I'm Very Happy
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My mom gave me my "Easter" present today, even though the last part isn't here I already had something suitable. It's just what I wanted, and expected: resin incense with charcoal tablets. We gave it a test run downstairs, where my mom could be there to help keep an eye on it because neither of us had ever done it before. It's interesting to light, instead of flaming at first like normal charcoal, it sparks and smokes in a manner that threatens to set things around it on fire! That rather quickly subsides, however it's quite frightening! The stuff burns quite a long time, I'm not entirely sure how long one tablet will burn, but now that it's not sparking or anything, I really don't think the fire can go anywhere. The bowl its in is barely even warm.
The resin incense (in this case, Dragon's Blood but I have a few different ones) smells *divine* and the charcoal, though it has a slight odor, doesn't give off many fumes. That means, no "punk and wood" smell left over in the room like happens with stick incense, and I can seriously see myself starting to love this stuff, I just have to find a way to control that sparking! It burns long after it becomes useful for incense though, because once it gets REALLY burning (white all over) everything you put on it just evaporates in a puff. It smells good, but doesn't last long at all. Although when it first lights it's good, and a small bit of resin will last a good fifteen minutes.
I also got my new scanner, which works wonderfully. I'm sure some of you have noticed the updates in my gallery 
I'm ill again, with flu like symptoms, but I'm hoping that will soon pass. I didn't get much rest at all the other night, which is a likely culprit, combined with stress. I managed to score a whole weekend off! This is the first time in probably over a month. I think it was a little "thank you" gift from my manager, because I agreed to give up two days off in a row and work a dreaded morning shift for her because she had no one else to work that shift. 
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