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beansideHappy Pride Month! It's a really shitty time to be GLBTQIA+ these days. So it's more important than ever that those of us who can show up and be our authentic selves and show off our Queer joy for those who can't or aren't safe to do so. I haven't seen anything from the Office of Diversity this year about working either Pride or Trans Pride, so I'm going to have to go looking.
We were discussing a campaign playlist for Marchen, and there's a lot of lovely fucked up songs on there, because the characters are almost all feral to some degree or another. So there's a lot of really cool music with some darker themes. Absolutely awesome. And I came out with my top song for how I'm approaching things, and it was much less dark and more hopeful. It's kind of my endgame song.
It's not dark by any stretch. Instead, it's gentle and hopeful, and talks about surviving no matter the odds. We have quite a way to go to get there, but it is where I'm looking. Redemption for the party, and if not peace, a rest. I mean, it is a fairy tale land, so there's got to be some happily ever after. It also reminded me how much I like Dar Williams.
I took my Mounjaro shot yesterday and today I feel kind of assy. I didn't sleep well, and now I'm nauseous as fuck. I hate this fucking medication. I'm so tired of feeling sick. I guess I'll be going on Ubereats and ordering a couple of quarts of Matzo Ball Soup from the Jewish deli. It's one thing I can eat all the time without worrying that it's going to fuck things up more. At this point, I should fucking own this deli.
I'm just so over this. I've got a new glucose meter coming today, because the one I got died, so I'll be interested to see if this is doing anything for my glucose levels. The dying one didn't think so, but seeing as it wasn't a good one to start with, I figured I'd get a decent one. I sure as shit hope this is worth it.
Yesterday, we didn't do anything. Jess woke up with a bit of a cough (probably allergy), so we decided to skip the Greek Festival. Instead, we did nothing but relax. Which was probably a good thing. We had some good food, as I sprung for the good sushi after the shitty stuff we had the day before. Also Fish and Chips. Both were excellent and made me happy. They weren't quite as good as what I had in Alaska, but the fish was not coming directly off the boat. Also, it was cod, not halibut. I like cod. But halibut is my favorite.
The food was excellent, and made up a little bit for the week of Mounjaro bland food.
We did watch a few videos. I mostly focused on food videos, and found a few more places that I might like to try. Disney food is looking mostly like a washout. They don't seem to have a lot off good food at the west coast parks. Definitely nothing like the cheeseburger eggroll they have in Disney World. I'm still going to eat and drink there, but I'll be very picky.
I watched a couple of videos on the hotel we're staying at in San Diego. It's called the Lafayette Hotel, and it is very much the House on the Rock-level accommodations. It has multiple restaurants and bars, each with a different theme. The main lobby bar looks like it's something out of New Orleans. Then, you move to another hallway and htey have a 50's diner, and beyond that is Quixote, the Mexican restaurant that was created to look like a Mexican church. All dark wood and stained glass and the beautiful painted tiles. There's also a games bar with two bowling lanes, and a Jazz supper club. The rooms are hideous. They're tacky and overblown, with clashing fabrics and dark wood, and I absolutely love it.
Just to give you a little glimpse of the rooms. It looks like it should be fun. Probably way more than we need, but we'll give it a go. The horrible tackiness brings me joy.
Today, I shall have to take some calls and do some work, and then on WEdnesday, we'll have our PAS picnic. I don't know how much I'll feel like doing that, but I will for the sake of call center unity. I have to go digging on our shelves, so I can find my badge. A lot of people are coming directly from work. I'm coming from work, but my work clothes are a little different.
At some point this week, we're going to go up to the guy and sign up for a 3 day pass to see how we like it and if we think we could stick with it. I really like the pictures of their therqpy pool. I would love to have a heated indoor pool that I could do gentle exercise to try to settle my knees down. Maybe my back as well.
