Like The Tomato

Finally! I got to visit In-N-Out for dinner. Did I miss it? Damn right I did. Granted we have Dicks in Washington, but damn, there are moments when I just crave some good ol’ double double. I made a comment to Chris about In-N-Out and Dicks and their special sauces, and I did not realize what I said until she said “You bet LMAO”. I just started laughing and said, “Damn these burger places and their names, with each having its own special sauce”. Again, damn it.

I finished my resume. Well, I guess I should say “finished”. I need to polish the shit out of it. It’s sitting at 3 pages right now. And I need to dial it into two pages. So I need to revise some of my work experiences. I have a few lab places that I am eyeing to apply. And then from there, it would just be aggressively applying all over the place not healthcare related. I need a job soon. The 31st is coming up quickly.

Anyway, I did not get the chance to read today or last night. Yeah, I’ve been slacking. No bueno. I did laundry today. And then watched another Filipino movie with my parents. We also watched some Filipino variety shows.

So Connected. Well this is cute. I mean I like the movie enough. Mainly discussing the harm of being in social media and going viral for the wrong reasons. The two MCs became viral for negative ways. Different ways but still the consequences were horrible. They were basically filmed doing something, some people uploaded the videos, people in turn found their personal accounts, stole their privated photos, created memes, and harassed them in their socials. But honestly, the thing that really bugged me was the catfishing the male MC did to get the female MC to like him by using some kind of cloud-based storage system. The female MC bought the stolen phone of the male MC without knowing that the storage was in there. So any videos and photos that she might have taken for herself can also be viewed by the original owner of the phone. Bothersome.

Anyway, planning on reading tonight. And I mean it! I need to read! Tweak my resume more tomorrow and apply to two jobs and see how those go. And tweak my resume more to make it more non-healthcare friendly.

I have not gone hungry since I arrived here in SoCal. I honestly think I have been overeating, to be honest. Not complaining – I am just stating a fact. My parents like to eat. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. Yeah. The meals are not light either. I do not even consider their snacks actual snacks. I feel like they are full meals.

I am again having some major food coma issues. I really just want to crawl in bed and pass out. When I really should not. I have not done anything productive since Thursday. I was just watching TV with my folks and stuffing my face with food. I have not read at all. And I brought three books with me! Because I thought I would be able to pick them up and read. I guess not. That needs to change.

Tomorrow, I should be free to do some resume updating so that I can apply to jobs aggressively. And hopefully I get to read! Well I want to read tonight. Last night I passed out even if I did not want to. That was sad. I have been reading webtoons though. I just really need to sit and read tonight. Planning on finishing one book tonight.

I also need to do some laundry tomorrow. Hopefully I can get to that as well. And one more load so I can do it closer to the day when I go back to the PNW. I’d really rather not take any dirty clothes back up North. But that is not happening. We shall see.

My brother and sister-in-law visited today. Also the reason why we have so much food today. After eating lunch, we watched a move called Me Time. A movie with Kevin Hart and Matt Wahlberg. Funny. I was fine. It was funny. I mean, it’s not the best comedy but it was funny and my brother and I had a good laugh.

I watched Only You with my folks this morning. A Filipino romance movie. It was refreshing. I mean, the love interest is not the typical drop dead handsome prince charming BS that Filipino movies love to cast. It was cute in its own right and I appreciated how unconventional it is. But I had a question about what happened to the love interest because I really did not see the point of why it was done. Just to get some tears from the viewers maybe? I mean sure I was sad about it, but I was irritated at that. Like I said, I did not see the point of why it happened.

Anyway, I guess I should try and read now if I plan on finishing a book tonight.

We finally saw each other! One of my best friends from the Philippines moved here in the US five years ago, about the time I moved to the PNW. So we missed the chance of seeing each other then. But we got to see each other now, and we had fun!

We went to get breakfast at this restaurant called The Urban. One thing that I can describe that place is a Filipino fusion restaurant. I mean they are still traditional Filipino food, just with a twist and presented in a more Americanized way. The highlight of my breakfast? The freaking ube butter! The food is good. But damn, that ube butter just hit the spot for me. Then we got some halo-halo from this boba place called Delight. I have not had any in years! That was so satisfying.

