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Sep. 17th, 2023 05:14 pmReally, really not enjoying the whole covid levels spiking thing right now. I want to be able to go to the grocery store without worrying, I want to be able to feel like I can go to the salon and spend five hours getting my hair dyed again, I want to be able to go to lunch with a friend. Right now I don't feel like I can do any of those things, and yes that may be too much concern but also I haven't spent the last few years plague free by not being careful. And definitely not to finally get it now.
On the plus side and for the salon twitchiness specifically, I have finally opened my shipment from Arda wigs and while a couple of the pieces aren't all that useful to me, the long bright blue piece is pretty much perfect for my uses. I think I'm going to place an order for a couple more in different colors, depending on what my bank account looks like now that I've paid some bills, and then get a few more pieces so when shit like this happens I can just shove a couple pieces of hair extensions in and still have punk rock hair color. Not entirely sure what to do about the bottom of my hair being faded and slightly gross, but maybe I just don't do anything about it and let it go. Save me a fussing at the salon when it turns green or something from the bleach interaction.
Other than the covid levels I guess, on a personal level, things aren't going that badly. I just took a look at my bank account and yeah, okay, I can place a small order for some wig pieces. I did a bunch of stress buying too but before I did any of that I put a chunk of money into my savings, and I'm actually feeling pretty proud about that. I also cut down some on stress buying, I got a couple more notebooks and some inkpads to replace the crappy ones I first bought that don't hold shit, and pre-ordered the tarot journal I have now. Not as bad as it could have been! Plus did I mention I put a chunk of money into savings first? I think that's actually going to be the better habit than to try and curtail grabbing for shinies when I'm stressed. That way the number I'm looking at to determine, can I buy indulgent things or not is after I've saved some and not before.
I really shouldn't be stressed about my job. I am, I shouldn't be, I get top marks in my code evaluations and I get QA people writing on their checks of my work that they love working with me, of course my contract's going to get extended. Right? Of course right. What I should be worrying about is studying for that certification test that I need to take, and ... well, I don't know, I'm worried about all of it. I want my contract to be renewed, i want to get a full time position there actually, and I want to study for my certification, and I'm fussing because it's not a sure thing and we still need to buy a new damn car. Argh.
Not much else is going on. Felix Doe the Mystery Cat seems to know what a trap is, we've put out food three times so far in the trap and it hasn't been sprung, but every time we put out food outside of the trap it comes and eats twice a day at least. So, fine, we'll do this the hard way and try to make friends with it. We do have the advantage that there are places for the cat to hide indoors built into the house, crawlspaces entrances big enough for a cat and so on, and for whatever reason they seem to enjoy running around under there, so we're just feeding it and giving it fresh water and being patient. We've gotten close enough to see a couple distinguishing marks. Hopefully if it isn't someone's it will quickly become someone's. Tailypo is definitely someone's, every time we see it it's all sleek and well fed looking. Probably someone's up the street, we see it walking in a specific direction a lot. I enjoy its visits but I do wish its human would keep it at home, cars go way too fast down this street. This is the most interesting thing in my life: my cats. It makes for boring journal entries, I think, but also a very nice life. (If only that were true, but I feel like the looming threat of covid is in everyone's life, so... something.)
On the plus side and for the salon twitchiness specifically, I have finally opened my shipment from Arda wigs and while a couple of the pieces aren't all that useful to me, the long bright blue piece is pretty much perfect for my uses. I think I'm going to place an order for a couple more in different colors, depending on what my bank account looks like now that I've paid some bills, and then get a few more pieces so when shit like this happens I can just shove a couple pieces of hair extensions in and still have punk rock hair color. Not entirely sure what to do about the bottom of my hair being faded and slightly gross, but maybe I just don't do anything about it and let it go. Save me a fussing at the salon when it turns green or something from the bleach interaction.
Other than the covid levels I guess, on a personal level, things aren't going that badly. I just took a look at my bank account and yeah, okay, I can place a small order for some wig pieces. I did a bunch of stress buying too but before I did any of that I put a chunk of money into my savings, and I'm actually feeling pretty proud about that. I also cut down some on stress buying, I got a couple more notebooks and some inkpads to replace the crappy ones I first bought that don't hold shit, and pre-ordered the tarot journal I have now. Not as bad as it could have been! Plus did I mention I put a chunk of money into savings first? I think that's actually going to be the better habit than to try and curtail grabbing for shinies when I'm stressed. That way the number I'm looking at to determine, can I buy indulgent things or not is after I've saved some and not before.
I really shouldn't be stressed about my job. I am, I shouldn't be, I get top marks in my code evaluations and I get QA people writing on their checks of my work that they love working with me, of course my contract's going to get extended. Right? Of course right. What I should be worrying about is studying for that certification test that I need to take, and ... well, I don't know, I'm worried about all of it. I want my contract to be renewed, i want to get a full time position there actually, and I want to study for my certification, and I'm fussing because it's not a sure thing and we still need to buy a new damn car. Argh.
Not much else is going on. Felix Doe the Mystery Cat seems to know what a trap is, we've put out food three times so far in the trap and it hasn't been sprung, but every time we put out food outside of the trap it comes and eats twice a day at least. So, fine, we'll do this the hard way and try to make friends with it. We do have the advantage that there are places for the cat to hide indoors built into the house, crawlspaces entrances big enough for a cat and so on, and for whatever reason they seem to enjoy running around under there, so we're just feeding it and giving it fresh water and being patient. We've gotten close enough to see a couple distinguishing marks. Hopefully if it isn't someone's it will quickly become someone's. Tailypo is definitely someone's, every time we see it it's all sleek and well fed looking. Probably someone's up the street, we see it walking in a specific direction a lot. I enjoy its visits but I do wish its human would keep it at home, cars go way too fast down this street. This is the most interesting thing in my life: my cats. It makes for boring journal entries, I think, but also a very nice life. (If only that were true, but I feel like the looming threat of covid is in everyone's life, so... something.)