Time | Sa 1/7

Slept through my alarm and woke up at 2 instead of 10 for the mall. Drove over and managed to find a parking spot through hell. Hung out with Caiti, Chloe, and Gigi at Aritzia where they tried some stuff on. Afterwards stayed with Gigi to check other stores out but she didn't want to look at shoes without the other two. Went into Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, and Louis Vuitton and the employees were friendly, especially in Bottega and Balenciaga. Gigi seemed bored but she endured and even tried a few things on.

Afterwards I needed to eat so went to Cava, but while walking inside we smelled something amazing and tried to find it afterwards without luck. It may have been Chipotle since it was the closest restaurant to the zone where we could smell it, but it was closed.

Afterwards we worked out again, which felt good. Then we went back to her place for boba protein, this time with caffeine. We chatted for a bit, but both had some things to do tonight so I left. Since I only had Cava for the day, I went to Taco Bell thinking that an online order would be quick. This turned into over an hour in the drive thru, but I spent the time reading volleyball coach blog posts and getting into it.

Afterwards while eating at home I looked into volleyball videos, specifically ones about arm swing and from Jim Stone. Afterwards I thought about my work schedule and figuring out if I should stay at mom's, only to realize that the biggest pain point is the rushed morning commute. Since the afternoon one can be early and without rush, the best solution I could think of is drive to mom's and sleep over to essentially front-load the drive to work. This allows for me to do things outside of mom's house like get groceries or work out, but allows me to get to work stress free.

After that while showering I thought about new ways to cut my hair and realized that my self cut was not far off from Lee Hair's BTS haircuts, which made me wonder what I'm doing wrong to get a visible table. Then I realized I may want to blow dry my hair again, especially in the back. This came up when I was unhappy with my hair in pictures, but I realized that I wasn't able to air dry my hair to my liking since I had to keep it out of my face to keep from disrupting my sunscreen. Maybe on days out I should try to blow dry the hair then.

Also I'm so overdue on publishing journals, but I have the whole day to myself tomorrow and am excited to hopefully get my sleep in and tasks done.