Hello, potatoes! I am taking the ACT on Saturday, February 8th AKA today! This was mostly me from the night before, being nervous and jittery about my performance tomorrow. I mostly broke down the ACT to calm myself down and just tried to convince myself that I can only do my best. Wish me the best!

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! I apologize for the frog-like voice; I feel like I am starting to get sick (not with corona, don't worry) but hopefully I will be better soon. Today, I got one of the sweetest gifts I have ever received: circular needles! A person very special to me sent me some for my birthday gift, and I am so excited to dive back into knitting! Also make sure you check out my knitting/crocheting Instagram account: @cats_knittery (shameless plug LOL)

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! After watching Demi Lovato's Grammys performance and listening to interviews about her working through mental health issues, I have decided to finally do an episode on my mental health journey. I have talked about doing this for a while, but I was worried about being this open and vulnerable online, especially since this is such a sensitive topic. However, I decided that it was a way to start a conversation and spread awareness. Thank you for being part of my recovery with me.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Trevor Support Center (LGBTQ+): 1-866-488-7386

MentalHealth.net: https://www.mentalhelp.net/

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! I never thought that having so many substitute teachers in a day would be so horrible. It really drained a lot of my energy because I did not have any teachers to really go to for advice or directions and the subs could only do so much. I feel like I appreciate my teachers a lot more, and it was an eye-opening experience. I do not think I will ever say "yay, we have a sub!" ever again LOL. Have fun listening to me talk about one of the worst weeks of my life. :')

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! I am so sorry for missing last week. :// It completely slipped my mind, and I will try my best not to do that again. I also decided to permanently switch from Friday mornings to Saturday mornings because the school week ends on Friday so I feel like it would be a better final week update as well as my dreaded four-hour tutoring sessions are on Thursday nights. :( This episode also covered the fact that three out of my five teachers will be out as chaperones for school trips this week, meaning that four out of my six classes (two are taught by the same teacher) would have substitute teachers and plenty of busy work and projects to do. I am not really looking forward to this. but we will see how this goes and I will update everyone this Saturday!

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! There were two beauty content creators on YouTube who posted very personal videos that have gotten everyone talking. This was just my personal opinions and thoughts on them as someone who has watched them for a few years and how they have grown immensely since the first day. Long story short, I am so proud of them as an audience member, and I cannot wait to see where life takes them, no matter what is going in their life right now.

Jeffree's video: https://youtu.be/w4Ro3SsYT5s 

Nikkie's video: https://youtu.be/QOOw2E_qAsE

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! A few weeks ago, we were discussing the Central Park Five in AP Language class, and I had made a comment out of anger and intensity. It was not a bad or inappropriate comment, but it was not necessarily the best in the context of the setting nor was it worded correctly or eloquently. Due to this mistake, I have been withdrawing myself from a lot of discussions and I realized I should not be defining all of my comments as a "bad comment" because of this one mistake. I understood what I said was not the right thing, so I apologized; I should not be retracting myself when I am fine now. If you have done something wrong, do not feel like it should be the sole thing defining you. (Obviously, if you said it with ill intent, then you should reconsider your actions.) You should never keep yourself from expressing your true potential from one little setback. This is my advice to you as much as it is advice to myself. :)

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! When I said I was going to stick with my new year's resolutions this year, I meant it LOL. This past weekend, I started off as casually going up a tree to full-on rock climbing by the next day. As a specific new year's resolution, I wanted to find a new physical hobby, something where I was moving and just being more active. I am super excited to have found this super cool activity, and I hope to continue doing it every two weeks. With that being said, rock climbing is really hard as someone with mobility issues. It probably was not the smartest choice, but I think this will be a good launch point to other activities for later in the future.  Fingers crossed!

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"

Hello, potatoes! Happy 2020 to everyone, and hopefully your year has started out wonderfully.  The last few days have been wrapping up my two-week break with some fun ACT practice tests...(hence the late night/early morning studying LOL). I also just generally go over how my break has been and some of the things I got as presents--even something that I might be getting as a present soon! Overall, my break might not have been the best time of my life, but I still enjoyed the mental break away from school and just chilling at home. If you had a break, hopefully you enjoyed it as well and are ready to tackle the next semester! You can do it :)

"have a great day! wishing you the best as always! cato, rollin' on out!"