Month: August 2020

An Afternoon of Games

On August 30, 2020

Sunday, the day I’m free to do whatever I want, including sleeping in a bit. I woke up at 9 AM and took my breakfast as I usually do. I had absolutely no plans today other than looking online for a place where they can massage my back because I’m feeling it hurting me more. I’m not sure when it happens, but certain movements now cause sharp pains that completely paralyze me for a few seconds, and I’m getting more and more worried about it.

I took it slow, sat down, and watched the morning shows. I feel like I can stay awake until late today, I still had a good night sleep. However, as soon as that thought left my mind, I get a phone call. This time, it was Nate who was inviting me to have lunch outdoor at his house. Nate is very wealthy compared to me, so he owns this house with a big backyard and sometimes invites us to spend time together. I’ve only been there once since I’m always tied up with my work and we didn’t meet that long ago.

I accepted the invite, I was feeling good, albeit with back pain but still fine enough to socialize and have fun. I put on a very simple getup and light makeup, something comfortable that I could enjoy on a Sunday and went out at around 11:15 AM. It was sunny today, a huge contrast from my last post. It’s nice to see the sun, and we don’t get enough of it here. I could see some clouds though but they didn’t look menacing at all, just puffy white clouds being carried by the winds.

I arrived at Nate’s house at around 12:10, my legs were killing me, but I got a warm welcome from him and his wife, they told me to go over their fence and so I did, arriving at the spacious backyard with nicely cut lawn and a big pool. I hope they don’t expect us to go to the pool because I have nothing to wear for that… Furthermore, I think I’m too big for it, it’s designed for humans. Instead, we were invited to a gaming afternoon in the open air, with a barbecue! I love moments like these where we get to talk near a sizzling fire and enjoy the nice warmer weather.

Sarah was there too, they were in the middle of a game, which sort of looked like a board game of sorts, but it featured plumbers, princesses, and mushrooms… I’m not sure if it’s any familiar to my readers, but it’s new to me. Nate was busy with setting up the fire and the meat, with the help of his wife, while Sarah and some other human, who I had never seen before, called Dexter, I believe, were playing the game. I sat down with them and asked if I could help with something, but they refused and told me to sit down and enjoy the company. So I did, Nate had some makeshift controllers, two of them, that were bigger and clearly handcrafted, and it sat well in my hands.

Both started a game, I chose a brown-haired princess as a character and they explained to me how it all worked. The game was being screened by a projector in front of us, the light of the sun made it hard to see the details but I was able to see still. We played for a bit, it was rather fun! Dexter had won this game and we were accusing him of cheating, but all as a lighthearted joke, I’m not sure how one could cheat when playing on a machine…

The food was ready to go on the grill and so it did, and after the first sizzles, I see Sequoia and Jeremiah arriving. I knew they were going to be invited too somehow, but they arrived late. So she and I caught up while the others were talking, and soon after we prepared to eat. Sequoia can’t eat any sort of meat so she got roasted vegetables instead, while I stuck with the chicken. Everything was delicious with a hint of a charred flavor and really good sweet paprika aroma that I just didn’t expect, it was perfect.

As I expected, Jeremiah and Sequoia were very close together having a moment, him feeding her and calling her goddess and other names I just didn’t really feel comfortable around them, honestly. Looking at them, I kind of wonder how their relationship works. Him so small compared to her. I have no issues with it, I just never had one, and I keep thinking about it. How does a relationship between a Giant and a human become satisfactory in the long run? Is it the reason why she keeps switching between human partners? Does she have some sort of attraction towards humans in particular? I really can’t tell.

Meanwhile, Nate and Dexter were chatting about games to play, the latter mentioning how much into arcades he was, and it got me thinking. I have a computer, so maybe I can look up something about this, see what other games there are if any actually is as entertaining as the one I just played. Nate might be able to give me some hints, he did build an arcade machine in his house, I’m not sure if I need one to play, yet. I’ll look it up and see what my options are.

While we were eating, after most of our chatter was finished, the boys went and invited us to play another round with them, but the game allows for only four players, so Sarah, Nate’s wife and I were watching them and chatting, while Dexter, Nate and the couple were playing. Meanwhile, we talked about relationships, I asked Nate’s wife how their relationship was going and she seemed happy, planning to have kids soon, then the conversation turned to the obvious couple. She shared the same concern, that they can’t have kids and that she didn’t really understand how a relationship like that would work. Sarah didn’t either and we eventually ended up talking about the obvious thing, that perhaps, size doesn’t actually matter in that relationship. We laughed so much, the thought of tiny Jeremiah trying to do anything to please Sequoia sounded more platonic than realistic! I’m still unsure, myself.

