April 2nd

I woke up today at noon. I came downstairs and everyone was still buzzing from last night, it feels different in the house, more open and loving. I really love this time in our lives and I love the people I get to share it with. 

I drove Eddy to school at 1pm and cleaned the kitchen when I got home. Emma and I watched the rest of the space documentary while I worked on my blog. Things are ok, they're comfortable. 

Kaino and I got takeout at 6pm it was good I was very hungry. He seems down but it was nice to chat. 

I had a bowl and talked with Eddy in the living room. I finished some online modules for the Volunteer Core. 

 April 1st 2026

Cloudy and chilly today. We woke up early, with less sleep than ideal, so I could drive Kaino to his 10am life drawing class. I have been in a very chatty mood recently so I talked at him a lot on the way there. 

I cleaned the main floor when I got home and made Kaino lunch to bring to him. We ended up going home together when I meant to only drop off lunch. He had a good cry in the car.

I went back to drop Kaino off at school at 6pm and forgot my headphones. I decided to turn on the radio and heard WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON TODAY! I was so lucky to get home in time to put it on the TV. Me and Emma were home and we watched our brothers and sister fling themselves further than we have ever gone before! It was incredible, I cried a lot. 

Meanwhile, the power went out at the school and everyone lost all their files right before finals. I genuinely think this was the last straw for some people. Eddy and Kaino came home absolutely in the dumps. We had wings for dinner to celebrate the Artemis 2's  launch, Kaino and I had a bowl, and we watched space documentaries. It was fun but there was a lot of sadness in the air. 

Eddy was especially down. He came out of his room around 10pm with his eyes all red and I felt so terrible for him. It is really hard to see a friend hurt like that for the first time. We had lots of hugs and more tears around ice-cream. 

Somehow our conversation got onto bottle smashing. We decided to duel bottles in the unfinished part of the basement. All of a sudden like 7 people from the program showed up to play with us!

We played and talked until 2am. It was a memorable day!

2:16am 

By: Nat 

Eddy is playing a Russian cartoon on the TV, we are sat around to watch like happy folks around a campfire. Sattletramp hums through, but were mostly all talking. Oh nooo!! Eddy knocked over all the zines :C But its okay, he picked them up. Nat's typing on my computer while we all check out the collection (the zines, I mean.) I hope this summer we can go fishing (those of us that like to fish.)'and reconnect with art' as Frida mentions. We're halfway through week 12 semester 2! Happy we got to celebrate with friends... :) - Nat

2:28am

By: Emma

it is calm. we read zines and decide whether everyone stays or leaves. russian lady saws wood. credits.

dibida dibidibo dibidibi da dibidibo dibidibidada da dibido dibibididida dibibdo dibidibido dibibda - Emma

2:34am

By: Kaino

For the first time in two months, I feel fully alive. I can feel the music, the laughter, the kindred souls connecting. Sometimes, when it's late at night, ambitions run so high that I finally feel like I belong here... and it is in those nights that I know I will live forever. - Kaino

By: Eddy

I'm so happy about the small and special community I've built here, I've never felt more belonging within a group of people. I love my friends and I love my people and I am so full of love and gratefulness and joy and I wish everytime I had a bad day all my friends would come to my doorstep to break bottles with me and dance and laugh and sing and make music and appreciate life. It's 3 am and I haven't done any of my school work or "needs" but for the first time in weeks I don't care, I would miss 100 classes and assignments if it meant I could do things like this !!!!!!! - Eddy 

 March 31st 2026

It was such a beautiful day for walking. Not too sunny, warm but not hot, short cold rains. Kaino and I walked to the plaza and got coffee around 11am. It was nice to be around other people, existing in public. We talked about our life plans, our bus and our property. We talked about the layout of our house and surrounding buildings, things felt more in focus which is a beautiful feeling.

At 3pm, I walked back to the plaza alone to get some groceries for dinner. I got Kaino the biggest pack of sliced ham! The kind I don't usually buy because it's too expensive. Today the ham "didn't scan" on the self checkout but still ended up in my bag. It felt good to bring home something nice. 

On the way back from Metro, I stopped to watch a soccer match from the curb of the pub patio. A crowd was forming outside the patio gate to see what all the shouting was about. It was nice to see so many people brought together randomly by a little bit of excitement. 

I had a bowl at around 7pm and played with Emma in the kitchen while she was waiting for her boyfriend to come downstairs to cook. I probably looked like an insane person giggling and pretending to play goalie with the dust pan... I really like seeing that side of Emma, she shuts down so quickly sometimes but I am so glad when she gets silly with me. She has a beautiful soul.

There was a thunder storm around 8pm and I made everyone who was home come watch it with me. I saw Kaino breath for a minute.

Eddy and Emily came home around 9pm. Eddy and Kaino had a talk on the front porch while I finished dinner. Emily, Avery and Emma were chatting in the kitchen. I always feel so at peace when I know everyone is home safe and fed for the night. 

We watched old Russian cartoons from Eddy's childhood in the living room and chatted about love and tradition over ice-cream.

Kaino and I went to bed with our usual long debrief of the day.