SO THINGS

    My hair is falling out, but my relationships aren't, so we're golden bayybee.

The world keeps spinning, and I'm still not done with Expedition 33. I'm stuck on a boss that has stripped me of patience to the point of abandoning all of my jabroni pride and just cheesing. But I can't cheese him until I level up a few more levels, which takes even more time. And I'm just so... like. You know? 

So I've been enjoying Hades II lol.
I've also played Expedition 33 entirely on my SWORL controller, and it's been awesome. Love everything about it, until it's a hassle to get the game to recognize it as the controller. Not fun.
Anywho...

The months have been going by so quickly. I'm still reeling from all the cool things that happened earlier this year. We've been on so many adventures.


August brought us EVO 2025

This year was even better than the last. I was determined to cosplay with Mung Bean and my heart was so, so full with how she was received.

I brought my Faust cosplay back, but now equipped with Mini Faust. It was too perfect. The year before I thought my belly made sense for him because of his grab looool. 

Chipotle Faust was cute lol

This was cool. Our friend was doing all kinds of loops trying to get everything together for the museum. Was awesome.

Man, we got so many compliments over the weekend. Mostly Mung Bean (in and out of cosplay) and Mr. Chicken's shirt lol. I camped a SWORL station at the Junkfood booth again.

There was a booth selling books, and they thought Mung Bean was so cute that they gifted her this book T_T BRUH. It was such a sweet gesture, I was flabbergasted. 

And Junkfood Arcade gifted me these prototype caps T_T BRUH so sick. They match my set up perfectlyyyy

Gamers Outreach ran out of stuff and they felt they owed us something so they gave us pins lol. 
If you're in a position to donate; donations benefit children in hospitals by providing them gaming platforms. It's an underestimated normalcy we take for granted, especially for a child, when we're at the mercy of medicine's gamble to heal our struggling bodies.

This is kinda personal to me. Not because of personal afflictions but because of the nature of my work. I'm a massive, sentimental sally.

So. Every year we've gone, since we've discovered them, we donate in the hopes that these childrens' time in hospitals aren't the living nightmares we see them as, thanks to organizations like Gamers Outreach.

Up and coming indie fighter. 
Very cool.
They're gonna get big, mark my words.

All I have to say about this is THANK YOU.

Look how cuuuute

I need to find art for my SWORL. But I can't commit to anything.  I need to think of a character I want on there forever, because I'm only gonna buy one art piece for it, so it's a big decision. 

Mr. Chicken got me another Labotomy. 

She's beautiful.

And this was my magnum opus.

It's a big deal. Idc. 

My body has since shifted to her needs. I'm still producing but she's preferring dim sum these days, so we adjust.

And my work had a thing. It was awesome. I love it here.

Mel sells the cutest stuff. And her lore is so touching. 
Can peep her stuff here. 

HAAAIIIIII
He taught me stuff, and now I work with him huehuehue

Issa Cris :B

This was cool because we were working that evening, but our boss said we could head over and check it out. Our location was hosting the event, so we were able to just woosh on over there ^_^

I have her tote, and her t shirt, and stickers and keychains, and and and !

raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

:D
Thanks for the stuff!

Oh, and there was this one time when we hosted a girlie night at our house.

Mr. Chicken was such a wonderful host. He bought 3 bottles of red wine and a whole bunch of spreads for us to snack on. It was a cathartic night.

Behold, Mung Bean's Labubu in the corner.

And we took her to the aquarium. She was so whatever about it, lol

Was kinda into it, but also meh. I get it. There will be more trips.

The Disney trips are neverending.
We took her to her first Oogie Boogie Bash,

As soon as we sat down at Clarabelle's, a cast member approached us and asked me why we chose the costumes we had (I did a Shock disneybound and Mung Bean had a Sally dress on). I told him Nightmare Before Christmas is fun and he gave us this giant vampire Mickey sourdough bread.. head. 

The vibes were excellent. Halloween time at Disney never disappoints. 

Oh yeah. The poison for Kuzco. The poison chosen specifically to kirr Kuzco. Kuzco's poison. 
I bought it.

We had a lot of fun. Mung Bean was a great sport. She stayed out past her bed time with ne'er a whine.

ggs

For my birthday, Mr. Chicken surprised me with a trip to the mountains.

I always love the drive going there. It's so cozy. Feels like Ashenvale when you're super in there.

He got us a cabin for the weekend. It was actually really big. It could've easily had like 7 people staying in it.

He said he wanted to get me a retro themed cabin, and the kitchen stove and area was retro, but the rest of the cabin felt like a hunting lodge or just super country. There were antlers lol. I didn't know what to make of it, honestly. But it was a nice little get away.

Chill. Quiet. Relaxing. The aesthetics of the cabin threw me off though, idk why it hit me so hard but it made me question things about myself and wonder if Mr. Chicken thought I liked hunting LOL.

Before I broke his heart telling him this, I felt awful. He was so sweet about everything though, and said the listing gave a different impression. Which I got really sad over, because he looked so hard to find something I would like. I did like the quiet of the mountains, I just think that after his Storybook Nook surprise, my expectations were somewhere else.

He eventually suggested we just leave. I was split on leaving because we had the cabin for another night, but on the other hand, being there wasn't... I just... if it was for a bunch of people to share and not specifically for me, I could overlook everything. But because it was for me, it just didn't feel right.

So we left. We both felt terrible, but the sunset on the drive back was so beautiful. I'm so grateful to have a partner that tries so hard for me, and even when things don't work out as planned, he's so sweet and understanding. It's why I was able to be honest with him, as much as it broke my heart to tell him how I felt. He was sad, and felt really bad, but everything was okay :)

And he got me birthday sushi at our AYCE spot ! 
^_^

He also got me these new sun glasses. These are ones I saw in Vegas and almost bought immediately, but held off because the person who could adjust them to size wasn't there. So Mr. Chicken bought them for me T____T which is CRAZY. Don't look them up rofl. I have no shame, but also don't look them up.

