May 16 2026

After so much searching we finally scored one!
So much excitement and hype just to have our hopes crushed. This has to be the most expensive yet underwhelming “Elite” Trainer Box we have opened so far. I had nothing “Elite” about it. Not even one of the common rarity Sylveons I was looking for. Not one Tera eeveelution. Honestly it was so disappointing it made our daughter cry. I wish we could get our money back 0/5.

Perfect Order was nice and varied, and I hope Chaos Rising is too. Otherwise we are not buying any of these ever again. What is the point of calling it Elite Trainer Box if it has nothing to make it “elite” or to build a nice competitive deck with. Misleading AF.

May 14 2026

Destiny in motion?
Finally scored an interview for a possible internal transfer 🤞

May 9 2026

For Mother’s Day, I came in at 8th place out of 40 players.
Luck was strongly on my side

May 6 2026

When its so hot you feel like you’re going to die
Back to 🇵🇷 and already hating it

May 4 2026

Mi Anhelo 💖

May 2 2026

Turron Ice Cream
🇪🇸 Viva la Madre Patria 🇪🇸

April 27 2026

I know these stars above the ocean
Now new skies call me by name
And suddenly, nothing feels the same…

April 25 2026

Found one of my childhood friends ‘Cosmo’ and of course I had to get a picture
Unfortunately Wanda was not available today

April 24 2026

I work hard because you deserve the life I never had
My little ray of sunshine ☀️

April 21 2026

The values we live by 🌳

April 17 2026

Hey I just met you
And this is crazy
But here’s my number
So call me maybe?

April 11 2026

So I had the weirdest dream ever.
I went to this made-up Asian restaurant to order food but they didn’t have any gluten free options. So the owner says to me:

“Well since I cant offer you anything to eat, would you like some dog ears instead?”‘
I thought it was weird, but I said yes anyway.
Then he gave me a bowl full of fluffy dog ears that I took home.

Of course I woke up and went down a rabbit hole. Apparently this is described as a sign of good fortune to come and wealth in Asian cultures.

April 6 2026

Getting into expensive hobbies and discovering a new addiction because why not…

March 31 2026

We just received confirmation from the 🇪🇸 consulate that my hubby’s visa was APPROVED on January 16, 2026!

Now all they need is our plane tickets stating the date we leave permanently for them to print it out and officiate it.

🛫 🇪🇸 🎉

March 29 2026

Looked a lot like my grandma when I was a teen.
I never knew cause I never had a chance to see pictures of her when she was younger.
To be honest I miss her every day and I’m feeling kinda lost and orphaned without her…

March 26 2026

Another one of my predictions comes true.
Thankfully I’ve been preparing for this for years and we’ll be long gone before this 🐂💩 becomes mandatory.
The love of my life will not be dying in the 3p$t3in war.

March 24 2026

I thought that by this time I would have already changed my mind regarding the low contact / no contact thing with my parents. Truth is I’ve never felt more at peace. I’ve stopped enabling my abusers and I feel fantastic. I’m never unblocking them again.

That time was the last time. Something in my brain finally clicked:
“If I would never in my life treat my daughter this way, why do I allow these assholes to treat me like this?”

Every time I forgive their aggressions I give up a piece of myself, and that is a price too high to pay. And for what? Its not like they even try to pretend like they love me anyway.

From now on I’m protecting myself and putting myself first cause “I have no mercy left to give and ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves”

March 21 2026

Making memories with my girl
Hoping to be a better mom for her every day
To build the relationship with her that I never got with mine.

March 12 2026

Of course I’ve relapsed.
Thankfully I’ve been playing a lot less, but it still feels like playing with fire.

I’ve gotten a few messages of people getting banned on games I lost due to cheating, so it kinda makes sense why I was having such a hard time winning before. Its just that there have been a lot of cheaters as of lately. And since I earned my ‘Diamond Tank’ title, people have been rightfully less toxic towards me. They now have visual confirmation that as a player, I have above average skill and knowledge of the game so experience overall has gotten so much better. And since I’m also not feeling the pressure to climb back to diamond to ‘prove myself’, I’ve had less motivation to play, making it easier for me to walk away from the drug.

