Which is a role-playing game-themed task system to help you do things in life you might otherwise not be motivated to get done. I subscribe, meaning I get gems and other goodies every month to use for various items such as quests (which I invite members of my party to) as a way of having more accountability in terms of doing tasks. So they have new 'hatching potions' that can be used to create 'pets', which in turn can be made into 'mounts', and this Cupid hatching potion is available for gems and they are only available through February 28th. I was lamenting the lack of gems until I suddenly realised, hey, it's February, a new month, I have plenty of gold to buy gems with, and as a new month, I can get up to 45 as a subscriber. So I did so, got a new quest (the badger pet quest, which has just come out) and five of the Cupid potions. I still have 31 gems, so I have some for other things, and they don't go away at the end of the month or anything. But if I don't buy them, I don't think they build up from month to month. Can't believe we're almost halfway through the month and I totally forgot I hadn't gotten any gems yet and was kicking myself for having no gems.
I'm an 86th-level healer, the only one in the party. At 100 you can use an 'orb of rebirth' to become to go back to level 1 and at level 10, you can choose another class. I've been a mage, a warrior, and a healer, so the only one left is rogue. I'll do that. Then I'll have done all four. :)
It's fun, but it also helps me get things like floss, take out the trash, and most importantly, take my medicine as I should.
Born, like other comic book characters, out of an otherwise trivial but life-changing animal bite, the Rabid Librarian seeks out strange, useless facts, raves about real and perceived injustices, and seeks to meet her greatest challenge of all--her own life.
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017
After a fairly stressful day
(and holding my bladder for something like three hours, as I was in check-out at work most of the day by myself), I relaxed and visited, first with my stepfather, and then with my best friend. So I feel recharged to some degree. But I really need to learn to just walk away from my desk at times and not take everything so seriously. I feel a little like I'm on an assembly line, with a lot more juggling and concentration. I know part of my occasional frustration is my OCD--I have trouble leaving something unfinished. On the other hand, at 5:15, when I was 15 minutes over and had to leave to meet my stepfather, I just had to close my door and tell the next person bringing a family up that we would call them with an appointment. I can't stay until the last patient is gone every time, and today was a very busy day, so there were still patients in clinic, of course. Anyway, the good thing is that despite that, I kept up pretty well in terms of the queue running smoothly. Now let's hope I can do so tomorrow without being so tense.
After work, my stepfather John came up and we visited for about an hour. He's having a hard time with my mom's death, and Sassy, their dog, died not long after. Then YKWIA and I visited while he cooked. He gave me a taste of the avocado soup and the salad, which had rice, curry, olives, and a bunch of other good things in it, although he was going to chill it to enhance the flavour.
Okay, one of my tasks for today was to get to bed by midnight. Morning comes early. I don't want a repeat of today, where I overslept and it put me off all day. Good night.
After work, my stepfather John came up and we visited for about an hour. He's having a hard time with my mom's death, and Sassy, their dog, died not long after. Then YKWIA and I visited while he cooked. He gave me a taste of the avocado soup and the salad, which had rice, curry, olives, and a bunch of other good things in it, although he was going to chill it to enhance the flavour.
Okay, one of my tasks for today was to get to bed by midnight. Morning comes early. I don't want a repeat of today, where I overslept and it put me off all day. Good night.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
It is late…
And I should be in bed, as it’s almost 1 am. But I just got in and it always takes me a bit of time to unwind. I’ve been spending some time with friends tonight, and trying to troubleshoot some issues YKWIA is having with my desktop over at his house. I also got the model number of his computer to try to match a decent power supply, as I think that is the problem he was encountering. If we can get his back up and running, that would be great, as he hates Windows 10 and Office 2013 (I’m eligible for Office 2016 for $9.95 through work, actually, but I’ll wait until I can properly download them.)
Last night I got some disturbing news and came home and just curled up in bed, thinking about the implications. I couldn’t really write; I just felt sad and helpless, and needed some time to come to grips with it. I won’t go into its cause; I feel a little better today because the shock of it has worn off a bit.
Today I went in early to work and had a performance appraisal, which went really well. Come March, I’m getting a 3% raise. Yay! I will have to go through an appraisal for the second part of my job there, as well, but I expect it will be the same.
One of my co-workers I was going to sub for in scheduling went on leave early, but they think they can handle things unless it gets super busy, in which case they might need me a day or so here and there. Since I have a stack of books waist-high to catalogue, on top of my regular duties, I’m fine with that. I’ve been putting off processing them until I had more time in the library. I’m doing well with the charge entry and reconciliation, but tomorrow I really want to give some extra attention to the referrals part of my job, as there is a report that is run on Mondays, and that gives me a couple of days to really get the queue down to just a few. Given the lateness of the hour, though, I think I’m going to just go ahead and shoot for my normal arrival time for work tomorrow. I need to still return that equipment to Time Warner Cable, but if all else fails, I can do that Saturday.
