I took this photo on my run this morning. It was a good time to catch the light.
I know I said in my last post I’d post later in the week. One week, six weeks, basically the same thing, right?
I used to do some good accountability on here, which I think I’ll start doing again. When I was flipping through old posts it was cool to see me checking in and my progress, and I’d like to have that record again. But for today it’s just going to be general updates, because it’s been so long.
Job Search
Still going! Going forever, going for life. I’m still applying to almost every library job I see (though I’m definitely missing a few). I’ve gotten basically zero interviews (except one with KCLS a few months ago), so I’m not sure how viable libraries are going to be for me in the short-term. I might, might break soon and start applying for IT/tech jobs again. Every time I look at doing IT Support Desk work again, though, it makes me sad. So I’m resisting.
I did take up doing some Python programming to build some skills in the interim. Plus if I could get into software development or infrastructure-related scripting that’d be neat. It’d be a good change and, frankly, probably pay better and be less stressful than support desk work. We’ll see how much I can pick up in the next few weeks, though.
Relationship
So, uh, that ended in early September. Just a few days shy of the 2-year mark. I started the breakup, she finished it. That’s…perhaps confusing but honestly I don’t want to get into it in detail. Hopefully it’s evocative as-is. I think it’s probably for the best long-term. It’s been a month since it happened and I’ve done a lot of the processing, but still getting used to it. I’m also not used to breakups not ending in “we’re still friends!” and that’s quite the adjustment. Anyway.
flails in “should be eloquent about this but isn’t”
The Great and Terrible Iguana
Jabberwocky the iguana is currently on a round of antibiotics, but I”m not too worried. The only sign of infection was dehydration, and the vet said that Jabberwocky looked great when I brought her in. I think the dehydration was just from her humidifier regularly running out and me letting it run dry for too long between refills, so her humidity dropped quite a bit. I’m being better about that, and they’re having me give her daily baths.
She hates the baths. So much. It’s hilarious.
I think she’s doing okay, though. We’ll be doing a followup appointment this week to see how stuff is going, so I’ll know for sure soon.
What I’m Reading/Watching/Playing
I want to go into more depth about these in the future, but here’s the quick list:
Playing: Baldur’s Gate 3, mostly. Played the multiplayer for Battletech with a friend last week and it was a very interesting experience.
Reading: Just finished Slimed!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon’s Golden Age by Mathew Klickstein and Against the Dying of the Light (a F04 fanfic) by EthanTheRenegade and swanofmischief. Currently reading Tools of the Titans by Tim Ferris, The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, and the audiobook of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
Watching: Star Trek Discovery Season 2 (done) and 3 (in-progress). MissieMae’s Fallout: New Vegas playthrough. Also just watched Event Horizon with my friend on Friday night.
And that’s it for now! Will try to return later this week (so sometime between 1 and 43 days, apparently) with more updates.
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