Would you rather be kissed or licked good-bye?
6/16: Sweetheart is cutting into the side of a single-serving cereal box, as per old illustrations to make it into a bowl. Dad, Brother, Sister, and S’mom are in a house with a huge square kitchen where twenty feet of wall (ten each on two sides of a corner) are some kind of weird open refrigerated shelving; chilled clear plastic drawers full of vegetables. Sweetheart felt completely adrift and disconnected today. Lots of reading, lunch & learn involving confidential stuff. Weird “bite” feeling in the middle of my back that kept bothering me during work, although Sweetheart said it was just a blemish. Watched an episode of Buffy, lots of mood-boosting cuddles. Made another map for D&D - really loving this roll20.
6/17: Something about the Next Generation enterprise having cutaway sections, looking into different compartments and seeing scenes play out. ebontigress and temp at work are a couple, about to leave, I can’t remember the name of an episode from Star Trek: The Original Series, despite the fact that it’s playing in the background. I finally remember it to be “The ____ Plan” (I’ve forgotten the word again). Woke half an hour before alarm with stomach cramps. Day is weird, everything seems interrupted. Did a demo fire extinguisher, put out a fire. Teacher didn’t show up to Tai Chi, apparently hurt her foot? My ankle and foot also felt weird most of the day; wondering if it’s Zumba related; I need to figure out what’s going on there, it’s reminiscent of the running problem. AND I had problems with weights as well, had a severe stitch in one side; worried about more problems. Feeling grouchy. Came home and watched the Netflix copy of “Dr Strangelove” (or, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”). Sweetheart still makes me laugh about completely unexpected things.
6/18: Seriously involved dreams, but I woke up too slowly to remember them. Sweetheart’s really into Buffy, we finished the first season today. I ran off to Titan for Free RPG day, also picked up the latest episode of Dominion. Met Arch & Ambuj for pani puri and games. Defused a bomb, played Quiddler, visited Mad Science University. Ran later than we expected, but I decided to try making it to A&C’s game night anyway. Played “Dominion: Empires”, ran all castles, won despite talking everyone through things that work better for them.
6/19: Drove one of the other guests home in Five Points - he’s apparently also a condo president. High overhead view of the Bronze, closing in on a kid with pink hair talking with his friends. The group starts trying to stomp roaches. One of them gets three in one step. Something about putting them in cups or boxes. {Indefinite transition} Setting up a complicated game of Dominion. That was obviously a take from the fumigation episode and last night's game. Nice morning together with Sweetheart, played Pathfinder online, called Dad. Danced with every woman at tango, including double-header with Berry at the very end.
6/20: Giles on the phone with Xander & Miss Calendar, someone says “Mi guime” {probably stolen from the cyberdemon episode}, running to catch bus/plane, church, meet up with Dad. Hit 0 sugar count today. Very difficult time falling asleep and waking up. Lots of reading and reports at work. Sweetheart took us to Stone Mountain for the Strawberry Solstice - saw the sun set along one side (no green flash), then moved to the other to see the moon rise. Pink, as promised. Danced around the summit marker. Laid down and drifted away for a few minutes. Barely visible trail back down. Massive cockroach over the door when we got home.
6/21: This morning’s dreams involved sexytimes, so I won’t go into details. Shuttle almost hit a white-ish deer after climbing the hill, it ran into someone’s yard. After “my choice” being redirected a few times, we finally settled at Tava Bistro for some homestyle omelet. Strawberry drink was pretty obviously out of strawberry yogurt. Saw a blue heron hiding in the watershed next to the road; I’m not sure if you can call it a creek if you can hop across it. Watched “Finding Dory” - definitely a worthy successor, although it didn’t tug the heartstrings as much, for some reason.
6/22: People with different animal symbols, sort of a gospel theme. One of them is a hundred-plus-year-old elf. Thousand year old house. Some aquarium theme, and Mum giving me advice. Obviously connected to last night. Lots of reports today, and a few FaceBook arguments I might have done better without. Sauna and Zumba, and Sweetheart taking me to Taziki for dinner. Watched another Buffy when we got home, probably stayed up too late given tomorrow’s exit. Sweetheart couldn’t sleep, I read the first book of Transmetropolitan and replayed debates in my head.
