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  • I'm on my first book for the summer. A friend inspired me to get back into reading, and I forgot how fun it can be. c:

    But the big news is summer break from uni ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧

    It felt like two years in one. So much has happened, both good and bad, but right now I get to finally, finally decompress.

    (But honestly, two days into this break and I got restless.)

    I'm looking for work. Got laid off from my student job due to remote work budget cuts. It was a bummer, but I'm not too worried about getting a job for the summer.

    I'm also studying for this startup project I'm volunteering with. The other designer left and uh, now I have the chance to be the design lead. For now I'll take small steps because that is not a role I want to mess up. XD

    Then there are my two clubs I need to meet up with throughout the summer.

    In regards to more stereotypical summer fun stuff, I'll be going to an anime convention with some friends in a couple months. It'll be my first convention! Plus I get to meet a friend I haven't seen in about five years.

    And I might be going on an LA trip in August! ⌯’▾’⌯ We might be touring the Winchester Mystery House as well.

    • the winchester mystery house is so cool! i took the tour many years ago when i was a kid. the tiny little steps were my favorite.

    • Congrats on the start of your summer, sounds like it'll be a good one despite the layoff (which seem to be getting to feel about as common as bad weather...)

      Congrats on picking up reading for pleasure! It took me many years after college to get back into it myself, but it is such a wonderful habit

  • Just got back from EDC, which is the biggest EDM festival in the states. They had so much more DnB this year! I normally am fairly proud of the amount of exercise I get in, but I'm pretty sure I went even harder this year than any previous one. On one of the three days my watch said I spent 4.5 hours of the day with my heart rate in the fat burning zone and 7.5 hours in the cardio zone, netting me 7700 calories burned 😂 I averaged around 4 hours of sleep a night and about 1 meal a day so my body is definitely in recovery mode right now, hoping to get a solid night of sleep now that I'm home and hopefully the change of weather and scenery will help clear up the asthma. But I'm definitely feeling very grateful and fulfilled right now 🥰

  • that's a lot of books!!!

    i was meant to go camping and biking on the new river trail in virginia this past weekend, but it looked like it was probably going to rain a lot of the time, so i stayed home. friday we went to a friend's jam party. i went in the house to use the toilet, and every dog ran at me barking. one nipped me pretty bad in the thigh, but i can't blame the dog since i didn't have an escort with me and kinda assumed it would be okay to pop in and use the bathroom, oops.

    saturday was a lazy day, which i haven't had in a really long time. we ended up staying in and watching the first few episodes of fallout. didn't want to be out late anywho because i did end up making plans for sunday...

    rode the train to the next town over (about a 30 minute ride) on sunday morning, then biked back for a good 50 miles! still felt pretty good by the end of it, which is a good sign for the impending ~430 mile ride at the end of july. i've nearly biked more this year to date than i did all of last year. 😅

    we went and saw the new apes movie (kingdom of the planet of the apes), and it was by far better than all the first three combined. more likable characters, better writing, and better acting. to be fair, i went in with very low expectations, but i think you could skip the first three, just watch this one, and it would be a decent movie.

    not much in dog news. i did have a private lesson with a new trainer, and she was great! she sent me a detailed list of homework until i book with her again. :)

    edit: also just got asked to speak at the local bike shop about bike camping next month!

  • I finally passed the checks for the job that I got offered 11mo ago. So now they're asking when I can start!

    Which, right now, is like the worst time for me to leave my company. We have our big all-hands-on-deck event in like 5 weeks. I have a massive project I'm leading up that's supposed to be finished by end of July. And there's another project I'm assisting with heavily that's supposed to be finished by July/August. Even a couple months ago would've been better, to an extent.

    While I'm usually one who's like "Welp, gotta go peace, here's my two weeks!", the organization I work for has treated me excellently over the years; about 17 of them. And the big project I'm working on is something that I specifically got invited back to the company to work on a few years ago. So I want to see it to completion (or as far as I can take it within reason). As far as the event, we are literally in the thick of it with preparation, so I don't want to unload all my tasks, last minute, on my team either. Lastly, my boss knows I've had this offer on deck for awhile now and he's been very cool with it. I don't want to burn this bridge (I've burned others elsewhere before). Because if this new job doesn't work out, there'd be a very, very high chance that all I'd have to do is ask and my boss would say, "OK, when do you want to start?"

    So I'm thinking I don't start til late August, which my boss is very appreciative of. Plus that gives me time to find an apartment and move. I'm hoping my new soon-to-be employer will agree to that, especially given my circumstances, and that they've had me waiting for this long. I feel like that's only fair. I also have a friend who works closely with the team I'll be on; he says the team is probably not even ready for me anyway.

    Either way, it's exciting. But also a bit scary, as I've never moved for a job, and I'll leaving a city I've spent practically my entire life at. I'll also be even further from my family than I already am. But I'm ready to go. I've been waiting for this for a long time, and it's finally happening.

    • Congrats! Hopefully your next boss realizes the delay you’re asking for is a small price to pay for hiring someone who cares.

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