That time of year again
The yearly 'I am alive, carry on' post.
I am alive.
Carry on.
Went to D*C this past weekend with a raging chest cold and discovered that me + Sudafed does not equal fun. Nothing says misery like Atlanta humidity plus hot flashes from hell, 'teh sweats'. Did a great deal of people watching mostly from the comfort of the Marriott bar. Met new folks, hung out with old folks, etc etc. it was great running into some folks from college, been over 10 years since I saw that crew and it was wonderful. Wish I hadn't been so spaced out though.
Household:
2 cats, 1 husband.
4 desktops, 3 'active' laptops, assorted PC/Laptop refugees.
Sneaks sold the Z car last month. We wern't using it at all and it's damned silly having a second car when we carpool. Plus it was at the 'needs major repairs - again' and with our planz*tm for teh future, it was better sold and the money put into savings rather than spend the extra on all the work it needed. Still, cute, fun car. I do miss the one we wrecked.
Had another friend from college track me down (shakes fist at myspace) and it was great getting in contact with her again. Still, everyone's moved on and it's interesting to see who ended up 'in their field' and who moved on to other things. Me, I do IT. I was in school for biology and music education. Go figure.
The lil sis is having a house built. It's strange in a way, but its good for her. I do hope that she isnt in over her head but I wish her all the best with it and want to see it when it's all ready to be visited. It's someplace up GA400, past Windward, I still haven't gotten details.
Spent my 5th anniversary with the in laws, my dad and the hubby at a 38 special concert south of the ATL. We had a great time. We go for 'moral' support. It's an in law thing. Dad was all aflutter about me meeting his paramour. She's a nice woman, good sense of humor, fits right in. Smart, slightly sardonic , off beat humor, just like dad. It makes me happy to see him so happy.
Work is work. It continues to amuse me every day with the sometimes random enforcement of 'The Rules'. But since nothing has changed in 3 years, I don't see anything changing anytime soon. It's become a 'That is how it is, move on' sort of thing. Fretting only nets ulcers. Besides, I have my hands full with documenting every single thing I'm asked to do, since I no longer have a job description so thusly, I *must* have free time somewhere in the attic space in my ass. Let me see, 130+ end users, 3 network closets, 5 servers, 13+ printers, 65 computers and me. Yeah, lots of free time. Dont' forget the Lobby tv project from some dark pit only Cthulu could enjoy. Anyhows, as the 'net has proven, too much work grousing on these things can and has gotten people fired so I'll leave it at that.
I've gone.. Mac. Digging my Mac Mini, only pop the PC on when I have need of photoshop or other software that I can't afford to get relicensed for the new wee box (and really see no need to since I have them on the PC). But since I'm a bit too tired to seriously contemplate great, epic works of art (BWAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA-HAHAH), I generally surf the net, etc etc. I do dig the auto-photo import from camera or phone, my neatly organized music library, tooling about with garage band and the rest of the goodies. I will get the second monitor (That I rebuild myself, thank you) hooked up eventually to make use of the inbuilt 'spaces' option for large displays of.. nothing really. But i just want to do it because I can.
For those of you who know me from mushland, my drive to go forth and generate, seek or do RP has waned to a thinly skinned rind of 'I stopped caring' over a creamy center of 'No time for love, Dr. Jones'. Seriously, I've got the drive to maybe pop into a scene every couple of days but most things start so late that when it really gets going, my old fart self is heading to bed. I think the time zones have shifted west or else I'm just old. 2k5, yeah. Universe, better chance. Elsewhere, mostly where I'm active. While venting could be entertaining, the old fart timer is going off so I must adjourn for my sleep. Besides, it's old hat, who really cares? :>
Well, off for another year of life and adventure!
~Nae
I am alive.
Carry on.
Went to D*C this past weekend with a raging chest cold and discovered that me + Sudafed does not equal fun. Nothing says misery like Atlanta humidity plus hot flashes from hell, 'teh sweats'. Did a great deal of people watching mostly from the comfort of the Marriott bar. Met new folks, hung out with old folks, etc etc. it was great running into some folks from college, been over 10 years since I saw that crew and it was wonderful. Wish I hadn't been so spaced out though.
Household:
2 cats, 1 husband.
4 desktops, 3 'active' laptops, assorted PC/Laptop refugees.
Sneaks sold the Z car last month. We wern't using it at all and it's damned silly having a second car when we carpool. Plus it was at the 'needs major repairs - again' and with our planz*tm for teh future, it was better sold and the money put into savings rather than spend the extra on all the work it needed. Still, cute, fun car. I do miss the one we wrecked.
Had another friend from college track me down (shakes fist at myspace) and it was great getting in contact with her again. Still, everyone's moved on and it's interesting to see who ended up 'in their field' and who moved on to other things. Me, I do IT. I was in school for biology and music education. Go figure.
The lil sis is having a house built. It's strange in a way, but its good for her. I do hope that she isnt in over her head but I wish her all the best with it and want to see it when it's all ready to be visited. It's someplace up GA400, past Windward, I still haven't gotten details.
Spent my 5th anniversary with the in laws, my dad and the hubby at a 38 special concert south of the ATL. We had a great time. We go for 'moral' support. It's an in law thing. Dad was all aflutter about me meeting his paramour. She's a nice woman, good sense of humor, fits right in. Smart, slightly sardonic , off beat humor, just like dad. It makes me happy to see him so happy.
Work is work. It continues to amuse me every day with the sometimes random enforcement of 'The Rules'. But since nothing has changed in 3 years, I don't see anything changing anytime soon. It's become a 'That is how it is, move on' sort of thing. Fretting only nets ulcers. Besides, I have my hands full with documenting every single thing I'm asked to do, since I no longer have a job description so thusly, I *must* have free time somewhere in the attic space in my ass. Let me see, 130+ end users, 3 network closets, 5 servers, 13+ printers, 65 computers and me. Yeah, lots of free time. Dont' forget the Lobby tv project from some dark pit only Cthulu could enjoy. Anyhows, as the 'net has proven, too much work grousing on these things can and has gotten people fired so I'll leave it at that.
I've gone.. Mac. Digging my Mac Mini, only pop the PC on when I have need of photoshop or other software that I can't afford to get relicensed for the new wee box (and really see no need to since I have them on the PC). But since I'm a bit too tired to seriously contemplate great, epic works of art (BWAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA-HAHAH), I generally surf the net, etc etc. I do dig the auto-photo import from camera or phone, my neatly organized music library, tooling about with garage band and the rest of the goodies. I will get the second monitor (That I rebuild myself, thank you) hooked up eventually to make use of the inbuilt 'spaces' option for large displays of.. nothing really. But i just want to do it because I can.
For those of you who know me from mushland, my drive to go forth and generate, seek or do RP has waned to a thinly skinned rind of 'I stopped caring' over a creamy center of 'No time for love, Dr. Jones'. Seriously, I've got the drive to maybe pop into a scene every couple of days but most things start so late that when it really gets going, my old fart self is heading to bed. I think the time zones have shifted west or else I'm just old. 2k5, yeah. Universe, better chance. Elsewhere, mostly where I'm active. While venting could be entertaining, the old fart timer is going off so I must adjourn for my sleep. Besides, it's old hat, who really cares? :>
Well, off for another year of life and adventure!
~Nae