Month: December 2007

Well, I put in an order for a new Dell yesterday. Should be pretty kick ass – hoping to get it in soon and fire it up. I’m going to try and add the memory and hard-drive from the old computer to boost performance and get the old data off of there.

Got some more packages in the mail – and got everything wrapped. I’ve even been wrapping the presents my room-mate is getting for his family since I’m way better at that than he is. It’s an origami thing.

I’ve got a total of 11 meetings this week – I think that may be a new record for me. And that’s not a good thing. Having trouble finding time to actually get work done.

Worked out on the elliptical again last night – another 15 minutes. Not quite as far as on monday, but I’m trying. I may use it again tonight, we’ll see how the knee is doing after the swim today.

Guess that’s about it for now… time to get back to work…

Bought an elliptical trainer over the weekend – a sort of an early gift. The sales guy at Dick’s was sorta crazy – he suggested the extended warranty in case I was working out and a piece “just flies off” – and suggesting that with the warranty, I wouldn’t have to pay for repairs. I politely declined.

The assembly went fairly smoothly – though there was one tricky step. No parts left over and the only thing missing was one of the screws to hold the water bottle in place. I’m going to have to position it carefully in the basement – the ceiling is a little low.

The home computer bought the farm again – this time, I think it’s history. So much for the free and somewhat suspicious repairs. Ah, well, maybe I can get a good deal with a christmas sale.

Had a bit of a vain moment this weekend. I cleaned out my closets and drawers to donate some clothes to goodwill and in the organizing and re-arranging, I found an old tank top. I put that on after my shower and noticed that it no longer fit me well. I had, somehow, developed a chest. I actually checked myself out in the mirror for a few minutes until I felt silly. Still, the swimming is paying off. And that’s cool.

The drive into work… (sigh). I live in Northeast Ohio. It snows here. If it snowed in July – no one should be surprised since we get all the weather types that exist. And it changes every 20 minutes or so. There were flurries in the air this morning as I pulled onto the highway – and immediately had to slam on my brakes since the cars in front of me were going – no lie – less than 25 miles per hour. Everyone else went past us at 60+ and it took a while to find a safe opening to switch lanes – since I had to not only change lanes but double my speed. When I got past those three cars I saw that the lead one was poking along for no good reason. They’ll have a cold ride into work today since I blew their doors off- by going the speed limit for the highway!

So, a somewhat cranky start to the morning – but I made it here safely and it’s time to get back to it. later…

Well, I got the speakers working on the home computer. After running through the diagnostics and opening up the box, I finally gave up and tried plugging in the headphones. Those worked fine. I unplugged them and suddenly, the speakers were working. Good, but also annoying.

Day two of the in-house training. Went pretty well, though it was a little too simplistic and at the same time, a little beyond the scope of what it was supposed to cover. I learned some new things and was also a little “pre-daunted” at what is facing the team as far as work-load goes.

Finally, I’ve been putting out fires for the past two days with work issues. I thought I had them all put out – and then I checked my email this evening. Mistake. There was another fire and I can almost smell the gasoline. Makes me cranky. I’ve got a couple of solutions – neither of them good – but at least I’m trying. We’ll see how it goes.

Time for dinner… later…