Appreciate the sentiments, all. And welcome,
@Arjan! *kicks shins, then hands over some dented shin guards of deflecting*
RL: No, thank you.
Work is heading down a curious path -- my company has been managing the operations piece of a call center-like project for about nine months, and all aspects have been struggling to stay afloat. We can't take all the blame, as our client hired a couple 3rd party software developers to create all the systems & interfaces required for everything to run. They've finally admitted to themselves that all of it is garbage, causing us on the operations side to work more slowly than expected, demanding much greater staff than originally planned to handle volumes, and therefore is costing them much more money than was scoped (e.g., my team was forecast to require 80 heads; we're now at 250 and barely keeping up).
Obviously, our client is not content. They're now seeking solutions, and among them is openly floating the idea to us of outsourcing 100% of my department's work to a completely different company. Tomorrow they're having a meeting to discuss these groups' merits and price points. I've worked both with and for these outsource groups over the years; they have their own better proprietary interfaces, and they're cheaper to staff. My professional opinion is to completely support them making such a choice, even going so far as actively suggesting the idea to them months ago on the sly away from my company's ability to hear it. It's the logical decision. But it'd also mean our department would disappear entirely. There's been egg shell preliminary discussion among my management, and they claim I'd be safe from any layoffs since I have way too much experience in the field and have proven my worth. Never know, though. Nothing's guaranteed in my line of business. And who knows what the client will decide to do in the end. I can't allow myself to get worried about it. Always too much to do to keep the ship steered in the right direction.
Besides that... bad food, chain smoking, a horrendous sleep schedule, and an ever-growing "I can't bother to give an eff" attitude. It's quite liberating, if not potentially destructive.
D2: Very little lately. MP sessions with John Remedy stalled out due to a one-off night with internet issues. Still looking forward to next month's MFO, though!
OVG: NGU Idle; I'm approaching the six month anniversary of my time with the game and plenty more remaining to see. Started some new seasonal D3 characters with Remedy a couple weeks ago, but that's already died off; never can come up with a satisfying goal to keep playing once we get decently geared up. Got Final Fantasy XV back on the brain, and I'm fighting the urge to fire it up yet again. And I remembered yesterday that I picked up the content-rich DLC for Monster Hunter World during the summer Steam sale, so maybe I'll roll a new character and see what that has to offer.