3002: It Worries Me
I'm not going to do a Chicken Little as I don't want to propel a potential self-fulfilling prophecy or two, but some trends that have been brought to my attention are bothersome, to say the least. Do I think I will have lost a substantial investment if worse comes to worst? Perhaps, but nothing in life is guaranteed... all I can hope is that I don't get screwed out of the more important things in life. Things like having an iPod stolen [still just the one I'm talking about here], I'll survive. Something like if NIH[!!!] went under, I'd be a little more concerned.
It does make me wonder if I should even bother, tho. I guess I'll do what I can while I can before... well.
Gotta save this, tho [no particular catalyst save that I read the column]:DEAR ABBY: Perhaps this example will help "Perplexed" better understand why the friend to whom she said hurtful words couldn't forgive and forget: Take a jar of nails and hammer them into a wooden fence. Imagine that each and every nail is a cruel or unkind word. Now remove each nail one by one, apologizing each time you do. When you are done, stand back and look at the fence. The nails are gone, but the holes remain. Cruel words can leave wounds that no amount of apology can fully erase. -- LIVING BY THAT EXAMPLE IN CALIF.
Anyway, it's mildly annoying that the bulk of what I sell is getting scarce IMMEDIATELY after I invest in a postage scale =p I mean, there are plenty of uses for a postage scale besides running a small business on the side, but the timing is peculiar to say the least ¬_¬ [I should have mentioned this yesterday in the relevant thread, but yesterday wasn't a good time for coherent thought and planning...]
Also, I have gas readings:1. 26.643 MPG
2. 27.616 MPG
I *think* the first is the second-most recent, but I can't remember, since I tend to scrawl these figures wherever. Does it matter, tho, besides that the second [definitely today's] means my mileage is noticeably declining? Yes, it's about average for what even Consumer Reports says I could get for a new car for a not-through-the-nose price, but it's still a thorn in my side.
Oddly enough, I'm almost ready to be unemployed again... or, well... I'm getting irritated with my MWF work, since it feels more like time-killing than anything genuinely productive, and productivity is what separates the still-employed from the unemployed in this economy =(
I actually don't mind my TR* work [besides the commute]--surprisingly, I could [and nearly did] work all day without even taking meal/restroom breaks. I guess it's the fact I'm busy with actual physical things all the time, instead of twiddling my thumbs and fidgeting in front of a computer in the same position for several hours at a time. I don't even feel like I need to listen to music, tho I'm allowed to do it--my OPS co-workers' conversation is interesting even when they're talking shop [compared to the tripe at Rockledge], and it may have to do with the fact they're very "Hey, bestest buddy friend" in OPS as opposed to the passive-aggressive "joking" trash talk at the other places I've worked.
*Tues/Thurs
Incidentally, I haven't seen Aibo around in a while, tho he was supposed to join me at OPS. Guess they called that off, since I'm doing TOO good a job** that they had to scale me back to TR =p but even at Rockledge? It kind of felt like we were getting to be sort of like school buddies... figures it wouldn't last, of course.
**tho, I feel bad because they gave me those manual assignments weeks ago and I still haven't finished them because I haven't been there and when I am, the busiwork is Priority One... but, if they don't ask for them, I guess I can't feel too bad about it...
I did find myself missing random things from my school days, on that tangent. Most of it is the usual stuff I casually envy: odd moments of leisure time. This morning, I found myself missing the odd twenty-ish minutes before my father [sometimes mother, when she was home] drove us to school. It was kind of peaceful then, ya know? Or, the time in the morning before we went to the airport to catch an early flight... same thing.
I guess that's why biology sometimes nudges me about having kids--it's the only way I'll even come close to getting those moments back, to turn into my parents. I don't know if it's worth going broke to do, tho, but sometimes... =/
It does make me wonder if I should even bother, tho. I guess I'll do what I can while I can before... well.
Gotta save this, tho [no particular catalyst save that I read the column]:DEAR ABBY: Perhaps this example will help "Perplexed" better understand why the friend to whom she said hurtful words couldn't forgive and forget: Take a jar of nails and hammer them into a wooden fence. Imagine that each and every nail is a cruel or unkind word. Now remove each nail one by one, apologizing each time you do. When you are done, stand back and look at the fence. The nails are gone, but the holes remain. Cruel words can leave wounds that no amount of apology can fully erase. -- LIVING BY THAT EXAMPLE IN CALIF.
Anyway, it's mildly annoying that the bulk of what I sell is getting scarce IMMEDIATELY after I invest in a postage scale =p I mean, there are plenty of uses for a postage scale besides running a small business on the side, but the timing is peculiar to say the least ¬_¬ [I should have mentioned this yesterday in the relevant thread, but yesterday wasn't a good time for coherent thought and planning...]
Also, I have gas readings:1. 26.643 MPG
2. 27.616 MPG
I *think* the first is the second-most recent, but I can't remember, since I tend to scrawl these figures wherever. Does it matter, tho, besides that the second [definitely today's] means my mileage is noticeably declining? Yes, it's about average for what even Consumer Reports says I could get for a new car for a not-through-the-nose price, but it's still a thorn in my side.
Oddly enough, I'm almost ready to be unemployed again... or, well... I'm getting irritated with my MWF work, since it feels more like time-killing than anything genuinely productive, and productivity is what separates the still-employed from the unemployed in this economy =(
I actually don't mind my TR* work [besides the commute]--surprisingly, I could [and nearly did] work all day without even taking meal/restroom breaks. I guess it's the fact I'm busy with actual physical things all the time, instead of twiddling my thumbs and fidgeting in front of a computer in the same position for several hours at a time. I don't even feel like I need to listen to music, tho I'm allowed to do it--my OPS co-workers' conversation is interesting even when they're talking shop [compared to the tripe at Rockledge], and it may have to do with the fact they're very "Hey, bestest buddy friend" in OPS as opposed to the passive-aggressive "joking" trash talk at the other places I've worked.
*Tues/Thurs
Incidentally, I haven't seen Aibo around in a while, tho he was supposed to join me at OPS. Guess they called that off, since I'm doing TOO good a job** that they had to scale me back to TR =p but even at Rockledge? It kind of felt like we were getting to be sort of like school buddies... figures it wouldn't last, of course.
**tho, I feel bad because they gave me those manual assignments weeks ago and I still haven't finished them because I haven't been there and when I am, the busiwork is Priority One... but, if they don't ask for them, I guess I can't feel too bad about it...
I did find myself missing random things from my school days, on that tangent. Most of it is the usual stuff I casually envy: odd moments of leisure time. This morning, I found myself missing the odd twenty-ish minutes before my father [sometimes mother, when she was home] drove us to school. It was kind of peaceful then, ya know? Or, the time in the morning before we went to the airport to catch an early flight... same thing.
I guess that's why biology sometimes nudges me about having kids--it's the only way I'll even come close to getting those moments back, to turn into my parents. I don't know if it's worth going broke to do, tho, but sometimes... =/