Wednesday: slept right up until my last alarm before work, but it was a pretty productive day for the first 75% of my schedule. (The last two hours were taken up with a long QA meeting. I worked with Trevor on a slapdash presentation about policies and procedures; this marked the first time I've used PhotoShop in more than five years.) After my shift, I brought my laptop out to the living room, but Julie surprised me by making dinner, as I expected we'd be having leftovers. This was sliced pork, rice, and a roasted vegetable medley, incorporating things like squash and cherry tomatoes. I played more Baby Steps while she was finishing, and she put on Bob's Burgers from the begninning of season one while we ate. After dinner, I got back to the game: I've been wandering in circles between the outhouse pool, the donkey hat tunnel, the vase thief, and the corresponding fire tower. While I'm getting proficient at ambulating, I'm struggling to perceive viable paths upward from the altitude I'm stuck at. It's pretty frustrating!
After Julie went to bed, I played some UmaMusume in the office, and I finally scouted Gold City from the current banner. Getting Gold City and Tosen Jordan trained as powerful competitors will mark the point when I can start to phase the game out of my daily rotation without feeling like I've wasted my efforts, so this feels like I've reached the end of the beginning.
Tuesday: my suspicion that my work laptop would resume functionality if I let it charge overnight was correct. I spent a big part of my shift backing up all my files, as the replacement device is supposed to arrive on Wednesday. On my lunch break, I picked up a hoagie at Newbold Cafe, and after my shift ended, I went to the gym to get some cycle time in. (I continued reading IF Comp reviews for the 40 minutes I was there.) I continued to Acme to pick up pet supplies, since we would normally resupply on Thursday, and Julie won't be situated to do so in my absence. Back home, we gathered the litter and trash, after which I showered. Julie just made eggs and bacon for dinner, and we watched the end of season 2 and the start of season 3 of Buffy. That first episode of Season 3 was practically a Star Trek Voyager storyline, and it really felt like the sets were evoking the Sanctuary Districts of Deep Space 9's time travel episode. After that, I played with the cats a bit, then went down to the basement to grab a carry-on. The bag had a lot of cat hair and some dried cat vomit on it, so I used a detergent lid to scrape all the debris into the trash. I'd also finished a load of laundry; once it was done, I brought it up along with the luggage. Decided to ensure I'm up-to-date on WoW and FFXIV before bed, but I'm very sleepy, so I'm going to bed.
Sunday: UNLESS I'm getting my days mixed up, I think this was a nice and uneventful workday. Julie probably made a rice and spinach casserole for dinner today. I think we also finished Lower Decks, after which I kind of wanted to watch The Batman, but something's wrong with the Paramount+ app and the volume keeps cutting out every twenty to thirty seconds, and we didn't feel like suffering through that for an entire movie. I'm hoping an app update is all that's required.
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Tuesday: I supported Lab Zero games when they launched their Scott Pilgrim brawler, several releases of Skullgirls, and I backed Indivisible on Kickstarter enough to prepurchase copies across two platforms. Today, I launched the Steam copy, and I quit less than 10 minutes later. I should give it another try sometime.
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Sunday: Julie, Chris, and Ciavattone were with me at Satchel's for BBQ. From Chris's comment, it seems like we tried to go to Jerusalem Garden, but it was closed.
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I had the day off, today, and reported on facebook that "I found it daunting."
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