Absolute sense.  Luckily, it sounds like you'll get at least some of your hearing back.  Not me, unless I can foot the bill for some experimental nerve transplant.

So I've been in appointment hell lately.  I've had something going on nearly every day after work.  Too damn tired to do much of anything once I get home, but there always seems to be something.  The only thing really improving right now is my coping.  I'm getting by a little better.  Still a lot of rough spots, though.

In reply to Man in Black (msg # 274):

Do what you can and don't do what you can't.

In reply to Einlian (msg # 275):

Yea, take it one day at a time and do what you have to do to get to the next day and not push it.  R/L is first and we will be here waiting patiently (not a patient though lol) till you have enough time and strength to move us along.

Nothing less just OOC Post if you need a pick me up or just in need to shout out - we are all here for each other, now Lam thinks were did that lay on hands go ....

I appreciate the support, guys.  I need to go back and reorient myself so we can proceed with the end of the game.

Do what ya gotta do.

In reply to Daniv Jensen (msg # 278):

What Daniv said, no more, no less, in your time.

So glad people are firing 'warning shots' instead of hitting the dead, at least fornow ;-)

I'm feeling mostly back to normal these days.  Still have a little trouble in crowds and some social situations.  Work suddenly became stupid busy.  They pulled local admin from all accounts early last week.  At least they were proactive about letting everyone know ahead of time and allow people to apply for a local admin account for special needs.  (Not that kind of special needs.)  But of course there was no testing ahead of times so when everyone was attempting to add their LA account to their PC, they learned it was broken.  For everyone.  For all software.  Our call volume and email went through the roof.  Of course they let about 10 people go the week before.  And four people have quit this week.  It was fixed Tuesday afternoon, but of course we had to do most of the fixing for every affected individual.  I don't know if it is Software Center from Microsoft or just our implementation of it, but I hate it.  On the plus side, lots of extra hours on the paycheck.  Downside, I have been coming home mentally fried.

It happens to the best of us.

In reply to Man in Black (msg # 281):

Glad someone else does it, I couldn't do that job.
No worries...when you catch up, and are ready.

In reply to Sal Warth (msg # 283):

No way I'd do a Call Centre job, did Account Management before and a Marketing Drive, having to do ut daily though! Spent is one way of putting it!

In reply to Einlian (msg # 284):

Gads no testing and just release software to the masses. shotty job there but glad you survived and doing better though they are warring you out by the sounds of it so take it easy and recoup best you can.   I too am glad to avoid call centers and even calling I try to be nice cause there is a human (I hope) on the other end - Dwarf or Elf well maybe a different ..... OK, hang in there and we shall await our next posting for us :)

How's everyone doing this Yuletide?

Let us see....
My oldest son, who doesn't like camping, swimming, shooting sports, exercise or sports of any kind, just swore his Oath of Enlistment into the Marines Tuesday; my steodaughter played clarinet in a school concert last night, and was much better in the short time she's been playing (just this year) than I ever was when I tried to play the trumpet; newer dryer isn't working, so I have replaced wire, socket, now looking at replacing a circuit breaker, which I have never done before.
Yep.  Fun times.

In reply to Daniv Jensen (msg # 287):

Hahaha. It's amazing how people change, things we thought would work, don't, then our progeny end up better than us at stuff we liked. I'm waiting for mine to get off his backside lol

In reply to Einlian (msg # 288):

So far so good, waiting for my daughter to fly back east for Xmass.  Had a fun doing a working travel agent trip to Antigua last week, learned some neat stuff but now back to reality.

Hope everyone is doing well and our fearless DM is doing well and blissfully rolling dice in prep for a adventurous new year :)

From the first of the new year, my posting may be spotty, but the second through fourth completely non-existent.  It seems we're taking my oldest, the USMC poolee that he is, somewhere that involves lots of water and sand.

Sorry about the long wait. Schedule got switched around and I'm adjusting slowly but surely.  Been busy doing holiday type stuff.  I'm going to use my down time at night to get back into the swing of things.

When I first enlisted in the Corps,my friends all had the same reaction.  You?  I was the quiet nerdy type.  Yes,I was a Marine that hated to get dirty.  I still hate to get dirty.  One thing that has changed is I can get dirty when i need to.

I'm also learning to do new things as the house breaks in new and interesting ways.  I spent one Easter on you tube trying to fix a broken toilet flange.

In reply to Man in Black (msg # 291):

Hahaha. Or is it now "Ho-ho-ho"?

I'm super busy this week with festival celebrations for Yule ever day, twice a day. Goibg to be tired but should be ok once relaxibg in my chair at home.

Everyone take it easy :-)

I was also the nerdy, bookish, short, and scrawny guy when I enlisted.  What nobody knew was that, while I may not have played sports on a regular basis, I was actually quite athletic.  I was also a Boy Scout for a long time, had a lot of experience in the outdoors.  When I went into the Guard on delayed entry, there was another recruit, a jock, who said I would never pass.  I admit to having teouble with push-ups (still do), and spending a month in the Fitness Training Company, but he was cycled out as Unfit.  He thought it would be easy for him.  I thought it would be far more difficult than it turned out to be, but I had set myself to prove that idiot wrong.

In reply to Daniv Jensen (msg # 293):

Good for you for persevering.

It is what I do.  Just call me Cool Hand Luke.

In reply to Daniv Jensen (msg # 295):

Too all I hope your holidays are going well and the new year finds us all in better standings  :)

Cheers!!!

In reply to Lam Durus (msg # 296):

I'm still enjoying 12 days of Yule. I'm sorted with plenty of Mead.