#Sorry I was going to start uploading since yesterday but I FELL ASLEEP AND SLEPT FOR 12 HOURS

[dakyarie]

[teacherimagines]

Apocalypse Series Part 17

Monica pulled you off of the couch and started shuffling you towards the door. You then heard a click.

“Let her go.” Monica turns around and laughs.

“You know I can just shoot her, right?” She wraps an arm around your neck and squeezes tight. She moves erratically, making her a more difficult target. Your windpipe closes and you struggle to breathe. Your hands try to pry her arm away, but you fail to find the strength.

“A few of my pals came out here the other day, looking for a man and a teenager. You are our property now.” T/C/N kept his hold on his gun firm.

“Y/N. You’re going to become a man’s toy.” She presses he fingers into your shoulder wound. You yell in pain, but no sound comes out. Your struggle to breathe becomes worse, and you can feel your blood flowing even slower.

“As for you, T/F/N. You’re going to become...well, dead.” She laughs. You look to T/C/N with desprate eyes pleading for help. The look on his face. The pain. The indecisiveness. All he cared about right now was you. He didn’t know what to do.

“I mean, come on. You guys are such idiots-“ Then you hear it. A gunshot. The grip on your neck lets go, and Monica falls to the ground. She was shot in the stomach, the bullet was dangerously close to hitting you. You drop to the floor as well and start coughing while gasping, so you could catch your breath too.

T/F/N runs to Monica and grabs the gun from her hands. He then runs to your side. His cups your face with his hands.

“Are you okay?” You nodded even though you could barely breathe. He kissed you on your forehead and pulled you into his chest. The smell of his cologne helped calm you down. The smell of his cologne was the smell of comfort, and safety. He stroked your hair and kissed the top of your head. He grabbed your hand and held it.

“Well, I’ll be damned.” She smirked.

“You two are a thing. T/F/N, how-illegal of you.” She didn’t sound phased by the bullet in her stomach, but fake-shocked at T/C/N.

“Your group. Where are they?” T/C/N dismisses her comment.

“Around. You’ll never find them before they find you. Anyways, you’re weak T/F/N. You just wait until they see what they have in store for you.” You would talk but your throat was too dry. He smoothly pulls you off of him. You sit on the floor, feeling lightheaded.

“Tell me where they are, now.” He lifts the gun up.

“Why? There’s no fun in that? I’m a dead woman walking anyway.” He scoots closer to her.

“You guys just don’t get it. The world is ours now. And there’s no way in hell you guys are stopping us. You’re weak. And pathetic. Even if one of you did make it out, you guys are not survivors.”

“Who said survival meant being inhumane?”

“Those who really want to live.” Her breathing became slower. She moved slightly, but hissed in pain. T/C/N kept his gun pointed at her head.

“I get it. You guys win. For this time. But remember,” she takes in a deep breath.

“You guys have three of our lives on your hands. And this group, will ruin your lives for that.” She had to focus on her breathing so she no longer had the energy to talk. She died peacefully, and T/C/N put a knife through her brain. He picked her dead body up and carried her outside. He came back twenty minutes later, and you were in the same spot you’ve been sitting in since he left.

“Y/N, are you okay?”

“Yeah.” You swallowed thickly and looked at the floor.

“What she said, it kind of freaks me out.”

“Let’s not think about it, and just get you to bed.” He offers you his hand and you take it. He pulls you up and you both walk to bed. You slept alright that night, but your shoulder was very sore.

When you fell asleep, T/C/N was still awake. He didn’t want to admit it, but he was scared shitless. He was up for the better part of the night just thinking, and worrying. He was awake when you woke up. You stirred and turned around to face him. The cute sleepy look on your face took his mind off of things for a few seconds.

“Did you sleep okay?” You ask.

“Yeah, fine. Did you?”

“Yeah it was alright. I got to check these bandages though, my shoulder was bothering me all night.” You pull the sheets off of you and hop out of bed.

