12/7
Hello Leila, I love you. Very very much. It’s max day tomorrow in my weight training class, so I want to get better than 55lbs for my bench (my goal is at most 75), 73lbs in my squat (100 for my goal), 65lbs for my clean (75 for my goal), and 150 for my dead lift (200 for my goal). I had a dream 2 days ago that I was a tall muscular girl (I had abs and biceps but in the normal female way not in a steroid manly way), and I also was in some sort of superhero group because I had powers where I had fast reflexes and I could jump really high. The guys in my group all liked me but I had an asian short king boyfriend so everyone was jealous of him lol. We have cereal that’s green balls because it’s Wicked themed (wizard of oz), and I’ve been craving it and it’s just in our pantry but I haven’t eaten it yet. I’ve not been good at eating lately. Kiko found out how to get under the blanket on my bed so he likes to sleep under the blanket now. I’ve had time to know you were my best friend and now my best friend is gone :(, but that’s okay. I don’t really do much these days, but I probably should. I think I’ve been mentally drained by PoP because I have not gone to pop in weeks. I feel bad but it just makes me feel awkward because I’m always there in the class we’re supposed to be in, waiting for people to come and for pop to start while I know they’re just mucking around outside in the halls. Tausala isn’t happening next year so that made me sad. I want to dance because I like to dance but now there’s no tausala and I just get stressed with pop. I’m also in key club, a community service club, and there’s a asian boy in that club that I thought was cute but he straight up talked to my asian friend whom he doesn’t know and looked like he wanted to befriend her and completely ignored me (I was sitting right next to her), so I have no chance with him as I assume he likes asian people that look asian (I’ve noticed most of the people he hangs out with are asian because they look asian). Oh well. I wanna start reading again because I read a few books last year and a little bit in the beginning of the year, but I had a burn out for the rest of the year because I literally couldn’t read another page of the Percy Jackson series. I’m still in that burn out, but I can’t stop thinking about Mistborn because I love it so much and you should’ve read it because it’s so good but that’s okay because you can read it when you get back, but I just want to read the first book again. So, since I keep on thinking about how I should probably read the second book, but I’ve been dreading it because Mina said it wasn’t as good as the first. Anyways, goodbye. - Love Erana
12/11
Tonight is our Ward Christmas Party, I’m wearing my new Christmas sweater I got thrifting - I love it! Erana and I went thrifting yesterday, she got her red Christmas sweats, and a cool beanie, it has Big Foot on it lol I scored me a beautiful temple dress, I’m going to wear it this Friday. Dad and I been buying lots of stuff from Amazon, gifts for Christmas, stocking stuffers etc Christmas is stressful lol Got our family Christmas cards yesterday. Weather’s been nice, no snow yet, only in the mountains. Dad and I been busy with our callings, Dad especially, a lot of people in our ward need help, moving, need blessings etc.
12/12
Today is Friday 12th - The ward party was enjoyable, we had ham, scalloped potatoes, green salad, rolls and pies. TVille Madrigals came and performed their holiday christmas songs for us, they were cool.
Last week of School we had Spirit Week. And it was themed with Christmas stuff ie. Red/Green, Tinsel/Sparkly, Ugly Sweaters, Bows/ties, Pjs. It was fun!
12/21
Sunday 21st, we had our Wihongi Whanau Christmas Party at Uncle Jared's house. After we ate we had a Christmas message from Jared and also watched an old family video from 2014. We enjoyed yummy food. I had made Lupulu and Chop Suey (my chopsuey did not turn out the way I wanted it to). We played White Elephant. I had put together our White Elephant gifts from stuff in our home. One bag was purple themed with a Harry Potter lunch box that had Mum’s Hymn book in it, hat, scarf and gloves, treats. The other bag was blue, had blue hat, scarf and gloves, nativity picture, a nativity, Away in the Manger book, and a brownie kit. Lawson got the purple bag and Louisa got the blue one. I had pulled #3 and I chose Minas' gift which was a basket with towels, candle etc which got stolen from me by Alisa and then Talia stole it from her. I swapped my Chocolates with Alessandra’s ‘Golem Fugler’, for Tristan. Erana swapped her gift with Maya. I gave my siblings gifts out, which were Korean sauces and sparkly. Heather gave me a Trader Joes bag of goodies. Jared gave me chocolates. Jody didn’t get us gifts but later sent us a Megaplex gift card.
12/22-23
Monday to Tuesday, went shopping with Baby to find a gift for Sawyer. We got a couple of things but ended up with a Shrimp squishy holding a pringle container, and so we got him the same pringles to eat. Erana and I handed out all our neighbors and church friends gifts.
12/24
Christmas Eve, I made Shrimp soup, and we had ribs from Maceys, a shrimp platter. Tyrell and Alisa didn’t eat with us cause they had Alisa’s family activity to go to. But they came over to do Secret Siblings. Baby had painted Jaxon a picture of Psyduck and Akaza off of Demon Slayer, it was cool! She also bought him a beanie with Big Foot on it. Tyrell got Baby a Pokemon card package. Mina got some nail/beauty things from Alisa. Jaxon bought Tane a t-shirt and gift card. We made gingerbread men cookies and decorated them. Dad chose Erana’s cookie for Santa’s plate. Mina and Tane slept over.
12/25
Christmas morning, we slept in. When Tyrell and Alisa arrived we did stockings and opened Christmas gifts. I had bought Jaxon an AI Jesus picture of Jesus protecting a lamb from wolves. I thought it was the best gift lol But Mina gave me a gift. I opened it up and saw a baby ultrasound that said Best gift ever! I was sooo happy and then Alisa gave me her gift, it was practically the same thing - whoah!!! So both of them are having babies, in June and they are about 2 weeks apart from each other. I was soooo excited, and I was thinking of what my Moko’s can call me. I watched a KDrama and the kids were calling their Grandma ‘Halmeoni’, I like that so I’ve decided that’s my grandma name lol.
Scott, Heather and Dray joined us for Christmas Dinner. Mina and Tane didn’t eat with us since they were going to Fisi’s house to eat. We had Prime Rib Steaks, mashed potatoes, steamed squash and salad. We hung out, you called.
In between Christmas and New Years, I had gone shopping to look at the Christmas clearances, at Walmart. And then did very little each day, cleaned, ate, watched Kdrama’s ate again, and again lol.
12/31
New Years Eve we celebrated at our home. I made Clam Chowder and a bacon and egg pie. I got some KFC, Mina paid for that. We had pizza, little sausages, chips and dip, veges and fruit and oreo rice krispie treats. Jaxon took Dray and Jonah with him to his Uncle Clints house. We played games (2025 Trivia-Dad won, Jack Box 11, a card game) and Jared and his family showed up after 830pm, Jared was flying in from Orlando. He brought us a package of Party Poppers, they were fun to shoot off when we rang in the New Year!
