Happy Fall!

 

It's hard to believe it's already almost October in 2025.

I was thinking lately of how much my life has changed since I started this blog, and even in the last year. I started a new job (I'm almost 6 months in at this point!). I lost (and GAINED) friends. I've tried new places, gotten engaged. read amazing books, and overall have leaned into who I am as a person.

I don't feel thirty, really. I still feel like a little kid playing pretend, but when I look at my life, I realize, I'm a whole adult. Right know, with Jonathan still being out of work and maneuvering the disability system (which is hell on Earth), I've become the main breadwinner and our lives definitely changed.

I'm planning my wedding, I'm working full time at an actual office, where I have to wear corporate clothes, I have to carry a pill organizer now...it's a whole new ball game. But at the same time, I feel like I'm free to enjoy my interests more.

I have grown up funds to buy Kpop albums and anime figures. I have friends who go out with me and go to dinners or shopping with them (a lot). I'm able to experience new restaurants, new conventions, and new events because of my hard work (and the privilege of making a living wage and having a good place of employment).

Anyway, this past weekend, I went to a new dumpling restaurant and was absolutely STUFFED. I tried these yuzu chicken soup dumplings which may be my new addiction. I also tried a blue crab and pork soup dumpling which was pretty good! The place also had amazing drinks and I was able to get a kumquat green tea with strawberry boba and rainbow jellies. Kumquats are some of my favorite fruits so I was super stoked and it was tart and refreshing after a long week.

After that, Jonathan, myself, and my best friend Pilar came to our place and just girl-rotted, which included watching kpop music videos and yapping. It was lovely.

I know last time I updated, I was preparing for San Japan and I have a haul post coming up soon! So keep an eye out for that. 

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Always, Raineedayze