2014!
Dudes, so far this year has been good. I struggled last month with a strong desire to move because that's just what I do in the spring because I haven't lived anywhere for longer than 8 months straight since high school, but I think I can do it. I think I can live in the same place for over a year and wait for my money to build up and loans to be paid down so I can buy land and/or a house next year when it will be not kind of a bad idea. Could I happily be in a place that costs less and isn't as big and doesn't involve having to deal with basement mold and botched landlord DIY jobs all the time? Sure. But I don't HAVE to, and moving is a pain in the ass, and now that I'm actually sitting still and looking out a window it is pretty cool to have a yard where deer are born and hang out and I can put a hammock in and don't have to share with my neighbors. Never mind that I have to mow that lawn soon, despite my horrible allergies to everything. Whatever. It's cool, and I'm cool with it, I promise. Life is good.
Coming up pretty soon on a year at my job, which is pretty crazy to think about. There is something called an "annual review" happening soon, and I guess usually people get some kind of raise at those, if for no other reason than to keep up with inflation or whatever? Sounds crazy to me but I guess I'll find out soon. They also take people to lunch every year around their work anniversary, and that really DOES sound crazy to me. I could never have imagined such a life when I was planning to work in a museum. I got to go on a paid vacation around anniversary/birthday time, and although I was sick for half of it, I was getting paid for NOT being at work, and that blows my mind every time.
Scott got a promotion and raise a couple months ago, and is working a billion hours all the time because his company is small and he's one of the few competent people in his department, and is on a business trip right now, and all of that is weird for all kinds of reasons (except him being good at stuff, that's normal). Anyone who knows him has been like "wow, what?" Because he's never cared about a job before. And now he totally does. It's wacky, and it changes everything.
One thing I have been struggling with is having any hobbies at all. Even though I have a fair amount of free time due to weekends and no school, it seems to slip away quickly. I finish a weekend and find that pretty much all I've done is laundry and grocery shopping and visit family members and watch next gen and it seems impossible that that's all I've done in two days and yet that's how it goes. It's weird. Lately I have been preparing to run a Midnight campaign, and that's going to take a while to get ready for but I'm really excited that it's something I am doing. I might also buy a keyboard today because I miss playing and am super rusty and can probably actually afford to buy myself things every now and then now. I had other projects that I was going to do but might never happen. I don't know. Whatever. Again, life is good. I am happy, healthy, and (usually) well-rested, and it is miles away from where I was during the first half of my 20s. Hope you all, if any of you are left, are doing well too.
Coming up pretty soon on a year at my job, which is pretty crazy to think about. There is something called an "annual review" happening soon, and I guess usually people get some kind of raise at those, if for no other reason than to keep up with inflation or whatever? Sounds crazy to me but I guess I'll find out soon. They also take people to lunch every year around their work anniversary, and that really DOES sound crazy to me. I could never have imagined such a life when I was planning to work in a museum. I got to go on a paid vacation around anniversary/birthday time, and although I was sick for half of it, I was getting paid for NOT being at work, and that blows my mind every time.
Scott got a promotion and raise a couple months ago, and is working a billion hours all the time because his company is small and he's one of the few competent people in his department, and is on a business trip right now, and all of that is weird for all kinds of reasons (except him being good at stuff, that's normal). Anyone who knows him has been like "wow, what?" Because he's never cared about a job before. And now he totally does. It's wacky, and it changes everything.
One thing I have been struggling with is having any hobbies at all. Even though I have a fair amount of free time due to weekends and no school, it seems to slip away quickly. I finish a weekend and find that pretty much all I've done is laundry and grocery shopping and visit family members and watch next gen and it seems impossible that that's all I've done in two days and yet that's how it goes. It's weird. Lately I have been preparing to run a Midnight campaign, and that's going to take a while to get ready for but I'm really excited that it's something I am doing. I might also buy a keyboard today because I miss playing and am super rusty and can probably actually afford to buy myself things every now and then now. I had other projects that I was going to do but might never happen. I don't know. Whatever. Again, life is good. I am happy, healthy, and (usually) well-rested, and it is miles away from where I was during the first half of my 20s. Hope you all, if any of you are left, are doing well too.