josilverdragon | You imploding is the outcome, your running systems failed (Reply)

So. I am wayyyyyyy off on my schedule this evening. I ended up staying late at work trying to finish a report because it's due the day I get back from my mini-vacation this weekend. I took Friday through Tuesday off and the report needs to be returned Wednesday. I have the majority of it completed but there are these four accounts I have to resolve altogether and it's a pain in the ass. And on that note, it's typical that I plan to be out of office for 3 days plus 2 weekend days and I suddenly get inundated with the work I wanted to have the week or two weeks prior. Typical. I have a few items (over 100) to key tomorrow, which in theory shouldn't take that long, but I still have to finish the report among other things. If push comes to shove, I can finish the report up Wednesday by end of business and send it out, I'd just prefer not to.

Also in the key of job gossip, one of my colleague's has a team member who is working here on a visa and she sent in her request for renewal months ago, well within the normal time frame for processing, but now they are telling her it's going to be five months, in which her visa will have expired. As a result, my job will have to let her go because her visa is not valid and if she gets it approved, they'll have to go and reboard her in the system. This is the first time that the issues in this country has affected someone near me. It's ridiculous.

Today started okay, well, mostly okay as I had to run to the bathroom when I got to work because my body was like WE HAVE GOT TO GO. I'm almost 46, so I guess it's par for the course. Then by the end, with the damn report I, I was just tired. And I was hangry. When I left work, I really wanted some chicken nuggets (I am basic like that, yes) but there was a line of cars at 7:30 PM and I was not in the mood. So I got the freeway home and felt "blah" all the way. Until of course, I was almost home and a freaking owl was flapping about near the side of the road and then IN THE ROAD, which I swerved to miss. I didn't stop because there was no thump of a hit and at most, its wing might have brushed my front bumper at the corner. It looked like it was chasing prey and I hope that flopping about into the road resulted in a successful catch. Imagine if I wasn't hypervigilant. The end might not have been as satisfactory as what it was.

Still working on Kacie Rose's book (below). Tonight, after I had dinner, I spent what time I had to myself watching videos from my Youtube watch later list and archived some fanfiction as well as started putting tabs in my bible and my copy of The Books of Enoch Deluxe collection. I promise, I'm not religious. I am atheist but spiritual in my way and I like learning about religions. I found a bible study series by Monte Mader where she teaches the history around topics and how that history influenced the people who wrote the books included in the bible as well as those gospels that were excluded when Constantine directed the works of such holy fan fiction into a collection that we know of as the bible.

My point was that I was putting tabs on the individual books/gospels in these two so that I can locate them easier. I prefer following the bible study at home, with my own copy of the study bible Monte suggests, so I can flip through it and read along when she reads a passage. Down the road I may say "fuck it" and remove them all, but for now, it's what I'm doing.

And I just remembered that I have to put the load of laundry in the washer in to the dryer and run my second load. Oh the joys of domesticity, am I right 😩

Received three new books in the mail today that I preordered:the final volume (13) of the Mo Dao Zu Shi English manhua by Seven Seas/Go Manga, book four of the Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono, and book two of Haga's King's Maker. If you are not familiar with me, I count two hobbies from having books: reading and collecting. And with my super awesome salary, I try and buy as many as I allow, within a certain amount of reason lol.

I've got more I want to talk about but I need to set the coffee and fill the cats' water and a couple of other things before getting into bed and working my busy ass day tomorrow before my birthday weekend. (March 8, Pisces btw and 46 trips around the star we call 'sun'.

Additional topics to write about in another post:

Sleep Token lore
big music playlist
new exercise/yoga ball
bible studies (further? or share lessons, like a recap of what I learned?)
current events (oh yeah, what we all need to hear more about 😩

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Trying to Read: You Deserve Good Gelato by Kacie Rose [Goodreads][Storygraph]

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Current Fanfic: N/A
In the Background: ASMRMagic - ASMR Pure Ear to Ear Lid Sounds (one of my fave OG ASMRtists)
Last song listened to: cut hands - deftones (Trigger warning for flashing and snakes)