Just thought I'd make a relatively short post before 2009 ends ( Read more... )

I've completed my first week of both training and employment at IBM. I should mention right away that, since I signed a non-disclosure agreement, I'll have to be less candid about what goes on with this job than I was with previous jobs. That said, I can say that the training will indeed be six weeks and two of those weeks are "classroom" ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe that I've come to the week where I'll be moving out of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area for the first time. I have mixed feelings about this move, sometimes being excited about the prospect of being more independent than I ever have before and working at the sweet job that I've been anticipating working at for the past four ( Read more... )

Will be going to the Twin Cities today with Jeff. The main event will be going to "Phantom of the Opera" at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday night, but we also plan on doing some shopping, some eating out (always a highlight with me), and some hanging out with someone we did that with last time we were there, and possibly ( Read more... )

As promised, here are the details on what I mentioned in my last entry ( Read more... )

Rather than apologizing for not updating frequently, let me just get right into this ( Read more... )

I'm so tempted to go to sleep right now, even though I don't work until noon tomorrow and therefore wouldn't set my alarm to go off until 10:15 in the morning. For years I haven't been able to get a full eight hours of sleep. The main culprit has been my need to go to the bathroom at night. These days I'm lucky to get six uninterrupted hours of ( Read more... )

I'll just get right into it ( Read more... )