The creek rose

There's a saying around here (and points south) God Willing and the creek don't rise (I'll be there if those things happened) The creek rose but before that let's look at this day.

It wasn't supposed to rain. It's raining like 24 hours of it. Naturally I have to go to Best Buy to return the new monitor with it's small dead pixels before the 15 day grace period is over (yes I know BB sucks but they had this computer on sale 300$ cheaper than Amazon and Costco which were my preference) technically that was yesterday but I was taking my chances

But at work I got an email from payroll saying our payroll company needs me to send them the routing number because it was changed but they got it straightened out with my bank this time. No link to click but I'm like is this real?

I call my bank. They're like NO we did not change the routing number. I look up our actual payroll person (I don't know I have no reason to know) It WAS from her. It's real. Are you sure it's not been changed? My BANK is but to be fair I don't have my routing number on me and the bank will only do so much over the phone so I have to go up to the bank tomorrow and I'm wondering if I'm getting my pay check tomorrow...

Annoyed by this I head to Huntington to hit Best Buy. It's raining. I get to Hillbilly Hotdog (because if my health is gonna suck anyhow, might as well play into it). I hit the comic book store (hoping I didn't buy some of these before) And find out there's a new The Crow comic by o'Barr (need to tell JK) sadly they only have issue 3 so I have them trying to get me 1 and 2.

I hit up Michael's and find a few things I needed and spent my coupon.

I go to Best Buy and the kid is like you have protection on this. I know. I told the call center. He rolled his eyes. They're always wrong. I had two YEARS on this monitor. I didn't have to race down after work in the fucking rain. They replaced it with another Samsung (and if this gets dead pixels, that's it for them).

I go to Home Goods and they have TONS of Italian goodies on clearance and I bought so much of it. Lemon concentrate for Amalfi, alpine honey, a shit ton of Himalayan pink salt, kumquats in cognac, artichokes, hazelnuts in honey, truffles. But what made me laugh is I found a red dutch oven in the shape of a heart and text JK I found Angel Dust's cookery but then when I was checking out, I found out the amount left on my holiday gift card was 6.66 and the cost of my haul was 69.69. Yep Angel was in that store. Ha.

Macy's had nothing I wanted but found a new manga at BaM and after spilling my Box of Chocolates latte (salted caramel/chocolate/hazelnut latte with red velvet drizzle) on me and the car seat (thankfully not much of it and I'm wearing scrubs so it'll be okay) I stop at Sheetz to pee (because BaM's bathroom is closed again) and the warning comes on.

All the rain melted all 8-12 inches of snow (and it was almost 60 today) it's unfreezed the Ohio River and of course the rain, the creeks are rising. The river is flooding. The rocks are sliding. Mud is coming over the road. I'm like am I getting home? (on the phone tonight evil little dog is like wait isn't that the mall next to the cliff? yes yes it is) I made it home, got blinded by a train again.

And my phone call ended with ELD when my calf muscles decided to charley horse. OUCH.

Speaking of ouch I'm not sure I can continue with the Dexcom. My skin doesn't react well with glue. It simultaneously won't stick in some places and burns/won't come unglued in other (I know this from other treatments like kinesiotape) Also this thing has been itchy (glue) and burning like fuck (the wire sensor) so last time I accidentally knocked it off but this time I couldn't get this off to save my soul. I had to alcohol soak part of it. It still tore some of the skin (not enough to bleed) and the sensor was covered in blood and there's a bruised hole where it was). I'm giving it the night off. I like that I don't have to stick myself several times a day and it gives a lot of good info but this is not ideal

Now on to the fannish 50 part of the day

Here's a big thank you to suzume_seta for the Fullmetal Alchemist New Year's card. Loved the art, my friend.


And here's a chapter for a new story but not ready to post it to AO3. Written for Spikesgirl58's six word challenge and the six words were Stink, Spill, Vague, Spectacular, Enlighten & Induce


( Story under here )

And this week's fandom recs

May The Best Man Win FAKE

A Slight Case of Charity Stargate Atlantis

Galactic Adventurers Torchwood

Very Lucky Guardian-RPF Chinese Actor RPF

watch all night Olympus Has Fallen

(i could stay lost) in this moment forever
9-1-1: Lone Star

Hoodie Husband Shameless

Not The Best Idea Torchwood

My Head is in the Clouds Right Now (Just Pray I Come Around) Hazbin Hotel

I Am the Creator The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Awful Lot of Fun Doctor Who

Vices and Virtues Hazbin Hotel


Another Four Years Stargate Atlantis

My Boyfriend Turned Into the Moon Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ukiyo The Owl House

You Never Forget The Owl House

Love's a gamble, and baby I'm all in. Hazbin Hotel

O Canada. Olympus Has Fallen

i have you strung in my web (a candle burning slowly by the bed) 时光代理人 | Link Click

Comfort is you Call of Duty

It Takes a Village Teen Wolf