I lost my house in Helene, and I’m still struggling to adjust. My wife, kid, and I are cooped up in a hotel with nothing but clothes. My daughter has some of her stuffed animals, and friends have donated some toys and stuff for her, but otherwise we’re just kind of here in limbo. I don’t know how long it will be until we can get our home back together and start getting things back to normal.

Pretty good! My niece is on fall break this week and I am taking off tomorrow to head to Charlotte for the Carolina Renaissance Festival. She will be learning about the Renaissance era during school this year so I thought it would be a fun enrichment activity. Taking her best friend too. I love long weekends! How is yours going?

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Thinking about things that I don’t want to think about 🙃. I have some bureaucratic stuff that I’ve been putting off dealing with, and I am hoping to buckle down and get those dealt with this weekend. There are other things in that vein that I’ve been procrastinating on, but one step at a time.

I feel… weird. Bowlero Corporation reorganized one of their arcades close to where I live and apparently removed the only arcade cabinet that kept me going there in the first place. This also means that there is only one rhythm game arcade cab left in my city, and that arcade is also managed by Bowlero…

I was already half-seriously contemplating opening an arcade myself, and this incident is getting close to pushing myself over the edge, but I just couldn’t make the idea work with how ridiculously expensive it is & understanding that the type of cabs I’m interested in basically make no money, so… yeah

On unrelated note, work is highly stressful this week, two doctors appointment, so yeah! (cries inside