“Need anything while I’m up?” He admired you as you walked around the bed and towards the door.

“No. I’m alright.” It was your beauty, and the absence thereof that made him go back to worrying.

He takes you for granted. You were right. One day, one of you will be without the other. He didn’t want you to live without him, without his protection and his love. He’d rather live with the heartbreak every day, than have you go through it.

He also didn’t want to loose you to that group. From what he can assume, they are really bad people. He didn’t want any other man touching you, in any type of way. Ever.

He decided he has to take it upon himself then. He will protect you even better, and he will love you even more, even if that’s what kills him. He started to formulate a plan in his head.

You came back in the room and saved him from his thoughts. He didn’t know that you had worrying thoughts too. The new bandage made your wound feel a lot better. You sat down, and cuddled up close to T/C/N. He put an arm around you.

“T/F/N, what are we going to do?”

“We’re going to survive. Together.”

“How? T/F/N, you heard what she said-“

“I don’t care what she said. I will die fighting for you. I will not let anything happen to you, okay?” He started the sentence off harsh, but then became more sensitive towards the end.

“Okay.” The two of you absorbed the other’s embrace. When you had fell back asleep he carefully slipped out of bed. You stirred, subconsciously wondering where he went. He took a pillow and placed it in your arms. When you returned to a comfortable sleep he left the room.

He walked around the neighborhood, with a gun in his hand. He looked inside every house. He made mental notes for later plans. When he came back, he very quietly slipped into the house. He shut the door, and when he turned around he saw you sitting on the couch, reading.

“I just uh-went out for a walk.” You nodded and turned the page, not thinking anything of it.

“You hungry? I can whip us up something to eat.”

“Sure.” After hearing your mellow response he awkwardly left the room. You went into the kitchen when you could smell the food. You sat down at the table, and T/C/N handed you a hot plate. You thanked him and started eating your food. T/C/N just sat their staring at his plate.

“What’s on your mind?” He seemed to have a troubling look on his face. He shook his head.

“Nothing.” He started eating. He took a lot longer to eat than usual, and you sat there with him the whole time. He didn’t look up at you, not once. When he finished his food he got up and put his plate in the sink. You watched as he turned the water on and started scrubbing. You u thought that it was amazing how the water could stilll be running after all of this time. His water pipes must be connected to a well.

You got up and wrapped your arms around his torso. You breathed in his scent and he relaxed at your touch. When he finished scrubbing, he placed the dish in the drying rack. He turned around so you were now hugging his front. You kept your firm on him tight, so he had to struggle to get away from your grip.

“T/F/N? Are you okay?” You looked up at him. There was this look on his face, you couldn’t tell what it was.

“I don’t know.”

“Well I’m here for you if you need me.” You kept your gaze on him as strong as your grip. T/C/N could easily pull you off of him, but he didn’t want to.

“It’s okay, really.” He said the ‘really’ after you gave him the same old ‘don’t bullshit me’ look. You didn’t believe him, but if he wanted to tell you what was wrong, he would have by now. You gave up and released your grip on him.

You know he knew that you knew that he wasn’t okay. He also know that you felt willing to help, or give him space if he needed it.

You started walking out of the kitchen when T/C/N called your name.

“Y/N, wait.” You turned around.

“You did nothing wrong.” You nodded.

“I know.” You walk out of the room. You knew that this was about yesterday with Monica. You were frightened by what she said, and you guess T/C/N is too.

What you didn’t know, however, was that he was more scared than you were, and he was about to get started on taking some serious precautions.

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OMG I found the other day that my part 15 for this series was the top post under the tag teacher imagine!!!

Thank you all so much for reading this far, I appreciate you so much <3.

Then I have some kind of sad news. School has been kind of putting a hard workload on me recently. So I am falling behind on my time for writing this series. I hope you understand that school comes first for me, and because of that, I will not be posting every day. I will definitely be writing on the weekends and whenever I can find some freetime, but there is no guarantee of me uploading. I want to make the parts of this series longer and more detailed, so they take much longer to write, and edit. I am SO VERY SORRY. I hope you understand <3.

