4/4/25

Dear Diary,

Hiii! Sophie here. My good sister Maddie answered my prayers by providing me with my very own online diary here on Carousel Thirteen!!! Which you know because you’re reading this. Anyway, I haven’t had any particularly exciting days recently, which is unfortunate because I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to share my thoughts with the world and I really wanted a special day to tell you guys about. But hey, beggars can’t be choosers, and Maddie wants me to put something on here, so you get this.

Today I woke up to gorgeous early morning light streaming through the window of my childhood bedroom (Maddie and I are home for the weekend because she has a dentist appointment tomorrow). I think that’s poetic or something. At the very least, it set the tone for my morning very well. I had my yogurt for breakfast, got dressed at some point, and hit Maddie up about visiting the thrift on this fine day.

Since we had actually already established that we’d do that, Maddie obliged, and we hopped in the car jamming to her early 2000s playlist. Today was a good thrift day because the only people who were in the thrift store were older couples and the occasional small child. I personally get really insecure whenever I run into people my age at a thrift store (or anywhere, really) because I usually buy some BS that warrants judgment from those without joy or whimsy in their lives. It was also a particularly good thrift day because the Christian ballads the store was playing were not so blaringly loud I couldn’t hear myself think. Now onto what I got. As usual, I had my best luck in the men’s department. I found a short sleeve plaid button up perfect for summer layering, a navy long sleeve thermal, and a Tom and Jerry t-shirt that has some tagline on it I cannot remember right now and I cannot check because it is in the washing machine. As you can see, the Tom and Jerry get-up is exactly what I typically buy that can be safely placed in the “BS that warrants judgment” category. Regardless, I am excited to wear it out and express my fondness for cartoons that were most popular 65 years ago.

Once we got back from the thrift store, I made a scrumptious salad (recipes section coming soon) (not really but maybe someday) and chowed down before Maddie and I went for a leisurely walk around the neighborhood. Pretty much every time Maddie and I are home we take the same walk around our neighborhood because it just rocks. We could talk for literally the rest of time about anything so it goes by fast and is a great way to get some brain storms going. It’s actually on one of these walks that we concocted an early idea of this website! So, clearly, big things in the works here. Today, though, our minds were mostly occupied by the animal kingdom of our neighborhood. On our relatively short walk, we saw two cats, two cardinals, two bluejays, and approximately 400,000 squirrels. Among these critters were quite possibly the strangest squirrels I have ever seen. Their bodies were dark brown/black while their tails were a stark blond. Writing this, I’m afraid that I have an uncommon fascination with squirrels that may not be interesting to literally anyone reading this right now, but honestly this is my diary so I don’t even care. They were so cool. Seriously if you haven't seen them before you should look up a photo and also add that to your bucket list.

Anyway, I’m gonna shut up now because nothing I did for the rest of the day was interesting. If you have to know, I made pasta and now I’m about to watch Aliens (1986). Goodnight world. Pleasure doing business with you.

Best,

Sophie