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I was getting mildly annoyed with my lazy bones this morning, but accepting it because hey, this is my vacation and I hardly get to be lazy at home. I figured the jet lag must be catching up to me, too.

Then I realized I’ve also been pretty active these past few days:

And that was with me taking a break in the afternoon! (Haha, and you can see what time I returned to the hotel and set my phone on the charger.)

I’ve probably slept twelve hours today but I needed them.

Now to get dressed and wander over to the Studios, maybe by way of the shops because I still need a Christmas ornament. We have a late lunch/early supper at Bistrot chez Remy and I’m excited to shrink down to mouse size and eat delicious steak!

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I’m pretty sure no one cares, but I just have to brag that I managed to upgrade my plane ticket from economy to premium economy for “only” $300, which seems like a lot, except keep in mind that I purchased my RT economy ticket for $500 during a sale and it was normally priced $900-1000, and premium economy was closer to $2000. So I’m feeling particularly pleased with myself and am happy because I will definitely need those few extra inches to try and get some sleep!

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I sent my parents an email last night because they know how much I love Hobaby (he’s literally the only kpop artist they can name), and I was having a sad, y’know.

Mum responds with, “Awwwww, should we take you to Disneyland to make your sadness better?”

Which made me laugh, and was a welcome reminder that there are only ten days until I leave for my vacation and I’ve got so much to do until then. Work will be a good distraction before Disneyland!

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Just got back from dinner and movie with some peeps. Experienced my first TGI Fridays since I’ve left England which was more fun than I was expecting but that was probably more due to the company than the food (but I was utterly delighted that it’s totally acceptable to have an entire meal of appetizers).

I don’t know if “Girls Trip” is a flick I would normally choose to watch if left to my own devices because I don’t generally like raunchy comedies, but I laughed A LOT and had barrels of fun and now I want a posse to go party with in New Orleans. Also I will forever love Queen Latifah and this was my introduction to Tiffany Haddish but she is a DELIGHT. Also also Jada is adorably tiny and Regina Hall looks like a Disney princess (but all the ladies were gorgeous and omg their clothes ❤️).

Honestly I probably enjoyed it a lot more by going with friends just because I could appreciate the sisterhood theme a lot more when there are actually people sitting next to you with tales of shenanigans. I think I’ve said “a lot more” a lot (more) but the point is it was a fun night and I am happily tired and forgot that sometimes you need to spend time with people instead of always focusing on work or being happy alone. My introvert side can be too strong for its own good.

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Reached my limit today as a client made me so frustrated that I cried as soon as I slammed down the phone because I’m an angry-crier.

On the plus side it’s been ages since that’s happened versus almost every week at my old office job (yay, government work). But I’m still rage shaking and am SO DONE WITH EVERYONE.

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I’ve had a long and exhausting day where I just somehow wasn’t on my game for whatever reason (lots of dumb mistakes that aren’t important but just annoying), and I just wanted to finally get home and fall asleep to something stupid on Netflix…

…when I realized the wifi wasn’t working. Stupid router that I have no control over since the entire house shares it.

Like, it’s not a big deal, it’ll work again. But it was the cherry on top of the day’s crappy sundae and now I’m grumpy and tired and hate everything.