I need to de-stress
I've become rather snappish lately, and I know it. I keep getting medical bills, and I just learned that I have attempted to pay the same thousand-odd bill *twice.* I am waiting on a bill from the school that is requesting that I refund a portion of my financial aid because I didn't have a single passing class last semester. I am twitchy, and that makes me violent. I don't think I am quite at *SNAP!*ing level yet, but only because I do have pretty good control over myself. It does mean that I will not be able to keep, and, in fact, have already broken my new year's resolution of not hitting people for trivial things - such as all those cracks about me being something I'm not, i.e., Jewish. I re-iterate the subject/title: I need to de-stress.
The problem is I used to relieve stress by going on a bike ride, generally to home and back since it's long and not a very busy road except at the worst of times, and even then the flow of traffic is ever constant. That is no longer an option because all my bikes are dead or sold, I couldn't ride even if I wanted to because my left leg cannot support the weight and carrying the crutches would be a bitch and... traffic used to be a minor concern, even somewhat worrying before. The thought of driving, now, gives me a panic attack. And not in the ooh, rollercoaster goodness way, either (mind, I do not like roller coasters to begin with). ASDFJKL!
Videogames aren't cutting it. Watching amusing videos and reading awesome comics on the internet are not cutting it. I miss my bikes, but even if I still had them I'd have nowhere to go without freaking out unless I'm driving at four in the morning with a severe, sincere lack of traffic. As it stands, I'm going to have a long cuddling session with my teddy bear after I go retrieve him.
On a much happier note, I am planning on writing a story in a sort of steampunk/fantasy world with some terrible characters based on various friends/tropes/stereotypes and so on. Being a fan of TV Tropes, I'm going to try and play around with the story as much as I can. I've got a vague concept for an overall plot, but I need subplots to really get it going. I also need characters - at this point, I only have two named and described characters - the heroine of the story, and her not-really archenemy, walking techbane foreigner (who is inspired by/based on one of my flatmates). If there are tropes that you want Lampshades on, or to be subverted/averted/inverted/etc., let me know. Or if you'd like your own guest appearance. Whatever works.
In other news - I'm still missing a lot of phone numbers. If I am not now or never have lived with you, chances are pretty good I don't have your number anymore (because those people's numbers are saved on my SIM card as opposed to the phone's own storage data, for some unfathomable reason) with maybe a few exceptions - e.g., I have Logan's number, but not Colin's. Narm!
The problem is I used to relieve stress by going on a bike ride, generally to home and back since it's long and not a very busy road except at the worst of times, and even then the flow of traffic is ever constant. That is no longer an option because all my bikes are dead or sold, I couldn't ride even if I wanted to because my left leg cannot support the weight and carrying the crutches would be a bitch and... traffic used to be a minor concern, even somewhat worrying before. The thought of driving, now, gives me a panic attack. And not in the ooh, rollercoaster goodness way, either (mind, I do not like roller coasters to begin with). ASDFJKL!
Videogames aren't cutting it. Watching amusing videos and reading awesome comics on the internet are not cutting it. I miss my bikes, but even if I still had them I'd have nowhere to go without freaking out unless I'm driving at four in the morning with a severe, sincere lack of traffic. As it stands, I'm going to have a long cuddling session with my teddy bear after I go retrieve him.
On a much happier note, I am planning on writing a story in a sort of steampunk/fantasy world with some terrible characters based on various friends/tropes/stereotypes and so on. Being a fan of TV Tropes, I'm going to try and play around with the story as much as I can. I've got a vague concept for an overall plot, but I need subplots to really get it going. I also need characters - at this point, I only have two named and described characters - the heroine of the story, and her not-really archenemy, walking techbane foreigner (who is inspired by/based on one of my flatmates). If there are tropes that you want Lampshades on, or to be subverted/averted/inverted/etc., let me know. Or if you'd like your own guest appearance. Whatever works.
In other news - I'm still missing a lot of phone numbers. If I am not now or never have lived with you, chances are pretty good I don't have your number anymore (because those people's numbers are saved on my SIM card as opposed to the phone's own storage data, for some unfathomable reason) with maybe a few exceptions - e.g., I have Logan's number, but not Colin's. Narm!