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It's a lovely two game Sunday! Boodle is very chatty and playful this morning, running around and yelling as she goes. I went over to give her some love, and she allowed it, but what she really wanted is crunch treats. I of course gave her a few, which were summarily eaten. Now's she sitting there giving the sad meow of her people, trying to coerce me into giving her more treats. She seems to be saying "I know you have Churu treats, woman. Now kick some down." (Which reminded me, I need to get her more Churus.)

I am very much looking forward to having some games, one this morning and one this afternoon! The morning one is DMed by

coyotegestalt, and I'm the DM for the evening game. We have a lot of games this week! We have a game every day from Wed-Sunday this week. It's going to be so much fun! The Wednesday game may be in a little jeopardy because Dad is scheduled to come home Wednesday evening. But we're gonna play it by ear and see how it goes.

I had a pretty good day yesterday, though it was busy. First, I set about building my new temp chair. I'm not sure I love it, but I think it'll do for a few weeks until the really nice chair arrives. The cat seems to really like it, though. It was a pain in the ass to put together, and I am definitely feeling the soreness today from it.

Then, we went to get hot pot. After some discussion, we decided to try a new place that had both hot pot and Korean BBQ. Holy crap, it was so good. I mean, the place we normally go to is nice, but this was just excellent. They had so much good stuff. I got a miso soup base that was so good. I need like a gallon of that next time I get a cold. Jess and my sister both got the spicy Szechuan broth. (They did not lie about the spicy.) We ordered a ton of meat, both for the hotpot and the grill. There was so much good stuff. I did not dislike anything I ate, honestly. There was a spicy garlic pork belly that pretty much won the day, though. It was a thick roll of pork belly that was marinated in garlic and soy and it crisped up and the fat rendered and it was amazing. I think next time we go, we will be ordering a couple plates of that to start. They also had really good gyoza and rice cakes. Oh! And their udon noodles were really good. Very hard to get out of the pot, but very tasty.

After that, we headed home for a bit, and then Jess and I went up to see Dad, who was in a bit of a Mood. Understandable, since he was expecting to be home, but still annoying. We didn't stay for long because it was roughly 7000 degrees in his room and I was having anxiety about being trapped. It's one of my big triggers, and for some reason, it decided to kick in hardcore. So, we left a little early and went to Target to get some new t-shirts. With me being work from home, we definitely needed more clothes. It was one thing when I was wearing a work "uniform" like I was at 911, but if I'm going to be home, I'm going to be comfortable, and we only have so many pairs of leggings and t-shirts to share. So, once the taxes came in, I put in an order at Old Navy for leggings, and we headed to Target to get some nice shirts. Fortunately, it wasn't too busy for a Saturday, and we were able to get six new shirts in various colors. The old Navy order was here by the time we got back, so we are set.

Tomorrow it's back to work, for one more day of shadowing before I start insurance training on Tuesday. So far it's going well, I'm starting to get the hang of how to use Epic, which is good. I'll have Epic classes starting the week after, so I'll hopefully be a little bit ahead of the game.

It's strange to be back to work, honestly. It's been about 5 months since I was working from home in any capacity, and I feel like I'm out of the habit. I'll get used to it, of course. It's just a little strange at the moment.

Big, stupid action movies. Jess and I were discussing movies last night, and a lot of what we were talking about was your big budget high octane action movies. The bigger and dumber the better. I loved Battleship, for instance. It was dumb as hell, but there's something about disengaging my brain and just letting the movie take me where it wants me to be that I adore.

As my brain has gotten harder to wrangle, the breadth of movies I'm able to sit through has diminished. Whereas I used to watch a variety of genres, now I'm mostly stuck on the big budget action movie. Next month, once I have insurance again, I'm looking forward to finally having the ADHD discussion with my doctor, and just maybe I'll be able to focus on things again.

Okay, gotta get my brain in gear for game this morning! Everyone have a wonderful Sunday!