last night

I had plenty to think about, take in, and consider. Talked to Polli about a few things. He decided to take the time to read through this blog from the beginning and he's hit an interesting patch where we had a very rough time. We talked through some of them. Some of the things we laughed at, some of them we noted with a sigh. Ultimately, we smiled at each other and were glad that time passed and we were able to come together.

We played cards and talked about things like zen habits, our exercise regimens, the progress of our aspirations... you know, the kinds of things you should talk about with all of your friends. Especially the last one. I vented some, he vented some, we laughed about those things. Even with, and maybe because of all of the things we've been through, I love him more now.

We might as well be married.

So many things we joked about, I can't remember them all. We listened to a clip from a podcast I'm in. After that, Quan popped in. We played MTG, got food, played more MTG, laughed some, played silly sound clips. Alia and Rickey arrived. Quan and Rickey went to the club while we chilled out and talked. It was a very interesting and enlightening atmosphere. We talked about things around dating, sex, relationships, games, laughter, people and perspectives and friendship. I think I had the better time of anyone at any club anywhere.

We fell asleep on each other after several hours of LittleBigPlanet and passed the night that way on the couch... well, Morgan and I did. Alia went home (and got there safely and had an amazing time). It felt good to just be that relaxed with people I liked. I've been so frustrated this week. People and their things getting on my nerves so often, work-related stress complete with nightmares, trying to get my thoughts together for what will happen in the next few months, not getting enough sleep most days, losing friends in some cases and forcefully ejecting them in others... and finally a respite of several hours.

Morgan and I woke up around the same time today and he had to go to work while I had to run to FedEx for some work stuff. We gave each other a big, long hug before parting ways. Mary Beth came in a moment later. I had to laugh. I ran upstairs, gathered some things, took a shower, and got dressed while she played with my kittens and took pictures.

We finally got our errands out of the way and talked a while about some things. She doesn't play video games, though. :( We had fun anyway. :) She went back home to see Winnifred (her dog) and I went upstairs to chill. I was glad I could make her day. She seems to be used to people cancelling plans at random and with little or no notice. Boo on people. Why do they have to suck so much anyway? (~_~#)

[Insert rant here]

Other than that, I'm thinking about grabbing some flowers for my mom and a scented candle. It isn't much, but my mom likes simple things for one, and she loves flowers and scented candles. You'd be surprised how little you have to get someone if you pay attention to the little things and see through to what they really love. I'll try to get out there tomorrow, otherwise, I'll just make a day trip out of it and walk up to her job later that evening.

Other than this, things are ok. I could complain, but I guess I should just enjoy the ride. Job security is in the air, but there's three months' padding before it blows up, so I have time to look for other work if things don't pick up. I'm salaried, so I'm not worried about that right now. I love working with the people I've worked with there, and I'll stay with them until the end if I can. We had to fire someone last week. That sucked. I did not, on any level, enjoy it. The reason we let them go wasn't even their fault from my point of view, but I don't have the final say-so in things like that.

Living in this world isn't easy and even less so when you don't have the authority to change the flow of things. I'll be praying that God lets me do the best I can do for this company and that He makes my efforts blossom somehow. I'm thankful for the time He gave me in this job to prove myself and clear my name before things go too far one way or another. Hopefully I'm being noticed somewhere that people will see and take note and maybe scoop me up.

I'm listening to music by candlelight. James is playing games downstairs. I guess this is an okay gig. I'm talking to someone on FB right now about some faith-related things. Interesting stuff.