Happy new year! I hope that everyone reading this, if anyone is still reading this, had a pleasant holiday season. We did, overall, but I'll get to that in a moment ( Read more... )

This past three days I've been in training on a software tool that our developers use. The training takes place in the same building where I work, on a different floor: the 8th floor, which has just been completely remodeled and redesigned with brand-new training rooms and conference rooms. It is super-slick and fancy. Just stepping off the ( Read more... )

Remember me ( Read more... )

Thanks everyone for the words of support on my post about my mom. (And if you somehow missed it, here it is.) Sorry to go more than a week without updating ( Read more... )

OK, once again I'm behind on posting. This time my reason is that I've been in a training course all week, 9-5. It's interesting and fun, and sometimes frustrating, but always exhausting. Oy ( Read more... )

Yeah, so, sorry I haven't posted about the new job. Busy/tired/etc. The short version is, it's going well. Today I actually did some actual work! ;) There's a LOT to learn. The software product we're working with is so complex it makes my head hurt just thinking about it. But that's good! It means job security ( Read more... )

I just balanced my checkbook and discovered that Isaac's afterschool program apparently did not cash a check that I wrote to them back in May. This is weird and I'm not sure what to do with it. Also I'm not sure why I'm just noticing this now, since I have balanced my checkbook several times since May! I guess I'll try to give them a call ( Read more... )

Three more days of "freedom" till I start my new job. Yes! I have not yet posted outside of friends-lock, but I got a new job and I start it next Monday ( Read more... )

Things have been pretty stressful around here the past few months, not coincidentally coinciding with my dramatic decrease in LJ posts ( Read more... )

Thanks whuffle for pointing out this interesting experiment or test or meme or whatever it is. You listen to 26 little musical clips and try to identify which are played correctly and which incorrectly. Very neat. I got all 26 right, of course. Hey, that degree in music theory has to come in handy at least once per decade, right ( Read more... )