Like The Tomato
Nothing here but my musings about daily life, books, anime, and food.
Today was a lazy day. But then again that does not really say much. I find myself lazy all the time so…Yeah. For the most part, I did what I planned to do. I changed my bedsheets, washed the used bedsheets, fried some honey garlic chicken, and spent time with my love.
I did not end up reading last night but I did end up reading today, which was good. Planning on staying up late to read tonight. If I end up not sleeping so be it. But I really want to read tonight. So I will stay away from my bed and read while sitting down.
My hun and I were able to hang out for about six hours today. I do not think we have been able to do that lately. We played Stardew Valley for quite a bit. I am not a big video game fan, to be honest. I mean there are games that I enjoyed playing – Sims, Diablo iii. But video games were never my thing. For someone who likes solitary hobbies, I never got into it. My hun, however, enjoys video games a lot and I am glad that I get to enjoy it with him from time to time.
We also watched the movie Death Race. I think it was a solid movie. I enjoyed it. It was intense at times, I did have to look away at certain scenes. I used to be okay with those scenes, I just cannot anymore. But I got the ending that I wanted and I also got the team-up that I wanted, granted it did not start that way. Like I said, solid movie.
We got to watch an episode of Rosario + Vampire. We have not been watching any animes lately. And there are some animes that we started that we need to actually continue watching. Not just animes, but we also have The Dropout on hold as well. And House, which I still have no interest in continuing.
I am glad that I have no work tomorrow. Because as I stated earlier, I am planning on staying up late tonight. Tomorrow, my friend is planning on cooking some barbeque ribs, and I will be cooking some garlic potatoes. I say that would be our 4th of July food.
No post for two days? Yeah. I’ve been feeling sick. I am still not good right now either. I have been super tired for the last couple of nights. Like actually falling on the bed and passing out exhausted. No idea what’s happening really. My throat started hurting yesterday. So I just increased my vitamin C intake because I haven’t really been getting much of that.
I haven’t been able to read either. I was just having a really rough few days. I haven’t been able to hang out with my hun lately. He was also having a rough few days too. I’ve been watching Daria and watching movies. Something that I really don’t have to pay attention to. Just so drone out the silence.
My hun and I did hang out today for a few hours. We were able to squeeze in a couple of movies before we called it quits for date night. We watched Sing 2, which enjoyed a lot. I mean I was not surprised, to be honest. We enjoyed the first one. And yes, I did tear up a little bit in the last scene of the musical in the movie. The second movie we watched was Because I Said So. A Mother-daughter movie with underlying romance. I enjoyed it. Not sure how my hun felt about that movie. I made him watch it. He said he has no preference, so I picked it.
I am still currently doing laundry right now. I had a late start today. I was just in bed the whole morning. Normally I would care a lot and get annoyed at myself if I started chores too late on a weekend. But not today. I just wanted to be in bed, watch movies, and not do anything. While laundry is spinning, I am planning on reading Lamb. Maybe a couple of chapters or more. We’ll see. I have no idea how long I can focus at the moment. Not the book’s fault. Just myself being super unfocused lately.
I cooked tonight without following a recipe. It was nerve-wracking. It was simple. Just ground wagyu beef, with minced garlic, peas, and carrots, cooked in sesame oil and dark soy sauce. It turned out god surprisingly. I ate it with freshly cooked white jasmine rice. Yes, I do now have a happy stomach and experiencing some major food coma.
I have been lying in bed for the past couple of hours doing nothing. I read a page from Lamb. And I have Daria playing in the background. Paco is sleeping right here next to me. So he is making me sleepy.
I’m not sure if I’m getting sick. My throat is hurting. Not too bad though. I should really make it a habit to take multivitamins and vitamin c every day. I’m so bad at that. The bottles are just so big that I can’t put them in my medicine bag. I should maybe get a bigger medicine bag. Or find a bigger bag. I am pretty sure that I have one lying around.