6/23: Going around Ponce, I think? Older, stately houses. {Switch} Inside one of them, joking with Brother and former roommate Ryan about this and that, including buying Virginia for $17,000.10 and other odd currency. Ryan asks if I want to go to a quiz/trivia show, and I say I’m not sure if I’ll be awake in time. Early alarm went off. Weirdness prompted me to run and turn on the computer and write it down immediately. Off to dentist - perfect teeth, they say. Ate at Cafe Intermezzo, very nice. Most of day was in a holding pattern, waiting for information to do reports, and lots of well-wishers. Fun time talking to coworkers, they really got into the party idea. Family has had a thing of leaving gift certificates places for one another; Reverend Mothers dropped one off at Green Ginger for me. Drove to Boogalou, barely anyone there, but the hostess was very enthusiastic about my birthday. Got completely drunk on mangorita, but didn’t realize it until after we had ordered seconds. Danced to a bunch of things, including (specifically requested) “In Da Club”. Drove to Intermezzo (second time today), had more hot chocolate and dessert, then went to Atlantic Station. Saw “X-Men: Apocalypse”; hard to place, lots of good pieces, but they didn’t seem to settle well together. Despite being 2.5 hours, it still could have been longer to give us enough feeling to fill out the epic scope, as well as develop more connections with the expanding cast.
6/24: Sweetheart slept through most of it. Drove home in ohdarkhundred. Slow wakeup transition meant I didn’t have a clear dividing line between sleeping and wakefulness, so I can’t remember dream at all. Good Tai Chi class, mediocre work day. Went to Green Ginger for dinner. Bites were good, Hunan stuff was meh, tempura cheese ball was AMAZING (yes, more sugar points). Posted new flyers for social committee (Oh Say Can You Smell/Taste/Feel/Hear/See?), helped Sweetheart pack and anxiety-clean.
6/25: Alarm went off, but we ignored it because Sweetheart suggested we should set the alarms earlier than we need to and get a guilty thrill out of sleeping through them. Dreams involved a house with multiple (and possibly sectional?) Christmas trees, and memos that talked: Somewhere between a calm “howler” (from Harry Potter) and Siri. Dropped Sweetheart off at the airport, got hit with a bunch of love songs while driving back. Had a birthday cake shake at Steak & Shake, back-and-forth about the decisions I make: That wouldn’t have been my favorite, but I did still enjoy it, and it seemed like the occasion for it. Went to lift heavy things and dance Zumba, still lots of fun. Lots of shopping for party, a little worried that I wouldn’t get things done in time. I was, technically, late to my own party, but I was still able to get things relatively clean, organized, and tidy before the first guest arrived. A/C stopped working. Rolling guest list, no more than 4 people at a time, watched (and mocked) Fantastic 4, played lots of Dominion (lasting until 4 in the morning). A/C started working again, inexplicably. Broken light switch started working, too. Beats me.
6/26: Read a scary story - terrible idea when I’m alone. Put the cheeses away, went to bed. This morning, I wrote Sweetheart to update her on how everything was running. Took out recycles, helped someone get into their apartment, back to clean up before guests. James and kellinator came back a little after 1, said they weren’t sure when I’d wake up after the previous. Family came by, a little touch-and-go with potentially charged comments in mixed company, but luckily nothing broke out. Nice visit with wolven and Kirsten and cerealgirl, and several more games of Dominion. The last one ended with a crawl and way too many Torturers, not fun at all. Started cleaning up, got a nice call from Sweetheart. Made maps on Roll20.
6/27: Woke up before alarm, went back to sleep. Some kind of winter party. People from work, especially retired boss, are disparaging about my efforts. Something about travel. {Switch} Bugs Bunny threatening to go to the “highest court in the country”. Cut to scene in hall just outside courtroom with 3 people talking legal strategy. Drove into work alone. Made some reports, met with some folks, stepped out for lunch, got the wrong thing but kept it because I know they’d throw it away and the wrong thing was acceptable. More rotating staff at work, and I have a rough timeline for heading to my new office. Good: No sharing. Bad: No company. Sounds familiar. Called Mum, and Sweetheart, tried finishing more party food.
