| The Sorting Hat quiz |
[Jun. 13th, 2011|06:38 pm] |
Ok, so I admit it... I was totally not 'spectin' this one..
Your result for The Sorting Hat Test... SlytherinYou scored 34% Order/Chaos, and 44% Moral/Rational 
Chaotic Rationality. You don't think much of rules and restrictions; you look at things from an analytical perspective and probably think morality is relative to some extent. Your strength lies in being able to make your own judgments and form your own strategies uninhibited by others; your weakness lies in the wariness other people may have of you, perceiving you as dangerous. You join people like Theodore Nott, Severus Snape, and Horace Slughorn. The 4-grid I used to determine this is as follows: | | Chaotic | Orderly | | Moral | Gryffindor | Hufflepuff | | Rational | Slytherin | Ravenclaw | Take The Sorting Hat Test at HelloQuizzy |
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| This is going to be a beautiful week, I can tell. |
[May. 9th, 2011|11:34 pm] |
After all, it started with a lovely Monday spent thoroughly exhausted for no blasted reason... I had a good night's sleep, I ate well enough, so I really don't know why I was tired all freaking day. And then I ended up spending about an hour, maybe 2, total in my boss's office as he preps for his 5 weeks vacation, letting me know what to expect when dealing with the alternate supervisor I was assigned to. I dread the coming five weeks, thoroughly. I already knew she could be tough, but yeah, I get the impression I had no real clue.
And then, at five o'clock, I go to meet my mother, since we commute together (why pay the extra gas?)... and she tells me Dad called. My grandfather, who is currently on the last leg of an around the world cruise with my grandmother, had a stroke. In the middle of the effing Atlantic Ocean.
On the positive side, it's a major cruise line, they usually have medical staff on board, and apparently it was, as these blasted things go, a fairly minor one.
On the negative side, it's a cruise ship and not a hospital, they can't possibly have the medical equipment necessary to be sure, he's far enough out that they're waiting til they make dock in Ft. Lauderdale, and I'm thoroughly panicked. And trying to figure out how to tell them that, as a loving, caring granddaughter, this has GOT to be it.
Let me explain that statement. This has got to be their 6th, if not 7th on up Round the World cruise. Each year, I worry a little more, as they're not getting younger. Last year, on the cruise and then on other trips, my grandmother's health started showing issues. Some heart trouble, she injured her hip... On a smaller trip in Russia, she had other issues. Now this. I can't, personally, cope with the idea of them being on a ship, in who knows what country, when the next problem happens. Everything I've seen in my life, watching my older (a lot older in some cases) relatives make their way through their lives tells me that once things like that happen... They'll keep happening, and probably get worse.
The idea of one of my VERY vital grandparents being felled by something like a stroke on board a cruise ship, because they can't get hospital care in time, terrifies me, whether it's one of them dying, or, and in some ways far far worse, seeing them bed bound/hospital bound, trapped in a body that can't do what they want and love anymore.
And I have no way to tell them all of this without either sounding like an ass, or having them just... pass over it. Especially Grandpa, who will try to ignore health issues and pretend they're not there, to make them 'go away'. Blah.
My apologies for the rant, I just needed to get this out. |
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| Post-Aeternitas Quick-blurb |
[May. 2nd, 2011|10:23 pm] |
Had a blast. Laconia, NH is rather a distance but it was entirely worth the time, money, and exhaustion.
I just wish work could wait a few more days, because dear gods reality is going to hit me in the face and I don't want to deal with it yet. Ah well. I look forwards to next time. |
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| I have no idea how to title this. |
[Jul. 25th, 2009|11:23 pm] |
I've had some great times recently, but there's been some misery too.
Good Stuff First:
1. I went to Azcatraz, a con for Potter fans. It was awesome, intellectual, and I met a lot of awesome people from all over. I also went to a drag show with them which was mostly the bomb. Utter fun. The ball rocked, too.
2. I got to see The Colour of Magic. It was delightful. And as always, Tim Curry made a delightfully over the top evilman.