ONE LAST THING! First if you’ve read my little excerpt this far, you are a superstar. Second, because of all of my schoolwork, I am totally stressing out. And it doesn’t help that I found out that after this school year, my tc is transferring to a different school. This makes me really sad, and I think about my tc all of the time. It hurts me to think that after this June, I may never see them anymore. So I am definitely going to be spending some time thinking and cherishing my memories that I have with my tc.

Anyways, I am sorry for shoving all of this sadness at you. I hope you have a good day!

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[okgrumps-blog]

The Best and the Worst of You

Chapter 7: Tired Arin

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The two men were cuddled up on Dan’s couch together, with a fluffy brown blanket draped over their knees. They were meant to be at the Grump Space at least three hours ago, but Arin had streamed video compilations of horseshoe crabs on Dan’s television, and they’d gone through nearly every available video until they were led to Vine compilations. When the last compilation ended, Dan made the executive decision to switch off the TV, Arin groaning in response and cuddling into Dan’s side. Dan shook his head, moving so that Arin would be more comfortable.

“What time even is it?” Dan chuckled, pulling out his phone from his pocket. He read the time and frowned. “Aren’t we meant to be at the Grump Space?” He looked over to Arin, who was incredibly warm and definitely didn’t look like he’d be moving any time soon. “Arin.”

Arin slowly shifted and looked up at Dan sleepily, a soft smile over his face. Dan couldn’t hate that look at all. “Mm…?” The younger man hummed.

“Are we going to the office at any point to record?” Dan asked, moving a hand over Arin’s head to play with his hair. “I know you’re tired, and if you’re not up to it…”

“No, we gotta…” Arin groaned in response, sitting up and yawning quietly. “We gotta record. We didn’t record at all yesterday.” He scratched his head. And Arin was right - their upload schedule had been very spotty over the past couple of days. It couldn’t be helped - especially after the trauma they’d both experienced yesterday.

Dan offered to drive to the Space, a sleepy Arin sat in the passenger seat of his car. Dan glanced over at the other man occasionally, checking he wasn’t going to fall asleep before they got there. Since they’d missed a few sessions, it’d be an intense day of gaming for them both. They hit traffic lights, and as Dan looked over, he immediately recognised that Arin had his eyes shut.

“Arin, buddy…” Dan warned, nudging his shoulder. “I’m gonna stop off at the store, maybe you can pick up some energy drinks or something?” Dan frowned, watching as Arin opened one eye and nodded. He wasn’t aware of it, but Arin must not have slept well at all last night. He, on the other hand, had slept like a fucking baby after such a stressful evening. He really felt sorry for Arin - it wasn’t his fault any of this was happening, and clearly it affected him more than it should.

“I didn’t sleep…” Arin quietly admitted, mostly to himself. Dan could tell because he was shutting his eyes again. The lights turned green and Dan huffed, driving towards the local store. He wondered if he should just turn the car around and go home. But no; Arin would be mad at him, and everyone at the Space would worry. Not that they weren’t worried, anyway.

A few minutes passed, and Dan was pulling into the driveway of the 7-11 nearest to the Space. He looked at Arin again, who was passed out, looking incredibly peaceful. Dan bit his lip, leaning closer to him and speaking in a hushed voice.

“How many Monsters do you reckon you’ll need?” Dan stirred Arin from his slumber. Arin jolted, looking at Dan in confusion before understanding.

“‘Bout 5.” He mumbled, trying to sit himself up in the chair. “I’ll get you the money for it when we get to the Space…” Arin stretched his arms out, and Dan raised an eyebrow. Arin must be really tired, if he was offering to pay.

Dan hurried into the 7-11, leaving Arin to sleep in the car. He shuffled to where the drinks fridge was and tucked five Monster cans under his arm, grabbing a sparkling water for himself. He also picked up a Kit Kat for Arin on his way to the tills.  

