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6 years ago
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Sooooo I actually meant to do this journal last month on Christmas since it was a day off from work for me that I didn't have anything planned for.... and then I ended up sleeping until nearly noon out of exhaustion from how crazy busy work had been the prior few days leading up to the Christmas holiday. And then before I knew it it was New Years and I decided I didn't want to put a journal out at the same time as everyone else. Of course then it could end up where I forget and procrastinate and then next thing I know it's March.
2019 was decent as a whole for me. Long story short I put in notice and quit where I was working back in March because I had soured on the job. The alternative was to wait until I was fired or I just outright quit. I wasn't in great financial shape at the time due to cutbacks in hours there that started almost 2 months prior and because of that I ended up having to scrap plans for any furcons last year (It was the first year I hadn't made a con since before my first con in 2011). My finances were in very poor state by the time I found a job in a bakery at a Sam's Club in town in June. I've been there since and I enjoy the challenge of baking and packaging. The money has been good and I'm hoping to have quite a bit in reserve by the later part of this year; of which I might shop around for a partial fursuit.
I started volunteering at the Oklahoma City Zoo back in April and I try to make it a couple times a month even if the bakery job keeps me pretty busy. I've been wanting to get back closer to an animal field for a job but I still haven't decided what. I joined a DnD game group with some local furries back late last year and have been involved in a campaign that started back near the beginning of 2019. We don't play every week (they have an alternate campaign going on as well that I'm not part of) and the story is interesting enough, though interest in my lvl 15 Tabaxi Cleric has been flagging for some time. I blame because Triten (which we do now and then) allows for much more interesting characters and due to my Tabaxi having to dual-cover support and back-up tank in a 6 member party that's heavy on DPS with one OP meatshield). It's fun though I miss the weekly game nights we had in Washington State.
I don't, currently, have any great plans for 2020. I'm planning for a trip down to see family and friends in Texas next month and I'm hoping to make MCFC and/or AC this year. I don't know if I'll still be at the bakery by the end of the year just because I'd like to do something more with my life than what I've done so far here in OKC so while I'm open to leaving OKC I don't have anywhere to go and I'd rather not end up like I did in 2017- I don't regret Ohio but I wouldn't make the same decision if I could make it again (I also haven't heard from my former housemates in Ohio since a rather ugly online fight near the end of 2018). So 2020 is probably going to mostly be a hold over, partially because I do need to save up to try and get a newer vehicle in 2021 or 2022 at the latest as my 2003 truck is starting to show its age even if I've done very well with only recently passing 120k miles. I'd also like to take another good vacation within the next few years similar to my two week trip in 2017 back to Seattle and then up to Alaska.
So I've rambled for a bit now and this will probably be my only post until I do my next catchup on uploads as I've gotten a few more the past two months and I have an artist working on a redo of my unibeeplant in an older style that I've found more appealing lately. I hope everyone's well that reads this and I wish them a nice 2020.
2019 was decent as a whole for me. Long story short I put in notice and quit where I was working back in March because I had soured on the job. The alternative was to wait until I was fired or I just outright quit. I wasn't in great financial shape at the time due to cutbacks in hours there that started almost 2 months prior and because of that I ended up having to scrap plans for any furcons last year (It was the first year I hadn't made a con since before my first con in 2011). My finances were in very poor state by the time I found a job in a bakery at a Sam's Club in town in June. I've been there since and I enjoy the challenge of baking and packaging. The money has been good and I'm hoping to have quite a bit in reserve by the later part of this year; of which I might shop around for a partial fursuit.
I started volunteering at the Oklahoma City Zoo back in April and I try to make it a couple times a month even if the bakery job keeps me pretty busy. I've been wanting to get back closer to an animal field for a job but I still haven't decided what. I joined a DnD game group with some local furries back late last year and have been involved in a campaign that started back near the beginning of 2019. We don't play every week (they have an alternate campaign going on as well that I'm not part of) and the story is interesting enough, though interest in my lvl 15 Tabaxi Cleric has been flagging for some time. I blame because Triten (which we do now and then) allows for much more interesting characters and due to my Tabaxi having to dual-cover support and back-up tank in a 6 member party that's heavy on DPS with one OP meatshield). It's fun though I miss the weekly game nights we had in Washington State.
I don't, currently, have any great plans for 2020. I'm planning for a trip down to see family and friends in Texas next month and I'm hoping to make MCFC and/or AC this year. I don't know if I'll still be at the bakery by the end of the year just because I'd like to do something more with my life than what I've done so far here in OKC so while I'm open to leaving OKC I don't have anywhere to go and I'd rather not end up like I did in 2017- I don't regret Ohio but I wouldn't make the same decision if I could make it again (I also haven't heard from my former housemates in Ohio since a rather ugly online fight near the end of 2018). So 2020 is probably going to mostly be a hold over, partially because I do need to save up to try and get a newer vehicle in 2021 or 2022 at the latest as my 2003 truck is starting to show its age even if I've done very well with only recently passing 120k miles. I'd also like to take another good vacation within the next few years similar to my two week trip in 2017 back to Seattle and then up to Alaska.
So I've rambled for a bit now and this will probably be my only post until I do my next catchup on uploads as I've gotten a few more the past two months and I have an artist working on a redo of my unibeeplant in an older style that I've found more appealing lately. I hope everyone's well that reads this and I wish them a nice 2020.
