hello world. i've been meaning to do a new post for a bit but with how much i've been working and generally putting most of my hobbies and interests on hold at the moment including this site (don't worry i have plans on updating it at some point if i havent already mentioned it) and to be quite honest with y'all, i feel more burned out than ever, especially with basically waking up to ride 41 minutes down to my job and back every day where i work. i did do some reading which is quite nice as i've been wanting to really read more as of late once again. managed to read two or three books this month which is 3x more than i normally do but i hope to level out those averages with time.

as for what's been going on outside of the whole job transfer bullshit, i got a girlfriend! we've been dating for a couple weeks at this point and i love her a lot!! hi if you read this btw, kasey!! i also went to a rainforest cafe for the first time with pepper and sean. i was gonna get a steak but found out they were like more than $40 so i ended up getting a burger. i've also been slowly upgrading my desk once again with the recent huge upgrade being the addition of a second monitor which has been quite useful for browsing and having separate tab windows for productivity stuff. i also got a clock just to remind me of the time AND a productivity timer of sorts just to see if i can trick myself into doing things when i do use it. if not i might return it.