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Rebecca is trying this place out
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Web/systems librarian by day, giant otaku by night. Resident of the Weirdo Forest. She/They 日本語少しok. 💛🤍💜🖤
And I will be *very* happy to sleep in *MY* bed on Friday night considering since last Saturday (and including tomorrow) I'll have slept in 3 different beds in 2 different states (including the same one in two different states)

And somehow I'm gallivanting around the city Saturday?
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Successfully made it to VA (and my parents' friends' house where we're crashing tonight)

Parents are now residents of a state I never stepped foot in before today

And tomorrow their stuff will show up at their new house and they can start unpacking and settling in
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
We've made it to Delaware so now is time for a lunch break

I'll be so happy to be done traveling for today
February 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
GPS: "Welcome to New Jersey"

*Immediately gets hit with the smell of oil and a ton of potholes*

Yeah, that checks out 😅
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
😭😭😭 My mom was convinced by their (now-former) neighbor that the drive to VA would be better if we left *after* 9 instead of the asscrack of dawn

Thank you Arlene 🙏
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Movers didn't finish until after 3, we didn't have lunch until around 4

It took until after 7 to finish cleaning (including dealing with a left-behind tv) and finally having dinner after 8 at my parents' friends' place

I am SO TIRED 😫
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The movers are *almost* done? Still a few odds and ends.... and now it's after 2pm and we haven't had lunch yet 🫠

Once the truck is gone we're going to eat something

And then we have to do a final cleaning pass and put out the last bits of trash
February 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Reposted by Rebecca is trying this place out
anyone want to come over? we can stand across from each other and do this
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Realizing I still have wifi, meaning my dad has yet to go down and unplug the router yet.... which he needs to do so he can pack it...

My parents also *may* have overestimated space-in-car....

This is going to be a very long day...
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Oh no, I laid down on the floor in front of the door

I may never be able to get up from this spot...😭
February 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
At this point of the morning I am on dog duty in my emptied-out old room

Because *someone* hasn't eaten breakfast yet and the *other* someone will totally steal it if left in a room with no supervision (and also the door doesn't stay fully-closed, which is a problem with the movers working
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
My dad was already annoyed that I called and asked them to pick up more packing tape

"I thought we had 2-3 more rolls"
"There were 2 this morning, I just finished one of those and we have a lot more boxes to pack and close"

😑
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Just finished vacuuming all of the kitchen cabinets and drawers

And finding all sorts of things they didn't take out yet (lest we forget them tomorrow)

And when they get back it's pretty much going to be pandemonium the rest of the night 🫠
February 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
My parents have gone to closing #1, and I've been left with the tasks of labeling/closing moving boxes and vacuuming cabinets

And my dad apparently has no concept of what "fits" in a given box (leaving me to rearrange so boxes close properly) 🥲
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Yes, this is very much the opposite of whatever a vacation is....

These next two days are going to be some of the most stressful of my life....
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Definitely earning my keep over here helping with the packing and cleaning

I'm so tired......😩
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
And: don't use a "site-builder plug-in" to make it if using WP or something (I inherited a site like that once and I needed to just rebuild the whole thing in native WP)
January 31, 2026 at 6:11 PM
😑 My parents have summoned me a day early to help them with their move

I was hoping to spend today totally vegging out but I guess I'm packing early and heading out sooner than expected? 🤷‍♀️
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I imagine others do this too sometimes, but I've been partial to Barnes & Noble's "25% off pre-orders" sales they run every so often (and they're good at filling orders)

(Used to get manga from RS, but after the buy out that's what I switched to, and it's worked quite well for me?)
✨So What Now? ✨

Here's a few:
Alibris
Barnes & Noble
Books-A-Million
InstockTrades
Local Comic Shop
Local library
Merry Manga Co
Amazon (But if you're boycotting them then that's valid)

Some publishers have started to sell their own books such as TokyoPop & Yen Press with pretty generous discounts
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Urgh, trying to cross the damn street to go do laundry is usually bad enough (double parked cars, erratic drivers, cars blocking curb cuts) but add snow pushed into banks by the plows and randomly-shoveled corners......😩

Oh, and it's like.....15°F today too....
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Ok, I assume there were probably a lot of balks in there

Front-of-Dress-Circle tickets acquired

(And bringing Dr. Sensei with me even though he's never played an FF game because I think he'd enjoy the concert anyway)
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
11:07am: "Oh yeah, didn't they say tickets were on sale for that concert with Uematsu from 11am?"

"Your wait is more than an hour...there are 4685 people ahead of you in line"

So who knows? We'll see if there's anything left?
January 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Here reminding myself that all the pollen from the blooming trees would destroy me 🤧

Because my birthday is right in peak season in several places 😭
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January 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Perfect 😁

I got the first book last year, and let's see how 40 treats both Suzume and me??
Brand-new license announcement! 10 THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I TURN 40 - PART 2 by MAMITA. There’s still more life to experience for 40-year-old Suzume now that he has a newfound love! Don’t miss the continuation of this steamy Boys’ Love / #BL manga!

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January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Ah, I should have muted some words that some people won't shut up about (and that I have no interest in seeing) from my feed sooner

So much less noisy....

(And every time I get to the point of muting something I don't want to see in my feed I'm like "why didn't I do that sooner?")
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM