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(EDIT: Linked to auction per request. :) )
Woke up today feeling rather stiff and sore (.... no fox jokes!), and freezing cold. My body feels like it weighs twice what it normally does.
I realized last night that I'd hiked the two miles to work carrying my bag - which had a rather hefty hardcover book, my DS, my iPod, a charger for each, and a few other things including a couple dollars in change - over my shoulder, resting my arm on top of it, with absolutely nothing to counterbalance it. >_< Not real bright, that!
As for the legs, that actually was more the day before that; On the way to the office, I took the LONG escalator from the metro platform at Wheaton up to the exit of the station at a two-steps-at-a-time run. I absolutely refused to stop until I made it to the top, legs and lungs burning. It was actually kinda fun. :)
Of course, when you start stretching muscles that aren't quite used to the use and abuse you're putting them through, occasionally it does leave you quite sore afterwards. *latranine grin* (I -really- like having an adjective; thank you tygress1313!)
Despite being sore and cold and otherwise rather drained physically, I'm still in a really good mood... in the kind of good mood I haven't really seen since November. It doesn't feel like a manic-upswing - it's a very calm, -realistic- good mood that takes into account the obstacles ahead.
I think a lot of that is that I've gotten a good chunk my confidence back. My time at N&L reminded me that not only do I have valuable skills, I have rather -exceptional- skills when compared to the 'average'. While I -knew- this from a factual standpoint (it's kind of hard to argue with 97-100% scores in temp-agency evaluations on -any- MS Office product and a 90WPM average typing speed with 99.9% accuracy!), it wasn't until I got back into a workplace that I was reminded of how very computer illiterate and administratively inept 'normal' people tend to be, and what that makes me look like in comparison.
When I went in to see my boss yesterday, he told me he'd never seen the finance office running as well as during the few months I was there. He even said I had it moving so fast he couldn't keep up, when normally -he's- the one pushing to get things done! That made me feel all warm and fuzzy... especially because I left him with a step-by-step instruction manual for every single process in both that office and the front desk. That's DEFINITELY going on my resume - I actually really like writing instruction manuals. (*Rai* Nothing like being able to tell people what to do when you're not even there to argue with!)
Speaking of Rai... I've been having more of a feeling of connection with both him and Scian than I have in quite a long time - again, since before November. Scian's more than just a mute presence again, and Rai is... well, Rai. :P One of my friends asked me "well, yeah, but what does that get you?", and I said "Right now, the feeling of being hugged by a really close friend I haven't seen in a really long time." I think that feeling may well be more important than the 'objective truth' as to their origins and state of existence.
I'm wandering over to semcys and faeshard's place tomorrow night for some Rock Band. I'm also trying to hook up with nethershaw and amraswolf at some point, if I can ever snag the latter online - gotta, mm, discuss hunting tactics... Yes, that's right, I'm actually going out and being social with friends.
And talk about social... I think I've talked with more people online in the last 72 hours than I have in the 6 months prior to that! I haven't been this chat-busy since I left Imperia. It's kept me occupied enough that I haven't played video games since Monday. Yes, I'm looking for the pods too.
Unfortunately, I can't really begin jobhunting effectively until my new phone gets here - it just shipped out today by Priority Mail, so I should get it by Monday at the latest. Since it's the same model and unlocked, it -should- just be a matter of flipping the SIM card, reinstalling Fring.... er, and possibly re-working the desktop .xml file again, if that isn't on the card. >_<
It's also been really good to feel like I have a chance to breathe, and to write in my LJ. It's been a long time since I've wrote so much. This is a trend I expect to continue - especially as I have some ideas for a book - actually, a trilogy - beginning to stir in the back of my head. We'll see how it fleshes out in my mind over the next little while - it'd be a very intense project (and a good number of you will get sucked into helping me if I do go forward with it!), and I don't want to commit too much to it till the job situation's settled and I know what sort of time I'll have to devote to it.
That's all for now... (*Scian* ...isn't that enough? You've been typing for almost an hour now!)... I'm off to (awkwardly) do some laundry.
