@Totalanimefan: In better news, I got an unexpected payraise! Now maybe I can afford a few new things... like a new mattress to replace my 20 yr old one lol 😅

@Totalanimefan: I've also got my eye on some other furniture...I've really been wanting to update my desk. Maybe a new kitchen table.

@Totalanimefan: Oh it's been in my cart for months lol. I've been hesitant from making any really big purchases since the beginning of the pandemic (minus the switch and that took forever to talk myself into lol). I'm mildly terrified I'll end up jobless again and living off my savings for months on end. 😰

I probably should get the bed first buuut I also really wanna move apartments this summer when my lease is up. I feel like maybe I should wait until then???

Another snow day here! It'd be nice if I wasn't loosing out on a days pay 😩

@Totalanimefan: I've always been pretty good at holding off on big purchases. We grew up saving for one big thing at a time so I'm no stranger to waiting for something, or even deciding it's not what I actually wanted. It helps when you can get things 2nd hand from family or thrifted. Most of the furniture I have is functional so it can wait, even if it's not my style lol. The bed really needs to go tho, my back is killing me and a person my size shouldn't be sleeping on a twin regularly in the first place. TT_TT

Ideally I'd move closer to my job since gas isn't getting any cheaper haha. I hate renting but all the affordable houses get snapped up here so quick I wouldn't be able to compete with a cash offer even if I got approved for a home loan. Of course those same houses show up as rentals a couple of months later too >:[

@Totalanimefan: It really is fun, you should definitely do it when you can. :) For us here, bowling is pretty much all we have going on during the winter months besides getting out and ice fishing or whatever but it slows way down during the spring and summer months. I think my average is like 136 or something. I'm not great either lol.

@Totalanimefan: Yeah well and the problem is we don't have much for indoor activities here, the draw of this area is the lakes and the woods so we have a ton of outdoorsy stuff like fishing and hunting but not really any places to hang out besides a card shop, the bowling alley, stuff like that.
My best recommendation is just to practice consistency of your throws. I throw the ball very straight and so it's just a matter of where I'm standing, and has very little to do with my actual throw since I have really good muscle memory of it. I'd probably bowl a lot higher if my back didn't start to hurt throughout the games, so my throws get thrown off (lol). But yeah. Just try to do the same thing with your arm and body every time. Pay attention to how you throw it, and try to repeat that every time as best as you can. Your arm and legs will want to do the same thing every time, and you'll get muscle memory for it pretty quickly. Also try to not "throw" the ball, as in let it drop from a higher distance. Let it go near the ground, it helps a lot. And finally, don't swing your arm. It's not about throwing hard, it's about aiming, so keep good control and do it slowly if you have to, just keep control of it.
Idk how helpful all of that will be but it's what I focus on. My coworker's husband threw an almost perfect game on Wednesday so take my advice with a grain of salt lol

really want to see if i can't apply for voltra because i am fucking bored and because it'd probably be funny.

@Totalanimefan: Yeah, I spent this afternoon chilling with Animal Crossing. I'm at the point were I can start rearranging my island how I want.

I kinda placed everything willy nilly to begin with cause I didn't know how anything worked lol