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Monday, January 27th

If it's Monday -


And it is Monday after all. Sometimes I just can't think of a good Subject line. Especially when I get up late, remember I didn't post for I don't know how long, but it wasn't daily and um... I still didn't get ready for work... Anyway. Short brief update - I play, I eat, I play, I sleep, I play, oh yeah, I work, I play, I eat... Sometimes, I even clean... okay an area of the house/condo/place I sleep... You see the problem here. Too much work. What? No? Heh. In all seriousness, I think it is because of how I work that I get home and it's like... yeah... no. Not doing work around here. It's ME time. I feel a bit worn out to pay attention to my own things that should be taken care of. I just want to relax and not think about so many other things that need to be done. I almost feel guilty that I haven't put more effort into 'working' around the house. Okay, I know it's a condo, but it just feels weird to keep calling it a condo. It's home, it feels right to me, maybe because it IS messy and that's my comfort maybe. I don't know. All I know is I'm slacking big time for doing my bills, doing my laundry (thank goodness I have more clothes than I need...) cleaning house properly. And then there is my duties as a Union Treasurer and I am sorely lacking in keeping that up to date. Will they take the job away from me? Most unlikely as no one even runs for the position. Even I didn't run, but I got voted in because I was already in the position. How sad is that? It's a sad union, truthfully. Not enough members show up unless we have a Dinner Meeting where it's a dine out, drinks, and a few words of meeting business just to say we talked business. If they would combine the small unions into one big one for the place I work, MAYBE then, it would be a good sized meeting on a regular basis. Anyway, that's another tiring thing to me. I don't seem to put in the effort I should and that bothers me. Day to day feels a bit rough for me, but at least I still get to work on time and work hard while there, forgetting that there are other things outside of work. And now I have to fit Physical Therapy in - luckily only eight sessions as I seem to be far better since the shots in my back because the herniated disc nearly put me out of commission. And I kept putting of PT directly afterwards due to my exhaustion of dealing with issues at work, coming home too tired to deal with the various doctors that I still need to see for my various problems and no, I'm not a hypochondriac but someone that ignores the pain until it puts me nearly down completely. I don't have time to be sick. My Crohns needs to have it's famous test where the prep is worse then the procedure - got put off twice or three times... my severe cold made me need antibiotics three different times within a month... my chiropractor hasn't been seen for months as I was dealing with a herniated disc (and mind you, I didn't know it was herniated and started to go to the Chiropractor to fix my back pain which WAS working and made me not realize the severity of my disc) and I got a notice for getting to my eye doctor and my yearly mammogram notification and my car sticker and my license renewal and you see? I can't do all this in one go people! GAH! now it's 10 to 8 and I didn't get ready for work cuz I had to play with Finn (he's annoying when he wants to play Fetch) and Chma is still in the bathroom... okay, gotta go!

Good Day and Good Blessings!
Lyn on 01.27.14 @ 07:52 AM EST [link]


Thursday, January 16th

- ?


Can't seem to sleep and figured it was only a couple hours early so might as well get up and at least update this blog/journal.

At work, a co-worker/friend has been out only a week and half due to her spouse being hospitalized with a serious condition. Because the office is unsure of her needed time, it was decided to have the rest of us help out to cover her work. I've upped my 'mood balance' medicine so not to ride the emotional roller-coaster during this time. Each and every one of us has our own way of working. I tend to have what appears to others as an unorganized desk and oft hear "how do you find anything?" Because I have to constantly jump from one type of work to another, my piles are set around me to easily access that particular information and is on-going work that I have accumulated due to staff getting less and less and our department not having the funds to hire the needed amount of people to properly run the office. It's a disorganized organization of work. Once upon a time, my focus was on one type of work and I was able to fully learn other jobs to be back-up when they are on vacation. Now, it's a jumble of bits of this, bits of that and if needed for back-up, do the bare minimum to hold it together till the person returns from vacation.

