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05:44 pm
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Back from the wilds of Cornwall
Well I'm back from the annual holiday and it was LOVELY.
We had glorious weather every day, with only the ocassional evening being less then clement. It was just wonderfully relaxed, there was time to soak up sun, go on interesting walks and even play many boardgames in the evenings.
Pictures will follow when I've had time to organise them and sort out the interesting ones - we had a quick review of the 'rushes' on the Wii in the evenings while we were there, and there look like a fair few I'm going to be happy with.
The only unpleasantness was that my poor cousins were involved in a nasty car crash on their way back home; thank all the gods there are that they are both okay (as is Faith's fiance who was with them) when it could easily have been so much worse. I'm sure the written off car will be annoying; but it seems so very unimportant compared to the fact that it protected everyone and kept them safe!!
Other then worrying about them (they sound like they're doing much better today which greatly relieves me) I spent the weekend with ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) novicejeweller and nuclear_powered and many many small children - which was tiring but also very satisfying being able to help out.
It's times like this that remind me how lucky I really am with my friends and family, even if my stupid brain sometimes obscures that thankfullness.
I love you all very much indeed.
Current Mood:  thankful
Tags: cousins, friends, holiday
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07:32 pm
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Birmingham Games Expo 2008
Games Expo was once again brilliant this year.
I was there with cartimandua and zencadet, together we made up the Mad Lab Rabbits demo team for Looney Labs (they make the fun and silly games like Fluxx, Icehouse, Treehouse and Chrononaughts).
Apart from some minor issues with table allocations on the first day things went pretty well for us - lots of people were introduced to the Looney Labs family (along with some friends from last year who dropped in to see what was new). This was helped immensly by the traders at this con actually carrying the products! Games Lore and Leisure Games in particular supported us at the con and given that their stores were on either side of us we were able to point lots of excited people to them.
The wider con had more cool things then I can count; including Daleks and the Doctor, Storm Troopers and bounty hunters looking for elusive Jedi, the first UK previews of D&D 4th ed, lots and lots of independantly published board games being shown off, and the awesome Living Dungeon live action dungeon crawl.
Collective Endeavor were also just across the room from us and looked to be having a good con - amoung other things selling out of the excellent "Revenge of the B Movies" card game. On a personal note is was good to see friends on the stand, and to get to have lunch with littlestkobold on the Saturday and catch up a little.
The scale, organisation and professionalism of Expo continues to amaze, given that this is only their second year. Rough estimates placed over 1500 people through the doors on Saturday alone.
Expo is rapidly becoming one of my favourite cons of the year.
Totally worth the exhaustion :)
Current Mood:  tired
Tags: friends, fun, games
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06:42 pm
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Weekend full of Win
As novicejeweller has already alluded to in her journal, I had a really nice bank holiday weekend; most of it spent over with her and nuclear_powered.
The walk on Saturday was lovely; it was sunny but with a breeze so we didn't get hot walking, we walked through and past beautiful bits of the Frome valley, and we earned that delicious pub lunch which made it taste guilt free.
Also given that Sunday and Monday were horribly wet I am so glad we did it in the sun on Saturday rather then waiting.
Saturday evening was the ridiculously silly Eurovision contest, which I wouldn't watch on my own but was great fun to watch (and heckle ) with friends.
Sunday and Monday there was more exercise, this time of the healthy dog-walking variety (screw you wind and rain), and much gaming throughout (including with the lovely snaik on Sunday) and just generally companionable and sociable hanging out.
Me and nuclear_powered rounded the whole thing off with a trip down to Ecclectic Games in Reading (leaving an enthusiastic
novicejeweller to the paint fumes it seems) for their games night, picking up my cousin Leo on the way - many silly games were played and I aquired amny silly games with the approacing family holiday in mind.
Basically it was a lovely holiday, and I'm very grateful to my friends for inviting me to spend time with them.
