It’s been such a long week. Last Friday I was at work, and this Friday I was at work. On Sunday, I flew down to Phoenix to see Ghost with cousin Laura. It was incredible!!!!!!!!!! Before the concert we had lunch at the Sugar Bowl with Aunt Karen. She’s doing well and has a new dog named Archie. No photos are allowed at Ghost concerts, alas, but I’ve saved as many of the official photos as I can find. Laura and her friend Hannah came, and both liked the music. Right after we got out, Hannah started freaking out because Taylor Swift announced a new album: if you’re still a Swiftie, congrats! This also happened after the Amsterdam concert, but instead of Taylor Swift it was the new pope getting announced.
The next day was very chill. I followed Laura around at her job, basically: we went with one of her autistic charges to an indoor slide park (would’ve been wildly fun if it wasn’t headfirst-only. Instead it was terrifying), then went to another’s house to do board games. Phoenix is dangerously hot these days. It was 100 when I flew in at 9 PM and 105-10 most of the time. Laura wants to move — I would too. I also made her watch K-Pop Demon Hunters. We both love it. Mom thinks the entire concept is cringe, but I will never give in. Kids at my summer camp job are singing the songs — it’s a phenomenon.
The cats are happy that I’m back now. It’s very sweet. Laura has lots of pictures of both of us in her house. It’s hard to look sometimes. One of her friends named her toddler Soren (boy-toddler) and we FaceTimed then. It was wildly uncanny and a little sad to call another kid Soren. Laura also calls him Sorey-Orey. At least he’s really cute. I love you.