I’m so tired. I spent the week debunking people who don’t know how to follow directions and still expect things to work. I spent the weekend working too. The woman who comes up from the States for production had to switch back to coming up on weekends instead of weekdays (’cause, you know, she’d like to keep her real job as well, and they kinda frown on missing work to work another job for some reason).
Then yesterday the whole basement flooded. At work, not at home. The lab was fine, since it’s not connected to the same plumbing. But there was lots of icky backed-up water over lots of the rest of the basement, including my walk-in fridge. My boss had to spend the whole day cleaning and disinfecting, because the States lady and I had to actually make media because we’re on a deadline. The door were open to help dry things out, so it was freezing. I’m tired due to the whole lack-of-a-weekend thing, plus manufacturing days are long and super busy anyway. I get a couple days off later this week to make up for the time, but that doesn’t make me less tired now. There’s actually a lot more to this story, but it’s really not that interesting to people who are not me, and I want to get to the second half of my post. Let’s just leave it at “I’m really tired and run off my feet” for now.

I should just write a “Glossary” type post, so when I write about work without naming actual names, I won’t have to use long descriptions like “the woman who comes up from the States”). Plus, I can keep any made-up names or designations straight. ^_~

I’ve also determined that I’m lonely. I’ve been so busy lately (read: the last several months) I didn’t really realize it at first, but I’ve felt “off” for a while. I have a serious lack of female companionship.
I’ve never had loads of female friends. Now the few I have, have moved away, for various reasons, and I essentially have none close by.
I’ve got some great online friends. A couple close ones that I really appreciate, and several casual friends in various communities I’m part of. Some I’ve even been able to hang out with in person. ^_^ But as awesome as that is, it’s not the same as having someone nearby, to go to Ikea on the weekend, or watch some girlie movie that Josh doesn’t want to see, or go to the mall, or heck, even to sit around and chat or read or watch TV or play DDR or head-to-head DS Lites. Just a good friend to hang out with at any time.
You old Kincardine guys are awesome, don’t get me wrong, but unless you wanna go do girlie stuff with me I need to make new friends as well. ^_~

I kinda suck at making new friends, though. I know I’m shy, and overly resistant to trying many new things. I’m trying to work on that. The last time I made any new real friends was probably in first year college. Now I’m kinda starting from scratch, without even the common ground of “we all just left high school and now live in a new place” to help me.
The girls who work at the place where I work are either 40+, or aren’t really the sort of person I’d hang around with outside of work. Friendly and nice, but more office-friendly than buddy-friendly.
So I’m going to probably have to do some things outside my normal comfort zone. Or, at this point anything to get out of the house and meet people. Preferably, nice nerdy people like me. ^_~ Right now all my time is spent working, or driving to pick up Josh, or being too tired after doing those things to do anything else. I haven’t even made it to the gym since late October. At least my dues are super-cheap since I got one of those great pre-opening deals. But still, it’s a waste if I’m too beat to go. Hopefully he’ll be able to move to a new position shortly after his 6 month probation period is up. That would make both of us happy. Me especially, because then he can maybe get regular hours, which would hopefully mean more opportunities to get into a carpool for both ways, which would mean I’d get back 2 hours of my life every day and I’d stop being so cranky about it. ^_^

I’m going to look around for some clubs or something that I could maybe join. Much of the stuff around here seems to the centred around the university, though, and I’m not really looking to hang out with 17 year olds who have homework.
There’s a couple local meet-ups for some people with the same hobbies as me, but I’m not so awesome at going places where I don’t even remotely know one single person. Plus, those hobbies (sewing, cosplay and ball-jointed dolls) and general interests (sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, etc.) tend to attract the “creepy” kind of people as well as the regular kind of lovable nerds. I’m going to try to go to a couple, though. I’ll never make new friends if I don’t try to meet people. I’m lonely and it’s making me listless and depressed.
I wonder if Guelph has a community center, like with classes or something. I’m sure it does, somewhere. Not sure how to find it.

Anyway, now I’ve succeeded in making myself sound like a complete and utter loser. I’m tired and going to sleep now.