Why is it though?

I'm still trying to process and digest everything that had transpired. It's difficult to wrap my head around how there's just such a significant shift and there's no answer to it aside from "that's just how it is". I'm sure that is in fact the answer, but it's so unsatisfying... Sometimes words aren't enough to describe how I feel.

I guess I didn't start my year off on this blog with a year in review type of entry but in a way, I think this post duals as one as well. 

Bear

I had a vision for the future that I had built up over the last few months. It was just the near-future but nonetheless it would pave the path for beyond that. But just like that, it slipped out of my hands. Perhaps a year from now, this will seem insignificant, but in the meantime, I'm going to have to wake up from this pipe dream.

Allergies to the cats?

As far as I knew, I wasn't allergic to cats but at the same time, I've had very limited interaction with cats prior to adopting Leo and #2. So one thing I was concerned about before I pulled the trigger was the thought of discovering that I was in fact allergic after adoption.

Over the last few months, starting around January, I've noticed that I've been sneezing throughout the day even when I'm not in the apartment. This is something that's very uncommon to me and for it to happen daily was slightly alarming. But what made it worse was around mid-February I started getting really itchy eyes and runny nose, similar to the symptoms I get from pollen. It stuck to me as odd because it was way too early in the year for pollen. It's a possibility, but my symptoms usually don't come about until April, so February was quite a stretch. So I guess I'll have the next few months to figure out if it's the cats that are the cause of this... but also which one? I did notice the symptoms after #2...

I also don't know what I'll do if I am in fact allergic to the cats just because as idealistic it is to just put up with it because I made the commitment, it's also affecting my day to day life. My eyes are constantly in pain from itchiness and I'm constantly throwing out my contact lens because they get dirty easily. But I'm also constantly blowing my nose every few minutes and causing nosebleeds, etc. This is with taking medicine/eye drops and that already alleviates the symptoms quite a bit. I can't imagine what it's like having to tolerate this every single day, I'm already miserable during the spring.

As for updates for the two, Leo is turning one in a few days! He's still very attached to me and does cry a bit when he's hungry. He's been chewing on cardboard a lot lately but I think he should be done with teething by now, so I hope he does grow out of it. As for #2, I think he's adjusted quite a bit but he's still very timid most of the time. He occasionally hops onto the bed and sleeps by my legs and lets me pet him when he's laying down, but he still runs away otherwise. I haven't been able to hold him yet either. In terms of their interactions with each other, nothing has changed since the beginning. They chase each other after meal time for maybe 5 minutes every day and ignore each other otherwise.

Disappointed

For a while I was disappointed in what happened. Now I'm more disappointed in you. 

Leo

Three weeks ago, I brought Leo home!

I actually was only semi-interested when I first saw his profile online, but not enough to go meet him. A week later, I went in to see some other kittens at the shelter, and happened to see him and I wished I had came for him sooner!

Some of you may know that I've been wanting a cat for the past year. Originally, I wanted a dog (and I still do), but it would be irresponsible to get one because of my schedule. Instead, I became more open to the idea of a cat because I started being around them a lot more and also because they're low maintenance.

The first day was relatively tame; he remained in the carrier for a while before finally coming out, and even then, he stayed under the bed mostly. He meowed a lot throughout the night. The second day, he opened up a lot more, most likely because he had all day to explore the room and get comfortable. In the beginning, he woke me up a lot in the middle of the night, whether it was meowing, running around, or scratching my pillow. But soon enough, he adjusted to my schedule so he normally sleeps right next to me throughout the night :) 

There's still so much I'm still learning, whether it's related to food, training, and just overall wellbeing of the cat. He's been growing quite a bit too and can be a handful, but he definitely blends into my day to day life now :) 

Maybe I'll do an update on him later on, but until next time~

One year post undergrad

Hey all! So a few days ago marked one year since my last undergrad class and in <2 weeks time would mark the one year anniversary since officially graduating! So I just wanted to do a bit of an update with my life right now haha. I also sort of want to blog (or even just write privately) more on day to day activities just so it's easier to relive certain experiences or moments, although I have to admit a lot of it can be pretty cringe-worthy when I reread them as well.

Without further ado... starting with work, I actually really do enjoy my job and the type of work that I do. My particular workload is a bit overwhelming because I feel like I haven't had much of a break since October, although the hours haven't been as bad recently. I also like my firm as well, although it's not perfect. There's a lot of downsides to it too, but it's also in line with downsides of the industry.