I keep thinking, I feel this very strong attraction towards humans, I feel comfortable with them, but at the same time, I’m not one of them, I should be in a relationship with another Giant instead… I’m not sure what to think, honestly, this doesn’t seem to work at all, and I fear Sequoia will be stuck in a loop trying to find a partner, and so will I if I fall into the same trap. I’ve seen happy Giant and human couples, although rare, they do exist. The question is how and why. Maybe, that’s just it, it’s the power of love! I mean what else could it be, right?

The afternoon went on, we had much fun swapping teams, I won a game but I had Dexter on my team when I did, so I assume he did most of the job for me. I had never seen this Dexter before, he’s quite handsome and seems open and fun, but he actually never looked much or talked much to me the entire afternoon. Maybe he’s just shy? Or is it because I’m not human and he feels awkward? I think it’s just that he’s shy… Well, I hope I get to meet him properly in the future, I’m not even sure he lives in town.

I agreed with Nate to have a call later when I got home, he’s willing to teach me a bit more about the internet and find my way around, hopefully, I get to find out more about how to get games running on this thing and spend some time enjoying them, perhaps I can invite people over for something other than just watching movies! I should invite people over someday, it’s kind of overdue to have a sort of commemorative party for my new home. I’ll think about it.

That’s all I have for today, I’ll have Nate over here soon to guide me through the internet and set up games to play, but for now, that’s it. I don’t want to spend too much time on my computer. I’m going to bed and read, this entry was good to read and I’ll be back next time!

A Night of Nostalgia

By Aleena O'Rion

On August 27, 2020

In Diary, Past stories

It’s been a few days since I posted on the blog. Nothing too eventful happened and I haven’t found the courage to talk about other topics from my past. However, yesterday was different, I was almost forced back to the past.

The day started cold and cloudy yesterday, I didn’t get much sleep either. My back seems to be worse, but the pain goes away after a while. I went to town to sell some potatoes, went back to my parents’ home to have dinner with them. My dad asked me to go get some sunflower seeds for him, the ones we had were all eaten by rodents and my dad was furious. This all happened that morning, it wasn’t the best start for the day, but it got better. The humans in town were very kind and warm to me, made me feel better in no time.

So, I head back to my parents’ house, again greeted with a warm welcome, and the clouds above were dark, really menacing. As I go inside, it starts to rain, and I hoped it would stop after dinner so I could go back to my own house.

We had dinner together, talked a lot over some veggies and bread my mom prepared for us. I had a lot of fun, as my dad was telling his stories about those rainy day deliveries he did when he was a kid, in some really odd places too! He tells those every so often, I know them well, but watching his face full of enthusiasm telling us such tales of his childhood just gives my nostalgia and tickles my heart.

After we finished dinner, it was pouring very strongly, and I swear I heard a clap of thunder as soon as I finished eating. The weather was very mad. As it wasn’t safe for me to go back, not only because I’d catch a cold from all that rain but also because it’s not a good idea for a Giant to walk under a thunderstorm, I was invited to sleep at my parents’. After all, I still have my own room almost untouched.

I helped my mom clean the table and the dishes and my back pain was starting to get worse again, so once done, I headed straight to my room and got a nightgown to wear, and dived onto my bed. It was as I remember… the comfiest bed I’ve ever slept on.

It wasn’t long before the water leaks started from the roof. See, this house is old and it’s been taking all the weather wear since the last big renovation 40 years ago. My dad went to the kitchen with a chair and, with the help of Marcus, one of my older brothers, he spent a good few hours trying to clog the leak to go to bed. He was so tired, he didn’t have much patience to deal with all that now.

I couldn’t help much, so I stayed in my room, looking around at my room, remembering all the good times I had as a child growing up. I’m not that old, I’m only 24, but I already reminisce about the times I was but an innocent child, not worrying about having food on the table or if my bills were all paid up. I was just me, happy little me.

By either some mother-daughter connection or pure coincidence, my mom walks into my room with a little box in her hands. I recognized it right away, it’s where she keeps a vast collection of memories from her children, a box full of photos she took of all of us. She sits down by my side and asks me how I’m feeling. I just told her I missed being young when my back didn’t feel so bad and I could just hop around without a care. She laughs and tells me she wanted to looks through some photos with me.

There were a lot, as I said, photos of them, photos of my brothers and myself, and altogether in some of them. I forgot I even had that lime green tunic I loved to wear it! I even kept a photo to share here.

