Thanksgiving yesterday came and went and thankfully, life went right back to some state of normalcy. At least, for me it did. Since I've been on my diabetes medication, my relationship with food has changed. I want to say that my relationship with food has changed drastically, even though that might sound a bit too dramatic. Dating back to 2022, Thanksgiving is now merely just another day on the calendar. Most people tend to look forward to eating, gorging, and otherwise overindulging in their favorite Thanksgiving foods. I just don't care that much anymore.
Black Friday also came and went. I haven't partaken in any Black Friday festivities in years and I was able to keep that streak alive after not giving a damn about the so-called sales of the day. It's not as though I'm not already awake when stores open on Black Friday either. I'd just rather work and earn money than get in line with hundreds of people all looking for so-called deals and spend money. People in small I will always opt to pay full price for things, if it means that I don't have to fight crowds and wade through hoards of people just to get a toaster for $1.50 and a large flat-screen television for $10. I think that I'll be going the route of doing the majority of my Christmas shopping this year online. I was able to do that very thing last year and I want to say that I was generally successful in doing so. I don't like crowds as it is, so I tend to dislike this time of year because everyone and their mom is out shopping and creating those very crowds that I dislike so much. I am very much looking forward to December 26th, when some state of retail normalcy returns. The crowds are gone and I can go back to shopping in peace. Until then, I will become reluctant with regards to doing any shopping that entails having to go to a physical store.
I went to work today, again in an effort to restore some normalcy in my life, after Thanksgiving and even on Black Friday. I work most Fridays, even though technically, I'm supposed to off that day. I'll be working tomorrow as well, and possibly even on Sunday. Yes, I work a lot. Work does not bother me. It's just what I do.
I was able to sneak in a few games of Battlefield 6 after work today. I want to say that I've gotten the overall hang of the game in the time that the game has been out, though that doesn't mean that I still don't have games where I play poorly and I'm not as effective as I know I could be. My mentality is very simple. While I don't intend to be the star of every game I play, I don't want to be the worst player on the battlefield (if you'll pardon the expression). I'll accept landing somewhere in the middle of the pack, which is where I'd prefer to be. The more I play the game, the more average I think I'm becoming. I'm not as terrible as I used to be and as far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing. I'm also trying to maintain my habit of playing at least one game daily, just so that I can maintain my skills, as mediocre as they may be. In my head, if I miss a day of game time, I will have regressed to where the next time I do play, I'll be terrible again. Being terrible at the game, at least for me, makes the game less fun and I'd prefer not to play a game if it's not fun for me. It's weird, but then again, so am I when it comes to this game.
This is the quiet before the storm and the Christmas season will soon be here. I know that we're still in November, but come Monday, December will be upon us. In my head, that's when the Christmas season officially begins. Then it's Christmas music (which I've noticed seems to start playing the day after Halloween for some reason), gifts, forced get-togethers, all kinds of sugar and unhealthy foods, and loads and loads of money spent. I can't say that I'm looking forward to any of that stuff. I'm just not. I don't care for any of it.
We'll see how this December goes. I'll go through the motions, just as I do every year, but I just want the holiday season to come and go.
In the meantime, I'll pass the time by going to work, playing Battlefield 6, and maybe sneaking in a little writing here and there.
I never said I lived an exciting life. I'd hate to give anyone the impression that I do.
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