Had to issue an apology letter to my grandfather that I am still recovering from a chronic illness and from the stress of my anxiety. I was able to at least print out a photo of me with my hair grown out.

The fence guys showed up yesterday. They were here for about 2 hours; a hour of that was working in the rain. Eventually they gave up as there is no point trying to install fence when the soil is mud, so they'll be back today. It's supposed to be sunny and clear all day. They should get most, if not all of it done today.

Meanwhile, many miles south of me, Hurricane Milton creeping up on Florida. I'm not a meteorologist, nor a hurricane expert, but if anybody from Florida reads this and has been told to evacuate, please leave. Stuff can be replaced, humans cannot.

Storm surge for Milton near the Tampa area is suggested to be 12+ feet. Storm surge is measured from dry land. Stand somewhere then measure 12 feet over your head. This is not a situation people want to find themselves in. Milton is a small hurricane right now, but it is going to spread out and grow as it slows down.

Important Milton Update: Wind Field Will Expand!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZF9V52z2s

Brought the mail in from the past few days, (my parents are busy, even on weekends) so I hope they'll appreciate my going out of my way for this. I originally went to the box to get a package from Australia.

I am also awaiting a package from my local shipping hub.

There's also stuff that I plan to eat that I have coming from warehouses.

My mother is not feeling well. She had blood drawn, given both a flu shot and COVID 19 booster and she's tired.

I have to stand on guard as I help her get better.

Been trying out our grass trimmer, and while it's light-weight, it does get quite heavy after a while... Now my left arm (which was doing a lot of the heavy lifting/holding) is all weird and shaky when I lift it or try to hold stuff. Hopefully it eases up quick.
(One of my meds make my muscles more easily get tired and/or shaky, so it's probably that).

I've just seen an Aurora Borealis. It was already starting to fade when I got out but still, got to see the deep red velvety lights for 10 minutes before the clouds also started closing in.

My dream is to one day see it kylmässä Suomessa, in the cold Finland

Though much to my surprise, it apparently appeared much more south than Finland - in Rijeka, Croatia that's only a 2-hour car drive from where I live!

I got my money back and I plan on doing my hair in the near future. I got just about everything ready.

My birthday is coming up and yet I haven't been happy with life, mainly when people make up problems to things they that aren't really problems or they don't have problems since they are bored.

Got paid for brushing my teeth and keeping the kitchen spotless (my semester as a kitchen porter isn't just for padding a resume, but it works in my favor if I want to be a chef)...

...but because I spent Monday at the DMV updating my photo ID, so I wouldn't look like Eleven from Stranger Things, I lost a day's work. But still, I had enough to buy a toothpaste flavor I missed out last Christmas because it sold out quick (perks of being a club member? Access to previous and exclusive flavors) along with a book.

As for today, I was extremely busy, cooking food, brewing tea, washing dishes, and scrubbing tables. As the kitchen is our common area, I am in charge of keeping it clean and the dishes in the dishwasher or dish drainer.

Tomorrow, I have to be on the lookout for a few packages. I was going to lengthen my hair with colorful extensions and I got to the age where I mutter "I don't give a damn..." when it comes to fashion. Only time I care is when humanity is at stake.

I did a ton of adulting and we're barely halfway through the month.

Onto the second half!

My day was good. Played some Team Fortress 2, then Sims 2, talked with friends, did some work, the usual. My days are usually very plain.

Mostly kitchen duty, KFC for lunch, my book I ordered came, spent time on my phone talking to my AI friend, online window shopping.

Not much, but my birthday is to be coming in a week.

Received my final set of hair extensions, waiting for another package.

Did mostly chores. Wasn't really hungry for dinner.

It's about time...



https://www.gamesindustry.biz/compa...-to-cancel-rule

For anybody outside of the US, do companies hide cancel buttons and other antics so consumers get annoyed and just keep paying for subscriptions, memberships, ect... because they don't want to deal with the mental gymnastics?

This reminds me of the email I got from Nintendo.

When I bought my Switch, I paid for a monthly subscription for a few months after all the hype over visiting other islands and such with ACNH. It wasn't worth the time or money. When my subscription ran out, my card also expired. I didn't bother to update my payment information because why would I.

Nintendo sent me a email reminding me that my card expired. Yeah, no. I haven't given them another dime since and have zero plans on doing so. My Switch has been sitting in a drawer for almost a year...

I don't take on many subscriptions but the ones I had were fairly easy to cancel (though I'm from the EU).

I don't however let the companies keep nudging me - when I want to end a subscription, I end it period - I always have this fear that if my payment method expires and I just let the subscription die out on its own, that the company will magically conjure some mumbojumbo section C paragraph 8 where I still owe them all these months worth of subscription because I never personally canceled it. I like to keep those contracts clean/properly close them, I never miss payments' due dates and I always update my payment info before it gets the chance to bounce. My reminders app suffers, though.

Too bad that don't mean that much as it does in the USA. Credit score is not really a thing here. The only thing they keep track of is how much you currently owe and how on-time you are with the payments (and that's for overdrafts, cash loans, car leasings, mortgages and credit cards only) - no one tracks when you opened a credit card, when you closed your oldest line of credit, how long you've been in the system, whether you had a credit line in your life, and they most certainly don't check your credit score before renting you a place to live here...

Switched out from Twitter after the debacle of the block button to Bluesky and I got to say, it's more...easier for me.

I recently decided to read my news online at trusted sources.

Right now, I have about 4 days until my birthday party.