Asakiyume mita

Happy Thursday, y'all. We're sliding towards the weekend! It's going to be a busy one for us, but I wouldn't trade it.

For some reason my knee is still hella pissed off at me. I think I must have stepped wrong somehow and tweaked it. It's better than yesterday, and def better than it was Tuesday night, but it's annoying. I did get a cane to take with us to NYC on Saturday and also to take on vacation, just in case. It's bright blue and matches my fanny pack.

Yesterday was a quiet day, yet I was still tired out. I did most of my day either on the phone or calling patients to fill in slots, up til 12. At 12, J asked if I could take over the teams help chat for an hour from 1-2pm since one of the other PAS III's were out. Sure no problem. I manned the chat for an hour after my lunch, and had a few weird questions, but none that I couldn't handle. Once I hopped off, five minutes later, J asked if I could go back on so that Jason could work on RADSETS (scheduling errors). Sure, why not? Not two minutes later, I have a coworker arguing with me about an answer I gave. I was very good, and did not reach through the screen to smack her.

Mostly it was fine. The chat varies between dead and three questions at once, so it's alternately boring and stressful. I kind of enjoy it. It tests my knowledge of weird esoteric topics. Usually it's "How long should these MRIs take?" or "Can we do these tests together." But once in a while it's things like "Breastfeeding after an MRI, can the pt do it?" (Yes, you can.)

Today, I think the 3rd of the III's is back, so I'll probably have a much easier and quieter day. Now that I've said that, I've probably jinxed myself.

Last night, Jess was telling me that there's a convention in Vegas in a couple of weeks that the voice actors from both Hazbin Hotel and the Amazing Digital Circus are attending. I don't think we can manage that, but I did some research, and there's one in Philadelphia in October that has almost the entire Hazbin cast. They're still adding people, so hopefully they get a few Amazing Digital Circus people.

I immediately ordered two passes, plus photo ops with the guys who play Alastor and Vox, and one with the people who play the Vs. That means meeting Christian Borle who plays Vox twice. What a hardship. I'll keep an eye on the con site in case they add more people that Jess would want to meet. I want to as well, but y'know, I want Jess to have a blast. They deserve nice things.

So, the weekend of October 2nd, we'll be heading up to Philly. We'll see if we're able to do dinner with friends while we're there. It'll be another day that I have to take off, but that's okay. Totally worth it.

This weekend is going to be so much fun! On Friday we need to drop the dog off for his big overnight visit. It'll be quiet in the house for a couple of days. But, at least on Saturday, we won't be there. We'll be heading up to NYC to go see the Lost Boys Musical. The car should pick us up about 9:30am, and then we'll go up and pick a friend up in Philly, then off to New York. After the musical, we're going to dinner at Langan's, which is directly down the block from the theater. I'm profoundly grateful that past me decided to do the car service, so that I won't have a ton of walking on my janky knee. Even with the cane that could be tough. I have to decide what to wear. To dress up a little bit or go in leggings and a t-shirt? It's a matinee, so I don't need to dress up that much, but maybe a skirt or dressy pants and a nice-ish shirt. It's supposed to be 62 in NYC on Saturday, so that will be nice. Cloudy, but that's fine.

Sunday, we shall pick up a puppy and get barked at. Then, we shall have the inaugural game of Marchen. I'm super looking forward to getting this started and taking it out for a spin. I think it's going to be a fun world to play in, and I hope my players enjoy it as much playing as I have writing it.

We are down to T-Minus 3 weeks until vacation. I'm tidying up the various details and making sure that I have everything locked down. In another week, we should get our boarding passes, and the choice of what we want for breakfast on the plane. I've been watching all the videos about Pike Place Market and Granville Public Market. There's so many things I want to eat, and so little time. The nice thing is that we will have from noon onwards on the day the ship docks to go play in Seattle, so if we miss something, we can do back on the last full day of vacation. Granville, there's no do-overs, but they have less vendors.

The first night in Vancouver, we're going to a steakhouse with all four of us. The second night, we're splitting up. Jess and I are going for Korean BBQ and a movie, and I think my sister and BIL are going to a seafood bistro. It looks very good.

I've started packing. I should have everything but the stuff that can't go in til the morning of ready by the end of the week. Yesterday, my short sleeved tops came, also with more leggings. Tomorrow, I may start packing Jess's suitcase, just to have something to do. As time goes on, I'm getting more and more excited. I think I have one or two more things to come in, but after that, I'll be done. I hate this part. It's so close, but I've planned out everything, and there's nothing more to do. I'm not particularly patient, so waiting is very hard.

We've got so many things coming up that I feel like it's an embarrassment of riches. And I keep adding more things to it! Right now, I think the only months there isn't something planned is August and Sept. But that's made up for with two things in June and October. That overnight bag is going to get a serious workout. I think December is still clear, though.

Jess feels a little bad about torpedoing so many weekends for games, but I'm okay with it. For 5 years, we've barely had a weekend we couldn't play. Now that we're able to, I want to grab every bit of life we had to pause because of taking care of Dad. I saw a reel that said "Gen X is taking vacations like it's our job, because we saw so many Boomers who never made it there." I feel that on a deep level.

Aside from overnight or two night trips, we haven't been anywhere in 3 years, which was the Disney trip. And we felt guilty about that, since Dad was just back from the rehab and not doing well. In retrospect, that was the beginning of his down slope. After that round of Covid, he never fully bounced back. That was 100% on him. If he'd worked in that first rehab, maybe he would have lasted longer. As it was, his primary care physician said that the only reason he lasted another 2 years was because we broke ourselves to keep him as healthy as possible. And he's not kidding. We broke ourselves mentally, emotionally, physically and financially to keep him going. And he did almost nothing during that time to help himself. He wouldn't keep up with physical therapy, he didn't want to get up, even while he was physically able. He ordered us around like servants, and criticized everything we fed him. Honestly, it's amazing that none of us smothered him with a pillow.

And we were worried about leaving my sister with Yoda, but now we have an alternative! Yoda can board and we can go wherever. No worrying about my sister on the stairs with a small pulling dog. No wondering how he's doing. I'll just get daily pictures and report cards. And, we're able to just up and go if we want to. It's a lovely feeling.

Okay, time to go forth and get ready for work. Everyone have a lovely Thursday!