I'm sore all over.... not as bad as it could be but I def need a couple of days to recover lol

Everyone here has been really nice about me moving out though... I had two offers for help yesterday and had to turn them down
sry to the guy who offered use of his truck but a 20 minute drive is just way too long to inflict on a good samaritan

ughhh the neighbors have started with the random screaming early. legit can't tell if that's a dog that got into a fight or a kid that doesn't want to go to school

I'm so tired of being hot!! after being in the new place it really made me realize how utter shit the insulation must be in my current apartment too

honestly part of the problem is that I can't keep my window open without being swarmed by bugs here so lol rip

because it's been in the 50s F overnight.... it was like 58 this morning... but opening my window is just inviting gnats in

Simba's being extra bratty since I was gone for like 6 hours yesterday... he's been jumping up on my desk and trying to steal/play with whatever he can get his paws on

he's definitely doing it to get my attention lol

honestly feeling like shit warmed over today... I don't think I have a fever or anything but hopefully I can still knock out some tags after work

Oh no! Get some rest when you can, and sebd me some of that warmth! It's been only 10°C here and I finally had to close my windows and switch on the heating today

ohhh I'd gladly do a weather swap, it was cool last week but warmer this week, rip
I got in a nap after work and that helped quite a bit

I'm glad!

I love Project Zomboid modders

I also have mods that add in Hello Kitty character backpacks, and another one that adds in things like playing cards, fake Magic cards, and Pogs... it's important to have whimsy (and collectables)

Far less sore today thankfully... I'm thinking it'll be the grocery store tomorrow and more moving boxes on Sunday when the weather will be cooler

Remember to bring something to drink and some snacks to refuel on while you work

I definitely will... I already shoved a bunch of sparkling water in the fridge at the new place, I can def pick up more granola bars and/or a microwave meal at the store for when I go back

That sounds like a good plan. Never underestimate getting in the zone when you're packing/unpacking something lol

luckily I over-prepare for most things

^^b

Same here (and then I forget the most important or obvious stuff lol)

... ah. to add insult to injury, my dishwasher isn't working now

OH there it goes, I just accidentally unplugged it (because yes the plug is accessible to me due to how weird this old place is)

ah. I can hear one of my neighbors kicking her boyfriend out. downstairs neighbor I think
as I stare longingly at the calendar...

on the bright side Simba has been extremely photogenic today

What a pose in the 1st one-!

he curls up in that cat perch any way he can lmaooo

ah.....

I wasn't an immediate adopter of plurk so I'm sure other people have older accounts, but this is one of those things that immediately makes me feel old

Lol I got you beat by 2 years. Call me methusalem

oh my god, Home Depot was surprisingly crowded today... I know it's a Saturday but I was also there at 10:30 am? wtf??

at least they had a really cool Halloween selection

the ogre was moving and the dragon's chest lit up red... very neat

I'm both looking forward to getting back to my new apartment tomorrow and dreading moving more boxes hjlkjlk

I'd be there today if not for the fact that moving boxes two days in a row would definitely kill me, I have to pace myself

got snuffled by someone's pitbull mix while I was moving boxes fff, very sweet dog but at the same time that dog should've been on a leash... there were kids outside playing too and kids don't always know to stay still and calm around a new dog

omg not only did I get to pet the friendly stray cat, the two kids playing outside had a blue pitbull puppy

Girl: /putting puppy on the stairs
Me: He needs to be a lot bigger before he can go up the stairs
Boy: Dogs don't get bigger!
Me: No dogs get pretty big.....

the hand truck-style dolly I have is... honestly kind of shitty lmao. I can use it to move a single box max... maybe stack up small boxes if I'm very careful, and that would also only work out if the elevator has been fixed already

look who's lounging and watching me work

Like a proper boss 😄

ikr
I think Simba's a bit confused/concerned by my moving things around but he's also been rolling on the carpet now that he has more space rofl

they said they fixed the elevator but it still isn't working

Damn Dx

I'm pacing myself better this time at least, and this is the last of the heavy things I'll be hauling myself

also vacuumed the new place in my underwear to help stay cool

my little hand truck doesn't go up the stairs.....

Sell that traitor D=

it's still helping me get boxes down the hallway at least... it hasn't been totally useless

Lol good!

whew, I'm not as sore as last time but I'm still pretty stiff

New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal c...

"New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cuts, support health care and food assistance"

thank god I live here now tbh. this is all being paid by a surplus the state already had due to oil production too. say what you want about this being a generally poor state, lawmakers here are being very smart about what can be done

I believe the free child care is also being paid for by the oil surplus

Texas would never.

Finally good news for once!

my state is sincerely doing their best, the Albuquerque governor has even been able to avoid the national guard being sent in to cities here on immigration pretexts because they're already being used as support for the cops lmao

(mayor/state governor I mean, it's probably both of them)

yikes, my lower arms are so sore that I don't have much hand strength right now

I was packing up my shoes and look what I discovered

sometimes I joke that Simba is so bitey it's like having a little furry shark, he's not beating those allegations

work is also being extremely weird this week, I think they pushed an update to our submission system that broke how we use things! fun!

Those air vents aren't the latest style? 😂

and gotta love updates that break everything...

unfortunately not... I had to throw out the shoes entirely because there's no way of fixing that 😔 good thing they were cheap
what's worse is that we didn't get any notifications that they were messing with the system, so this seems to have happened out of the blue??

but I bet you anything they were trying to idiot-proof the system and in the process just ended up freezing out the forms team

'Idiot' proof, huh? 🤣🤣

that's the thing, most of the users of this system are doing medical information releases and I suspect the system might have been put into 'always charge' mode
the problem is that Forms does not charge directly for the service we provide

I'm not entirely sure that's the sole issue but at least one of the glitches was trying to force me to charge for payment when I'm not supposed to lol

the Forms team is tiny and people tend to forget that we exist

>.<

yeahhh it's frustrating as hell. I'm still hoping they'll just give Forms our own version of the system instead of making us use what ROI uses

ROI?

release of information, that's one of the terms for the people who do medical information releases

I see!

the amount of gnats has been nuts today, I think because a cool front/storm front just blew in

mysteriously can't log into my work computer this morning... so I sit here sleepily waiting for IT to call me

two hours and still no IT... well okay then lmao

ah... finally got a hold of IT and they can't fix my computer...... they're going to overnight me a new one again (I last had my computer replaced in March lmao)

except it's late in the day so I won't get it until Friday

accidental day off tomorrow?? but damn what a clusterfuck of a week

I think assuming a miracle doesn't happen I might just use tomorrow to go to the new apartment again and take more stuff

Sounds like a plan!

I'm definitely not looking a gift horse in the mouth 😂 so my plan today is to do some more packing and get to my log replies

Ganbatte!

hmm.... a lot of what I need to take to the new place tomorrow is heavy and/or fragile... rip

WHEW okay, it's a good thing I'm being given an extra day off to move shit over there. it's looking like it's going to be mostly all boxes again tomorrow

which means I can use the weekend solely for moving the few larger items I have left, like lightweight furniture

pleeeease let the elevator be fixed tomorrow.......

elevators not fixed, wehhh

on the bright side I packed a vast majority of my junk, when I stop by on the weekend I won't have much to cart up to my apartment

at least this time I was a little smarter and remembered to pack an electrolyte drink mix

ooo almost done a little early today... gives me time to get gas and pick up a couple of TV dinners while I'm still at the old apartment

hm. a slender fin broke off from underneath my car, like right in front of the wheels... now I need to figure out if it was anything important

dad doesn't think it was too essential, between his advice and googling it might've been a radiator fin that I won't need replaced right away

so good news at least! it's been a good, productive day despite the general weirdness/mild chaos going on this week

I don't feel terribly worn out either, but we'll see how I feel tomorrow... maybe I'm getting used to the work of moving

the new work PC they sent me has been constantly restarting itself for an entire hour. I am in hell

god okay... I managed to get through work somehow, and after a nap I'm feeling more human again

and now I'm using Google Lens to translate the subtitles on a yaoi video because I deserve it

OKAY I slept in a bit today and did some chores... the rest of the day is for relaxing since it's going to be a rainy one
tomorrow I'm going back to the new apartment for the last time before the move on Wednesday

soon........

lkjhgkl I used drain cleaner in the bathtub and Simba went in the bathroom to lounge on the bathmat and roll around on the floor??
is my cat trying to get high 😭

it's not gassing the room out or anything

there, it's been rinsed out... no more fumes for Simba

the adolescent orange stray ran up the stairs to greet me while I was moving stuff out into the car.... I'm always just like 'girl whose cat are you??'

omg the stray was waiting near my door wanting to come in with me 😭 I wish I could but Simba would've had a fit

... wat. mr 'friendly pitbull off the leash' is literally teaching his dog to skateboard in the parking lot???

not even teaching, I'd say the dog has it down pretty good

elevator's still broken.....