Making his way back to the car, he could already see through the window that Arin was sleeping peacefully. He felt bad as he clicked open the driver’s door, slipping inside - it obviously woke Arin up, who looked displeased. Dan gently dropped the five energy drinks onto Arin’s lap, holding up the Kit Kat in front of his face to catch his attention. Arin’s eyes immediately lit up, and he sat up properly, taking the Kit Kat from Dan.

“For me? Thank you…” Arin smiled happily, quickly opening up the packet and breaking off one of the fingers of the bar. Dan sat back and took a sip from his sparkling water, a smile across his face.

It wasn’t more than 2 hours before they’d ran into a problem.

Arin kept falling asleep in episodes, and Dan was really struggling to make up for Arin’s silence. Dan began to feel how Arin must have felt with him earlier in the week - with Dan constantly being tired from travelling. Dan, unlike Arin, was never angry. He could never be angry at someone like Arin. Whilst Arin was out cold, he finished up the episode himself, even keeping to the traditional ‘Next time on Game Grumps’. He quietly maneuvered himself about the room, stopping the game capture and recordings, fiddling with wires and buttons. He’d only ever done this once before by himself, but he figured the once was enough to know by now how to do it all properly.

Arin didn’t stir from his sleep, surprisingly, and Dan made a decision to leave him resting in the Grump room for a little while. He draped one of the blankets from his office over the younger man and closed the door behind him, strolling into the office. Checking the time, he hushed a small sigh. It was already turning 6, and he’d done nothing of proper use with himself. Feeling a weird kind of weight in his chest, he sought out Ross, who was running over some scripts with someone Dan didn’t quite recognise in Ross’ office.

“Whatcha up to?” Dan asked, peering over Ross’ shoulder. Ross tilted his head back and looked up at Dan with a smile.

“Dan.” He acknowledged the other man’s presence, sliding his chair back a bit. The man next to him did the same. “We’re just running over some stuff for Gameoverse. Lines and stuff.”

“Oh, that’s cool. How… How long do you think you’ll be?” Dan asked nervously, running a hand over his hair. Ross raised an eyebrow and looked at the stranger next to him, glancing back at Dan.

“I can pause it if you need to talk.” Ross folded his arms, watching Dan warily. “You never come to me first, though. So I guess it must be important…” He looked at the man sat next to him and shrugged. “If you’re good with it, we can come back to this in about an hour.” Ross suggested, the other man nodding and agreeing, walking to the other room. Ross watched him leave, and once he was out of sight, he turned back to Dan.

“You’ve known Arin for a long time, right?” Dan started, dragging a chair over to sit by Ross, dragging the door closed at the same time.

“Not as long as Suzy has. You could talk to her.” He shrugged, turning back to his screen. Dan grabbed his shoulder and turned him back around with a sigh.

“Suzy’s not here, and I need to hear it from someone who won’t object every flaw I’m about to point out.” Dan’s voice bordered desperation, and Ross’ eyes widened.

“Oh shit…” Ross turned to face Dan properly. “Well, you’re right. Did something happen?”

Dan prepared himself, hands fumbling in his lap. He knew that he should probably just confront Arin about this kind of stuff, but he didn’t know if it was just him being someone who worried too much.

“He didn’t sleep last night, and I’m just really worried something’s wrong.” Dan looked down at his hands with an exasperated sigh. “I don’t know if it’s him and Suzy, or anything going on outside that we don’t know about.” Dan looked at Ross, who’s face frowned in recognition. Ross must have noticed, too - or even, maybe he knew something. “I mean- God, Ross. When I was out yesterday, I met an Arin who was literally seconds away from killing himself.” He watched Ross’ face as he tensed, clearly concerned. “I stopped him.” Ross let out a breath he didn’t even realise he was holding in.

“But that’s not our Arin.” Ross tapped against the table, his brain running wildly now. Was Arin okay? He’d noticed Arin had been a little more distant recently, but hadn’t thought much of it until just now.

