Update!!

 Hello Honeys, it's been quite the day, and I've gotten quite a lot done for this blog, includinggggggg......

Recipes Page is now open to view, with my beloved recipes. I'll update when I can, but there's only so much I cook/bake, really. But as of now, enjoy!!!

Daily Recap #3

Hi Honeys!!

It's been a while since I've been online; midterms have been kicking me down, fr. But as of right now, I have some free time, so I'm going to give you guys an update on what's been going on over here. Not much, but at the same time quite a bit. 

Update #1 - On school, everything is pretty much the same; I just completed exams for both Biology and Calculus. Hope I did well, but won't know till later this week, or even next week. I did, however, start my sociology class. It's a late-start class that's entirely online; it still has the same amount of content as a regular 18-week class, just in less time. The reason I wanted to do this was that I knew I needed to have time to figure out my intense STEM classes with the overwhelming fear of an essay being due. Which if I'm being honest it has helped, but I do think looking back I could have done this class as a regular class, but I'm still grateful for the time I had without the added stress. Alsoo, I can't wait to delve into the course content. Fun fact about me: I love humanities classes such as psychology and sociology. So I genuinely WILL be tuned in to this class. 

Update #2 - On social life, I've actually been up to a bit! First thing and most exciting... I went to a Hockey game!! I had mentioned this in my previous recap. And consensus is.... I enjoyed myself; I truly did. For context, I'm not much of a sports person and definitely don't go to watch sports live. The only times I've ever been to watch sports live were a high school football game (which was so overstimulating, but was the last time I ever went to one) and a soccer game when I was 9 years old. All I remember was that it took so long and it had started getting cold that I started to cry. So I'm not much of a sports fan, and definitely not much of a live sports fan. But I chose to go with my friend and her family to a hockey game, and it was honestly the most fun I've had in a while. I love it especially because we're in a small stadium; despite our seats, we could see perfectly. It was all very air-conditioned, and I brought a jacket just in case, and I did end up wearing it towards the end.

On the atmosphere: it was great; everyone had a good time, and no one was obnoxious, loud, or disrespectful, which is honestly so rare where I live! It was fun; the energy of the crowd was amazing, they were interacting with the players, and overall it seemed like everyone was having a great time (myself included). The hockey itself was relatively easy to understand, but I would get lost at times because the puck was so small. There were a couple of fights between players which were so entertaining, and a player on the opposite team ended up getting kicked out; I think that was the highlight, really. The food was okay but expensive, and most importantly, I saw the Wienerschnitzel Mascot!!! I was so happy; it's a long-standing joke between my best friend and me to speak in a German accent and say wienershnitzelllll at any mention of it. So that was great. 

Update #3 - Last update is something that actually hasn't happened yet. But this upcoming Saturday I will be going to Sacramento to meet up with my friend who attends UC Davis!! I'm also doing it for bio credit (Davis is holding a pre-health conference), but it's really just an excuse so I can go see her. I've known my friend since we were in elementary school, and we've lived near each other our whole lives. We were together all the time last school year, but she graduated and transferred to UC Davis, which PERIOD!! She's genuinely the smartest person I've ever met, and I wish the utmost best for her. But I genuinely miss her and can't wait to see her this weekend. She's already planning the day, and I think the most exciting part is seeing her dorm!! She lucked out and managed to get an apartment-style dorm, and I've only seen videos but it looks great so super excited, honestly!!

Watch with me

 

POWER

 

Potential Costumes!!

 Hey Honey's!!

I've seen everyone post about what their Halloween costumes will be, what they'd like to see, or to help others pick one. I've, of course, decided to put my own hat in the ring. So I'm incredibly indecisive; I always wait until the last minute to decide on something for Halloween. I mean, I genuinely wait until the last week. It's bad. But I'm trying to be productive and get my costume early this year. 

Yes, it is already October. This is early for me. 

But I've already semi-decided on what to be and just need to pull the trigger and pick one, so if anyone has input, please do let me know. Especially since I will most likely be buying the outfit/accessories this weekend through next Thursday, it'll give it time to come without delay. 

Okay, now onto the costume options!! Which I will order from simple-ish to more intricate.

Calculus can just dieee

    I can't get my head around calculus... like at all. It's weird because when I'm in class, I can get the material. As I go along with the professor, it's so bearable and easy to understand that I can do most, if not all, of the steps of a problem myself without messing up. Plus, I go to a pretty small campus, and most classes are online, but STEM. So there aren't that many students in this class, and I'm not uncomfortable asking questions. But when I go home and attempt the homework problems, it genuinely feels like I have no clue. Mind Wipe. Totally blank. I don't understand why. Maybe because it's just no words, just numbers and symbols, but my gosh, I wish so sooo badly that I was someone who could get math easily. The amount of time I've had to retake math since middle school is embarrassing. You'd think going through every position in math at least twice would finally make it click or at least make me more sure of myself, but I'm not. I truly don't get it. 