Current Mood: relaxed
Tags: exercise, friends, fun
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06:16 pm
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Blergh
Somewhat ironically (after sending sympathy to novicejeweller) I too am now ill.
Nothing serious - a mild fever and stomach upset - but enough to make me feel rather poorly (I came home at lunch time and pretty much passed out in bed...then woke up three hours later to find all the painkillers had worn off)
Fingers crossed I'll be feeling better tomorrow, theres work stuff that I don't want to miss - but I'm not stupid enough to go in if I do still feel this crap.
Sympathy and Well Wishes to everyone else.
Current Mood:  sick
Tags: health
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05:24 pm
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Much fun this weekend...
...and now I'm knackered.
Got a lovely fix of roleplaying on Friday night with the group (have I mentioned how freaking cool it is to have a group again?) where we finally escaped from the dungeon-of-scary-inverted-mirror-images-and-teleporting-crazyness.
Although this was after discovering that if we'd gone right instead of left at a certain junction, we'd have found our objective a week or more ago - thank you snaik for bending our brains with such a convoluted dungeon, it was awesome.
After that I drove up to Birmingham to stay with cartimandua to help out with the Looney Labs demo table at the long standing Beer and Pretzles games convention. The con's been running for something like 19 years, though it was my first year there.
Its a delightfully friendly con; pretty much self organising - basically tables, chairs, a cafe/bar and a huge library of boardgames is provided, and the attendees simply show up and spend two days gaming in any way they see fit.
I got to play lots of fun games; including being the only person who knew the rules to Through the Desert (having played it last weekend with nuclear_powered when the nice group that I was playing with realised they'd got the german box from the library and there were no translations.
I also got my hand on "In the Year of the Dragon" and was overjoyed to find a second hand copy of "Lost Valley", an exploration type game (one of my favourite types) that's out of print.
Early night tonight methinks as there was much driving (and I'm still not sleeping right), but very very satisfied.
Current Mood: tired
Tags: fun, gaming
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08:45 pm
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In Support of a Very Good Cause
Wow, I've been very quiet on here recently - rest assured its because I've mostly been busy in a good way.
Anyway I'm breaking radio silence to do a shameless plug for a very good cause - namely my dear dear friend Jen (cartimandua) is doing a sponsored run for the National Autistic Society.
It's a great event for a great cause, so may I draw your attention to Jen's sponsorship page, just in case the spirit should move you:
gohere
Go on, if it helps I'm going to be doing the whole 5km as support so its like sponsoring two people for the price of one!
Peace, out.
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08:43 pm
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Triumphant Return
My parents got back from their Canada trip this weekend - arriving in the midst of the floods and travel chaos which they obviously knew nothing about (my poor sister ended up being trapped in some field in the wilds of gloustershire after the m5 flooded, then the A roads, then the little goat track that was the last road into Stratford).
Still the parents brought a good haul of medals back from their competition/holiday: Mum took a Silver medal in Womens team foil and a bronze in the Womens Epee and a silver in the Team Eppe. Dad got a gold in his age group for Sabre, and they both got gold medals in the team Sabre.
In addition I got to spend a lovely evening on Friday with Geoff and family playing Arkhum Horror (now with Dunwich) - ironically the same evening Zoe was having the drive of doom.
Also ironically I then went up to Birmingham to spend some time with Jen & Chris and had no problems on the roads at all.
May you all stay high and dry.
Tags: home, news
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10:41 am
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Results...well kinda
Well I'm back from my consultation this morning - it went about as well as I expected.
The most recent scan was clear of any anomalies, so my kidney once again is working just fine. Which means my consultant cannot identify any definite causes for my pain. He was rather annoyed about this but had a few suggestions, which is miles better then being told it was therefore 'all in my head' as I expected too.
The upshot of all this is that after all the tests I've been through in the last year and a half, they haven't found wrong with my kidney or associated tubes. This is Good News (tm) as they've ruled out all the serious and nasty things that could get worse.
