holidailies 2013: episode 6

I started the day really wanting a do-over. I woke up with a crippling migraine at about 4:00 a.m. I tried unsuccessfully to sleep it off til about 6:30, then I got up to take something and I figured I might as well start work (good call, since the garage door opening as my roommate left would have shocked me out of sleep right then anyway). I walked out into the office area and was immediately assaulted by a scent cloud of cheap coffee, hairspray, and stank perfume (just like every morning, and it would have given me a headache if I didn't already have one). A short time later, I was petting one of her cats, the one who likes to bite; when he lunged at my hand, I reflexively yanked it back and smashed my wrist into the arm of my chair.

I turned the day around with a trip to Starbucks in the late afternoon, because I had a half-price code to use. Cheap giant latte! I really like their holiday drinks. The caramel brûlée latte and peppermint mocha (both hot and in frappuccino form) are fantastic. I have not yet had their remastered gingerbread latte, though I imagine I will before the end of the holiday season. 

Played more Crusader Kings 2 tonight. I loaded up the game, then I remembered that I wanted to put one of the expansions on my wish list. I went to the CK2 page on Steam and saw they had almost everything listed for 75% off, so I bought The Old Gods and Legacy of Rome for just under $5. Awesome. 

This weekend should be pretty good: though tomorrow is a ten-hour work day, I'll be heading to my boyfriend's house in the afternoon and staying until midday Sunday. The weekly breaks from my obnoxious roommate are very, very nice.

Randomly: An ex-boyfriend contacted me out of the blue last week to see how I was doing (at that point, it had been just over a year since my lying, cheating ex ended our three-year relationship while I was in the ER having an unstoppable anxiety attack about the fact that I had found out that he was cheating). I had honestly never expected to hear from him again, because when I'd talked to him the past few times, he seemed very uncomfortable and like he couldn't wait for the conversation to end. We emailed back and forth for a while until he gave me his number, and then we had a pretty nice two-hour chat, which was surprising given our tumultuous history, and I thought we might stay in touch now. Haven't heard from him since. Oh well.