Inventory

It has been a very busy week. I had to miss two classes this week because of work. On Tuesday we had inventory. I thought we were way over staffed and putting way too much time into inventory. I was wrong. I was definitely wrong. When I did inventory at Starbucks, I did all the counting, and when I became manager, I did the counting of all our ingredients, then the scanning of all our merchandise, then all the computer stuff. And I did this over a couple days, using in total no more than eight hours. At my new job, we were counting stuff over weeks. Just on Tuesday, when we did the main count of everything, it took me nearly half my shift to count two sections, then the rest of my shift to re-count other sections for mistakes. And this was with ten people also counting. There is a lot of stuff... So much stuff.

Anyway, Tuesday was fun. It was a break in routine, and I didn't have to go to class. I was also scheduled for another shift on Thursday, when I normally also have class. Luckily, that class is basically useless, so I was more than happy to work. Apparently in class, everyone had to colour what their writing voice looked like... I didn't miss much.

But the most interesting thing this week was my dream last night. All I can really remember is that I had a kitten, but didn't have a name for it. So my friend in my dream suggested the name soy sauce. It's now official. If I ever have a black cat, it's name is going to be soy sauce.

+1 to Nerd Level

It's my reading break this coming week, and I only have one thing to work on. So I'm relaxing a bit, and that included a two day game-a-thon. It started later on Friday after I got off work, with some Magic. Stayed up a bit too late, and slept in on Saturday. When I finally dragged myself out of bed, got ready and collected my friends, we played a game of Dungeons and Dragons. For the first time.

We suck.

So first off it took us forever to figure out the rules. When we started to play, we deviated from the proper story and forced the brand new Dungeon Master to make stuff up. In this time, he nearly created goblins with over 70 health. We figured out that he was doing it wrong, and beat those things up. Eventually we got back to the proper story line, the one that's in the beginner's guide.

And proceeded to be ambushed and brutally killed by four goblins. Now this could be because there were only three of us playing, and I had to go to the bathroom right before this was happening, so my character was chilling in the caravan. I mean, 'hiding'. I was playing the rogue and was planning on jumping out to surprise these goblins. I surprised one, then proceeded to completely miss... Then get murdered by another goblin...

So that was our first time playing. We probably should have recruited a Dungeon Master who had actually Mastered before... Well, next time. At least I had fun, and would be willing to try again.

Whoops

And I've already broken my New Year Resolution... My bad. I can't even blame it on school. My boyfriend got me into Diablo 3, and it's all I ever want to play now. I mean, school has been giving me a lot of work, but it's been manageable. And it's been a long weekend, but all I've done is play games with my boyfriend and friends... I have horrible time management skills. At least I've learned to work under pressure. Even now I'm procrastinating on doing homework by writing a blog post. At least I'm doing something... Right?

Magic Luck

School is already calming down. For some reason, one of my teachers, which I have for two classes, just decided to pile on the homework in the first class. The second week was pretty relaxed though. My third class hasn't given any real homework yet. The books we need to read for that class can't be found anywhere, so I'm not the only one not doing the readings.

On another subject, I went to a Magic: The Gathering prerelease on Saturday. I pulled a card worth $80. Then another two that combined are at least $20. I only payed about $25 for the prerelease. I'm pretty amazing. But I probably used up all my luck for the rest of the year on those three cards.

I'm Falling Apart

I think I broke my back while sleeping. I woke up Monday barely able to move. I was hunched over like an old granny, and could barely make it up or down the stairs. Thank got for hot water bottles. I'm only twenty two, I swear... But my body may think otherwise. I also have a bad knee.

Anyway, update on school. Holy shit. So much homework. And I'm not in a school mode yet. The first few weeks are always the hardest... But at least I'm not being drowned in hours at work, so I have time to finish my homework... Or procrastinate. That's more like it.

Freedom!

Big News! That I probably should have posted earlier... I got my N! Even bigger news, I got a car!

I lost count of how many times I had to do the N test. It was seven or eight or something stupid like that. I got so used to being failed, that when the person passed me, I was shocked. I don't normally show a lot of appreciation toward strangers, but damn. I wanted to hug that tester so much. The funny thing is, there was one tester who failed me at least twice, maybe more. She came out to call a name, and my stomach dropped. Then she called some guy, and I felt bad for him, but I also felt so happy. And if I had that tester, I probably would have failed, because she would have marked a lot of smaller things down.

As for the car, my sister bought a new one in December, so I got her hand me down. Which was a hand me down from my dad to her. So it's a fairly old car, but it still runs pretty well. In fact, I kind of like it better than my dad's car, because it's so much smaller. I have no idea how he used to drive it though. I struggle getting in an out. But the acceleration is much better, and I feel like I'm more in control. It's completely manual. No power steering, no power windows, no power locks. But when I press the gas or the break, it actually feels like I'm pressing something. In the car I was driving for the past few years, the gas and the break were so touchy, that it felt like it drove itself, which made it feel like I had less control. My current car might take a bit more work to drive, but at least it feels like I'm actually driving it.

Now I just need to wait for my sister to move out, so I can get her spot in the driveway...

Resolutions

It's a Tuesday, so I'm going to try and get back on track with posting. And with it comes with a list of new year resolutions. I don't normally make them, because I know I won't keep them. But this year I'm going to try again!

1) Start reading more. I'm ashamed to say that ever since I got my new phone, one with a touch screen and data, I've been slacking on my reading. I used to read before bed every night, and on the bus when I had a chance. Now I play games. So my first resolution is to pick up the books that I've been ignoring. I know this resolution will be put on hold once in a while because of school, but it's probably the easiest one to keep.

2) Get something published. And to do this, I need to start sending stuff to magazines. And to do that, I need to start editing my work. And to do that, I need to start writing more. The writing will be easy. I need to do it for school anyway. I need to focus on my editing, which I always slack off on. Then I need to send stuff to magazines. I've already started for the year. I sent off a few poems, and last year I even sent off a non-fiction piece to a contest. So maybe this resolution will be finished early.

3) Get back into a regular posting schedule for this blog. Even if it means just posting once a week, as long as it's regular. I stopped posting because of school and the Christmas holiday last year, and school may make it difficult again this year, but I will try!

And I think that's enough for now. I think three is a decent amount of resolutions to keep... right?