Stuck in a rut

I've just completed a massive accounting project for quarter end (ACCPAC issues from our go-live date come back to haunt me....again) and I know I should get back to real life, and normal work, but I'm so overwhelmed...I just feel like collapsing and reading my book. And somehow, that's almost justified, since I stayed at work until 7 last night, with no more than 10 minutes of breaks, total.

But still, I want to move on. To shrug off the tense exhausted feeling in my shoulders and the adrenaline crash that is currently shorting out my brain. But I can't. I'm so caught up in everything that it took for me to do that work, that I'm stuck.

At least there's only 2 and half more hours left in the day, and I get to game tonight too! Really looking forward to that. Matt is teh awesome DM, and there are some really great mental challenges in addition to kicking major ass.

Being the cool older sister

I spent the last few days housesitting/brothersitting for my parents, who are in NY until this afternoon. So you know what that means? Awesome fun time with the little bro, who is not that little anymore. He's 13, which means I don't have to worry about the violence/language/etc in any movies we want to watch, and I can stay up kinda late with him and its cool. (Just don't tell mom!)

Sunday night was movie night with The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. He loved it!!! I loved it too. I am constantly amazed at how funny that movie is, even when I know it by heart. :) Woot to the DG! And Ryan is clear that he must have a movie night with his friends so they too can know the hilarity that is The Gamers: Dorkness Rising.

Monday night we were going to watch Forbidden Kingdom, but alas! It was not "On Demand." What was though, was even better: The Matrix. Which, since Ryan was four when it came out, was a movie that he missed. I have so many great memories of Dad sharing awesome movies with me as I grew up, movies that were before my time or that I was too young for, and now I get to carry the tradition onward! And look uber-cool cause I have a "never-ending" list of great movies....at least until he gets caught up. BTW, Watching The Matrix with a first timer is really fun, highly recommended.

But I think the cool person of the week award definitely went to Jeremy. First he helped Ryan create his first character, a human Monk. Then he bought staffs, dressed them up with tape, and they got to practice staff fighting. And last night, under my suggestion, he bought some 4th edition minis and we had a three way mini battle! Yar! Ryan totally won the points battle, and then I killed him. And Jeremy. I rock. :P

Fun was had by all this week, and tonight, Eversea! I am so lucky.

Missing you

I am really missing all my GenCon friends. The normal decompression, getting-used-to-normal-life-again blues have come and gone. But now that I'm back to my life and have been here a while, I can't help but miss all the smiles, humor, love and fun times we all shared for our brief weekend.

I do love the internet. Without it, I would not be able to communicate at all with friends in Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. But it is not the same as being with them, and it bums me out.

So here's to all my newfound Dead Gentlemen and Margaret Weis friends, may I see you all very soon. And in the meantime, Facebook will keep us together. :)