Sep 8, 2026

I'm still recovering, mind you, but I did so much today. I had to commute to work first thing in the morning and, while my sprained ankle wasn't 100% okay yet, I had learned about “active recovery,” which meant I should just try to recover but also put some weight on the joint and stuff. I was feeling much better compared to yesterday overall, too. It was a little daunting and kind of hard to go to the gym, wake up early, and all that. But I tried to take each step carefully so as to not re-sprain myself. I had a hint of pain and part of me doubted if I should continue with doing my usual routine anymore, but I pushed through it. I got to the gym, albeit very slowly, and I just did some upper body workouts, and used the indoor bicycle instead of the treadmill. After all that, I'm surprised to get my workout done and it was time to go to work. I took my sweet time getting there, making sure I held on to the railing and such, but it was honestly okay. I made it to the office alive. Over the day, it was just me working in the office. I made it a really productive day and cleared out a lot of stuff. So today was pretty good on that front. My foot felt a bit stiff but walking it out helped, especially after my morning workout. In the evening, I just waited for Jaze and asked him to drop over my house to fetch my raincoat and helmet. He eventually got to pick me up BUT IT WAS RAINING HARD. I had my helmet and raincoat on, but it didn't matter because I was already soaked underneath it. We eventually drove to the Pares Retiro branch in Poblacion and we talked about work there, mostly it was just me asking how Jaze is doing and what he's done in the past few months and stuff. The pares we ordered was thankfully good, almost as good as the one they serve in their main branch in Manila. We talked more about some stuff and then we paid for the food. After that, thankfully the rain wasn't that heavy so we went to our usual place: Assi Fresh Plaza. We found some cute cats cuddling under a box, and we think that these were the usual cats we see here, and I'm actually happy that Assi Fresh Plaza prepared a makeshift bed for the cute cats to lay on. But after that, we just sat there for a bit, joked around, then went home as the rain started to let up.