Ahh a mind numbing week of endless meetings and no real network connectivity. It is scary to realize how much mail I get in a day … see normally I have a mail client running in the background, at my desk, in meetings - generally everywhere I go. So a message comes in, I read it, file it, mark it for reply or action and it is dealt with. On the ( Read more... )

*sigh of relief* I can happily report that I survived the midterm in my EMT class with really high marks. Of course had I failed it, they would have kicked me out and I would find myself with a lot of spare time on my hands. Based on my current schedule overload, there is something to be said for that thought. But no, I passed with flying ( Read more... )

Your Theme Song is Back in Black by AC/DC
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Poof, and then I looked up and it is April, the sun is shining, I have a midterm in a week and there are still leaves in my flowerbeds that I never quite got around to clearing out last fall. Well, if there is one thing that I can consistently say about my life - I am not bored ( Read more... )

Not sure yet if this is a good sign or a bad sign. If you had asked me on my way into work this morning - my day was going to be wall to wall with meetings. As of a mere hour later, all but one of those have been cancelled. One may result in an impromptu conference call for part of the afternoon ( Read more... )

With the introduction of a specifically late night into my weekday schedule (class on Tuesday until 2300) I am making efforts to really keep a close eye on my sleep patterns. It is very easy for my to fall behind sufficiently that getting to the end of the week “intact” becomes a heck of a challenge ( Read more... )

Car is in the shop getting the battery replaced and the electrical systems checked over. Jacket has been reclaimed. Helped A. drop off a bed across town (yay, happy little truck of usefulness), got a bite to eat with good friends and called it a night. I never did make it to the bank, or mail my packages. But I did make a dent on the endless ( Read more... )

I am not sure if the day got better or worse, but it certainly got busier. My afternoon meetings have been … lively. It is a good sign of engineering exchange when one person threatens to throw a pen at another if they use X term again. And then when the pen does go flying (in a random act of excessive gesturing) the team comments on the lack of ( Read more... )

 I think that it is possible that some mornings are just not made to go terribly well.  I fear that this is one of those mornings.  So I am going to take a few moments to just flat out whine.  And I mean really whine, kvetch and complain.  There is no substance here.  No updates on life, the meaning of the universe, or grand philosophical thoughts ( Read more... )

Stretch. Yawn. I think the best thing about federal holidays that are not observed by the rest of the working world is the lack of traffic. Today in the time that it usually takes me to come directly to the office I went to the station, had a mug of hot chocolate, shot the breeze with the day crew for a few minutes, admired the new fire truck ( ( Read more... )