffee breath has become that much more apparent to me. I don't really get the same thing with tea, but there is a distinct weird mouth thing that goes on with it. I guess it's because of the dry mouth?
Anyway, the milk mochis are super yummy. Sadly not as big of a fan as the strawberry ones, because of the jam filling, but they're a nice little sweet treat.
The funny thing is, I'm really starting to understand why some adults don't want to make a whole performance out of their birthdays. I'm mostly tired, man. Those 9am to 9pms have got me in a bad way, but it does make sleep that much more of a delicious little treat, and the value of it being quiet and a slow paced morning with a hot cup of coffee all that much better.