That being said, I've noticed the job that is currently being covered for my friend/co-worker - she too, is working from various piles, but not because of different work, but of compartments so to speak. Same work, but different areas. Which means, I understand her method. If it works for her, that's good. I can work with it as it's not nearly as complicated as my different piles. However - I do see where sometimes she might 'lose' files. It's not lost at all, but in a pile that sometimes clips to one another. For another worker, this method is difficult for her to 'see' as she can't tolerate 'disorganization' and is finding it difficult to help out. Therefore I am dissembling the piles into a workable method as I see some of it is accomplished and can be filed away to make it less disorganized for others to help cover the job and only those that I can't get to separating at this time, has joined the other piles on my desk. :X Grace be with the one who would need to cover my job if I got sick. I'm sure they wouldn't begin to comprehend my system.

Anyway. Went away from the computer for a bit and now, well, blah blah blah.

Um, let's see. Didn't get to play NwN two nights now - only because I've been tired when I've gotten home from work. I end up sitting in front of the TV for maybe an hour and half, falling asleep. Which is probably why I'm waking so early... Hm. I'm gonna try to get on to play tonight. Bri has some gear for my character that I want to collect.

Nothing more in the head this morning. Coffee and mail check next.

Good Day and Good Blessings.

Lyn on 01.16.14 @ 05:13 AM EST [link]


Sunday, January 12th

Where have I been? (Writing / Finance / Playing or Talk Pay and Kill)


Although falling back to sleep in Jack's arms at this time in the morning sounds wonderful... there is no Jack but he keeps appearing in my going to sleep stage and then some. Anyway. Now I have Finn yowing at me constantly to play when I'm sitting here at the desk...

This isn't going anywhere near how I started it in my head due to a noisy cat / disruptions of my thoughts / and seriously, I need to research one of those recording head sets so I can talk while it's in my head and I don't lose it all from interruptions. Dictation, isn't it??

Let's see now. I have the cat quiet, the coffee beside me and I've lost my train of thought. Sounds about right for me. So I'll think out loud or rather type while I think on... gah. Too many thoughts in different directions now. Title. Title is Where Have I Been, otherwise in my silliness it's Talk Pay & Kill, and a more understandable term for some: Writing, Finance or Playing. I should pay my bills (Finance, hence procrastinate), or maybe I should "talk" (Writing, which gets me away from paying bills... procrastinate again...) and YAY! Playtime!!! (Killing things on NwN is always fun)

So that's where I've been. What? The longer version? Yes, of course. I left Jack in bed.. oh wait, not that part of this. Right. He's just a distractions anyway. Thoughts are drifting.... Yeah, right, okay. More about Jack later. Although my intentions were daily writing, my life tends to get... tangled. I've rediscovered my multiplayer game: Neverwinter Nights. It can be a one person 'campaign' Dungeons and Dragons type game, but I find the world of online to be delightful. There is a whole lot more to say on this, but the short version in order to continue is: The game server stopped, so it was a bit interesting getting back 'online'. Of course I'm online! I'm writing here aren't I? The key is 'Game Server'. Read that as "There's an app for that" since that seems to be more understanding for those out there with smartphones. (Mine isn't, but I like it for what I use it for - and another story) There never is a short version with me, is there. So Bri found a site that listed the ip addresses of the connecting games. Which is for those that don't understand, a direct connection to the game. Still probably doesn't make sense unless you are a techy or geek or gamer maybe. Anywho. I loaded up the game, hopped onto the discontinued server (app) and went to the Direct Connect button since I don't have use of the chat area and server listing through the app. Lo and behold, YAY! I'm back in the gameworld of Blackstone Keep. And that's where I've been.