“Right.” Dan confirmed, crossing his arms and sitting back in the chair. “But I got back, and Suzy said Arin had a really bad, unexplainable panic attack.” Dan frowned, Ross shaking his head in tow. “When I told him about the other Arin, it made him really uncomfortable. He’s spoken about death before only recently, but like…” Dan groaned and covered his face with his hands. “Do you think? Arin might be depressed, or something? Something’s going on, and it pains me that I don’t know what the Hell’s going on, and…”

“Where is he?” Ross suddenly asked, quick, worried. Dan shook his head and waved a hand dismissively. He’d never taken Ross as the kind of person to worry so much.

“Grump room. He fell asleep.” Dan mumbled. “God, I don’t know what to do, Ross. I can’t talk to him about it, ‘cos he’ll get all upset. I can’t talk to Suzy, because she’ll just worry more and freak out and shit.”

“Yeah…” Ross nodded with a sigh. “I think just… talk to him. Even if he does get upset… Better to do that, then leave it to become something worse…” Ross frowned.

The two of them jolted upon hearing even the weakest knock against the door. Ross and Dan exchanged a concerned glance, and then Ross stood up to open the door. Standing before them was Arin, looking at them both sleepily. His hair was rustled, and he still seemed really tired. He hadn’t slept for long.

“I thought we were recording…” Arin grumbled, sounding a bit hurt. Dan stood up to match his height and nodded quickly, feeling bad for leaving him.

“We were, but you kept falling asleep, buddy…” Dan frowned, putting a hand on Arin’s shoulder. “So I stopped it. We got about two episodes done, but you should really rest up. I don’t want you to die by being overtired and fuelled only by energy drinks.” Arin seemed to huff a quiet laugh, shaking his head.

“I can stay up… It’s not even late.” Arin propped himself against the doorway to Ross’ office, a lazy grin on his face. Ross merely rolled his eyes, turning back to his screen and scrolling through the script again.

“It’s not late, but you literally didn’t sleep all night. You told me that.” Dan looped an arm around Arin’s waist and pulled him close for a quick hug. “I don’t mind if you want to call today off and go home. We can space everything out, I’m sure Ross wouldn’t mind recording some Steam Train stuff with me before I leave.” Dan glanced at Ross, who looked dumbfounded. “And we can even get some Grumpcade stuff out. We’ve got that special with Brian and Audrey to come out, yet.” Dan reassured him, patting him on the back. Arin seemed to mumble something sleepily into his shoulder, and Dan just laughed.

“C’mon, big cat. Let’s get you home. Or at least, to mine.” Dan stopped and thought for a second. Suzy wasn’t at the Grump Space, and neither was Barry, so he assumed that they were both at Arin’s still. He waited for a response, but Arin was already falling asleep leant against him, which made Dan giggle.

“Can you two lovebirds just go home already?” Ross sighed, deferring back to his usual persona. Dan was nearly surprised. “I’ve got work to do.”

Dan said that he didn’t mind carrying Arin back to the car and such, but Arin was very adamant that Dan wouldn’t be able to. They were back on the same couch at least twenty minutes later, minus the energy drinks. Arin refused to sleep anywhere other than right next to Dan, for some unknown reason.

“You want me to sleep with you?” Dan looked confused. Arin shook his head and cuddled up to Dan on the couch.

“No, I mean-” Arin looked embarrassed, tucking his fringe behind his ear. “Just… stay with me whilst I sleep. Until you go.” Dan nodded and ran his hands through the younger man’s hair, just for something to do. Arin wasn’t sleeping for some reason - Dan thought he was tired. It’s the whole reason they came home. His conversation with Ross arose in his thoughts again and he looked to Arin with a worried expression.

