Case of Traxits

Yes! I did it! And for the first time ever trying one of these things, I actually went with a team with more people that I know on it instead of for the team with the graphic I liked the best. (Shiva, how so pretty? Ifrit, how so badassly cute? See all three teams and their banners here.)

Anyway, here's hoping for lots of fun and lots of words and maybe even some art in the mix, and if you are even remotely interested in playing with this year's fun, you should totally sign-up!

... And maybe I will write an actual journal entry later. *gasp* Let you guys know what's been up with me.

Wow, so. It's been... a while since my last post. Over two months. And let me tell you, the last two... three months? They've been kind of ridiculously exciting.

I moved up here with the promise of work at a dialysis clinic, and of course, my luck holding as it always does, I ended up with no work at all because I never heard back from the clinic. Talk about annoying. I ended up putting in applications pretty desperately, pretty much every where, until finally, couple of days before Christmas, I got a call back from the University, and I was hired into their temporary employment program. Within literally three days of being hired into the program, they had me working in one of the University hospitals. Talk about relief.

The work is pretty easy. Mostly sitting at a desk, being friendly and smiling and directing people to where their loved ones are in the hospital. Not too bad. I mean, there's the occasional yelling fit about me being unable to stamp someone's parking ticket (to give them free parking), or someone who is really irritable (it's a hospital; I'd be irritable too if I were here all day as a patient), but all in all it isn't too bad. And hey, I can have internet while I work. Always a plus.

I'm trying to get full time here, which would be even cooler because that would give me health insurance which is something that I have never had in my life. Health insurance would be ... kind of awesome. I mean, I could actually have check-ups and such instead of just going whenever I either a.) can't stop bleeding, or b.) can't stop vomiting. ... Why, yes, this is in fact, my minimum requirements before I even consider going to see a doctor.

I haven't been writing a whole lot, honestly. Certainly nothing even resembling a finished fic. I did write a short Barret piece, and I've been writing a little bit on A Time to Break Silence and I am pleased to report that while I don't have any fresh draft pieces to share, I have actually made progress on it! I have discovered what was actually blocking me on the damn thing, so we might see some improvement there.

You can thank Scrivener for that actually. Being able to copy and paste all my research into a single file and have my pictures and notes and rough drafts -- I had them scattered across easily a dozen text files and four folders -- right THERE... that just helps so incredibly much. I can't even begin to explain it. Does anyone else use Scrivener? Any tips? I still haven't decided if I will be using the keywords feature or not, and I'm not really sure if I will use the status feature... does anyone else use those? If I compile a collection of useful FF7 screenshots for my Scrivener, will anyone else want copies of the pictures for theirs? I'm thinking like some in-game shots of the different floors of the Tower, of the major cities, etc. Would be useful! Maybe I'll label them too. Maybe not though. We'll see.

My heartburn has gotten both better and worse. I crave things I can't have more now (not sure why, and seriously, if one more person dares tell me, "Well, you're a stronger person than I am. If I couldn't have [food], I'd kill myself," I am going to punch them in the damn face) and I've noticed that I can't drink Smart Water anymore. I switched to Dasani and tap and that seems to be okay, but Smart Water, my preferred brand, gives me heartburn. Go figure. Also, stress seems to trigger it pretty hard, and with my mother having a hysterectomy last week, that was not fun.

Also, also! My corset came in! I ordered this one from Corset Story along with ilyena_sylph and katarik, and it is beautiful and fits wonderfully and let me tell you, I may never willingly wear a bra again. That means I'll need to order some more corsets. ... What a chore. *amused* Sadly, it also means I will need to start reworking my wardrobe so the corsets are not quite so noticeable.

Of course, wearing this steel-boned corset is going to put a massive damper on how much I enjoy flying, I'm sure, and this March I will probably quite reluctantly don one of my bras again instead of fighting the TSA on my metal-boned corset. That's going to mean I'll have to check a bag. That's annoying since this is an overnight trip. Speaking of, THIS MARCH. OMG, GUYS. THIS MARCH. I will get to go see Distant Worlds in St. Louis with ilyena_sylph and katarik and rynia and WORDS DO NOT EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT, GUYS. I JUST. SO MUCH. I WANT EVERYONE TO BE THERE AND I CAN SEE EVERYONE AND HAVE AN AWESOME TIME IN ST. LOUIS.

... Yeah. I am a little kid sometimes. I can neither control it, nor do I particularly want to. I like being excitable.

I am sure if pressed, I could think of more to write in this, but really, I think I've rambled long enough. How are you guys doing? Have I missed anything exciting since moving? I have to admit to slacking a bit in keeping up with the whole Dreamwidth thing, but now that things are settling down again -- I'm getting a routine now! -- that will hopefully change.