Woke up today feeling rather stiff and sore (.... no fox jokes!), and freezing cold. My body feels like it weighs twice what it normally does.
I realized last night that I'd hiked the two miles to work carrying my bag - which had a rather hefty hardcover book, my DS, my iPod, a charger for each, and a few other things including a couple dollars in change - over my shoulder, resting my arm on top of it, with absolutely nothing to counterbalance it. >_< Not real bright, that!
As for the legs, that actually was more the day before that; On the way to the office, I took the LONG escalator from the metro platform at Wheaton up to the exit of the station at a two-steps-at-a-time run. I absolutely refused to stop until I made it to the top, legs and lungs burning. It was actually kinda fun. :)
Of course, when you start stretching muscles that aren't quite used to the use and abuse you're putting them through, occasionally it does leave you quite sore afterwards. *latranine grin* (I -really- like having an adjective; thank you tygress1313!)
Despite being sore and cold and otherwise rather drained physically, I'm still in a really good mood... in the kind of good mood I haven't really seen since November. It doesn't feel like a manic-upswing - it's a very calm, -realistic- good mood that takes into account the obstacles ahead.
I think a lot of that is that I've gotten a good chunk my confidence back. My time at N&L reminded me that not only do I have valuable skills, I have rather -exceptional- skills when compared to the 'average'. While I -knew- this from a factual standpoint (it's kind of hard to argue with 97-100% scores in temp-agency evaluations on -any- MS Office product and a 90WPM average typing speed with 99.9% accuracy!), it wasn't until I got back into a workplace that I was reminded of how very computer illiterate and administratively inept 'normal' people tend to be, and what that makes me look like in comparison.
When I went in to see my boss yesterday, he told me he'd never seen the finance office running as well as during the few months I was there. He even said I had it moving so fast he couldn't keep up, when normally -he's- the one pushing to get things done! That made me feel all warm and fuzzy... especially because I left him with a step-by-step instruction manual for every single process in both that office and the front desk. That's DEFINITELY going on my resume - I actually really like writing instruction manuals. (*Rai* Nothing like being able to tell people what to do when you're not even there to argue with!)
Speaking of Rai... I've been having more of a feeling of connection with both him and Scian than I have in quite a long time - again, since before November. Scian's more than just a mute presence again, and Rai is... well, Rai. :P One of my friends asked me "well, yeah, but what does that get you?", and I said "Right now, the feeling of being hugged by a really close friend I haven't seen in a really long time." I think that feeling may well be more important than the 'objective truth' as to their origins and state of existence.
I'm wandering over to semcys and faeshard's place tomorrow night for some Rock Band. I'm also trying to hook up with nethershaw and amraswolf at some point, if I can ever snag the latter online - gotta, mm, discuss hunting tactics... Yes, that's right, I'm actually going out and being social with friends.
And talk about social... I think I've talked with more people online in the last 72 hours than I have in the 6 months prior to that! I haven't been this chat-busy since I left Imperia. It's kept me occupied enough that I haven't played video games since Monday. Yes, I'm looking for the pods too.
Unfortunately, I can't really begin jobhunting effectively until my new phone gets here - it just shipped out today by Priority Mail, so I should get it by Monday at the latest. Since it's the same model and unlocked, it -should- just be a matter of flipping the SIM card, reinstalling Fring.... er, and possibly re-working the desktop .xml file again, if that isn't on the card. >_<
It's also been really good to feel like I have a chance to breathe, and to write in my LJ. It's been a long time since I've wrote so much. This is a trend I expect to continue - especially as I have some ideas for a book - actually, a trilogy - beginning to stir in the back of my head. We'll see how it fleshes out in my mind over the next little while - it'd be a very intense project (and a good number of you will get sucked into helping me if I do go forward with it!), and I don't want to commit too much to it till the job situation's settled and I know what sort of time I'll have to devote to it.
That's all for now... (*Scian* ...isn't that enough? You've been typing for almost an hour now!)... I'm off to (awkwardly) do some laundry.