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Progress, Celebrations, and Revolutions
4 years ago
Last week was my first full week of actually taking service calls and helping people out, which was most gratifying. There were still the stresses of not having all of my accesses and wondering if I'm missing any new procedures. Things have not quite settled down from Hell Month, and my boss is swamped as usual so it's been hard to get with her and go over whether or not I'm doing everything right; got a feeling I might be taken to task on some things, but hey...live and learn and get better.
Mail has been very sketchy in my area as I've gotten collection notices for bills that I never first received, and of course Customer Service Hours are pretty much exactly when I work and no more. The most frustrating thing is that I've got the funds to pay for my medical expenses (thank goodness), but I've got to jockey those funds around and then make sure the online payment systems are actually delivering the monies...it seems to be working about half of the time.
Friday was my first stint in the GM's Chair for Pathfinder in about 10 years...it was supposed to be just an introductory episode into my tale of Tiefling Civil rights and exposing/disposing of a public figure who set progress back for them by about a century. I was elated to see how much fun my players were having, and the sheer amount of shit-stirring they got up to...including taking two full boxes of complaints to City Hall and dragging a quartet of "Enlightenment Officers" with them....for the tieflings' own safety of course. This turned into a waste of a full day and getting almost arrested for breaking curfew...they also helped one of their own get back home and they removed a pair of cursed 'horseshoes'...which was very important for backstory reasons. I'll have to put a full write-up of these things later.
Saturday I did some house cleaning and grabbed some barbecue brisket and pork butt...made some brisket tacos which turned out extremely well...will likely get more of that consumed tomorrow night for dinner.
Sunday I managed to surprise a recently-promoted co-worker with a small get-together at her favorite steakhouse. We shared war stories and laughed and dined...and stunned them all when I paid the entire bill and left a large tip for the waitress...these folks are struggling in the restaurant business as is and they have Covid to deal with...so if I'm going to go out I'm going to make sure they get taken care of well. I can't do the huge tips often, but lottery winnings and bonuses for being an essential worker helps me get away with it occasionally.
I keep plugging away at my other stories too, which are getting easier now that my life is more structured; I can take an hour to work on Ssreth or another story and then take another hour for my gamemastery notes most days and still feel like I got some time to just relax and chat with friends, or play Enter the Gungeon or Monster Train or some other game.
Still boggles my mind how much a difference it's made to have some order in my life again.
Once I get my second disability payment or jockey some other funds around I'll need to see about getting a new set of dragon paw slippers...the ones I've gotten have seen plenty of use and are showing their wear and tear. I appreciate them more nowadays, now that it's actually cold some times during the year.
Well, tomorrow is another Monday, which is the Traditional Day of Suck, but at least they're going more smoothly now, and I got work to do and folks to help. Maybe I'll send out a call for friends to help me out with the eating of barbecue....it's such a horrible thing to ask: Food, Drink, Games, and socializing. ;)
One thing I forgot to do was clear out a corner of my living room for the TV stand I need to put together...will need to set some time to get that all tended to so I'll have access to shows, movies, and video games. The new TV I got is preloaded with access to YouTube, Netflix....Starbucks....it probably has a milkshake machine in the back too...but I'm not complaining: it was actually a pretty sweet Thanksgiving Weekend Deal.
Anyhoo...be good, stay awesome, and keep moving forward!
-- Murphy
"Never underestimate the power of imagination."
Mail has been very sketchy in my area as I've gotten collection notices for bills that I never first received, and of course Customer Service Hours are pretty much exactly when I work and no more. The most frustrating thing is that I've got the funds to pay for my medical expenses (thank goodness), but I've got to jockey those funds around and then make sure the online payment systems are actually delivering the monies...it seems to be working about half of the time.
Friday was my first stint in the GM's Chair for Pathfinder in about 10 years...it was supposed to be just an introductory episode into my tale of Tiefling Civil rights and exposing/disposing of a public figure who set progress back for them by about a century. I was elated to see how much fun my players were having, and the sheer amount of shit-stirring they got up to...including taking two full boxes of complaints to City Hall and dragging a quartet of "Enlightenment Officers" with them....for the tieflings' own safety of course. This turned into a waste of a full day and getting almost arrested for breaking curfew...they also helped one of their own get back home and they removed a pair of cursed 'horseshoes'...which was very important for backstory reasons. I'll have to put a full write-up of these things later.
Saturday I did some house cleaning and grabbed some barbecue brisket and pork butt...made some brisket tacos which turned out extremely well...will likely get more of that consumed tomorrow night for dinner.
Sunday I managed to surprise a recently-promoted co-worker with a small get-together at her favorite steakhouse. We shared war stories and laughed and dined...and stunned them all when I paid the entire bill and left a large tip for the waitress...these folks are struggling in the restaurant business as is and they have Covid to deal with...so if I'm going to go out I'm going to make sure they get taken care of well. I can't do the huge tips often, but lottery winnings and bonuses for being an essential worker helps me get away with it occasionally.
I keep plugging away at my other stories too, which are getting easier now that my life is more structured; I can take an hour to work on Ssreth or another story and then take another hour for my gamemastery notes most days and still feel like I got some time to just relax and chat with friends, or play Enter the Gungeon or Monster Train or some other game.
Still boggles my mind how much a difference it's made to have some order in my life again.
Once I get my second disability payment or jockey some other funds around I'll need to see about getting a new set of dragon paw slippers...the ones I've gotten have seen plenty of use and are showing their wear and tear. I appreciate them more nowadays, now that it's actually cold some times during the year.
Well, tomorrow is another Monday, which is the Traditional Day of Suck, but at least they're going more smoothly now, and I got work to do and folks to help. Maybe I'll send out a call for friends to help me out with the eating of barbecue....it's such a horrible thing to ask: Food, Drink, Games, and socializing. ;)
One thing I forgot to do was clear out a corner of my living room for the TV stand I need to put together...will need to set some time to get that all tended to so I'll have access to shows, movies, and video games. The new TV I got is preloaded with access to YouTube, Netflix....Starbucks....it probably has a milkshake machine in the back too...but I'm not complaining: it was actually a pretty sweet Thanksgiving Weekend Deal.
Anyhoo...be good, stay awesome, and keep moving forward!
-- Murphy
"Never underestimate the power of imagination."
Glad to hear you finally got back in the GM/DM's chair. Of course, remember, no game plan survives encountering the players! O:
I'd help you with eating BBQ, if I was anywhere near you.