I've ignored my Finances, my writing, in favor of losing myself to killing monsters. I use to roleplay a lot in games, but now I'm just killing stuff and getting xp (experience with points) to level my character from 1 to 40. I am at level 8 three times over. Meaning I am on my third character since I keep trying to find one that I like building. And building is what you do from selecting gender, race (dwarf, elf, human, etc), portrait (kind of like saying you look something like this), Class (profession or vocation) alignment (Good Neutral or Evil with range of Lawful, Neutral or Chaotic) then placing points into Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma with the allotted points to start with. From there, you choose a body (slim or heavy) a head, colors and garment. Then into game you go as a level 1 character. Weapons are usually a dagger, sword, bow or crossbow to start with and live as this make believe character. If you understand "builds", then you'll make a very good character in whatever way you want. If you're like me, it's all about how to get higher hit points to stay alive, relying on help of those to make you specialty garments and weapons so you can kill things without getting killed. I'm not a total geek, okay? I just want a weapon and to slay things. For me, it's fun IN GAME. Never never do I ever do this for the real world. Let's be clear on that. I DO know the difference and the consequences. I am not in a cult, nor do I want to hurt anyone nor can I. It's not in me. Which is also why I have trouble playing evil characters. I can't seem to bypass my goody two shoes entirely. Some, but not enough to do evil character. I've tried to, but it doesn't work for me. It's rather funny. I even attempted a Dom once. Even funnier that. To some respect, I'm a nice Dom. (ie: Do this or I don't want you for my sub.) and sadly, it's more a carry my items thing rather than the sexually oriented type of Dom. Subs don't like that. Hrm. Oh well. I've been told I'm "vanilla" (blink blink blink, thinking) Does that go along with my Goody Two Shoes demeanor? DANG, it follows me everywhere. Anyway. Brian has had to 'rez' me a few times already since I don't seem to handle monsters too well either. Hm. He's got a wizard fellow. I am working on a bard / rdd / weapon master type and not so successfully at the moment. RDD stands for Red Dragon Disciple. I imagine it's a cult of those worshiping the Red Dragon... but I like the wings I get for being one. Heh. And the abiltiy to have Darkflame for my weapon. And of course, my DRAGON strength WOOT I can carry a lot of items! Okay, so you see, I like this playing thing.

So now, I'm trying to write and things are in my head, but my thoughts go all over the place - gonna seriously look into a head set recording thing so I can just say and type or say, save and type?

And much as I want to go play... I need to tackle my bills. They're not out of hand, but I don't want to forget anything to be paid either. I do have automatic minimum payments to help keep me from behind, but I do need to pay attention. So that's where I'm off to next before I go back to playing.

Good Day and Good Blessings!

Lyn on 01.12.14 @ 05:59 AM EST [link]


Friday, January 3rd

Snow Snow and more Snow aka SNOW DAY!!!!!



We started with the snow on Wednesday night... and still it continues. There is a LOT of it out there. Fluffy though, thank goodness. Drifts will be way high with the winds. And COLD! We're in the single digits with 23mph winds or higher... so it's Negative 18. YOW.

They closed work! Okay, officially, it's really NASTY out there. It's all good by me. Funny enough, my horoscope this morning reads ...."Try to relax a bit today -- you deserve a break, after all! It's a good time for you to skip out of work or school, if that doesn't get you in trouble. Enjoy what you've got and get back into the world tomorrow." How is that for psychic! Heh heh. I call them horrible-scopes because of how generalized it is on a usual basis. Not their fault they have to satisfy for everyone, not just one. That's how it rolls. I did get a chuckle out of it today.

Most snow wouldn't affect work other then calling "skeleton" which of course means, only those necessary to have the office open in case someone comes in to do business. I am quite sure that CLOSING work this time rather than a skeleton crew is based on the temperature with the depth of snow. I am quite glad for it to close. I'm sure it also would have been hard to heat the work place to a sufficient people level vs pipe functioning. I'm sure anyone in the cold understands that logic. Even here where I live, is the first time that the fireplace wasn't enough that the heating unit has been kicking in quite a bit to help bring the temp up. I've closed all the shades, including the balcony door, to help keep the cold out. Kitchen floor and bathroom floor are horrendously cold for my bare feet. I'll actually be wearing slippers in those rooms. Living area is covered with a rug so I can walk barefoot around in that area. Kitchen and bathrooms are tile floors. Yow.

And so, that's the news for the day and yesterday and... when last did I write? Yeah, that's about it for now.

Good Day and Good Blessings!


(information on where to find the animated snowflake falling with sample is on the Extended Text link - in case the background is different from when you read this in archived state)


Lyn on 01.03.14 @ 06:28 AM EST [more..]