Today after work I went over to see my State Farm agent and discussed insurance with them. We'd already put in for a low mileage discount and the roadside assistance (replacing the AAA I had). My odometer was different than in my memory; I just passed 55,000 miles on my way there, but it still means that in three years I've only put on 20,000 miles, so I qualify. They like to meet their customers, and when I first got the car and signed up with them three years ago, we kept having scheduling issues, and I never came in. Because I wasn't sure if there was a physical inspection, I went ahead and finally cleaned out the car. After that I stopped by the store for about $10 worth of groceries, and then headed to my friends’ house. We watched some episodes of ‘Castle’ together, and then YKWIA and I watched ‘Lucifer’—which I really liked. I find it refreshing to watch someone who has absolutely no inhibitions or filter. YKWIA is a lot like that—very honest and blunt. I appreciate that in a person, and wish I could be better at it than I am. I helped him put away some things in his library and then worked on the computer. After that, I helped take care of some things to do with the dogs and made him tea. We also watched a few clips from 'Galavant'. I would like to watch Season 1 if we can find it somewhere. But I finally left, and when I started the car, I realised I had a thin glaze of ice on the car, and had to clean off the windshield, but the back looked clear until I went to back out. But by that time I was already moving, using the other mirrors, and just put on the rear defrost and hoped for the best. Fortunately, it didn’t take long to melt.
Tomorrow after work is physical therapy. I’m looking forward to it. Where we’ve had our sessions interrupted, I’ve been in quite a bit of pain if I stand for much time at all. I know things would be better if I could walk more, but it hurts to. My goal is to get to a point where my spine and hip flexors allow me to exercise. But it’s bad to do when you’re in acute pain, so I haven’t been. It’s very frustrating. I feel like I’m losing some of my mobility from it. Just walking from the library to the cafeteria, or doing things in the kitchen for about 15 minutes without sitting, is hurting. It’s mostly the lower back; my neck and thoracic spine are also stiff and hurting though, and improve with the manipulation my therapist is doing, plus exercises to strengthen the muscles. I’m hoping, if I just keep working at it, that it will help me be able to do what I used to.
I guess I can officially say I'm in perimenopause. I'm six (almost seven) days late on my period, with no chance of pregnancy, per my calendar log on my phone. The last period I had, right before new year's, lasted the normal time, but then I kept spotting for days afterwards, just a bit. So maybe that's why. But I've never been this far off before, maybe just a day or two at a time here and there. I guess I should start giving my libations at Dark of the Moon rather than with my periods, going forward from here. Still, it's weird.
Okay, I’m starting to really get sleepy. I suppose I should sign off here for the night. My lids are heavy and my legs are hurting a bit, so they need to be propped up and I need to stretch out on the bed. Good night.
Last night I got some disturbing news and came home and just curled up in bed, thinking about the implications. I couldn’t really write; I just felt sad and helpless, and needed some time to come to grips with it. I won’t go into its cause; I feel a little better today because the shock of it has worn off a bit.
Today I went in early to work and had a performance appraisal, which went really well. Come March, I’m getting a 3% raise. Yay! I will have to go through an appraisal for the second part of my job there, as well, but I expect it will be the same.
One of my co-workers I was going to sub for in scheduling went on leave early, but they think they can handle things unless it gets super busy, in which case they might need me a day or so here and there. Since I have a stack of books waist-high to catalogue, on top of my regular duties, I’m fine with that. I’ve been putting off processing them until I had more time in the library. I’m doing well with the charge entry and reconciliation, but tomorrow I really want to give some extra attention to the referrals part of my job, as there is a report that is run on Mondays, and that gives me a couple of days to really get the queue down to just a few. Given the lateness of the hour, though, I think I’m going to just go ahead and shoot for my normal arrival time for work tomorrow. I need to still return that equipment to Time Warner Cable, but if all else fails, I can do that Saturday.
Today after work I went over to see my State Farm agent and discussed insurance with them. We'd already put in for a low mileage discount and the roadside assistance (replacing the AAA I had). My odometer was different than in my memory; I just passed 55,000 miles on my way there, but it still means that in three years I've only put on 20,000 miles, so I qualify. They like to meet their customers, and when I first got the car and signed up with them three years ago, we kept having scheduling issues, and I never came in. Because I wasn't sure if there was a physical inspection, I went ahead and finally cleaned out the car. After that I stopped by the store for about $10 worth of groceries, and then headed to my friends’ house. We watched some episodes of ‘Castle’ together, and then YKWIA and I watched ‘Lucifer’—which I really liked. I find it refreshing to watch someone who has absolutely no inhibitions or filter. YKWIA is a lot like that—very honest and blunt. I appreciate that in a person, and wish I could be better at it than I am. I helped him put away some things in his library and then worked on the computer. After that, I helped take care of some things to do with the dogs and made him tea. We also watched a few clips from 'Galavant'. I would like to watch Season 1 if we can find it somewhere. But I finally left, and when I started the car, I realised I had a thin glaze of ice on the car, and had to clean off the windshield, but the back looked clear until I went to back out. But by that time I was already moving, using the other mirrors, and just put on the rear defrost and hoped for the best. Fortunately, it didn’t take long to melt.
