I'm discovering the joys of gossip.
This could be dangerous ;)
A spate of transfers at work--manager level, no less--landed me more "in the know" than I can usually claim.

'Cause a manager coming to my current location is the manager from my original location, and people asked me to give my opinion and verify rumors and others' impressions.
They're mostly nervous. I'm enjoying the tension, and not doing my utmost to alleviate it, because I'm too amused [and honest. I won't refute what could very well be true, if unflattering? They're shaken up, and I say Good! So mean, I am]. And it works the other way: I know a manager headed to the store my brother still works at. They'll like him.

I've been remarkably prideful lately. *scratches head* I may come to regret it.

I had quite a few more things to write about, but my eyes are getting even more tired; time to sleep instead [if I can keep myself from picking up my book, that is. Em, I also credit you with my picking up of The Count of Monte Cristo. You know why ;)]

Katie finally has watched some Detective Conan! Hooray! Hurrah! She could continue doing so for months, now...

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I notice I'm more often fragile of mood, lately, but I notice my mood more lately, and have cycled back into a psyche self-evaluation period.
I need some sunshiny empty-headedness.
On the other hand, I like feeling creative, and my increased tendencies toward solitude lead to that, somehow.
I've been assaulted by story plotbunnies again, and wonder if I will actually do something about them while they're active, and I've been reading more [which is, indeed, very possible]; I haven't put my crocheting aside yet, though after Christmas the impulse usually goes dormant; the piano has been tuned and I dusted off a couple songs I used to play; I accomplish very little but write to-do lists filled with grand intentions.
All in all, I feel well. Just finding it of note that I feel anxious without cause and claustrophobic effects are higher than they were.
[I can't stand as peacefully in the shut-down-but-still-warm oven anymore. I also won't let it prevent me, so it seems I went in more rather than less often today. Stubborn XD ]

Work today ended well! I had little necessary to do, ended that with time to spare *gasp* and got to play around building icing roses with our store's cake decorator and another who is shadowing her to see the responsibilities involved to be moved (we think) to her own store. They boosted my ego and say they think I could decorate, also.
I'm not sure how much of my enjoyment is the novelty, or else I'd really be pursuing the attempt. Still, fun. ^_^

My latest dream involved driving southwest of my house through areas of greater countryside, headed somewhere for Katie. But I left my map at home, and *shrug* didn't know how to get where I was supposed to. I was fetched, instead. But no one really cared. Peaceful.