February 9th, 2026: Back to classes today, I woke up at 6:30am and got breakfast, 3 softboiled eggs and a cut up orange, I also had coffee to go with it. I checked my mail and found out my aunt gave me a $15 gift card to Starbucks for her. I did the dishes before taking the bus to work. When I got there was an announcement that we had to go downstairs for our meeting. I sat with the Ukrainian man and Mrauku before the event started and here’s the speech I recorded:
“I know it's been a long time over the last year. I've been thinking about this a lot. The Latinx lady has been through a lot over the last few years. And then this last year, [something] was given to her as well. And also, no matter what I would actually ask for her to do, she would actually do it, and then multiply. She always has had some really good ideas, and she's shown that she can actually do more of an executive role. So as of February 1st, it's already happened a little bit. for administration purposes. I present to you your vice president for [company]” - The CEO
[clapping]
“Thank you.” - The CEO
“Thank you so much for this promotion, this new opportunity for me. Yes, as The CEO has mentioned these last two years have been like building the company and I couldn't have done it without all of you here. I have a lot of support, not only here, while we work together, but I also have a lot of support in my house. My husband is here Tony, as a lot of you already know him. And then my wonderful sisters…” - The Latinx lady
“And he’s our second gentlemen.” - Mauer
“And then my wonderful sisters, [name], that you probably know her already. [employee], That's [employee]'s mom, you can make that connection. And then [name], [name], and you know, [employee] is also part of my family, but also part of the staff. So all of you and I've using my parents that are not here. They're having a little fun in Mexico right now. And my, oh, they're right there in FaceTime. See? You can see how sunshine is that. All my in-laws support me because I am here, you know, given the time that I have to give for the Institute where I don't regret at all. That's also kind of need a lot of for my family, so I could have not get to hear without them. And you know that support that The CEO brought to the Institute about two and a half years ago when we were basically down, he came to the rescue. I always said, him to the rescue and he himself and Darna put us back in place and they have trusted me and given me the support to keep going with the institute. So I really want to thank you all of you here for that support, for the work you have done. You know, [3 names] for taking the opportunity to embrace your staff members and when I'm not here, you know, I don't have to worry because you guys take over and do that support. Obviously, we are a team and we are a team that like to work, we are a team that like to party and we are a team that like to eat, that's not important part. So I really take this opportunity for a lot of more responsibilities, you know, I probably have to now sign checks with you said it’s just a signature, but it's a lot more responsibility because every single dollar here counts for what we do for our clients, but also what we can give back to you. I had a meeting with that board members and on Wednesday, The CEO presented a promotion there and they were also very supportive. So again, we have a very good leaders. I think you both for the opportunity and again thank you all of you for the support. I'm so hambo and so grateful for this opportunity.” - The Latinx lady
[clapping]
Afterwards I got some of the fruit to eat and some cheap orange juice. The Afghani lady and Elon’s birthdays are in February as per the announcements. I went back up and while pretending to work. I got an email from Seth M seething about certain people in the IT department (me) and we would be having a meeting tomorrow. I was planning on taking off tomorrow for a sick day because I’m genuinely sick and also I need more time to complete my first draft for the Book V of the City of God discussion but the meeting was scheduled for tomorrow from 12:30pm to 1:00pm so I couldn’t get out of that. I had 2 bagels for lunch instead of paying for pizza. I ended up going out at 1:02pm and took the bus all the way to the busy building, I encountered the Salvation Army girl, Markus’ brother, and another girl whom I will be calling Hedelweis. She was an Atheist, 25, and in her freshman year, she said she might come to mass tomorrow. I ended up showing them my ID, the Salvation Army girl said I looked handsome in my photo and later she asked me:
“Do you think Hedelweis is cute?”
I thought yes but I felt like it would be an opportunity to attack if I said yes so I deflected and told them that she’s not Catholic so there’s issues. I went downstairs to get the piña colada Rockstar energy, I saw Chloie there and said hi, asking her to come upstairs but her mom was visiting so she couldn’t come. I went back up to find out that Agaw’s here now. Markus’ brother and Agaw joked that I wasn’t common, but rather special. Through datamining each other, we found out middle names, the Salvation Army girl height (6’0”) birthplace (Green Bay) and birthday (September 29th, 2006) and pictures of young Markus with his mom. I left to go to class and write for the freewrite. Last film Naruhito saw was Iron Lung. I went to my next class afterwards and encountered Pen Guy with Mahdi and Markus’ brother filling out Markus’ brother’s sponsor form, he asked Markus to be his sponsor for confirmation and Markus said yes when he came by, I just felt sad that I am not valuable enough to others on their spiritual journey. and got a ⅖ on the test from last time. I walked home and got criticized for ruining a pair of rubber gloves by using them to peel hot eggs that got discolored and yellow with holes in them, James never said where the holes were and I remember only using one glove to hold it. I took my laundry over and got it washed while writing. I finished that up and folded it when I got home. I had dinner but the plastic container with the leftovers wouldn’t clean and I got done with the draft I needed to do at 10:20pm after alternating between gaming and writing. I took a shower and went to sleep at 11:50pm.
Song of the Day: Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge (2005)