The flipside is of course that they still don't know why I get pain I do, and certainly aren't going to put me in for surgery which, given the scans, isn't likely to help and has a very real possibility of making things worse. Yes a possible side effect of the correction surgery is...intractable loin pain - e.g. it could cause what they would be trying to prevent. I totally agree with his analysis that that is not a route we want to go down unless things get very much worse.
He can tell me what its not (a blockage, stones, etc) but can't say for definate what it is. Possibly an intermittent spasm or narrowing of the tube (which would go away between episodes so wouldn't show up) and/or an offshoot of whatever makes me hypersensitive to pain there (as demonstrated by my atypical reactions to the 'scope) - possibly related to the hypersensitivity/smooth muscle spasm from the IBS.
I'm a little disapointed that after so long and so many tests there isn't the magic 'fix' I somehow feel should result from modern medicine - but really this is all good news. They've ruled out the nasty possibilities and, while they may not know why I'm getting the pain, they are sure its not a symptom of something more serious wrong - giving me peace of mind on that count at least.
So where now? My consultant has set up regular appointments (every six months or so) to come see him to review/discuss and changes in my symptoms - and if things do change or worsen he's ready to schedule more scans etc, so I've got that as a reassurance.
Without a directly identifyable cause it's now a matter of treating/managing the symptoms (e.g. pain). I've been recomended to consult a physiotherapist or an ostiopath to try tackling it as a muscular/skeletal problem - and in fact other then the intense acute episodes there probably is a muscular component from my muscles being thrown off by the epidoes of pain, tension and spasm etc etc.
So slightly anti-climatic, as I still have the pain to deal with, but really I'm a lot happier now that everything's confirmed nothing more serious is happening. Just like my IBS diagnosis last year nasty posibilities have been ruled out so I can just deal with the actual symptoms.
Peace, out.
Tags: health, hospital
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11:21 pm
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Waiting again
Bleh.
Long day. Probably going to be a long night.
Tomorrow morning is my long awaited consultation appointment at the hospital about my kidney pain. The nasty and unpleasant tests are done and tomorrow I hope to find out whats next.
The testing was...not fun, but its tomorrow I'm worried about. I really hope that this time I'm going to learn something, to get somewhere, because eighteen months down the line I'm not a hell of a lot further forward then when I started.
...no I guess that's a little facetious. Lots of serious things have been ruled out; the findings tomorrow will, most likely, confirm that there is only a very minor thing wrong - which would be a result of sorts!
In more positive news had a delightful weekend - littlestkobold and ms_haze were down in Bath unexpectedly so I got to go see the American Museum (which despite living so close I haven't visited since a school trip about fifteen years ago), have lunch at Wagamama's and then we all went over to see nuclear_powered and co at the house of cats - fortuitously the same day that the work on the outside patio was finished so we could all admire the pool area.
I rounded it off by staying far too late playing games - a very happy day.
Current Mood: awake
Tags: friends, health
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08:27 pm
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Short Update
Had a relaxing weekend doing nothing much - a much needed recharging after hospital last week I think.
Oh but I did by a new car - or rather arranged a replacement KA for my current one - so that was certainly...involved. So as of Monday my car will be green rather then purple, but otherwise pretty much the same as before. What can I say - the KA really suits me.
Looking forward to seeing cartimandua tomorrow evening and then at the end of the week I'm off down to Cornwall for the yearly family holiday - which I'd pretty much forgotten about with last weeks hospital fun and games, so I had to apologise to work that I was only going to be back at work for a weekbefore being off again *grin*
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08:29 pm
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Over at last
Well it's been over a week since hospital so it seems I should at least post an 'I made it and I'm fine'
In fact I got out of hospital exactly a week today, my expected overnight stay grew into two; mostly because they 'forgot' to see me on Wednesday so I kind of wasted a day waiting around for someone to come and talk to me and then they realised that they couldn't switch me straight over from morphine drip to take home painkillers. (When I said thats what they'd done last time they looked rather sheepish)
It was...horrid. As expected I guess. It was however significantly less horrid then last time - my pain was taken seriously at each step (I even got the same anethestist which helped a lot) and, while my consultant in particularly didn't understand _why_ I was reacting so badly to the procedure, no one doubted me and I was well supplied with decent pain killers. This was a GOOD THING.
