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A frustratingly boring weekend.

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What was I thinking when I picked my username? I never thought I'd outgrow it.

I'm listening to a podcast, Dexter: Sliced and Diced. They have guest, who is someone I know fairly well, and they are giving a season wrap up to the first season of Dexter Resurrection. (that is the setup)
I want to rewatch all of the Dexter franchise, starting with Dexter Original Sin, then the series Dexter, which I have on disc, then Dexter New Blood, and ending with Dexter Resurrection.
It was nice listening to my friend. The podcast is Dexter: Sliced and Diced - Season 1 Jen's Wrap Up.
I last saw Jen a few months ago and she told me she had been invited to the podcast. Her interest is Michael C. Hall, and not just Dexter. As a coworker, she could be exasperating (sometimes, rarely), but I have always like her personality.

Do bargepoles come in different sizes then

The sun is shining through the windows, but I think I'll be going down for a nap soon. I had outreach this afternoon. We went to the TNT grocery store in the mall.

I don't mind dog sitting my boss's little dog.
While they and the rest of the employees went and attend a seminar whose sign up starts at 7am and ends at 5pm. Straight.

And it was 2 days long.

I do somewhat mind that I couldn't travel anywhere, stuck at one or two places, utterly boring and felt like this tiring boredom that, thankfully, I had a companion at that time; we took turns taking a nap.

I don't mind said company. I like her enough.
Yet, and yet... I had to mind her, too. Without her, I'd wander off elsewhere.

But still, it was stressful boring. Even her.

Carrying an entire supply of vet meds and some dog food, which I wish I can just leave it somewhere. And I was already travelling light; currently carrying my minimum keys, wallet and phone.

Thank goodness my jacket has a reliable pocket where I can just put an entire umbrella in it.
Speaking of, it also rained plenty. So no traveling at all

Then there was me sitting at the, uhh, the front seat in a van at the middle -- a chair not meant for adults to sit on. 4 hours straight, twice, with my spine forcedly straightened and my legs twisted further into some tight space while actively keeping myself learning towards the driver's seat, from accidentally bumping said driver and driving stick.

Yes, it's was a really cramped van. Like 12 passengers total including myself, nevermind including our respective luggages on top of that.
It was a van meant for 10 passengers. Even that wasn't enough.

And gosh, my neck and back hurts.
I fell asleep from time to time, but I couldn't and should, else I'd dangerously lean towards whichever boss I sat between.

Yes, it was awkward.
I don't mind quiet, I don't mind being out of place.
But the positioning itself is still cramping the heck out of it. It's a chair likely for infants or small children to sit with a seatbelt on. Or an object.

And that's mostly, it, really.
How my frustratingly boring weekend ran.

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Wow, last week I learnt that a nice guy at work got called to the office by the bullyish supervisor we used to have for displaying too laid-back body language. This was back in the summer, and the guy hadn't been seen since, and last week he resigned. I think it must have upset him, even though he didn't show it.

So if that incompetent bully of a supervisor can upset a laid-back sort of guy like that, then no wonder I, an emotionally fragile woman with poor self-esteem and anxiety, kept having meltdowns at work whenever I was called to the office for something stupid.
So he really did pick on us, the ones who he thought were inferior. If I had been called to the office for my body language then I would have been absolutely disgusted and mortified, as I struggle with taking any criticism about my persona because it can make me feel extremely self-conscious.

I had a bully supervisor at the parking lot job that I was working at between 2008 and 2012. She took turns going after me and each of my coworkers. It was horrible. We never knew who was going to be her victim of the day.

Then Nigel Farage wonders why so many people don't want to work, especially those with mental health issues. I'm quite the target for bullies so really I'm going to run into them wherever I go and I have a hard time dealing with them.

I don't mind being touched, by the way.

What is on my mind right now, rather moments ago before I read other posts?

YouTube: BBC Archives
I don't go there everyday, but when I do, I get lost in the numerous BBC programs. Today it is paranormal BBC programming from the '60s, '70s, and '80s. There were also videos about "too much sex and violence on TV" from the 1970s, and another from the 1980s. I find those really interesting. It is very enjoyable listening to BBC produced videos about the paranormal.