FEB 14

2025

Friday: workday started with just my usual project time, but just before my first break, Julie walked out to the corner to the Broad street corner to see the parade. Or she would have, if the street weren't already choked with people. I went out to join her on my break, but I was a little bit delayed by a long call. Shouldn't have worried, though, as the parade hadn't reached the intersection yet... nor would it, by the time I had to go back inside. We stood in the frigid cold by the portable lavatories for a while and shivered in the cold. At one point, a guy pushing a DJ cart tried to make his way through the crowd so that he could find a way uptown on one of the adjacent streets. It was a wild event.

Before it was time for my second break, Julie had finally gathered up the last of her stuff for her vacation, and she bid me farewell until next Thursday. Once my shift ended, I started cleaning up, but in the bathroom, I accidentally dropped my electric razor. Sparks came out, and after it was safely unplugged, I saw that the blades were misaligned. I think it's probably a lost cause.

In the evening, I tried to give John one of the hydro packs we'd ordered as a replacement for his snack routine, but he wasn't at all interested. I didn't wind up eating until after 10 PM, but I just reheated some of the curry chicken and rice for dinner, while I watched some post-season 10 episodes of Bob's Burgers. I went to the bedroom early to ensure Mim got her quiet time away from the other cats, and I texted Julie about the sounds of the city.

2024

Wednesday: Julie worked at home again today, but tomorrow she's going in for a work celebration. My own shift was pleasant thanks to my three ongoing projects, and it felt like the day was over almost before it had properly begun. I decided to take a break from watching Joseph Anderson's Persona 4 playthrough to instead watch Preach's FFXIV vods. For dinner, I'd recently mentioned a desire to have the buffalo chicken with rice and cheese again, so Julie'd prepared the meal along with some asparagus. We watched more Poirot episodes while we ate, along with a few Oreos that Julie'd had stached away in the kitcken.

2023

Tuesday: woke up kinda late and didn't get much done. Julie and I didn't have any plans for the holiday, but a couple from my FFXIV discord were getting married in-game, so I attended the ceremony and reception. Afterwards, Julie and I played some Civ VI until we got tired.