Don't Forget to Breathe

Woke up this morning in a great fucking mood, so excited about the first day of this mini-holiday, only to have it last all of about 30 seconds. My replacement had already sent me several messages in a panic over a problem he couldn't figure out, so I wound out having to boot up my work laptop and do it for him; couldn't wait due it being an urgent request from our partner studio in Korea, and they're about go on break for Lunar New Year. Guy's been in the department for two years now and still can't be trusted to do anything by himself. I don't know why our lead isn't doing more to get him up to speed, but it put such a huge dampener on my day. Got it sorted out in the end and then logged back off to eat and do some yoga. Seems all quiet again, so I hope the rest of this break is free of unwanted work messages.

Otherwise, I'm feeling okay. Had a reduced band practice last night, only three of us showed up, and we didn't actually play anything. The new mixer gave us some issues, and we spent three hours troubleshooting it, just trying to get everything working again. Managed to get it all set up properly in the end, just have to hope when we have a full complement of six people that everything is fully functional. 

Recent news about Discord's pending age verification stuff has me pretty concerned. I assume most of the people I'm in contact with will move off the platform and migrate somewhere else, but I have a feeling it might be a little bit scattered and tough to keep up with everyone. I really hope I don't lose touch with people I've known for decades in some cases. Maybe David Liebe Hart was right, and email's the way to go.

Will probably finish Nioh 3 during my break, getting what feels like super close to the end now. It's still great!