Something is lifting the bones
Mar. 11th, 2026 01:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
josilverdragonFinished "You Deserve Good Gelato" by Kacie Rose and I loved it. Now I'm working on "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z Brite. It's a vastly different subject and fiction. A friend I made in the Sleep Token fandom who's friendship has now extended beyond it recommended it. It's very dark and gruesome and gory, so read at your own risk.
I've had the last five days off from work and been mostly working on my ST archive. Planning for this coming week, and reviewing the main socials to make sure I had all the posts archived. Of course this turned into a pain because I was lax with archiving last year and UGH. Though I will say that I was highly involved with making posts on the archive for previous years and burned out several times as a result, so I will give myself some grace. This year has been a lot easier, as I am mostly sharing posts I've made before on the anniversary of the original post. It's been lovely so far. Now any news posts I put are posts from 2025 and any media from posts that were deleted. Which has been hard because no one was as focused on preserving those before I came along. They save the media, but not a screenshot of the post. So it's like trying to piece together history. But not quite as pertinent to society but pertinent to me. And I bet the band doesn't even care lol, since they removed the posts anyways. I don't think I can send an email and be like "heyyyy, so do you have the dates of the posts you shared on IG and can you share that with me along with the post message and the images you shared?" Haha, yeah no. The band's motto is "Nothing lasts forever" and I feel like I would be impolite to ask. So here I am. Spelunking through websites on an internet that is getting more and more difficult to navigate without running into ads or AI-generated slop.
I was going to talk about this one person's interpretation of the lore behind the song "Provider". But a few days have passed between then and now and I'm like "eh, whatever" as opposed to when I originally put it on my to-write-about list when I was annoyed.
My last day of my mini-vacation was today and I go back to work tomorrow, which I am dreading. Just because I don't want to go back to work. Although I can look forward to it being Wednesday and I'll only have to work three days before it's the weekend again. And Friday will be payday because the 15th lands on a Sunday this week.
Sunday was my 46th birthday and my parents took me to dinner at Olive Garden and bought me my DQ ice cream cake as I asked for it. I was worried that Mom wouldn't be able to get it on time but she called Saturday and Dad was able to pick it up that evening. Like, insanity. Last I ordered an ice cream cake from DQ, the online form said about 48 hours. But that may be the difference between ordering online and calling to order. I should have taken a picture, but oh well.
Today I took Mom to her CT scan appointment, which was so freaking quick, and then I bought her lunch at IHOP. She said "I should be the one paying" as I drove her there and back, but I brushed it off. I almost earn more than she and Dad do combined now. We came home and the rest of the night was chill.
Recently I bought a yoga/exercise ball on recommendation from the nurse who took my vitals at my job's biometric screening a handful of weeks ago (mid-February, I believe). I got it all inflated and then when I sat on it, with my weight, it squished really flat, so I was looking up at the desk as opposed to sitting about level to where my chair is. I'm not sure if it's because I can't inflate it enough or if it's because I am that heavy. Personally, I'm leaning towards the heavy part but who knows. I do have to get more active though, because there are some things going on with my body that are worrisome. My biometrics indicate that I'm not diabetic and that I should be okay, but I do need to have a colon test and my mammogram and yearly physical from my nurse practitioner and I have been putting it off. Also, I'm at my heaviest weight ever and any time I try to lose it, I revert back to my former habits. Which is also not good. But I'm not an active person and my personal interests don't lean that way. I need to do it out of necessity but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
Tuesdays are my study day (after I get home from work), so I watched Monte Mader's bible study on The Rapture and the End Times. It was interesting but I started to drift off a few times. Especially with Pele, my cat, requiring being held at that time. But I made it through and I'd like to figure out how I want to "study" it. Whether it's repeating all lessons or reading through the slides she put together or what. I haven't quite figured that out yet. I'd like to do something more, but I need to figure that out for myself. Especially when I get through her bible studies series and am waiting for a new one, which they are scheduled to be two a month but it depends on her scheduling. So, maybe I'll make yet another list of things to study haha. Me and my lists, i swear.
Speaking of my scheduling, we've made it almost through a week or so and I've kept to it with loads of not actually keeping to it haha. Time gets away from me and my cell phone is a great distraction. Plus, the first week was intercepted by vacation time, which means everything gets dropped because I have no real scheduling on vacation days, unless like today in which I take my mom to an appointment. I'll need to review it and keep working on actually making it happen because it would be nice to have something more solidified and to have it be more habit than having to constantly check it.
Tomorrow's schedule is work for about 8 hours, hopefully with me there by 8:30 AM, but I do not have a good track record with that. I'm lucky that I'm salaried and my previous boss told me to make it work for me and my current boss doesn't really care as long as I log on from home for meetings that are early. Although she's been great because if there's a meeting that's 5 or 6 AM my time Pacific, she tells me I should try to change it for my regular scheduled hours but most meetings are mass meetings and it's not right that they reschedule for me.
Continuing on with tomorrow's schedule, after work I planned to come home and work on the book catalogue I'm putting together for the house, so I have it when I go to buy a book and for my mom to have, in case she wants to read something. It's been a work in progress for years and I keep trying. However, one of my fave indie bookstores is staying open later and I was thinking of dropping by to see what they have. And also however, tomorrow night is when our area is forecasted for a heavy windstorm, with gusts that could be upwards of 65 mph, which could be bad for driving. So if I get off of work early enough, I'll pop on by, but if not, I'll head home.
