Daddy Daughter Days: Malls and Medicine Hauls

 Woohoo!  Another day of shopping! Every teen's dream! Seriously though, my mom, grandma, and I are off to the mall today to mainly shop for clothes (and get our beloved soft pretzels) but I'm in it to see if the Animal Crossing Build a Bear plushies have made their way to our store. I'm uh....also there to get some new clothes too. Sadly, my dad isn't so lucky as he's been having some ear issues, turns out as he put it when he told my mom this morning via Email "Apparently I have quite a bit of wax in my right ear.." .... Takes me back to the ear tube days..... 

Also, she gave me a new prescription for something that there is no generic equivalent!!! I just found that out when the drugstore sent me a notification that my Rx is ready.  Wow, screw that!

I have an appointment at the E.N.T. doctor at 4:00 today, so let's see how that goes.

In other news I've just started watching "Sheriff Callie's Wild West." on our trusty cartoon site "Kimcartoon" and I'll say its actually a good show!!! The art style gives me "PetPet Park" vibes 

The songs are decently tolerable for a kids show! Which is really impressive as I've seen FAR WORSE kids shows that rely on slapstick and toilet humor. *cough* Fanboy and Chum Chum. 

Either way its gonna be a good Wednesday....for...me at least.

UPDATE: The E.N.T. doctor insists there is no wax that is blocking his view of my ear drum.  Scolded me for ever having used Q-Tips to clean my ears.  $45 pretty much down the drain, but he did order some steroid/antibiotic eardrops to attack the swelling, pain and possible infection.  What a day.

SAVERS UPDATE!!!!!

 Mother and I stopped at Savers on our way back from the neurologist (who was a tad bit bitchy today for some reason...) and we scored some good finds! My mom got a new shirt and purse, while I scored some plushies. 

(the first being this Santa Bub)

Now my mom and I are HUGE Lil Bub fans. We've known about this little "alien cat" since 2019 during the kitty litter promotion, both of us were really heartbroken when we found out Bub had passed away in December of that year, a week after my birthday no less. I had gotten a larger Bub plush for my birthday at the time too, so good thing we got that one when I did. So today when looking through the plush section, I was checking out those little grab bags where you get a bunch of random plushies? I've had good luck with them when I find something for my AATC beanie babies collection (27 and counting) and as soon as I saw the "tush tag" that read "Lil Bub" on it, I quickly snatched the bag right off the shelf before anyone else could.... I also just checked Ebay at the time of typing this and found NO LISTINGS for this plush....

Next up, Sheriff Callie!

When I was younger (I'd say somewhere between the ages of 7-9 maybe) Disney had a MASSIVE upgrade with their popular "Playhouse Disney" block by rebranding it to "Disney Jr." and with that, they brought some pretty amazing content with it! Sadly I've grown up without cable most of my childhood (but was still able to watch cable networks sometimes) so I wouldn't watch a lot of Disney Jr. that often. So back on topic, a few of the shows released were: Sophia the First (kind of meh), Doc MCStuffins (I was hooked on this show when it came out!!!!), Jake and the Neverland Pirates (some of my friends liked this show but I didn't watch it) and about 2 or so years after the rebrand, Sheriff Callie's Wild West released, I was 10 going on 11 when it came out and kind of moved on from the Disney Junior phase. I had heard about this show through the grapevine around the time of its release and was THE show for preschoolers (along with Doc MCStuffins) back at my old homeschool group. The show is actually pretty good, the theme song is really catchy! (got it stuck in my head the past few days) and the CGI looks great for its time and has aged well. So while I was with my mom looking at clothes, I just so happened to spot a Callie plush up front and I just HAD to have it! I'm gonna watch the show via Kimcartoon soon but I just COULDN'T resist this adorable plush. So here she is in plush quarantine. speaking of which....

good ol' T-Bone (pardon my mom's arm in the shot)

Spotted this lil fella in the back of the store with the grab bags and other plushies. I always wanted a T-Bone plush as a kid but only managed to get Cleo and Clifford (still have them.) So I picked him up and didn't notice until I showed him to my mom that there were a couple stains on the back of his head, they're very small and nothing a little cleaning can't fix. WRONG! We couldn't get them off, but I don't care, but I feel bad for grossing my mom out when she saw him ^^; So he and Callie are in plush quarantine for the next 3 days. 

Plush quarantine is a new rule my mom recently enacted around the start of Covid last year. Where any plush that's not in a grab bag MUST sit out someplace in the house UNTOUCHED for 3 days. In this case, our duo are spending the next few days by my desk before going to my plush dungeon shortly after. Thus ending a fun day at the thrift store. 

Daddy Daughter Days: Neuro Time!

 I have an appointment with my neurologist today, mostly to check on some new meds I'm on from the endoscopy amongst other stuff. For those who don't know, I have epilepsy, a neurological seizure disorder. I'm very open about it online and with my friends since frankly, I feel like epilepsy just isn't talked about enough... at least from what I've seen. Or maybe it IS talked about a lot and I'm just not paying attention. 

My initial diagnosis will be a topic for discussion at a later date, but other than that, after my appointment today, my mom and I will be stopping at "Savers" thrift store (a personal favorite of mine) since its right by the office. 

In other news, my design for Melissa was approved today so that's something to look forward to! 

I buy my clothes almost exclusively at Savers!

