Sunday
Events
Well we are broke until I get paid again. I paid the bills, went shopping and filled the vans with gas. I don’t even have money to stop at Wawa in the morning for a cup of Joe. Auto insurance has been a pain since I put the other van onto it. I might shop around for a better deal. Also I might start ping ponging TV and Internet services to get them down to 100 bux a month for the first year. Then switch back when the year is up. Money is real tight and two holidays are RIGHT around the corner. I suppose so long as we have a place to live and something to eat we will be ok.
Work has been pretty busy these days. I have a lot to do. One big project and two-dozen smaller ones all topped off with a looming conversion to SAP. Luckily my little birdie has a little birdie of her own that tells her things, and as a result I am brushing up on my Cognos skills until I find out whose ass I need to kiss to get onto the SAP project. We use Cognos to report on our Data Warehouse and as far as I know that will NOT be going away. I think worst case scenario if I get canned (which seems unlikely but you never know) I can always contract.
Sharon and I did a lot of sticking to home this weekend. Again we do not have any money.
There was a lot of running around on Friday.
Early on I had two things I was programming a commission application to secure the way sales managers pay their salespeople, and another program to automatically change web logins when we give a salesperson the boot. Both of which are pretty important security wise.
Sharon was drove Marissa around to get her stitches removed and then we all headed over to the orthodontist to get her sized up for braces. That’s going to be fun to pay for.
Later Sharon and I did our food shopping, and stopped for a bite to eat and a cup of coffee. This is the last time we will be doing this for a few weeks.
Saturday pretty much consisted of me cleaning out the garage. I put a bunch of stuff out by the curb but no one took anything so I dumped a bunch of stuff off at Good Will.
It took me all day in the garage because I was not merely cleaning but organizing as well so I know where everything is. I still have a lot to do in there.
Today I think I’ll take it easy and enjoy the sun now that it has decided to shine down upon me.
Tinkering
Finally got my 240-volt outlet wired up in the garage. Now I just need some space in the garage to play with it.
Reading
Have a bunch of audio books to get through. I need to burn them onto a CD so I can listen to them on my way to and from work. I have two books by Barak Obama. I figure I’ll give them a chance. The dude is a good speaker so I’ll make the assumption that he is a good writer as well.
Health
Been attempting to eat light. Not too much exercise other then cleaning out the garage. I know its pathetic but it HAS been raining for the past week.
Dream
Had a strange dream that I lived in this gigantic house, which was more of a building. Out in the back of it was a small park that lined a river. I remember I used other people’s money to buy this small piece of land. The rest of the dream I was searching for food and more importantly a bathroom. When I woke up I realized that I REALLY needed to go to the bathroom.
Weather
Been getting a lot of rain and warm weather. I was beginning to think that the sun exploded or something since it was nowhere to be found.
Last night a pretty bad storm came through. A lot of rain, and a lot of wind. It pushed on through and this morning it is partly cloudy with gusts of high wind. The temperature is 49 degrees and I slept with my window open. The temperature was a big surprise when I got up to go to the bathroom in my undies.
Mindless Banter
Hmm maybe I’ll go to a park today. It certainly seems like the type of day to do something like that.
Daily Good News
Thirty dollars to fill my tank now. The lowest I’ve seen gas is $1.71
Opinion
Why is it that it seems like all the miserable little goth kids are always LOOKING at me. I mean are they really looking at me or does it merely appear that way with all of their eye make-up? BAH!
Quote
“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy”
Lao Tzu
Well we are broke until I get paid again. I paid the bills, went shopping and filled the vans with gas. I don’t even have money to stop at Wawa in the morning for a cup of Joe. Auto insurance has been a pain since I put the other van onto it. I might shop around for a better deal. Also I might start ping ponging TV and Internet services to get them down to 100 bux a month for the first year. Then switch back when the year is up. Money is real tight and two holidays are RIGHT around the corner. I suppose so long as we have a place to live and something to eat we will be ok.
Work has been pretty busy these days. I have a lot to do. One big project and two-dozen smaller ones all topped off with a looming conversion to SAP. Luckily my little birdie has a little birdie of her own that tells her things, and as a result I am brushing up on my Cognos skills until I find out whose ass I need to kiss to get onto the SAP project. We use Cognos to report on our Data Warehouse and as far as I know that will NOT be going away. I think worst case scenario if I get canned (which seems unlikely but you never know) I can always contract.
Sharon and I did a lot of sticking to home this weekend. Again we do not have any money.
There was a lot of running around on Friday.
Early on I had two things I was programming a commission application to secure the way sales managers pay their salespeople, and another program to automatically change web logins when we give a salesperson the boot. Both of which are pretty important security wise.
Sharon was drove Marissa around to get her stitches removed and then we all headed over to the orthodontist to get her sized up for braces. That’s going to be fun to pay for.
Later Sharon and I did our food shopping, and stopped for a bite to eat and a cup of coffee. This is the last time we will be doing this for a few weeks.
Saturday pretty much consisted of me cleaning out the garage. I put a bunch of stuff out by the curb but no one took anything so I dumped a bunch of stuff off at Good Will.
It took me all day in the garage because I was not merely cleaning but organizing as well so I know where everything is. I still have a lot to do in there.
Today I think I’ll take it easy and enjoy the sun now that it has decided to shine down upon me.
Tinkering
Finally got my 240-volt outlet wired up in the garage. Now I just need some space in the garage to play with it.
Reading
Have a bunch of audio books to get through. I need to burn them onto a CD so I can listen to them on my way to and from work. I have two books by Barak Obama. I figure I’ll give them a chance. The dude is a good speaker so I’ll make the assumption that he is a good writer as well.
Health
Been attempting to eat light. Not too much exercise other then cleaning out the garage. I know its pathetic but it HAS been raining for the past week.
Dream
Had a strange dream that I lived in this gigantic house, which was more of a building. Out in the back of it was a small park that lined a river. I remember I used other people’s money to buy this small piece of land. The rest of the dream I was searching for food and more importantly a bathroom. When I woke up I realized that I REALLY needed to go to the bathroom.
Weather
Been getting a lot of rain and warm weather. I was beginning to think that the sun exploded or something since it was nowhere to be found.
Last night a pretty bad storm came through. A lot of rain, and a lot of wind. It pushed on through and this morning it is partly cloudy with gusts of high wind. The temperature is 49 degrees and I slept with my window open. The temperature was a big surprise when I got up to go to the bathroom in my undies.
Mindless Banter
Hmm maybe I’ll go to a park today. It certainly seems like the type of day to do something like that.
Daily Good News
Thirty dollars to fill my tank now. The lowest I’ve seen gas is $1.71
Opinion
Why is it that it seems like all the miserable little goth kids are always LOOKING at me. I mean are they really looking at me or does it merely appear that way with all of their eye make-up? BAH!
Quote
“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy”
Lao Tzu