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Nov. 17th, 2023 08:45 pmSat down this evening and banged out 2k for nano, after writing basically nothing yesterday that felt good.
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Nov. 11th, 2023 11:43 amTrying to do NaNoWriMo again this year. It’s just continuing the story I started last year. I changed jobs part way through November last year so I didn’t get much done. This year the work stress is related to everyone I was working with when I started has now quit, so a year in and I’m the most experienced.
It’s a weird feeling. But I’m having some luck with the writing.
It’s a weird feeling. But I’m having some luck with the writing.
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Jul. 24th, 2023 08:13 amWow I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted here. I've had some changes. Quiet my job of 13 years and started working at a car dealership as a service advisor. (I'd advise you to not buy a chevy after 8 months there)
Right now I'm in VT visiting family. Heading home later today it's been a nice visit. Dad and I caught a race Saturday night. Mostly I've just lazed about the house. Started watching The Mysterious Lotus Casebook, but the internet has been more out than in and my dad kept popping in to chat which makes subtitles hard to read.
Right now I'm in VT visiting family. Heading home later today it's been a nice visit. Dad and I caught a race Saturday night. Mostly I've just lazed about the house. Started watching The Mysterious Lotus Casebook, but the internet has been more out than in and my dad kept popping in to chat which makes subtitles hard to read.
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Jun. 3rd, 2021 02:44 pm
Today marks one month since I brought Neptune home.
Neptune and Rosa are actually getting along quite well now. This morning we even had a nose touch. The first that I'm aware of. Neptune backed off and gave a little hiss, but Rosa didn't respond in kind. And neither of them ran off. I'm calling it a win. That and the fact I wasn't woken up at 4 am by Neptune causing mischief.
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May. 30th, 2021 08:31 amSo Neptune has been with me almost a month now. Things are going pretty well. Rosa is very tolerant of her bullshit. Part of which is due to the fact she doesn't know how to cat.
She's hisses and Rosa just looks at her like really kid? And keeps on doing whatever she was doing.
I've started letting Neptune run around the house most of the time now, although the basement is still off limits for now. Looking forward to that milestone because I'm looking forward to litter boxes back in the basement.
The one thing I could without is Neptune being such a morning cat. 4:30 or slightly before every morning she causes a rucess. I'm so tired. That's an hour earlier than I get up for work.
She's hisses and Rosa just looks at her like really kid? And keeps on doing whatever she was doing.
I've started letting Neptune run around the house most of the time now, although the basement is still off limits for now. Looking forward to that milestone because I'm looking forward to litter boxes back in the basement.
The one thing I could without is Neptune being such a morning cat. 4:30 or slightly before every morning she causes a rucess. I'm so tired. That's an hour earlier than I get up for work.
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May. 9th, 2021 04:30 pm
This is Neptune. Isn't she adorable!
I had today off so she had a nice explore this morning and since then her door has been open with a baby gate and a sheet blocking it off so her and Rosa can see each other and smell each other in a controlled manor.
There was a couple hisses and growls first thing, and from a distance, since then they've pretty much been ignoring or pretending to ignore each other. Which isn't bad.
I'll leave the door closed when I'm at work and probably over night too for the time being. I have Thursday off and may try a no barrier introduction then. I would like to let Neptune have free roam but I also don't want any injured cats. Or cats cornered in the basement refusing to come out.
Neptune will get to come out of her room later, probably before I got bed today.
I'm doing my best little kitties I hope you understand.
So I brought home a lovely 2 and a half-year-old siamese mix named Neptune (!) on Monday. Someone my mother knows was fostering her, and after hearing about her and seeing a photo I decided that I couldn't let her go to someone else.
It's been a fun couple of days working on getting her and Rosa used to each other. Neptune is set up in the spare room and since Thursday I've been having her come out while Rosa is shut either in her room or my room. Today is the first day there has been no hissing at the door, well other than at 4 am. They both got quick glimpses of each other and didn't react other than Neptune heading back to her room. Rosa actually just meowed at me because she was feeling left out.
This morning I was starting to feel a little discouraged about the whole thing, but now it feels like things are going in the right direction.
I picked up a baby gate with a door today to set up in the doorway to Neptune's room so tomorrow we can see how some face time will go. Fingers crossed for me, I know Neptune would love it if she got to spend more time out and about.
