and lo did there be adulting
May. 16th, 2020 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sidewaysI've managed to get my act together on a few long-procrastinated fronts, and have subsequently 1) had my car serviced, 2) applied for a lease extension on my place, 3) applied for last year's tax return, and 4) ordered a new laptop. The hope is that act number 3 will help finance act number 4 - and if it doesn't quite cover it, well, this year's tax return will be ready to go in about a month. Heh.
I chewed a thumbnail over which laptop to lock in, as a big chunk of what I want it for these days is gaming, and there's something to be said for treating oneself and getting some proper quality out of it. At the same time, my preference is to play the big monster AAA games on console anyway, so at a certain point I'm paying for quality I just don't need. In the end I've opted for a brand that's been well-reviewed as a middle-range gaming laptop, didn't break the bank, and also met the qualifications of me plucking atsyntheid's sleeve to quietly ask if this would be fine for Soma and Pillars of Eternity style games.
The delivery wait time is a bit long, which I assume is a mix of both regional and pandemic problems, but I'm tentatively excited! I still need to finish Tyranny. And play Disco Elysium. And also I found out today that the original StarCraft is available for free inclusive of Brood Wars AND there is a remastered version as well and that is EXTREMELY thrilling news. Gosh I loved that game as a kid.
In other news, we are currently at no (known) active covid-19 cases locally, with everyone who had been diagnosed now recovered. Things are starting to feel a little more normal with lockdowns easing, though caution is still required. A town down south a bit made this point very clearly: having been similarly cleared of active cases for a while, an aged care worker travelled to the capital and back... and then tested positive after having worked in the aged care facility for a while since their return. They're testing damn near everyone in range, and so far the news is good - no further cases - but it's a reminder of how bloody easy it is to kickstart an outbreak.
Work funnelled us all through for our flu shots, at least. It was the first chance some of us had had to see one another in person since this all started, which was actually quite nice.
I chewed a thumbnail over which laptop to lock in, as a big chunk of what I want it for these days is gaming, and there's something to be said for treating oneself and getting some proper quality out of it. At the same time, my preference is to play the big monster AAA games on console anyway, so at a certain point I'm paying for quality I just don't need. In the end I've opted for a brand that's been well-reviewed as a middle-range gaming laptop, didn't break the bank, and also met the qualifications of me plucking at
syntheid's sleeve to quietly ask if this would be fine for Soma and Pillars of Eternity style games.The delivery wait time is a bit long, which I assume is a mix of both regional and pandemic problems, but I'm tentatively excited! I still need to finish Tyranny. And play Disco Elysium. And also I found out today that the original StarCraft is available for free inclusive of Brood Wars AND there is a remastered version as well and that is EXTREMELY thrilling news. Gosh I loved that game as a kid.
In other news, we are currently at no (known) active covid-19 cases locally, with everyone who had been diagnosed now recovered. Things are starting to feel a little more normal with lockdowns easing, though caution is still required. A town down south a bit made this point very clearly: having been similarly cleared of active cases for a while, an aged care worker travelled to the capital and back... and then tested positive after having worked in the aged care facility for a while since their return. They're testing damn near everyone in range, and so far the news is good - no further cases - but it's a reminder of how bloody easy it is to kickstart an outbreak.
Work funnelled us all through for our flu shots, at least. It was the first chance some of us had had to see one another in person since this all started, which was actually quite nice.
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Date: 2020-05-17 02:13 am (UTC)That is really good that cases are dropping in your area. Fingers crossed that it holds!
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Date: 2020-05-18 08:04 am (UTC)There is much ominous murmuring of how we must avoid The Dread Second Wave, but I think our chances are good while the international border remains closed. What's the current state of affairs where you are?
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Date: 2020-05-18 01:58 pm (UTC)The second wave of outbreak is definitely a concern and one I'm very worried for in the US as a whole thanks to our malignantly incompetent leadership at the national level. I have never been so grateful to live in the state I live in, where our governor has been very on top of shit and taking common-sense measures.
I am not in a metropolitan area, thankfully, so it's certainly not as bad here as it could be. It looks like cases here might have finally plateaued, but that's of course not the same as being out of the woods. It looks like they're trying to get more comprehensive testing in place here, too, which will certainly be important to determine whether to lift the lockdown. My husband will likely be working from home for a while longer regardless of what happens elsewhere, so we will be able to stay isolated if we feel we need to. I certainly do worry about a resurgence though.
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Date: 2020-05-20 04:29 am (UTC)Nooo I'm awful at pastry haha, not enough patience. I bought the shell and just did the filling.
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Date: 2020-05-20 07:22 am (UTC)Hahaha that's fair. There's a reason "pastry chef" is a whole profession!
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