3. I had a lot of fun with my game group Friday, for all it wasn't the whole slew of us.
4. I'm getting an extra 300 for pet sitting for the next week.
The Bad:
1. Before the con, I got a spider bite on my foot and another on my right leg, on the side of the lower leg. Not exactly the calf, not exactly the shin. The place they meet. Over the course from Last Weds, to Monday, it became infected and was pretty ugly. I got put on Keflex.
2. The week at work was crappy. I got no rest from clients, and had at least one situation thrust on me cause the clerks downstairs f*ed up like whoa. And the system is giving me CRAP about one case.
3. Last night, I found out a dear friend is... well he's been given an estimate of ten years. I know it seems long, but really, he's... 22. 23? I'm terrible with ages... So when you think about it, it's not at all long. And he's gone into that horrid, depressive state where he thinks he's dragging everyone down and is trying to push us all away for 'our sakes'. And I can do almost nothing.
4. Things have been tense at home. Very. There's a lot of stress on and it makes it hard for us all. There's worry about all kinds of things, and Dad's under a LOT of stress, what with not having a job still. And no, Dad, I am not blaming you, attacking you, or otherwise. It's just how it is.
So yeah. Stress and Good. I'm not sure if it's balanced.
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| A Long Time Between Posts |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|10:24 pm] |
As usual, really. But this time, it comes down to 'Finished training. Passed Hell Test. Moved into new office and went buggy'.
My new boss is nice. That's the upside. The downside is she's a ditz. Maybe even a dip. I'm doing my best and I seem to be doing pretty well, but yeah, it's hard when, at points, as a 'freshoutoftraining' I know more then my boss. Once, that I know of, did it feel like it should be so, when it was something fairly new.
Other then that, I'm learning how difficult the clerks can be, how damned hard it is to tell some one with, say, M.S., that they're going to have to wait a MINIMUM of six months, and probably a year or worse, for them to be determined if they qualify, thanks to the disability process with the state. I'm also learning how much I can effect people's lives. It's an interesting experience.
It's been long, tiring, and hard. But I'm glad I'm doing what I am. Now I just need time for me and I'm set... I'm going to the Doctor Thurs, for the first time in almost 2 years. I'm going to talk to who ever she is about all my new issues. Like my hips hurting, and the tailbone I injured in Ireland still hurting sometimes too. I might also discuss getting involved in a weight loss program. Kaiser, apparently, works with Weight Watchers. Maybe it'll help.
Til next time, my dears. |
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| Isolation |
[Mar. 9th, 2009|09:08 pm] |
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No matter how many times I try to make friends, it seems I become more and more isolated. I'm sick and tired of it, and I'm hurting deep inside. That's all for now. |
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| A week and some days without Net |
[Feb. 18th, 2009|07:54 pm] |
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Is, apparently, enough to drive me nearly batty. I don't deal well with it, since it means enforced lack of communication with a lot of my friends. |
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| Fire Hydrants are Evil |
[Feb. 2nd, 2009|08:27 pm] |
Or at least they are when placed mighty close to the lightpole that has the Cross Button you need on the street there's no chance in hell you'd jay walk cause it's certain death, and you misjudge the distance.
Bruise and scrape ftl. XP |
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| The First Day |
[Jan. 26th, 2009|07:40 pm] |
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It was long, and tiring. But it was also the easy day. I'm glad I've started work there, I've already made a friend. At the same time, the number of people who knew who I was that I didn't know was mildly unnerving. @_@ A quiet, joking comment made by one of the trainers (I think I was the only one to hear it) was "Ahhh, the famous Adrienne." One of the others made a comment about "What a surprise!" when I commented I'd gotten into the county because my mom had worked there for a long time and I'd seen how it'd been good for her. This bit happened during the opening 'Icebreaker' exercise. I later found out the third one went to tell Mom how much I looked like her at break.
Ah well. Tomorrow, we're at a different building for training, and will be there for 3 months.
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