Tomorrow after work is physical therapy. I’m looking forward to it. Where we’ve had our sessions interrupted, I’ve been in quite a bit of pain if I stand for much time at all. I know things would be better if I could walk more, but it hurts to. My goal is to get to a point where my spine and hip flexors allow me to exercise. But it’s bad to do when you’re in acute pain, so I haven’t been. It’s very frustrating. I feel like I’m losing some of my mobility from it. Just walking from the library to the cafeteria, or doing things in the kitchen for about 15 minutes without sitting, is hurting. It’s mostly the lower back; my neck and thoracic spine are also stiff and hurting though, and improve with the manipulation my therapist is doing, plus exercises to strengthen the muscles. I’m hoping, if I just keep working at it, that it will help me be able to do what I used to.
I guess I can officially say I'm in perimenopause. I'm six (almost seven) days late on my period, with no chance of pregnancy, per my calendar log on my phone. The last period I had, right before new year's, lasted the normal time, but then I kept spotting for days afterwards, just a bit. So maybe that's why. But I've never been this far off before, maybe just a day or two at a time here and there. I guess I should start giving my libations at Dark of the Moon rather than with my periods, going forward from here. Still, it's weird.
Okay, I’m starting to really get sleepy. I suppose I should sign off here for the night. My lids are heavy and my legs are hurting a bit, so they need to be propped up and I need to stretch out on the bed. Good night.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Owwwwww
Okay, before you think I'm just being well, a wuss, please consider that my ankle has been hurting now for about two weeks and I only said something a few days ago. I must say, it's getting worse and worse, though, probably because I'm walking more without the car.
I called the podiatrist's office to see if I could make an appointment for next week but she's on vacation, so I have one on Monday next (as opposed to next Monday). The thing is, I'm not sure I can wait until then. I just hobbled home and it's very painful and swollen even though I had a shoe and sock on. It is a burning pain that starts at the outer top part of my foot, goes across the ankle bone and back to the back of my heel. I don't have to be on it for it to hurt with this throbbing pain. If I'm on it, and shift my weight wrong, it's worse. If I move it side to side, it worsens, as does going up and down. Both shoot up to my knee and even into my thigh at times. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is negligible and 10 is excruciating, I'd put it at a 6. I think I need to take care of it as soon as possible. I'm going to check tomorrow and see if there's any chance they could work me in on Friday or maybe I can see her partner.
Apparently the friend with the spare van has a different home number than the one I have, so I'll call him at work tomorrow.
I'm getting together with my old boss tomorrow (a strange phrase, as she's 28). She's thinking of going back to school, which I think would be an excellent idea.
What else was I supposed to do today? I'll have to check. I stopped by the pet store near work and looked at their plants and snails, but I'm going to wait until we can test the water with liquid testers rather than the strips. Then I went to Subway, had dinner, and hobbled on home. I am so tired.
Oh, that's right--cleaning and notes, both of which I plan to do, after I put my foot up for a bit and see if I can get the swelling to go down (I don't have ice, but I think I still have an ice pack left over from my last surgery. I'll check.)
That's all for now.
I called the podiatrist's office to see if I could make an appointment for next week but she's on vacation, so I have one on Monday next (as opposed to next Monday). The thing is, I'm not sure I can wait until then. I just hobbled home and it's very painful and swollen even though I had a shoe and sock on. It is a burning pain that starts at the outer top part of my foot, goes across the ankle bone and back to the back of my heel. I don't have to be on it for it to hurt with this throbbing pain. If I'm on it, and shift my weight wrong, it's worse. If I move it side to side, it worsens, as does going up and down. Both shoot up to my knee and even into my thigh at times. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is negligible and 10 is excruciating, I'd put it at a 6. I think I need to take care of it as soon as possible. I'm going to check tomorrow and see if there's any chance they could work me in on Friday or maybe I can see her partner.
Apparently the friend with the spare van has a different home number than the one I have, so I'll call him at work tomorrow.
I'm getting together with my old boss tomorrow (a strange phrase, as she's 28). She's thinking of going back to school, which I think would be an excellent idea.
What else was I supposed to do today? I'll have to check. I stopped by the pet store near work and looked at their plants and snails, but I'm going to wait until we can test the water with liquid testers rather than the strips. Then I went to Subway, had dinner, and hobbled on home. I am so tired.
Oh, that's right--cleaning and notes, both of which I plan to do, after I put my foot up for a bit and see if I can get the swelling to go down (I don't have ice, but I think I still have an ice pack left over from my last surgery. I'll check.)
That's all for now.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Things I've done today
- Dishes
- Straightened up what little there needed to be
- Went through the mail
- Updated my profile with the bone marrow registry
- Made the bed
- Gathered to trash to be taken out
- Wiped down counters
Still to do today:
PharmacyTake medicineWork on getting the aquarium up and running- Notes
Take trash out- Clean floors in the kitchen and bath
Go watch Hellboy II at a friend's
I have a new planner to write such things down. Appointments I put at the right time; to-do goes on the other side of the sheet. The planner I got also has a 3-in-1 view so you can see the month's to-do list and an agenda with a list of the days. There's a space for notes at the beginning of each month, too. I also have a monthly calendar for quick reference and addresses. Hopefully this will keep me more organised for 2009.
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