Okay, so I’m three days late with this one. But I still like it.
I have to give props to the creators. I’ve seen “Robot Chicken” try their hand at Nightmare parodies, and they didn’t even put in a fraction of the effort that these people did.
I think I’ve lost the ability to know how to relax. If those last couple weeks counted as a vacation, then I’m really happy to get back to work.
I hear vacation and think of spending all day in a hammock on a beach with a hula girl serving me pina coladas. Everyone else hears vacation and suddenly we need to organize family get-togethers. Hours are spent cooking and cleaning in the kitchen, running errands, picking up people, and driving across the city multiple times with big trailer trucks kicking snow into my windshield during the dark hours. On top of that, I need to meet a tight deadline at work, so a lot of time is spent stepping back into the office trying to tie up loose ends.
Don’t get me wrong – playing on my brother’s Rock Band was awesome, supper at Red Robin, Dim Sum, and Chili’s was awesome, I found out that Zac Efron movies are much less painful than everyone else makes them out to be, and New Year’s was spent playing some awesome games of Cranium and Mario Party on DS. We even had a second Christmas because T missed the first one.
This is probably touching down on stating the obvious, but the holiday season is clearly ground zero for the war on stress. I’ve got every reason to celebrate and lift my spirits, but at the same time, I have to kill myself trying to make it all possible. It’s like playing tug-of-war, only I’m the rope.
It’s Monday. I’m back to work. Still stressed, but at least I can look forward to consistency again. That and playing Lego Batman when I get home.
Oh, yeah – and I managed to get all the chapter 4 backgrounds for my game done over the weekend. I rock.
My co-worker, Dave, made this for the office pumpkin carving contest. No, it’s not a Pokemon. It’s a Totoro – a mythical forest spirit who likes to take little girls on rides in his magic catbus. For more information on the Totoro, visit your local library or just check out this Wikipedia page.