misplaced

My inability to confront things will probably further complicate my life if I don't get over it soon enough. Not that it hasn't already gotten me into enough trouble. "Don't rock the boat" is not a motto anyone should live by, unfortunately I tend to revert to that exact definition when pressured. At least in this stage of my life it is certainly something I need to overcome.

Especially concerning work and familial relations. I officially spent the summer heading up a kitchen (through a series of strange circumstances) and now am heading back to ye ol' comfort zone of my winter job ... as the official head of the kitchen. So no more excuses, responsible adult mode on, and hopefully no owner to undermine me during our first meeting this year.

Guess I'm mainly writing this down for my own sake, got to start (restart) somewhere. My so-called career is going well, I love cooking and I love baking and the confidence I've gained in both aspects is probably the greatest accomplishment for me. It'd be folly to ever consider myself the best at what I do - somewhere someone's always going to be better - but I'm pretty damn handy for the range of work I find myself in and I love learning new things.

I spent the summer working/rooming with a friend. Despite the trend towards 14-hour days for myself, the direct result of two ego-ridden yet lacking cooks arriving and departing in quick succession, and distinctly lacking management, it ranks was one of the best summers I've ever had. And it got me back into the toku swing of things. That's right.

Kamen Rider was how the summer was spent. All for the sake of introducing my friend to its wonders, we managed to plow through Ryuki, Blade, Kiva, and Fourze, along with a select few episodes of W and Hibiki.

So spending this little time between breaks, stockpiling toku so I can spend the winter catch up. I never finished OOO and Gokaiger and SO MANY THINGS TO WATCH.

... makes me regret falling out of RP-land due to inactivity (twice) in the past several years, but that's another reality to face. It's never been the easiest thing for me and I honestly don't have the time or energy anymore to play. And what free time I do have ... I tend to spend it attempting to work out (yay weight loss) or getting in some quality relaxing reading. GoGoRealityBomb.

The cold is either coming back with a vengeance after a few days reprieve OR

I caught a new cold. To be determined at a later date.

Worry of the moment: Mom called and she's made my cat a vet appointment. He's not acting like his usual smarmy self. Going to be cautiously optimistic that it's something simple. Only thing I can do, being three states away from them and all.

Been messing around with some older fandoms - Kanjani8 is great, the fandom still sucks - while I wait for CFUD to move over, which coincides with my day off so looking forward to that. I should pick up on the current Kamen Rider and what not. Perhaps in the coming weeks.

On the agenda for the rest of today: fruit crisp and wheat rolls.