[start ID: a golden star with text on it that says: I survived Day 1 of Purgatory /End ID.]

anyway. i need to go to bed now. im fucking weeping <3

howdy! 2 days in 1 lets go

I got too sleepy so I texted myself a summary of the day. I had a bagel and thought about eating some pasta salad outside, but it was way too cold. instead I laid in bed and drank a water bottle by poking a hole in the lid and sipping with a Capri sun straw. I scrubbed the bathroom floor and around the toilet and washed/replaced the bathmats, did some laundry, and tried my best to make the bathroom nice and presentable. I played stardew valley for a while, and I FINALLY got decent progress in skull cavern by using bombs instead of mining. I found a dinosaur floor and incubated the egg I found, but I nearly had a heart attack trying to survive alll the monsters and spam-eating salmon berries. the image of a farmer fighting their way through the mines, surrounded by rayquazas, stopping time to shove fistfuls of berries into their mouth to regain health just cracked me up. I had some pasta a confirmed with ball state that my friend was gonna be my roommate come fall. I crocheted for a long time, hanging out with my cat :) I cut Lily’s claws, and she put up an unnecessarily hard fight. I completely finished the possum aside from the eyes (which I glued on the next day). I ended up using every last bit of my black yarn. I got it out of a goodwill grab bag with no label so I'll never be able to get. more just like it, but that’s totally fine. 

I toasted a bagel but burnt it a little bit. we had 2 different cream cheeses so I put one on each half and a slice of turkey. tbh I might go back to toasing my bagels in the oven because the toaster doesn't do it right. yeah it takes longer but whatever, I will make the sacrifice. most of my day was spent doing little things tidying up, getting more and more anxious as 7:30 rolled around when my brother and his girlfriend were supposed to show up. my other brother showed up early, and we talked and talked about nothing in particular. it was just nice to see him again. :) when the oldest brother finally arrived, we all sat around the fire in the front yard while a bunch of kids ran around in the street. I guess one of our neighbors was having a sleepover? idk. he opened presents that he never picked up for Christmas, because he’s been living in a cabin in Michigan for the past 6 months due to covid and other complications. it was probably too cold to be outside, but we made due and kept plenty of logs on the fire. I expected for us to come hang out inside at some point, but we never did. I spent all that time scrubbing the bathroom floor and toilet and walls and making sure the kitchen was tidy and spotless and the living room was presentable and nice smelling for nothing. eh on the bright side now the house is clean. but I was really nervous about the house being nice ALL DAY so my brother’s girlfriend could come inside and sit on the couch. oh well it doesnt matter. what DOES matter is that we all had a lovely time sitting by the fire and talking for hours. now my hair smells like campfire. my cat got upset that I didnt hang out with her all day, and when I sat down on my bed she stated sniffing and messing with my hair lmao it was really cute. tomorrow we’re getting up early to talk with out grandmother for a bit before my oldest brother and his girlfriend have to leave. the other brother’s girlfriend didnt visit btw, but I showed him the plush and he said she was gonna love it. I'll post pictures of the possum in a separate post!!