My studies haven't really progressed, and I'm still aiming for August to complete all my exams. Grad school is still on my mind, but at the same time it's hard to imagine cutting myself off from this job because as I mentioned, I do like it a lot! In three years, anything can happen.

Life in the city has been meh. The excuse of being busy of work can only go so far, and at this point (especially since things have slowed down), it's really on me now. So I really need to finish up my exams so I can truly appreciate what the city has to offer. I came here for that reason, so I have to put myself out there.

But apart from these things, I feel like a lot of different pieces will be coming together in the next few months until the end of the year! These past 24 hours, I've already planned four different trips, two of which have been booked already. Coincidentally, it's one trip every two months, so it's space out very nicely so that there's always something to look forward to. I'm thinking of doing something for December as well, so maybe that'll make it five!

My lease is almost up and it's a little stressful to think about just given there's a small gap between the last day of my lease and the potential new lease date which is typically on the 1st (mine ends on the 20 something). On top of that, the travels are going to be around the same time, so I'm not entirely flexible with being available to move out during that time frame either, it can only be on a very specific day, which is still TBD. But on that note, when I do move I plan to adopt two kittens!! I've been waiting for this for the past year and I've been increasingly more eager/impatient for this to happen, so I'm looking forward to it so much. Although I just realized that I have to figure out something when I go on those trips that I mentioned!

Hmm... overall, while things aren't perfect, I do think that there's a lot of things to look forward to :D There isn't a reason why this year wouldn't be great, so hopefully things go as expected! One last note, my birthday is coming up very soon and I feel like I did go through a bit of a quarter-life crisis a few months ago about... feeling old. I know many will just scoff at that, considering I'm not actually that old and in a way, my life is just getting started. At the same time it's not like I'm getting any younger either. I do still feel a bit negatively about the feeling of getting old, but it's not as intense as they were last summer/fall.

Anyways, until next time!

Update: Moved to New York

Hello, hello. It's been so long. Technically, I did post a few times during the spring/early summer but that barely counts because it just wasn't as in depth as my usual posts. Not necessarily length-wise, but it was just different. As usual, I didn't finish my travel posts either haha. I really doubt I'll get to them... although I haven't been able to clear my phone of the photos until I do! As I sit here writing this, I'm actually procrastinating studying for the CPA. I have no idea how I'm going to get them done before the exam changes/NTS expires but let's hope for the best.

So as many of you know, or if you haven't really been keeping up with my life, I moved to New York on August 1! And started my job a few days later. My apartment is quite small and old, but for the price and location, I can't really complain too much either. Although I've already had a bunch of freak outs and definitely days where I wanted to LEAVE.

My room is also tiny and a bit smaller than I would have liked. For reference, I wanted a 10x10, which honestly isn't even that big either, but I'm living in a 8x10 room. The photo above was minutes after moving in. All those plastic bags covered my entire floor, or what little floor I have. There was no room for anything. It took maybe a day or so to clear it off. The floor wasn't too bad because somehow I was able to navigate to the bed. The worst was clearing off my bed:

But the struggle really came from realizing I didn't have enough drawer/closet space to fit everything so I needed to buy a second clothes rack, so until then (which ended up being ~3 weeks later) I slept with this remaining pile: 

Those plastic bags from earlier actually have a majority of my clothes.. so this was only a fraction of it. Yet... I always seem to end up wearing the same few outfits, hm... Now I have an ugly, out of place clothes rack in my room that takes up 40% of the empty space I used to have.

This is the closet I have to a room photo:

You can tell which rack sticks out like a sore thumb... you can also use your imagination for the rest of my room :)

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has been something I picked up recently, and hopefully it'll cure me of my hoarding problem—although, the thought of it saddens me because I love all my things :'(

I think that I'm adjusting fairly well. It's a really big city with a lot of people, so naturally it can feel lonely—but luckily, I haven't experienced that negatively yet. I befriended some new people, mainly coworkers but for the most part I've kept to myself lately. It doesn't really bother me too much, I think just working and getting home late definitely contributes to it. Because by the time I get home, it's usually 7 or 8. After cooking, eating, and cleaning up, it's already 9:30 or so. By then I just want to sit in bed and watch Gilmore Girls (all the time which could've been spent studying, tsk tsk).

