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pbandjesse · 2 years ago

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I am back in Baltimore. And my body aches very badly still but I had a good day. Made some port choices with food but it's not the first time it won't be the last time I'm sure.

We got a lot done today. I was a little exhausted because I didn't sleep great. Her air conditioning kept turning on and off because it was on Eco mode and I was just pretty uncomfortable and had a really hard time falling asleep. But I didn't sleep horribly once I was asleep. I woke up a couple times because my neck hurts but overall pretty good sleep. When I did wake up I told her that next time I want a fan because I got very stuffy in there whenever the air is turned off and it's hard to stay comfortable.

I got dressed pretty quickly and I didn't love my original outfit and then I wore this dress for the first time and the pink just felt like it was a lot. With the tank top in the sandals I like it a little bit more but still felt cute. And we were out the door around 8:30.

We decided to go to cracker barrel for breakfast because just likes it so much. But I ran into the same problem I always have there which is they just put onions in everything and I decided that even though I should not be eating onions and it makes my mouth burn and gives me horrible stomach issues I was going to risk it. First time in a while I've done that and I regret it because I feel terrible and very itchy. I honestly do think that I have developed an actual onion allergy and not just a sensitivity. I've always been very sensitive to them but I think it might be an actual allergy now. Which sucks.

But even though it ended up hurting me later I did enjoy the food. I got eggs Benedict with impossible sausage on top. I did not eat the impossible sausage because it was a very very salty. But in eggs Benedict on biscuits was actually pretty nice I was surprised. I didn't think it was going to have the structure.

Are waitress was very nice and we spent a little time looking in the store. Our waitress got us drinks to go for free. Which was really nice of her. And they were gigantic. Just unreasonably large. And honestly kind of boring but it was free so I'm not going to complain too much. They were supposed to be half and halfs but they just tasted like very unsweetened iced tea and it wasn't my favorite but whatever.

After we left there we drove back to that park we saw yesterday that had a really cute vibe. Playground equipment was a little squeaky and everything had age limits on it which is something I've never really seen to that extent. But we went and sat on the swings for a little bit despite the signs. And then we saw that they had benches that were swings and moved over to that. And we sat and enjoyed the water and rocked for a bit. But honestly I could have fallen asleep I was having such a nice time sitting there. And we chilled until the sun was getting too hot and then we went back to the house.

When we got back there we got right into our cleaning an organization. The plan was to go through some of the boxes and try to get rid of a few things and try to get it unpacked a little bit more. And over the next few hours we did do that. And I was really proud of us because I think it came together really well.

The big issue though is that she has no furniture. So there wasn't really places we could put things. The big one being in the kitchen. We were able to get the counter contact papered. And it went way easier than inside the cabinets and then she was able to figure out a better system for doing the cabinets later in the day. So we had a system and we were making space but 90% of the stuff that she owns is kitchen stuff. And what she needs is to get a shelf and an island and a couple little things for the kitchen so that she can actually start putting things away because there's nowhere to put it. And like if it was me I would just start filling the cabinets for now just to get things out of the space so that I was not as overwhelmed but at least things were out of the boxes.

It was fun sitting there though and unwrapping things. That was my job. We both sat in the living room and I would pull things out of boxes and unwrap them and hand the paper to her and put them in decoration or kitchen piles. Then we sorted by breakable and non-breakable and then she put all of the cups away that we could find. Mugs as well. We could not find any bowls. We have no idea where they could be because she definitely has bowls and we did find an entire set of fine China. That her aunt was getting rid of so she took. But she does not need eight sets of a full China set. Like four sizes of plates cups and stuff it's ridiculous It's not even the style that she likes. I kept trying to convince her that she should just get rid of it but I could not in the end. We did fill a box of stuff that she decided was unnecessary. And I just had a good time looking through things. I found a whole bunch of her squished pennies and baby pictures and things I've gifted her and memories. It was a lot of fun.

As I was sitting there going through boxes I had some more of the guacamole. Honestly not the best one that I've gotten from that place at the market. It was a lot lighter and not as limey. She didn't like it very much which is fine. More for me. I hope next week's is a little bit better. And we eventually were just chilling because we're both tired. My allergies were bothering me a lot for moving everything and I was sneezing a lot and was kind of uncomfortable. Plus my stomach still hurt from the onions I should not have eaten.

We did make really good progress though and it took a few hours but it was a good time. And we decided to reward ourselves with ice cream again.

We did not go to the same place. Instead we went to a place that we had driven past on the way to the place yesterday. And not only did this place have more flavors of custard they also took credit cards which is something that the other place did not. So we both ordered milkshakes. I got a mint chocolate chip and she got strawberry. Her strawberry one was very very dark red like almost like what you expect a raspberry to look like. But it was a nice flavor and I enjoyed mine as well. It was made with vanilla custard with an a mint syrup and chocolate chips mixed in kind of like how nifty fifties used to do it and I enjoyed it.

