December 8th, 2025

we did not end up going to asheville last weekend, but i did end up having a wonderful weekend! my birthday was on friday, and seth and i decided somewhat spontaneously to go to the aquarium since i could get a free ticket for my birthday. i hadn't been in soooo long, since i was a kid.

on saturday, i had a few friends over. seth and my first time really hosting something in our apartment. it went well! with some hiccups... i made chili (which was a success) and tried to make cookies (failed). i melted the butter too much and was so confused as to why the dough was sooooo sticky and eventually ran out of time and gave up. today i came home from work and seth had baked the fail dough into cute little critter cookies! they're so small because i added way too much flour when i was trying to make them less sticky, but they're still quite good. and so damn cute...

yesterday, seth and i decided to do a little city exploring. we went to little five points, which i've been to several times before, and also found out that you can easily walk from L5P to candler park and also to the poncey-highland neighborhood! it was the most 'damn i really live in a city' feeling i've ever really had. it was cold and foggy, but it felt so good to get around on foot. we went to several vintage stores and a lovely little coffee shop called sean's and some fun shops. i ended up dropping some coin on a brown leather jacket at a vintage store as a birthday gift for myself. it's my dream jacket. i have a black bomber leather jacket that i've had for years now that's my go-to in fall/winter, but i've been wanting a brown one for sooooooo long now. this one is so heavy and nice and warm and just perfect. very pleased with my purchase.

i've had such a lovely weekend and so many more lovely things to come! friendsgiving on friday and a friend's birthday party on saturday... then seth and my anniversary then christmas !!! the joys keep coming :0)

November 30th, 2025

helloooooo. oops, it's been a bit since i've touched this blog, but i've been inspired to pick it up again. speaking of which, i just posted my first book/media review under the 'thoughts' tab! i'm not sure if i'll keep all media reviews on the same page or sort them based on type... but this works for now. i've been consuming a lot of media these days. movies, tv, video games......... even books. yes. books! i've decided to make a goal of reading 30 minutes every night. it feels very achievable. i haven't followed it perfectly yet, but i've been busy with thanksgiving and such.

the holidays are in full swing! thanksgiving was nice. i took my partner down to my parents house for his first american thanksgiving. the night before, i went out with some friends for 'blackout wednesday.' it started at my [oldest!] friend's family farm in their 'bookbarn,' which is a crazy little shed filled to the brim with books her grandma has collected over the years. i managed to snag a signed copy of the raven king.... mwaahahaha. then we went to the little downtown area in my hometown. not that i remember that part much. yeah... i accidently achieved blackout wednesday. it was not good. i ended up having to call my DAD to come pick seth and i up at 1am. my sister came with him, which was humiliating. she'll never let me live it down. also, on the way to downtown, we (meaning me, my friends, and my friend's mom who was driving) hit a deer! which i don't remember! bad bad bad. but thanksgiving itself was really nice. i watched a lot of the secret lives of mormon wives, which is not very good to be honest. but it did inspire me to start real housewives of salt lake city, which is AWESOME. i've watched 5 or 6 episodes today.

been antiquing a lot recently. i saw this guy at one of my favorite antique spots near my parents house. i almost got him, but i didn't. regrets? maybe.

a week or so ago seth and i set up our christmas tree! it looks so sweet. i think this is my first time with an angel on top instead of a star, and i love it. i almost didn't get a bigger tree, but i'm so glad i did.

i'm turning 23 on friday which is nuts. seth and i are supposed to go visit a friend in north carolina, but it might not happen because of winter weather. i have no idea how to drive in snow and slush, so i don't think 4 hours up the highway is the way to learn. i also live in the south, so no one knows how to drive in that kind of weather either, making it super dangerous. my old advisor, notoriously canadian, said last year when it snowed that he locked himself in his house and refused to leave because no one around her knows how to drive in it. anyway, i'm not sure what i'll do instead. maybe have a few friends over on saturday.

i took off a couple days this past week, and i have just over a week off coming up for christmas and seth and my anniversary. so excited. i like my job, but it's been nice to take a break. i've been out in the field a lot the past several weeks, which is more interesting than sitting at a desk, but still tiring. we did about 7 days of field work near where i grew up, which was strange but also cool. got to take my coworker to a taco place i know and really like. i also saw this really cool church that i'm now obsessed with. i made my coworker pull over so i could snap these pics.

ttyl... promise i'll be more active on here (maybe).