Just wanted to do a quick update, I think most of this post sums it up. To end the post, I tried to look for nice photos to balance out the ones of my room.. but I was only able to pull up two. I guess my life hasn't been that interesting :'(

Oh, on that note, another slight update (ish)! I've recently (both in the few months) upgraded! From my iPhone 5 and Sony TX9 to an iPhone 7 Plus and Sony RX100 II. Hopefully my photos reflect that from now on :) Room photos are still with the old phone. Although I find that the 7 has pretty pixilated looking photos?

Tacos from Los Tacos No.1; Adobada (Marinated Pork) is probably my favorite!

View from Top of the Rock

Until next time~

New Direction

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the future—I'm probably borderline obsessed. There were a lot of stressful and sad things on my mind before, but this definitely took my mind off of them. It gives me so much to look forward to. Not sure if this is the first time I've ever looked forward to it so much or not, but as far as I know, I think so. I have so many goals that I want to achieve and just thinking about it excites me so much. I hope to seize many opportunities in the next few years as I work towards my goal :)

Actually, I just reread a draft I wrote right before my high school graduation. Apparently I was pretty down at that time as well, so it's funny how four years later, I'm at the same place again. Except this time, once I picked myself up, I'm at a better place than just normalizing things. It really feels like a new chapter is about to begin and I can't wait to write it.

Dear Friend,

I think you should know who you are after reading this post, but if you don't then maybe that's a problem in itself. 

I feel as if we have been drifting apart for a while now, even if I do see you regularly (or not), on the emotional level, I don't feel as connected to you anymore. Many times I feel like I'm being taken for granted or my existence isn't appreciated. Because of this, I've grown bitter and bitchy, and worst of all impatient. Once I've grown impatient with someone, I feel like it's a downward spiral because there's really nothing that can fix it. 

I've already talked to you numerous times about this issue, but they were either disregarded or taken very offensively. So I feel as if I've done my part already, at least in terms of communicating. 

So what's the whole point of this blogpost? I'm not too sure, a combination of a declaration and rant. This isn't a confrontation, though. It might cause a conflict or maybe some tension, or both, but it's probably gotten to the point where it's better than keeping it in because I'm passive aggressive af. 

Am I still your friend? Yes, but I feel less "devoted" than I have been in the past. Have I been a good friend if I'm complaining about it? Probably not. My attitude has been pretty shit because of all this, tbh.

I think I've learned some things about myself through this and maybe it can help me be a better person/friend. I hope you can learn something from it too.

Sincerely,

The Salty Friend

Modstock 2015: Ludacris

Thursday marks the last day of classes for this semester! I have three finals to study for though. I have a conflict for one of my final exams being scheduled at the same time, but now I have to take a different one because of that but I hope it's not harder :( 

I woke up at 5:00PM the day before and didn't get sleep until around 6:30AM, but class was at 8:00AM so I decided to just stay up...and afterwards, I had to run errands and then went to my friend's university to see Ludacris perform. 

It was so crowded though because I was trying to get to the front. Used those skills from Shanghai though and made it pretty close to the stage. But half the time I was shoving and getting shoved >< No personal space at all, but what do you expect lol. I don't really remember too much of it because I know at some point I was pretty focused on getting close. Oops. 

After that, I just hung out with some friends that I haven't seen/hung out with in over a year. 

When I'm in confrontational situations, I either bitch back or be speechless because I wasn't expecting it. Luckily this time, it was the former.

There's this one girl that I used to see at gatherings in my freshman year. I don't think I really saw her last year. Anyways, I don't know her that well aside from her name.. since I never really spoke to her. After Ludacris, some of us gathered back at one of the dorms and the girl came back too and she was eating. She dropped food on her lap or something and told my friend to eat it off of her. 

Like a normal person, my reaction was, "What the fuck?"

And she got angry at me for reacting that way wtf. I don't remember exactly what was said afterwards, just that she was being pissy. But I just ignored her existence after that.

Later that night when I saw her again because we separated for like two hours, she was super nice and friendly so I thought maybe it was all a misunderstanding because she was drunk or I don't know. But then I found out that she actually didn't like me lol. So I was just like oh, okay. 

It's pretty flattering whenever your existence means something to someone else when they're a nobody to you. 

Lost in Neverland

"Lost in Neverland" was inspired by Escape the Room and created as a fundraiser for a school club. My friend from Wellesley invited a bunch of us to get together for this. After recent events, I felt like I should put more effort in maintaining contact, especially in person.

