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Under Pressure…
The title here is a quaint little homage to Singstar Queen which we have been playing on the PS3 while also being the way that I have felt lately.
It is lame as lame can be, but my body doesn’t function well in response to stress. And I have been feeling stress lately. Work is driving me batshit insane. I feel like I am a good employee which means that I get more and more responsibility handed my way. That is sweet and all, but dadgum, I am tired of more responsibility. I am tired of having undependable co-workers and crazy deadlines, and especially I am tired of having my primary job be a secondary job as my resource s get allocated to something different (that I am no longer really enjoying). So, in addition to the work stress, I have been having stomach pains…which I am not sure are related to the work stress. Or it could be related to the fibroid tumors that my obgyn found a couple months ago. Regardless, it sucks. The stress impact on my MS seems to be more tingling in my hands than usual, and more clumsiness. The clumsiness seems to have nicely displayed itself in a painful tumble down my back porch stairs. Complain complain complain. I am a whiney whiner.
I have really enjoyed playing games with Devon lately though. We’ve probably bought a game a week or so for the last month. And these are not video games, they are board or card games. They make me feel like a super snob because most people who are bug fans of Monopoly and the like (me included) have probably never heard of them before. We have Arkham Horror, Pandemic, Lost Cities, Dominion, and Munchkin Bites. I haven’t gotten to play the Munchkin game yet, but it looks super cute. My fave is Lost Cities. It is a quick little 2 player card game. I can win about 50% of the time, so it doesn’t grind my already weak self esteem into the ground.
I am also looking forward to going to Boston in March. It will be for our anniversary, but not really, as the entire intent behind it is to get Devon to the Penny Arcade East expo. I would love to be able to sightsee and stuff, but it is just a weekend, and Devon becomes king of the world at these expos. Or he did in Seattle. I don’t want to spoil that for him. We just don’t really get to travel often. We are getting to take Ambria with us this time too. I had fun in Seattle, even though I was really sick, and it kind of made life hellish. I am sure it will be nice to be in Boston. I hope that having Ambria will make it a little more fun. I also hope that I don’t disappoint this mad gamer in my life. I’m thinking I might try the board gaming aspect of Pax a little more this time.
Blah blah blah. I’ve been a little depressed lately. So I am taking a break. We have a 4 day weekend together right now. Devon is playing Uncharted2 on the PS3. It is fun to watch. I am on call for work (yea), but just until 2pm Monday. I hope that I can regroup and relax. And maybe I will drink this leftover Megro Modelo that Leslie left for me!
