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beansideThe week has been long and annoying, but it's finally Friday! I am a cup of coffee into the morning, and ready to do some shit. Alas, I have no shit to really do at the moment, so instead I'm idly scrolling through social media. I have a hair appointment at 1:30, because my pixie cut has gotten very shaggy, but aside from that, it's all prep all the time. (Okay, actually, it'll probably be all prep after I get back from the appointment. This morning, I'm just kind of poking things with a stick. Not awake enough to make any choices really.
Yesterday was every bit as much of a pain as I expected. I had the failed delivery queue, which was very busy because apparently people weren't doing their jobs the last three days. I came in to over 80 orders. Even as fast as I am, it took a couple of hours to get them down. Then, the rest of the day, I had to keep it up, with the orders coming in 5-10 at a time. It was a pain in the ass. I mean, on one hand, it was something to do. On the other, I really hate that queue. It's in diametric opposition to our Markets. On our market reports when we have a failed delivery, we send the customer an email to call in and reschedule. On the queue, we reschedule it for them and send them a note that they've been rescheduled. It takes away the accountability for the customer, and may put it on a date they can't do. It makes no sense to me, honestly. But, it is the job, so I do it.
Next week is going to suck. I'm going to have so much shit to do, and better than half of my minions are out. Sunday and Monday are going to be especially bad, as I will have one person to do the updates. I may have to beg for help from my team, but we shall see. I'm making the updates my priority, so if coworker J and my markets don't get done some days, they'll just have to deal. I really don't want to hear about it. And if I do, I will be giving it right back. Plus, there's the fact that I will have almost no one to talk to most of the week that is making me sad. I want people to have nice vacations! I just don't want all of their work to fall directly on my head, but it seems like that's what's going to happen. I'd say "I hope they enjoy doing all my stuff while I'm in Disney," but that's only my stuff. It's not like I can drop two people's worth of work on them. Plus, I have no clue what we'll be doing by then, so we'll see.
But for now, weekend! And a 2 game weekend! First up, the very first game of Curse of Strahd. I am very excited to see what we're going to do with this module. I am a little nervous, but I think I have a handle on it. I've re-read most of the module twice, and I'll refresh myself this afternoon on the places they'll be going this first session. I do think I'll need to take some notes on this one. Just too many side characters not to. I don't want to rely solely on the Trello board.
I've thought about getting one of those DM notebooks, but they're really too big for the space I have on my desk. Still, it would be nice not to have to ask "And what's your Armor Class" every time I have a monster taking a swing. I wonder if someone's formulated a google doc or spreadsheet for that? I'm sure they have, I just have to find it. I'm incredibly lucky in that I have a dedicated note taker in the group, so I always have that to refer back to.
Actually, I'm just incredibly lucky with the whole group. They're good people, and I have a lot of fun playing alongside them.
I believe I'm going to spend the morning prepping for MotW. I came up with a fucked up idea that I want to incorporate into the game on Saturday, so I'm going to expound on that a little, and maybe come up with some more weird shit for it. I mean, they're already going after an organization of indiscriminate monster hunters who spontaneously combust if you have them cornered, so fucked up is kind of the name of the game. They of course, feel that their magical powers come from God for the sole purpose of eradicating the supernatural.
I'm so excited for this weekend. First we shall start Strahd, which I'm nervous and excited about. Then, we shall have MotW, where our heroes are reaping the consequences of their various actions over the last almost two years of playing. The funny thing is that for the first nine months to a year, I ran premade adventures, but somehow, backstory seeped in anyway. My players never went quite the way the adventure expected, so I homebrewed a lot, and in those gaps, I found backstory to exploit. And now, we're rolling towards the big conflict (5 months to go in game) and all of these plot points I left on the table are creeping back all at once. They've got split loyalties to humanity, Faerie, the mob and even to the monsters, and over it all, the demon Abbadon who they made a deal with to postpone the big battle for a year and a day.
It is now 9am and I should get myself together for the day. Got things to do, games to prep and a dad to get up and get coffee for. Have the best Friday everyone!
Yesterday was every bit as much of a pain as I expected. I had the failed delivery queue, which was very busy because apparently people weren't doing their jobs the last three days. I came in to over 80 orders. Even as fast as I am, it took a couple of hours to get them down. Then, the rest of the day, I had to keep it up, with the orders coming in 5-10 at a time. It was a pain in the ass. I mean, on one hand, it was something to do. On the other, I really hate that queue. It's in diametric opposition to our Markets. On our market reports when we have a failed delivery, we send the customer an email to call in and reschedule. On the queue, we reschedule it for them and send them a note that they've been rescheduled. It takes away the accountability for the customer, and may put it on a date they can't do. It makes no sense to me, honestly. But, it is the job, so I do it.
Next week is going to suck. I'm going to have so much shit to do, and better than half of my minions are out. Sunday and Monday are going to be especially bad, as I will have one person to do the updates. I may have to beg for help from my team, but we shall see. I'm making the updates my priority, so if coworker J and my markets don't get done some days, they'll just have to deal. I really don't want to hear about it. And if I do, I will be giving it right back. Plus, there's the fact that I will have almost no one to talk to most of the week that is making me sad. I want people to have nice vacations! I just don't want all of their work to fall directly on my head, but it seems like that's what's going to happen. I'd say "I hope they enjoy doing all my stuff while I'm in Disney," but that's only my stuff. It's not like I can drop two people's worth of work on them. Plus, I have no clue what we'll be doing by then, so we'll see.
But for now, weekend! And a 2 game weekend! First up, the very first game of Curse of Strahd. I am very excited to see what we're going to do with this module. I am a little nervous, but I think I have a handle on it. I've re-read most of the module twice, and I'll refresh myself this afternoon on the places they'll be going this first session. I do think I'll need to take some notes on this one. Just too many side characters not to. I don't want to rely solely on the Trello board.
I've thought about getting one of those DM notebooks, but they're really too big for the space I have on my desk. Still, it would be nice not to have to ask "And what's your Armor Class" every time I have a monster taking a swing. I wonder if someone's formulated a google doc or spreadsheet for that? I'm sure they have, I just have to find it. I'm incredibly lucky in that I have a dedicated note taker in the group, so I always have that to refer back to.
Actually, I'm just incredibly lucky with the whole group. They're good people, and I have a lot of fun playing alongside them.
I believe I'm going to spend the morning prepping for MotW. I came up with a fucked up idea that I want to incorporate into the game on Saturday, so I'm going to expound on that a little, and maybe come up with some more weird shit for it. I mean, they're already going after an organization of indiscriminate monster hunters who spontaneously combust if you have them cornered, so fucked up is kind of the name of the game. They of course, feel that their magical powers come from God for the sole purpose of eradicating the supernatural.
I'm so excited for this weekend. First we shall start Strahd, which I'm nervous and excited about. Then, we shall have MotW, where our heroes are reaping the consequences of their various actions over the last almost two years of playing. The funny thing is that for the first nine months to a year, I ran premade adventures, but somehow, backstory seeped in anyway. My players never went quite the way the adventure expected, so I homebrewed a lot, and in those gaps, I found backstory to exploit. And now, we're rolling towards the big conflict (5 months to go in game) and all of these plot points I left on the table are creeping back all at once. They've got split loyalties to humanity, Faerie, the mob and even to the monsters, and over it all, the demon Abbadon who they made a deal with to postpone the big battle for a year and a day.
It is now 9am and I should get myself together for the day. Got things to do, games to prep and a dad to get up and get coffee for. Have the best Friday everyone!
