The end of my days off.

Sadly, today marks the end of the six day mini-vacation I had this week. I managed to get my credit card payment done today, it was supposed to have posted and now I'm just eagerly looking forward to this weekend to see how my pay increase is going to look each paycheck. I'm nearing the end of the nine seasons available on Netflix. I'm not sure when they're going to make season ten, since there apparently is a season ten, on Netflix. I've been stalling on finishing this current season because I don't want to have to wait forever to see the newest season.

I managed to be somewhat productive today. I made my lunches for the week: chicken, rice and broccoli for this week.

I'm not looking forward to trying to catch up on everything I missed while I was gone at work. It's probably going to take me a good thirty minutes or more just to try to go through all the emails I've accumulated. Then, I have to stop into my apartment leasing office and ask about when my lease renewal is due and then try to figure out for sure if I'm going to renew or not. As of right now, it's looking like I'm going to be here another year.

We'll see what happens with the emails tomorrow, maybe I'll get lucky and get a transfer request.

It's my Friday!

Guess what guys, it's my Friday!

You know what that means, right?

It's time to lay back, relax and let my non-existent long hair down. I get the next six days off from work and let me tell you, I could use the freedom from stress that brings me. Things have been hectic at work lately because of how short-staffed we are and on top of that, two co-workers went away on training for the week, further stressing the coverage.

Anyway, I'm supposed to see Black Panther tomorrow night with my best friend and that's after visiting with my grandparents I haven't seen since around Christmas and even then was only for a short visit. This time is sadly going to be very similar. I'm only going to be down until Sunday and then I'm coming back up to give myself a few days for me and to prepare mentally for work again.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the critters on the farm, especially my horse, the big turd.

Awesome news!

Guys, guys, guys! You'll never guess what....

I found out this morning during work that the random week in the beginning of August that I picked for my annual leave, turns out it's the week of my other six day weekend! Which means that I'll have the opportunity to go on a vacation to my cousin or to do something else if I so wish. Obviously there's a considerable number of months between now and then to plan everything out; but, I'll definitely be on the lookout and trying to purchase tickets while they're relatively cheap.

Also, in other news, Netflix has added Altered Carbon to their streaming service! I've been on and off looking forward tot his show since they revealed the trailer for it back before Christmas. I'm excited to start watching it and then give it an honest review on what I think about it so definitely keep checking back if you're curious to hear what I think about it.

Nothing much else to say today so I'll keep this short. I hope everyone has a good weekend!

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.