It's themes are Romeo and Juliet, Peter Pan, and Harry Potter. The first two I vaguely remember from middle/high school days and I never watched or read Harry Potter before. So when part of my team told me that they prepped for it, I was like wtf cuz I didn't know anything. :( So useless. But turns out the whole thing was literally, just themed, and we didn't have to actually know anything.

We had a time limit of 50 minutes, but could get extended if needed because we were the last group. They hosted this for two days, but no groups got it D:!!

So a lot of it was confusing because when I did it in Sydney, you basically have to complete certain steps before you can get to the next piece of the puzzle. But here, you can literally find each clue in any order, so that made it confusing because you wouldn't know which clue linked to the next one! To be fair, I'm comparing a business to a club fundraiser though lol.

After 20 minutes, we got it!!  

And I asked the hosts at the end because there was this one clue that I didn't understand, even though we found the treasure. She explained it but then questioned how we got the treasure if we didn't get this because this was the clue to the combination of one of the locks. Turned out my friend forcible pried it open because it was loose wtf. 

I didn't even know that. So I was like shit now they're not going to count this. But luckily they're still giving us the win, so yay!!

Our prize...?

Matcha Green Tea Pocky. I DON'T EVEN LIKE GREEN TEA THOUGH. A win is a win though. :)

Snickerdoodles^3

I've been wanting to try making snickerdoodle cookies for a while now but never had cinnamon until now, so I finally had a chance to make it. 

But I was always either missing baking powder or cream of tartar for recipes that I found online, but I went ahead and just skipped those. I also used one cup of sugar instead of two (to try to cut down on it) and I think that made the cookies completely tasteless D':

I had a shit ton of dough because I didn't know if I should really half all the ingredients for the recipe that was meant for 25-40 cookies or something like that.

The recipe called for balls, so I rolled them up, but they didn't flatten and started to get burnt on the bottom!! :(

Fail #1

So I decided the next batch to use my Hello Kitty cutters.. I also added a bit of water to soften up my dough because it was pretty crumbly. 

This batch turned out fine, I think, but completely tasteless. Didn't even taste like flour or cinnamon or anything really. I tried eating it with Cookie Butter, but eating it just made me feel miserable. 

Fail #2 (kinda)

Last batch...

I decided to make them smaller and whatnot because the Hello Kitty sized cookies are quite big. When I took it out of the oven, it was still a bit raw, so I put it back in..and forgot about them for half an hour. 

They didn't look that bad...until you flip them over. They're also completely hard.

Fail #3

Hopefully next time they'll taste better ;_; My cookies are getting worse and worse each time I try to make them.

Where Would You Live?

So previously I kept badgering my brother to see if I could stay with him over the summer but he never gave me a straight "no" because there was the possibility of him not living there anymore. So finally we settled it that I won't be able to live with him and I asked my cousin if I could stay with him. But then my mom called me earlier and told me that he probably won't be moving any time too soon and agreed to let me stay with him, but... I dunno. There's pros and cons for each living situation.

1) Brother

Pros: 

- 20 minute commute to work

- Convenience to everywhere

Cons:

- I'll be a bum in the living room; won't have my own room

- There will be a total of 5 people including me

- Feels super imposing

2) Cousin

Pros:

- Own room

- Just two of us

Cons:

- One hour commute to work

So now I dunno :( It mostly comes down to the commute vs. living space (room). I'm a terrible person at waking up early, so that's why I'm worried about the commute.

I told my mom..WHY NOT HAVE BOTH? And switch around when I'm lazy. But she just laughed at me. 

Have lots of posts backed up, but since I don't have my own laptop back yet I haven't been able to upload photos with them.

One Class Down!

I had a final this past Friday and it was so awful. The exam wasn't even that hard, but I just wasn't well prepared ;_; There was this one question that I got partially wrong and it was over the dumbest thing.

If you've studied accounting, then you should/might know that the Codification are all coded, and the exam was asking what are ways to search things on the Codification and I forgot to including that. Wtf. It's practically in the name too ;_; and it's what I've been citing all semester, sigh. 

I have another exam in like 14 hours, but you know, procrastination. After that exam, I'll be done with that class as well!

In the meantime, I still haven't gotten my laptop back yet :( It's only been four days, so it hasn't been excessively long, and I have a temporary + my desktop (since I've been home) so it really doesn't make a difference tbh. 

