Redwolf's Journal (continued)

Bleh. Did my taxes today. This proved to be a rather sobering experience. I'd been told by more than one person that buying property ought to help my tax situation. And it did, I suppose. It seems the federal government, however, cares much, much more about the savings bonds I cashed in order to manage the down payment than it does about my having a mortgage to pay off. With that thrown in, I couldn't even avoid the fees to file electronically. Oh, I'll pay it and life will go on pretty much as normal, but that's a much more notable hit to finances than I was expecting. *sigh*

... I may as well post something. Saturday A wonderful, glorious day. The best I've had here in as long as I can remember, really. People showed up early to gaming, but that's okay. It was a little slow starting out, but things finally picked up. I've been a bit tormented by my campaign the last few sessions, but this one really made me feel things could work out well. Afterward there was dinner out and a walk in the snow, albeit a brief one. It all made me genuinely happy to the extent few things do anymore. Tuesday A rough day at work. Things were hectic in general, but I ended up staying until 8pm to get one particular computer working properly. In the end, I had to reinstall Windows 2000. Until the last hour, I was seeing no progress whatsoever. But that computer runs programs quicker than I've seen since it was new... Tonight Yet another rough day at work. You know things are bad when you're caught before getting to your office by someone saying &quo

Whee! I should do this more often! ... Actually, I suspect it'd lower my life-expectancy quite a bit. I got called to work early today to remedy a problem with our circulation system. Things just didn't slow down that much after that. Slowly working kinks out of our system-to-be, setting up new flat-panel monitors, troubleshooting odd e-mail issues... it's been a bit hectic. Still, things cleared up enough for me to leave work early too. In all that time, I had a couple Krispy Kreme donuts to eat. Heh. I'm still on a sugar/adrenaline rush, but I feel I could collapse at any minute. I have to admit, though, being nearly manic for the last several hours has been kinda... fun. Ah yes, and I finally went by the property management place today at a time when I could catch the manager for the condos. Somehow, though I was entered into their system, I wasn't there anymore. And this is why I hadn't been getting bills for homeowner dues since I moved in. It cost a ch

Planescape: Torment - Great game. The graphics are dated, but the story is still quite good. It's very atmospheric. In Planescape, there is a faction of people known as the Dustmen. Their core belief revolves around true death being something to strive for... more of an enlightenment than an oblivion. Thus, the bodies left behind are simply discarded vessels to them. They raise zombies to do menial labor within their mortuary in Sigil. I feel kinda like that right now. This morning started out like many workdays. Now, I knew full well training on the new circulation system was to be done sometime soon. When I heard it was scheduled for tomorrow, though... well, that was a surprise. So I find I have to prepare four new workstations for use by the end of the day. Also, we have to find four monitors we can scrounge up, plus getting network access to one of the few rooms in the building with no cables. That was daunting enough, but it gets worse. While I was working on that, my c

Well, things are a little chaotic at work around me this morning. Thankfully, it doesn't involve me directly. The truck which carries our papers over from Cortez every morning didn't quite make it - rather, it's on the side of the road roughly halfway here. The driver's okay. I'm unclear on whether the truck hit a deer or swerved to miss one. This scenerio was discussed back when we started doing our printing there. Heck, considering we (as a company) have roll one of two vans we've owned and one of two pickups, I think I can say I'm surprised that a truck of that size lasted as long as it did. But then, why would a pessimist be surprised by such news?

Echoes. That's what everything feels like at this very moment. Nothing's quite real, it's... phantasmagoric - dreamlike. I keep wanting to say I know why, but that's not accurate. I know there is something that bothers me... almost to the point I should be angry. How that factors into this surreality, I couldn't say for certain....

Okay, so I avoided watching the Superbowl. And sure, there was little of any interest on TV. But seriously, I watched less than an episode of Charmed yesterday. It's not a series I follow, though I've had many of the basics related to me before. So why did I wake up from a dream in which I was the deceased husband of one of these three witch sisters (who I can't even name off-hand) brought back to life with some memory gaps and my own magical power? Strange.

*sigh* Save for a couple highlights, the day just sucked. I hate it when that happens. I managed to sleep in some, but I probably should have rolled over and tried for another couple hours. It didn't help that yesterday's game left me feeling 'bleh,' and as DM that's my own responsibility. We had a guest over who, while I don't dislike in the least, I can't relate to in conversation - and she is quite talkative. So I felt pretty out of the loop there. We all went out to lunch, which was kinda nice, at least. There were other annoying details before and after too, that don't really bear relating. Then I was back home with nothing appealing to do. I could have gone to our local shire meeting, but I burned out and got jaded when it comes to being active in the SCA some two years ago, I think. And while I was I mired in feeling bad emotionally, my roommate's not been feeling well physically. I don't like to think about it too much, but she'