Nice little things :｡･:*:･ﾟ'☆
☆ IT'S RAINING. In fact, it's POURING, and has been pouring steadily all day. I'm so happy. And it's supposed to continue raining into the weekend! Which means we're going to be so soggy, and it's wonderful. ...It also means that my parents won't be going to our cabin and leaving me up here alone, because it's supposed to rain down in Athabasca too, hooray!
☆ First day at work went well! Not everyone is back yet; only three of my coworkers were at the office. It was kind of ghostly in there (and it still smells like smoke, ugh). I think most of the other people are able to work from home, or whatever location, and are doing so for the time being. But, anyway. It was good to be back, even if things aren't optimal. We can't make coffee because the industrial coffeemaker connects to the sink, and we're still under a boil water requirement. 8( This is a travesty. But we do have a Keurig machine, so I'll definitely be bringing in some K-cups and bottled water on Monday, you better believe it. ...The fact that this is my primary concern is a good sign, isn't it? xD
☆ More work stuff: As it turns out, catching up won't be a problem. Since there was a complete plant shut-down due to the evacuation, there's nothing for me to process for May; it's just toward the end that there's some stuff that I need to work on. Sifting through the emails in my inbox was the most time-consuming part, honestly. So, I should be caught up very soon, which is nice. Hah, and to think, when I was just expecting that I would go on a vacation, I thought that I'd come back to an absolute mountain of paperwork on my desk, like I always do. This, well, I can handle it.
☆ Reading: It turns out that June is Aboriginal History Month up here in Canada. I had no idea! In fact, I didn't find out until yesterday, when I was windowshopping on Kobo and saw that they were promoting some Native literature. Anyway, I picked up a short story collection by Joseph Boyden (Born With a Tooth), and a novella/short novel(?) by Richard Wagamese (Him Standing). I've already started making my way through Boyden's collection, and while I'm not that far in yet, I already love it. But then again, I've read and liked his work before. So. No surprise there. But ahhh this reminds me that I still haven't looked at some of the other Native lit on my to-read list; I'll have to get to that when the library opens again - which won't be until July, unfortunately.
☆ Now that I'm back at work, I decided to indulge myself, and commissioned two of my friends for sketches of one of my SSSS OCs... I haven't done any proper drawings of Niko, because I honestly don't enjoy drawing very much, so they only have some portrait sketches and textual description to go by. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they'll interpret him. (Though I should probably finish a story with him in it, so that I can justify this to myself. ;p I've become far too attached, even though all I have is plot notes.) ...Oh my gods Shae just sent me the draft for the first sketch, and he's fucking adorable. Excuse me while I roll around making squeaky noises.
☆ All in all, it has been a really great day. <3 I'm so glad.
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☆ First day at work went well! Not everyone is back yet; only three of my coworkers were at the office. It was kind of ghostly in there (and it still smells like smoke, ugh). I think most of the other people are able to work from home, or whatever location, and are doing so for the time being. But, anyway. It was good to be back, even if things aren't optimal. We can't make coffee because the industrial coffeemaker connects to the sink, and we're still under a boil water requirement. 8( This is a travesty. But we do have a Keurig machine, so I'll definitely be bringing in some K-cups and bottled water on Monday, you better believe it. ...The fact that this is my primary concern is a good sign, isn't it? xD
☆ More work stuff: As it turns out, catching up won't be a problem. Since there was a complete plant shut-down due to the evacuation, there's nothing for me to process for May; it's just toward the end that there's some stuff that I need to work on. Sifting through the emails in my inbox was the most time-consuming part, honestly. So, I should be caught up very soon, which is nice. Hah, and to think, when I was just expecting that I would go on a vacation, I thought that I'd come back to an absolute mountain of paperwork on my desk, like I always do. This, well, I can handle it.
☆ Reading: It turns out that June is Aboriginal History Month up here in Canada. I had no idea! In fact, I didn't find out until yesterday, when I was windowshopping on Kobo and saw that they were promoting some Native literature. Anyway, I picked up a short story collection by Joseph Boyden (Born With a Tooth), and a novella/short novel(?) by Richard Wagamese (Him Standing). I've already started making my way through Boyden's collection, and while I'm not that far in yet, I already love it. But then again, I've read and liked his work before. So. No surprise there. But ahhh this reminds me that I still haven't looked at some of the other Native lit on my to-read list; I'll have to get to that when the library opens again - which won't be until July, unfortunately.
☆ Now that I'm back at work, I decided to indulge myself, and commissioned two of my friends for sketches of one of my SSSS OCs... I haven't done any proper drawings of Niko, because I honestly don't enjoy drawing very much, so they only have some portrait sketches and textual description to go by. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they'll interpret him. (Though I should probably finish a story with him in it, so that I can justify this to myself. ;p I've become far too attached, even though all I have is plot notes.) ...Oh my gods Shae just sent me the draft for the first sketch, and he's fucking adorable. Excuse me while I roll around making squeaky noises.
☆ All in all, it has been a really great day. <3 I'm so glad.
This entry was originally posted at http://yuuago.dreamwidth.org/3484806.html. You can comment here or at the original entry.