They're so cuuuuute I love them so muuuuuuccchhh

I also recently fell victim to the rabbit hole that is designer plushies.

HELP, IT'S SO STUPID

BUT I CAN'T STOP? 

It started with these. Am I ashamed of how much they cost? Probably. Do I regret it? No. Why not? Because for each plushie, I helped fund 5 meals for kids in need, or at least that's what the website said. T_T
They're cute and my baby deserves them. Does she play with them? Sometimes. She gives them kisses. But it's fine. I play with them. It's fine.

Hee hee

Another Disney day! This one I'll share

This day was actually really cute. I had the day reserved, and coincidentally, so did a friend of ours. So I asked Cris if she was down, if she could. Turns out, her man got her a park hopper, so she picked for that day. And then I asked the guys, and they were like yeah we need a day off. And Mr. Chicken was originally working, but he took a half day and met up with us in the afternoon.

It was SO wholesome. My god. Mung Bean, Cris and I all got on the carousel and just... awww T_T

Drankies at the cantina was a must. Lifa got lucky and somehow got us in the queue, despite how busy it was.

    

Mung Bean knocked out. Completely unphased by the atmosphere. Just comfy as can be cuddled up to her dad.

Was a good night. Ended fun  too.

Cris and I got stuck on the Mickey ride, the railroad one. The ride stopped entirely and after a few mins we were told we had to get escorted out rofl. We were in there for like 45 mins.

I love being a mom. It's not easy at all. But it's so rewarding, and watching her grow and develop her skills, learning, understanding, problem solving, and becoming so so sweet has been honey in my soul. I wanna spoil her and give her everything I can. Just because she's mine. She's so sweet I can't stand it. And she's so good. And so chill. And just perfect. The amount of dads that complimented Mr. Chicken on her is comical. 

Ahhh. Our baby girl. The cherry on top is watching Mr. Chicken turn into a complete girl dad. I fall for him all over again. He'd move tectonic plates for her. He'd hold up the world for her. For me. For us. He can hold up anything for us... just not traffic. That's not okay. I'm not about that. We pay attention and we go on green. 

And I also had a tiny thing with some other moms from work! We met up at a cute coffee shop in OC, and had our babies meet. It was cute. Cathartic. I can't say enough how supported I feel at work not just as a professional, but as a mom and a woman. It's different. And I know how fortunate and blessed I am to be in the position that I am to have that. So I don't take it for granted. I wanna do more of these little dates. I gotta make em happen. We're all introverted weirdos. :D

My sister in law got me into the gap. or was it old navy? I can't remember. One of those. I went in to get stuff for Mung Bean. Felt out of place but also I'm not trying to indoctrinate my baby with my jabroni goth bs.

Another day, another Disney trip ;)

Making memoriiiieesss
For us.
For my future self to revisit when I'm 93 years old in my death bed and smiling at how beautiful these days were. She may not remember these earlier ones. That's fine.

Mr. Chicken made us reservations on this day. I'd never been to Carthay Circle. He wanted to do something a little different for our 8 year anniversary of being together. I think that was matters more than our wedding one. That's just me. Getting married just kinda put mod podge on everything we'd already built. We celebrate that anniversary too, but this one feels more weighted. So he surprised us ^_^

Mung Bean was asleep looool. They led us to another section that felt more secluded. That was kind of them. It was so beautiful inside. The lore was fantastic. I felt like I was in an old '40s film.

The food was mid. The drinks were great. Mung Bean's food was delicious. I gotta give it to a lot of these places in the park, the kids menu items are decent.

Ahhhh, love.
8 years. Flown by. So fluidly.
I'm blessed. I really am.

Look at her

Saw this and dropped a dumb amount on it. 
How could I not? It's impossible.

Also Cris and I went to get Sonny Angels on launch. The last time I went to a launch was for like... Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. Damn, that's crazy.

I like them. Could it turn into a problem? There's potential. But it's not there yet. However, if a bat gets released, I'll need someone to strap me to fence for my own safety.
There was also Silent Hill stuff being promoted, that was cool.

We had fun. Spent the day in Little Tokyo and had an early dinner. Mung Bean loves korean food, lol. The only downside was that we got sexually harassed by a feral tweaker. I didn't see his gesture; one of my superpowers in public is getting extraordinary tunnel vision to block everyone out, but Cris described what the guy did towards us, she felt repulsed and violated. Absolutely obscene. Disgusting. I was at a loss for words and wished that I could give her my narcissistic coded gift of dismissing everyone around me. See, this is why my brain does that. To protect me from the ferals. Poor Cris. Yuck. Ewwwww. He was doing that at us. Uuuggghh. WE WERE WALKING WITH A STROLLER.

So that was my last visit to Little Tokyo with my baby and my girl friend. The sewage smell and shut down buildings wasn't enough, a feral had to see us as well. It was lovely.

August and September were fun though. There's a lot I left out, because there's just too much. But it's been so great. October has been even better, and November has been fantastic. I finished Twilight. That was my goal for November. lmao. It's a pretty lame one, but between balancing taking care of my baby, working full time, trying to get through Hades II, and getting enough sleep... it's hard more. But at least it's not boring.

I wanna keep gushing about how wonderful Mr. Chicken is, but it'll just all end up on the next one. Because I have stuff I need to get done in Hades before Mung Bean wakes up. So.

FARE WELL. Happy belated Thanksgiving! Take care of yourselves and if there's a thing you wanna do, do eet. Game Awards are in a few days omg.

K good night ^_^