Merrit, which is closer to us actually have a therapy pool, but they're also considerably more expensive by about $35/month. They have a class called Aih Chi on Sundays that might be good. Low impact excercise. I'd like to get a little more in shape before the big vacation next November. It's probably going to be at least as much walking as Alaska, possibly more once you include the four days between Disneyland/California Adventure and San Diego. Then, you add in Ensenada, Mexico and San Francisco. We're going to be using Uber and public transit as much as possible, but that's still going to be a lot. The hard stretch will be Anaheim and San Diego, since there's not really a break in between. We arrive in Anaheim on Monday, and will hit the parks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday night, we're taking the train down to San Diego, and hitting that on Thursday and Friday. Honestly, embarcation on Saturday may be relaxing after all that. At least now, I know the drill for the most part. It's a different port, so it might be slightly different, but we'll see.
It won't be as smooth as the first time, as we won't have aa concierge to walk us through everything, but we'll make it work.
I'm very excited about this trip. It's like another bucket list brought to life. I'm going to see most of the major cities in California. We might even do a little tour of Los Angeles, though I'm 99% sure that it's not really my scene. Anaheim will be more my thing as I ate up that Disney bubble shit. Then, San Diego looks so cool and chill, and I'm all about that. Then, onto Mexico and San Francisco. San Francisco doesn't seem my vibe, but it looks cool to visit.
I really want to go back to bed, but I'll give it a little while. I have some cheese and chopped prosecute to put in my eggs this morning if my stomach is up to it. Hopefully, my loaf of sourdough bread comes early. I want to have that with the eggs, and maybe have a bit of the olive tapenade that I ordered out of an abundance of hope that I wouldn't be sick as a dog.
I'm really missing Boodle right now. I love Yoda, but I also want a kitty, too. I started looking at pictures on petfinder, and found a kitten named Panini. She's a beautiful gray Maine Coon who was surrendered by the breeder because she had chronic constipation. The rescue got her cleaned out and medicated her, and after a month or two, she grew out of it. Perfectly healthy cat who just had a little bit of poop problem. I don't know if we're actually ready to get a cat. Yoda's still an asshole and I stll miss Boodle horribly. Not sure if I'm ready for a replacement. But I'd like to meet her and see. It's possible it won't even get that far. She may already have been adopted or the rescue doesn't think we're a good match, but we'll see.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get dressed and shit. After work, I'm going to. pick up everyone's medication for the month. But first, a probably busy day at work.
Everyone have the very best Monday possible!
We were discussing a campaign playlist for Marchen, and there's a lot of lovely fucked up songs on there, because the characters are almost all feral to some degree or another. So there's a lot of really cool music with some darker themes. Absolutely awesome. And I came out with my top song for how I'm approaching things, and it was much less dark and more hopeful. It's kind of my endgame song.
It's not dark by any stretch. Instead, it's gentle and hopeful, and talks about surviving no matter the odds. We have quite a way to go to get there, but it is where I'm looking. Redemption for the party, and if not peace, a rest. I mean, it is a fairy tale land, so there's got to be some happily ever after. It also reminded me how much I like Dar Williams.
I took my Mounjaro shot yesterday and today I feel kind of assy. I didn't sleep well, and now I'm nauseous as fuck. I hate this fucking medication. I'm so tired of feeling sick. I guess I'll be going on Ubereats and ordering a couple of quarts of Matzo Ball Soup from the Jewish deli. It's one thing I can eat all the time without worrying that it's going to fuck things up more. At this point, I should fucking own this deli.
I'm just so over this. I've got a new glucose meter coming today, because the one I got died, so I'll be interested to see if this is doing anything for my glucose levels. The dying one didn't think so, but seeing as it wasn't a good one to start with, I figured I'd get a decent one. I sure as shit hope this is worth it.
Yesterday, we didn't do anything. Jess woke up with a bit of a cough (probably allergy), so we decided to skip the Greek Festival. Instead, we did nothing but relax. Which was probably a good thing. We had some good food, as I sprung for the good sushi after the shitty stuff we had the day before. Also Fish and Chips. Both were excellent and made me happy. They weren't quite as good as what I had in Alaska, but the fish was not coming directly off the boat. Also, it was cod, not halibut. I like cod. But halibut is my favorite.
The food was excellent, and made up a little bit for the week of Mounjaro bland food.
