Okay. It’s somehow been a month since my last post on here, and even longer since the last one that wasn’t a book review. Sorry, y’all. It’s been… The last three months have been chaotic, and rarely in good ways. We have been dealing with the aftermath of an unexpected death, a resultant shift to full time custody of my stepchildren, and a loss of some of the concomitant financial support. This is, of course, on top of handling the associated emotional strain. I’ve not been saying a lot online, but it’s definitely made this year harder than we had wanted it to be.
We’re still here, though. V and the kids and I are still here.
So, what’s been good? Work continues, and I’m loving the job that I do. I’m frustrated by so much of my employer’s leadership structure struggling to be a microcosm of the current US presidential administration, but I’m happily pushing forward as VP of our employee union and trying to make things better for my coworkers and patrons alike.
I’ve been playing a lot (arguably too much) Magic: the Gathering, participating in my first pre-release events/tournaments ever with Lorwyn Eclipsed and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles already. I did the tournament for Secrets of Strixhaven at my LGS this past weekend, too. I’ve dropped off a bit from Minecraft time with the kids, with some single-player stuff like Halo: The Master Chief Collection taking up a lot of my PC hours. I’m hoping to correct that a bit, but my work schedule changed at the beginning of January, and I’m doing more evening shifts than before. It’s good to get to be teaching more classes for patrons, but I do miss having an hour of just dorking around in Minecraft with V and #MediumChild most evenings. I have been diving back in to a lot of comfort reads, including a full re-read of Bleach earlier this year and re-starting One Piece a few weeks ago.
The school year is somehow nearly over already, and that means that it’ll be Ren Faire season again before I know it. It’s a lot of work as always, but it’s also a lot of fun, and an opportunity to see a lot of folks that I only see once a year.
Other things I’m looking forward to:
Playing more D&D with the spouse and family. New Murderbot Diaries book. #TinyChild finishing kindergarten and #TiniestChild starting school in the fall. Potentially attending my 20-year high school reunion. My own birthday in a few weeks. The inevitable fall of US fascists from power (sooner rather than later would be my preference, but hey…).
Anyway.
Let’s just take it all one day at a time.
I’ll see you tomorrow, yeah?
The Swords of the Ancients 