There were even photos of me with the neighbor’s kids which I forgot looked like that until I saw them young again. It’s crazy how we forget little details like that and get used to seeing people all grown-ups. I was able to recognize them by their similarities to their present selves but I can barely remember them like that. I can’t even remember that I had those shoes even, or that ball we made out of springy branches and mud.

I looked more through those and I saw myself with a rock, it was all smooth and it clicked me, I remember having it around as a pet! I called it Dizzy because my silly young self would claim that it made her dizzy to look at it, rolling downhills. It’s just funny to think about now but it carries a lot of impact on how much I’ve grown and how different I see the world now. Not much different from anybody, really, but it’s the little things that make us smile! I hold on to that though very dearly.

Once done with the roof, dad came to my room to tell my mom it was a temporary fix, but it’d have to do for the time being. She kissed me goodnight and went off with the box, left me that picture to take with me. My dad just smiles and gives me a kiss on the forehead like he usually does since I can remember. I couldn’t wash off the smile on my face while the thunder was raging outside, contrasting the entire mood of the house I was in.

The night went and I woke up this morning without a single hint of pain on my back. The sky was clear and the ground and trees all wet, puddles of mud everywhere as I made my way back after breakfast. Now I’m writing this entry, it’s the morning and I’ll be spending the day home today. I’ll write another post if anything interesting happens today but I doubt it’ll top this!

I’ll be back next time!

A Rainy Monday

By Aleena O'Rion

On August 17, 2020

In Diary

Today was a rainy day. I wasn’t very happy about it, since I had to go to town today to sell. I had to get my vegetable supply to bring to town, so that meant doing my 30 minutes walk to my parents’ house and then to town for 50 minutes, which means I’d be walking under the rain for 1 hour and 20 minutes at best, and I’m not counting the time packing at my parents or the walk through town, which on Monday is usually packed full of humans starting their weeks.

I know it sounds like I’m complaining but I don’t want to get sick over a rainy day. Thankfully, I have an impermeable cover I can place over my head, humans use those for cargo, and it’ll have to do. My coat ripped apart not long ago and I must’ve lost it during the move to this new home. At any rate, it was 6 AM, I was still tired, didn’t sleep enough last night. I ate my breakfast, got dressed in a white dress and boots, not forgetting to wear shorts, and tied my hair. I was ready to go, I put on my cover and go out under the rain.

It didn’t look as though it was going to stop anytime soon, as when I got to my parents’ house, it was still raining, pouring even. Mom scolded me for not wearing my expensive coat and I told her about what happened to it. She wasn’t much happier, so she ran off to my old room and checked to find it, but it was nowhere to be found. I’m still not sure how we were able to lose something so big…

I got to the farm, loaded my barrel basket with lettuces, potatoes, and radish, and went off to town. I didn’t get much of a chance to see my family, but I know I’d spend time talking and I needed to start early to catch some usual early hour customers.

Catching my breath as I arrive in town, the sky cleared out a bit, the rain had stopped and I was relieved about it. I took the rain cover off my head, I think I had dirt in my hair, though. I walked through town using the roads, between the busy sidewalks. At a red light, I stopped. I was front row, humans were crossing the street in front of me. A man, in particular, caught my attention and made me feel a little embarrassed, as he looked at me all red and surprised. I think he wasn’t from around here and perhaps never saw a giant up close like this, but I think my face turned red and I really didn’t know what to do with myself standing there. I was awkwardly self-aware of my own presence in the middle of a busy town and there was nowhere I could hide.

I walked a bit nervously to the park, I haven’t had someone look at me like this in a long while. I mean… I know we’re not common and the people who are used to it don’t mind our presence so much but this really took me by surprise. Even more today, I was completely distracted.

I arrived at the park, it’s a quaint little town park with a fountain with a lion statue in the middle. Next to it is my usual spot to sit, and people around town know it well. A dear old man who does his everyday walk approached me as I knelt down and placed my basket next to me. He’s so sweet to me and always asks if I’m well! He usually asks me if I was sick for missing the days prior, but I keep reminding him that I don’t come here every day. I think he forgets things, his memory isn’t what it used to be, he says.

As the kind man he is, he purchased a good few of my potatoes and radishes and gave me a tip on top of the value. I never feel right accepting it but he just walks off waving, I don’t have time to argue with him. I never see him with anyone, so I think he lives alone. I don’t dare to ask though, it’s not really of my business.