6/28: Watched raunchy comedies. Bed quite late. Woke up in the dark, scary things. Back to sleep. Woke up with the alarm, called in sick, took some drugs, went back to sleep. Dreamt about Being at a party around Kwork (who I’ve had to avoid since a disagreement ten years ago), then driving out and seeing a vacation home, and being on a boat with Dad’s parents, helping them decide where to move. Somehow ended back at the party, some overlapping friends. Several people were setting up a game or putting together a snack tray or something, and Kwork asked me to bring something over. I asked if we were friends again, she shrugged and said, “I guess?” I think the unlikeliness of that is what woke me up. More drugs and zinc, the last of the leftover pizza, and zipping through my Habitica Dailies. I got hit with a few unfinished on Saturday, which is a little annoying but still totally valid (unlike the previous) because my entire focus was on party. Chatted with Sweetheart online, told her she could call me anytime today because I’m not at work. She showed me more pictures from her trip and told me about her presentation. I spent a lot of time building stuff on Roll20 - figured out rolling-and-adding initiatives. Another green pill knocked me out in the evening, for a relatively early bedtime.
6/29: Woke up with alarm, couldn’t figure out what I was dreaming, still had a sore throat, called out sick, went back to sleep. Mum is borrowing the dryer in my apartment, which I think I share with Magdalena {not sure at that point if she’s a girlfriend or roommate}. I go elsewhere in the building, where there’s a teacher break room, and talk about my substitute teaching class. Starting dancing tango. The TV is showing a news special about trying to annex better-scoring schools into other districts. Sudden concern about whether I’ll make it back to my next class in time. The red circle around the school district turns out to be a literal monorail/roller coaster/shuttle, and some of the other teachers (including horrormoviegeek and Chris Lyons, who are dating). Pass by a neighborhood with some tiny houses {definitely from flyswatter’s recent post about such}, mention the novelty to other teachers, one points one out and says it’s his. Woke up groggy. Started making some characters on Roll20, cleaning up a little more. Got everything I wanted done, picked up a few things at the grocery (including flowers, of course!), picked up Sweetheart at the airport. Home at last.
6/30: Cold medicine means in-and-out of sleep, which means more dreams. This one had something about Naga wearing some kind of pet human costume, but the Crane Clan could tell them apart because the Naga didn’t know some kind of customary game. Went to work somewhat drugged, coworkers were unusually friendly. Also an interesting note about drugs (such as alcohol) and productivity. I regularly get quite a lot done when I’m hopped up. Shared observation with raoin. Home to watch “Inca Mummy Girl”. Sweetheart was having serious coughing fits, so I slept on the most comfortable couch in the world.
6/17: Something about the Next Generation enterprise having cutaway sections, looking into different compartments and seeing scenes play out. ebontigress and temp at work are a couple, about to leave, I can’t remember the name of an episode from Star Trek: The Original Series, despite the fact that it’s playing in the background. I finally remember it to be “The ____ Plan” (I’ve forgotten the word again). Woke half an hour before alarm with stomach cramps. Day is weird, everything seems interrupted. Did a demo fire extinguisher, put out a fire. Teacher didn’t show up to Tai Chi, apparently hurt her foot? My ankle and foot also felt weird most of the day; wondering if it’s Zumba related; I need to figure out what’s going on there, it’s reminiscent of the running problem. AND I had problems with weights as well, had a severe stitch in one side; worried about more problems. Feeling grouchy. Came home and watched the Netflix copy of “Dr Strangelove” (or, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”). Sweetheart still makes me laugh about completely unexpected things.
6/18: Seriously involved dreams, but I woke up too slowly to remember them. Sweetheart’s really into Buffy, we finished the first season today. I ran off to Titan for Free RPG day, also picked up the latest episode of Dominion. Met Arch & Ambuj for pani puri and games. Defused a bomb, played Quiddler, visited Mad Science University. Ran later than we expected, but I decided to try making it to A&C’s game night anyway. Played “Dominion: Empires”, ran all castles, won despite talking everyone through things that work better for them.
6/19: Drove one of the other guests home in Five Points - he’s apparently also a condo president. High overhead view of the Bronze, closing in on a kid with pink hair talking with his friends. The group starts trying to stomp roaches. One of them gets three in one step. Something about putting them in cups or boxes. {Indefinite transition} Setting up a complicated game of Dominion. That was obviously a take from the fumigation episode and last night's game. Nice morning together with Sweetheart, played Pathfinder online, called Dad. Danced with every woman at tango, including double-header with Berry at the very end.