“Is something wrong?” He asked very quietly, as if there were anyone else in the room to hear them. But they were alone, and even Barry probably wouldn’t be back until the late evening. Arin looked up at Dan, suddenly seeming very sad, as if he could cry. Dan hugged him tightly and rubbed his back.”Hey, c’mon… I’m right here.”

Arin stayed quiet for a while, just trying not to spill any tears. His voice was muffled by Dan’s shirt, so Dan pulled back and gave him some room to breathe. Arin took a sharp breath in and stared up at Dan. His voice was cold, terrified.

“I had a dream that you didn’t come back.”

[opepin]

february: week two

06: lol i was so stuffed up the entire day, but the office was pretty full! i got to meet david cowing and noelle came back! she gave me purell and clorox wipes to keep everything disinfected. i felt pretty dead but i could still work. the day went by pretty fast and frank ended up coming in as well. i learned about patriot’s day in april and also the parade tomorrow. i asked phil if i could work from home due to my illness and coincidentally, the parade was happening so there was no way any of us were going to commute to the office to work lol. charles kept me company today and he recommended the ribeye sandwich from foumami. mmmm. i had kimbap for lunch and the receptionist informed me that there were multiple ways of getting hot water~ she’s my savior <3 i made it to the end of the day and got everything i wanted to get done, done!

i left work right at 5 pm so the train wasn’t super crowded. i made shiitake gohan and then i worked out while kevin was out climbing. i got to shower before he came back and then we ate dinner~ we had leftover oyakodon. we also ate the pomelo, which was oddly sour?! the ones i pick are usually sweet ): we watched supernatural and i ko’d on the couch while kevin did the dishes. zzz. i woke up disgruntled and bloated (i also snacked on frango chocolate and the snyder honey mustard and onion pretzels) so i did a bit more cardio, brushed my teeth, and got into bed at around 1 am? i waited for kevin to finish gaming to sleep. i spent time on youtube and facebook. we went to sleep pretty late? but i took a 1 hour nap earlier so it didn’t feel late for me.

07: i stayed in bed until 9:30 am and then got ready for the day. i had one mission today for work and it seemed pretty achievable until i realized that my work laptop works only with usb-c’s and i had a mouse receiver that was usb and a monitor that was hdmi connected. ugh. so i emailed beth and friends to see if i misplaced it? i don’t remember getting any of these adapters T_T so i worked with two laptops out and my monitor. i used my personal laptop to do actual work and my work laptop to reference material and search things if i needed to. kevin worked from home today as well :3 he steamed pork buns for us in the morning and we made shiitake gohan again for lunch. we mainly got on calls and just worked next to each other. kevin took a lot of breaks LOL. i worked until 6 pm because of my late start and i left some work for tomorrow morning until i could connect with phil. i feel a lot better, but still sniffly.

i worked on some daily tasks and then walked around the apartment with a fleece blanket on LOL. i eventually walked to bed and fell asleep?! i woke up and helped kevin make the noodles for our chicken khao soi and then we ate dinner while watching supernatural. i had a skype date with jeanne at 9 pm but we pushed it back to 9:30 pm so me and kevin could finish watching an episode. i caught up with this girl and talked to her for about an hour and thirty minutes before i went to exercise and she went to edit and upload pictures LOL. i did the 45 minute 500 calorie burning popsugar workout and then i showered and washed the dishes. i stayed up later than i expected and went to sleep at like 2 am or something...

08: i was debating whether or not to work from home or go, but i felt awake and i curled my hair so i made myself go. plus, i missed the office a lot yesterday (especially the monitor and the keyboard and mouse). i was running a bit late but i made it on to the usual train. there weren’t as many people as i expected? i got in and thought i was going to be alone in my desk area but charles came in! it was a 75% full office. i got to talk to michelle and jim about their commute and michelle commutes by boat?! whut. i also learned that there was black ice and north of boston was experiencing a ton of commuting delays and traffic accidents x__x it was a pretty chill morning. i ate lunch at 12:45 pm and then thanks to charles, i went to foumami and got myself a hot cinnamon tea and scallion pancakes. their scallion pancakes are bomb af! the tea is too sugary and a bit sour? idk how to describe it. i was hoping for a gingery taste but i got none of that. poo. i stayed at work a bit later to go over our material for our client training tomorrow. then i had to bring some work home with me because we made last minute changes.

