Middle of it all
And this month, Sidney in the great state of Nebraska! Well, at least I'm not flying here for work. No, I get to fly to Denver, then car pool to Nebraska. Oh joy. At least we get to leave mid-day on Thursday for the 2.5 hour drive back to Denver. If I can get out of driving, nice time to read or use the Playstation Portable, yes? Well, I do get time afterwards, my available flights are in the evening so there's a 4 hour wait at least. Mega-surf time. I think I'll try the United Red Carpet Club, someplace to crash maybe.
Or massage. My shoulder has been feeling better and moving better, but I still get stiff and tense, and Denver Airport has a mini-spa...
It's been three weeks working here. They managed to get me remote VPN access yesterday. The badge to get into the building and the wireless access to use my laptop will take a little longer, evidently.
Managed to get out of jury duty until mid-January. Something about starting a new assignment in Nebraska the start of the following week.... :)
Thanksgiving was good, no one can starve when five sisters (my mother and my aunts) conspire to each cook dinner and bring it to one house. Yeah, leftover turkey is plentiful...as is the lasanga.
Getting to be time to get my cataract looked at in my other eye. This work assignment meant I had to give up ('postpone') my Christmas vacation and that means I will have two extra weeks at some point. Might be a good time to get my foot also taken care of. *sigh* Though lounging does sound *really* tempting. I am upset that this postponement happened, and will not be happy if raises are again 'postponed'. I did really well last year and not seeing much of a link to good performance. Perhaps I should look at something else, but what pays enough locally that can handle me (and vice-versa)?
Games go well, been having folks over on Sundays, and doing LARPs and boardgames on Fridays. I need to start ramping up my plots from being mostly solitaire and figure an angle to get more folks involved *before* the big 'stop the consequences-laden action' push at the end. There usually is one, on the assumption that affecting people is bad. :)
The cats are fine. George and Shadow are demanding more attention from me, while Sammy continues to worship lady_cinnicat. We're taking the whole kaboodle in for the vet this Friday...at the same time. Oy vey...
lady_cinnicat still has good and not-so-good days with her arthritis, but enjoys her addiction to World of Warcraft. She is disappointed that I will be working when we fly to Minnesota this Christmas (at least I got to work remotely in this deal), but is excited about seeing snow for the holidays. We'll be bringing Dominion, a card game that we surprising got her father to playand that he liked.
Time to start holiday shopping. If I have them, get those wishlists updated. :)
And lucky me, I just got a $5 lottery scratcher to yield $50. Cool.
Or massage. My shoulder has been feeling better and moving better, but I still get stiff and tense, and Denver Airport has a mini-spa...
It's been three weeks working here. They managed to get me remote VPN access yesterday. The badge to get into the building and the wireless access to use my laptop will take a little longer, evidently.
Managed to get out of jury duty until mid-January. Something about starting a new assignment in Nebraska the start of the following week.... :)
Thanksgiving was good, no one can starve when five sisters (my mother and my aunts) conspire to each cook dinner and bring it to one house. Yeah, leftover turkey is plentiful...as is the lasanga.
Getting to be time to get my cataract looked at in my other eye. This work assignment meant I had to give up ('postpone') my Christmas vacation and that means I will have two extra weeks at some point. Might be a good time to get my foot also taken care of. *sigh* Though lounging does sound *really* tempting. I am upset that this postponement happened, and will not be happy if raises are again 'postponed'. I did really well last year and not seeing much of a link to good performance. Perhaps I should look at something else, but what pays enough locally that can handle me (and vice-versa)?
Games go well, been having folks over on Sundays, and doing LARPs and boardgames on Fridays. I need to start ramping up my plots from being mostly solitaire and figure an angle to get more folks involved *before* the big 'stop the consequences-laden action' push at the end. There usually is one, on the assumption that affecting people is bad. :)
The cats are fine. George and Shadow are demanding more attention from me, while Sammy continues to worship lady_cinnicat. We're taking the whole kaboodle in for the vet this Friday...at the same time. Oy vey...
lady_cinnicat still has good and not-so-good days with her arthritis, but enjoys her addiction to World of Warcraft. She is disappointed that I will be working when we fly to Minnesota this Christmas (at least I got to work remotely in this deal), but is excited about seeing snow for the holidays. We'll be bringing Dominion, a card game that we surprising got her father to playand that he liked.
Time to start holiday shopping. If I have them, get those wishlists updated. :)
And lucky me, I just got a $5 lottery scratcher to yield $50. Cool.