Sounds like the pets are pretty rad in your new flat!

no that's the ones here at my old place rofl
since everyone's on top of each other here I'm just running into people's pets constantly

I think that orange kitty is the cat distribution network trying to give me another one, but it's a terrible time since I'm literally about to move

Might be time to find out if she has an owner?

I wouldn't know who to ask, and she doesn't have a collar :/ plus she looks very healthy and is also super friendly so she seems used to people

that seems to indicate that she might belong to someone since she isn't acting feral

True

I'm not comfortable scooping her up unless I know she's not just the outdoor cat of someone who didn't bother to give her a collar

this apartment block is also a very safe place to be if she is a stray so she's not in urgent need of rescue... something I'd have trouble doing since I'm moving rn

(if not in general, I do want to get a second cat one day but how do you keep two cats separated for a week in a one-bedroom apartment???)

Yeeeah, that'd be a real challenge:c

the bathroom at my new place is a lot bigger, so that'd be an option I guess

No more fumes for your caddict!

lkhjlkj hopefully not lmao
I still can't believe Simba did that, he's such a funny creature

Cats are gonna cat, there's nothing you can do

it's true

SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO LOCK MYSELF OUT OF MY OWN BEDROOM
WHAT THE FUCK

thankfully maintenance came over ASAP after I put in the request lhjklj there's no keyhole so they might have to take the door off the hinges

christ I hate it here

omg he already fixed it... he popped it open with a paint scraper or something. I am so relieved it was dealt with that fast

FREEDOM TO YOUR LOO

LMAO seriously, my stomach's been nervous since moving day is almost here so I really needed it

Lol and that's why you don't have autolocks on your bedroom door 🤣

I checked the lock and it's one of those simple ones where you just turn the little latch on the knob to lock it.... problem is that if the latch is turned even slightly it locks the door kljhj

the maintenance guy offered to replace it for me but I told him not to since I'm moving out very soon anyway

I'll just be more careful with it 😔

Yeeeah. Or put a wedge in the door when you don't need to close it

it does stay open on its own without any issue... I just fucked up earlier

and then I spilled paint on the kitchen counter...... I still need to take my bed frame apart but I might do that tomorrow, today's too cursed for any home improvement projects

... oh wait, tomorrow I have to pack up my computers and take apart the desk.... okay I'll do the bed tonight

Get some rest and a good break before you do, break the cycle!

Good luck!

I did get in a nap before I took my bed frame apart... I'm sweaty again but it's done, it's mattress on the floor time for the next two nights

unrelated to anything, who should I hire to cast a spell for my fav to get a canon gay moment. any suggestions fam

curse Ebisu for being the embodiment of gay envy instead of gay lust

That baseball witch if you have the cash for it, hands down 🤣

etsy witches, you're my only hope

ahh it's a nice cold morning, it's been like 55 F

now that I'm settling into the new place I need to buy Simba a lot of stuff... not just food and litter, he needs a new litter box (probably getting a longer, enclosed one) and a better food bowl solution because he's both messy with eating and tracking litter

ohh hey they straight up sell silicone pads that have a lip around them so food can't escape their confines, that would work

omg new Project Zomboid merch and it's all for charity too.... the hoodie isn't my style but I'll gladly get a new Spiffo plush and those pins

lmaooo my old apartment just e-mailed everyone reminding them that dogs need to be on a leash, both as part of the lease and as city ordinance.... I wonder if it's Mr 'friendly talented pitbull' that got in trouble

yooo Marvel Rivals dropped a PvE mode for Halloween? does this mean I can actually play it without having to engage in PvP????