Hm.. what else.. in about one more month, I'll be moving to New York for the summer :D So that's kind of exciting, except also scary too since I'll be leaving so soon after the semester. But it's not like I'm leaving forever and I'll probably still visit home often if I'm nagged to.

Until next time!

MacBook Air Sent for Repairs :(

The other day I took my Macbook Air in to get it fixed because two weeks ago, the display spazzed out on me and started flickering nonstop and sometimes it just stayed off for a bit, but I couldn't prompt it to go back on. Imagine the horror of that when I had an unsaved paper finished... gah. But it hasn't really done that since, but occasionally it would randomly dims for a second before going back to normal. 

Prior to this, I noticed that the back strip popped out a bit and was a little uneven. For some reason... I thought it was normal until a few weeks later when I compared it to my friend's and realized mine wasn't aligned properly. 

I made an appointment around that time but I never woke up on time to go... so I ended up rescheduling every time and finally went. Originally, they were just gong to take it apart and see if something is loose, but since it's still under warranty, the guy said he'll just have them replace the display. I think in the process of toggling everything, the guy broke my bluetooth... Noticed it when he ran a test. So guess I'm getting that replaced too. Luckily, it's under warranty...so I wouldn't have to pay for something that I didn't break. 

Err.. tbh, there was this one time when I did drop my laptop D: So I'm sure that might be why the thing got messed up. I didn't notice this, but when you close the lid, apparently my laptop is misaligned because of the whole issue with the part popping out. Not 100% sure if it's because of the drop, but I suspect it is. 

But now.. I'm wondering if I should buy AppleCare for an extra 2 years. This repair would've cost $560 if I wasn't covered... but I guess that's how they get to you. Clever, Apple. >:( I feel like I break these things fairly often (my last laptop started falling apart 4 months in) so it might be worth it, but then.. if I don't get to use it.. that's $250 down the drain. Plus my laptop isn't even worth that much to begin with, compared to, say a Macbook Pro or something. Which is kinda unfair if you think about it... I would pay the same amount for warranty for a $750 laptop versus a $2000 one. Decisions, decisions... 

Luckily, my friend has an extra laptop that I can use in the meantime :D 

You don't know what you've lost until it's gone

I've recently just lost a close friend of mine. We talked a lot during high school and hung out on occasion throughout college, but did drift off compared to before. I'm a bit conflicted over the whole situation but I have to remind myself that this isn't about me. I'm reminded how lucky I am to have everyone else and not to take it for granted. 

Too young to deal with this...

Not in the sense where I should when I'm older either, but I'm kind of at my prime of my youth, so I shouldn't fuss over such matters.

Last week, I ended up getting into a pretty awkward situation because I told someone something in confidentiality but what I said was sent over to someone else. While the situation didn't blow up or anything.. I feel like an idiot for putting effort into a friendship with someone who didn't reciprocate. I was already doubting it, but this incident became the final straw. I did call him out for it and he didn't respond, so that speaks for itself. 

On one hand... this is such a petty thing to "fight" over and if the friendship is important enough, then I should just try to talk things through. But on the other, I'm stubborn and I am petty. 

On a final note, it peeves me a lot when people don't reciprocate the effort that I put in. But I'm probably a hypocrite when it comes to that too. I feel like I've been a lot less patient with people since coming back from Shanghai x_x I've been quite passive aggressive before, but now I'm more obvious when I'm unhappy with someone.

I Want a New Camera :(

So I probably dropped my camera one too many times...

It started acting weird after I got to Japan, where half the time, the color of the screen would turn weird for maybe two seconds before it went back to normal. There was also this one instances where one of my photos saved ahead of all my new photos. Like, say I took photo A, then proceeded to take a bunch of photos. Photo A remained as the most recent photo, so I thought the other ones didn't save ><;;; If that made sense. Lastly, my camera would randomly vibrate... it either went away on its own or I had to smack it to make it stop.

Then finally in Singapore (I think) the screen just remained that weird color :( It's not just the green part that's discolored...but it's like the whole thing >< It's over saturated. It's hard to tell from the lighting since it's dark, but my fingers were like super red and stuff.

Since the other photo was kinda dark, here's a lighter one.. The bottom one being the photo displayed.