When 11 AM came about, the man, who crossed the street and looked at me surprised earlier, came through the park with a group of people. This time he looked briefly at me, turned red, and as to break that moment, one in the group shouts me a good morning with my name. I recognized him as he worked with my dad, and other humans, on the construction of my house. It was nice to see one of the workers who gave me my own space to live in. The blushing man looked at him and looked back at me waving, trying to act natural. I heard him comment after they gained a bit of distance from me, about the fact that I was huge and I just cracked a laugh. I think he looked at me again when he heard me laugh, but I couldn’t hide it!

Noon came about and I had sold most of it, so I was very happy with how today turned out. People come to me and pay well for vegetables grown under the care of Giants, many spread around that our quality is matched by none! It’s so good to know that you’re doing good for a community. However, at that time is when I start to feel both hungry and tired, so I head back home for my lunch and nap.

Nothing too eventful happened on my way back, and the rest of the day, after I woke up, was spent at home cleaning and watching TV, since my back started to hurt a lot when I got home. I’m worried, should I be worried? I really am. I fear this will only get worse as I grow older and I can feel the weight of my own body pulling me down as days go by. It’s a bit dramatic of me to say since it’s not that frequent or bad, but you have to remember I grew up in a family with a lot of health issues, so I expect those to affect me as well, especially due to my own unusual size among Giants. I mean, I’m slightly over 18 ft. tall, that’s a tall male Giant’s size, and yes, I get picked on about it. The most common joke about it is that I’m tall enough to look over the forest trees, that I can see the farm from the house and vice versa… I still get that sometimes even today, so I don’t really care enough to get angry or sad about it. Let them talk! Being tall like this when you’re a Giant is actually satisfying…

I think I’ve written all I wanted for today. Sorry if it was uneventful, but I filled up a bit with internal thoughts, which is helping me fill up my world when I’m at home. For those reading this, thank you, it means a lot.

I shall see you next time!

Sunday at the Bond

By Aleena O'Rion

On August 16, 2020

In Diary

Surprisingly, today I woke up fairly well, no back pain, I feel rather refreshed and I even had more sleep than usual! I woke up at 9 AM with the sun peeking through the window to my left. I stayed in bed for a few minutes, I really did not want to get up, I felt so comfortable…

I then, sat up to look outside, I could see the forest, the blue sky and leaves on the trees were dancing, as a fresh breeze caressed them. I couldn’t stay in bed for long, so I got up after a good stretch. I took the time to fill up with a bit more than the usual breakfast I have and started zapping through channels. The remotes they make are advertised to be custom made for Giants but I feel like it’s still too small for my hands, I keep pressing more than one button on it. It’s like that for most things, except when they need to be made to size, like clothing, most utensils are slightly smaller than we want them to. I’m used to it, but it still stands out to me…

I get a phone call, at around 10:30 AM, it was Sequoia, one of my neighbors’ daughters who got engaged with a human a few years ago, she’s 28 and stands at 15’8 ft tall, dark brown hair and a very strong presence, which has even more impact through her piercing blue eyes. I’m fond of her, we grew up together, but she got into trouble with her family and all the Giants in the group for choosing to follow her feelings for a human. I’m not entirely sure what’s so wrong about it, except maybe that we can’t have children with a human, other than that, it seems like it’s just blind hate. However, this made her bitter towards other Giants and I tend to get some backlash if I say anything wrong to her.

So I was quite surprised when she called me to invite me to hang out at The Bond, with some friends. I accepted, I needed company today, and I had nothing against her, I actually admire her a lot for following her dreams! We talked for a bit, it was good to catch up on all the new things in her life, as well as sharing a bit about my new home.

We were supposed to have lunch together, so I put on my new outfit and headed to town, making sure to call my mother to tell her I wouldn’t be selling today as I was catching up with friends I hadn’t talked to in a long time. Mom was skeptical and didn’t really sound happy about the idea but she let me go. It’s not that I need authorization from her, it’s just that I need to still be a responsible woman and do my job.

I arrived at The Bond at around noon and had been talking to various people around town on my way. It was clearly quiet today, many humans prefer to spend time at home with their families and the streets were, as a result, clear enough for me to use the sidewalk. I waited at the entrance a bit, after checking the back of the pub. After a few minutes, an old human on his way to the pub started chatting with me, he was already pretty knocked over the fence, but he kept me company for a bit. I don’t understand how some people can drink so much in the morning…

At half-past noon, Sequoia, her boyfriend, and 2 other human friends of hers arrived. She was the first I saw, as expected and we waved at each other from a distance. Once they got close, Sequoia throws me a big hug, I barely had time to respond. I was happy to see her but I’m not used to being greeted by her that way. She presented to me her boyfriend, a good looking man with a bit too much confidence, he extended his hand out, to which I gave my index finger to shake. Jeremiah was his name, blond and quite tall for a human, wearing a button shirt. Sarah and Nate were the names of the two other human friends, with them. I know Nate, I usually see him around town when I go to sell at the park.

