It was the last day of the New Year weekend, and tomorrow I would start my first workweek of the year
I started my last weekend day as usual. I woke up at 9 a.m., looked out the window, and checked the weather. After that, I went to the bathroom and did my morning routine. During it, I also checked my implants and the surgical area. The implants, as usual, stayed in place and didn’t cause me any problems. However, in the surgical area, I could still feel one of the three stitches. Two of them had already disappeared, but I could still feel the third one with my tongue. I even started brushing that area gently with a toothbrush.
After finishing my morning routine, I decided to rest a bit and watch some YouTube videos. First, I finished watching Good Morning America, which I usually watch during breakfast. Then YouTube recommended some videos — about Greenland, Kai Trump, and something unusual related to a girl’s health. I found it extremely strange that YouTube suggested this content. I didn’t really watch it; it was just playing in the background.
After lunch, I finally managed to wash my car. Around 1 p.m., I left home, cleaned the front windows, and inflated one of the tires. I still haven’t fixed it properly, so every day I have to go outside and inflate it again. Then I drove to a car wash and ordered a full wash with a vacuum cleaner. I paid 1,015 rubles (about $12.84), and the whole process took around an hour. Unfortunately, I had a bad experience while waiting. The waiting area was filled with cigarette smoke before I arrived. Someone had decided to smoke directly inside, which was very unpleasant.
I got home around 2:30 p.m. Then I drank some water with sweets left from yesterday and started working on my blog. I wanted to push my final fixes and update some important things. However, during the process, I broke the blog. For about two hours, I couldn’t understand why I was seeing this error message: “Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version >= 8.2.5.”
Eventually, I figured it out when I started checking my Nginx configuration files. The problem was simple, but very confusing. My project configuration required PHP 8.2.5, and when I checked the server using php -v, it still showed version 8.2.5. Because of that, I tried many solutions from the internet and AI, but nothing helped.
When I finally checked the Nginx configuration, I realized that PHP 8.1 was being used there. After switching it to the correct PHP version, everything started working. In the end, I upgraded PHP to version 8.3, the latest stable release. I also updated Composer to version 2.9.3, but later decided to stay on version 2.5.8. Of course, I updated my Laravel framework as well, to version 12.46.0.
In the evening, I spent my time as usual. I went for a walk that lasted about an hour or more. During the walk, I noticed that the streets were already empty and quiet. School students were going back to school the next day, and most people were returning to their normal work routines.
I came back home around 10 p.m. and spent the rest of the evening learning English. I read my new book Alice in Wonderland, practiced shadowing, and spoke with AI. I had promised myself to finish the book by the weekend, but I couldn’t. Honestly, I was busy with other things.
I started my last weekend as usual. I woke up at 9 AM, looked through the window, checked the weather condition. After I walked to bathroom and did my morning routine. During my morning routine I checked my implants and surgery area too. Implants, as usual stayed in their places and didn't bring me problem. But on surgered area, I still feel one of three seams. Two seams already gone. Third seam I still feel with my tongue. I even started brushing the surgered area with toothbrush.
After morning routine, I decided a bit rest and watch YouTube videos. First I finished my show "Good Morning America". I started watching it during my breakfast. Then I watched some videos about Greenland, Kai Trump, and something strange about the girl's health. It was extremely strange for me, why YouTube recommended it. I just listened it in the background.
After lunch I finally could wash my car. Around 1 PM I left my home, cleaned the front windows and inflated the tyre of my car. Because I couldn't fix it yet. So each day I forced went to go outside and inflate the tyre. After I drove to car wash, I ordered a complex wash with vaccuгm cleaner. For car wash I paid 1015 rubles ($12.84) and it took around one hour. And I had a bad experience while I waited in waiting hall. Waiting hall was filled up with cigarette smoke before me. Someone just decided to smoke directly in waiting hall.
When I arrived at home the time was around 2:30 PM. Then I decided to drink the water with the goodies from yesterday and start working in my blog. Because I wanted push my last fixes and update important things. But during the work I broke my blog. Around two hours I couldn't figure out why I saw this error message "Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 8.2.5"" I figured it out after two hours, when I started checking my nginx configuration files.
Everything was simple. But I couldn't figure it out because my project config used php 8.2.5. And when I checked my server php version with command "php -v" I still saw 8.2.5. All of it confused me and I tried all available decisions, from internet and AI. Absolutely doesn't help me. However, when I started check nginx configuration files, I realized it. There was used php 8.1, then I just changed the correct PHP version, and everything started to work. Overall, I updated my php version to PHP 8.3, its last stable version. I also updated important tool Composer to 2.9.3. But after, I decided to stay at 2.5.8 version. And of course I updated my Laravel framework to 12.46.0.
My evening I spent as usual. Around hour or more, I walked around my places. During my walk I noticed, the city streets already empty and quiet. Because the school students will go to school tomorrow and other places also start work as usual. I arrived from my walk at 10 PM and spent my free time until bed learning English. I read my new book Alice in Wonderland, tried shadowing, and spoke with AI. Also, I promised finished book Alice in Wonderland by the weekend. But I couldn't finish it. Honestly, I was busy with other tasks.
What you do well:
- Very clear structure and chronology (morning → afternoon → evening)
- Rich details — this is excellent for language growth
- Mostly understandable — I can follow your whole day without guessing
- Good use of past tense overall
- Vocabulary is quite strong (technical + daily life)
Main problems (important):
- Articles (a / the) are often missing or wrong
- Some verbs are unnatural or directly translated
- Sentence flow: many sentences are grammatically correct but not how natives would say it
- Repetition of structures like “I decided”, “After I”
Your English is clear, but not natural yet. This is a B1+ → B2 transition level, which is actually very good.
2. Key mistakes & corrections (with explanations)
Articles (very important):
- I started my last weekend as usual → I started my last weekend as usual
- After I walked to bathroom → After that, I went to the bathroom
- checked the weather condition → checked the weather / checked the weather forecast
Verb choice & tense:
- After I walked to bathroom → After that, I went to the bathroom (“Walked” is not wrong, but “went” sounds natural.)
- Implants, as usual stayed in their places → The implants, as usual, stayed in place
- didn't bring me problem → didn’t cause me any problems
Medical vocabulary:
- surgered area → surgical area / area where I had surgery
- three seams → three stitches
- “Seams” is for clothes, not medicine.
- Two seams already gone → Two stitches have already dissolved / disappeared
YouTube & media:
- I just listened it in the background → I just listened to it in the background
- something strange about the girl's health → something strange about a girl’s health
Car & daily life:
- inflated the tyre of my car → inflated my car tire
- I forced went to go outside → I had to go outside every day
- complex wash → a full / comprehensive car wash
- waiting hall → waiting area
Technical part (good, but style):
Your technical explanation is clear, but slightly repetitive. This is actually one of your strongest parts
- “figured it out” → “figured out”
- “All of it confused me” → “All of this confused me”
- “Absolutely doesn't help me” → “Nothing helped”
Ending & reflection:
This part is very good emotionally, Just needs polishing.
- I promised finished book → I promised to finish the book
- I was busy with other tasks → I was busy with other things