However I think the best thing about the stay this time was all the wards I was on for some reason were mobile friendly. This made such a difference as I didn;t feel like I was cut off on my own - thank you to everyone that I chatted with or exchanged texts with, I very much appreciated it.
Without going into any squicky details the end result was some 'good' news and some 'bad' news. The good news from a diagnostic point of view is they once again observed a narrowing of my kidney tube and attendant sweling of my right kidney. However function seems to be perfectly unimpaired and there doesn't seem to be any major problems other then this slight kink. They're going to do another scan to make sure everthing is working okay, but that is with dye and an x-ray - nothing invasive.
The bad news then, and in a way its good news, is that my consultant doesn't think its operable. The narrowing is almost certainly whats giving me the intermittent bouts of pain, but as the bouts are not that frequent he's reluctant to correct it surgery. The surgery would be major with a fair number of associated risks.
Therefore we're now looking more at management of the condition as long term/chronic rather then treatable/correctible as something like
kidney stones would have been.
I don't know, it's kind of disapointing in a way as I was hoping that it was something that would actually be treatable, but on the other hand I agreed with my consultants estimation - that kind of surgery is for when something is truly intolerable, not occasionally painful.
And its not as if I'm not used to dealing with chronic conditions; though I could have done withouth another one - especially given the way one seems to upset the other.
But I'm very happy to be out of hospital and finally, as of yesterday, feeling better after shaking off some kind of infection.
Tags: health, hospital
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01:15 am
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Six hours till admission...
Well it's nearly time for yet another hospital stay - the only upside being at least it means that it will soon be _over_.
I check in at 7:45 tomorrow...umm I guess thats _this_ morning - I'm hoping I'm exhusted enough by now that I can actually get some sleep, I've been having...trouble with that.
My weekend has been spent visiting friends; nuclear_powered on Friday night (where some delightfully madcap games of Jungle Speed were played) and then on up to Birmingham to spend time with cartimandua who was lovely as always.
Yes I've basically spent the last few days doing my best not to think about what's coming up; sometimes managing, sometimes not.
At this point, with the time almost upon me, I can't really pretend that I'm not very very scared. Given how painful this procedure was last time I guess thats understandable. Yes I know worrying about it isn't helping, isn't helpful and isn't going to change anything.
Details: I check in at 7:45, having been nil by mouth since 6:00 (I've already been banned food, but I can drink for a few more hours which is what I'm doing right now). I'll get seen by my consultant and anaesthetist (who I hope I can get some reassurance regarding pain control from before we start) and then will follow a number of hours waiting for a bed. At least since last time they've put in a letter warning about the possible delays at this stage - it really surprised me last time to check in at seven and not have the op till five pm. I was _very_ hungry by then.
It's being planned as an overnight stay anyway no matter when it actually gets done, so I most likely won't be back home till Wednesday at the earliest, when I will try to at least post something to say things went okay.
Same warning as last time - I will probably be heavily doped but will have acces to a phone on the ward. This means apologies in advanced if I speak to anyone tomorrow after the op or on Wednesday while high as a kite and then forget I've done it, thats just one of the amusing ways the drugs tend to affect me.
Watch this space I guess - everything crossed that things go well.
Current Mood:  scared
Tags: fear, health, hospital
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05:03 pm
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Good News
Good news for once - Wessex want to make me permanent!