Sequoia and I went around the back and the three of them went through the entrance and we met up at our table. There were a lot of people around in at the Bond for lunch, surprisingly! We spent the entire afternoon chatting, I felt full from lunch, I could see Sequoia slowly getting more and more sleepy despite her best efforts to smile. I was too. It was past our mid-day nap and we were starting to feel it. The humans were still full of energy, which fascinated me…

Left to right: Jeremiah, Sarah, Sequoia (Giant), Nate and Aleena

We eventually touched on a subject I hadn’t heard much of before. Jeremiah was going on about them spending a lot of time together and Sequoia brought up that they had planned on participating in the Union Games, which is an event with games that have both humans and Giants play together in fun friendly events for bonding purposes. It’s usually a good event to do with a human friend or loved one. It consists of games where usually the Giant and human work together to score points, such as taking a ball from one side to the other, where the human is waiting to put it in a basket or have the human stand on the Giant’s shoulders as they carry buckets full of water and need to fill up a tank. That actually sounds risky but they have the gear to make sure humans don’t fall off their Giant partners.

I have never participated in an event like this, I never had anyone willing to go with me, and I’m not really the competitive type. I’m sure if I had someone to go with, I’d give it a try, it’s not every day we have events involving Giants and more even focusing on a relationship between us and humans. If I ever go there, I’ll be sure to post about it!

We spoke some more and I found out that Sequoia was starting to develop some bone pressure problems. Her legs were aching slightly the more time passed and she was getting worried about it. In another case of the unfortunate health conditions we all suffer. She’s so young too, It’s really sad to see, and I worry about my own physical condition in a few years. But that’s something I’ll have to fight through when it comes. I’m sure my size won’t let me live my life without something similar happening to my legs, but I’m more worried about my back…

Anyway, we decided to split up at 4 PM. It was very hard for both of us to keep our eyes open at that point. So we traded goodbyes and I went home. I landed in bed right away, I didn’t even take my clothes off. How do humans do it? I can’t understand… I slept 2 hours or so, put on my pajamas, and am now writing this entry for today! I had a lot of fun, today, certainly. I would do it again, but I have to have my nap, I felt like a zombie near the end. I think Nate noticed as he looked at us and found an excuse to go, I don’t really think he wanted to go, but he definitely saw our faces. I’m not sure how to feel about Jeremiah, he’s a good guy but you’d think he’d ask Sequoia if she was alright, at least… I don’t think humans understand us that well.

Either way, that was all, I’m now enjoying my tea to go back to sleep, tomorrow I have to work. I’ll be back tomorrow! If you’re reading this and have any questions about my day or life, feel free to ask in the comments, I’ll be happy to answer and clarify!

Family first

By Aleena O'Rion

On August 15, 2020

In Diary

Another great morning to start the day, still not used to this new bed but I didn’t feel my back aching so much, which is good! Started the day at 5:30 AM, I felt like I didn’t have enough sleep but I didn’t feel too tired either. Still got my usual coffee and toast, watching TV for a bit. Nothing worth watching so early but I sort of phased it out of my thoughts, thinking about today and if I’d go to town with my new outfit, or if I’ll stick with my old dresses to sell some lettuces from our farm. Wasn’t too sure what to go for, but it didn’t matter. I got a call from mom, saying she’d be needing me to work at the farm today and that it was going to be a long day of ploughing the fields.

I was sad to have to help today. I expected to go see the humans today, but I guess my plans didn’t matter. I can’t let mom and dad down after all.

I dressed up with one of my dresses, an old one I’ve worn since I was 16, and it seems to have gained some colors and has ripped in places, but it’s perfect to work in the field. I put on some old shoes I have and went on my way to my family’s home. The sky didn’t look so good, with all the clouds but they didn’t announce any rain for today.

The trip to my parents was about 30 minutes around the outside of the forest. I took my time to enjoy the fresh air, I even hummed an old song we used to sing when I was little, about how Giants find safety among the trees and it reflects how we’ve been hiding from humans in the past, though we still sing it to the children! It’s called “The Trees Who Talk”, and it goes like this:

“The trees who talk
Can also see
The trees who talk
Who could they be

They laugh and walk
Along with me
The trees who talk
No one can see”

There’s more to it but I can’t think of the full song right now. It’s quite dear to my heart, I wish I could share how the melody sounds.

