This post is brought to you by the letter I for Insomnia
(yuck)
Anyhow: last weekend M. and I drove up to Summer War, and had a good time. Not as many folks from TyD turned out as we thought, but Megan enjoyed it b/c it was melees, and I got to enjoy the lovely weather and say hi to some folks I don't see too often. We just day-tripped rather than camping, and on the way back we stopped for supper with Moe & Lyle. All in all, a nice day.
So that was last weekend; this upcoming weekend, Reid will be staying with us Saturday night. At least, that's what the plan looks like now, although it's subject to change since we haven't worked out the details yet. But Saturday night we're going to a bank-sponsored "family night" picnic before the Pilots game (I figured he's my brother, so he's family, right? And work agreed, they said go ahead and bring him). I'm not much of a baseball person, but a big chunk of M's department will be there. And I'm pretty friendly with all of them, since my office has been right smack-dab in the middle of them for the past 6(?) months or so.
...Although, with luck, that won't be the case for long. We're supposedly moving into our new offices soon, although "soon" is a flexible term as they work out details about cable & other niceties. But we've all seen the new offices at least. Mine's about the size of the one I'm in now; no window (didn't really expect one though) and the furniture's nice. Plus, I got to move it around to suit me. And my boss promised that I can order a keyboard tray, which seems like a tiny thing but should be so nice. Typing all day on a desk that isn't built for it just ain't that comfortable.
I mean, I'll miss the finance people (where I am now); they've really "adopted" me and they're nice folks. But it will also be a good thing to be with my actual department.
Plus, the fact that the new building's first floor is occupied by a public library doesn't hurt....
:-)
Overall: so far July has been a little odd, but not as tough as it could have been. (It's the start of the new quarter so that means work has been a little stressful for me, and exceedingly stressful for M.) She hasn't even had to go in on the weekend yet this month, which is a good thing. Plus, she hasn't killed anyone over the phone, although I think it's been a near thing a couple times.
Anyhow: last weekend M. and I drove up to Summer War, and had a good time. Not as many folks from TyD turned out as we thought, but Megan enjoyed it b/c it was melees, and I got to enjoy the lovely weather and say hi to some folks I don't see too often. We just day-tripped rather than camping, and on the way back we stopped for supper with Moe & Lyle. All in all, a nice day.
So that was last weekend; this upcoming weekend, Reid will be staying with us Saturday night. At least, that's what the plan looks like now, although it's subject to change since we haven't worked out the details yet. But Saturday night we're going to a bank-sponsored "family night" picnic before the Pilots game (I figured he's my brother, so he's family, right? And work agreed, they said go ahead and bring him). I'm not much of a baseball person, but a big chunk of M's department will be there. And I'm pretty friendly with all of them, since my office has been right smack-dab in the middle of them for the past 6(?) months or so.
...Although, with luck, that won't be the case for long. We're supposedly moving into our new offices soon, although "soon" is a flexible term as they work out details about cable & other niceties. But we've all seen the new offices at least. Mine's about the size of the one I'm in now; no window (didn't really expect one though) and the furniture's nice. Plus, I got to move it around to suit me. And my boss promised that I can order a keyboard tray, which seems like a tiny thing but should be so nice. Typing all day on a desk that isn't built for it just ain't that comfortable.
I mean, I'll miss the finance people (where I am now); they've really "adopted" me and they're nice folks. But it will also be a good thing to be with my actual department.
Plus, the fact that the new building's first floor is occupied by a public library doesn't hurt....
:-)
Overall: so far July has been a little odd, but not as tough as it could have been. (It's the start of the new quarter so that means work has been a little stressful for me, and exceedingly stressful for M.) She hasn't even had to go in on the weekend yet this month, which is a good thing. Plus, she hasn't killed anyone over the phone, although I think it's been a near thing a couple times.