August 2025
08/30/25
Finished an autumn themed diamond painting wall hanging for a coworker of J's. I think the colours are absolutely gorgeous!08/29/25
Bought the Rosé x Puma Speedcats for an early birthday present to myself.08/23/25
Went to a Mexican restaurant to celebrate MA's 16th birthday. It was nice getting to yap with SB. Afterward, we went to IKEA for a bathroom shelf and the pink SKADIS peg boards I had been admiring.08/22/25
Tried a new fast casual restaurant that only serves quesadillas. Where has that been all my life?! I got to introduce Mom and JL to bingsu for dessert, which they both absolutely loved.08/21/25
Finished the diamond painted cat coaster kit I started... literally months ago, whoops. It's nice to have a quiet space to do my hobbies.08/20/25
The increased dose of my GLP-2 has been kicking my ass. I'm one of the people who gets the gastroparesis side effect, which leads to violently expelling whatever I've tried to eat.08/17/25
We picked Claire up from visiting my parent's house and we all watched the new Superman movie before heading home! Mom and Dad picked up popcorn and snacks, which was really cute.08/15/25
Been doing a Metalocalypse rewatch with J, since it's been years since we've seen the first couple of episodes. It's fun to point out the musical easter eggs that go over his head, like Nathan's nightmare of working at "Dimmu Burger" (a pun of the black metal band Dimmu Borgir). His favourite character is Skwisgaar, mine is Toki.08/14/25
This was mine and J's "big day out". He drove us to Dallas so we could visit my favourite mall, NorthPark Center. I have been anxious to own a Hill House nap dress, as I absolutely adore the aesthetic. I knew from online that a good amount of their dresses have elasticized smocking, so I wanted to see if they ran true to size, or larger, before spending over $150 on a single dress. Thank goodness for having a local store, I was able to size down to a large in the Ellie style. As J put it, we doubt my bone structure will let me size further down from a large, so I'll be able to get a lot of wear out of the two beautiful dresses that we purchased.NorthPark has a lot of modern art installations and... apparently turtles living in their fountains?! I had to make J stop immediately to admire the good babies.
From NorthPark, we went to Carrollton's K-Town to shop and snack. This is one of my absolute favourite places to visit in DFW, but we don't go often because it's quite the drive. We went to Teso Life, Daiso, Kinokuniya, got bingsu (빙수) at Wicked Snow, and visited H-Mart for some pantry staples. I also got an affogato with our shared bingsu and totally couldn't finish it, despite the deliciousness, haha. The shaved ice was massive! J for scale in the picture below.
I was so excited to try affogato; it's a scoop of ice cream or gelato with a shot of espresso poured over it. When I worked at Starbucks, ours was made with whipped cream, which is totally not it. The bingsu, which is a Korean shaved ice dessert made with sweetened condensed milk, was definitely for chocolate lovers.
08/13/25
Dad had the week off because he had a medical procedure that ended up getting rescheduled. Me and J went over to say hi to Mom and Dad and we tried the new Korean BBQ and hot pot restaurant that Mom really likes. Sorry Mom, nothing comes close to the hot pot place J and I dined at as newlyweds before we caught our plane back home. It was decent, though!08/11/25
J and I ended up bailing on CL's birthday trip to Destin for multiple, personal reasons. I was slightly upset, so I cleaned the apartment top to bottom and placed an order for some band t-shirts.08/07/25
Yearly physical for me and J. Doctor is happy with my weight loss progress, I was down 30lbs since my last appointment. I started my weight loss journey classified as stage two obese, with a 40 BMI. At this point, I am down to stage one obese (32 BMI) and am roughly 20 lbs away from the classification of overweight (28 BMI).I was diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease due to my obseity two years ago and now my enzyme counts read as normal!