We did watch a few videos. I mostly focused on food videos, and found a few more places that I might like to try. Disney food is looking mostly like a washout. They don't seem to have a lot off good food at the west coast parks. Definitely nothing like the cheeseburger eggroll they have in Disney World. I'm still going to eat and drink there, but I'll be very picky.
I watched a couple of videos on the hotel we're staying at in San Diego. It's called the Lafayette Hotel, and it is very much the House on the Rock-level accommodations. It has multiple restaurants and bars, each with a different theme. The main lobby bar looks like it's something out of New Orleans. Then, you move to another hallway and htey have a 50's diner, and beyond that is Quixote, the Mexican restaurant that was created to look like a Mexican church. All dark wood and stained glass and the beautiful painted tiles. There's also a games bar with two bowling lanes, and a Jazz supper club. The rooms are hideous. They're tacky and overblown, with clashing fabrics and dark wood, and I absolutely love it.
Just to give you a little glimpse of the rooms. It looks like it should be fun. Probably way more than we need, but we'll give it a go. The horrible tackiness brings me joy.
Today, I shall have to take some calls and do some work, and then on WEdnesday, we'll have our PAS picnic. I don't know how much I'll feel like doing that, but I will for the sake of call center unity. I have to go digging on our shelves, so I can find my badge. A lot of people are coming directly from work. I'm coming from work, but my work clothes are a little different.
At some point this week, we're going to go up to the guy and sign up for a 3 day pass to see how we like it and if we think we could stick with it. I really like the pictures of their therqpy pool. I would love to have a heated indoor pool that I could do gentle exercise to try to settle my knees down. Maybe my back as well.
Merrit, which is closer to us actually have a therapy pool, but they're also considerably more expensive by about $35/month. They have a class called Aih Chi on Sundays that might be good. Low impact excercise. I'd like to get a little more in shape before the big vacation next November. It's probably going to be at least as much walking as Alaska, possibly more once you include the four days between Disneyland/California Adventure and San Diego. Then, you add in Ensenada, Mexico and San Francisco. We're going to be using Uber and public transit as much as possible, but that's still going to be a lot. The hard stretch will be Anaheim and San Diego, since there's not really a break in between. We arrive in Anaheim on Monday, and will hit the parks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday night, we're taking the train down to San Diego, and hitting that on Thursday and Friday. Honestly, embarcation on Saturday may be relaxing after all that. At least now, I know the drill for the most part. It's a different port, so it might be slightly different, but we'll see.
It won't be as smooth as the first time, as we won't have aa concierge to walk us through everything, but we'll make it work.
I'm very excited about this trip. It's like another bucket list brought to life. I'm going to see most of the major cities in California. We might even do a little tour of Los Angeles, though I'm 99% sure that it's not really my scene. Anaheim will be more my thing as I ate up that Disney bubble shit. Then, San Diego looks so cool and chill, and I'm all about that. Then, onto Mexico and San Francisco. San Francisco doesn't seem my vibe, but it looks cool to visit.
I really want to go back to bed, but I'll give it a little while. I have some cheese and chopped prosecute to put in my eggs this morning if my stomach is up to it. Hopefully, my loaf of sourdough bread comes early. I want to have that with the eggs, and maybe have a bit of the olive tapenade that I ordered out of an abundance of hope that I wouldn't be sick as a dog.
I'm really missing Boodle right now. I love Yoda, but I also want a kitty, too. I started looking at pictures on petfinder, and found a kitten named Panini. She's a beautiful gray Maine Coon who was surrendered by the breeder because she had chronic constipation. The rescue got her cleaned out and medicated her, and after a month or two, she grew out of it. Perfectly healthy cat who just had a little bit of poop problem. I don't know if we're actually ready to get a cat. Yoda's still an asshole and I stll miss Boodle horribly. Not sure if I'm ready for a replacement. But I'd like to meet her and see. It's possible it won't even get that far. She may already have been adopted or the rescue doesn't think we're a good match, but we'll see.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get dressed and shit. After work, I'm going to. pick up everyone's medication for the month. But first, a probably busy day at work.
Everyone have the very best Monday possible!
