People here do work, and they do get things done, but hardly anyone stays for over 8 hours. That’s 8 hours including lunch. I’m not fixating on everyone else’s time at work – don’t get me wrong. I think it’s wonderful and amazing. But at the same time, talking to Mark Malone earlier reminded me of the kind of hours we used to put in. Actually, I’m sure he still puts in those kind of hours. I wonder how much of that mini-depression I experienced recently has to do with not having a clue how to fill my time. It’s been something that Stevie never could figure out about me. I just don’t know how to have fun – how to recreate, as it were. When I’m not working… well, I’m just not sure what to do with myself. Lately, I’ve done a lot of laying around feeling bad, some of which (I’m sure) is related to my immune system being completely unused to its new surroundings. Some of that laying around, though, has been simple depressiveness. How precisely does a person choose a “fun” activity? How do you know what you enjoy doing?
HA! I know what you’re thinking: “Try new things!”
It’s hard to try new things when everything around me is already new.
I’m soaking in it.
On an up-note, my fingernails are growing out well. They look just lovely, I must say, and they go clickety-click on the keyboard when I type.
Another up-note: Gregor is coming to training out here, and I am sincerely looking forward to seeing him.
Up-note number three: Stevie and I are playing Kingdom Hearts. There’s a brain-squeezer of a game if I’ve ever seen one.
It’s your typical “Final Fantasy”-esqe SquareSoft game, but with Disney characters – Disney villains, Disney characters you can summon (Dumbo’s one of them), and Donald Duck and Goofy are the two main other members of your party. So, there you are, in a huge battle against Cloud from Final Fantasy VII with Donald and Goofy as your assistants… it’s just too weird. Like “Nightmare Before Christmas” with Square meeting
Disney. In fact, “Nightmare” is one of the films represented in the game. I can’t wait to get to play with Jack Skellington as part of the fight party!