DEC. 20TH 2025 making bark with granma

today i went to my granma's and helped her make bark! i've been kinda tired lately so i didn't feel like leaving the house, but i'm so happy i went!

i really love my granma so so much ♥ i'm really blessed to have her. she's the only grandparent i have so i really cherish her. she's one of the sweetest, kindest people i know and she's also very open minded.

my mom was telling me growing up my granma would always cry during holidays. she'd stress herself out trying to make everything perfect. i'm happy after all these years she can finally sit back and relax while we handle things.

making bark was pretty fun, i got a bunch of chocolate on my shirt tho > ~ <;; she also needed help wrapping a present for my uncle. she got him a big cast iron skillet and the box was pretty heavy. i was able to wrap it pretty good tho! then we talked for a bit while waiting for my mom to pick me up.

DEC. 9TH 2025 christmas shopping

this morning me and my mom went out to run a few errands, and my sister ended up coming with us. when we were done me and my sis decided to go do some shopping while my mom went to work!

our first stop was the mall! we returned and bought some stuff from aerie. our second stop was boxlunch. whenever we're shopping my mom gets super excited whenever we see monchhichis. i found a really cute one with orange flowers. her favorite color is orange so i really hope she likes it ♥ we also quickly stopped by lush and auntie anne's. they were out of full pretzels tho so i had to settle for the little bits :(

our next stop was walmart. my sister's roommate works at a daycare with an angel tree. we got two boys and got lots of stuff for them!

it was really fun shopping for kids, but it was also making me really sad. my city has a pretty high poverty rate, one of the highest in the state. it really breaks my heart that so many people have to live like that. i wish i could do more, but i'm glad we were at least able to make christmas special for two kids.

DEC. 3RD 2025 spotify wrapped 2025

spotify wrapped is here! last year's wrapped sucked so bad but this year's was much better ♥

my top song this year was phenomenon , and i listened to it a total of 1055 times.. wow.. my other top songs were dejavu (718), night tale (635), insomnia (582), and wonder light (527)!

my top artist was zool, which kinda surprised me. i was expecting it to be trigger! i'm the 61st top zool listener lol! my other top artists were all idolish7 groups/seiyuus

my top album was blackout by britney spears!! i listened to a lot more western music this year and i totally fell in love with her ♥ my other top albums were pinocchio and red light by f(x), stripped by christina aguilera, and zquare by zool

i listened to a total of 121,347 hours and 3,371 songs. i think these stats are a bit off tho because i use local files a lot. i wish they kept tracking throughout november because i know solitary would've made it. i've already listened to it over 400 times lol

DEC. 1ST 2025 thanksgiving trip

this year i visited my family in indiana! i was supposed to visit them last year but me and my sis got covid :( this year we did the 10 hour drive in one sitting, which was brutal but gave us more time with family.

my family is pretty loud but everyone is very kind, and thankfully not conservative lol. my aunt is pretty quiet and works in a children's hospital, so she's very understanding of my anxiety and disability. i really love being around her!

i ended up spending a lot of time with my cousin R. she's a lot closer with my sister so i felt kinda awkward, but she's very sweet and i enjoyed spending time with her.

on thanksgiving we had a nice dinner, and all of the girls watched wicked while all the guys watched sports downstairs. i wasn't expecting to care but it was actually super good!

on black friday me, my sis, and R went to the mall. i got some clothes from aerie and got lots of cute stuff from miniso! i also pulled the mymelo plush i wanted from a blind box hehe ♥ later all the girls saw wicked for good and we all really loved it!