It's been a few, but now that my computer's fixed I can finally get back to posting on here. Enough with the formalities, here's the scoop.
May: I mostly just worked, but the biggest thing is Pika came down! I finally got to see her after 3 years, and it was great. She only stayed for memorial day weekend, but she brought me a bunch of gifts (which I'll make another post about), which is honestly the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me. She was exactly as I remembered her. The only thing I felt bad about her parents. I just felt that because of the language barrier, I couldn't really talk to them, and I'm afraid I might have come off as rude. They were very nice, but I'm just afraid I wasn't the best host. Hopefully the next time we meet I can make a better impression.
June: Again, I worked. My department got a new manager, who's actually quite the bro. We started cleaning up the meat department, getting more organized, and just getting down to business in general. He's a cool guy, I've talked to him about Overwatch a bit and he's dabbled in anime. He's honestly a stand-up dude who deserves a better position than what he has. I just hope he moves on from the shitshow that is that store.
July: Worked, but I also went on a couple trips. I went to West Virginia to see my sister, who was interning at a theater company, and wound up touring a lot of Civil War battlefields (mainly Antietam and Gettysburg). Honestly, it made me sure that studying history was for me. I picked up the book
Spring 1865 by Perry D. Jamieson and recently finished it. It's interesting to see just how deluded people get at the end of long wars. For instance, Jefferson Davis still believed he could win the war up until his capture, going against the judgement of his cabinet and his generals. It was also interesting to see just how badass Lincoln was. For some reason we have this idea that "Honest Abe" was mild mannered, kind and gentle. He was anything but. He was a man on a mission: to reunite the union. When in conferences with the confederates, the 16th president refused to acknowledge the south as it's own country, and did not give any credence to their cause. He didn't give two shits about what the southerners thought. He gave them two choices: come back and be accepted with open arms, or face the hellfire of the Union's armies. Savannah, Atlanta, and most of South Carolina chose the latter. It was honestly a mistake that he was assassinated, from a southern perspective. Lincoln's policy was to "let 'em down easy," a policy which was not mirrored by his successor, Johnson (especially after "The South" killed the president and maimed his staff). Wow, that was a long tangent.
August: School's started, and I'm honestly pretty happy. My classes are interesting. I enjoy them, and I actually like doing the homework in some! I'm just glad there's no goddamn math. I can just nerd out about Abe Lincoln. That makes me happy. Honestly, I'm glad I've found something I feel I can devote my life to.
