Random as ever!
In FFX news, I'm topping up my captured monster count. This means a) I will get the species capture monsters and b) I get to do some extra levelling up. It also gives me extra opportunities to use Eternal Rain 50 times so that I can get Tidus' final Overdrive. I have looked into battling the Dark Aeons, and I think it's just too late. The (very detailed) walkthrough I looked at for tackling Penance (which you can do if you've defeated all of the Dark Aeons) requires all sorts of preparation. It also requires Wakka to have his Celestial Weapon - which means playing Blitzball. So, maybe Penance and I will never meet.
I almost bought FF12 today, because G is driving me nuts telling me how fab it is. But if I'm buying it, I'm not paying more than £20 (including p+p). So, either I get mum to buy it, or I wait a few more months. Since I still have plenty to do with FFX, and FFX-2 is still waiting to be completed, it's hardly as if I'm hurting for RPG-related fun.
Our new member of staff is... hard work. I felt I just kept repeating myself over and over yesterday. And of all the days for him to need that much attention, yesterday was the day I really didn't need him. But I remember what it's like to be new. And I learned our systems and processes gradually, as I went along. He's having to jump in at the deep end. So, I don't know how much is everything being naturally new and confusing, plus me wanting to just curl up in a corner and be left alone yesterday, and how much is him just being a pain. Time will tell, I suppose.
The extra-curricular stuff I did before Easter met with Wayne's approval, which is good. I knew it was stuff that had to be done, and I hoped to earn a few Brownie points by doing it off my own bat without a) being asked to do it, or b) Wayne having to do it. I usually avoid that kind of thing. I don't want to be seen as arse-licking. But in this case, I really, really want to get as involved in the UMF as possible. If I can find enough work, I might be able to argue for a re-grade, although that really isn't the main reason. It really is a specialist area, that very few people want to be involved in. If I can make myself useful (and I have my boss' backing, here), when it does finally come to roost with us I'll be ready with a nice cosy nest for it.
I am perfecting the 'blank look' when Debbie talks to me. I don't like doing it. But sometimes I just don't understand what she's saying, or why she's saying it. And sometimes, I'm just plain resentful that she's asking me to do something. I need to work out a way of voicing a query, rather than just looking blank...
Some time during the night, my head dropped due to one of my pillows falling on the floor. This woke me up, and I was convinced that Colin had nicked my pillow, so I yanked it back off him. He indignantly demanded why I had taken his pillow. I said that I was taking mine back - then I realised that I was, in fact, taking his. Then I found mine on the floor. If it wasn't that time of the month, I think he'd have made me apolgise properly ;)
I'm off to Brighid71, now, to jot down some thoughts about sheep and shepherds for next week. I felt last Sunday's talk was perhaps a little too rambling - although Guy e-mailed to say he thought it was good - so I want to get a bit more focus.
I almost bought FF12 today, because G is driving me nuts telling me how fab it is. But if I'm buying it, I'm not paying more than £20 (including p+p). So, either I get mum to buy it, or I wait a few more months. Since I still have plenty to do with FFX, and FFX-2 is still waiting to be completed, it's hardly as if I'm hurting for RPG-related fun.
Our new member of staff is... hard work. I felt I just kept repeating myself over and over yesterday. And of all the days for him to need that much attention, yesterday was the day I really didn't need him. But I remember what it's like to be new. And I learned our systems and processes gradually, as I went along. He's having to jump in at the deep end. So, I don't know how much is everything being naturally new and confusing, plus me wanting to just curl up in a corner and be left alone yesterday, and how much is him just being a pain. Time will tell, I suppose.
The extra-curricular stuff I did before Easter met with Wayne's approval, which is good. I knew it was stuff that had to be done, and I hoped to earn a few Brownie points by doing it off my own bat without a) being asked to do it, or b) Wayne having to do it. I usually avoid that kind of thing. I don't want to be seen as arse-licking. But in this case, I really, really want to get as involved in the UMF as possible. If I can find enough work, I might be able to argue for a re-grade, although that really isn't the main reason. It really is a specialist area, that very few people want to be involved in. If I can make myself useful (and I have my boss' backing, here), when it does finally come to roost with us I'll be ready with a nice cosy nest for it.
I am perfecting the 'blank look' when Debbie talks to me. I don't like doing it. But sometimes I just don't understand what she's saying, or why she's saying it. And sometimes, I'm just plain resentful that she's asking me to do something. I need to work out a way of voicing a query, rather than just looking blank...
Some time during the night, my head dropped due to one of my pillows falling on the floor. This woke me up, and I was convinced that Colin had nicked my pillow, so I yanked it back off him. He indignantly demanded why I had taken his pillow. I said that I was taking mine back - then I realised that I was, in fact, taking his. Then I found mine on the floor. If it wasn't that time of the month, I think he'd have made me apolgise properly ;)
I'm off to Brighid71, now, to jot down some thoughts about sheep and shepherds for next week. I felt last Sunday's talk was perhaps a little too rambling - although Guy e-mailed to say he thought it was good - so I want to get a bit more focus.