Unrelated: the collected Hitman trilogy is fast becoming one of my favorite games. Freelancer mode is absolutely infuriating, but I'm obsessed with it.

Half the front desk team is out today, so the manager and I are both up there instead of in our usual little hidey holes.

It's a weird vibe- productive, but more like a class reunion than work.

Caught a cold. Took yesterday off work to recuperate. Came to work today despite still feeling like crap. It's not specifically a BAD day, but it's one where I am resentful of the world.

Ooo- lost six followers in about 2 weeks! Seems a lot like they expected a very different person when they started following me, lmao

Today has proven to be less miserable, in part because management has been distracted by 3 patients getting dismissed today for being variously abusive to clerical or harassing of clinical.

You bust your ass, and your reward is that your manager isn't a condescending shit.

Sigh.

I don't pop through as often as I used to when I worked nights, but I'm definitely still lurking about 😋

It's kinda weird- phone wallpapers are so extremely low stakes that it should be one of the only instances where AI slop doesn't bother me.

But it still throws me into a little tizzy.

I don't mind notifications, but I seldom take my phone off silent. Except lately because the weird retro future chirps and bloops on this one please me.

Being a sneaky lil shit to make Ellie smile, because very very few things in this world make me as happy as making her happy. c:<

Phone wallpaper of a very cute minimalist ghost saying "boo"

Work has not been awesome today.

In the land of the pittie, the two thumbed human is king

Beating an upsettingly slow retreat from work on grounds that the solid earth shouldn't be wobbling like that (lightheaded)

Not letting my job give me an aneurysm.

It's remarkable how angry an insurance company can make me when it's literally my job to know precisely how evil insurance companies are.

I love it to bits even though I think it's probably the least cost-effective item on the breakfast menu.

Hello btw! Haven't seen you around in a hot minute! 💜 (Not that my ghost ass is one to talk)

Sleep? Never heard of it. Now the Bacon Egg And Cheese McGriddle™ by McDonald's, on the other hand...

I head into the house, doing a cursory walk around and trying to decide the best way to reach the final target. I head downstairs. Wait- is that her? It is... She looks at me. She looks at the clock. "It's a beautiful clock," she says.

Strangle, snap neck, into the packing crate, 4 for 4.

It's target #3, who didn't see me ducking into a cabinet with his unconscious friend. I'm expecting that I have to wait until he leaves, but he just... Stands in front of a computer screen... Gloating. Choke, snap neck, 3 out of 4.

Next is sneaking out the back, grabbing "a militia elite" disguise, and seeing if I can get into the garage that's been turned into a secret drug lab. I'm scouring the place for resources- but oh shit, someone's coming!

So I make my way back, take part in some training, and behold, this has opened up an opportunity to eliminate TWO of my four targets in one press of a big red button.

Sold! What next?

I make my way to the marker on the map for this Point Man... And it's the limping guy I already knocked out. Whose outfit is identical to the one I'm already in.

Okay then.

In my swanky new attire, I began meandering the farm and listening to conversations. Turned out that there's a guy who was assigned to be the Point Man on a whole domestic terror op and I can steal THAT outfit to get close to one of the targets.

I lured a wannabe rambo into the bathroom by flooding the sink, stole his outfit, and then choked out his friend with a limp.

I gave 0 consideration to the limp.

After circumnavigating the whole of the map, I came to the conclusion that the easiest infiltration route was to literally just sneak forward from the assigned starting point and vault into a derelict shed. I shuffled through unmowed grass, up apricot orchard rows, to a tin shack...

Today is 12% less fucking terrible, so instead of vomiting my dismay onto the Internet for people to quietly ignore, here's some funny experiences I had on what is arguably one of Hitman 2016's hardest maps, Colorado.

I was right to be so upset. Less than 5 minutes after posting this, I got lectured by my manager for not prioritizing correctly. Then she added more to my plate and sent me on my way.

That theme continued.

Not every day is going to be a good day, but there have been quite a few ugly ones lately.

Yesterday was a sleepy day where everyone was dragging. Today I have 200 things being asked of me at once and I hate everything and everyone

It's a sleepy day at the office today. Plenty to be done, and everyone's staying busy, but we can all think of somewhere we'd rather be idling away the hours.