Ramblings, mutterings and thoughts

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I'm sorry to the smokers I know, but this does make me happy. For years I have not been able to go to pubs for drinks with friends because severe asthma makes me start having an attack as soon as I spend any time in smoke. I now have the option - that is all I wanted.

I hate work. I should look for a new job, but I dunno what. If I have to go up to London, pay will be similar, but I lose £3k to travel. Maybe I should just try to work better.

So far, I have lost 3/4 of a stone in weight. Yay! Aim is at least another 1/2 stone for the TRA meet up.

My foot hurts. Stress fracture to it. Oh deep joy.

Why do I find it easiest to find fic ideas when I am at work? I have to have a notepad with me to joy everything down. Ah well, hopefully get parts 2 and maybe 3 off to beta reader this week. Still unconvinced they will be any good.

Where the hell did the new expansion for FFXI come from - that was a bit out the blue! I hope that there are no new jobs, I have enough trouble with the ones we have. If Time Mage comes in, that will destroy what rdm does. Necromancer is another one mentioned - which could be kinda cool, but not even sure how the hell that would work in FFXI. Decided on probably Sam next, then bard.

Pindaro and I are now 99% certain who jacked my account. Three people (at least) knew about it. And one had the balls to call me friend. Not that I will do anything about it now, but personal satisfaction counts for so much. All because "I destroyed what their vision of Konoha was". Yeah you tard, walk away from the game, and people evolve. Still somewhat pissed by it.

Grumbly headache on Thursday = baby migraine on Friday. I call them those, as they show the initial symptoms, but stop short of the "wanting to claw the top of my head off" stage. Just the extreme pain about my left eye. 2x Migraleve + hope for the best!

Tonight, in the UK, is it Comic Relief (basically, a telethon they hold once every 2 years to raise money for charity) - www.comicrelief.com. My involvement is going to one of our call centres about 200 miles away, and helping to answer the phones. Company is paying for transport and accomodation! Five of us going up, should be fun!

I am reading The Space Machine by Christopher Priest at the moment. Interesting, but I am finding it hard going. Maybe I need something else to read. Suggestions?