The company meeting ended ahead of schedule (someone clearly read them the riot act) so I was able to get home more smoothly than anticipated.

It was all looking a bit grim when I got to my station.

But train was not too full. Suspect most people didn't bother today, judging by my train in.

On my way into London for a mandatory company meeting.

On a day when the tube will be going on strike.

Sigh.

The meeting has been moved to 9am instead of late afternoon so I'm hoping I can get on my way home before everything gets really terrible.

I'm into chapter three of FFVII rebirth and the mythril mines are gorgeous.

They looked good in the original game but I did wonder what they'd look like if graphics could live up to vision and not I know.

Also, I got way too happy to see Rude and Tseung again 😅

At least if this specific confusing scenario happens again, I know how to fix it.

Turned out to be a really simple fix and now I know how to reset an RCD and what that looks like when I'm examining the board for stuff that has tripped.

The electrician did say some words about the confusing way my house is wired, which caused such an apparently random set of things to not work.

Engineer is coming earlier than expected so everyone cross your fingers that this is fixable.

I'm uncaffeinated and exhausted so I cannot cope with bad news.

In the meantime, the contents of my fridge and freezer are at my parents house and I'm going to be making do with bread and peanut butter until this is fixed.

Really hope it's fixed tomorrow. I need to do washing. And have a way to store and cook food.

I already miss my kettle.

Things I did not need on a Sunday evening: multiple circuits in the house suddenly not working. Upstairs lights are all out, sockets in kitchen and spare bedroom also not working.

Breaker board looks fine and resetting things hasn't helped.

Engineer is (hopefully) coming tomorrow.

Revived for a few hours this afternoon (and then felt worse) and progressed the story in Rebirth enough to unlock so many side activities. So many. Gonna be staying in this region for a while to do them all.

But I did get to return to Kalm. And meet my old friend Chadley.

And unlock fast travel!

I feel worse than I did a few hours ago, so that's good. Starting to wonder if this is Covid jab reaction or me having an actual bug.

Given how many busy trains and buses I've been on over the last week, this does not feel impossible.

The global release date for Trails into the Sky Second Chapter is out (17th Sept! So soon!) so now I have a date to work towards in timing my play of First Chapter so I can go straight into Second Chapter.

Yes, this does mean I've bought/preordered both now.

I'm so excited 😁

I got my spring booster Covid jab yesterday, which is great. Love a vaccination.

Except today I feel like crap and walking to the end of the road exhausted me, so plans for today are canceled.

The sofa, the Pitt S1, and maybe some gaming later if I revive a bit are now today's plan.

I'm glad he seems better and I'm sending all my good wishes and luck vibes to Gus.

Brains are so rude for doing this.

I do because I see no reason why I should potentially invite a bad day on my birthday and not working gives me control over what I'm doing that day

Into chapter two of FFVII Rebirth and Kalm is so gorgeous, I spent as long as I could there just soaking up how pretty it is.

Also, I'm a little obsessed with Queen's Blood.

I'm out of Kalm now and in full exploration mode.

I booked a day off today so that I could recover from being in the office twice this week and it was such a good decision.

Coming out of Crisis Core Reunion, the opening to FFVII Rebirth hits HARD. And gives me so many questions! Zack, my adorable puppy!

I'm going through Chapter 1 now and with the context of OG FFVII and CCR, so much of this hits differently than it would have without that context.

Tifa's reactions 😭

Finished FFVII Crisis Core and it was so good. So very good.

That ending was just...it was perfect. Particularly the way it blends so well with the start of FFVII, but also just brilliant.

It also left me with so many questions, despite having played OG FFVII, so I can't wait to get into Rebirth.

Aaaaah!

My parents are both difficult in their own ways so my sister and I need to be each others ally.

Dad is part of the group chat but never contributes because he feels we should know what his opinions are on any given subject. Including things like "are you picking me up from the station?"

Love the video and now pokopia (and a switch upgrade) are on the list for the next time my chronic disease knock me on my arse.

I think if I was facing Mum being who she is and having a difficult sibling as well...I would have noped out of the family WhatsApp ages ago 🫂

I feel really lucky that my sister is awesome because we do a lot support for each other in managing our mum, who is...difficult. In polite terms.

🫂🫂

The music in those boss fights was incredible.

FFVII has amazing music throughout but that boss fight music was amazing.

I'm learning that the quality of the soundtrack has a big impact on my love for a game.

The boss fights at the end of chapter 8 of crisis core hits hard. First story boss fights that I've needed multiple attempts at.

Makes sense given who that boss is.

Two chapters left and then I can dig into Rebirth. Crisis core is so good though. So good.

I'm glad I usually don't do this and not really happy that I'll be doing this for the rest of April due to Reasons.

I do not think my weekends are going to involve much beyond resting. Good thing I don't have plans...uh. Oh. Argh.

Thing I have learned from going into the office twice in one week: I am not built for this. The fatigue is...bad.

I was asleep pretty much as soon as I got home yesterday.

Getting up this morning was awful and I've felt exhausted all day even after the grogginess wore off.

I'm so sorry 🫂🫂