    And it's not that I struggle in all things math. When math is applied, and in a word problem like for chemistry or physics, I can easily do it. But when it's just do this and that, it seems like there's no real goal or end, and it's just a bunch of numbers; my brain capacity immediately decreases; it's becoming ridiculous and embarrassing. To show how bad it is, the main reason I don't have a 4.0 GPA is because of math. It's so bad. I messed up college algebra twice, and now I'm on my second try at Calc. Gosh, end the pain, please. I'm solid in all my other subjects. Writing, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Music- everything else is fine, but nooooo not Calc, not Math. Does anybody know any tips for understanding calculus??

Blog Search

Hi Honeys!!

I just want to put an inquiry out for anybody who's following blogs that revolve around recipes, cooking, baking, the whole nine yards! I use Pinterest all the time for recipes, but I want to get a more up-close version of recipes that don't feel "spotless". Also, 'tis the season for baking, and I've kind of run out of ideas. So if you know any blogs, please leave them in the comments!

Thanks, Honeys ✨

- p.s if anyone wants a recipe for pumpkin banana bread or pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, let me know; it's my specialty!

Ban on caffeine

Now’s the time that I must say…. “I’m officially not drinking any more coffee!” 

Why?

    Because I seemingly can’t stand my entire stomach feeling like lava, the literal firy pits of hell and the uncontrollable nausea that I’m experiencing. These past 3 months I’ve attempted to drink coffee like I used to, mind you I’ve been drinking coffee since I was a little girl, about eleven. And this has never been an issue. This intense of heartburn and nausea makes me lose my mind and feel like I should go to the doctor. It’s pretty intense. But this wasn’t the case months ago. Everyonce in a while I got heartburn when drinking coffee but that was primarily because I hadn’t had anything to eat prior or with it. Now it doesn’t matter. I can have it with a whole meal or nothing at all, in the morning, during the day, or at night, and not matter what it seem to have that same terrible effect. 

    It’s hard for me to let go of coffee and I don’t want to, if I’m being honest. But I genuinely can’t take it anymore and I’ve already got other health issues, I truly don’t need this. Plus since I don’t drink energy drinks, coffee was truly the only way I get caffine in. Which is essential for a college stduent. So I feel at a lost and I'm just going to have to grasp onto tea. If anybody has any recommendations of drinks that have that caffeine feeling or any tea recs please let me know!! 

Thanks Honeys ✨

- p.s I was studying for a test that was completed today so, back to regular programming

Daily Recap #2

Hey Honeys!! 

    

Hope you all had an amazing weekend! I did, honestly, and it was so eventful that I haven't checked in on Blogger in depth. So I'm just going to give an overview of what happened these past couple of days. 

Friday: An ordinary day at school and work, but I was so focused on completing assignments for bio and homework for calculus that I basically became a shut-in and entirely focused on them. Especially since I knew that this weekend was going to be so eventful, and I didn't want any academic guilt while out having fun. Which is something I struggle with intensely, to the point where, wherever I am, I start to picture all the things I could be learning about or improving on. I try not to think that way often, and enjoy where I am at. However, sometimes you can't help it, so when I do feel that way when I'm out with friends and family, I have apps with flashcards/questions to answer about the material I'm currently working on, which definitely helps subside those feelings. 

Saturday: I spent the first half of my day cleaning the bathroom, doing dishes, and taking care of my sister. This all took about 4 hours, and then I had to get ready for my friend's wedding!!! I got into the shower and quickly blow-dried my hair and put makeup on. It was a pretty low-key wedding, so I didn't wear a dress, but honestly, I should have; the California heat was no joke at 4 o'clock. But the wedding ceremony was so sweet and precious. They kept making jokes about their cats, which was so endearing! The reception took quite a while, but it was so fun; I got to officially meet the bride and my friend's family. The vibes were great, and you could tell that everyone was so happy for the couple. They had been engaged for a year, but together since high school (5 years ago), and my gosh, they were so precious!! I was so happy to take part and be there for them; it was amazing. Congrats to G&D.

Sunday: I spent most of the day at the park with my boyfriend. We did a cat puzzle (that we did not finish), got some sandwiches from a local donut shop (so freaking GOOD), and had a pretty relaxing picnic. Please, if you haven't gone to your local park that's generally safe, please do; it can be so relaxing and honestly was very much needed after the week prior of hardcore studying. Moreover, we decided that next weekend we will be watching Resident Evil or Primetime; we can potentially expect a review. And if you watched either, tell me how they were, please. I'm the type of person who likes to know about a movie, and I don't genuinely care about spoilers. 

Monday: Honestly, not much happened. I went to class and headed home soon after to complete some calculus homework in advance of a test on this Friday. Definitely not excited about it, but I think I'm going to do way better than the last one. Also, for this upcoming Friday, I'm supposed to go to my first-ever hockey game later that night with my best friend, who LOVES hockey. So this will be an experience for sure since I'm not much of a sports person and definitely not a hockey fan. Can I let you in on a secret?? I didn't even know we had ice hockey in California! Yikes, I knowww, that's how out of bounds I am on this, but I think I'll have a great time for sure as long as the vibes are up. 