We then visited to his sister’s house to say hi to her and his parents. And I also have not seen them since my brother’s wedding! I think that was 2015 or 2016. So yeah, years! I honestly enjoyed just catching up with him. And in turn with his family. Like I said, we practically grew up together. Went to the same school, neighbors. Yeah, I did miss him a lot.

I watched a couple of Filipino movies with my parents again today, Love at First Stream and Love is Colorblind. I mean, I was cringing for the most part. I mean, it was relaxing watching with them. But damn, these movies are just cringe-fest central. Love at First Stream MC annoyed the shit out of me. I mean granted if you want to be an influencer, a certain flair for narcissism. And that was just painful to watch, the entitlement, the using of people. That was just too much for me. I cannot. Love is Colorblind was okay. I mean nothing really much to complain about it. But it did not stand out either. It was enjoyable for what it was.

I have not read in the last few days, book-wise. I was only able to consume some webtoons, which was okay. I am enjoying them and that is all that matters. But I am hoping I get to actually read a book tonight.

Why is there such a thing as food coma? Why? Why?

Anyway, I definitely felt this last night when I arrived here last night. I went to dinner with family at BJ’s and it was good. I won’t even be surprised if I actually over ate. I mean I have been doing that lately. I have been doing that lately. Binging has been happening more lately. I am not proud, but that is my unhealthy response to stress.

Today, I do not think I over ate but I still felt that way. I mean I still felt that I was going to pass out after that lunch with my parents. I mean, I did end up dozing off on the ride home. That also could be because I slept late last night. Who knows, I am not going to overthink it.

Remember when I said yesterday that the first trip that my parents were taking me to was an MD appointment? Yeah, so we went there this morning only for my mom to find out that her appointment is not until the 28th. I mean, she had some doubts this morning and I told her to just call them to confirm but she did not. So we drove for an hour to get there only to turned away. Sure, we ended up doing some groceries, and eating at Max’s Restaurant but personally, I’d rather we stayed home. I was lazy afterall.

I watched a tagalog movie with my folks. An Inconvenient Love. It was fine. I mean I did find myself cringing a lot and rolling my eyes. And saying “Oh god”. I mean, I really should not be surprised. Classic Filipino rom-com. It was okay. I knew what I was walking into when we started watching the movie.

I have been reading webtoons today. I have not been able to just read a book. Hopefully tonight I get to pick it up. I still need to make sure that I get enough rest though, since I did not get much sleep last night. My body woke me up before freaking 5:30 AM. Not good. Considering that I wanted to sleep in since I AM ON VACATION. It’s just weird how my body refuses to want to sleep in at times like this, when all it wants to do was sleep in during workdays.

I was feeling really anxious today. There is something about flying to California fills me with stress. Well flying in general gives me stress so me being anxious for this trip is not surprising. On top of that, when I reached the gate at the airport, there were a bunch of teens all over the place. Lying on chairs, on the floors. Then the delays of the flight. I had issues sitting still. So I had to walk around. Which was technically not a problem but I just didn’t like feeling that way. We boarded the plane and we were even more delayed because the aircraft was waiting for the catering. It was bit too much, I think that was why I passed out during the whole flight. I was sleeping before the flight took off. And I woke up when the plane was landing. So much for reading.

Not going to lie, it was nice seeing my family. Four years for sure is a while considering that the distance between us is only 3 hrs away by plane. Anyway, the drive from the airport was fine. Traffic. But I mean, this is California. And it is raining! Which was a nice surprise. We had dinner and now I am so full and could not move.

Planning on reading a bit tonight before I sleep. I need to wake up earlier than I planned. Apparently the first trip that my parents want to take me to is an MD appointment tomorrow. And the location is an hour away. And I laughed and in my head I said “yay…”.

One thing that I want to get done during this PTO is finish my resume and apply to jobs aggressively. That and read. I brought two books with me that I want to finish. And another book in case I finished the two.