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2 weeks ago
I've been meaning to make this journal for awhile, just as I've been meaning to do another big batch of uploads as I've commissioned a number of pieces over the summer plus I've found some older ones that had never been uploaded.
2025 has largely still been a holding pattern but it hasn't had any big negative issues and while I'm not getting to do as fun a trip as I did last year at this time I am looking at MFF in December again with
Nikorokumitsero/Aleu.
Work has been work but I can't complain much of it. I received a promotion back in July after recommendation from both my manager and one of the Ops/Assistant Store managers. I'm not sure it actually has resulted in an increase in my pay since my last raise last summer but it has given me more hours (even if that means every other week I now only get one night off and during my training it was every week I was working 6 nights) and I've scored a lot of brownie points . We had a series of coworkers in the department be out for injuries and other long term issues which did make July and August rather rough and was riding us a bit ragged. Some temporary assistance from other departments some days helped out but we should have every one back fully next week, to at least put us in a decent position for when the holidays rush starts up in November (ideally we'd have another worker to give us a backup). All the hours has resulted in me tweaking my sleep schedule so that it's now rare for me to be able to sleep before noon and because of that, finding it easier to get errands done after work compared to after sleep, and as a way to save money pretty much the only time I eat out any more is for breakfast or as brunch (I actually started it after one night off when the internet crapped out and wasn't going to be fixed until a technician came out the next day. It's pretty limited what can be done overnight without internet or cable access so one of the rare 24 hour food places here in OKC became "breakfast with a book").
I admit I spoiled myself a little bit with commissions between all the hours at work plus from my birthday and have gotten some really good pieces as well as some gift art from others that one of these days/nights I need to sit down and upload (or spend a few mornings uploading them). I've also surprisingly over the summer bought some "adopts" to adapt the ideas into alternate forms or variations as well as to make some into DnD characters should I ever get back into a gaming group. Since officially dropping out of my local gaming group last summer after feeling ignored for most of 2023 and the first half of 2024, aside from once in awhile running into one of the DMs at where I work, I've had almost no contact from any one else in the group even online. As I've told that DM my work schedule really doesn't make it easy for me to make any games even if I did try to get back in- heck friends online have trouble getting ahold of me outside of my nights off and even then that time is one of the few times I have to do housework or much of the stuff on my day-to-day list.
As for the state of most things going on in the world I don't think most people are happy with how this year has been going so far and certainly when it comes to politics it's been very divisive but while I disagree with a lot of policies I don't find it quite the dumpster fire (at least yet) some make it out to be. So I've been lucky in that regard in that I have a stable job that I like and pays decently, my health has been decent, my finances are in fair state (even if I still haven't replaced my 2003 truck, partially because of difficulty in finding a replacement I like and the time to search), my housing situation is stable even if it might be more of convenience for me and the housemate I've subleased from since 2019 than because we get along well, I'm in a long term relationship with someone that can consistently bring a smile to my face and that I enjoy having in my arms no matter how rough life can be for either of us, and I know I have friends that care about me. Most likely the rest of this year will just be a holding pattern with me looking to leave OKC for something better come spring (as trying to move during winter sucks).
2025 has largely still been a holding pattern but it hasn't had any big negative issues and while I'm not getting to do as fun a trip as I did last year at this time I am looking at MFF in December again with
Nikorokumitsero/Aleu.Work has been work but I can't complain much of it. I received a promotion back in July after recommendation from both my manager and one of the Ops/Assistant Store managers. I'm not sure it actually has resulted in an increase in my pay since my last raise last summer but it has given me more hours (even if that means every other week I now only get one night off and during my training it was every week I was working 6 nights) and I've scored a lot of brownie points . We had a series of coworkers in the department be out for injuries and other long term issues which did make July and August rather rough and was riding us a bit ragged. Some temporary assistance from other departments some days helped out but we should have every one back fully next week, to at least put us in a decent position for when the holidays rush starts up in November (ideally we'd have another worker to give us a backup). All the hours has resulted in me tweaking my sleep schedule so that it's now rare for me to be able to sleep before noon and because of that, finding it easier to get errands done after work compared to after sleep, and as a way to save money pretty much the only time I eat out any more is for breakfast or as brunch (I actually started it after one night off when the internet crapped out and wasn't going to be fixed until a technician came out the next day. It's pretty limited what can be done overnight without internet or cable access so one of the rare 24 hour food places here in OKC became "breakfast with a book").
I admit I spoiled myself a little bit with commissions between all the hours at work plus from my birthday and have gotten some really good pieces as well as some gift art from others that one of these days/nights I need to sit down and upload (or spend a few mornings uploading them). I've also surprisingly over the summer bought some "adopts" to adapt the ideas into alternate forms or variations as well as to make some into DnD characters should I ever get back into a gaming group. Since officially dropping out of my local gaming group last summer after feeling ignored for most of 2023 and the first half of 2024, aside from once in awhile running into one of the DMs at where I work, I've had almost no contact from any one else in the group even online. As I've told that DM my work schedule really doesn't make it easy for me to make any games even if I did try to get back in- heck friends online have trouble getting ahold of me outside of my nights off and even then that time is one of the few times I have to do housework or much of the stuff on my day-to-day list.
As for the state of most things going on in the world I don't think most people are happy with how this year has been going so far and certainly when it comes to politics it's been very divisive but while I disagree with a lot of policies I don't find it quite the dumpster fire (at least yet) some make it out to be. So I've been lucky in that regard in that I have a stable job that I like and pays decently, my health has been decent, my finances are in fair state (even if I still haven't replaced my 2003 truck, partially because of difficulty in finding a replacement I like and the time to search), my housing situation is stable even if it might be more of convenience for me and the housemate I've subleased from since 2019 than because we get along well, I'm in a long term relationship with someone that can consistently bring a smile to my face and that I enjoy having in my arms no matter how rough life can be for either of us, and I know I have friends that care about me. Most likely the rest of this year will just be a holding pattern with me looking to leave OKC for something better come spring (as trying to move during winter sucks).