Tuesday: Not much, as I'm currently writing this, but here's a picture of a stained pink Fish Blastodisc Mitosis slide from Bio today, at 5x and 10x magnification!! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) ‹𝟹

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Any recommendations?

    ​I just wanted to come on here and ask if anyone has any makeup recommendations? I’m at that point where all my makeup is running out, and I’m not entirely sure I want to buy the same things I’ve previously bought. So I want to ask for anyone’s highly recommended products for these specific items: 

Eyebrow tint/gel: I’ve heard Rare Beauty has a good one, and I just don’t like elf’s wow brow. It’s just a tint really and dries out super fast :/

Setting spray: I’ve used a lot, and I’m hoping to find one that genuinely won't budge. I’m at the point of using hairspray.

Mascara: I just need one that volumizes and isn’t too heavy that my lashes start to droop. I genuinely want it to last all day. 

Concealer: I use elf camo and I think my skin is getting more oily, so it breaks and creases terribly. If anyone knows a concealer that works with that, please let me know!!

Skin tint: It’s the same as the concealer. Also if it has sunscreen would be the cherry on top!

Please leave your recommendations; they’d be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks, honeys ✨

Daily Recap #1

 Hey Honeys!!

   I'm trying to encourage myself to write for this blog consistently. I often start hobbies and then forget or get too lazy to keep up with them. But since I'm on my computer every day for school and work, I think I have a pretty good chance of not losing interest.

   Now about my day! I woke up at 7 o'clock today, and that was a bit late. I had like thirty minutes to get myself together before leaving for school this morning. Also, to anybody with little siblings or little children in grade school, why on earth do they have to be up so freaking early!!! My sister wakes up at 6 a.m. for elementary school!! Absolutely preposterous.

   Anyways, I get to college an hour before class, for the reason stated, and I finish prepping myself for the day. I fix my mascara and lip combo, then pull out my notes to look them over before biology starts. Today we went over chapter nine about cell communication. Truthfully, I think I get the concept but definitely need to study a bit more about nitric oxide and cGMP signaling. I started to fall asleep there, and everything went in one ear and out the other.

    Once the lecture was over, I grabbed lunch before heading to work. I'm an on-campus tutor for English and didn't have many students today. So I spent most of my workday finishing up notes for Bio and quizzing myself on those notes via Gizmo, which I recommend if you're a STEM girly or boy.
Especially if your tactic is memorization, it works really well. Small intermission, sorry! I'm also an embedded tutor for an English class, so I waited till that class started and essentially I became a teacher's aide for 2 hours. I came home around 8 o'clock, took off my makeup, fixed my bag for tomorrow, and now I'm here.

    Main takeaways from today: I'm soooo tired of these twelve-hour days and am definitely falling asleep after I post this. But really, I need to focus on time management. For one, I'm almost always late to start the day, and two, I always procrastinate on my notes till the very last minute, which I promise myself I won't do anymore!

Thanks for reading, Anna 

🎄❆ Yearning for Christmas ❆ 🎄

    I woke up this morning with the overwhelming desire and hope for it to be December. I've always been excited for these autumn months; ever since I was a little girl, I loved the coming of holidays. One after another. I anxiously waited for the weather to cool (in California, that meant 85°F, with wind). The leaves turning into an influx of red, brown, and yellow hues. The influx of allergies, primarily because of the agriculture emerging within my town. My step-father coming home with a cloud of dust from the almond factory he worked at, and my Nana dropping off varieties of green and red grapes from the fields where she worked. That's how I knew autumn was here. School would start, then Halloween, Thanksgiving, and then Christmas. It never seemed to change. 

But of course, as everyone knows, once you age, you lose the same holiday whimsy that you and these months seemed to have had. Not including climate change, which just seems to make the heat last longer, there's a definite change in this season that there used to not be. The colors are different; the excitement is different, and so am I. 

I'm not six, and I haven't been for the longest time, despite it feeling like just yesterday, and still being able to relish in the memories and scents that those had of this season. I can still smell the trees, concrete pavements, puddles, Halloween candy, cinnamon lattes, and Christmas trees. They have ingrained themselves into my brain & senses. I can't seem to let go. I want so badly for it all to come back. 

And the thing is... they haven't gone away, not literally. But there is a change, and I think a lot of people can agree on that. It's definitely not the same. So when I woke up this morning, I hoped it was Christmas. As a last-ditch effort to grasp on to memories that I don't want to fade. That comfort of the winter holiday and happy cheer. I've realized that it's all I want for these upcoming months: to experience, in that very moment, an inkling of childhood glee and excitement again. That familiarity. Unfortunately, that's not to come, not only because it's September (3 months early), but because I've grown, and I have to realize that. It won't be the same, not ever. Doesn't mean I can't hope for it to or try to recreate it, in the now.