It kind of gives me a new excuse for a new camera because I've been wanting a new one but wasn't able to justify it because mine still worked fine and the quality is pretty decent for my needs. But I guess I desired something a bit more. Still.. 

But even now it's a bit hard to justify it because my camera still functions.. just the screen is a bit..off. It's somewhat of a big deal because I can't really tell if the photos are nice or not until I upload them. But at the same time...the photos that I take are just as good as they usually are. Derrrp.

I've been doing some research though for potential new ones, but they're so damn expensive $$$

First on my list is the Sony RX100 III (M3). It's $800 T_T But it's a high end compact camera, which is kind of what I want. Well...in terms of, I don't think I really want a DSLR. It's too bulky for me and I don't really know how they work either. And then there's the whole thing with needing many lenses. 

Err, I can always just settle for the M1 ($500) or M2 ($600) of the RX100, which is significantly cheaper, but... I have this obsession with having the newest model if it's available. Not looking to get a second-handed/refurbished model either, so that's not an option even though it saves HUNDREDS. But that doesn't mean I'm spoiled, because if I was, then I would have the M3 by now. And just because I want it doesn't mean I'll actually get it :(

Another option that I looked into was...

The Panasonic Lumix LX7. It's "only" $400 but it came out in 2012, so it makes me feel so... outdated. Even though it's heaps better than my current camera though. If you gave me the same camera and labeled it for 2015, I'd probably go for it. Wtf. Thinking about it this way, I should reconsider and maybe just get it then. I saw some sample photos of it and it's pretty nice..

2014 in a Nutshell

Hehe, guess I should've done this a few days ago before 2015, but whatever. I thought this would be a good change in pace with all the spam of trips lately. Actually, after going through all of this, I think it ended up just being a summary of my travels basically, whoops. But I think 2014 was definitely a year of travels, so it only makes sense hehe.

But here's a summary of my 2014.

1) Went to Toronto 

2) Reconnected with old friends and made new ones

3) Participated in my first fencing tournament

4) Dyed my hair back to "normal"

5) Went to Knoxville, TN

6) Declared my concentrations and minor for my degree

7) Survived through core (though bitterly)

8) Attended a wedding for the first time

9) Went clubbing for the first time for my birthday (lol)

10) Studied abroad in Shanghai

11) Got an internship for the summer with my 1st choice company

12) Traveled through parts of China and Asia:

Lijiang (Yunnan Province)

Shaxi (Yunnan Province)

Taipei

Hong Kong x2

Nanjing

Shenzhen

Hangzhou

Beijing

Huangshan

Tokyo

Seoul

Singapore

There's an entry to most of these, only exceptions being anything past Beijing, but if you're interested... just do a quick search at the sidebar and it'll pop up. Didn't really want to link them because there's like multiple entries to some of them, so it'll look messy, ehh.

I guess I slacked off quite a bit, so this is like a month late, but oh well... Chinese New Year's is coming up, so maybe I can count that instead or something. I dunno. Okay. Bye.

Work Resumes!

Err...not résumés...realized it after I published it -_- but don't really feel like changing the title.

Finally went into work today after over two weeks :O It was canceled a lot because of all the snow days and weather in general. 

Speaking of the weather...it's supposed to be snowing for the next few days, with another big snowstorm on Sunday night, I think. Like I said in the last post, I'm not really that affected by the snow, so I actually like it ^^; It's very wintery. 

A bit off topic, but I saw a post on Facebook last night or something about how the city cleared the snow for the Super Bowl parade, but failed to do so yet for other parts of the city. Ehh, like calm yourselves. So what if the city prioritized that section of the city for the parade? It's not like that's not a part of the city that needs to be clear of the snow and why is a central part of the city any less important than residential areas..? Not like they're making you shovel lol... 

Anyways, work today was super relaxing because only three kids came and they're the little ones too. One of the kept crying though :( For like a good half an hour and kept calling for his mom. It's so weird because he never cries. But eventually, he calmed himself when we played this alphabet game together on the iPad and eventually he got comfortable with being in the classroom and I didn't have an issue with taking the iPad away from him.

I also talked to my coworkers a bit. I feel like I usually never do rofl because we all usually do our own thing, but since there aren't a lot of kids today, it was way more relaxed. 

It was so cold after work :( The 20 second walk to the van was super windy and it was only like 30 degrees out too, which isn't even that bad, but it felt way colder T_T;;;

Okay, have to do my reading now :( Good night.