Been awhile...
It's been awhile since I last posted. I've decided I should do something about that. Not that my life is terribly exciting or that I have anything profound to say, but I figure it is a simple way to let people know what is going on in my life. And now that I can post from my phone while laying bed at night, I might actually do it more.
So moving right along... Dawn and I are doing good. Cassie is in the 4th grade now and Breanna started pre-school. Zoe is walking and starting to talk, saying no and more and thanks. She seems to understand a lot of what is said and can usually answer simple yes/no questions.
Work has been more stressful than usual. The Union contract ran out in August, was extended to the end of September when a tentative agreement was reached then extend again when that TA was rejected. The new TA is worse than the first and stands a good chance being rejected unless a lot of people that didn't vote last time vote yes on it. Otherwise a week from today I will be on strike. The biggest issue is the health insurance. The short story on that is 135% increase in monthly payments and 10% decrease in coverage that means I end up paying 10 times more than I do now for health care. The raise they are offering doesn't come close to covering that or even the increase to cost of living this year (calculated to be around 8.5%). So yeah, not good times there...
Today at work I had kind of an interesting experience. A guy called in to get static ip addresses for his business. While talking to him he asked how the computer knew where to send everything. I spent that next hour explaining, in very basic terms, how the internet worked. I finally remebered a video that one of my networking teachers showed in a class. I figured I'd share it. It is cool video even if you know how the internet works.
http://www.warriorsofthe.net
It is on the download page and is a 75MB mpeg.
Lastly, the picture. It is the view out the window 20 feet from my desk. I snapped it on my way out one day. Figured I'd share.
So moving right along... Dawn and I are doing good. Cassie is in the 4th grade now and Breanna started pre-school. Zoe is walking and starting to talk, saying no and more and thanks. She seems to understand a lot of what is said and can usually answer simple yes/no questions.
Work has been more stressful than usual. The Union contract ran out in August, was extended to the end of September when a tentative agreement was reached then extend again when that TA was rejected. The new TA is worse than the first and stands a good chance being rejected unless a lot of people that didn't vote last time vote yes on it. Otherwise a week from today I will be on strike. The biggest issue is the health insurance. The short story on that is 135% increase in monthly payments and 10% decrease in coverage that means I end up paying 10 times more than I do now for health care. The raise they are offering doesn't come close to covering that or even the increase to cost of living this year (calculated to be around 8.5%). So yeah, not good times there...
Today at work I had kind of an interesting experience. A guy called in to get static ip addresses for his business. While talking to him he asked how the computer knew where to send everything. I spent that next hour explaining, in very basic terms, how the internet worked. I finally remebered a video that one of my networking teachers showed in a class. I figured I'd share it. It is cool video even if you know how the internet works.
http://www.warriorsofthe.net
It is on the download page and is a 75MB mpeg.
Lastly, the picture. It is the view out the window 20 feet from my desk. I snapped it on my way out one day. Figured I'd share.