I've been putting off posting for the past two weeks because Blogger changed it's layout, and I'm not a big fan of its posts' layout anymore. The font colors also changed! I'm just not feeling it lol.
March was an interesting month. It started normally and then ended like the beginning of an apocalypse, so there wasn't much to talk about.
The first weekend, we went home to visit the parents and help them with their taxes as usual. Mom made a feast as usual, and I'm sure I gained five pounds just from that weekend alone.
That week, Carina randomly texted me asking me if I wanted to go to a major basketball game since she won free tickets from work. COVID had just started spreading around Georgia at that time, so I turned her down since I didn't think being around crowded areas was a good idea. Lol she ended not going either, but we made plans to get dinner the next week anyway.
We decided to try out Orient Express because 1) it's in a train station! and 2) Asian restaurants, especially Chinese ones, were losing business because of racism, so we wanted to support an Asian restaurant. It was really good! I already knew it was good, because my coworker really recommended it, and I trust him since he's a big Asian foodie lol.
Then we walked around Vinings and caught up some more. We made so many plans since we were both introverts who needed to get out of the house more. We had already made plans to hangout again next week and go to concerts with each other since no one else we knew liked the same niche bands like we did!
Then everything started closing because COVID was rampantly spreading around the state. My office also announced that we'd be work from home for a while until things got better that Friday.
I was supposed to meet my girlfriends for a going away brunch the next day because Shanice was moving to DC in the next few weeks. Originally, we were going to eat out, but we decided to make brunch at my place since a lot of restaurants were take-out only and we weren't sure if it was safe to go to public places anymore. It was still fun even though Meethu wasn't able to make it, since we caught up, made a lot of food, and watched a movie lol.
Then, I spent my first week work from home with my siblings since they're companies also issued that order. I was okay the first few days, but I definitely lost motivation towards the end of the week. Luckily, I created "Daily Stand Up" meetings at lunch every weekday for my coworkers and I to catch up every day, so we could still goof off together at lunch like usual. It was definitely a good idea so that we could chat and see each other at least once every day or two and have human interaction with people outside of our homes lol.
The second week was definitely difficult for me. It reinforced the recent realization I had that I actually enjoy going out and being busy on weekends. I learned that even though I am a homebody at times, I like being home on my own terms. I realized I wasn't doing so well when I started losing my appetite and not want to eat at anytime of the day. However, it led me to design and get a new tattoo that Friday when I took a day off of work lol.
I've been wanting a new tattoo for a while, but it wasn't until the previous week that I finally decided on what type of tattoo I wanted, which was a band of magnolia flowers wrapping around my upper thigh. It took around five hours and was pretty painful around my inner thigh (I wanted to die lol), but I love it so much! Getting the tattoo really helped improve my mood because I always felt happy whenever I looked at it.
I forgot how much tattoo aftercare was a pain though lol.
March felt like it was a whole year in itself. Every day felt so long. Work felt like forever. Even when it was March 31st, it felt like it had been a week.
One of the highlights of the month was the fact that my cousins kept us fed in the groupchat with lots of adorable pics and vids of their babies! :D
Overall, March was a mixed bag of emotions. 2/5 would not recommend!