ah.... damn, it seems like it's one of those limited holiday maps like Overwatch used to do 😔 idk that I want to download the whole game to play a map that'll go away in a month

whew, I had a very sleepy morning because it was cold outside... we're finally getting proper fall weather here

but most of my furniture has been reassembled so today I'm staying home with video games and doing more unpacking and rearranging things as I have the energy for it

I've just been hitting my head on things all day while I was unpacking/moving things around 😭

today I finished cleaning my old apartment and turned the keys in... good riddance to that terrible place

I also learned that paint hides a lot of sins

tomorrow's my last day of the week off I took to move... I'm planning on checking another discount store to see if they have nail polish + possibly some other things I could use, but that'll be for fun mostly

Project Zomboid had a news article recently about new hires and how the team has been doing, and MAN it's wholesome to see a game that actually hires on its best modders to work on it

only indie games can do stuff as cool as that tbqh

just recently they hired on 3 different map modders and also a guy that does vehicle mods to help improve the vehicle system

sure do love when getting back to work means a trio of an upstairs neighbor banging around, a couple of guys with leaf blowers right outside my building, and Simba being an annoying ass

on top of only a single supervisor filling in for me when I was out, thanks to the girl who quit..... this morning hasn't been super terrible but I'm dreading the mess my afternoon clinic will be

oogh my afternoon clinic is just as much of a mess as I feared. hoping that drinking apple cider hot will fix me

oooo Pacific Drive has a new expac out... I'll have to decide if I want to play that or stick to my usual games. I'm also redownloading Genshin to see if it can grab me more than Star Rail

The Problem with the "Year of Dramione"

ohh I'm so glad she did a video about this

ciphers it looks like the Tea bags are restocking on the 27th! but they now also have a bigger backpack/bag version and some customization options https://knockthrice.ca/....

ohhh this outfit looks SO GOOD with the tatts Vedyn has on

I might be a little too shy to wear it in public but that was 2k crowns well-spent

oh yeah if I haven't been updating a lot lately it's because things are going really good! this new apartment is just so much better than my old one, I have nothing to complain about

I'm seeing a few ppl on my timeline are getting good news today... I'll be trying to manifest that for everyone

I also live like 2 minutes away from a Goodwill now... I might go after work in a couple of days to see if they have any good Halloween stuff before the holiday's over

I wanna get there before they put it all away...

the city at dusk and at night.... one day I'll have a phone with a less potato camera

so IT must've removed everyone's paid Microsoft storage and now I can't do my production spreadsheet because my OneDrive is full to bursting lol

still waiting on them to fix it... my supervisors were like ????

but I swear to god it's like these work computers just have it out for me in general

I'm very sore today but might make a quick run to the grocery store after work... after that I intend to soak in the tub for a while lol

a real ass e-mail we got at work today: 'why do I need to sign an authorization for my FMLA form if it's not for medical records'

IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S MEDICAL INFO ON THE FORM

I'M BASICALLY TYPING OUT INFO FROM YOUR RECORDS ON THE FORM

ARRRGH this should've been explained to him at the doctor's office why am I having to type out a reply e-mail like I'm talking to a 5 year old

why can none of these clinics wipe their own asses!!! this isn't even to do with me being gone for a week, this is just pure incompetence now. I should not be having to contact this many patients going 'sorry they haven't sent us the form yet'

reeee

hmm. not sure if shark week is making my stomach more touchy or if my lactose intolerance is getting worse even with the pills

or maybe a spicy mac and cheese is just hard for anyone to handle lol

the Goodwill near my apartment is pretty small but I dropped off a few things and made a few finds in return

both that fortune teller stand and the little cottagecore trinket are REALLY good finds imho, the watering can thing is... well it doesn't have a lid but you could probably use it as a salt or pepper shaker, there's a hole in the spout to pour something out of

maybe you are supposed to put a liquid in it idk

Halloweeeeen.... idk if I'm going to get any trick-or-treaters but I'm going to casually be prepared just in case. if not, more candy for me

I've also gotten back into some true crime content, most of which is about cold cases, so that'll probably be my holiday

I did briefly consider going shopping tomorrow for the minor holiday of 'discounted candy day' but ehhh the store I'd want to hit up is a 15-20 minute drive away now... I'd rather be lazy and stay home this weekend