Anyway, I made it back and my neighbour’s kids jumped at me right away, the little pests kept running in our house and wake me up from my nap to go play with them, even though I just don’t have the same energy as them! They’re 10 and 8, a boy and a girl respectively. The boy is going to grow tall, I can tell, he’s already about as tall as I was when I was his age, and I used to be the tall girl, and still am!

Mom was in the kitchen getting our lunch ready as I was slowly making my way there through everyone’s warm reception. We’re very united and warm to each other among Giants, it’s a very strong bond we share. We sort of had to, really. Mom gives me a hug as I walk in, she barely stands tall enough to reach my chest, I still don’t know where I got my height from…

Dad was with our other two neighbours, shouting about stuff I didn’t care, he waved at me and I waved back. My father doesn’t really like me hanging out with humans, he thinks they still don’t really like us. Not to mention that there’s a very big sense of both fear and superiority among us towards humans, most see them as these small aggressive and arrogant lookalikes who cause nothing but problems. I don’t see humans like that, instead, I have a huge fascination for them and I tend to be picked on because of it.

My dad keeps saying that I go to “pick up horseradish” or “settle with the imps” as a means to pick on me for having human friends. I don’t like when he does that…

After helping mom getting all of our stuff ready for the day, we headed to the farms through the forest. We all know our way around quite well at this point, to it was a straight shot to our destination. Our Giant farm is located in a huge clearing in a place very hard for humans to reach, thankfully we can just leg it up and get there. My two older brothers were there, Magnus who’s 31 years old, and Celso who’s 29 years old. I’m 24 and stand taller than them, which makes them pick on me for my size. I think Magnus might have a complex about it… Either way, they were both hard at work already, moving bags and crates around, Celso was already working on the other side of the field ploughing away. I walked up to him after grabbing the plough and asked him how things were going, as to which he replies that his legs were worse but it wouldn’t stop him from helping.

I’m concerned about him, Giants have a lot of health problems due to their sizes, my dad has irregular heart problems, my mom can’t stand for too long, Celso with his leg problems… Thankfully, Magnus and I are fine, but it’s still painful to know so many of us just don’t hold well. I told him to go rest a little but he refuses and tells me to shut up and plough. He hasn’t changed, the same old big brother I know!

We worked a lot, it took the entire morning and I couldn’t feel my arms or legs from the effort. I was sweating profusely and so was Celso. We took a break for lunch, my stomach could be heard from town, as Magnus put it. We cleared a lot this morning and I was quite proud. Happier I was to have my mom’s wonderful vegetable soup she usually makes. So we sat down and talked about how I was dealing with the new house and I said it was alright, I loved the new place, but I still miss them. Apparently, Magnus has finally worked out the courage to talk to that girl he kept grooming in his mind, he wouldn’t shut up about it, asking me advice and all that. I swear I’m happy that he finally just talked to her! I was happy when he told us the news during lunch, he seemed definitely happier today!

After lunch, we went to our farmhouse to rest, we have rooms in there to sleep, as Giants need to sleep much more than humans, we can’t skip this, I was knackered… I believe we woke up at 4 PM but I can’t be certain. Still had a lot of work to finish up and we worked at it. All necessary land was ploughed in the end, while Magnus and mom finished seeding it. This took us the entire afternoon and we walked back to have dinner.

It was a very tiresome day, but I’m used to it. I couldn’t think of anything else but to shower… We had a bit more soup and got treated with some boar on the side, we don’t usually eat meat as it messes with my mom’s stomach but it was a nice treat for us! I thanked them for the time, and went back home alone. I was happy to spend time with my family but I’m still sad I couldn’t see anyone in town today. I hope I’m free tomorrow for a visit.

Now, I’m home, just took a shower and I’m ready to go to bed. I’m going to read a bit in bed after I finish this entry, and since tomorrow is Sunday, I might sleep in, Sundays are usually free for us from farm work! I might go pack a few lettuces and potatoes to sell, we’ll see.

As for now, I’ll be back with more tomorrow!

Flashy new style

By Aleena O'Rion

On August 14, 2020

In Diary

Today, I woke up slightly better, my back doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday, but I’m still not used to the new bed. I didn’t do much during the morning but finished organizing the house, the little that I had left to sort is now in the right place.

The morning was nice and I enjoyed it with another mug of coffee and toast as I usually do. I have space outside for a small garden, I should look into planting some flowers one day, but not until my back gets better.