It's been a fun couple of days working on getting her and Rosa used to each other. Neptune is set up in the spare room and since Thursday I've been having her come out while Rosa is shut either in her room or my room. Today is the first day there has been no hissing at the door, well other than at 4 am. They both got quick glimpses of each other and didn't react other than Neptune heading back to her room. Rosa actually just meowed at me because she was feeling left out.
This morning I was starting to feel a little discouraged about the whole thing, but now it feels like things are going in the right direction.
I picked up a baby gate with a door today to set up in the doorway to Neptune's room so tomorrow we can see how some face time will go. Fingers crossed for me, I know Neptune would love it if she got to spend more time out and about.
well this year is kicking my ass
Apr. 17th, 2021 06:09 amI got home from work yesterday to an agitated cat and a screaming cat.
Penelope was laying on the bedroom floor crying and unable to stand.
I took her to the emergency vet and while I was at work something had gone very wrong with her nurologicaly. She was unable to stand, her body temp had dropped and the vet was pretty sure she couldn't see.
So as much as it pains me to lose a companion of 12 years I had her put down. She cried the whole drive there and I cried the drive home.
The worst part for me wasn't saying goodbye it that I don't know how long she lay there afraid and possibly in pain before I got home.
Her sister seems to be handling her being gone better than I am.
Penelope was laying on the bedroom floor crying and unable to stand.
I took her to the emergency vet and while I was at work something had gone very wrong with her nurologicaly. She was unable to stand, her body temp had dropped and the vet was pretty sure she couldn't see.
So as much as it pains me to lose a companion of 12 years I had her put down. She cried the whole drive there and I cried the drive home.
The worst part for me wasn't saying goodbye it that I don't know how long she lay there afraid and possibly in pain before I got home.
Her sister seems to be handling her being gone better than I am.
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Apr. 2nd, 2021 06:06 pmSo I moved in October. My boyfriend did not. Because he doesn't do change. Only now he's talking about moving in and I find that I don't want him to. He works later than me and wakes me up when he gets home. And tends to play video games half the night with online friends, which also keeps me up.
And I don't miss that. I like having my space and knowing the only thing that will wake me up during the night is my cats.
I've never really lived alone and I like it.
My other problem is that there is a promotion I want to go for at work. Which I'm not eligible for if we're dating. Which are we really dating anymore? We barely see each other outside of work, we hardly talk, we don't currently live together. I don't miss any of it. I like being just me and my cats.
Breaking up with someone on the off chance of a promotion is not the thing to do. But when added with everything else, it just seems like it may be the right thing for me.
We've been together a while now, and I know he's probably still very hung up on me. But I find that I don't miss any of the things about being in a live-in relationship. Or any sort of romantic entanglement at all. This is something that's been coming for a while I think, but being alone made it much clearer.
He's a great guy, and if I break up with him he will be devastated. And I will feel like an asshole. But I don't think I want to let this linger either. I won't be happy if he moves in, I'm not even sure he'll be happy if he moves in. He's lived on the same road his whole life and only originally considered moving because we were going to rebuild out there. But I like the house I'm in.
(My mom owns it, I'm going to buy it off her.)
It is so easy to take to the blank face of the internet. Or two of the few people I've talked about it with in person, but the idea of actually sitting down and having this conversation is nerve-racking. And makes me feel a little ill.
Argh why is this all so hard?
And I don't miss that. I like having my space and knowing the only thing that will wake me up during the night is my cats.
I've never really lived alone and I like it.
My other problem is that there is a promotion I want to go for at work. Which I'm not eligible for if we're dating. Which are we really dating anymore? We barely see each other outside of work, we hardly talk, we don't currently live together. I don't miss any of it. I like being just me and my cats.
Breaking up with someone on the off chance of a promotion is not the thing to do. But when added with everything else, it just seems like it may be the right thing for me.
We've been together a while now, and I know he's probably still very hung up on me. But I find that I don't miss any of the things about being in a live-in relationship. Or any sort of romantic entanglement at all. This is something that's been coming for a while I think, but being alone made it much clearer.
He's a great guy, and if I break up with him he will be devastated. And I will feel like an asshole. But I don't think I want to let this linger either. I won't be happy if he moves in, I'm not even sure he'll be happy if he moves in. He's lived on the same road his whole life and only originally considered moving because we were going to rebuild out there. But I like the house I'm in.