For someone with self esteem issues as I have (you know, being convinced your doing a terrible job and your boss must be about to fire you) this is a fantastic boost to my self confidence. Especially good is that they are so keen to rtecruit me full time (which I'm sure has _nothing_ to do with the fact that another of our temps just left, exposing how vulnerable the department is given that theres so few of us) that they are happy to accomodate my flexible working and pay me more. Result!
I'm really pleased about this because, unlike Helphire, not only are the people in the department great to work with but the work is engaging, interesting, and seemingly just at the right level for me (challenging enough to be interesting, but not so much that its 'shiiiiiiitt').
The fact that they've at long last established a direct buslink to the park and ride I use doesn't hurt either.
The upgrade will probably happen after my hospital stay in a few weeks - it just being easier not to have to account for a week (or possibly two or three) right at the beginning of a full time contract.
Speaking of which I've just spent the afternoon in the hospital getting measured (5 foot and two inches - which is more then I remember from last time so woohoo), weighed, poked, proded, and generally stuck with needles (my arm is already developing a nice purple bruise, despite the fact it was pretty good this time).
They have confirmed that yes, it will be pretty much the same procedure as last time so yes, I will probably get as much pain as last time. The Doctor I saw for pre-op assesment seemed to think the best way to answer my comment about it being a bloody painful procedure was to tell me some _more_ horror stories about similar procedures - soooo not helpful.
In other news I'm looking after the house and animals while the others are in Switzerland so I'm cat-dog-rabbit-and-guinea-pig-sitting. Taking the dog for regular walks is one of my main responsibilities - a task made more complicated now that she doesn't see so well (or, more likely, at all).
If she's the one thats blind am I a guide-person?
Its a task that would be a lot easier if her natural tendancy wasn't _still_ to pull against me when I tug on her lead, usually causing her to lurch into whatever I was trying to guide her around and apparantly blaming me.
*sigh*
Peace, out.
Current Mood: calm
Tags: animals, hospital, work
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11:27 pm
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I'm back...
...Back from Excaliber that is; and a lovely three days it was too. Excaliber is a wonderfully friendly, relaxed and all around pleasant convention and I had a great time there generally hanging out and socialising.
Upon my return I found something waiting for me - my long lost hospital appointment (Its the Uroscopy for those keeping track, if you don't know I advise NOT looking it up, its nasty). After being told to expect it sometime late in February at my consult before Christmas it has finally finally finaly come through, with a date at the end of May. So only three months late which is prettygood going by the standards of our local hospital.
Its the classic good news/bad news paradox. I'm glad I finally have a date, I've been worrying about this next appointment off and on since the end of last year and now I have a date for it to happen and be over.
Of course the bad news is that, for it to be over, first of all I have to go through it - obvious, no? I've been through this once before so I basically know what to expect, and thats a help and a hinderance.
On the one hand I know roughly what to expect so there isn't any real fear of the unknown. On the other hand last time I went through this it _hurt_. A lot. A metric fuckton of unpleasantness if you will.
Hopefully it will be better this time - the procedure I'm having is supposed to be less traumatic then the version I had last year (and finding out thedetils of _that_ one would have sent me running for the hills if it had been made clear to me at the time). But I was advised there would probably be as much post surgical/procedural pain as last time. E.g. lots.
Obviously I'm not looking forward to this. I'm trying not to borrow trouble by worrying about it, but that's kind of like trying not to think about the elephant. I know I've just got to take it as it comes - and stick to my guns in demanding proper pain control, because sadly I know from experience that it's up to the patient to fight for what they need.
My biggest fear though? That I'll go through this horrid experience all over again and _still_ have them turn up nothing. I'm so sick of waiting around for kidney pain to come out of the blue, I want them to find the cause this time and be able to _fix_ it.
I agreed to be put through this nightmare a second time, fool that I am, now all I want is for the pain to be worth something.
Current Mood: anxious
Tags: fear, health, hospital
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10:58 pm
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Daemons...
