A week in the life...
As most of you have probably figured out from my recent posts, it's been quite a week. :-/
So, where to begin? I started out the week with a sore throat but a normal voice, which then turned into a sore throat and no voice, which then turned into a not!sore throat and no voice, which then turned into a not!sore throat and a scratchy-but-working voice with lots of coughing if I talk for more than two or three minutes. Considering my job involves answering phones, and most calls typically last longer than two or three minutes, you can imagine how great that's been.
On the work front, lots of people have been out sick or have come in late (including myself, since I stayed home on Wednesday because of "complete and total lack of voice"), so it's been fun for everyone. Luckily things haven't been too busy; if it had been busier, it would have been hell. As it was, it was just very unfun.
Oh! Some asshole on the metro kicked the hell out of my right leg on Tuesday morning. (And then promptly started flirting. Without ever apologizing for kicking me. Seriously, people, you don't hit someone and then start hitting on them. At least, not if you want to make a positive impression. That's not how that works.) It didn't bruise or anything, though it's a little swollen, but it hurts like hell. It's not so bad when I'm wearing my boots, which are tall and tight enough to support it, but when I'm at home and barefoot? Lots of pain.
For Valentine's Day Singles Awareness Day, I gave in and had all of my hair chopped off again after I got off work. Considering it was already a pixie cut, it really wasn't that much of a difference, but it feels so much lighter now. I'm never going to be able to grow my hair out again, even if I wanted to. (Which, you know, I don't.) I'm at the point where I can barely stand it if it gets to be an full inch long.
I'm literally counting down the seconds until I get off work this afternoon. It's a three day weekend, and then I'm going in on Tuesday and Wednesday, only to have a four day weekend after that. I'm not taking off on my actual birthday because one of my coworkers is going to be gone that whole week (also because, you know, it's a Tuesday so it's not like I can do anything really fun), so instead I'm taking a long weekend just before it. And, I've got to admit, I could really use the break. It's been ages since I've had time off that didn't involve a trip to either Chicago or Tennessee.
Speaking of Chicago, Vividcon registration opens tomorrow night! \o/
(Crap, that reminds me of something. Note to self: buy a supporting membership to VidUKon before you forget again.)
I really want to sit down and work on fic this weekend, and I hope that my muse will cooperate. I have several half-finished stories that I've started writing over the past few weeks, including a number for hobbit_kink, and I want to get them finished (especially since they're currently having a fill-a-thon). Plus I have a Marvel fic that I'm working on for a big bang that I really want to add another couple thousand words to over the weekend as well.
I'd also like to get some vidding done, but I'm not sure if that will actually happen or not. They're apparently starting a new plot over on Neopets, and I'm expecting them to release a new step so that we'll have something to work on over the long weekend. This is the first time in ages I don't have any plans, and I'd love to actually be able to participate in a plot fully for once. (Please let there be battling at some point? Please, TNT, please?)
Right now, the plan for tonight is to go straight home after work. I need to run to the grocery store to pick up some basic foodstuff for the weekend, since I don't want to actually have to leave my apartment until next Tuesday when I go back to work.
... now, if only I can stop getting calls from elderly customers who want to flirt with me. Because, seriously, this is the like the third one that I've had today alone.
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So, where to begin? I started out the week with a sore throat but a normal voice, which then turned into a sore throat and no voice, which then turned into a not!sore throat and no voice, which then turned into a not!sore throat and a scratchy-but-working voice with lots of coughing if I talk for more than two or three minutes. Considering my job involves answering phones, and most calls typically last longer than two or three minutes, you can imagine how great that's been.
On the work front, lots of people have been out sick or have come in late (including myself, since I stayed home on Wednesday because of "complete and total lack of voice"), so it's been fun for everyone. Luckily things haven't been too busy; if it had been busier, it would have been hell. As it was, it was just very unfun.
Oh! Some asshole on the metro kicked the hell out of my right leg on Tuesday morning. (And then promptly started flirting. Without ever apologizing for kicking me. Seriously, people, you don't hit someone and then start hitting on them. At least, not if you want to make a positive impression. That's not how that works.) It didn't bruise or anything, though it's a little swollen, but it hurts like hell. It's not so bad when I'm wearing my boots, which are tall and tight enough to support it, but when I'm at home and barefoot? Lots of pain.
For Valentine's Day Singles Awareness Day, I gave in and had all of my hair chopped off again after I got off work. Considering it was already a pixie cut, it really wasn't that much of a difference, but it feels so much lighter now. I'm never going to be able to grow my hair out again, even if I wanted to. (Which, you know, I don't.) I'm at the point where I can barely stand it if it gets to be an full inch long.
I'm literally counting down the seconds until I get off work this afternoon. It's a three day weekend, and then I'm going in on Tuesday and Wednesday, only to have a four day weekend after that. I'm not taking off on my actual birthday because one of my coworkers is going to be gone that whole week (also because, you know, it's a Tuesday so it's not like I can do anything really fun), so instead I'm taking a long weekend just before it. And, I've got to admit, I could really use the break. It's been ages since I've had time off that didn't involve a trip to either Chicago or Tennessee.
Speaking of Chicago, Vividcon registration opens tomorrow night! \o/
(Crap, that reminds me of something. Note to self: buy a supporting membership to VidUKon before you forget again.)
I really want to sit down and work on fic this weekend, and I hope that my muse will cooperate. I have several half-finished stories that I've started writing over the past few weeks, including a number for hobbit_kink, and I want to get them finished (especially since they're currently having a fill-a-thon). Plus I have a Marvel fic that I'm working on for a big bang that I really want to add another couple thousand words to over the weekend as well.
I'd also like to get some vidding done, but I'm not sure if that will actually happen or not. They're apparently starting a new plot over on Neopets, and I'm expecting them to release a new step so that we'll have something to work on over the long weekend. This is the first time in ages I don't have any plans, and I'd love to actually be able to participate in a plot fully for once. (Please let there be battling at some point? Please, TNT, please?)
Right now, the plan for tonight is to go straight home after work. I need to run to the grocery store to pick up some basic foodstuff for the weekend, since I don't want to actually have to leave my apartment until next Tuesday when I go back to work.
... now, if only I can stop getting calls from elderly customers who want to flirt with me. Because, seriously, this is the like the third one that I've had today alone.
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