Looking inside the fridge, I noticed it’s mostly empty and I need to go to town to do some groceries. So when 9 am struck, I left the house in one of my dresses and brought some money, did my 40-minute walk to town to take care of things. I love going to town, the road leading to it is always so comfortable to me. Birds singing and often a breeze flows by, which was the case today. I wondered what kind of activity the town has on a Friday, it’s usually busier than usual.

And it was, the town was booming with humans walking about. They come to see their families or use the time to go shopping for the weekend. Since most of the sidewalks were busy, I was forced to use the road, so I squeeze through and stand between two cars. It was slow to get around, but I had no choice. Furthermore, I needed to come back later to meet with Clarissa again to get the rest of my outfit, which was ready to pick up this afternoon.

I should also write about what happened, my ankle is still bruised from the little incident I had! A human in his car decided to leave his parking spot as I was waiting for the green light to turn on. He either didn’t see me or was distracted by something, he backed up too much and quite quickly too, hit my leg and it was painful, the metal thingy felt like I had hit my leg on a rock! He then comes out of his car, waving around saying I should’ve moved away and whatnot, all I said to him was to watch his back because I was already there waiting. He kept blabbering about and I paid him no mind, and if I ever felt guilty for his car being dented, those feelings escaped me completely, no guilt what-so-ever…

This sort of situation happens often, there are still people who don’t like us being around their environment. You see, it wasn’t long since Giants started to be allowed to live among humans, long enough for my grandparents to be able to do it their entire lives but still a few generations off, and it seems like the humans were never truly used to the change, some of them at least. I usually get a very good reception from them, but there’s always the odd one who will find a way to create conflict. I’m not sure what they expect to get here, and I’m truly glad we’re not violent in nature because that, I’m sure, would’ve been enough to make me do something I’d regret. I didn’t feel any anger though, which is good.

Anyway, I eventually arrived at the grocery store, two other Giants were there, the shelves are made with our size in mind, and we get a hefty quantity of food to choose from, a lot of human products too. Most tend to be priced down or have some sort of discount to them, like the milk cartons, which now are two for the price of one, as the advertisement signs would indicate, with lettering that figuratively screams at you from the entire store, almost impossible to ignore.

I got quite a lot of food, basic stuff like bread, milk, some selection of fruit and a few packs of chicken, which I quite like. No vegetables or seasonal fruit as I get those at home from our farm, either my dad or brothers usually bring some in a crate for me. I paid the lot to the human cashier while chatting with my parents’ neighbor, another Giant, who was asking if I was settling fine and how much they miss me around and all that. Don’t worry, miss, I’m fine, I still go help my parents pretty much every day. I guess they just miss having little me around, but we all grow up and it was my time.

Noon came about and I was home thirty minutes past. I decided I wanted to keep it simple and made six chicken and lettuce sandwiches for lunch, it was mostly enough, with bread that was about twice the size of human toast bread. It filled me up enough and I decided to go to sleep afterward.

I woke up at 4 pm, a little bit late to pick up the dress, so I called Clarissa asking if she was available to meet up again, and she was, so we met at the tailor. It was getting dark when we saw each other, but the place was still open. They got my top and it looked just like my friend envisioned! It looked great on me, and I was very happy to finally have something new to wear. Here, I have a picture of the new outfit:

I’m so happy! Tomorrow, I might put it on and walk around town in style! Maybe I’ll use it while I sell our vegetables… Or maybe I won’t sell while wearing this one, I don’t want to damage it with the dirty barrel basket… Indeed, better not risk it.

Since we were together, Clarissa and I stuck around chatting for a while and she invited me to have dinner with her and another girl from her work, a sort of ladies’ night out but just dinner. I can’t stay up too late, unfortunately. I would say it was supposed to be a ladies’ night but Clarissa brought her husband to the dinner. I didn’t mind at all, he’s a good man, he’s the one who offered to help with tidying the house with Clarissa and I refused, I can’t let humans carry such heavy things… Don’t get me wrong, I just see humans as such delicate creatures, I couldn’t let them at risk of getting hurt. Maybe I’m underestimating their strengths and resistances, I’ve been told before, but what can I say. I had a very unpleasant experience with humans before, it got etched into my brain that humans are frail and delicate. I might tell what happened someday, it’s not an easy story to tell.

Dinner went well, we went to the Bond again, the only good place where Giants and humans can get together easily and serves good food at a reasonable price. I mostly stood there listening, as they talked about their day and I had no idea what most of it meant. As I’m not really a social person, I didn’t know what to say. I like to listen to their stories, so I didn’t mind at all!

