Currently listening to: Come Undone – Duran Duran
Like a radio tune, I swear I’ve heard before
Chill, is it something real?
Or the magic I’m feeding off your fingers
We’ll make it alright to come undone
Now we’ll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind and blow me in to cry
Today was a disaster of epic proportions, but I’m glad it is over with.
- It started with a call from my mom. I picked up and only heard a man’s voice before it cut out. She called again, panicked, saying in Korean that she’d gotten into her first car accident just two minutes from my house. When I arrived, the guy involved was already on edge—accusing her of not cooperating, threatening to call the cops. I explained her English wasn’t the greatest and she was scared. Meanwhile, my insurance app wasn’t working, and I had to wake my agent—who’s in Korea for holiday—to send our policy info via e-mail or text.
The guy didn’t believe we were insured and called the cops anyway. Thankfully, the officer was calm and understanding. When the guy demanded my mom get cited for not having insurance, the officer shut it down. A minute later, I got the e-mail from my insurance agent and shared it with the male Karen. Then came the passive-aggressive lecture about paper copies and “digital dependence.” I smiled, thanked him for his thoughts and tariffs, and walked away. My mom was visibly shaken. She sat in the driveway for 30 minutes before coming inside, worried about premiums costs increasing. I told her none of that mattered—she was safe, and that’s what counts.
- Later, I got my hair cut—asked for a wolf cut, but… it’s not giving wolf. Still, I chopped five inches. Shortest it’s been in a while. Good thing my hair grows fast. I’ll have to take a picture of it another time because you can’t really see it.
- My friend texted me and said that she was in the ED for severe anemia. Her hemoglobin level was 5 g/dL. When it falls below 6.5 g/dL that’s when heart failure begins and can lead to death. I know that she has anemia like I do and I told her on Thursday that she was looking pale and that she needed to go to the ED to get a transfusion but she laughed it off. I offered to share my iron supplements but she brushed it aside. I really don’t know why people don’t listen to me… but nevertheless, I’m glad that they raised her level to at least a 7 g/dL but it’s not substantial enough.
- I’ve been busy filing the insurance claim and locating a repair shop for my mom’s car.
- I was running errands for my mom since she was out of commission. I went to Trader Joe’s, which is a grocery store reasonably priced sorta similar to Aldi (same parent company btw), and noticed the prices on foreign cheese had skyrocketed. What the fuck? I am gonna miss my New Zealand and Italian cheeses. Who wants domestic cheese? But I guess this is what I’m going to be eating. Fucking thoughts and tariffs ain’t going to save us.
I also saw that the supplies were dwindling, usually the foods are overflowing with products and that made me pause for concern. This is actually happening. Annoyingly, they did not have any salsa and barely had any pico de gallo.
- I’ve been lowkey stockpiling because of the tariffs, recent price hikes, and dismal amount of shipments coming through the ports here in SoCal. I bought large quantities of coffee, toilet paper, batteries (AA and AAA), paper towels, soap, shampoo, vitamins, OTC meds, conditioner, body wash, olive oil, detergent, vinegar, rice, nuts, lentils, beans, pasta sauce, gluten free noods, hot sauce, and toothpaste. Perishable items like vegetables and ground beef, I’m cutting them up into smaller portions and storing them in my freezer. I’m getting flashbacks of 2020 when everyone was buying up all sorts of shit.
- I had my vision examination scheduled for today. I almost cancelled it but I figured I better buy my contacts and glasses now before the prices go up for those too. I hate that air puff test that they do to measure intraocular pressure. I know it’s important but my damn eyes want to blink all the time. I told the woman administering the test that I’ve got a blinking problem, which is true, anytime someone comes near my eyes, it starts blinking like mad. My vision has remained the same luckily, so I ordered a year’s worth of contacts and decided to not to indulge in getting a new pair of glasses.
- I had to cancel on my friend’s Karaoke party Sunday night. I was strangely looking forward to it but I just had too much unfinished business at home, taxi my mom to run errands, and didn’t want to be on the struggle bus for the rest of the week.
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