I meant to post my last post before leaving work, or at least once I got home, but clearly that didn’t happen. Instead I posted this morning, which means this will also most likely be posted in the morning resulting in two posts, which hopefully doesn’t frustrate a bunch of people because I’m worried about spamming everyones inbox too much and run on sentences of dooooommmm….

 

So yes, yesterday. Saturday.

 

It was weird for it to be Saturday since I spend all of Friday thinking it was Saturday… I had to keep vocally reminding myself, “It’s Friday. Friday, Jen. Not Saturday.”

 

It didn’t really help all that much, which is why it was surprising that I didn’t think yesterday was Sunday.

 

Anyway. It was a dreary, cloudy, sort of cold day yesterday, and my entire being reflected that. I didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t want to go out. I certianlly didn’t want to go to work.

 

I got up with Zane. I had leftovers for breakfast. One of the chicken rice bowls. It was easy and only needed to be heated up in the microwave, because, you know… making eggs takes so much work…

 

After eating I got dressed and headed out, even though I really didn’t want to. I was hoping to get my hair done so I could chill at home with the dye soaking into my hair before work. I went to Sally’s and got the dye I wanted. I’m thinking about doing two colors. A bright purple near my roots and having it fade into a dark, sort of midnight-ish purple towards the ends. I only had the Purple Haze dye though, so I got the Midnight Raven that I was missing. That was a quick and painless tirp and set my expecatiions for the hair salon. I was hoping it too would be an easy, though time consuming, process. I was considering getting my eyebrows done as well. The conclusion to my spending spree.

 

When I was told there would be an hour and a half wait before I was even seen I turned around an headed home. I wasn’t going to spend my morning waiting or going from salon to salon looking for one with an open spot. I didn’t have it in me to do that.

 

Instead I went back home where I crawled back into bed and rested until 12:30 when I had to get up and get ready for work. Even then I wasn’t recharged enough. I felt drained. My nose was stuffy too which didn’t help.

 

Zane even mentioned how I didn’t sound all that awesome. I was cold feeling. I didn’t want to leave the shower which still wasn’t warm enough even though I was in lava. #earthDragonProblems

 

I was glad to be able to take the car to work. I didn’t feel like biking. And since the phone still had 12 hours to go before I could use it with the armband I didn’t feel guilty about not going to the gym. Can’t workout without music…. >.>;

 

I think yesterday was a combination of having been so social over the past few weeks catching up to me, as well as the gym. I do need recovery days, and if I don’t give myself enough recover time my body will find a way to make sure it gets it. Mainly by making sure I’m unable to do anything else… like yesterday.

 

Mentally work was rough yesterday. I didn’t have all that many questions, but the ones I did have were clearly, “I didn’t pay attention and I have no idea what I need to actually be doing for the turn-in later tonight” types of questions, which are frustrating for me. I don’t have an issue answering legit questions. I’m not going to hold your hand and walk you through the assignment when you didn’t give enough fucks about it before.

 

I spend most of the first lab going through my personal email. I replied to Chrys which took a while. Emails with her always tends to be a lengthy, mini novel endevour. I’m glad we’ve reconnected though. It’s good to be talking with her again.

 

I also messaged several of my friends in South Carolina letting them know that I would most likely be in town for the holiday. I completed a bunch of minor tasks like adding the phone charge to the money that Zane owes me. That’s one of the reasons I don’t feel guilty about having a new phone even though I didn’t need one. He wanted me to be with a better service provided since MetroPCS isn’t all that reliable for me, and he wanted to pay for the phone as a way of saying thank you for the support I have given him over the past four months. It was easier for me to put the charge on the credit card and have Zane roll the cost into the payments he is going to be making to me over the next few months. So that’s what we did.

 

Eventually lab was over. At least the first one. That gave me an hour break to do a bit more recharging before the second one started at 5pm. I went to Moe’s for a nacho bowl. I chatted with my mom for a bit too, seeing what she wanted to do for Thanksgiving.