 

Daddy Daughter Days: Working Working Working

I'm finishing up some animatics of my Scott Pilgrim AU character and her girlfriend. I'm a small bit pleased with the results but it seriously could have been better. I've also got my work shift this evening so I should be getting a little extra cash. I've also gotten back into the swing of things in my island on Animal Crossing. I recently had the kangaroo villager, Carrie, move in. She's probably one of my favorite kangaroos in the game alongside Mathilda. 

I'll be going to the mall on Wednesday, which will give me a good chance to see if the Isabelle and Tom Nook Build a Bear plushies are available in the area.

In other news, my LGBT+ support group meeting is coming up on Thursday so I'm pretty hyped about that :D 

Update: Not gonna be able to go to work tonight. 

Daddy Daughter Days: Pizza and Making Plans

 So I was thinking next Sunday could be a DOLLAR STORE MOVIE NIGHT!!!! The plot is pretty much the same as last time, my dad and I spend 10 each on snacks and other food for movie night (the movie in question being Scott Pilgrim VS The World) My mom and I are looking for some better Dollar Tree locations since the one by our house is pretty small and one of the locations dad and I went to didn't have frozen food. There's a location by one of the local malls I wanna go to that day. So I might check that one out, if that one's a fail, we could always stop at the one by our house or by my grandma's (where I went last time. (plus, this would be a good excuse for me to get my hands on those delicious dollar store cheese sticks from last time.) 

In other news, today me and dad have decided to relax today after a hectic weekend of endoscopies, medications up the wazoo, and so on. The two of us had recently gotten into Beastars, a Netflix anime that came out last year. Think of it as Zootopia but MUCH darker... 

I'm personally not too big on Beastars but I will watch it on occasion with my dad. Still a pretty good show, highly recommend it if you're a furry or are getting into the fandom! Anyways here's my dad. 

Yeah, I caught the first season of Beastars last year. Mariel says she turned me on to it, but I think it might have been a Saberspark YouTube video.

I'm not big on Anime, so some of the story telling is weird to me. But I am very impressed with the visuals and the voice-acting of the English dub. I grew up with the stilted "Speed Racer" vocal dubs!  Whoever is voicing Legoshi sounds like Steven Wright!

The graphic quality of the (I'm assuming) motion-capture is pretty cool, too. None of that creepy/crappy Polar Express "Uncanny Valley" look.

The old man and I just got back from our local ice cream stand, we got ourselves some chocolate milkshakes as we had both been dying for them lately, so why not kill some time in the evening to get ourselves a little something....right?

Daddy Daughter Days: A Delightful Saturday

 Today is the last day of July. This month went by like the snap of a finger I must say! Between Craigslist adds written by potatoes, endoscopies, and everything else, July was a very oddball month for me and the family. Now, what are the weekend plans?

Today we will be heading to a yard sale (as noted in the last post) then afterwards my dad and I will be making a trip to a friends house before finally heading to The Delightful Octopus after a long wait. I've looked at some photos of some of the items they have in the store and I'm already desperate for a stuffed avocado. Yes... that actually exists...

Sunday won't be too much, my dad and I are mainly gonna focus on working on HMR amongst other projects. Followed by dinner from Subway and again, more Home Movies stuff. Its been a stressful weekend so Sunday is gonna be considered our "day off" but I do have plans for next Sunday!

Why do I have a sense of foreboding concerning the un-named plans for next Sunday?

Also aside from the avocado, I'm also interested in these things. 

They give me "Chocobo's Dungeon" vibes. 

Well, you know me; I've been a fan of avocados going back to the Kennedy administration!

Update! Here's the Haul for today! 

At the yard sale, I got "Secret Life of Pets" on DVD along with CDS of Nsync, Backstreet Boys, and Green Day. Lots of the songs on these albums definitely slap, and all for like... $5? You bet its worth a deal! 

I scored a pair of jeans, two pairs of shorts and a shirt for fiddy cent each.  Yowza!

And from The Delightful Octopus, I got some cutesy animal erasers and a Korilakuma plush. Definitely going back there soon, the old man and I might drop by the ice cream stand later for some "frosty chocolate milkshakes!" I will reveal tomorrow what next Sunday will bring!

Daddy Daughter Days: The Weekend is Upon Us!

Tomorrow is the long awaited weekend, or to my dad and I its "Father Daughter Day." Where, on Saturday, we get out of the house for a bit and usually go thrifting or something and then on Sunday we also do thrifting as well as go grab a bite to eat for dinner while mother is at work. This weekend, I will be heading to a block sale with my dad followed by the anticipated trip to "The Delightful Octopus." This block sale in particular said that some of the money will be donated towards our local no kill shelter "10 Lives Club" which is the shelter where my mom and I adopted our cat, Belle. So that's a plus! And Sunday is still being planned, my dad and I will most likely be staying home and getting Subway or some sort of takeout for dinner. Potentially planning another Dollar Tree run in a couple weeks, but of course, minus the shitty dollar store chili. Might make sure the two of us stick with the FROZEN dinners. Hell maybe even do a movie night? I'll update you guys on the schedule as of tomorrow. 

I have some stuff to drop off at my friend's house, which happens to be right near the "Delightful Octopus." 

I hope we can all chill a bit this weekend as it was a busy week!

Probably gonna relax for a bit on Sunday since its been a long drawn out week. We'll still get our usual takeout (If we have the cash) but that'll be about it... besides I think I may have an idea for next week...