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A week did happen!
Dec. 16th, 2023 09:13 pmA fairly quick week update, because what is time?
- Sunday: I went over to Taylor's after work. We hung out, played some more Final Fantasy XIV, read a bit of the new Murderbot book, and then after dinner watched the first two episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher with mom.
- Monday: continued the hanging out! We played a *lot* of Final Fantasy, and finished the mainline "A Realm Reborn" plot! Hooray! (Taylor has mostly been excited for me to get to some of the later storylines, but the setup really isn't skippable. And A Realm Reborn was certainly not *bad*, but wasn't amazing the way some of the later stuff apparently is.) I probably have a lot more respect for this part having watched that documentary about how they went about needing to completely revamp the entirety of the game to fix the problems with the original version. We've got a few more sidequests and stuff to do before we move on to the next arc, but progress has been made! We also read a bit more, and then watched three more episodes of Usher.
- Tuesday: finished hanging out, mainly spending time solo-ing a plot-relevant raid. Got almost through the whole thing, but have a couple bits left to do next time. Alex and I went grocery shopping.
- Wednesday - Thursday: back to work! Nothing major that I remember. I decorated our tree and ordered a couple gifts for Alex. I was very busy playing catch-up on a lot of things, and got at least a little bit of writing done, though still have not completed anything, which is growing increasingly distressing!
- Friday: got a new annoying task at work (added to another team that works on one particular task.) It's not bad, and I'm glad to help, but it's ONE MORE THING to keep track of. I've also been put back on the voicemail team for December... even though I was told I'd only have to do it every six-seven months or so, which... September wasn't six or seven months ago! Left two hours early to try and mitigate overtime for the week, and Alex and I went over to a local used bookstore so I could try to knock out some of my mom and Taylor's Xmas wishlists. That was sort of a failure - didn't find any of the things I was looking for (though I find it hard to believe none of them were *there*). However, they *did* have a copy of Dishonored, including the DLC, for PS3 for $5. I had fun playing it with Taylor, so I bought it. But then I of course wanted to play it, so I *did* and I did no writing.
- Today: really pretty awful class close. I was supposed to be training my new customer service coworker on how to do it, but then it was also the instructor's first time teaching these classes, so I had to walk HER through a lot of stuff, and train her on how to do a job that *has never been my job.* She was nice and easy to work with and grateful for the help, but still! I was there for close to ten hours. Despite having left early yesterday, they're going to have to pay up about 3 hours of overtime, which isn't a LOT, but definitely made today feel long. And as much as I SHOULD try to chip away at the distressing writing that I need to complete... I will probably play more video game.
- Sunday: I went over to Taylor's after work. We hung out, played some more Final Fantasy XIV, read a bit of the new Murderbot book, and then after dinner watched the first two episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher with mom.
- Monday: continued the hanging out! We played a *lot* of Final Fantasy, and finished the mainline "A Realm Reborn" plot! Hooray! (Taylor has mostly been excited for me to get to some of the later storylines, but the setup really isn't skippable. And A Realm Reborn was certainly not *bad*, but wasn't amazing the way some of the later stuff apparently is.) I probably have a lot more respect for this part having watched that documentary about how they went about needing to completely revamp the entirety of the game to fix the problems with the original version. We've got a few more sidequests and stuff to do before we move on to the next arc, but progress has been made! We also read a bit more, and then watched three more episodes of Usher.
- Tuesday: finished hanging out, mainly spending time solo-ing a plot-relevant raid. Got almost through the whole thing, but have a couple bits left to do next time. Alex and I went grocery shopping.
- Wednesday - Thursday: back to work! Nothing major that I remember. I decorated our tree and ordered a couple gifts for Alex. I was very busy playing catch-up on a lot of things, and got at least a little bit of writing done, though still have not completed anything, which is growing increasingly distressing!
- Friday: got a new annoying task at work (added to another team that works on one particular task.) It's not bad, and I'm glad to help, but it's ONE MORE THING to keep track of. I've also been put back on the voicemail team for December... even though I was told I'd only have to do it every six-seven months or so, which... September wasn't six or seven months ago! Left two hours early to try and mitigate overtime for the week, and Alex and I went over to a local used bookstore so I could try to knock out some of my mom and Taylor's Xmas wishlists. That was sort of a failure - didn't find any of the things I was looking for (though I find it hard to believe none of them were *there*). However, they *did* have a copy of Dishonored, including the DLC, for PS3 for $5. I had fun playing it with Taylor, so I bought it. But then I of course wanted to play it, so I *did* and I did no writing.
- Today: really pretty awful class close. I was supposed to be training my new customer service coworker on how to do it, but then it was also the instructor's first time teaching these classes, so I had to walk HER through a lot of stuff, and train her on how to do a job that *has never been my job.* She was nice and easy to work with and grateful for the help, but still! I was there for close to ten hours. Despite having left early yesterday, they're going to have to pay up about 3 hours of overtime, which isn't a LOT, but definitely made today feel long. And as much as I SHOULD try to chip away at the distressing writing that I need to complete... I will probably play more video game.