So we'll see.
Well, I think I'll end this entry here and get ready and go to bed. Hope you all have a nice day, wherever you are.
I've had the last five days off from work and been mostly working on my ST archive. Planning for this coming week, and reviewing the main socials to make sure I had all the posts archived. Of course this turned into a pain because I was lax with archiving last year and UGH. Though I will say that I was highly involved with making posts on the archive for previous years and burned out several times as a result, so I will give myself some grace. This year has been a lot easier, as I am mostly sharing posts I've made before on the anniversary of the original post. It's been lovely so far. Now any news posts I put are posts from 2025 and any media from posts that were deleted. Which has been hard because no one was as focused on preserving those before I came along. They save the media, but not a screenshot of the post. So it's like trying to piece together history. But not quite as pertinent to society but pertinent to me. And I bet the band doesn't even care lol, since they removed the posts anyways. I don't think I can send an email and be like "heyyyy, so do you have the dates of the posts you shared on IG and can you share that with me along with the post message and the images you shared?" Haha, yeah no. The band's motto is "Nothing lasts forever" and I feel like I would be impolite to ask. So here I am. Spelunking through websites on an internet that is getting more and more difficult to navigate without running into ads or AI-generated slop.
I was going to talk about this one person's interpretation of the lore behind the song "Provider". But a few days have passed between then and now and I'm like "eh, whatever" as opposed to when I originally put it on my to-write-about list when I was annoyed.
My last day of my mini-vacation was today and I go back to work tomorrow, which I am dreading. Just because I don't want to go back to work. Although I can look forward to it being Wednesday and I'll only have to work three days before it's the weekend again. And Friday will be payday because the 15th lands on a Sunday this week.
Sunday was my 46th birthday and my parents took me to dinner at Olive Garden and bought me my DQ ice cream cake as I asked for it. I was worried that Mom wouldn't be able to get it on time but she called Saturday and Dad was able to pick it up that evening. Like, insanity. Last I ordered an ice cream cake from DQ, the online form said about 48 hours. But that may be the difference between ordering online and calling to order. I should have taken a picture, but oh well.
Today I took Mom to her CT scan appointment, which was so freaking quick, and then I bought her lunch at IHOP. She said "I should be the one paying" as I drove her there and back, but I brushed it off. I almost earn more than she and Dad do combined now. We came home and the rest of the night was chill.
Recently I bought a yoga/exercise ball on recommendation from the nurse who took my vitals at my job's biometric screening a handful of weeks ago (mid-February, I believe). I got it all inflated and then when I sat on it, with my weight, it squished really flat, so I was looking up at the desk as opposed to sitting about level to where my chair is. I'm not sure if it's because I can't inflate it enough or if it's because I am that heavy. Personally, I'm leaning towards the heavy part but who knows. I do have to get more active though, because there are some things going on with my body that are worrisome. My biometrics indicate that I'm not diabetic and that I should be okay, but I do need to have a colon test and my mammogram and yearly physical from my nurse practitioner and I have been putting it off. Also, I'm at my heaviest weight ever and any time I try to lose it, I revert back to my former habits. Which is also not good. But I'm not an active person and my personal interests don't lean that way. I need to do it out of necessity but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
Tuesdays are my study day (after I get home from work), so I watched Monte Mader's bible study on The Rapture and the End Times. It was interesting but I started to drift off a few times. Especially with Pele, my cat, requiring being held at that time. But I made it through and I'd like to figure out how I want to "study" it. Whether it's repeating all lessons or reading through the slides she put together or what. I haven't quite figured that out yet. I'd like to do something more, but I need to figure that out for myself. Especially when I get through her bible studies series and am waiting for a new one, which they are scheduled to be two a month but it depends on her scheduling. So, maybe I'll make yet another list of things to study haha. Me and my lists, i swear.
Speaking of my scheduling, we've made it almost through a week or so and I've kept to it with loads of not actually keeping to it haha. Time gets away from me and my cell phone is a great distraction. Plus, the first week was intercepted by vacation time, which means everything gets dropped because I have no real scheduling on vacation days, unless like today in which I take my mom to an appointment. I'll need to review it and keep working on actually making it happen because it would be nice to have something more solidified and to have it be more habit than having to constantly check it.
Tomorrow's schedule is work for about 8 hours, hopefully with me there by 8:30 AM, but I do not have a good track record with that. I'm lucky that I'm salaried and my previous boss told me to make it work for me and my current boss doesn't really care as long as I log on from home for meetings that are early. Although she's been great because if there's a meeting that's 5 or 6 AM my time Pacific, she tells me I should try to change it for my regular scheduled hours but most meetings are mass meetings and it's not right that they reschedule for me.
Continuing on with tomorrow's schedule, after work I planned to come home and work on the book catalogue I'm putting together for the house, so I have it when I go to buy a book and for my mom to have, in case she wants to read something. It's been a work in progress for years and I keep trying. However, one of my fave indie bookstores is staying open later and I was thinking of dropping by to see what they have. And also however, tomorrow night is when our area is forecasted for a heavy windstorm, with gusts that could be upwards of 65 mph, which could be bad for driving. So if I get off of work early enough, I'll pop on by, but if not, I'll head home.
So we'll see.
Well, I think I'll end this entry here and get ready and go to bed. Hope you all have a nice day, wherever you are.
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