East side library
A week.
New notebook protocols. I want to live with things for a season.
Good morning. It is 2026-05-16, and it’s a saturday.
Yesterday was a very lazy day after swimming. But what a swim! 20 minutes of treading water without stopping, and I feel like a warrior goddess.
Keep playing with systems. Right now, I’m set up to have a bigger notebook system, with a separate small wallet and keys. 3 field notes in a traveler’s cover. Pen loop is coming. Compact but still bulkier than I’m used to. I’m ok with that.
Gus has been so sweet this morning. Very needy. Very kind. Today is breakfast with my bestie at a diner. Excited for small days.
Current status, May 15, 2026.
Swam at the pool. I was able to tread water for almost 20 minutes today. Nonstop. That was pretty amazing.
 Yesterday, a dear friend visited from Olympia. When I first came out, I really wanted to be a part of a community. So I started looking for writers. She was one of those writers. We drifted after pandemic slowdowns, and the usual “first year trans friends try to make a community and things kind of get wobbly” stuff. But yesterday we slipped right into the usual conversation. She is a treasure and I love her. It was good to see her.
Spent today working on the phone again. The rather expensive dumb phone launcher I bought started being buggy after a security update, so I decided to replace it with just a bunch of shortcut widgets. Use the default things on the phone to try to make things better. Let’s see how long I can last before I fuck that up.
Gonna go to a bun house tonight and get soup. Gonna watch a bunch of YouTube. Gonna enjoy these quiet moments while they last.
He makes my heart. 🥰💖💖💖
Reviewing a bunch of pocket notebooks. There is gold here.
Coffee shop today. The barista was aggressively playing dissonant free jazz as a counter against people doing online meetings for hours in the reading area. When I came up to compliment the music, he smiled. It’s always good to meet your people.