(My mom owns it, I'm going to buy it off her.)
It is so easy to take to the blank face of the internet. Or two of the few people I've talked about it with in person, but the idea of actually sitting down and having this conversation is nerve-racking. And makes me feel a little ill.
Argh why is this all so hard?
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Sep. 6th, 2020 03:07 pmSo I'm on vacation until Wednesday. Which is great. 6 days away from work. Which I don't hate my job, but it's retail. And also we still only have 2 techs working in the garage. And people bitching because we have very short hours due to the fact we only have 2 techs.
Had someone keep telling me that's no way to run a business the other day. To which I responded I can't make people work here.
Vacation is very low key. I've done laundry. I've done a painting. I've watched TV. Most of the first run of The Lost Tomb. I'm down to the last two episodes and not sure if I care enough to finish it. It was entertaining while everyone was trapped in a tomb, now that they're out, less interesting.
After this, I think I'll go back to The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty. That so far in 5 episodes has never bored me.
Had someone keep telling me that's no way to run a business the other day. To which I responded I can't make people work here.
Vacation is very low key. I've done laundry. I've done a painting. I've watched TV. Most of the first run of The Lost Tomb. I'm down to the last two episodes and not sure if I care enough to finish it. It was entertaining while everyone was trapped in a tomb, now that they're out, less interesting.
After this, I think I'll go back to The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty. That so far in 5 episodes has never bored me.
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Jun. 14th, 2020 07:16 pmLife is a lot right now. I called out of work last week because the thought of going in made me feel like I was going to have a panic attack. I need to make it through 3 more days and I'm off for 5.
Which will be really nice.
Customers are terrible. They don't stay out of your space, they don't wear masks. And if I go a week without being sworn at it's a miracle.
The garage has re-opened but only 6 hours a da, which is part of what people get mad about. They also get mad that they can't sneak in to avoid waiting in line to get in, and they get mad that the garage doesn't open until noon. As if it's my fault they ignore the signs with the hours. And the signs saying which door is for customers and which is for empoyees.
One of the managers keeps giving me a hard time about the sporting good department. Which he's not my direct boss nor is he over that department. So he really needs to back off. And he forced me to be involved in a rather not cool gun sale on Sat. He is literally the only person who thinks he did the right thing in selling the customer the gun. I hate that my numbers are on the receipt from the sale.
Good news is my name isn't on any of the paper work other than that though.
I need to take a shower and do something to keep my mind off of work tomorrow.
Which will be really nice.
Customers are terrible. They don't stay out of your space, they don't wear masks. And if I go a week without being sworn at it's a miracle.
The garage has re-opened but only 6 hours a da, which is part of what people get mad about. They also get mad that they can't sneak in to avoid waiting in line to get in, and they get mad that the garage doesn't open until noon. As if it's my fault they ignore the signs with the hours. And the signs saying which door is for customers and which is for empoyees.
One of the managers keeps giving me a hard time about the sporting good department. Which he's not my direct boss nor is he over that department. So he really needs to back off. And he forced me to be involved in a rather not cool gun sale on Sat. He is literally the only person who thinks he did the right thing in selling the customer the gun. I hate that my numbers are on the receipt from the sale.
Good news is my name isn't on any of the paper work other than that though.
I need to take a shower and do something to keep my mind off of work tomorrow.
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Mar. 28th, 2020 09:37 amI am having tea via google hangouts with my sister in law soon. And trying not to think about things all of the time.
Because I work at a store that sells essentials I'm still working 40 hours a week. The garage is closed much to the annoyance of many people who don't seem to understand how many germs can be inside of a car.
I've been wearing homemade face masks to work since Monday and wearing gloves at work since the end of last week. The upside of the masks is that the cough I haven't been able to shake since last month when I had a horrible cold has cleared up. Which tells me that the air quality is the store is absolute shit.
I need to go see my mom/my brother this weekend, a rare weekend off for me, because there is something noisily wrong with the front end of my car. Probably a cv joint. After that as much as it will annoy my mother that I'm not coming to help with the house I probably won't be seeing her.
The store I work at is a germ factory. I don't want to get her sick. She's in her early 60's and in good health but I still don't want to risk it.
