A collection of ramblings.

[wook77]

I haven't posted lately because honestly? The only thing going on in my life is work (and not very exciting work at that).

I had my first paid speaking gig on "Employee Engagement: Inspiring Employees to be Well". It's just mindboggling that I get paid to tell people that if they talk to their employees, their employees will talk back.

I've finally finished my help_haiti fic. It's going to require copious amounts of beta'ing but it's finished. Deamus with a side of Neville/Susan, Dennis/Parvati, Harry/Ginny and misc other characters.

I've also finished both of my help_nz fics. Woohoo!

I've a prompt for help_japan which I'm looking forward to writing! I'm claiming my trekreversebang prompt tomorrow and I have one that I really really want as I've sort of already started writing it :/ Way to put the cart before the horse, wook, you idiot.

Tomorrow shall be spent stitching Star Trek characters.

I think I might have a house lined up for next year. It'll be a rental but, still, I'm finally getting my own place and moving out of my mother and sister's house. I'm stuck until next year as my sister is in school and has no income so they need me to help pay the mortgage. The house is fairly tiny (about 800 sq feet) but it has a nice sized back yard. I worked out the budget for the house and it looks like I can afford it with a little left over, even with quitting Fry's.

Those who know me will be shocked by the following: I have cut my Diet Coke intake down from about two 2-liters a day to 3 cans a day. This is huge. I haven't been getting caffeine headaches with that cutback but I'm going to go for another week before I cut it down to one can a day.

My manager at Fry's was finally able to cut my schedule down to 3 shifts a week. In a few weeks, I'll be back to two shifts a week. That's still more than enough money to afford trips and pay off medical bills so I'm good to go with that sort of schedule.

Comments

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

Oh, hello thar! You do still exist. You without Diet Coke kinda makes me want to look over my shoulder for the impending apocalypse. But yay for impending freedom and holy shit, quitting Fry's in the foreseeable future? *throws confetti*

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

You have a lot going on! Good luck with kicking the Coke habit.

:D

[karaz.livejournal.com]

YAYE diet coke reduction. Did you see the 'strange addictions' episode with the lady who was drinking cases a day of coke? I wanted to tell you to watch it so you could feel comparatively better about your diet coke consumption but I forgot.

I am 100% seriously convinced that there is something in coke products that makes you thirsty and crave their products. It's true for coke, diet coke and even Dasani water with me. I quit caffeinated drinks while pregnant and I won't go back to coke stuffs. It WAS SO HARD to quit. I dreamt of that shit. The thought of hitting the mcd's drive through for a large fountain drink still makes my mouth water. IDK what's in coke but it should be a banned substance, it's legit addictive.