3/4 days, 6.3.22

it should’ve been a half-day, but it turned out to be a ¾ day. actually, more like a 7/8 day. i guess job security is the name of the game these days..

-ratha, 4:21pm, 6.3.22

sleepwalking, 6.2.22

i didn’t fall asleep until 1:30am. it’s now 5:34am and i have to go into work. i’m dead tired, you don’t even know. it’s like i’m a walking zombie during the week. alive but not living.

smhhhhhh at least i’ll have time in the suites to write.

-ratha, 5:42am, 6.2.22

summer plans, 6.1.22

damn june already here?? i gotta figure out summer plans. my cousin texted me that she and my auntie coming through on the 19th. then my sister and my niece coming thru in july on the 12th? i think? somewhere in between there i gotta make it back home. it’s mandatory. then i really wanna go somewhere i’ve never been. somewhere that’ll inspire me to do more than i dream. somewhere where i can be at the right place at the right time.

summer’s about to be here and i already feel things heating up.

-ratha, 3:11pm, 6.1.22

for the badge, 5.31.22

apple watch has these monthly challenges. my may challenge was to burn 28,300 active calories. when i saw it on may 1st, i thought no way in hell. then yesterday, i realized i had around 3800 calories left in the month. i average around 800, but i figured why not go for it. to begin the day, all i needed was 1700 calories for the may challenge. i woke up early to hit the gym before work, then i came home after work to cut both the front and backyard. then with the sunlight i had left, i took btg to the park to walk. i ended up achieving the goal, but man i’m beat. they also sold our company to gsk today, so who knows what that means for me. i’m taking things a day at a time, but whatever happens, i know i’ll be headed in a different direction than most of my peers.

-ratha, 9:45pm, 5.31.22

new places to eat, 5.30.22

i went to uburger in andover today. as soon as i walked in, it was like a party of 12 in front of me lmao. still, the wait wasn’t that long. i couldn’t decided what to get so i got a hot dog, some fries, and a chicken sandwhich. i ate outside because it was warmer today. everything was cooked fresh so we was already off to a good start. also the honey mustard was the best i’ve had up here, but it still pales in comparison to what is back home. i definitely have to make it back this summer. i’m in need of bojangles, specifically a bo-sized 4 piece supreme combo.

this will hold me down for now, but i don’t know if it will much longer.

-ratha, 7:42pm, 5.30.22

napping the month away, 5.29.22

every day that i don’t work, i’ve been napping like crazy in the afternoon. then i wake up around 7/8 and start my night. today is no exception. i just got up and it’s 7:07pm. my parents are cooking out and i think we have company over.

time to eat good and watch game 7.

-ratha, 7:09pm, 5.29.22

clearing the rain, 5.28.22

dad and i started putting up a gazebo he bought off wayfair. it looks nice, but the roof is very difficult to assemble. i got a little frustrated, then it started raining, so we decided to put it off until tomorrow. i ended up taking a nap with bagel afterwards. when i woke up, nobody was home. they went to pick up mom’s friend who is visiting from cambodia. they haven’t seen each other since before mom and dad’s marriage. that was almost 40 years ago. i imagine they came into contact with technology and social media. that’s actually quite amazing now that i wrote it out. the power of connection through platform is a convenience i take for granted. there’s people i haven’t seen in 10+ years, but i can go on facebook and catch myself up on their lives. it can be creepy or it can be useful, i guess it’s all in how you take it. i wonder if anybody wonders what i’m up to.

maybe i should post more.

-ratha, 6:43pm, 5.28.22

closing early, 5.27.22

why does everything close early where i live at?? i finished my dinner at ginger gourmet around 9:30pm. i caught some of the miami/celtics game. then i looked up ice cream shops. they were closed. it’s a friday!! smhhh. so i went to the adjacent stop n shop and bought a pack of ice cream sandwhiches. it was like 5 bucks for four of them. everything these days is going up, unfortuantely. i’ll eat one when i get home and hopefully watch miami tie the series with the celtics.

i like miami a lot, they’re what the colts are to my chargers.

let’s go heat.

-ratha, 9:55pm, 5.27.22

memorial weekend '22, 5.26.22

my job is doing this thing called ‘summer fridays.’ on fridays, they encourage you to take half-days. because of this, today is like my friday. i’m wfh the first half of tomorrow, then it’s the weekend. plus, we have monday for memorial day off, so you know what that means. time to catch up on the music, the writing, and time with bagel.

looking forward to it.

-ratha, 11:32am, 5.26.22

persistent stains, 5.25.22

i been tryna clean off ink stains from one of my shoes for the past month. it doesn’t seem like it’s working, but i know it’s working because i started another pair of shoes the same time i did these and the other stains went away. i guess it’s just a time thing, but damn, this shit getting outta hand lol.

-ratha, 7:22pm, 5.25.22