Once done, we went our ways, I got back home safely, tried on the new outfit, and took a picture to share! I’m so happy about today despite my ankle and back still aching, but I don’t mind at all. I’m having a nice mug of tea to relax and I shall end the day! Lots to tell today, so I hope it wasn’t too long to read.

See you tomorrow!

A day with a friend

By Aleena O'Rion

On August 13, 2020

In Diary

I woke up this morning with my back hurting and tense, I must not be used to the new bed… It’s basically a giant mattress on the floor that fills the sides of the room where the window is, the bedroom is small and this mattress fills half of it perfectly. It’s about 18ft long, maybe 3ft tall and 9ft wide, I didn’t measure it. It’s new too, so maybe that’s the reason why I slept so bad…

It was 5:30 am and I was about to get breakfast. It was raining outside, it seems like I didn’t need to water the vegetables at the farm today. However, I was always thinking that this could last the entire day, and I really wanted to go out for a bit. I miss the town.

I got a mug of instant coffee and some toast, sat down on my couch to watch TV while I ate. It was cold today and it surprised me since it’s Summer. I looked out the window and the clouds were covering the sky such that I had to turn on a light. Reminds me of the cold Winters at my parents’ house.

Once done eating, I went to organize my clothes properly, which I’ve neglected to do since I settled here. The phone rings all the way in the kitchen, so I scrambled through the mess. I accidentally hit my foot on the door-frame and I think I left a dent in it. Just my lucky day, my foot still hurts. Anyway, I picked up the phone and it was my good friend Clarissa on the other side, a human friend of mine, about my age. She was asking how I was settling and if I needed help, which I dismissed. I didn’t want her to see the mess, though I invited her to come over later for lunch. She makes a point that it was still raining, so we decided to instead go for an afternoon snack together at the Bond instead, a pub which was designed to let both humans and Giants in. The building is open at the back and has Giant-sized tables, in open-air, while humans go inside the building and can interact with us through the opened back wall on the second floor. They serve good food and I really like their coffee, too!

It was 3:40 pm when we met, I had just woken up from my afternoon nap. She looked stunning and I was wearing the simplest green Summer dress. We caught up a bit and after a while, the conversation went to money and income, and how she was earning more, which made me mention that I wasn’t earning enough for even a new outfit!

Since Clarissa is such a fashion person, she proposed we look for something and she’d help me pay it off over time. I don’t really like to owe people money but I also wanted a fresh look. And so we spent the afternoon together in the Giant stores zone of the industrial area of town. There, they have huge storage buildings that are used as shops, which we can enter without having to bend down, a really well thought out solution for us. There are 2 tailors in town, we went to both but settled with the one with more options. They had a nice dress I wanted, however, Clarissa thought it’d be a better idea for me to change it up a bit and dress in something more modern. We found some white jeans shorts and black boots. I couldn’t ever pay for those, but she was willing to add them to the new outfit. She thought maybe a lilac colour would work well on me, but they didn’t have enough cloth in that colour to make the top Clarissa envisioned. She spent some time with them, discussing some styles and colours and even types of fabric to custom make a top for me, while I was just sitting there listening. I’m… really not much into fashion, so I didn’t know what to say…

After a few hours and some ice cream walk, we arrived back at the store, my outfit was ready to try and this was what they had in mind:

New planned outfit I’ll pick up tomorrow!

I love it and as such, I accepted they finish work on it. It will be ready tomorrow for me to pick up, I’m so excited! Clarissa mentioned how it makes me look much more modern. We added a few more details in and planned to pick it up tomorrow and get a hair makeover, and I couldn’t say no to that! So tomorrow it is, and I shall post about it!

I came back home a while back, made some dinner, and am now writing this before I take a shower and go to bed. It’s raining again and it’s the perfect time for me to enjoy it and relax. I’ll probably read a book in bed, I need to sleep early, as usual, I need my 9 hours of sleep minimum.

See you tomorrow!

A new home

By Aleena O'Rion

On August 12, 2020

In Diary

After such a long time of waiting, we have finally finished my humble home. I have internet and I can write this blog. It’s somewhat sad that it’s raining today, however I can spend time enjoying the new place and decorating at will.

So much was custom made to my size, the place is huge for my standards! It has a living room with kitchen near the entrance, a cosy bedroom where only the bed fits with a small drawer where I keep my clothes, and a bathroom, with a mirror! You don’t know how happy I am to have all this for myself. Furniture and homes for Giants aren’t easy to find or make, they’re also costly, but I fortunately had to help from the humans who kindly donated as part of their inclusion program!

Now, I have time to enjoy and recharge for tomorrow, as I’m going to help my family on the farm.