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[dekitateyo]

Lunch time! Toro Saba from Kyousha.

[dekitateyo]

Sakuradai (cherry sea bream - a type of fish) teishoku from Kyousha, served in three different ways: simmered, grilled and sashimi.

I love this place, I usually go eat there at least once a week!

[dekitateyo]

Toro Saba teishoku from Kyousha. Yummy set plus their salad buffet is really nice! I go to that place quite often.

[gummylovekingdom-blog]

Dreading This Move More Than Any I’ve Ever Done.

Took my sister back to Nashville earlier today. It seemed like a super long trip there, but the length seems like an afterthought compared to bringing the moving truck to Murray from Clarksville. We drove the big truck through old, narrow bridges and passed a large Semi Truck as we drove over it... through winding country roads and even through heavy traffic. Not sure how easy it will be to have me drive the car and be able to stick together with my parents driving the truck without getting separated often. I think it might be easier and faster to just stick to each of our GPSs instead of slowing down, keeping an eye on each other. But either way, it will work out!

We have some things packed, but I feel like more things should be packed haha. But as I look around the apartment, once we move all of the large things [that don’t need packing] into the moving truck, there REALLY isn’t that much remaining. So I believe it will go faster than I expect it to.

I also thought I had already used the money in my bank to rent the truck, but it’s apparent I as mistaken. I also deemed it a bad idea to travel 3 FULL days without any type of coverage for the moving truck, so I just shelled out $1,000.00 for it. Makes me nervous for how much money we’ll have once we get to Bakersfield, because we need to have enough money for the house’s rent+deposit. But I’m about to deposit more money into my account, so everything should work out fine, and I’m probably just really anxious about everything working out

.Changing the subject, I’m really happy I got to spend time with my sister. I haven’t seen her in about 9 or 10 years, and she hasn’t aged a day, haha (Sorry, I had to throw that in here)! We got to show her the coffee shop, the University and was even able to eat at Jasmine, one of my favorite restaurants in town, and more. Of course, we were sad to see her leave, but it was time well-spent. Since we’re moving to Cali, none of us know when we will see any of our family next, but I have a feeling it will be sooner than anyone expects ... :)

[gummylovekingdom-blog]

Our Schedule.

It’s hard to believe these are my last days in Murray. Tomorrow, October 2, is my last day working at this Walmart store. I’ve spent 8 and a half years working with wonderful co-workers and made many friends, even developing relationships with customers, too. It’s the longest I’ve ever stayed at any store: Casper, WY Walmart was 1.5 years, Statesville, NC Walmart was also about 1.5 years, and the Murray, KY Walmart was 8.5 years (with a hiccup in employment a few years ago, but I still count it as consecutive). Some of you I will never see again the rest of my life, while I’m sure I’ll end up running into others somewhere down the road.

So, here is what my schedule looks like:

October 02: My last day at Walmart in Murray. October 03: My sister visits. October 04: My sister visits. October 05: My sister visits / Get moving truck in afternoon & do some packing. October 06: Spend ALL day loading the moving truck. October 07: Leave early around 6:00 AM and begin our drive to Bakersfield (Drive 12 hours) October 08: Drive 12 hours. October 09: Drive 12 hours / Arrive in Bakersfield. October 10: Lazy day / Get to explore Bakersfield. October 11: MEET THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, ALEX!

Earlier today, I took our car into the shop and gave it all 4 brand-new tires, a high-mileage oil change, new air filter, new oil filter (that’s what the paperwork said, anyway) and restored the headlights (which are SO BRIGHT, now). I asked the mechanic if he thinks the car would be ready for a long-distance trip to California, and he gave me an enthusiastic, “Yes!” So I’m pretty enthusiastic about it all. The downside is that it was about $350.00, so I’m that much more short on money, haha. Thankfully, payday is only 4 days away! And I hope I can recover some of that money when I take my other car in to junk it, at some point. I hope that process doesn’t take too long.

So, yeah, my last day is tomorrow, and I’m going to go out with a bang and be a CSM the whole day. I’m going to be emotional, so I’m going to ask my co-workers who might read this note to please be kind to me. There might be tears at some points when I say my final goodbyes to you. I just hope it’s not overwhelmingly busy in the store, haha. 

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Bad Dream.

I just had a dream right before I woke up about Alex and some other guy liking each other. I forgot how I knew about the guy, but I remember asking about him, and Alex explained to me that he made and delivered parts for this contraption or something, and he lived in Germany. He continued to explain that it was a really successful business that was going places and he was so happy for him.

So, naturally, that made me feel like I was inferior, working at Walmart, struggling to save money to meet Alex, and I wasn’t as handsome as this guy from Germany who wore a suit, had his hair slicked back, making bank with his nice ass job.

The way Alex was describing him couldn’t fool anyone... he clearly liked him in SOME way, even just a little bit. Had he lived in the states instead of Germany, I know I would have been in a bit of trouble. I was extremely jealous, asking all of these questions about him.

I awoke from the dream and realized why I had it in the first place: Last night, I saw someone’s comment on one of his Instagram posts saying, “Uhhh so pretty,” and I was thinking, “is that directed at Alex or his friend in the pic?!” I clicked on the mystery profile, and it only has 1 follower and is following 1 person, which is Alex, and my jealous meter climaxed & burst before my eyes. Who is this mystery person?? Of course, I might not see all of the followers of this person unless I’m also following them, haha.

Lol, I know I have no need to worry, though. I better get used to other people flirting with Alex because of how pretty he is <3

JUST SIX DAYS LEFT BEFORE WE START DRIVING!!!

