Random Ramblings Are Random

Today I got a one month refill on my meds for $33 - seven different meds, 30 days worth of each. This used to cost me over $100/month because I didn't have health benefits. Now I've got them, and it covers me all the way back to October 1st of this year. And when my doctor decides to put me insulin I've got decent coverage for diabetic meds and supplies now. I don't care that my employer doesn't cover much of my insurance because it is still cheaper than paying full price for my meds. Woo? I also purchased a wireless keyboard and a new wireless mouse to use with my Chromebook. I've been doing the best I could with the native keyboard and touchpad on the thing, but it's been so frustrating. The touchpad can't be turned off so every time I would type on the keyboard I would mess up the font size and have to stop to fix that. Not to mention that the mousepad isn't all that responsive or precise. And I got a new mini wireless mouse too. Yay for me invest...

It's no surprise to many that know me that I enjoy writing. But what is a surprise is that I have yet to be published. Well, it's no surprise to me but to others it is. And no, I do not include my shared fanfiction writing in the whole 'being published' thing either. I took a writing course all the way back in high school, but the teacher never went over structure or anything like that. It was basically just a 'write what you want and I'll mark it according to how much I like it' class. I learned absolutely nothing during that year. I then picked up professional writing via college. I used those skills to write a training manual during my first contract with my first call center job. But I still didn't do all that much with those skills. But I kept writing stories - fanfic, some original, and everything in between - but never got one to the point of finishing the story. I always ran into the same issue of knowing how I wanted it to end, but no idea how t...

I haven't written here since before I took my birthday week off from work, but things have happened! Mostly good things too! I know I was worried when the spa manager was due to come back because I didn't know where that would leave me in terms of hours, position, etc. But I didn't need to worry about any of it. Oh, we still have some things to hammer out but it could have been so much worse than it ended up being. I have my own office now. Well, mostly my own. As the one employee between the hotel and spa that can pretty much do everything I have a space from which I can do everything. Answering calls for the hotel, spa, and medical services we offer on the hotel level, and using the various booking systems for all of that as well. My official title is Guest Services Manager, and I can step into the roll of both the spa manager and accommodiations manager as needed. And I get paid the most I've been paid in years, outside of the time I worked in a finishing shop...and ...