aesthetic academic

*my cat nibbling on his toe beans, some perfume samples I got mailed that I wanted to remember to put on my ulta wishlist, and a picture of min yoongi I found on tiktok (he's such a fine man)

May 12th, 2026

Life has been moving! Last week was one of the most stressful weeks of my life, and even though it's only Tuesday, this week is looking to be so much better! My bf got some money he had been waiting on, so that's a huge stress off of both of our shoulders, I got to go see my dogs at my dad's house (I needed to, cause the dog that holds my heart has bone cancer and I wanna maximize my time with her before the inevitable), and my bf and I were able to secure the unit we want to rent! We're just waiting on the lease to be sent so we can both sign it and put the money down to pay it and secure it! Exciting stuff!

I'm definitely still a little stressed out with school right now. I have about 8ish assignments overdue, more than half of which are hefty papers, 2 upcoming quizzes, and 3 finals this week. And it's all due by Thursday. And it's Tuesday. So, safe to say, I'm gonna be very busy tonight and tomorrow.

I might treat myself once the semesters over. My boyfriend wants to buy me a MacBook to replace my crappy 8+ year old Chrome book, which I'm excited about. And I might splurge and do a little shopping for myself (either new clothes or some beauty products! whatever floats my fancy!)

Here's my todo lost for tonight:

complete and submit hiring form for summer internship

refill pill organizer

wash dishes

put bedding in dryer

wash a load of laundry

journal

submit label it assignment

complete exam 4 for advanced nutrition

complete and submit nutrient charts assignment

complete and submit research proposal assignment

complete and submit research synthesis part 4 and 5

complete and submit Movie discussion 3

prep quizlets for final exams in food policy and nutrition research

(maybe) complete food policy paper and project

(maybe) go to the gym, if I can get my bf to take me

nighttime shower + skincare + oral hygiene

full body care routine post-shower

(maybe) read

and that's all I'm hoping to accomplish tonight! I still have all of tomorrow for some remaining assignments/exams, so I'm trying not to stress. redbull is definitely gonna be my best friend tonight and tomorrow. might post an update on what i accomplish, if I remember lol

I hope everyone is having a peaceful and successful end of thier semesters! much love and good vibes to everyone!

til later, lovelies! 🩷

cortis did the most with this one, I'm obsessed

*some water and watermelon from a little family birthday gathering for my bfs cousin, an image I submitted to my apartments maintenance to get my lightbulb changed, and an image from Facebook of the BTS fan chant!

May 7th, 2026

Lots of things have happened and are changing and life has just been moving quickly. Here's a recap of the last week alone:

my bf and I got approved with an apartment unit rental company for a unit we're interested in, and we're making plans to secure it soon with a deposit and first 2 months rent. super excited to move in with my bf and start a new chapter with him!

finally got sent my internship hiring paperwork and was able to submit it as soon as i could to finish my hiring process. my internship begins in 19 days, I'm so excited!!

my bf may have lost his job at the place I also work at due to a verbal altercation with his bosses. I think all 3 involved were in the wrong, and I'm just hoping for the best for the whole situation.

I picked up an extra shift yesterday at work, and it went well. my next paycheck isn't gonna have much on it, but I'm glad I was able to get a few more hours in. I've been super tired lately tho, and my concentrations been garbage as well.

officially finished in person classes for the semester, and all I have left are some assignments I need to submit soon. however, the assignment portal my school uses has been hacked and security breached, and we've been advised not to log in or access the portal whatsoever at the moment for our own safety!

overall, some good, some bad, but I'm still hanging in there and trying to do my best given everything that's happening. gonna be moving places in my town in the next month. I'm gonna finish my spring semester in a week. I'm gonna start my internship in about 2 and a half weeks. Lots is happening in not a lot of time.

I've been doing good tho. like genuinely besides Monday, I haven't been stressing myself out about things. I know everything is falling into place as it should, and I have nothing to worry about. Worrying about a problem is just worshiping it, and that's not what I want to do with my time.

I'm gonna post some goals for the summer soon, some things I want to try and keep myself accountable with. It's not gonna be too much, because my internship is basically Monday thru Friday, 8am to 5pm with an hour lunch at 12noon. So my days this summer are gonna pretty busy. Still gonna make time for me tho.

hope everyone's doing good tho! excited for my summer to start soon 💕

*my cat licking his paw, an inspo pic of some eye makeup that I'm gonna do for the BTS concert I'm going to this year, and some flowers outside my apartment complex that I thought were pretty (I wanna take more nature pics tbh)

May 1st, 2026

Can't believe April is over already. That month felt like, 3x as long as January was. Odd how time works, isn't it?

