Watch out for Cheese Pizza flavoured Cheetos! I tried one and it tasted awful, I could not get the taste out of my mouth. Ate a bunch of mints which didn’t work. I would not give the rest of that bag to a hungry person, because they’d probably hunt me down and kill me in my sleep for giving them something so gross. How those got through a focus group or taste testing is beyond my comprehension.

All the Subway locations in my town closed suddenly. The same guy has owned all three since 2022. Nobody knew why at first, but I just read an article that all the employees paychecks bounced and that the owner might have skipped town, because his home is suddenly empty. Who knows if they’ll open again, my guess is someone will have to buy one or more of them since all Subway locations are independently owned and operated. They were constantly undersupplied and understaffed. All three would be like “sorry, we don’t have any *long list of stuff*, our trucks aren’t delivering.” This neglect (by the owner? Corporate? Idk. Probably the owner) went on for months until they closed unexpectedly. Sucks, I love Subway for the most part. Hope someone buys them. If I get desperate, I can go to the next town over. I’ve been eating a lot of Firehouse subs lately. I used to love Quiznos too, what the hell ever happened to them?

I had to do my yearly recertification at ACA today. Partners (insurance) is getting really picky and turning people down recently. They have this requirement for “goals” and are really specific about them and how they are to be done with peer & individual support people, both of which I have. Well, I could not think of a damn goal to pursue, probably because I don’t have any right now 🥴 They made one with me last year about going swimming every week, but that’s too often. I want to do other things besides that. Also, I was suffering the psoriasis last year and didn’t get treatment for it for months because I’m a fucking idiot. I refused to put on a bathing suit while I had that going on with my armpits! I want to go to the Paddy’s Creek area around Lake James which has a (man made) sandy beach and a roped in swimming area in the lake. I like to go there instead because I don’t want to stay in the water for a full two or three hours (like I would at a public pool) , I like to set my umbrella and chair up and read on my Kindle for a while, then go swim for about 15-20 minutes, go back and read more, swim, rinse and repeat. That is literally the only time I read anymore. Sitting on the beach is very relaxing and conducive to reading. I bought Britney’s autobiography a while back and have been looking for a chance to actually feel like reading it. My former individual support, Denise WHO I MISS SO BAD, used to take the whole afternoon off, about five hours, and we’d go to the beach. She did that so we’d actually have time to relax and I don’t think anyone else would do that…just her. 😢 That’s the only time she reads too. I still don’t know why they separated us. They knew how much we bonded and that doing that would really upset both of us! Yes, I am still mad about it. I do love Karen, I’ve known her for years, and we have more in common (our shared love of South Park and purple Jeeps for example) but it’s not the same. Me and Denise had a very comfortable routine and both loved to go to Paddy’s Creek. That woman is what could be called a “sun goddess” as she is pretty much always lying in the sun and goes to Myrtle Beach like 5 times every year. Her tan is so dark. I worry she’ll get skin cancers because she never put sunscreen on when we went 😅 Nor does she sit under the umbrella! My transparent skin could never lol

Wow, I wandered off topic. Basically I did NOT come up with a goal today. I had suggested swimming every other week or once every month but never got a straight answer on whether that could be a thing. I just signed the paper and the supervisor said she’d think about goals for me. We literally ran out of time.

While I was there in the supervisor/peer support part of the building, I noticed a couple of paintings by local artists. They were both of cats, which automatically makes them cool. But the first one was done in that style that I’ve ONLY ever seen cats drawn in, and it looked almost identical to that wooden cat statue I bought at Dead People’s Stuff! Not to mention my cat earrings that are in the same style. I have been trying to identify this specific style of cat art for months but haven’t learned anything. It’s so cool, I love it and would like to have more cat art that looks similar. It seems I run into that style of cat stuff randomly. It’s only ever cats. No dogs, nothing else. Just cats. It leaves me scratching my head because I know this style has to have a name! I will post a pic of my cat statue later so you can see what I’m talking about. You’d probably recognise it as well!

I just want to reiterate for the umpteenth time that I fucking hate iPhone keyboards and autocorrect. I cursed quite a bit writing this haha. I cursed writing this sentence.