 

My cousin created an event on Facebook inviting both of us to spend the day with her. We decided that’s what we would do, so the only thing left was to figure out where I would be staying for the time that I’m home. I told my mom I would figure something else and let her know the game plan.

 

After eating I went back to work and messaged my cousin. I’m going to be staying with her for a few nights in her spare bedroom. I also offered to bring stuff for the dinner so I’m in charge of drinks. Mostly sodas with a few gallons of tea.

 

I wrote my last daily post which too a fair about of my time. I wasn’t able to proof read all of it before the end of lab which is why the blog didn’t get posted. Not enough brain power.

 

I had to go to the grocery store after work to get vinegar. It helps get the cat smell out of the fabric when it’s been marked by the cats. Since I had to be out I figured I would do most of the grocery shopping while I was there.

 

 

Since I’m not going to be home for most of the week Zane and I figured out what the necessities were, and planned out one meal; shrimp tacos. There are still a few things I need to get from the produce store, but I got coffee creamer and bacon and crackers, dish soap…

 

I was at my limit when I got home. I walked in the door, Zane paused his game, and the first thing out of his mouth was, “Are you ok?”

 

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“I don’t know how else to tell you that I really don’t like that question,” was my response as I started putting everything down.

 

“I don’t really know what else to ask when you walk through the door looking the way you do.”

 

Fair enough…

 

He hugged me, and I explained how it was my turn to feel overwhelmed and like I hadn’t gotten enough alone time. He was empathetic and after a little while the tension I had been feeling melted away. We put the food up together. Afterwards Zane packed a bowl of orange shisha with a bit of mint for us to enjoy while he watched the latest episode of Dr. Who.

 

While he was putting the episode on the flash drive I played a few levels of Entwined. Zane commented on how the game seemed cooler with the sound turned up a little higher than it had been when I had first played. I mentioned that was because you could her more of the music.

 

There’s a company called Cipher Prime which makes amazing puzzle games based on music. I was one of the original people who bought Auditorium when it came out. I also bought Fractal, but stopped following the company when I deleted my old email address. I forgot that it was connected to their mailing list and didn’t think about it until I started playing Entwined again.

 

Well, come to find out they actually have a game on the PS4 called Splice. I might buy it next paycheck since it’s only $15 and that could come from my budgeted play money. Cipher Prime has never let me down when it comes to their games and I’m actually sort of interested in how it works.

 

Once the file was done transferring I logged out of Entwined and we watched the episode together. I haven’t seen any of the new season, but most of the Dr. Who shows are pretty self contained. It was a good episode, and I’m glad that I stayed and watched it rather than hiding in the room.

 

I didn’t stay awake for much longer afterwards though. I was tired, and cold, and it had been raining all day since I got to work. That was another layer on the whole “overwhelmed” scale. Not only was I burnt out from work and driving to the store at night rather than going home, but it was raining cold, icky winter rain on top of it all. So much lame…

 

Zane took care of the laundry which was awesome. He came in and covered me with the blanket once it was dry. It was mind-blowingly, amazingly warm. He didn’t come to sleep until later. I woke up when he did, hungry, which seems to be the new trend for us. I stayed up for a bit, napped on the couch, then went back to the room around 5am.

 

I didn’t wake up until 9ish, didn’t move until about 9:30, and have since been enjoying a silent morning in the living room lone with my cup of coffee.

 

I finished my last post, I’ve written this new one, and now it’s about time for me to shower so I can make it to lunch with Sabrina on time. I would like to try to get my hair bleached, but I’ll be ok if it doesn’t happen until next weekend. I need to finish the grocery shopping before coming home as well so there’s no reason for me to have to go back out to night.

 

Monday is going to sort of suck. I work 5pm until 1am, which means I won’t see Zane at all. I’ll leave home before he gets off work, and he’ll be asleep before I get back. We’re going to do breakfast together, but it’s still sort of lame. We’ll make it work some how. We knew eventually I would get a schedule like this.

 

Well… I’m off to get the day started. I’m glad I don’t have much going on. It’s another dreary, cool, autumn day. A lazy day. A quiet day.