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I spent most of yeseterday and today out of the house - I only just got back from driving around most of northern Mass for some groceries my parents and I can't find near where we live. Really the highlight was going to H-mart for several hours and getting to buy whatever I want. I was a little sad at the lack of individual packets of instant ramen type things (my 'local' one mostly has Korean food now) but other than that I had a good time. They opened up a new little shop inside of the store itself that sells some Japanese stationary and blindboxes for way cheaper than anywhere else near me, so I grabbed another cat figurine to add to my collection.

Yesterday I was out shopping more for me than for the rest of the house - except some treats for my pets and a bottle of wine for my mom. I really like going shopping, but I miss back during 2020 when I could go to the Walmart across the street from me at like 6:30am right when it opened. It was mostly old people, they wouldn't turn the store radio on yet, and the SCO was always completely devoid of people.

I think I reminisce about the early 2020s more lovingly than most people do - I was employed but not working, getting paid to just go to college, and I lived in an apartment by myself away from my parents. A lot of that time is kind of a cloudy memory for me, but I know I was spending most of my time either studying for online classes, cooking, or working on whatever art projects I had going at the time. I certainly didn't deal with the brunt of COVID - especially since I was in a state where the only thing that was done to 'tackle it' was instating a curfew (that didn't do anything, mind you, the next town over from me was one of the towns in the US with the highest infection rate) - and it really didn't impact my life at the beginning.

I'm not up to much otherwise today, I just had to fill out some background check forms for a fucking grocery store job (arguably the most insane thing I've ever had to do to get a job) and I'll probably spend the evening dicking around with my friends. It's kind of nice to live without the stress of a job or school, but I know it won't be paradise for much longer. I really hope that working part-time and going to school won't impact my hobbies in the way that it has in the past.

☣ Feeling: Bored