It's been a while since I posted and more will follow - but in the meantime this was just too cool to pass up:
For obvious reasons I was thrilled with this particular choice of soulmate - isn't she beauuuuuuuutiful?
Current Mood: amused
Tags: meme
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09:12 pm
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It's nice to be appreciated
After a mild to moderately stressful two weeks of handling the mess of one of the contracts I inherited from my predecessor (heh, sounds like I'm advancing by assasination!) I was pleased to find that today I'd completed all the time critical work with at least a day spare - especially good as it means I can now go for my long weekend (Maltese Falcon and Pan's Labyrinth ahoy!) without worrying.
Even more pleasing was my boss, during our weekly get together, thanking me for putting in the extra work to get things sorted out this last week and jumping in at the deep end and so on and so on..and here's a pay raise to thank you for the hard work!
It's not much, 0.50 an hour so a little under £20 a week actual...but it's very much the thought that counts.
They're pleased with me and my work. I'm appreciated. These things are very nice and bode well for permanence.
For a change even I'm pleased with my work.
My health, as ever, is a negative chord amidst the rest. But even that isn't too bad right now (I bet I regret saying that) even if the waiting for my next rather dreaded procedure isn't much fun.
But on the whole, positiveness.
Especially as with all the extra hours I've worked I can have a short day tomorrow. Woo and indeed Hoo.
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And now I hear some good news from Andrew & Ruth's direction! Definately a good week!
Tags: friends, health, work
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07:58 pm
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Mmm...goodness!
Before I say anything else GO AND SEE HOT FUZZ (go on, you can read the rest of this when you get back).
It is a superb film with wonderful comedy that can manage to be both funny and clever while being brilliantly crafted and pretty damn spectacular into the bargain. I can certainly agree with nuclear_powered that it is easily the best film of 2007 so far, and even this early it's going to take some beating.
I owe cartimandua for encouraging me to go and see it with her (while she was down here visiting me and the cats) as otherwise I'd probably just have waited for the DVD and, while its not an effects extravaganza, it definately benefits from the big screen. It was a perfect end to a very pleasant and relaxing weekend.
On the work front I started a new role; I've taken over three billing contracts from the guy I was hired to cover data admin work for as he actually ended up leaving last week. This moves me from 'data technician' to the slightly more impressive 'account administrator'; meaning I'm responsible for getting bills validated and paid rather then just keeping our data clean. Quite a bit of responsibility in fact seeing as I'm still just a temp!
Dealing with an account worth £75,000 and had gone overdue on the Friday, which my now ex-coleague had neglected to warn me of when he dumped the stack of 100 pages on my desk Friday evening, was not exactly the way I would have wanted to start dealing with these things!
It may have been in at the deep end but, unlike certain previous workplaces, everyone went out of their way to help me out and answer my questions. With their help I managed to get the ridiculously convoluted set of bills validated and paid in time to avoid the company hitting us with any penalty charges despite technically being late. After dealing with that little lot the regular bills should be easy in comparison.
It was stressful at times, and the amount of money being handled is somewhat daunting, but the rest of the department is so helpful I didn't feel overwhelmed by the work. The idea that I'd not only handle a more involved role, but actually almost enjoy the step up of responsibility (even while I curse the extra workload) would have made me laugh even a few months ago - when I could barely cope with simple admin tasks.
This can only be regarded as progress - I guess I'll see if I'm still coping next week, but I'm cautiously hopeful.
Tags: films, work
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11:09 pm
[Link] | A very pleasant weekend.
Mysterious pain was almost gone by Friday so didn't stop me spending the evening (and the Saturday evening as well) playing games with nuclear_powered and his. Sadly Geoff was suffering with some noxious bug so, as he's said, wasn't able to enjoy things as much as he might have done - Get Well Soon!
