0037: Work. ha. What is it good for?

Today, we converted from operator accountibility to terminal accountibility. This means that, instead of counting down a single operator's till, we count down the till that was used for the checklane instead. I had some reservations about it at first, but the system looks to be very nice when you know what you're doing. In an amazing turnabout from the norm, I had a million questions while the trainer was there, so I actually learned something, instead of blanking and saying "No, I can't think of anything."

I got a quarter hour of overtime, but they'll just have to live. It was unavoidable, since someone took a long break. Oh well.

I left there, and had a delightful iPod playlist on the way home. Let me clarify something really quickly. I *love* music. A lot. I have over 2700 songs on my iPod. I have some playlists of stuff that I adore. That doesn't, however, preclude the possibility that I wanna skip a track now and then. It's *my* iPod, *my* music, and *my* ears. :) So, basically, by saying that I had a delightful playlist, I am referring to the songs I stopped on.

I got home, only to have to take my dad to the auto parts store, because his truck wasn't working. Fortunately, it was just a hose off the fuel pump, instead of the pump itself. I was back no more than ten minutes after that, when I had to run my mom to Walgreens to get her prescriptions filled. Coming home, I made the dinner I wanted rice with chicken (mixed together, of course). Yum.

Now, I sit here, pondering my rather average, dull day, and realize that I am tired. It wasn't a bad day. In fact, it was a rather good day, just unremarkable. Still, never forget the ancient curse: "May you live in interesting times."

In story news, I haven't begun yet, though I've begun my outline, picking the characters and villains. See, it's going to be loosely based on my Silver Marches campaign. I'm going to take considerable artistic license with the players' characters, changing gender, personality, and whatnot to fit a little better. That's not to say that ALL of the characters are changing, but I think a story with all males might get a little tedious. *shrug* I may change my mind again. In fact, I reserve the right to do so. Perhaps I'll have a workable outline by the time November rolls around, and I can attempt that annual story-writing thing, too. :)

For now, to work on it a little more before bed.

0038: The Sands of Time slip away, grain by grain..

Perhaps I'm trying too hard. Perhaps I'm looking at the full picture and worrying, instead of isolating it into little pieces. Whatever the reason, I find myself unwilling (unable?) to do anything with my outline tonight. In fact, I am of half a mind to pull out the world I'd begun creating, years ago, and begin to flesh it out instead. Sure, it's less story-oriented and more RPG-related, but I find the idea of writing a fanfic set in the Forgotten Realms, and filing off the serial numbers, rather distasteful now.

I want (and am going to, by all I hold dear) to have an original world, with an original group of heroes (and they *are* heroes), be the setting for my story. I may take the basic plotline from the campaign, but I won't take much of it. It might have been my memories of the campaign, and how irreverent/goofy they got at times. That is fine for a game. In fact, it's the POINT of a game (humor, not the irreverence).

I may have enjoyed the campaign, but I want something more from this project than to say, "Look, I novellized our campaign. Isn't that cool?"

EDIT: I have decided that, instead of a full world, I'm going to work on a single kingdom/region, and start with that, adding as it becomes necessary.