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Morning? Ew.
Another fun morning, as Dad is up super early. I shall have no peace and cannot listen to the beginning of Rick Riordan's Trial of Apollo: The Tower of Nero, which came out today. I almost always do audiobooks for Riordan's work, because they get good narrators. I'm particularly fond of the narrator for Apollo. He has just the right balance between hapless human and "I used to be a God."
I really enjoy Riordan's books. He took the fame from Percy Jackson, and used it for good. His last series included a homeless pansexual hero, a genderfluid love interest (who is awesome) and a practicing Muslim Valkyrie. That was the Magnus Chase books, which took on Norse mythology. He also started his own imprint of books that lets POC authors tell the stories of their mythology, having realized after the fact that maybe Egyptian mythology wasn't his to tell. It's like he looked at the other series available, the lack of representation and said "hold my beer and watch this." For his future books, he's looking into Celtic mythology, and I am here for that.
I forgot to say, on Sunday, since work was so blah, I ordered from Small Cakes I ordered their Wedding Cake cupcake, which is almond cake and icing. It was amazing, and I am a total convert. Their cupcakes are expensive as hell, but totally worth it. I think I'll be getting my birthday cupcakes from them. They also have pupcakes, which are mini carrot cake with a not too sweet peanut butter icing that Yoda loved. (I tried it, too, and the carrot cake was really good. I'm not even a huge fan of carrot cake, and I loved it.)
Yesterday, work was boring. No special projects, just my markets, so most of the day, I was doomscrolling twitter. Today, I'll probably be working one of my coworkers markets, so that'll give me a little more to do, since her market is a frigging mess. That'll at least be my morning.
I have my Performance Evaluation at 3. I'm nervous in the way that I'm always nervous, but realistically, I know it'll be fine. I do my job, I do it well. I help out when I can. I'm always willing to do anything I'm asked to do. No one gets an exceeds expectations, it's just a thing, but I know I'll get meets expectations. I just wish it was earlier in the day to get it over with.
I really enjoy Riordan's books. He took the fame from Percy Jackson, and used it for good. His last series included a homeless pansexual hero, a genderfluid love interest (who is awesome) and a practicing Muslim Valkyrie. That was the Magnus Chase books, which took on Norse mythology. He also started his own imprint of books that lets POC authors tell the stories of their mythology, having realized after the fact that maybe Egyptian mythology wasn't his to tell. It's like he looked at the other series available, the lack of representation and said "hold my beer and watch this." For his future books, he's looking into Celtic mythology, and I am here for that.
I forgot to say, on Sunday, since work was so blah, I ordered from Small Cakes I ordered their Wedding Cake cupcake, which is almond cake and icing. It was amazing, and I am a total convert. Their cupcakes are expensive as hell, but totally worth it. I think I'll be getting my birthday cupcakes from them. They also have pupcakes, which are mini carrot cake with a not too sweet peanut butter icing that Yoda loved. (I tried it, too, and the carrot cake was really good. I'm not even a huge fan of carrot cake, and I loved it.)
Yesterday, work was boring. No special projects, just my markets, so most of the day, I was doomscrolling twitter. Today, I'll probably be working one of my coworkers markets, so that'll give me a little more to do, since her market is a frigging mess. That'll at least be my morning.
I have my Performance Evaluation at 3. I'm nervous in the way that I'm always nervous, but realistically, I know it'll be fine. I do my job, I do it well. I help out when I can. I'm always willing to do anything I'm asked to do. No one gets an exceeds expectations, it's just a thing, but I know I'll get meets expectations. I just wish it was earlier in the day to get it over with.