My bf and I looked at a few apartment rental units earlier this week and decided to put an application in for the one we really liked. We're just waiting to see if we get approved and how it's gonna work financially if we wanna move in sooner rather than later.

I've been really tired lately still, honestly. It's been difficult to focus on my school tasks this week, with all the adulting tasks I've had on my plate. I've managed to catch up in one class, save for one assignment and a quizlet set I want to make, but that still leaves my other two classes waiting to be caught up. I'm hopeful I can get caught up today.

Things have been going pretty well and pretty smooth lately. Apartment hunting is going decent, my grades are still good, and I've been really trying to take time for myself and set boundaries when it comes to my work-school-life balance. I'm at the center of it all, and it's important for my well-being to be taken care of, so everything else I have going on can go well and good.

My todo list for today:

wash my dishes

remake my bed with clean sheets + pillowcases

put away last load of laundry

wash and put away towels

vacuum my bedroom floor

change the water in my flower vase

clean my bathroom

clean out bathtub drain

clean cat litter box

wash cat water bowls

email apartment rental company ESA letter for my cat

complete assignment 5 (finally, as I've seriously procrastinated this assignment)

complete quiz 4 food policy

complete quiz 4 nutrition research

complete and submit research proposal assignment

complete and submit research synthesis part 4 assignment

complete movie discussion 1

complete movie discussion 3

start quizlet set for exam 4 advanced nutrition

journal

check shipping status of my skincare products

put in a work order for my apartment water heater (no hot water for me and my roommates right now....how fun)

pick new book to focus on for the month, as I've struggled keeping consistent with books I've started previously

lots to do, but lots of time to do it. it's currently a little past 4:30pm, so I've got about 7 hours to complete as much as possible. If I'm being honest, dishes are already done, my bed sheets are almost dry, and I did change the water on my flowers. Next task is to tackle the bathroom after I move laundry over and start my towels to wash.

that's all for now. later, lovelies 🩷

manifesting this as a surprise song for when I go to my BTS concert 💜

*my breakfast this morning, another picture of the flowers my bf bought me when I first got them, and a picture of my beautiful boy when he was a little kitten....look at his big ol ears 🥰😭

April 24th, 2026

This week was pretty good. Monday and Tuesday with my bf were wonderful, Wednesday was good at first but the night was ehhh, definitely not my ideal night. Thursday started off stressful and tense for me, but gradually got better throughout the day.

My only class on Tues/Thurs has ended for the semester, so no in person classes on Tues/Thurs, just some remaining assignments, class notes to catch up on, and a non cumulative final exam during the last week of school! I turned in all but 2 paper worksheets (gotta pick up the remaining ones from the professors office on Monday), and my professor in that class is giving me the opportunity to resubmit some assignments I did poorly on to up my grade. Still have 3 online assignments currently open that I need to submit, and some more upcoming that'll be opened soon.

In my other two classes, I also have a handful of assignments due very soon. A research proposal and poster, the last two separate parts of the research synthesis assignment, 2 movie discussions with classmate responses, 2 quizzes that are past due, etc. Those will get done asap, I plan on spending an absurd amount of time this weekend staying up after work to complete as much as I can by Sunday night.

Today's been a good day too. Here's some highlights:

spent quality time with my cat

did a quick 10min morning yoga workout (yoga with Adrienne on YouTube is my GALLLL I love her)

journaled

showered + did regular hygiene stuff

walked to campus (currently at 6.7k+ steps, am gonna try to up that to my 8k minimum goal)

set up 2 rental unit showings on Monday for me and my bf

got info about setting up a self showing for another rental unit also on Monday

got info about the application/wait listing process at another apartment complex I'm interested in

clocked into work at 2pm and have been having a good, steady shift

my bf surprised me and bought me a matcha and a sweet treat out if nowhere (made my whole day fr)

have spent some time talking with my current favorite supervisor (she's moving soon and I won't see her again after next Friday 😭)

got confirmation that my days off for May 2nd through May 4th were approved!

spent a little bit of time catching up with my work bestie and talked about hanging out one on one soon

made a skincare order for my morning necessities that will be shipped soon!

