penvillain

 i have never felt so harried about christmas before!

i've got vacation next week, so i have to work a little ahead at work to make sure they can take over my stuff while i'm gone.

but i also have early deadlines this week, so i gotta put out like three weekly newspapers! in one week! and no one's HERE, everyone else is already on vacation, so there's hardly any time to do my regular work on top of all of it.

meanwhile, i'm trying to get book covers printed for my dad's christmas present, and so far no one's gotten back to me with a quote, so i've gotta cruise town tomorrow to all the commercial printers and hope i designed them with the right dimensions

haven't done any wrapping yet, but luckily i've got everything in except the book covers. 

the vacation will feel good, good, good when it comes.

DREAMWIDTH. HELLO.

I am very tired. Didn't get much sleep last night because I a.) worked late, then b.) had a mile-long list of chores I wanted to do when I got home (like I was super ready to rearrange my whole room! even though there's only one arrangement that has ever worked!), then c.) got woken up early by work.

That burst of energy has all culminated in me signing up for a volunteer position at a local nonprofit. I have been wanting to get involved for a while because their building is literally right next to where I work, and they are faith-based and helped out by almost every church in the area. My faith has grown a lot over the past year, and I really want to do something with it, so this is a very low stakes way of getting started. Just doing stuff behind-the-scenes for a couple of hours here and there.

(Insert gif of Jesus shaking his head at how adorable I am.)
 
In other news, I'm in like day 3 of dieting (mostly just watching my calories, not eating out) and uggHHHHH. I never gained weight in college, but that's probably because I had to walk around a lot and kind of grazed, nibbling on a meal all day in my room instead of wolfing it down, which left me less hungry. But in the past year, I've had a long desk job, ate a lot of fast food, and got on Lexapro, which makes you retain weight. So now I'm 25 pounds heavier, and that is like ... crazy. It's not a big deal -- I know I should exercise more and cut down on the fatty foods, so it's a good excuse/motivator to be more regimented and eat light sandwiches instead of my beautiful Chick-fil-a. 

Playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition continues apace. After a lot of waffling, I'm committing to a Solas romance. Even being pretty much spoiled for his plot, I still don't know quite what happens, and there's an element of push and pull with him that I probably wouldn't get with Cullen. So, egg boy it is.

Aaaaaaaand lots of dread for a weekend work trip I'm going on over the weekend. I get to stay in a hotel room by myself (which I love!) but there's also a long, long drive where I'll have to wear headphones to avoid talking and a long, long awards ceremony (where I probably didn't even win anything!), but yeah boy.