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Good Riddance To 2020!
5 years ago
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This past year was absolutely crappy....bad to the last plop.
Had a New Year's Eve get-together planned...kept it small, and ordered a nice spread of Chinese Food, and then no one showed up.
Legit Reasons from most of them, but one would rather have gone drinking, which I suppose is normal for the New Year's, but didn't have to wait to the last minute.
Nearly died in November, but came through that with merely a very bad injury. Nurse visit today, however, gave me the best news: Spending the last four weeks with quadruple the normal protein intake has kicked my healing into high gear, and based on the new rate of recovery, I return to work January 11th. After 10 weeks of being on the disabled list, I'll be damned glad to get back to helping people.
Writing took a back seat on Tuesday and yesterday as I dealt with a lot of what some of my coworkers would say was misplaced guilt...an extreme work ethic was ingrained in me...so basically up to a few years ago, unless I was dead or otherwise physically unable to work I would go in.
Sick? You WORK
Broken Arm? You WORK
Sprained Ankle? WALK IT OFF, You WORK.
But thankfully, my mental space is strong enough to know when and where to push myself and when to let the healing take its time.
Don't necessarily have to like it though: going a bit stir crazy.
My characters from all over my mental storyscape are still talking to me, sharing plots, and I'm learning about each and every one...so I'm thankful it wasn't just a fleeting thing. Still need to get things situated with posting stories and have them show up how I need them.
Also need to get myself more acquainted with Roll20 so I can run games effectively on that platform...the first 30 to 35 years of my roleplaying stint was all paper/pencil....I started doing electronic files of campaign logs about five years ago, and now I need to take the next step as I run a Civil Revenge One-Shot/Short-Shot.
Not much more going on right now, but I'm sure I'll have more to say later on...might actually reach out to people on Discord to try to keep in touch and try being friendly and all. One step at a time, though.
Everyone out there, I wish you a Happy New Year, a Healthy Start to this Trip Around the Sun, and to Stay Awesome.
-- Murphy
"That person you're calling an 'animal', well he has far more humanity than you ever have."
Had a New Year's Eve get-together planned...kept it small, and ordered a nice spread of Chinese Food, and then no one showed up.
Legit Reasons from most of them, but one would rather have gone drinking, which I suppose is normal for the New Year's, but didn't have to wait to the last minute.
Nearly died in November, but came through that with merely a very bad injury. Nurse visit today, however, gave me the best news: Spending the last four weeks with quadruple the normal protein intake has kicked my healing into high gear, and based on the new rate of recovery, I return to work January 11th. After 10 weeks of being on the disabled list, I'll be damned glad to get back to helping people.
Writing took a back seat on Tuesday and yesterday as I dealt with a lot of what some of my coworkers would say was misplaced guilt...an extreme work ethic was ingrained in me...so basically up to a few years ago, unless I was dead or otherwise physically unable to work I would go in.
Sick? You WORK
Broken Arm? You WORK
Sprained Ankle? WALK IT OFF, You WORK.
But thankfully, my mental space is strong enough to know when and where to push myself and when to let the healing take its time.
Don't necessarily have to like it though: going a bit stir crazy.
My characters from all over my mental storyscape are still talking to me, sharing plots, and I'm learning about each and every one...so I'm thankful it wasn't just a fleeting thing. Still need to get things situated with posting stories and have them show up how I need them.
Also need to get myself more acquainted with Roll20 so I can run games effectively on that platform...the first 30 to 35 years of my roleplaying stint was all paper/pencil....I started doing electronic files of campaign logs about five years ago, and now I need to take the next step as I run a Civil Revenge One-Shot/Short-Shot.
Not much more going on right now, but I'm sure I'll have more to say later on...might actually reach out to people on Discord to try to keep in touch and try being friendly and all. One step at a time, though.
Everyone out there, I wish you a Happy New Year, a Healthy Start to this Trip Around the Sun, and to Stay Awesome.
-- Murphy
"That person you're calling an 'animal', well he has far more humanity than you ever have."
Glad to hear you have a projected time to get back to work, and that your healing has been going well.
I got the best news just a few minutes ago: My nurses are allowing me to go back to work on January 11th.
I'll be celebrating with homemade ramen and other goodies.
-- Murphy
"My tail doubles as an excellent tourniquet."
"Hnnnng....I....Don't...Need....Tourni....queting!!"
"Aww, you're no fun..."
It worked. ^_^