[gummylovekingdom-blog]

Excited for Coffee, Tomorrow Morning.

Ahh, I love when rumors circulate! Some of my co-workers have been incorrectly telling everyone when my last day will be. So, when people asked me, today, when my last day is, I reply, “not yesterday.”

The same thing happened with Alex, but was a bit more extreme. Apparently, people at his Walmart have been spreading that he is moving to New York City! I about fell down laughing.

I’ve been adding a few people on Facebook recently, so we can keep up with one another. I just wanted to say thank-you for accepting me as a friend, for those of you who have. I don’t bite, I promise!

I only have two more days of work left at the Murray Walmart: Sunday the 1st, and Monday the 2nd. My sister is visiting the 3rd, 4th and 5th... We’re going to finish packing the night of the 5th, load the moving truck all day of the 6th and hopefully leave Kentucky bright and early on the 7th... with a few energy drinks nearby.

Not sure how I feel about all of it, yet... it seems like it’s not actually happening, but it is. That’s the effect of living in one place for a long time, I suppose; everything seems normal until it finally HITS you and sinks in.

Not too many new thoughts or happenings have surfaced from today that are significant to write about, other than that Alex and I will officially meet on October 11, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m beyond excited that we finally have an official date! Wondering where we should meet... if it should be at the hotel, a shopping mall, park or some other public place. Preferably somewhere well-lit for the camera, though.

Getting pretty sleepy, so I’m gonna go pass out, soon. I’m excited to actually be able to sit & enjoy my coffee tomorrow morning and not needing to worry about rushing to get ready for work, since I work a late shift. That’s an odd feeling: being excited to go to sleep so you can wake up and enjoy coffee. That’s some serious adulting, right there. You KNOW you’re an adult when you have those thoughts.

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Soon, the Photoshops will end.

The title of this has multiple meanings regarding my life, right now. I primarily aimed it at the Photoshopped pictures of me and Alex, but it can also mean a number of things in my life; my feelings of love becoming realized when we finally meet in person, my life finally lighting up to what I know it will become once we move out to California. Any of my painful memories will forever be a part of me, but they will be locked up and left behind in KY when we do leave. Essentially, the façade will disintegrate and all there will be pure bliss/joy/happinss... I’m sure my mood & motivation will change positively afterwards, thus, the Photoshops are going to end.

...and then there’s the Photoshopped pictures of Alex and I. If anyone is reading this but doesn’t yet understand why we Photoshopped us with the appearance of being in person together, then this is the right place to be reading. When I was younger, I used to use Photoshop to change imagery to what I wanted it to be. I eventually became tired of that and instead began using it for enhancing the artwork I made, not thinking I would ever really use it to manipulate real images. But when Alex sent me the first playful image of us Photoshopped together, I smiled. I realized, for the millionth time, that Alex is a LOT like me when it comes to pictures and what makes him happy. In response, I sent him back a Photoshopped picture that I made, giving the impression that he and I were hugging each other in person.

Once enough pictures were posted on my Facebook Timeline, I know for a fact a few people unfriended me. I’m not sure if it was because some still didn’t want to accept that my ex and I weren’t together any longer and were just kind of done with me, or if they were just sickened by the image of me expressing my love and desire to be with the person I’m in love with. If it was because they were images of me being with another man, then I’m glad they unfriended me to begin with, because that instantly tells me they don’t support me, and I don’t want them in my life anyway!

We made some pretty convincing Photoshops (I’ll leave it to you to find them in my image folders on Facebook), and I’m proud of many we have created. I can’t even count how many we’ve shared with one another, but I view them as beautiful.

The entire reason we continued making images like these was because we were making the best of the situation; it was art in the sense that we were creating--manifesting--what we desired in life... to be together, in person, with one another. We want to hold hands. Gaze into each other’s eyes. Hold one another in our arms. Feel the other’s warmth. Sit at the Beach with nothing but the wind in our hair, sun on our skin and hear nothing but the sound of the ocean waves, blocking out everything else.

...but we couldn’t have that. We are 2,000 miles away and yet had no means to even meet in person. so ...that’s what we created in these images; they were filling the gap that existed between us, and brought us closer in the end. Each time we sent one to the other, we turned red and smiled really big and were very happy. Many people think it’s a silly thing to do and a waste of time. I guess you could view it as such, but it made us happy and it is a little placeholder for us eventually meeting in person.

And, if you’ve read this far into this note, Alex and I have some exciting news to share.

...we’re vowing to re-create most of these Photoshopped images to the best of our ability, being as faithful as we can to the originals. Taking into account the context of some of the pictures, we can’t replicate all of the images. Hell, we don’t even have some of the clothes in them, nevermind the environments which are in God-knows-where ...probably other countries, haha.

Nevertheless, it will be a fun, exciting project to partake.

I have one last piece of news to share with everyone (if you’ve read THIS far):

Alex and I, as far as I understand it on this day, September 30, 2017--our 1 year and 1 month anniversary--will officially meet in person on OCTOBER 11, 2017!!!!! It will be recorded on video, there will be tears & SOBBING of joy coming from me... and I will upload & share it with my Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and YouTube accounts as soon as I’m able to. ...I’m almost thinking we should do a Facebook Live, too, since that’s a popular thing, nowadays... Should we? We’re definitely recording a hard copy, and idk if we’ll have a 2nd person available to also stream lol. Or it’s entirely possible I’m planning this out WAY to meticulously and need to just stop. Omg I need to remember to buy some flowers!! *Squeals*