kevin and i commuted back together and then he helped me look up hdmi to usb-c adapters so that i could use my monitor at home for wfh tomorrow. the cables he brought back from fitbit didn’t work :( so then we drove to the apple store and we found out how to check out o__o; apparently you just self-check out inside the stores with your phone! we got a representative though and he told us and checked us out with his portable credit card thingy. then we stopped by bj’s and got some challah bread to make french toast tomorrow for breakfast since it’s gonna be blizzarding. we got back, i worked more than i thought i would, made kevin wait for me (i sorry), and then we ate dinner and watched an episode of supernatural. i did lower back exercises and some cardio today. then i bummed and washed the dishes while waiting for this boy to finish using the bathroom T__T he took forever so i got hella pissed. i haven’t washed my hair in a while and i really wanted to but i couldn’t because it was too late with the time he took in there. D:< so i let kevin have it and then i showered, took out the garbage, and then slept on the sofa LOL. at 3 am or something kevin asked me to come to bed to sleep and i willingly did. it was getting cold. x__x

09: we both kinda slept in but i had a call at 10 am so i got up with enough time to edit and finish changing some things before the call with the client. it was a really long call but phil led a wonderful session and everyone was super receptive! right after the call, kevin and i made french toast for lunch and then we went back to work. kevin had calls until 3 pm and i had to catch up with phil and do a bit more work on the previous project. then i worked on a smaller new one and ended my day a bit early with that because phil had to meet with dave on something and there are things that i can still do tomorrow morning. i’ll meet with him right at 12 pm though. i spent some quality time with kevin after i finished work. this guy annoyed me though! it didn’t seem like he was doing work at all. he kept watching streams and playing pokemon showdown...hmph! i fell asleep for a bit and kevin made us oyakodon. he really likes it haha.

i woke up and watched some youtube videos and then got up to help a bit before dinner was ready! we watched two episodes of supernatural and it was only 10 pm when we were done :O we have so much time if we don’t commute to work! i do realize that i enjoy going to the office to work though. it’s nice to have a work from home day once in a while, but 2x a week is a bit much for me? i feel disconnected from the team a bit. i think maybe once every two weeks sounds nice. so that means twice a month would probably be the optimal level of work from home haha. anyway, kevin went to shower and game while i did a new popsugar dance video -- except that it was kinda dance in the beginning and then they started doing downward dogs and more toning things rather than cardio. so i switched over to another one that was definitely cardio and i loved it. it was hip hop cardio for like 20 minutes? i only did 10 minutes of it to complete my 30 minute of cardio. then chloe kicked my ass (but actually my obliques) with her video and i did two more oblique videos. it felt good. i can breathe when i workout! i showered, washed dishes, and watched kevin play some pokemon showdown, and then made note of what to do tomorrow.

10: both kevin and i worked from home again today. we’ve basically had like a 4-day weekend in a way. we woke up pretty late, but i didn’t have much to work on for the most part. i did make things for myself to do though. phil didn’t have much for me either. the server was real slow so i kind of finished up my day early as well. i got my second paycheck today and i was a bit disappointed in how much i got. i’m happy that i have started my 401k but kevin helped me calculate the amount i would get minus taxes and my contribution earlier and the amount i got was lower (not significantly but also not small). i guess i’ll put in less for student loans, but eh. haha, i forgot to attend my standup meeting yesterday and phil confirmed it because i wasn’t sure either -- i was obviously working during the standup meeting. phil said it was ok though and he knew i was working, haha. that reassured me a bit x__x;