But the best part about this is that it was literally in the same parking lot as a little farm stand and so we went to the little farmers market and we each got a jar of strawberry rhubarb jam and I got a bar of handmade soap and she got dill pickles that have turmeric in them and are called banana pickles. Not banana peppers, banana pickles. We think because they were so yellow. And she also got a lemon and then we went back to the house.

When we got back there we decided to play a game. She bought this game the kind of like Jenga except it's made of pom poms. And it was honestly really fun. She was laughing very hard which I always enjoyed. And we were not very good at it but it was fun still. And I would for sure play it again. We played a few rounds of that but eventually we knew that it was time for me to leave.

She help me bring all my stuff outside and when we got out there her neighbor was mowing the lawn and he stopped to come over and say hello and warn us about parking on the street that apparently on that side of the street He's gotten tickets before. So good to know for the future. And he was very kind. He said his wife would definitely come over and bring her cookies sometime. Thought that was very sweet. And after Jess remembered all of my drinks that were in the fridge and brought them out to me I left. I was sad to go but I know I'll see her in a few weeks. Because we're going camping and I'm very much looking forward to that too.

But I knew that this was going to be A rough ride home. First of all when I first turn on the car my back bond on the seat. And then my cord that attaches to my phone was so hot it was having trouble connecting. It did eventually connect but I had to reconnect it like 50 times on the drive back. And then when I put the GPS on it said I wasn't going to get home for 2 hours. And the little number was red which means there stand still traffic again. And of course it was in stupid Delaware. And it wouldn't even be a big deal if it was something that made sense but it never makes sense! Like you sit in this traffic forever and then it just opens up. Like for no reason and it's just because people don't let people merge!

And it was so bad that around 6:00, which is when I should have gotten home if traffic wasn't such an issue, I still had almost an hour and a half left of my commute so I just decided that I should get off the highway and get something to eat.

So I stopped at Aberdeen and what I really wanted was pizza but I didn't know where 7-Eleven was and I did not want ledo's because it's gross. So I gave up on that dream and went to have Taco Bell instead because I knew it would at least be familiar.

And so I got three tacos and I ate them in the car. And they were pretty good. And then the GPS decided to take me home a completely different way. Not on the highway at all. And I would arrive home around 7:00. I have no idea how bad traffic was that it didn't want me to take the highway. But it was a very pleasant drive and eventually we did get back on 95 and there was still a little bit of traffic but only for a few minutes and I got to see some of Maryland I had never seen before so that was neat. It was just a very rough ride and I really wanted to go home.

During one of those times where I was in standstill traffic though I looked at my phone briefly and saw that Annabelle had put in the group chat pictures from the chickee where people have not cleaned up from color wars again. And I wrote in the group chat that if arts and crafts is a mess tomorrow I'm going to freak out. But Annabelle then texted me and told me that they had actually not let them use arts and crafts because how upset I had been last time. Which I very much appreciate but would have liked to be told. Cuz then I've had stress for no reason. But I felt bad that her space was still being used and disrespected. That doesn't seem very fair. I told her I would help her however I could tomorrow and we can miserated on how disrespectful the counselors have been to spaces this year and how bad it's been. Everyone just expects people to clean up after them and it sucks.

On my ride home I also saw something I wish I could have grabbed a picture of but did not move fast enough for. I saw a street sign for American Way, And it was a dead end. And I just thought that was so funny. I don't know if someone else will agree with me but it felt like poetic irony.

mostly though I was just really glad to be back in our neighborhood. I got back here a little after 7:00 and I parked the car and I brought my stuff in. I had a conversation with a man outside who was doubled over and I was really worried about him he told me he has a hernia. And I hope that he is feeling okay.

And when I got inside I was really happy to see Sweetp. He let me hold him for a little while and then I noticed his nails were sharp so I cut them. Lady Bird, Jess's cat, scratched me and was very mean. And while she's a beautiful cat she's not very nice and sweet pea continues to be the best boy. Even if he is a bitey criminal sometimes he's a very good cat. Lady Bird is a very traditional cat.

It's been really nice to be back here but my apartment just feels really dirty and I hate that so much. This is the last week of camp and then I don't have time next week too clean and reorganize some stuff and hopefully that makes me feel a little bit better. But in the meantime I did change the kitty litter and I fed everybody and then I finally took a bath. I felt so gross after today's drive and all of our moving and unpacking. I got to use my new soap and I washed my hair and I watched a video. And it's just been really nice evening. James has been at their friend's house playing D&D but they're on their way home now. And I'm really looking forward to seeing them.

I hope tomorrow I can be chill. Because I am very frustrated seeing Annabelle's pictures. And I worry that if I go in arts and crafts tomorrow it's going to be a mess and then I'm going to be really really upset. I'm hoping that she's right that it's all okay. And I hope that I can just go in tomorrow and make my example in the my groups are just excellent and that's all I can help for. I hope you guys have a great night tonight. Wish me luck. Sleep well. And take care of yourself.

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