December 12, 2024
Tonight is The Game Awards, I'm weak for the trailers, but otherwise these skits the hosts do are so cheesy.
My girlfriend and I went to the company holiday party and it was… fine. The food was better than I expected this year. We've grown a lot as a company. So many new people at the company. I did my best to not look like I was mentally working a ticket I've been stuck on in my head the whole time. Work is going okay. I’m hoping I can land a promotion soon, because I’ve been putting in alot of effort and I’d like that effort to turn into more than “good job man.”
Hanging in there. It’s not constant panic, but it’s also not “we’re rolling in it.” The middle zone. The “we can breathe but don’t do anything too stupid or you'll be homeless” zone.
Candice our dog is getting older, turns out she's at least 10 and we thought she was 8 lol. She’s still doing her usual thing where she acts like she pays rent, but I can see the age creeping up on her. I want to get her to the vet for a checkup soon. I keep doing that thing where your brain starts pulling up worst-case scenarios like it’s a playlist you didn’t ask for. Trying to stay hopeful anyway.
I’ve been thinking more about where I want my career to go next. I’m genuinely grateful for my current IT helpdesk job, because it’s taught me a ton and it’s kept me stable. But I keep staring at cloud stuff like it’s the a skill tree. I just got my AZ-104 this year and so glad I did. Got my AZ-900 before that last year, not sure if I mentioned that before.
Overwatch pulled me back in again, and the devs are also doing an Avatar (The Last Airbender one) crossover. Hazard is the new tank and he’s basically an Irish puppy man. His primary burst is 10 spikes: 7.5 each up close (so 75ish dmg), bit of a falloff down to 22.5 at range so seems the best way to play him is jumping on the squishys and wreak havock heh. His leap slash is 70 dmg so not like a rein strike but still enough to kill someone already low.
Marvel Rivals just came out and has been so much fun I haven't been able to try him out much yet. In Rivals my girlfriend has been playing Scarlet Witch and we've been really enjoying it! Would recommend the game at least while it still feels casual. I have a feeling I'll go back to overwatch after.
Anyway. Things are okay. Not perfect. Not falling apart. I’m working hard, trying at my job, trying to everyone in my life happy, trying to make sure Candice is alright, and still finding time to work on projects. Its kind of funny how many near release projects I have a habit of abandoning. Maybe its that if I do release something I want it to be something so important to me that I can continue to build and develop it forever. Contributing something of value to the wortld sounds nice.