It's been a while since my last post: Since then I've visited Canada, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Hungary and had a run-in with American bureaucracy. I also got another job which I think I actually want to keep for the foreseeable future, and got a girlfriend (I had a crush on her at a distance for years and when we met in real life we instantly connected). I feel like I'm higher on Maslow's pyramid than I ever have been. This week: - My birthday! I invited about 14 friends over, we drank, ate pizza and were merry. I didn't know my flat could hold that many people (it's SMALL). Feels amazing to host and provide a space for people I love to enjoy themselves 😌 - Rekindled a friendship with someone from college I hadn't hung out with in person for about six years. - My dad and my sister visited me (usually I visit them because the train ticket is expensive). We went to a curry house and got drunk.