6/20: Giles on the phone with Xander & Miss Calendar, someone says “Mi guime” {probably stolen from the cyberdemon episode}, running to catch bus/plane, church, meet up with Dad. Hit 0 sugar count today. Very difficult time falling asleep and waking up. Lots of reading and reports at work. Sweetheart took us to Stone Mountain for the Strawberry Solstice - saw the sun set along one side (no green flash), then moved to the other to see the moon rise. Pink, as promised. Danced around the summit marker. Laid down and drifted away for a few minutes. Barely visible trail back down. Massive cockroach over the door when we got home.
6/21: This morning’s dreams involved sexytimes, so I won’t go into details. Shuttle almost hit a white-ish deer after climbing the hill, it ran into someone’s yard. After “my choice” being redirected a few times, we finally settled at Tava Bistro for some homestyle omelet. Strawberry drink was pretty obviously out of strawberry yogurt. Saw a blue heron hiding in the watershed next to the road; I’m not sure if you can call it a creek if you can hop across it. Watched “Finding Dory” - definitely a worthy successor, although it didn’t tug the heartstrings as much, for some reason.
6/22: People with different animal symbols, sort of a gospel theme. One of them is a hundred-plus-year-old elf. Thousand year old house. Some aquarium theme, and Mum giving me advice. Obviously connected to last night. Lots of reports today, and a few FaceBook arguments I might have done better without. Sauna and Zumba, and Sweetheart taking me to Taziki for dinner. Watched another Buffy when we got home, probably stayed up too late given tomorrow’s exit. Sweetheart couldn’t sleep, I read the first book of Transmetropolitan and replayed debates in my head.
6/23: Going around Ponce, I think? Older, stately houses. {Switch} Inside one of them, joking with Brother and former roommate Ryan about this and that, including buying Virginia for $17,000.10 and other odd currency. Ryan asks if I want to go to a quiz/trivia show, and I say I’m not sure if I’ll be awake in time. Early alarm went off. Weirdness prompted me to run and turn on the computer and write it down immediately. Off to dentist - perfect teeth, they say. Ate at Cafe Intermezzo, very nice. Most of day was in a holding pattern, waiting for information to do reports, and lots of well-wishers. Fun time talking to coworkers, they really got into the party idea. Family has had a thing of leaving gift certificates places for one another; Reverend Mothers dropped one off at Green Ginger for me. Drove to Boogalou, barely anyone there, but the hostess was very enthusiastic about my birthday. Got completely drunk on mangorita, but didn’t realize it until after we had ordered seconds. Danced to a bunch of things, including (specifically requested) “In Da Club”. Drove to Intermezzo (second time today), had more hot chocolate and dessert, then went to Atlantic Station. Saw “X-Men: Apocalypse”; hard to place, lots of good pieces, but they didn’t seem to settle well together. Despite being 2.5 hours, it still could have been longer to give us enough feeling to fill out the epic scope, as well as develop more connections with the expanding cast.
6/24: Sweetheart slept through most of it. Drove home in ohdarkhundred. Slow wakeup transition meant I didn’t have a clear dividing line between sleeping and wakefulness, so I can’t remember dream at all. Good Tai Chi class, mediocre work day. Went to Green Ginger for dinner. Bites were good, Hunan stuff was meh, tempura cheese ball was AMAZING (yes, more sugar points). Posted new flyers for social committee (Oh Say Can You Smell/Taste/Feel/Hear/See?), helped Sweetheart pack and anxiety-clean.
6/25: Alarm went off, but we ignored it because Sweetheart suggested we should set the alarms earlier than we need to and get a guilty thrill out of sleeping through them. Dreams involved a house with multiple (and possibly sectional?) Christmas trees, and memos that talked: Somewhere between a calm “howler” (from Harry Potter) and Siri. Dropped Sweetheart off at the airport, got hit with a bunch of love songs while driving back. Had a birthday cake shake at Steak & Shake, back-and-forth about the decisions I make: That wouldn’t have been my favorite, but I did still enjoy it, and it seemed like the occasion for it. Went to lift heavy things and dance Zumba, still lots of fun. Lots of shopping for party, a little worried that I wouldn’t get things done in time. I was, technically, late to my own party, but I was still able to get things relatively clean, organized, and tidy before the first guest arrived. A/C stopped working. Rolling guest list, no more than 4 people at a time, watched (and mocked) Fantastic 4, played lots of Dominion (lasting until 4 in the morning). A/C started working again, inexplicably. Broken light switch started working, too. Beats me.
