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I guess I'm going to my first memorial event ever. I've not actually known many people who've died since I was an adult and I was far away or no longer emotionally close to those who did. I'm really kind of nervous about the whole thing because, of course, it's a whole new social situation for me to be awkward and tongue-tied in plus I'm usually poorly affected by events where people will be in high emotion. I feel obligated to go as a show of support for his ex, though we were friends even if we weren't close friends. Actually, this all came as a bigger shock than I would have expected. I remember how angry he was when he was leaving Denver and it was beautiful to see him make some reconciliations and really get his life going in beautiful happy destinations... Like, it really made the future look like it could be brighter all around, so his dying in his sleep at a young age was a double shock and has really had me thinking about a lot of things since...
I don't want to dwell on that right now, though, as I am far too tired and that makes me extra emotional to start with.
It's been a super busy month. Somehow I seem to be busy most nights hanging out with one person or another and I think I may just need to take a whole day off to read or something. Had almost all the animals to the vet this month -- they're all doing well, though Valesti is apparently approaching chunkiness now that she is comfortable and is letting me pet her several times a day every day now. I've seen several movies -- Suicide Squad (some of the humor is too mean for me, but fun overall), The Green Knight (beautiful and eerie and I have no idea what was going on but I think that is the point), and Free Guy (that was fun, but am I the only person a bit weirded out by the dynamics when compared to stuff going on in the gaming industry?), and got into reading some older books that gave me a nostalgic feel I was missing (even though they were all new books to me).
My coworker's party was fun, though my other coworkers and I mostly kept to ourselves even though she has nice friends. We're just all that introverted and they were all rather exuberant... But that meant we became better friends with each other, which was cool, though it turns out one is looking around for another job (boo).
Coming up in the future: concerts (Pink Martini and Toad the Wet Sprocket in a couple weeks, Sabaton and Angels and Airwaves in more weeks), a trip to Meow Wolf through work, a conference in Madrid in October, and maybe a trip to Alaska closer to the end of the year to see my family since my parents are about to give up on hoping we can visit them in Okinawa for the holidays.
I don't want to dwell on that right now, though, as I am far too tired and that makes me extra emotional to start with.
It's been a super busy month. Somehow I seem to be busy most nights hanging out with one person or another and I think I may just need to take a whole day off to read or something. Had almost all the animals to the vet this month -- they're all doing well, though Valesti is apparently approaching chunkiness now that she is comfortable and is letting me pet her several times a day every day now. I've seen several movies -- Suicide Squad (some of the humor is too mean for me, but fun overall), The Green Knight (beautiful and eerie and I have no idea what was going on but I think that is the point), and Free Guy (that was fun, but am I the only person a bit weirded out by the dynamics when compared to stuff going on in the gaming industry?), and got into reading some older books that gave me a nostalgic feel I was missing (even though they were all new books to me).
My coworker's party was fun, though my other coworkers and I mostly kept to ourselves even though she has nice friends. We're just all that introverted and they were all rather exuberant... But that meant we became better friends with each other, which was cool, though it turns out one is looking around for another job (boo).
Coming up in the future: concerts (Pink Martini and Toad the Wet Sprocket in a couple weeks, Sabaton and Angels and Airwaves in more weeks), a trip to Meow Wolf through work, a conference in Madrid in October, and maybe a trip to Alaska closer to the end of the year to see my family since my parents are about to give up on hoping we can visit them in Okinawa for the holidays.
