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beansideSo, yesterday...was not what I was hoping for. The doctor's appointment went fine. She was very nice and very thorough. We talked about all of my issues, which was nice. She wants me to get an MRI of my neck, but she was kind enough to give me some Valium for them. So, hopefully that'll help me to relax when I have both my neck and my head done. She wants me to cut back on coffee, which I'm not sure I can do. I'll try, but it'll be tough. She's also sending me for a B12 level to see if that could be touching off the dizziness. All in all, it was an okay appointment.
Then came the meeting at work. The short version is that they're restructuring, and I have no idea where my job is going to fit into it. I don't think I'm going to be unemployed or anything, just that I'm not going to be doing the same job I do now, and it will probably involve time back on the phones dealing with customers. I won't know more for a week, when I'll have a one on one with my manager. The uncertainty sucks. I feel like they screwed the pooch with the meeting. Making us wait that long to find out if we have a job, or are going to be applying for new jobs is just shitty. And of course, my manager seems to have no clue of what is going to happen. She says she doesn't even know what she'll be doing in the new reorg.
I really don't want to deal with customers again. I was so happy to get away from that when I moved over to the back office. I especially don't want to deal with them in the pandemic era, where by all reports, they're nastier than ever. This has me stressed as fuck and will until such time as I find out what is going to happen. It feels like after 6 years of advancement, we're taking a huge step backwards. It sucks and I hate it.
Today, I should have some markets to do in the morning at least, though since they're talking about getting a bot to do some of our jobs, it seems pointless. But, I will behave and do what I'm supposed to.
If things get bad, I can always start job hunting, but I really would prefer not to. The benefits are top notch, and the pay is decent, so if I can manage it, I will probably stay. But, it's in the back of my mind if I need to.
All in all, I'd rather have been playing D&D. I ended up checking the Discord server a lot, hoping for something to distract me. We're trying to work on scheduling the new game. I think we'll probably end up doing three game weekends, followed by a potential one or two game weekend. It'll be a lot, but we'll work it out. The two tough ones are Monster of the Week and Masks, since those are open sandbox, and I have to come up with the plot for the session. (I wouldn't change a thing.) And Frostmaiden, we're so far outside what the module planned for that a lot of it is homebrew as well. Witchlight we're staying pretty much within the plot, so that's mostly just reading ahead. And I'm sure the new module will start out sticking with the plot, so that gives me at least a session or two before it goes off the rails.
We're planning the session 0 for the new game, which is when you go over housekeeping and just generally cover what you will and will not do. It's also a chance for players to voice any content that they might feel uncomfortable with. For instance, players may have arachnophobia and not want any spider content. My hard lines will always be no sexual assault and no onscreen harm to animals or children. I tend to also fade to black on any sexual content. Propositioning a PC sleazily, fine, anything more than that, no thank you. Misgendering the characters or players is a big no. It happens, I understand. After a few years, I still struggle with Jess' pronouns some times, so yeah, accidents happen. Acknowledge, apologize and we'll move on. If content is making a player uncomfortable, they can always send me a message, and we'll either avoid it completely or change it. Aside from that, I'm a pretty laid back DM. There are thankfully checklists out there of what to cover at Session 0, and I tend to use them as a template of what I want to cover. Time to break them out again, I suppose.
Okay time for me to get ready for a fun day of work. Have a good Tuesday everyone!
Then came the meeting at work. The short version is that they're restructuring, and I have no idea where my job is going to fit into it. I don't think I'm going to be unemployed or anything, just that I'm not going to be doing the same job I do now, and it will probably involve time back on the phones dealing with customers. I won't know more for a week, when I'll have a one on one with my manager. The uncertainty sucks. I feel like they screwed the pooch with the meeting. Making us wait that long to find out if we have a job, or are going to be applying for new jobs is just shitty. And of course, my manager seems to have no clue of what is going to happen. She says she doesn't even know what she'll be doing in the new reorg.
I really don't want to deal with customers again. I was so happy to get away from that when I moved over to the back office. I especially don't want to deal with them in the pandemic era, where by all reports, they're nastier than ever. This has me stressed as fuck and will until such time as I find out what is going to happen. It feels like after 6 years of advancement, we're taking a huge step backwards. It sucks and I hate it.
Today, I should have some markets to do in the morning at least, though since they're talking about getting a bot to do some of our jobs, it seems pointless. But, I will behave and do what I'm supposed to.
If things get bad, I can always start job hunting, but I really would prefer not to. The benefits are top notch, and the pay is decent, so if I can manage it, I will probably stay. But, it's in the back of my mind if I need to.
All in all, I'd rather have been playing D&D. I ended up checking the Discord server a lot, hoping for something to distract me. We're trying to work on scheduling the new game. I think we'll probably end up doing three game weekends, followed by a potential one or two game weekend. It'll be a lot, but we'll work it out. The two tough ones are Monster of the Week and Masks, since those are open sandbox, and I have to come up with the plot for the session. (I wouldn't change a thing.) And Frostmaiden, we're so far outside what the module planned for that a lot of it is homebrew as well. Witchlight we're staying pretty much within the plot, so that's mostly just reading ahead. And I'm sure the new module will start out sticking with the plot, so that gives me at least a session or two before it goes off the rails.
We're planning the session 0 for the new game, which is when you go over housekeeping and just generally cover what you will and will not do. It's also a chance for players to voice any content that they might feel uncomfortable with. For instance, players may have arachnophobia and not want any spider content. My hard lines will always be no sexual assault and no onscreen harm to animals or children. I tend to also fade to black on any sexual content. Propositioning a PC sleazily, fine, anything more than that, no thank you. Misgendering the characters or players is a big no. It happens, I understand. After a few years, I still struggle with Jess' pronouns some times, so yeah, accidents happen. Acknowledge, apologize and we'll move on. If content is making a player uncomfortable, they can always send me a message, and we'll either avoid it completely or change it. Aside from that, I'm a pretty laid back DM. There are thankfully checklists out there of what to cover at Session 0, and I tend to use them as a template of what I want to cover. Time to break them out again, I suppose.
Okay time for me to get ready for a fun day of work. Have a good Tuesday everyone!
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Date: 2022-06-07 06:11 pm (UTC)but what a bummer about the reorg at work; I sure hope you're not too badly affected once the shuffling about is done.