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We will most certainly be in attendance. I'm sorry that I forget to post on here earlier. Cards are nice, I like getting a card.

Will be there. Would like card. Sorry I forgot to message earlier.

Will be there, will like card plz. Sorry forgot to post on the last few of these.

Decent day at work, despite what seemed like a lot of extra walking. I'm getting a lot more used to it now. Took two Aleve's at lunch, which means I got through more than half my day without them. I can tell I've taken well to what I do, but given the nature of this plant (or so I'm being led to believe) it's entirely possible to be sent elsewhere rather abruptly. Thing is, I think the area I'm in is one that most people wouldn't want, and the fact that I took to it quickly and well might make them want to leave me there for a while, at least I hope. It also seems that over half of the people who hired in with me have already quit. Of course, I don't know what jobs they were given or how well they took to them. Maybe they didn't like the hours (totally understandable) or maybe they didn't like being on their feet all day. No big deal, I just kinda like the feeling that I outlasted some people, makes me feel resilient.

We fully intend to be there, and we like cards.

Unfortunately, in the relatively little time I've spent on Facebook today, I'm already getting that feeling that I should just stay off of it today. I don't understand why it affects me emotionally that other people do things I think are dumb or counterproductive, or when people don't make any sense, but it does. Rather than let that snowball into another depression-causing agent, I'm going to endeavor to avoid it. As it is a literal addiction, since it plagues my thoughts constantly, this is a very difficult endeavor, and I'll probably give in before long. But if I make a statement like this that I'm literally trying to avoid it, it sometimes helps my mind to accept that order.

Yesterday I completed my fourth day in a row at my new job. For the first time all week, I didn't resort to naproxin sodium pills for the pain in my legs. Apparently, I'm becoming more conditioned to my new environment, for which I'm thankful. The new sleep schedule is still something I'm getting used to, having to be in Saline by 2:50 am requires me to go to bed earlier than I have since I was in 4th grade. The job itself is relatively simple, albeit arduous and somewhat tedious. It's also a 12 hour shift but I like how they break the day up with little breaks every so often so I'm not working for more than 2 hours straight at a time. The two guys I work closest with are pretty cool, or at the very least they aren't persons with whom I butt heads. I keep politics out of the workplace, but I have a tendency to correct historical facts, which thankfully is enabled by modern technology. We're technically not supposed to have our cellphones out while we're on the factory floor, but I have yet to hear anyone be reprimanded for doing so. As long as I'm working, or if I'm standing around only because I'm waiting for work to get down the assembly line to me, nobody gives me shit. On top of all this, I'm indoors. Granted, it's still somewhat warm, but it's not like burning out in the sun. I also don't have to worry about rain, and come winter, despite it getting chilly, it won't be single-digit degrees indoors, and so long as I keep moving, I rarely feel cold. The job pays an acceptable starting wage, and guarantees overtime since it's 4 12-hour shifts. At present, I'm content with it. Will update if that changes

We shall be in attendance and always enjoy receiving cards. Hope I'm not posting too late. The last 3 days have been exhausting and haven't left me with much free time.

Fully intend to be there and would of course like a card.

Not expecting to be there this week. Should be there next week. Gotta reign in all expenditures until a steady flow of income resumes. Maybe if I can do some work and earn a little cash under the table, I'll use it to bring us there. Will see.

UPDATE: We shall be there. We've agreed to go dutch, but we'll be able to handle it.

We are healthy and our relationship is stable. We will not starve to death. I lost my job, so yeah it's a big deal, but we'll be ok. Just gotta watch the money a lot closer since I don't know when more will be coming in steadily.

It appears that we will not be in attendance tonight. Usually I say "barring disaster, we'll be there." Well, disaster occurred, so our attendance will be adversely affected.

Fully intend on being there. I like cards.

Will definitely be there. Sorry for posting so late. Would like another card to add to my collection.

Will not likely be there tonight. My parents have decided that they want to take my wife and I out for her birthday. If we do stop by, it'll be very late, probably around when everyone is leaving.

Will be there, may be square. Would like a card as well. Got a good stack going here.

Got thinking about the current trend in extreme metal to achieve the fastest drumbeats possible. Remembered a band from when I was in high school that was known for their inhuman bpm, on account of their unapologetic use of a drum machine. Listening to them again now, I realize that they were before their time. What then sounded like over the top, today matches up with the current trend as if it started it. 2 guys, 2 guitars, 1 vocalist, 1 machine. I give you, Mortician.

Today went pretty good, all things considered. My first customer had good taste in music, was listening to All That Remains and Cradle of Filth during my install. Got rained on for a good part of the day but thankfully I'm equipped with a decent raincoat. Thankfully there was no lightning so I was able to do everything I had to without fear of that. Last job of the day was surprisingly easy, very thankful to God for that. Came home in a decent mood. Didn't feel like cooking for some reason so took wife out to Red Apple. Came home to a message from a young friend that I had cautioned against the type of person he had described his current love/lust interest to be, informing me that I was right and he now resented her. I was surprised at how quickly things had shifted. The example from my life experience involved several years of betrayal and adding insult to injury, he had come full circle in only a week! I congratulated him on avoiding the soul-sucking damnation manifest in enslavement to infatuation. Then we talked about his favorite metal band, Anaal Nathrakh (which I love to misspell as "Anal Neckbrace" and such, just to tweak him), and he got me to agree to listen to a playlist he constructed to "fully immerse" me in their "greatness". I was a good sport and listened through it. Only skipped two songs. They're not bad but I don't like the occasional high pitched manic screams that seem to be simply that, manic screams, not vocals. When he's not doing that, the music is pretty decent. I suggested to him bands such as Mortician and Borknagar, sensing similarities from various songs. Now it's damn near 1am, and I still haven't played a fucking video game. I'm a Facebook junkie, no doubt...

Will be there, barring disaster or act of God. Will desire card.

Will be there, would like card.

All we watch around here are Doctor Who and Rick and Morty reruns. There's a Facebook page called "Multiverse Live" that streams whole seasons from time to time, and we'll just leave that on whilst we do stuff.

Staying up late because I can due to no serious obligations in the morning aside from quickly driving my wife to work then recollapsing on the bed until I feel like getting up. Too tired to play a game, too exhausted to hold any intellectual disputations, but am trying to give wife a head start on sleeping before I jump into bed and start snoring...

Chronic mental breakdowns/anxiety/panic attacks all day with lapses of reasonable calm spread throughout to make it bearable. Accomplished little. Disappointed even myself. Then, after all that, wind up getting in an argument with my MIL and get reminded again of one of the main causes of my total disappointment with the world at large. Somehow, at the moment, I'm in a relatively decent mood, but probably only because I'm really high...

Will be there. Would like card.