I’m very sleepy right now. I should get ready for bed. I have a feeling that I will pass out soon. I feel so lazy. I definitely did not feel productive today at work. No surprise there. I tend to not be able to do much when I am onsite. Distractions are inevitable there since there are so many people around.
So they finally installed the new fire alarm system in my apartment. It took about 1 hour. That meant, I had to put my doggos out in the balcony so that the guys can work in peace. And so the dogs were also not as agitated by the strangers in the house and the loud noise. My 17-year-old Phoebe was a trooper and slept. While my 6-year-old Paco was pretty much mad at me for leaving him outside on the balcony.
Work was fine. I had to miss a couple of meetings because of the noise. But that was fine. I need a break from all the meetings anyway. I do not feel ashamed in admitting that sometimes I do feel oversocialized from all these of these Teams meetings I have to be on.
Right now, I have You’ve Got Mail playing in the background. Why? Because I still can. I do this a lot for movies that I enjoyed. I tend to overplay them while they are available on streaming services.
I plan on reading as well since I have not read in a few days. Shame on me. I still do not know how booktubers do it. I love reading do not get me wrong, but to read and read and read…I admire them to be honest. I feel like I just want to read books but for the most part, either I find myself too tired or I just do not want to pick up a book. I know it might sound like I am making excuses but to be honest, sometimes I just feel like not doing anything.
I’m glad this week is partly over already. Tomorrow is Wednesday already. I mean I wish it was already Friday but that cannot happen. I think my hun is working double tomorrow. We have no plans today, his original plan was to hang out with a friend and play some video games but I think he just ended up sleeping. He is feeling a bit meh today. I am not sure if we will get to hang out on Thursday but we just tend to do it when we are able to.
I feel so tired right now. I think I started yawning at around 8 PM. My hun suggested watching Futurama tonight. I am enjoying it, for sure. But I think the show relaxes me. Like how Bob’s Burgers relaxes me.
There really was nothing exciting that happened today. I worked from home on probably the hottest day of the year. I have no AC in the apartment. I had the blinds closed, the lights off, and I had the fan on me. I had Bob’s Burgers playing in the background the whole time. It was too hot to really get much work done. I did work though just not as engaged.
I was planning on reading tonight but we shall see. I can’t stop yawning right now. Tomorrow is another day of working from home. But at least it was forecasted to not be as hot so I’ll take it. Wow, I guess it’s a super short post.
So today was hotter than yesterday. I had to drive to the office this morning to get my work laptop since I am working from home again for a few days. Unplanned. And the drive was…annoyingly warm. It only got hotter as the day went on. I was too lazy to move to be honest. But I had to throw away the trash, and wash dishes. So what happened after that? I took a cold shower! And then proceeded to turn off all the lights in the apartment. And had the fan going and focused on just me. And yeah, I had to make sure that I did minimal movements. Tomorrow will be hotter…I am not looking forward to it.
My hun and I were able to hang out for a bit. With his mom’s recommendation, I suggested we watch the movie Jersey Girl. I have heard of this movie before. I never watched it but I was under the impression that this was a romance movie. It was so not. Sure there was an underlying romance, but that was not the main focus of this movie. The movie was really about a dad and his daughter. Their relationship and how he needed to choose between a dad or getting his old life back. It was pretty good I think. My hun rated it 6 or 7.
After that, we played a little bit of Stardew Valley. It was fun while it lasted. My hun was feeling meh. So we just ended early. It was fine. I mean I had been known to cancel when I’m feeling so off. Like what I’ve been telling him, I am happy just to hang out with even just for a bit.
I ended up playing a game called Littlewood for a bit. It was interesting. It still has not caught my attention yet. But I’m pretty sure once I understand what the heck I need to do in that game, I would be able to enjoy that as well.
I am planning to read Lamb after posting this one. I have not read the whole weekend. I’m blaming the weather. Because I need to blame something for my laziness. A lot of reading really happens when I’m in bed so I’m not surprised that I am waiting until it’s nighttime until I pick up a book.