PurpleHello98

This week has been really good so far! I feel like my social meter for the day isn't quite full enough yet, but I'm hanging out with some friends tonight that I haven't seen in a while, so that should do the trick!

I feel like both a lot and rather little has happened this week. Yesterday and today it's been quite rainy, which is always a real treat for me! And so I got to stay in and read last night, and crochet some, and call a certain guy. :) I've really underrated the pleasure of reading! I should read some more tonight once I get home.

I haven't had too, too much homework this week---actually, I had little enough last night that I finished it all before dinner! I've gotten to crochet some as well, and my hat is coming along seemingly quite well. (It's my first time crocheting something that isn't rectangular---or at least supposed to be!) And I'm finally (mostly) settled into a routine!

Besides that, my Vyvanse is going quite well, and it's finally becoming fall! Actually, I noticed this afternoon that the first leaves had started to collect on the ground. Only a few leaves on the trees have changed colour yet, but fall is coming and I'm excited! I finally get to romanticize college more.

I've been really grateful to be at college this week. I know it sounds weird, but I kind of really love it here! I get to learn so much, live somewhere beautiful and make so many amazing friends! Life's been pretty great this week, and I'm hoping and thinking that tomorrow's going to be a great finale to my school week! I have some fun plans this weekend, but those can wait for another post. :D

And so in the meantime, I hope you're having a great fall (or maybe not fall) day! I know I'm having a great fall week. ^u^

Well, adderall has been kicking my ass-erall... (hold for laughter). I got prescribed it a couple weeks ago, and I've tried it one day this week and a few days last week. But every time it dehydrates me so much that it has no effect and I have to chug two or three Liquid IVs. And apparently you're only supposed to have one a day because otherwise you can overload on sodium. A sodium overdose is kind of ridiculous, but apparently possible. Anyways, I've had probably two or three hours total out of the four days I've taken Adderall (extended-release, so about 48 hours total of being on the drug) where I've been hydrated well enough to actually do anything. And those hours, I got a lot done! But then before long, I was too dehydrated to do anything more.

So I got prescribed a new med! Generic Vyvanse. I went to Walgreen's the other day, courtesy of my amazing friend and K-pop club vice president Orange who gave me a ride. Except I got there at 1:30, when the pharmacists went on lunch break. So I picked up some photos I'd had developed, and got some Taco Bell, and came back. When I got there again, they told me that they actually didn't have my prescription (apparently "prescription delivered" and "prescription filled" are very different things) and to come back Tuesday, and oh, it's also $250. What?!? I tried running my insurance with them again, but then the pharmacist told me something about a "deductible". What is that?!? And so I had to come back yesterday, although thank God I found a GoodRX code to make it a lot cheaper.

Yesterday was actually really good though! Everything just went my way and I had a whole lot of fun! Today is kind of the opposite though. I didn't get enough sleep; my friend Red, who I was supposed to have another "stitch and bitch" with tonight, cancelled because she's sick; my first class was the one with the English Professor Who Can Bite Me; and I'm just in a bad mood because of all this. I need at least one social activity, even if it's just getting lunch with someone, in order to remain sane and not get weird and lonely. I'm much more extroverted than I used to be, I think---it used to be that I could go all day without seeing many people and be okay. But then, maybe that's because I was so much more uncomfortable in my body then so being uncomfortable was the status quo. I don't know.

And that's it for now. I'm totally exhausted and in class right now but I don't have the mental bandwidth to pay attention right now. *sigh*. Let's hope tomorrow's better---toodles!

Alright, first of all, as a side note, I wanna say that I got both my hormones and my ADHD meds today! :D I'm very excited. This school year is going to be a new chapter in my life! And this summer has been amazing. I've experienced so many things for the first time. I had my first flight, went abroad for the first time (and that was to freaking KOREA!!!), and so on. Also, I finally got my driver's license on Wednesday! So that's an even more exciting week.

But the big thing is that this week, I went on my first date! (I mean, I've talked to guys before, and I'm talking to another guy at the same time right now, but that guy lives far away, so this is my first real, official date!) I'm pretty sure I mentioned him a few weeks ago--this guy (who's pretty cute if I do say so myself (which I do)) came through my register one night when I was at work and asked if I wanted to get coffee! It was really cute--and a big ego boost to boot--and, as it turns out, he had come through my register before and developed a little crush on me. :) So every time he had to buy groceries, he checked to see if I was there--but no dice until the night he asked me out! He said he was insanely nervous, but he took the bull by the horns and asked me out! It's really adorable, like something you'd see in a movie or a TV show! It feels like the story of how your grandparents met or something. (Which is fitting, really, because he has a divorced dad aesthetic.)