6/26: Read a scary story - terrible idea when I’m alone. Put the cheeses away, went to bed. This morning, I wrote Sweetheart to update her on how everything was running. Took out recycles, helped someone get into their apartment, back to clean up before guests. James and kellinator came back a little after 1, said they weren’t sure when I’d wake up after the previous. Family came by, a little touch-and-go with potentially charged comments in mixed company, but luckily nothing broke out. Nice visit with wolven and Kirsten and cerealgirl, and several more games of Dominion. The last one ended with a crawl and way too many Torturers, not fun at all. Started cleaning up, got a nice call from Sweetheart. Made maps on Roll20.
6/27: Woke up before alarm, went back to sleep. Some kind of winter party. People from work, especially retired boss, are disparaging about my efforts. Something about travel. {Switch} Bugs Bunny threatening to go to the “highest court in the country”. Cut to scene in hall just outside courtroom with 3 people talking legal strategy. Drove into work alone. Made some reports, met with some folks, stepped out for lunch, got the wrong thing but kept it because I know they’d throw it away and the wrong thing was acceptable. More rotating staff at work, and I have a rough timeline for heading to my new office. Good: No sharing. Bad: No company. Sounds familiar. Called Mum, and Sweetheart, tried finishing more party food.
6/28: Watched raunchy comedies. Bed quite late. Woke up in the dark, scary things. Back to sleep. Woke up with the alarm, called in sick, took some drugs, went back to sleep. Dreamt about Being at a party around Kwork (who I’ve had to avoid since a disagreement ten years ago), then driving out and seeing a vacation home, and being on a boat with Dad’s parents, helping them decide where to move. Somehow ended back at the party, some overlapping friends. Several people were setting up a game or putting together a snack tray or something, and Kwork asked me to bring something over. I asked if we were friends again, she shrugged and said, “I guess?” I think the unlikeliness of that is what woke me up. More drugs and zinc, the last of the leftover pizza, and zipping through my Habitica Dailies. I got hit with a few unfinished on Saturday, which is a little annoying but still totally valid (unlike the previous) because my entire focus was on party. Chatted with Sweetheart online, told her she could call me anytime today because I’m not at work. She showed me more pictures from her trip and told me about her presentation. I spent a lot of time building stuff on Roll20 - figured out rolling-and-adding initiatives. Another green pill knocked me out in the evening, for a relatively early bedtime.
6/29: Woke up with alarm, couldn’t figure out what I was dreaming, still had a sore throat, called out sick, went back to sleep. Mum is borrowing the dryer in my apartment, which I think I share with Magdalena {not sure at that point if she’s a girlfriend or roommate}. I go elsewhere in the building, where there’s a teacher break room, and talk about my substitute teaching class. Starting dancing tango. The TV is showing a news special about trying to annex better-scoring schools into other districts. Sudden concern about whether I’ll make it back to my next class in time. The red circle around the school district turns out to be a literal monorail/roller coaster/shuttle, and some of the other teachers (including horrormoviegeek and Chris Lyons, who are dating). Pass by a neighborhood with some tiny houses {definitely from flyswatter’s recent post about such}, mention the novelty to other teachers, one points one out and says it’s his. Woke up groggy. Started making some characters on Roll20, cleaning up a little more. Got everything I wanted done, picked up a few things at the grocery (including flowers, of course!), picked up Sweetheart at the airport. Home at last.
6/30: Cold medicine means in-and-out of sleep, which means more dreams. This one had something about Naga wearing some kind of pet human costume, but the Crane Clan could tell them apart because the Naga didn’t know some kind of customary game. Went to work somewhat drugged, coworkers were unusually friendly. Also an interesting note about drugs (such as alcohol) and productivity. I regularly get quite a lot done when I’m hopped up. Shared observation with raoin. Home to watch “Inca Mummy Girl”. Sweetheart was having serious coughing fits, so I slept on the most comfortable couch in the world.