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I didn't want to give too much away about my IRL situation, but the fence has been busted for a long time. In 2020 there was going to be a community/city project to fix it, but the pandemic happened. Then various storms and whatnot made a piece of the fence just fall over which is a huge safety hazard I've lost sleep over lol. But it costs thousands to fix and we don't make that money, which is really bad because the city has been getting on us about how if it isn't fixed by a certain span of time, they might take the house and shit. (I don't know the legalese but yes, they can do this...)

So we're fucked. UNTIL. Some lady moved in next door and my mother was dead convinced she hates us because she built a mini fence in her front yard to divide our lawns (?!???) (our lawn is ugly lol). But then last week she was outside, saw my mother in the backyard, which isn't hard because... a part of the fence is gone... she just said that fence needs to be fixed and she'll bring her friends over to do it next week. That week is now and they've been helping a lot. Holy shit. My paycheck doesn't come until later today and it isn't much, but I am going to be giving these guys money in two weeks.

Wew. I am definitely going to Uber there tomorrow,  but not Sunday since I need to recharge before going back to work.

I am ironically tired despite drinking two Monsters. Condensed version:
- I regret not bringing more toys and enamel pins to trade with others. Def doing that tomorrow.
- I am bringing my itabag tomorrow since I saw others do it.
- This hotel is NOT the same as the old one from a decade ago. This is huge and I got lost, but I have it now.
- I traded my Birdo plush for a petpet!
- When exiting the claustrophobic dealer's den I was stopped by two very nice people who noticed my petpet and gave me a Neopets veteran button, we were going to go to the animatronic panel after but I appeared to have lost them after :( I did add one on Neopets, I'll probably send feelers out on Discord/FA over it.
- Artist's alley and Dealer's den was a nightmare when it first opens, jfc.
- Went to a life advice panel run by a 40yo and it was... kinda weird? The guy kind of rambled and shared a story about how his father died from developing dementia and was perfectly physically healthy but (I quote) "had the brain of a 2 year old". Really fucking terrifying, he tried to be in assisted living until they said they couldn't do that(?), then he was in independent living and he watched him, and the dude died from going on a walk, didn't come back... Until they found his body and he hit his head on a tree. Awful!!! Also the assisted living facility had a fucking alligator on the property and he did the opposite of what he was told to. Yeah the financial and relationship advice was cut short due to this crazy story lol
- I played the demo of a game in progress that's pretty promising, I forgot the name but I joined the Discord for it.
- Bought a Kyell Gold book that was signed , I technically read but didn't finish it so I have no excuse to now.
- I bought a gacha adoptable lol??? I'll grab a digital image when I'm home but it was shockingly my aesthetic.
- Before I left I was at a Pepper Coyote concert, I had to leave before it ended but I had to stop myself from crying during one song... I know....

Con technically starts today but there's no point in going when I can't afford a hotel, there's little events on Thursday. I might go to the mall later to get a better pair of jeans and prep on what to bring for day one.

Saw news about tariffs on China imports being raised to 145%... it makes me want to pop by that import shop to see how they're doing. It's mostly Japanese stuff but the Filly Cuties merch was from China and obviously not selling well anyway since I was the first to recognize the characters. I've been put off from buying another model to build since mine was missing pieces, but I do want to check how they're doing...