March 9 2026

’10 year anniversary of our first date’ gift from my husband 💖

March 3 2026

Hubby wanted a family vacation so guess where are we going?
🇪🇸 🇪🇸 🇪🇸

Dreaming of the day we won’t have to buy a return ticket

February 22 2026

Until we leave, I gave myself the permission to trying and find joy in the now. Either by jumping off of piers or by learning to GIF silly videos, I need to start focusing on the now.

Tomorrow is not promised, and although I know I’ll be happier then, I need to stop delaying my happiness until ‘this or that’ happens. The future is now and I’m missing valuable time with my family.

“The trouble is, you think you have time”

February 9 2026

Last day home.
Not looking forward to returning to 🇵🇷

February 7 2026

I love the variety, quality and food security of this country

February 6 2026

My landlady here in 🇪🇸 says I should go back to nursing.

We were talking about work and she said I brought her luck because a day before I showed up, she got hired at the local hospital after months of being unemployed. I told her I found it funny since I am a nurse. “All things happen for a reason”

Maybe the reason is I need to go back to doing good in the world?

Anyway, she asked me to bring all my documents when I return so that she could submit my resume to HR and get me a job at the hospital if I wanted to. Should I?

February 5 2026

I attended a support group for women like me and it was exactly what my soul needed to heal a little.
(unrelated picture to avoid doxxing them)

I met other women who shared my experiences and fears, and got to open up about the struggles we are all also going through. That’s when it hit me: I’m so depressed all the time back home because I don’t get to do much of the things that fill up my happiness cup. And the “support” I have around me (like my friends and parents) do not really share my values or struggles. They just don’t understand me. I feel like a rose in a cornfield back at home. How much better would I feel being able to engage more regularly like this with like-minded people?

February 4 2026

Got the keys to my first room here in 🇪🇸
I officially “reside” in 🇪🇸 now!

I have to say, although everything has been mostly smooth sailing for me, being an immigrant is freaking rough. I’m all alone, all the time, and since I don’t know how anything works here, I fear everyone might be trying to scam me. My anxiety is through the roof at all times even though 🇪🇸 has been nothing but gentle to me. I lost my phone and it was returned to me immediately, not stolen. I dropped a glove, and two people helped me grab it from the wind. I lost my way on a bus station and a lady guided me to where I needed to go. Still, I feel so vulnerable all the time that I just want to cry.

The lady that rented me the room gifted me the key chain as a souvenir, welcomed me into her home, and even let me pet her birds. Still in the back of my mind my brain is screaming “What if she’s scamming you???!!!“. I don’t know if this is just me suffering a severe anxiety disorder from having to be alert at all times back in 🇵🇷 or if this is just the typical immigrant experience, but it is rough.

February 3 2026

I’ve only been here in 🇪🇸 for 3 days and I’m already thriving:

– Had 0 jet lag upon arriving since my circadian rhythm is already set to 🇪🇸 hours naturally
– I got my first 🇪🇸 phone number + a new phone
– Ate sushi at a buffet until I was so full couldn’t breathe
– They also gave me sushi as appetizer and a mojito shot for free
– No one asked for tips
– I paid 17 euros for all you can eat which is about the price of just one sushi roll back in 🇵🇷

This place is amazing.

February 1 2026

The perfect metaphor of the role my parents have played in my life: an empty chair right next to mine.

Reserved for them, but they never step up and show up for me in any way that matters. I might have lost money reserving a spot in my life for people who don’t give a shit, but I’ve also had a very important realization: I don’t have to keep showing up for people who only reach out when they need something from me, even if they are “family”.

Probably the best course forward is to go Low contact/No contact.

January 31 2026

One more day before we leave,
I just need to be strong one more day…

January 30 2026

Daughter left me a note under my work to do list 💖

January 28 2026

Packaged so beautifully,
I don’t think I can bring myself to open it.
And it’s gluten free too.

January 27 2026

Trying to do better by picking up new hobbies to avoid wasting so much time gaming.
Reading more is always a great choice.

January 26 2026

I’ve uninstalled and I need to follow through this time and not reinstall it back.

