August 26, 2023

Started the school semester! I'm actually really looking forward to it, not that I usually dread it, but it seems it will be especially good. My highschool classes are independent study trigonometry, weights, and AVID. These are all very easy, and unexpectedly I REALLY enjoy weights! I've never been the most physical person, but I think its slow nature appeals to me. As well as the fact I already 'train' my leg muscles, so now I'm just getting the upper half! My college classes are English Comp and Sociology, both of which I'm really excited for.

English Comp has an interesting project list to me, all our work will be centered around a central goal we choose at the beginning of the semester. Assuming that I choose a good topic, it should be fun the whole time. We also get to make a websiet!!! Clearly, I am excited for that. My sociology class will be a lot of work I think, but the topic is sooo intersting. I've only had one real day of class so far and even that was so cool. My mom also just enrolled in that class, so I'll be in class with my mom which is kinda funny. I don't know if I want to tell people that or just like, leave it a mystery until it gets brought up.

I am very organized this semester and very proud of my efforts to maintain it. I get more organized & responsible every semester as I learn more about myself & how I work, but this is literally the peak. I don't know how I can get any more organized than this. I have a to-do list every single day, to keep me on track. Oftentimes even subsets - so I seperate my day into the morning, 'work' day, and then my nightly routine after I've completed my tasks. I've also changed some of my mindsets that were holding me back regarding breaks and not completing everything. I have no problem taking a break day if I need to, I really deserve it after all the stuff I do everyday. I used to never feel justified taking breaks because I thought I didn't do enough to deserve them, but thats changed now.

I have a loooot of responsibilities this semester. Balancing highschool and college was already a lot, especially with only access to public transportation, but I have a lot on my plate too. We moved into a new house, and I'm determined to have a fresh start on habits after living in a hoarder house for 10 years, so I'm doing a lot of housework. I do dishes three times a week at least, take the trash out, clean the kitchen every, and also the bathroom. I am now doing commissions full time in order to fund my summer 2023 trip, which means I always have something to work on. I have the most successful commissions I've ever taken, making 70$ per and oftentimes more (Most recently I got one for 90$ and for 110$). I alsoo have a lot of personal tasks and hobbies. Of course I still draw and am creative, but I've also taken up coding (hi!), writing, and playing the bass. I'm dating two people and have several friendships to maintain as well. Its a lot to do! But now that my time management is way better, and I enjoy almost every part of my schedule, it makes everything wayy easier! I always felt like I was meant to be busy, and always be doing something, and I've finally found a way to do that for myself successfully.

One of my large personal projects right now is my fursuit. I just got the first batch of fur for my suit TODAY, so I'm planning to start working on patterning this weekend. I have a few more things to get, like pins to hold the fur in place before sewing, mesh for the eyes, and to pick up the sewing machine from my grandma, but overall I'm all ready to go! The base has been taped, I have most of the fur I need, I'm ready!!! I want to finish it in time for halloween so I can wear it out! I don't know if I want to bring it to school, I'd surely be made fun of, but maybe some people would really enjoy it? Would I even be able to actually wear it since schools don't like masks? The policies are usually a little less strict on halloween, but its more than a normal mask, it obscures my ENTIRE head.

My other large personal project is my link cable animation. I originally didn't have any strict deadline for myself, but now I reaaaally want to finish it in time for Cyborg's (Aero's?) new album. It comes out on September 15, and it has a link cable remake on it. I think it'd be a fun way to promote the album to my friends, and celebrate it coming out. However, I don't know if I have the time to finish it in only 3 weeks. Its probably doable, but it'd probably consume all my free time for that span.. Maybe I'll just aim for it to be finished by September, even if it's not the exact day.

Thats all I think!! I might've missed something, I have been very busy, but thats the gist of it. Life is going really good right now and I couldn't be happier.