babcia taught me the pierogi fold again because apparently mine are huge and offensive to the entire family lol and i was standing there rolling dough with my sleeves up thinking this counts as arm day, she does it sitting down without any performance. my hands got warm and the flour stuck in every little line, then i tasted one before it was cool enough because PATIENCE is not included in the recipe. mouth survived, barely. sat on the kitchen step after with a plate on my knees and for once i wasnt trying to eat while answering three people. mostly because my mouth was full and babcia had the floor anyway.

trying to pick a karaoke song i havent already done thirty times and every suggestion turns into me singing the first line then forgetting the rest. i KNOW these songs, i just apparently know them only when somebody else is doing most of the work. my roommate says choose one and practise, very reasonable and deeply boring advice lol. i keep picturing the bar going quiet at the big bit but there are three entire minutes before that bit and i need to survive those too. picked a slower one tonight and actually listened with the words open. turns out ive been loudly singing the wrong thing since high school. nobody told me???

one of the quiet regulars said she had been having a bad day and came to my lane because she knew id talk to her, which is honestly so sweet until i started worrying about what to say and suddenly forgot every word i have ever used lol. i asked about her dog and she showed me a picture of him on her clean laundry, criminal behaviour, we agreed. i felt really good after she left, then the next customer was irritated about waiting and the whole mood changed in two seconds. like yes i know there is a line, i can see the line. still thinking about the dog lady though, i hope she got home okay.