.:reflections of twilight:.

Hmmm, this title is strangely apropos.

Well, there's rumors of a big shake-up at work. Due to the fact that the BCBS checks are now electronic and take half the time to post, and half the people, there's a few of us in the office with a lot more free time on our hands. We try our best to fill it up, but there's only so much to do extra. Our supervisor said she wants to get us all together sometime and reconfigure job assignments, but she's been putting it off. I don't wanna say that this means bad tidings, but she's notorious for not wanting to deliver bad news. In the past, when it came time to fire someone, she took that day off and had HER supervisor do the deed. Interestingly enough, she's going to be out of the office on Friday. Does this mean someone gets the hammer dropped on them? Time will tell...

At any rate, I'm determined to stay positive. There have been no official mentions of any cutbacks or layoffs, so that doesn't mean we're in any danger or anything. If, for some reason, I do manage to be without a job, I think I can endure. Even if I can find something without insurance, as long as I can bring in an income, I can handle my prescriptions if need be. I'll look into the "work at home" option if need be. I could be jumping the gun a wee bit though. However, this might be the push I need for some soul searching and a push for our eventual move to Tennessee (which IS gonna happen, dammit).

In other news, there's a slight possibility I may be allergic to shellfish. I find this out after dining out at our local Japanese steakhouse, Tepanyaki style. During the "show," the chef cooks up a few pieces of shrimp before the main course. I'm not a big seafood eater, but I do like to indulge in some shellfish from time to time. Soooo, I popped in the shrimp. A few moments later, my tongue is tingling and it feels like I have a massive case of heartburn. At first, I think it's the sauce used in the preparation since I've had this reaction before at a different Japanese steakhouse, only in a much larger scale.

So, I sit and wait for it to subside, which it eventually does. I discover it isn't the sauce since the chicken I ate is cooked in the same stuff and doesn't affect me. it dawns on me that it's perhaps the shrimp. I think back and remember that before when this happened, I had FOUR pieces of shrimp, which was why the reaction was a lot worse.

In any event, I'm staying away from the shellfish for awhile.

In fandom news, I read the latest chapter of Vampire Knight. Basically, Kaname still has a stick up his ass and bosses people around, albeit prettily; Yuki is still a Mary Sue and waffling between two guys (the staple of shojo manga) and Zero still kicks ass and angsts a lot (although not quite as much as before).

I read the first chapter of Hoshi wa Utau AKA Twinkle Stars AKA Takaya-sensei's new series. I would've read more, but the connection to my laptop must've been off because the pages had a hard time loading, making it very frustrating to advance much further.What I read so far looks intriguing. As of this posting, there are 21 chapters. I hope my desktop will get me a lot farther...

Today in History: 1975
Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot U.S. President Gerald Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed.