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Today I finished two chapters of my book “Alice in Wonderland”—Chapter 6, “Pig and Pepper,” and Chapter 7, “A Mad Tea-Party.” I read them during my lunch break, which took about fifteen minutes, and I plan to read the next chapter later in the evening after my walk. So far, everything is going well, and I’m very involved in the reading process; it’s enjoyable and interesting, and I want to keep up this habit throughout the month and finish the book. I’ve even planned how long it will take me, and if I read one chapter each day, I can easily finish it without any worries. I’ll also have enough time for my old book, “The Best Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” which is very important to me, since I made a promise to myself to keep reading it until I understand it 100%.

I woke up twice. The first time was around 7:00 a.m., which felt a bit too early for me, so I decided to go back to sleep. Then I woke up again at 8:20 a.m. This was already a little late, but not critical. I knew I still had enough time to complete my morning routine without any problems.

After I woke up, I stayed in bed for about ten minutes and checked my phone. Around 8:30, I got out of bed and went to the bathroom to do my morning routine. By the time I finished brushing my teeth and washing my face, it was around 8:45, which left me about fifteen minutes for breakfast.

For breakfast, I ate two pieces of pie that were left from the Quran recitation gathering on January 10, some fruit (oranges and grapes), and drank water. While eating, I started watching Good Morning America. Of course, I couldn’t finish the episode in fifteen minutes, even though it was only about thirty minutes long, so I continued listening to it while getting ready for my morning meeting.

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.

Today, after I woke up, I quickly got ready and went to my aunt’s home. I arrived at around 10 a.m. Fortunately, she lives quite close to me, so it didn’t take long to get there. I just walked through the streets and arrived on time. When I arrived, everyone was already there and was discussing random topics with each other. I was the last guest because my family had come early in the morning. They helped prepare the table and finished other preparations.

Today, after lunch, I decided to drive and wash my car and fix the tires. When I went outside, I noticed that my car was completely covered with snow, and the back right tire was flat. Honestly, this didn’t surprise me. My car had been parked outside, and a thick layer of snow had accumulated on it. As for the tire, I had already noticed this issue before and even mentioned it here earlier.

It took me about fifteen minutes to clean the snow off the car and inflate the tire. After that, I started searching around the city. First, I checked the place where I had changed my tires from summer to winter. The people there are familiar to me, but unfortunately, the place was closed. Then I drove around and checked several car washes and tire services. Unfortunately, all of them were closed as well. As a result, I couldn’t complete either of my tasks today. Tomorrow, I plan to try again before lunch. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get everything done.

I finished watching the Harry Potter movies and then started watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Harry Potter movies were very enjoyable. I started watching them on January 1st and watched one movie every day. Even though I had rewatched them many times before, they were still very interesting. Watching them during the New Year holidays gives me a stronger New Year feeling.

I’ve noticed that every year I have a habit of rewatching New Year movies. Home Alone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and even the animated movie The Polar Express. I clearly remember watching them last year, and I even remember rewatching them in 2024. That time, I watched them with subtitles, probably in Russian. Overall, I realized that rewatching New Year movies during the holidays has become a tradition for me.

The day started with a cloudy sky, light snowfall, and a temperature of around -10 degrees. None of that affected me, though, because I stayed at home all day and didn’t have any plans. I only left the apartment in the evening—or rather, at night—around 9 PM, to go for a walk.

During the day, I didn’t do anything special or new. As usual, I practiced my English, watched some interesting videos on YouTube, and started watching the last part of Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows. Tomorrow, I plan to finish part two and also watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I also worked on my blog: I added a few new features and improved the code overall.

Today I had a very scary dream and woke up at 3 AM. At that time, I felt a bit sick. I had a headache and was a little sweaty. At the same time, the temperature at home felt quite high. Because of that, I couldn’t fall asleep for some time. However, I had already started to feel the headache around 11 PM, and apparently it continued until 3 AM. I’m sure of that.

In the morning, when I woke up, I felt 100% healthy. I didn’t have a headache anymore and I wasn’t sweating; I felt comfortable. So I did my morning routine and went to the village. There, I had some tasks to do with my uncle. I had also promised to show what I bought yesterday, but I decided not to show everything. It was just some plumbing tools. I delivered them and explained everything to my uncle. After that, he will be able to install them himself.

This day started at 8 AM. I was woken up by the words, “We are late, you need to be quick,” because my family was invited to an event in another village. After I woke up, I did my morning routine, got dressed, and drove to the village. I drove as fast as I could because I didn’t want to make my family late. That event was important for them. The second reason was the road conditions. I couldn’t check the road conditions in advance, so I wanted to get on the road earlier to make sure everything was okay. I was worried that the road might not be clean enough or that I could get stuck somewhere.

Today in the evening, I tried to repeat my path from yesterday. Unfortunately, I couldn’t repeat my whole path because the pedestrian area was covered with snow after the blizzard. However, I managed to walk halfway to Sabantuy Park and then was forced to return to the embankment. The embankment was also covered with snow, and it hadn’t been removed yet. Because of that, walking was a bit challenging and uncomfortable. I quickly walked along the road and went toward the city center.

When I reached the city center, I noticed how lively everything was. People were slowly walking around the uncleaned areas and laughing loudly, especially young people, all along the street. Some people with kids were swinging on the swings. All of this created a very strong positive mood after the blizzard. Now the weather is pretty good — the temperature is −3 degrees. It’s just a perfect time to go for a walk.

Yesterday, I promised myself that I would disassemble and clean my laptop. So after finishing my morning routine, I immediately started the cleaning process. First, I disassembled the main components. I unscrewed the back cover and removed the cooling fans. While doing this, I realized something important about the thermal pads. Since I didn’t have replacement thermal pads, I couldn’t fully disassemble the entire cooling system. Originally, I hadn’t even planned to go that far — the idea was quite spontaneous.

To be honest, my initial plan was just to remove the back cover and blow the dust out with compressed air. However, once I opened it, I saw how dusty the internal components were. Because of that, I decided to clean each part carefully and disassemble as many components as possible. The whole process took around two hours, and I finished it successfully. Now my laptop is working much better than before, and the fans are spinning less. I also took photos before cleaning — you can clearly see how dusty the laptop was.

Today the weather was quite cold. The outside temperature was around –13 degrees, but it felt like –19. I felt this clearly during my evening walk. While I was walking, my face was extremely frozen, even though there was no wind outside. The hood of my jacket, especially near my throat, was covered with white frost. By the way, I walked for about one hour and covered approximately three kilometers.

During my walk, I visited several places. First, I walked along the embankment, and then I went to Sabantuy Park. On the embankment, everything was usual: I saw only a few cars parked in the parking area and one child with his father swinging on a swing. In Sabantuy Park, I saw many skiers. They were actively skiing between the trees, and I couldn’t even take a picture because they were very fast and skilled.