Other activities included making inroads into Battlestar Galactica season 2, my newly rediscovered obsession (why on earth did I stop watching just before the end of season one when it so obviously rocks?) and watching a couple of films with Dad. Oh including the close-but-not-quite-there Nightwatch. Interesting initial concept and fantastic camera work and fx, let down in my opinion by a rather hackneyed 'choosen one' plot and an ending that came from seemingly nowhere. That said I'll probably still go and see the sequel (its a trilogy, a planned trilogy rather then the matrix's abombination) as the russian production gives it a flavour unlike your run-of-the-mill horror outing.
On the gaming front I have only one thing to say; If you have a PS2 then Okami is _well_ worth your time. I'd preordered it purely on the strength of its concept: a wolf god adventures to defeat an ancient demon in the world of Japanese paintings where a brush stroke can change the environment. Which I guess says a lot about my love for oriental themes and talking wolves. However underneath the, admitedly gorgeous, visual style, it is a fun and excellently contructed game with a pleasant difficulty curve (i.e. one where you can progress rather then running into brick walls). Its a genius of creativity and flavour with an utterly unique visual style.
With titles like this still comming out for the PS2, ones that ooze fun and creativity and, while they may not be HD graphics, have a visual style that works perfectly for _them_ (Psychonauts I'm also looking at you), why exactly would I want to buy a PS3? Anyone?
Anyways, fingers crossed this week at work will be free of crisis' and random pain episodes.
But more importantly I hope both geoff and cartimandua feel better soon.
Tags: gaming, life
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09:11 pm
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So it's been a while...
Conception last week was fantastic.
A lovely blend of doing fun stuff and just hanging out with friends.
Collective Endeavour seemed to do very well, but then I'm sure littlestkobold has covered his side of things. It was very cool to see him doing the game thing.
For myself the con highlight was an utterly mindblowing game of Mortal Coil. Evereryone at the table was brilliant and the energy just grew and grew. It was lots and lots of fun; from the fake German accents to the EXTREME sports to the its-him-no-its-him-no-its-him-no-its-my-god-who-DID-murder-him finale. And I'm not just saying that because I actually got to own nuclear_powered in a conflict for once.
I hear they're going to make Conception a twice yearly thing; I'm keeping my fingers crossed because 12 months is too long to wait to do that again.
Sadly the week back to work has been much less fun.
Just like this time last year my kidney problems have flared up again, so I've been in quite a lot of pain on and off the last few days. Today it was playing a brand new game and it was bad enough I almost turned round and came home again. But once I was there, well, I thought I may as well do some work - and just kept on like that throughout the day.
I don't know whether that makes me dedicated, or just stupid.
Cap it off with a bunch of shit hitting the fan at work and it was not a fun day.
I did make a doctors appointment after work (thank you for the push cartimandua) which at least set my mind at ease - even if the doctor did basically just say "given thesymptoms and the exam it's probably related to your kidney problem, and since you're going in for investigation soon there really isn't anything I can offer. Come back if it gets worse."
At least the gut isn't being a problem right now...which is good because I honestly don't know what to do if/when both problems flare up together.
Right now I'm just hoping I'm feeling better by tomorrow.
Roll on brown envelope with my appointment in and some small hope of progress.
Current Mood:  sore
Tags: gaming, health, life
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10:26 pm
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Happy day to all
Lovely lovely day spent with family. Watching films, watching Dr Who and playing games - most especially a very silly CSI game that involved sketching, charades, riddles and so on which had everyone giggling.
Got some nice things for myself, but more importantly all my gifts to others seemed to hit the spot. Phew! I'd been worried about a couple of them, especially the jewlery for Zoe as it's not something I have much knowledge of. I owe Jen and Mel the Pagan Angel a great deal of thanks on that count for helping me pick out things that were received with such joy.
Happily tired and spent now and, although a bout of upset from my stupid body tried to overshadow the day, in the end it's been nothing but fun.
Hope you all had similarly lovely days.
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