And so we went out for boba the other day and had a nice chat, and then we saw The Naked Gun! (A very funny movie, by the way.) It was great. We held hands for about half the movie, and kept shooting each other these goofy grins. We hugged afterwards, and we're going to see each other again next week and go watch Freakier Friday! (By the way, the trailer makes it look like the girls are going to break up Lindsay Lohan and Manny Jacinto in favour of her dating Chad Michael Murray. I hope that doesn't happen, because Manny Jacinto is a lot more attractive!)

Anyways, this guy and I get along really well so far. Let's see how things go! Although the whole talking-to-multiple-guys-at-once thing is... a lot? I feel wrong somehow, even though I'm not exclusive with either of them. And I don't want to choose between them until I can hopefully visit the long-distance guy soon and go on a date or two with him... so that's preventing me from being as happy, since the whole situation really seems very precarious. But I suppose I should just take it one day at a time? Do y'all have any advice for me in that area? I would REALLY REALLY appreciate some!

Besides that, my coworker friend and I watched some more of The Osbournes today, as well as some Chris Hansen. (The Osbournes don't act like people... are they seriously real?!?) She made some delicious caramel cookies and I tried French onion dip for the first time as well! Not together, of course.

So yeah, it's been a very eventful week. :)

I'm honestly feeling kind of overwhelmed today. My ADHD seems to be getting to me recently, but thankfully my therapist referred me to a psychiatrist recently to get officially diagnosed/medicated! Anyways, today is the first time in I don't know how long that I haven't had to go anywhere, so I've tried to kind of cram a lot of stuff into today. I took my last notes for my on-line bio class (YIPPEE!!!) and now I just have a few assignments to do tomorrow and a test to do Friday! I'm very excited to be done with it. :D I can only think how much time it'll open up for me for the rest of the summer to have more fun and relax more! Because really, I just need time to freaking relax. I guess I had some between getting back from Korea and starting back at work, but I'd like a little more old-fashioned summer days. I mean, that sounds a little "get off my lawn", but what I mean is sitting around, playing Splatoon or Minecraft, watching YouTube, watching TV. No obligations, just fun! I'm going to try and make some memories like that this summer. :)

And a pro of being a teacher just occurred to me--I'll still get the summer off! So I can keep doing fun stuff like that. :D Although it'll be harder to do stuff with my non-teacher friends during the weekdays. I'll try my best though!

Some highlights of the last few days: yesterday, Blue, Green and Green's little sister came over and we watched Mean Girls! I'd never seen it before and I understand now why it's so iconic. I'll write a mini-review of it on my site's Opinions page soon, so stay tuned for that!

Monday, I got to go to the lovely DMV (whilst quite hangry as well) to renew my permit. That's right, I somehow managed to make it to age 19 without a driver's license! Although I'm definitively saying that I definitely will have one by the end of the summer!! But my dad was, until recently, the only one who was willing to teach me to drive, and considering that five days of the week he's working long hours and Saturdays he helps my grandma out, I didn't really have any time to learn except for Sundays. Very annoying!

Recently, I've been watching two new shows: Boys Over Flowers, a K-drama from 2009 about this lower-class girl who gets a scholarship to an elite private school and K-drama drama ensues. It's really good and kind of addictive as well! I've also been watching Superstore, which is basically if The Office took place in a Wal-Mart or similar. Since I work in a grocery store myself, I find it really funny and at least somewhat relatable.

Next up in my Perpetual Journey Of Decluttering: in the limbo between my semester ending and my trip to Korea, I seem to have lost A) my nice electric toothbrush and B) my fancy expensive Korean skincare products I bought from my hair lady (who I need to see soon also, since my bangs are getting so long they're starting to bug me). In all the unpacking I did after getting home, I didn't find them, so I guess they must have been in one of the bags I unpacked beforehand? I have no clue. Anyways, I'm going to deep-clean my closet this Saturday in hope of finding them, and also because there's so much crap in there and I need to get rid of some of it.

And that's about it! Have any of y'all seen either of those series, or does anyone have any TV recommendations and/or decluttering advice or anything? Toodles!