What I still need to do is:

shower + night skincare + oral hygiene

purchase energy drinks after work for the weekend

work on assignment 5 and submit online

work on assignment 6 and submit online

work on worksheet 6 and submit online

work on research proposal

text best friend from neighboring city about meeting up next Sunday for brunch/lunch in her city

journal some more

set up tentative schedule for summer w/internship hours included

I feel good. I feel peaceful, content, and happy. Things are good and steady right now. I'm not even super stressed about all my Todos for school and in my personal life. I believe everything works out the way it's supposed to. So im not worried.

til later lovelies 🩷

this song is slightly going viral for a reason, j love the vibes

*some cheesy ranch hamburger helper I made for me and my bf tonight, a cute strawberry glass I found at a store in a neighboring city, and some beautiful flowers my bf bought me from said store yesterday 🥰

April 21st, 2026

Today and yesterday were honestly pretty good days. Yesterday I went to class from 9am til 11:30am, went to eat a celebratory lunch with my bf (he got some good news yesterday), went home and napped for a few hours, then drove to a neighboring city where my bf bought a handful of new clothing items for me for my upcoming internship, ate at a ramen shop I love (my bf loved it too!!), bought myself a new apple pencil since my current one was bugging real bad, and then stopped at another store where I saw that cute cup I didn't buy, and recieved flowers my boyfriend bought for me. Then I came home and went to bed almost immediately cause I was so tired. So Monday was an amazing day.

Today, I called into work because I woke up feeling achy, lethargic, and had a massive headache. Slept on and off til the evening, with a few bathroom breaks, a lunch break, and some laundry washing in between nap sessions. Went to the grocery store to buy waters and some mik for the dinner I made, and now I have some tasks I want to complete after I'm done eating, now that I have some energy!

My tasks for this evening:

eat dinner

pick up dishes and trash around room

throw trash

make bed (even tho it's night time, makes my room feel more put together)

(maybe) vacuum my room lightly

wash dishes and wipe down kitchen

put away all clean laundry

journal a little bit

work on some past due homework assignment and catch up on some class notes

shower + skincare + oral hygiene

get ready for the day tomorrow + go to sleep

gonna be a productive night for me! gonna pop open a redbull soon and get to it lol.

til later lovelies 🩷

miss Adela popped off with this song. It has been on repeat for me since it dropped. I love her music, and I can't wait to hear more by her

*a funny image of my cat, an idea for a future wedding dress I found on tiktok, and a Tumblr screenshot of a post I sent my bf

April 19th, 2026

Life has been good lately. I presented my research proposal poster at a university symposium we had on Friday, and it went great! So many women came up and talked to me and encouraged me to do the research, saying they'd want to read it in a journal one day! My professor who guided me through the process confirmed she'd be helping me pursue doing the actual research next semester, and the department head of my specific college branch came up and talked to me and was really enthusiastic about what I want to do. I felt so confident and accomplished after, seriously, such an amazing experience.

I worked Friday, a double yesterday, and due to some lower body/leg/foot pain, I got off early today. I have some stuff I want to accomplish this evening, since I get to enjoy my sunday evening now.

email professor about missing class + worksheets + missing assignment

go shopping for some business casual clothes for my summer internship

have dinner with my bf

research places to move into/rent this summer + make a list with phone numbers to call tomorrow for info and possible tours

complete assignment 5 for advanced nutrition

complete genomics assignment

catch up on notes for the upcoming week

nighttime skincare + oral hygiene

finish journaling from earlier

not too much to accomplish, I don't think. my bf is currently in the shower, and then we're gonna go shopping and grab dinner at a decent southern steak restaurant here in town. I might finish my journaling now while I'm waiting, and send that email.

thats all for now lovelies 🩷

this song, especially after seeing the music video....chefs kiss

*an Easter decoration at my bf's parents house, a strawberry creme cake my bf and I shared for our 7 month mark together, and my cat sleeping under my nightstand

April 16th, 2026

I have been so extremely exhausted this week that it's not even funny. Staying up til 2am Sunday night, 3am Monday night, and 3am Tuesday night....last night was the first time I went to sleep before 11pm, and it was because I physically couldn't make myself stay awake. Slept until 7:30 this morning, and I'm still going to nap here in a little bit.

I have been productive, though, with staying up so late. I finished a 6 page paper, finished and printed my research proposal poster, and began catching up on some other school work, thought I'm not even 1/3 of the way caught up yet. So much to do, so little time it feels.

Anywho, here's my todo list at the moment:

zoom therapy appointment 9am

submit assignment 5 by 10:30am

put away clean laundry

wash towels

wash dishes

work on more assignments

vacuum bedroom

journal

read

night skincare

that's all my brain can think of for now. I'm so tired