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Summer of 2015 has been a time of transitions for me. I'd been wanting to get out of town after losing the library, and in late March, a friend from the Smith LARP group said he needed a roommate for his Main Street apartment in Northampton. I moved in May 1st.
It's worked out pretty well. We're very different, but not to the point where we conflict much. We each have our own things going on, but interact enough that we're not lonely.
We moved again in late August to a condo that was slightly cheaper by the month and an investment (I am so lucky my parents support me.) We still need to put away some stuff and get things like a kitchen table, but eventually we'll be ready for a housewarming party.
I've also, finally, after much crying at my therapist and a couple sessions with an aspie-life-coach, gotten a job. Yankee Candle apparently works with a local temp agency to staff its factory; 8-hour shifts around the clock, five days a week with a mandatory 6th-day overtime. I took third shift because that's the only one that allows me to keep evening RPGs, the weekend LARP, and the game I run on Thursdays.
I was a night-owl, so I thought 10 PM to 6 AM would be fine. And it would be, if I didn't spend 7:20 of the 8 hours standing and working up repetitive stress injuries. And get randomly woken up in the morning, which just makes me sleepier. But the different tasks are interesting, the people are nice, I can keep to myself and sing without bothering anyone, and have thought up a lot of stories and scripts while on the line. I just need to write them down m(_ _;)m
I started Sunday night, August 16th, but I think my last day will be fairly soon. I applied to a local pet-sitting company. If that works out, I think I'll give my notice at Yankee and keep looking for another part-time or temp position. I think I'd be happier with two part-time positions than one unflexible 48-hour ache-fest (that I'd be let go from in 90 days anyway). And I'm lucky that I have that option.
What else has happened... I got a spotify? I had my first blackout experience at a routine blood donation in July, and spent six hours in the emergency room. I've been reading a lot and obsessively updating my goodreads. Age of Ultron was fun, and I liked a lot of the developments, but too much of it really rubbed me the wrong way. I'm apparently not alone in that.
My World of Darkness tabletop game's been going pretty well. The kids are enthusiastic and seem to like my NPCs and where the story's going, yay. A couple kids... embrace the fantasy a little differently. One thinks he's still in a D&D campaign where you can stab antagonists and rob people with impunity, and the other read "World of Darkness" and came up with the most dark and over-the-top thing he could think of. And keeps coming up with them. I appreciate the contribution, but crowbarring things like satanic cults and the Necronomicon into the plot is actually more work than coming up with something original.
And now I need to head to work. I'll try to write again soon.
It's worked out pretty well. We're very different, but not to the point where we conflict much. We each have our own things going on, but interact enough that we're not lonely.
We moved again in late August to a condo that was slightly cheaper by the month and an investment (I am so lucky my parents support me.) We still need to put away some stuff and get things like a kitchen table, but eventually we'll be ready for a housewarming party.
I've also, finally, after much crying at my therapist and a couple sessions with an aspie-life-coach, gotten a job. Yankee Candle apparently works with a local temp agency to staff its factory; 8-hour shifts around the clock, five days a week with a mandatory 6th-day overtime. I took third shift because that's the only one that allows me to keep evening RPGs, the weekend LARP, and the game I run on Thursdays.
I was a night-owl, so I thought 10 PM to 6 AM would be fine. And it would be, if I didn't spend 7:20 of the 8 hours standing and working up repetitive stress injuries. And get randomly woken up in the morning, which just makes me sleepier. But the different tasks are interesting, the people are nice, I can keep to myself and sing without bothering anyone, and have thought up a lot of stories and scripts while on the line. I just need to write them down m(_ _;)m
I started Sunday night, August 16th, but I think my last day will be fairly soon. I applied to a local pet-sitting company. If that works out, I think I'll give my notice at Yankee and keep looking for another part-time or temp position. I think I'd be happier with two part-time positions than one unflexible 48-hour ache-fest (that I'd be let go from in 90 days anyway). And I'm lucky that I have that option.
What else has happened... I got a spotify? I had my first blackout experience at a routine blood donation in July, and spent six hours in the emergency room. I've been reading a lot and obsessively updating my goodreads. Age of Ultron was fun, and I liked a lot of the developments, but too much of it really rubbed me the wrong way. I'm apparently not alone in that.
My World of Darkness tabletop game's been going pretty well. The kids are enthusiastic and seem to like my NPCs and where the story's going, yay. A couple kids... embrace the fantasy a little differently. One thinks he's still in a D&D campaign where you can stab antagonists and rob people with impunity, and the other read "World of Darkness" and came up with the most dark and over-the-top thing he could think of. And keeps coming up with them. I appreciate the contribution, but crowbarring things like satanic cults and the Necronomicon into the plot is actually more work than coming up with something original.
And now I need to head to work. I'll try to write again soon.