9/26/24 - summer is ending!!
life has been pretty boring recently, to be honest. school starts next monday (9/30) though!! i'm excited to get out of the house and do things lol. i was unemployed for the summer, and i'm naturally very much a homebody. i think i have seasonal depression, but in summer as opposed to the usual winter depression. i think that's because there was no structure for me in summer when i was a kid and i'm a person who thrives within routine. that and i was a very anxious girl haha. there really was not and is not anything for children to do for free or very cheap in my town. everything is either a bar, food spots that are too spendy for kids, or a shitty arcade in an equally shitty and slightly dangerous places for kids to be. its frustrating to hear older people say 'go play outside' when 'outside' is a highway lol. i live in an area of my town called the 'triangle' because of how 3 highways make a triangle in the middle of the town!! very silly.
haha anyways... i didn't mean to make this entry a rant on car dependent/young people hating infrastructure!! i like to have my own personal e-soapbox lolol. i could rant at length on a lot of topics!!
outside of having a quite lonely summer, i had a relaxing one too!! i'm going to a 21st birthday party tomorrow and then i'm dog sitting!! its a good transition into school i think. i also got an answer to my knee problems. i haven't written on this here. i've been having knee pain for a while, and it's gotten worse in the last few months. i went to the doctor about it and apparently i have VERY loose joints that need more muscle to keep them in place than average lol. so i have to go to the gym more often and with more intention.. which is good!! i work out decently often but now i'll do it more regularly and focus on my quads :P i'm happy to have an answer that isn't arthritis as well as a solution that isn't surgery or something.
thanks for listening to me yell online!! like i said i'm starting school soon.... i'll be on my computer more so this might actually lead to more frequent updates!! i'm probably going to talk a lot about child development/educational theory. might make a page to infodump because i'm sure that'll get annoying.