the road and ageing
it really sucks that i am so young but already feeling some of the effects of aging. i'm not sure though if they are real, perceived, or brought about by some subconscious desire to be old, or near the end of my life. i've begun having heart burn regularly, almost everyday during the more stressful parts of the year, and having near constant back pain. nothing i can't deal with, i'm mostly worried about them getting much worse as i get older since they are already starting now when i'm under 30 years old.
once upon a time i could drive for six hours and turn around and do it again in the same day. now after sitting that long of a trip all i seem to want to do is sleep. sleeping is almost all i wanted to do when i got back to lubbock on monday night and the same was true for my trip back to killeen on tuesday night.
death seems to change a lot of things. in the time since my sister-in-laws death until her funeral my youngest niece was actually nice and pleasant to me, i.e. she didn't feel the need to hit me for no reasons apparent to me. just an interesting observation, she seems to be mostly back to normal now.
as mentioned before i went to lubbock for a night to pick up some things i needed. mainly the research i am supposed to be working on and some software i wanted to (try to) install on my laptop for the website i am working on. if i can decide on and learn a programing language for the extras of the site, or if i can talk one of my friends into doing it, the website should be up by the end of the year. the only things which i believe will initially be available will be the registration, forum, and hopefully the book exchange page. the exchange will probably not be in anywhere near its final form. to make the entry easier i would like to be able to connect to a database to retrieve information about the books so those who participate do not have to enter in all of the information i think would be useful for every book. later i would like to include a social networking part of the site, since this site will bring together those people who like to learn or teach i think it may be worthwhile but whether it will have the same things other social networking sites have i do not know. the networking part will probably be one of the last things to be done.
i'm going to a one company job fair tomorrow in houston and am following some leads on a company in midland. i don't feel the need for urgency in the matter since i am, at least for the moment, taken care of. i'm not the type of person who needs or wants a lot of money so the $1000 i get paid for being a TA is enough for me at this time.
i also brought my cat back with me so that he could visit my bother and his daughters, his original "owners". it's kind of funny that he wouldn't get into the carrier at my house and fought me a little bit trying to get him in, but once we got into the car and started driving he wouldn't get out.
anyway, i believe that is all for now.
once upon a time i could drive for six hours and turn around and do it again in the same day. now after sitting that long of a trip all i seem to want to do is sleep. sleeping is almost all i wanted to do when i got back to lubbock on monday night and the same was true for my trip back to killeen on tuesday night.
death seems to change a lot of things. in the time since my sister-in-laws death until her funeral my youngest niece was actually nice and pleasant to me, i.e. she didn't feel the need to hit me for no reasons apparent to me. just an interesting observation, she seems to be mostly back to normal now.
as mentioned before i went to lubbock for a night to pick up some things i needed. mainly the research i am supposed to be working on and some software i wanted to (try to) install on my laptop for the website i am working on. if i can decide on and learn a programing language for the extras of the site, or if i can talk one of my friends into doing it, the website should be up by the end of the year. the only things which i believe will initially be available will be the registration, forum, and hopefully the book exchange page. the exchange will probably not be in anywhere near its final form. to make the entry easier i would like to be able to connect to a database to retrieve information about the books so those who participate do not have to enter in all of the information i think would be useful for every book. later i would like to include a social networking part of the site, since this site will bring together those people who like to learn or teach i think it may be worthwhile but whether it will have the same things other social networking sites have i do not know. the networking part will probably be one of the last things to be done.
i'm going to a one company job fair tomorrow in houston and am following some leads on a company in midland. i don't feel the need for urgency in the matter since i am, at least for the moment, taken care of. i'm not the type of person who needs or wants a lot of money so the $1000 i get paid for being a TA is enough for me at this time.
i also brought my cat back with me so that he could visit my bother and his daughters, his original "owners". it's kind of funny that he wouldn't get into the carrier at my house and fought me a little bit trying to get him in, but once we got into the car and started driving he wouldn't get out.
anyway, i believe that is all for now.