suite numbers, 2.3.22

our suite room numbers on the second floor are years. well, they’re not years, at least not on purpose. the room numbers start in the 2000’s, then they go up to 2016 as far as i’ve seen. whenever i see the room numbers, random memories from that year come back to me. i don’t know why, but this past week i’ve been thinking about things i haven’t thought of in years. times with my parents, when my cousins came to visit for chan’s high school graduation, hooping with yosh and the crew at the crib, navigating adolescent love with firsts, coming home from doubles at andy’s, just so many flashes when i look at some of these numbers. you don’t think much is happening day to day, but when you’re reminded of how much you’ve forgotten, life is amazing actually.

perhaps i feel so nostalgic because life currently isn’t what i thought it’d be, perhaps it’s because i’m not approaching life how i did during these flashes of nostalgia.

-ratha, 3:21pm, 2.3.22

apple watch medals, 2.2.22

last year, i got really into the apple watch badges. i still am into them, especially the limited edition ones. they released a lunar new year badge, and it’s so fire. it’s probably my favorite one to date. before this one came out, my number 1 badge was the unity challenge badge from last february. they came out with it again this year, but it seems to be the same shape. i hope it’s at least different colors, because collecting the same exact badge from year to year would defeat the purpose of collecting. but then again, maybe the purpose of an apple watch isn’t to collect, but instead to get fit?

maybe i’ve been missing the point all along, smh.

-ratha, 8:24pm, 2.2.22

february 2022, 2.1.22

welcome february,

i hope your month is filled with blessings, progress, and most of all love.

-ratha, 2:35pm, 2.1.22

january 2022, 1.31.22

january is always long as hell, but i’m not complaining. anything to make time feel slow is good for me these days. i really gotta make some moves outside of work with my creative endeavors because i can’t do this for the next 40+ years. it’s more to life than what it is now. anything is possible and last night i sent someone some houses i wanted to purchase. one was 15 million, which i didn’t think was too bad. the other was 12 million. i told her it was going to happen, and she said she already knowing it will. that’s the type of energy we goin have moving forward.

january is the monday of the year, and if you start your week off skrong, the rest of the days will follow.

but before those days follow, i have to lead right now.

-ratha, 10:00pm, 1.31.22

winter wonderland, 1.30.22

the day of/the day after a snowstorm is the best because everything looks so beautiful. the snow is still white, it’s mostly untouched, and it’s overall a vibe. it was sunny today so i cleaned the sequoia along with the driveway with dad. i took btg on a walk and listened to music. there’s this new joint by partynextdoor called no fuss and it’s fuegoooooo. the plans for tonight is to watch the bengals beat the chiefs and the rams beat the 49ers (hopefully). i might even grab something to eat, but considering the roads and where i stay, i may be better off preparing something at home.

we’ll see how it plays out shawty.

-ratha, 2:24pm, 1.30.22

20-30 inches, 1.29.22

they were right. it snowed at least two feet where i’m at. half-way through the blizzard, i let btg out. i had to shovel a pathway/part of the driveway for him to use the bathroom and when he walked through, it was almost as tall as he is at the withers, which is ironically 24 inches. because of this, i know we got at least two feet as it snowed for several hours after. they came and plowed our driveway a few times, but of course i had to shovel around the sequoia. luckily mom and dad helped because it was a lot of snow!

winter is so different these days, but that’s quite alright with me.

-ratha, 3:42pm, 1.29.22

record snow??, 1.28.22

at the beginning of the week, they said we was finna get 8 inches of snow this weekend. today, they said we was finna get 18 inches. then a few minutes ago, the news said perhaps 30 inches, which would be the most boston has ever seen. dogggggggg wtffffff.

gotta bundle up this weekend with bagel, a good movie, and some hot chocolate.

-ratha, 6:22pm, 1.28.22

gallons on gallons of water, 1.27.22

i’m on the phone with chan tonight and i don’t know how it comes up, but he tells me it takes a gallon of water to make one single almond. i’m like hold up, you can’t be serious. then he says california be having droughts, but they manufacture a good percentage of almonds. curious, i’m thinking like how much water is in the ocean (don’t ask why) and it’s something like 352 quintillion gallons of water. this got me curious of how many gallons it takes to make one walnut, which is my favorite nut. the answer? 5 gallons. for. one. walnut. i don’t know who all will find this fascinating, but damn i been tryna do right by my body by eating nuts and whole time i’m fucking up the climate.

i guess balance is hard to find in this life, huh?

-ratha, 10:03pm, 1.27.22

5am learning curve, 1.26.22

ever since coming back to work on january 3rd, it’s been a major hassle waking up at 5am to work out. it still gets done, but it doesn’t get done as often as it did last year. today was one of the tougher ones, but we powered through. work seems like it’ll be a breeze, so that’s a positive. because i take a shower at night as well, i’m trying this new thing where i’m not washing my hair in the mornings. i’ve also been trying this new face wash, but it’s been ass. my skin has gotten worse and i have to finish it because i paid for it.

clearly, i don’t know what i’m doing and my life is in shambles currently.

-ratha, 7:11pm, 1.26.22

llj, 1.25.22

i don’t think i’ll ever get used to people my age making their transitions. yesterday when i got home, i seen dom make a post about james. it came as a complete shock, especially because i thought of him a few weeks ago when i found my old hrms yearbook. james used to come thru and kick it with dom and i. we used to cause trouble in the back of the bus, man them was them days. i remember when he went to fuquay and we went to holly springs, he’d always show love whenever we’d run into each other. it’s hard coming across those types of people in this life, but i’m glad i was able to cross paths with james.

my dog, this one is going to sting for a while.

rest up brodie.

-ratha, 6:24pm, 1.25.22