Work personalities clash....sometimes.

Hey guys!

Today would have been a good day, started off as a good day. It was my Friday, last day of work before my three day weekend. Then it started going downhill on the drive into work, traffic was atrocious with the snow causing everyone to be cautious and drive slow. Understandable and completely appropriate given the circumstances.

Got into work and it just spiraled downhill after that.

We were behind and spent most of the day being swamped and playing catch-up. Then, of course, because it's work, people can't just do their jobs, they have to bring their personal, petty differences with them. Apparently, I was a target for non-stop joking today. I have no problem joking with someone if I know them and have had back-and-forth banter with them before so that I know what they're comfortable with and what they're not. Yep, not how today went down.

Then I was hoping to do something tonight so I kind of put my plans on hold while I waited for them to give me a definitive answer.

Did they?

No.

So now, I'm spending my time laying on the couch snuggling Minnie and watching Netflix for lack of certainty on anything I really want to do.

Can someone do my laundry for me?

Hello, hello, hello again!

 It's time for another blog entry. Nothing really happened today so I'm going to try to keep things sweet, short and to the point.

 I managed to be a somewhat successful adult and accomplish some cleaning (vacuuming the living room, bedroom and hallway of my apartment) as well as wiping down the bathroom. I know it's a small portion of everything that needs done; but, I would burn myself out far, far too quickly if I were to try to do everything at once. You'd probably find me laying on the ground somewhere with a dazed look in my face. Anyway, I still need to try to dust off the shelves and tops of my bookshelves as well as the entertainment stand and a few other higher surfaces that most average sized people can't see.

I'm currently doing my laundry and wishing, again, that I had my own washer and dryer. If I have to do some apartment shopping, I'm going to try to find one that has a washer or dryer in the room if I can afford the expense. I feel like the money I spend weekly (appx $5 or so) is ridiculous. Kind of makes me wish for my parent's house and the free access to the washer and dryer there. I think I could put up with living under my parent's roof for that, though you also have to compete with siblings and your parents themselves for access to the machines. Good news though! I think my grandparents have offered me theirs when I move and have room for them. We'll see if that's true when the time actually comes!

I've been having serious bouts of show indecisiveness.

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I feel like Netflix knows this and makes my decision harder by informing me that it's going to remove several of the shows I've started an episode or two of; but, have since been sidetracked by other new seasons or episodes that have been added.

To be honest though, I'm really waiting for the new season of Supernatural. Some of you know how big of a fan I am of the show and for those who don't,

More Snow? Jack Frost must hate me.

You know what I wasn't expecting this morning when I went into work - snow! You know what began to slowly flurry down on the drive into work - snow!

I guess that's what I get when I don't fully examine the weather forecast before letting Minnie out to the restroom and then hitting the road (my usual routine). Luckily, despite there being a promise of 4-5 inches today, I think the actual accumulation was far fewer, which is a relief. I was just beginning to get my hopes up for summer and wouldn't you know it? The temperature drops back below freezing and it snows! I know, I know. I should expect snow, it's winter and I'm in the northeast, right next to several of the great lakes. It should be a given that I should expect at least a little snow.

Anyway! On to more annoying news. I found out today, after having driven to one location with the intention of driving a fellow coworker over to another location and eventually coming back around 8ish this morning to do our annual leave bid, that the so called individual who would be performing the bid for our annual leaves was sick again. I don't mean to sound like a horrible or insensitive individual; but, we're literally the only ones left at work who haven't bid for annual leave and the guy leaves at the end of this week for his own transfer out to another location. The question my coworker posed and a valid one at that - 'why don't they just have another person or steward perform the bid for us?'

To which, I replied with a shrug, 'I don't know.'

It's entirely frustrating because I was hoping to be there when the bid was conducted so I could begin to plan my summer vacation. I'm debating visiting my cousin in San Diego and going to a concert and visiting with friends in North Carolina, both of which are entirely fun sounding adventures; but, neither of which can be done until I know what weeks I have. The concert takes place the 4-6th of May and if I can't get that week off for annual leave, there's no point in buying tickets for it. I'm hoping that the new bid sheet I sent in was filled out correctly and that I'll be getting a call tomorrow morning at around 8-10ish that will ask to confirm my bid selections and I'll know whether or not I got either one of them.

I've also been discussing working on a fantasy role play with some old role playing buddies. I'm hoping to persuade one of them to co-admin since she's familiar with the game and has a pretty good grasp on how to run things in exchange for me running the day to day and handling the things she can't or doesn't want to. I've managed to convince the other friend to be on board for participation; but, there's been nothing set in stone yet and we haven't even fully decided on an actual role playing concept yet.

Stay tuned for more information on that -

In other news,

The Last Skycity should be back on track for writing these next few days as long as I remain committed and steadfast in my goal for an early spring completion and then editing, publishing, blah, blah, blah can all follow after friends' critiques.