Because I work at a store that sells essentials I'm still working 40 hours a week. The garage is closed much to the annoyance of many people who don't seem to understand how many germs can be inside of a car.
I've been wearing homemade face masks to work since Monday and wearing gloves at work since the end of last week. The upside of the masks is that the cough I haven't been able to shake since last month when I had a horrible cold has cleared up. Which tells me that the air quality is the store is absolute shit.
I need to go see my mom/my brother this weekend, a rare weekend off for me, because there is something noisily wrong with the front end of my car. Probably a cv joint. After that as much as it will annoy my mother that I'm not coming to help with the house I probably won't be seeing her.
The store I work at is a germ factory. I don't want to get her sick. She's in her early 60's and in good health but I still don't want to risk it.
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Dec. 5th, 2019 10:38 amFriday is my last day before I become a person being forced to sell guns against their will. The good news is that I don't know if my background check has come back yet. I'm not going to check up on it that's for sure.
The longer that takes the longer until I'm forced into this whole gun business. And I'm not entirely sure I won't quit if I do ever find myself in the position of being the only person available to handle a gun sale.
In other news, I did finish NaNo again this year. A couple days early even. Sunday we're celebrating the boyfriend's brother's birthday. And then I probably need to go work on the house I'm helping my mom and step-father fix-up.
The best news is my sister in laws tree topper for the Christmas tree. It's a Freddie Mercury pop figure with wings added. Probably a nodd to the youngest nephew's love of Freddie and instance that a time machine needs to be made to save him.
The longer that takes the longer until I'm forced into this whole gun business. And I'm not entirely sure I won't quit if I do ever find myself in the position of being the only person available to handle a gun sale.
In other news, I did finish NaNo again this year. A couple days early even. Sunday we're celebrating the boyfriend's brother's birthday. And then I probably need to go work on the house I'm helping my mom and step-father fix-up.
The best news is my sister in laws tree topper for the Christmas tree. It's a Freddie Mercury pop figure with wings added. Probably a nodd to the youngest nephew's love of Freddie and instance that a time machine needs to be made to save him.
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Nov. 23rd, 2019 05:14 pmI am still around. Life isn't great. Stress from snow tire change over season, stress from being forced to sell guns to keep my job. Stress from job hunting.
Every day I'm a little bit closer to quitting. Just straight up no job lined up or anything. Done.
And I'm still picking away at my NaNo novel. Less than 10k to go. Let's see if I make it before straight up having a breakdown.
I want to know what about this makes Grammarly's algorithum think this sounds joyful.
Every day I'm a little bit closer to quitting. Just straight up no job lined up or anything. Done.
And I'm still picking away at my NaNo novel. Less than 10k to go. Let's see if I make it before straight up having a breakdown.
I want to know what about this makes Grammarly's algorithum think this sounds joyful.
I'm glad October is over
Nov. 3rd, 2019 08:42 amNow generally October is my month. Halloween is my holiday. But this year not so much.
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I'm hoping November will bring better things. I'm slowly making progress on this year's NaNo project which is better than no progress, I've got today off and high hopes for getting back on track.
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I'm hoping November will bring better things. I'm slowly making progress on this year's NaNo project which is better than no progress, I've got today off and high hopes for getting back on track.
So we're undergoing a remodel at work which involves restructuring of jobs. And in my case that means I'm being job coded to a new department. Which means if I want to keep my job I'll have to sell guns.
Which is a thing I am super against. So much so when I found out last week I started crying and said I'd quit first. Because I am an emotional crier.
Then I stress applied to a couple jobs I was only sort of qualified for and managed to go to work without stress crying.
I'm pretty well to tears with agreeing to the gun thing because I know most of upper management is totally cool with making sure I never have to sell a gun.
Then this evening I checked my email and one of the places I applied had messaged me about setting up a phone interview.
So that's a thing. I responded like 5 hours after the fact but at least it was same day I guess. So fingers crossed that they like me... And that car dealerships pay better than w*lm*rt since it's probably 45min to an hour from where I live at the moment.
Downside is now I'm to wound up to sleep and I have to get up early.
Which is a thing I am super against. So much so when I found out last week I started crying and said I'd quit first. Because I am an emotional crier.
Then I stress applied to a couple jobs I was only sort of qualified for and managed to go to work without stress crying.