Every day is the same shit with toxic people calling me names, people intentionally throwing, losing streaks… I was one fucking game away from Diamond on Support and now I’m back in the Gold cesspool thanks to this idiotic game expecting me to carry a bunch of losers who die 20 times and can only get 3 kills in a 15 minute game. Plus all the time I spend there that I could be investing in something else. I have 3000 hours in this shitty game. Every time I log in I get multiple “Thank you for Reporting” screens from all the toxic crayon-eaters I have to report on the daily. Its exhausting and I’m not even having fun playing anymore.

Why do I keep torturing myself like this?

Maybe just because for a little while, while I’m playing, I can pretend this is not the end of the world.

January 25 2026

They murd3red one of ours. Another 🇺🇸 citizen, this time an ICU Nurse.

“Ask any doctor who worked with him and they will tell you: he protected. He taught. He defended women colleagues. He bought coffee for broken interns. He made the ICU more human. That is what great nurses do. They don’t just carry out orders. They carry the unit.

And then, one last time, he served as a nurse outside the hospital. With a camera in his hand. With his conscience in front of him. He stepped toward someone being harmed — not as a threat, not as a protester looking for chaos, but as a healer responding to suffering: the same reflex that defines this profession. His gun was legally holstered. His hands were occupied filming. His instinct was the same one every ICU nurse knows: see harm, step in, protect.”

January 24 2026

I’m so proud of myself today 💖

I needed a new laptop but I didn’t want to fork hundreds on a new one, so I had a great idea: I would buy the cheapest one I could find, flash it and install Linux on it instead. So I went shopping and could not find an older cheap laptop to experiment on and everyone is now pushing the AI slop Copilot Windows 11 OS. One store had the gall of asking almost $300 for that crap!

Anyways, I ended up buying that same one in a different store for $163 instead because the box had been opened. I tried to install the Windows OS and maybe dual boot, but the Windows installer wouldn’t let me continue without a network connection, so I ended up just cancelling and flashing the drive. Now I have Linux instead and I’m so in love with it. Even my husband is proud of me because we got a bargain and now we have a Linux system at home just in case. And as a final touch, I put a little flower sticker over the copilot button. Its like it never existed!

January 22 2026

Coworker did not want to believe we are getting more workforce reductions.

Three days later I was proven right.
I am the modern day Cassandra.

“Cassandra is a prominent figure in Greek mythology gifted with the ability to prophesy, yet tragically cursed so that no one would believe her predictions. Cassandra foresaw critical events such as the fall of Troy, yet her warnings went unheeded.”

January 20 2026

I always try to do the right thing, whenever I can. I never experience the same in return. Sometimes I wonder if it’s even worth it. I imagine how much better my life could be if I were just an asshole. Then I realize I could never step on others just to make myself feel better. But the world will not treat you better just cause you are a good person. No good deed goes unpunished.

January 15 2026

With just a few weeks left before I leave to find a home, I worry about not taking my daughter with me to 🇪🇸. Although I will only be away for a few days, what if this idiotic g0v3rnm3nt starts a war with 🇪🇺 over a piece of land during my time over there? Air travel will most likely be completely closed off and I will be left stranded away from her. Last week we went to follow up on my husband’s visa and apparently it has not been approved yet. I guess that would also fall through in case of war. If anything, I would have to trust my husband to get her on a plane as fast as possible with her 🇪🇸 passport. Would he send her over to me knowing he himself won’t be able to leave?

January 10 2026

My comfort food
Boquerones

January 9 2026

Aced ‘Witch Doctor’ on Expert
I still got it 💪

January 8 2026

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command”
-George Orwell, 1984

January 7 2026

A Female 🇺🇸 citizen was murdered today.

I was supposed to go to bed early tonight but this has kept me up all night. The child’s toys in the car really tell the story of a family that has just lost their mom & wife. Brutally executed by the 🇺🇸 G3stap0.

I need to get my child out of here ASAP, this country really hates women and I don’t want to raise her in this hostile environment…

January 5 2026

So proud of my baby girl
💖 She reminds me of myself at that age 💖

January 4 2026

The 🇺🇸 g0vernm3nt has suspended all flights inbound and outbound from 🇵🇷. We officially can’t leave this place if something were to happen. I don’t know how long this will last, but my SIL is currently stranded with my nephew in the 🇺🇸 since their flight was cancelled and the airline doesn’t know when they will be able to return to 🇵🇷.

January 1 2026

New toys to continue to fuel my gaming addiction.