The human memory can be a fragile thing.
on Monday while I was out and about, I went to the old mostly abandoned mall in the city near mine. I don't recall looking at any bright lights or getting flashed by anything, but all of a sudden I had a pounding headache and I could see a くshaped line in my right eye. It threw off my depth perception and I had a hard time seeing.
I also couldn't remember a few things, I'd list them here, but I forgot them.
this pain lingered around for at least 45 minutes, and I can still feel some of its effects. I was really concerned about what happened, but I was all by myself when it hit me. And by the time I got back home, I had focused on other things (and then got into a screaming fight with my sister).
since then, I can barely remember what I am supposed to be doing during the same day! And don't even ask me about the day after that.
for example, I had plans to wake up early today and try and take care of all the everything that suddenly fell into my schedule over the last day. Starting with trying to reschedule some mandatory training so I could attend class (which I ended up having a test in), then off to another town for a job fair (which I totally rocked and now I have a part time job working at a popular video game store), and off to obtain a new couch/bed for when my home is livable again. I also intended to retrieve my fish tank, but the couch took up the entire back half of my car.
so my editor and I had some free time and had pizza for dinner, and tried relaxing a little when I received a phone call from my current place of employment. It took me a sec, wondering why they were calling me so late, when it clicked in my brain.
I was supposed to work the overnight shift.
I scrambled to get my shoes on and ran out the door while calling back my work. It took my less than 5 minutes to run to work.
Luckily, I wasn't in too much trouble when I arrived, and it was a fairly slow night, all things considered.
until she showed up.
one of the residents came wandering out of her room, convinced that someone was trying to break in. I double checked everything and even spent about 2 hours talking to her. Eventually she forgot why she came out and wanted to go back to bed.
her short term memory was extremely bad, as she would ask the exact same questions over and over and over. Maybe it was because she was tired or stressed out, but she could not remember anything I explained to her. It made me really concerned and frustrated that I really couldn't do anything.
I guess this is what it is like to be stuck talking to NPCs who only are programmed with a certain amount of dialogue.
now that its quieted down, maybe I can relax a little.
maybe. The other lady who is here with me hadn't stayed close by and doesn't seem very talkitive. Also, I have to deal with way too much shit at this job. Literally, I'm dealing with a lot of human feces and other waste. (its supposed to be funny, start laughing).
alright. I think that's all for now. I may or may not get another post in tomorrow, but I'll try. Believe me, I'm always thinking of topics to write about, I just don't ever have the time (or memory) to write them down.
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