I live on the first floor. I have a very nice large back porch… right next to this huge dumpster that is shared by two buildings. This is the view from the porch if I stand up. Sigh.

I really hate this dumpster, although we use it every day for our own trash.

Something broke inside of the door knob for our apartment door. So we bought a replacement knob and P installed it a while ago. We threw away the keys to the old knob, and also, took an inventory of all the keys we have in the basket.

I was surprised by how many mystery keys I had, and how difficult it was to decide to throw the old ones away. I knew I used them somewhere in my previous apartments, and even though I don’t even know which apartment, I feel strong emotional attachment to those orphaned keys. I wonder if anybody else who have moved around a lot keep the keys just for memory’s sake.

Another hot day. We stopped by at the square to grab some take out food for lunch. It was too hot to leave the pup in the car unattended, so I stayed behind and regulated the temperature in the car by opening the doors, and turning the car on and off.

Before P left to walk over to the food place, I told him I had left my iPhone at home, and would be bored to death. He left his with me, so I could entertain myself. How did we wait before those smart phones came out??

Went to Steampunk Festival about 30 minutes outside the city. It was interesting, but I think the guys had more fun looking at women in corsets than I did looking at men. I was set on getting the steampunk goggles, but after careful thinking, I realize that I’d never use them. It was a fun event for taking photos, having beer in the bar and watching the costumes.

With all the sketchy changes happening at work, and all the unsureness I’m feeling about my job, career, and life, I’m so happy the week is over. And I’m so thankful that I have to take the dog out for a walk when I come home. Seeing him run around happily, and laughing about how silly he is acting with P is beyond therapeutic.

We bought the device at the cafe across the street. We are making the cold-brew coffee for tomorrow. It’s supposed to be nice tomorrow, and after 8-hours in the fridge, the brew is going to taste awesome. I am excited!

At work, I’m struggling with what happened on Monday. I feel positively about my future there one moment, and feel that I need to get away the next.

It was weird how crowded the place was on a Tuesday night. It turns out that it was the last day before the Groupon expired and everybody was, like we were, there to use it.

Something happened at work around 5pm today. Something unexpected, something sad, something that left us utterly confused.

There’s no other photos today than those of the Shiba Inu event. And there are so many of them!

We were surrounded by bouncy curly tails. It was a 3-hour-long Shiba-petting party for us humans.

I used to really believe in “0% Nature, 100% Nurture” in regards to everything. I believed it when adults said “if you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything”. When my elementary-school classmate said “I’m stupid. I can’t do that” to me when I attempted to explain a math solution to her, I was flustered. She just wasn’t trying hard enough, I thought to myself. When people attributed my good grades to my parents’ “good DNA”, I felt completely offended. (I’m still offended actually.)

We go to live music shows quite often, probably around 3 a month average. Big and small. When the shows are good, it’s when I feel that life is good.