Why yes, I am still alive
So yes, it's been a while. Even though the holidays ended and January is usually kind of quiet, this year it has not been.
Work has been busy. Not as crazy busy as last year I suppose, but busy enough. Most of this is because we are down 4 people from this time last night. The good new is, we are technically hiring, and my job is most definitely secure. As a matter of fact I've saved the group a few times and got recognition and a reward check from my boss for it. I've been researching heavily into laser diffraction and particle size since I am now the administrator on the instrument, we're having problems, and nobody else knows it >.> I have quite literally RTFMnoob. I've also been put in charge of installing and learning a brand new instrument in a relatively new field of study, a powder rheometer. Some days I feel overwhelmed with new information in fields that I never even remotely touched on in college, but I am managing to stay afloat. By boss trusts my judgment and seems to believe that I can handle it all, so all in all it is good.
Trysten and I are taking a ceramics class for the next 8 weeks or so through the school, which should be fun. I am looking forward to some painting and molding and what have you. I still dance every Thursday and my teacher is talking about getting us on stage at some point (cue silent screaming inside).
When not working or taking classes we've been bouncing amongst get-togethers with friends and coworkers. I've finally 'befriended' a few coworkers and we go out to lunch/free hockey games/etc on occasion. I've begun working to redo some of my wardrobe, finally tossing things which aren't flattering and spending a little more for things that are. We're raiding in WoW again, casually this time and no responsibilities.
I've been trying to take more pictures, I uploading some from the course of the winter here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnyghtchilde/
Otherwise things have been bleh as winter drags on. I am looking forward to spring and planning what to pot in our patio garden already. We are going to Disneyworld in May :-D WOOO DISNEYWORLD! which has me perpetually excited. It'll be a whole week with my Mom and Brother and Trysten. It will be awesome.
In general I find myself using email and facebook pretty much exclusively for keeping in touch. I almost forgot my log-on for AIM, truth be told, when I had to re-enter it on my new computer. I did break down and get a new, Vista gaming system as I was sick of my game looking like shit on my 4 year + old system.
Work has been busy. Not as crazy busy as last year I suppose, but busy enough. Most of this is because we are down 4 people from this time last night. The good new is, we are technically hiring, and my job is most definitely secure. As a matter of fact I've saved the group a few times and got recognition and a reward check from my boss for it. I've been researching heavily into laser diffraction and particle size since I am now the administrator on the instrument, we're having problems, and nobody else knows it >.> I have quite literally RTFMnoob. I've also been put in charge of installing and learning a brand new instrument in a relatively new field of study, a powder rheometer. Some days I feel overwhelmed with new information in fields that I never even remotely touched on in college, but I am managing to stay afloat. By boss trusts my judgment and seems to believe that I can handle it all, so all in all it is good.
Trysten and I are taking a ceramics class for the next 8 weeks or so through the school, which should be fun. I am looking forward to some painting and molding and what have you. I still dance every Thursday and my teacher is talking about getting us on stage at some point (cue silent screaming inside).
When not working or taking classes we've been bouncing amongst get-togethers with friends and coworkers. I've finally 'befriended' a few coworkers and we go out to lunch/free hockey games/etc on occasion. I've begun working to redo some of my wardrobe, finally tossing things which aren't flattering and spending a little more for things that are. We're raiding in WoW again, casually this time and no responsibilities.
I've been trying to take more pictures, I uploading some from the course of the winter here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnyghtchilde/
Otherwise things have been bleh as winter drags on. I am looking forward to spring and planning what to pot in our patio garden already. We are going to Disneyworld in May :-D WOOO DISNEYWORLD! which has me perpetually excited. It'll be a whole week with my Mom and Brother and Trysten. It will be awesome.
In general I find myself using email and facebook pretty much exclusively for keeping in touch. I almost forgot my log-on for AIM, truth be told, when I had to re-enter it on my new computer. I did break down and get a new, Vista gaming system as I was sick of my game looking like shit on my 4 year + old system.