we stopped by the deco valentine’s day fair and snacked on some brownie bites and ferrero roches. we got a free 10 minute massage and then i found the cutest but pretty expensive pouch. there was an india hicks booth and that was one of the first things we saw and i was in love. i didn’t know the price but she told me it was $68, i kind of freaked, walked around to think about, kevin encouraged me to treat myself, and i got it. i didn’t know we had to pay for shipping or else i would have gotten the one on display, but oh well. a bit bummed but i will now make definite use of this pouch! i talked with some peeps about it and they said that it was cute and reassured me about my purchase. :P we had leftovers for dinner and we finished watching season 11 of supernatural and then started watching season 12 via streaming. idk what the synopsis of this season is...it’s a bit weird. kevin went to game and i worked out my butt and did intense cardio dance. i was dripping sweat. then i showered and cuddled in bed and went on my phone until i went to sleep at 1 or 2 am.

11: we woke up just in time to make french toast and tea, change, and eat before driving out to our massage appointment at chinatown pain relief. we found a parking spot fairly easily and got there just a bit past 1 pm. the owner was super nice and we waited a bit before going into our rooms. we separated because the owner said it would be nicer than sharing an open room. the yelp reviews were way different from what we experienced. we had a regular massage experience unlike the sitting ones that were yelped about. well, my masseuse went into me and she was like ‘wtf did you do to your back? it’s so tight.’ she had me laughing at my own pain and breathing heavily and tensing up when she dug into me. omg the most painful massage i’ve ever received, but like she said, “no pain, no gain” with chinese massages. LOL. kevin apparently heard me in the next room hahaha. my back was wrecked after. we went downstairs to get chatime and it was aiight. oh my tea is still my #1. we drove back right after because we were full from the french toast and didn’t want to get dim sum as planned.

kevin went climbing while i took an unexpected nap...i was so tired from the massage that i just ko’d, woke up, and ko’d again until kevin came back. he skyped with brittany and mike. i tried waiting to eat dinner with him by playing some pokemon but i got real hungry so i just ate and then watched supernatural with kevin while he ate. he gamed for the rest of the day so i exercised and then curled my hair, showered, cleaned the bathroom, and cleaned the kitchen before heading to bed. i watched youtube videos in bed and knocked out at some time? i don’t remember anything else haha.

12: we got up at like 12 pm ahah. we had potstickers for breakfast and watched supernatural. i added in a sweet potato and it tasted bitter af in some parts so i ended up throwing some of it out T_T then we planned our meals for the week and kevin gamed while i watched the latest episode of reign while uploading facebook photos! it was snowing so i mentioned making a snowman with kevin outside and he agreed! we bundled up and then went out there in our snow gear and although kevin was doubtful that the snow wasn’t the right consistency, the weather came through! the snow was perfect for snowballs and snowmen! we had a mini snowball fight and then i rolled up my first giant snowball! AHHH it was so much fun! i went back in to get my SD card for my camera and documented some of the process while trying to help. then kevin went in to get a carrot and some clothes for our snowman. we evened him out together and then had a photo shoot before my camera got waterlogged. kevin made a snow tripod for my camera to sit on (on top of my book bag) so we could fit a good amount of us in the picture. 

we went back inside to change clothes, dry our clothes, and we were going to get hot chocolate but the deco machine was broken :( we went back, kevin talked to his dad for a bit, i snacked a bit, and then we headed to kam man. it was pretty snowy out there... we got our groceries, drove to bj’s, got snacks, and then got back to deco. some person blatantly ran a red light that didn’t just turn red. wtf! anyway, we got back, microwaved some leftovers and snacked while watching supernatural. then kevin prepped the bulgolgi for tomorrow’s lunch and dinner. we found out that there’s another snow warning so it’s probably going to be another wfh day for us. i washed some dishes, we went back to watching supernatural and eating more leftovers with freshly cooked rice. i did laundry, kevin vacuumed and swiffered the floor, and then he showered. i exercised and then i edited our pictures from today and uploaded them. hehehe i’m so happy with them. then i took out the rice cakes to defrost and called it a night.