I'm pretty well to tears with agreeing to the gun thing because I know most of upper management is totally cool with making sure I never have to sell a gun.
Then this evening I checked my email and one of the places I applied had messaged me about setting up a phone interview.
So that's a thing. I responded like 5 hours after the fact but at least it was same day I guess. So fingers crossed that they like me... And that car dealerships pay better than w*lm*rt since it's probably 45min to an hour from where I live at the moment.
Downside is now I'm to wound up to sleep and I have to get up early.
life update
Sep. 16th, 2019 02:57 pmSo I got to see Dad's last race of the year. And he won! It was a long race, not in length, but time. It probably took an hour to run the 10 laps they got in before calling the race on account of how people would not stop wreckings.
But that still gave my Dad his third win of the year, which secured his place as Rookie of the Year (which is funny because he's been racing since the '70s but not on dirt so he qualified) and 4th or possibly 3rd in points for the year, he's very happy.
My mom and step-father evidently bought the absolutely trashed foreclosure we went and looked at a couple of weeks ago. So at some point, I'll have a house. But not for a while as it's not currently liveable.
My step-mother invited me to Florida to visit her and Dad again this winter. Which I wasn't expecting since I did that last year. But she thought I might like a break this winter since I'm not going to be able to go to Sicily like I thought I would because European trips are expensive and I've now got a house so I should probably not be spending money on trips for awhile.
The bad news is my town is all over the news because of a propane explosion that killed a firefighter. The building that blew up is maybe 5 miles from where I live. If I'd been home this morning, or at work, I would have heard the explosion. The road is still closed and traffic is being diverted, so I had to tell someone I was going to my house to be allowed through at one point. That was fun.
But that still gave my Dad his third win of the year, which secured his place as Rookie of the Year (which is funny because he's been racing since the '70s but not on dirt so he qualified) and 4th or possibly 3rd in points for the year, he's very happy.
My mom and step-father evidently bought the absolutely trashed foreclosure we went and looked at a couple of weeks ago. So at some point, I'll have a house. But not for a while as it's not currently liveable.
My step-mother invited me to Florida to visit her and Dad again this winter. Which I wasn't expecting since I did that last year. But she thought I might like a break this winter since I'm not going to be able to go to Sicily like I thought I would because European trips are expensive and I've now got a house so I should probably not be spending money on trips for awhile.
The bad news is my town is all over the news because of a propane explosion that killed a firefighter. The building that blew up is maybe 5 miles from where I live. If I'd been home this morning, or at work, I would have heard the explosion. The road is still closed and traffic is being diverted, so I had to tell someone I was going to my house to be allowed through at one point. That was fun.
House Hunting Part it may be over
Sep. 10th, 2019 04:59 pmMy step-father called me today and the second offer they put in on the forclosure was excepted.
We had a quick chat about it as I was at work. My biggest concern is being able to get in and out of the driveway in the winter, it has both a corner and a hill. And the road it's off doesn't have a shoulder so I can't just park and clean out the end of my driveway.
The other big issue is that it currently has no heating system. And once that's in it's still going to take quite awhile for the place to even be livable. On the upside once it's all done the place will be pretty nice, and as long as the market holds we could sell it in 5 years and get all the money back on it.
Now I've just got to wait and see what Mom and step-dad decide because they're buying it and paying for most of the repairs themselves.
We had a quick chat about it as I was at work. My biggest concern is being able to get in and out of the driveway in the winter, it has both a corner and a hill. And the road it's off doesn't have a shoulder so I can't just park and clean out the end of my driveway.
The other big issue is that it currently has no heating system. And once that's in it's still going to take quite awhile for the place to even be livable. On the upside once it's all done the place will be pretty nice, and as long as the market holds we could sell it in 5 years and get all the money back on it.
Now I've just got to wait and see what Mom and step-dad decide because they're buying it and paying for most of the repairs themselves.
Tomorrow I get to go look at yet another trashed foreclosure with my Mom. While reminding her that I've only got about 5k saved to be used for things like it's got no furnace or hot water heater, or fridge.
Since she's the one who'd actually be buying the place I only sort of get a say. Evidently, she drove by and it at least has a solid roof with is better than two of the other places we've looked at.
Since she's the one who'd actually be buying the place I only sort of get a say. Evidently, she drove by and it at least has a solid roof with is better than two of the other places we've looked at.
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