October 9th, 2025

*dracula voice* good evening. this week has been so boring at work. just plugging dates and addresses into google earth, blegh. hopefully next week it's looking like i'll get to go out into the field and survey again, which i'm looking forward to. we're gonna be surveying in my home county too! which is cool.

this week has been stressful. mostly because of car troubles... i had to have my beautiful tomcat (2001 jeep cherokee that used to be my grandma's) towed. fourth time at the mechanic in a month! i might go test driving new cars tomorrow with my dad... ugh. i love my tomcat so much, but he's just become so unreliable. it's sad. i feel so bonded to him, like he's my noble steed carrying me through the desert.

yesterday i got a desk off facebook marketplace. it's a really sturdy thing. solid wood and custom built apparently. i got it for just 15 bucks from a woman who's moving out of state and selling all her stuff pretty much. it has marks and scuffs and stickers from its previous owner (her daughter). i managed to get some of the marks off, but honestly i don't mind those that remain. it's sweet. this desk was used and loved. i'm excited to use it as a work from home station, and also as a sewing desk! finally! i'm really hoping to get back into sewing. we shall see if i actually follow through on this. i have aspirations to get into like fabric collaging/pseudo quilting, so keep a look out for posts about that. this evening i spent some time setting up my desk and getting it all cute.

feeling very pleased with my set up. having a very cozy evening with seth tonight. he just brought me a hot chocolate :3 and we're listening to fox academy and it's raining outside...

i think i mentioned this in my last post, but i have been so into twenty one pilots lately. today i listened to clancy all the way through for the first time, and i was so surprised at how much i really liked it. my favorites right now are midwest indigo, snap back, and oldies station.

the music that's on shuffle right now is what i was into fall/winter of 2021 and 2022, freshman/sophomore years of college. it's making me feel peculiar. i feel so much closer to that version of myself than i do to me from 2019 or 2020 (or god forbid, earlier), and yet... so much has happened. so much has changed. i've been missing college and my college town lately. i'm very happy where i'm at and with what i'm doing, and yet... i miss it. right now australia by attic abasement is playing. i listened to this song some back then, but really i was obsessed with a werewolf.

this week i'm finally going to see my friends stella and anna again. i haven't seen stella since the end of july and i haven't seen anna since mid august. we lived together for 3 and 4 years (respectively). it's strange not seeing them everyday. it's been hard to adjust to. i miss them very much. we had a very unique and special thing, more of a household than roommates. anyway... we're seeing bladee lol. so excited. and then next weekend i'm going to my college town for an annual music thing that i'm so excited for, and i'll get to see so many of my friends.

this weekend seth and i will be hanging out with some new friends (scary) and also with my friend avery. just thinking maybe it's weird to just name drop people left and right, but i don't care... they're my friends.

anyhoo, i think that's enough for tonight. i gotta shower. it's like 11:14PM and i unfortunately do have work tomorrow (although i'm working from home, yay).

October 1st, 2025

happy october! i've been relishing in the fall vibes for the past month, but now it feels like it's really settled in. even though i've been counting down the days, it still feels like it's snuck up on me. i'm trying to decorate the apartment a little bit for the season/halloween, but i'm finding it to be a challenge. i have particular likes and i also don't like to be wasteful when it comes to materials / things / money. but a couple weeks ago i got a mummy squirrel decoration from michaels that i've been eyeing for a while. and today after work i was inspired to make a bat garland with thrifted felt and some ribbon. it's a little jank, but i think it turned out cute!

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you can see both in this photo, as well as a coffee candle (my favorite...) and a youtube video by this channel turtlewithhat that i've been really into lately. i started watching them about a year ago, but i've been really binging their videos the past week or so.

i've also been reallllly into twenty one pilots recently. i was obsessed with them from the ages of like 13-16 or so and then just fell off of them, but my friend anna and i (who loves twenty one pilots) decided to watch all of their music videos in order over facetime. just got off the phone with her and we've made it about 2/3 through clancy. i can't believe they made a video for every album. i've been really feeling vessel and trench this week, but i want to give their new stuff a shot. i was kinda a hater the past few years... jumped onto the cringe train because they got "too popular" i guess. but it's occured to me recently how dumb that is. i like their music! who cares if it's popular.

i'm really hoping it gets chillier soon. i get to wear sweaters and stuff to work because it's frigid in the office, but outside of that it's t-shirt weather. hot even, sometimes. but it's like this every year. i just have to be patient...

ok, that's all for now. hoping to get some of my other blog pages up and running soon! i've been feeling really crafty so i'll probably post some of my projects on my "stuff" (or whatever i end up calling it lol) tab.

September 24th, 2025

hi!! this is my first blog post. i'm really excited about this blog -- a few days ago my boyfriend showed me how to get started learning html and i've been obsessively playing website ever since. i've always wanted to do something like this but wasn't really sure how to start.
>br> today i worked from home, prepping for a project using google earth. it was annoying and boring, but i'm happy to learn more about how to use programs like GE. i'm not very tech savvy, but i've learned more in the past few months than i have in a long long time or ever.

i don't have too much to say right now. i'm going to work on my little about section, but if you're for some reason reading this and don't already know me -- hi! i'm adz. i'll leave it here with a picture of the beautiful french toast my boyfriend made me this morning.

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