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So it's been about a year since I was diagnosed with ADD - I had a routine maintenance appt with my doc last night and it always reminds me how much better it's been, how much more stable I feel since I became aware of and treated the ADD.
One of the things I told him was how my life seemed to be in one of those weird times of confluence, where everything falls into place. I've been puttering around with the unpacking of the house (I've been there a year and the 35 book boxes are still taking up half my living room) and replacing / fixing my computer for forever and finally, it all just clicked. The slow wearing away at the library unpacking and IKEA bookshelf installs has paid off with a nice clean, open library awaiting my books. When an "extra" paycheck came up, I took about a day to decide to order a new computer so that I could load the library database software I wanted, so I can scan the books in downstairs before hauling them upstairs to the library. The new computer came this past weekend and it's beyooooutiful. This coming weekend, I'm going to split my time between processing the books into the library and re-genning my old machine.
The old box will be my mom's birthday present - it's a nice little machine, still speedy and roomy. I just outgrew it. But Mom and Dad have been thinking about getting a computer for a while and I think this will ease them into the notion. And I know Mom will enjoy being online. I can see her getting into the online communities and meeting new people.
maigrey helped set up my boxen for file sharing so we could dump the old into the new (and oooh it just rattles around its big new home!). Took several hours, but it finished before I had to go to bed. I owe her a batch of (healthy, fat free?) baked goods for that! (And shush, maigrey, I have spoken!)
Bitter Mike called late Sunday night and promises to get back to me about a good weekend for visiting. We both got busy right after our last volley of emails, and I'm glad his life is settling down again into something less crazy. Looking forward to seeing him again before the year is out.
I should start writing here again. I keep thinking of things I'd like to write, as they happen, but until they hook to interface directly into my thoughts, I'll probably always be a little sketchy with the updates.
Oh, and the new Krispy Kreme is still under construction.
One of the things I told him was how my life seemed to be in one of those weird times of confluence, where everything falls into place. I've been puttering around with the unpacking of the house (I've been there a year and the 35 book boxes are still taking up half my living room) and replacing / fixing my computer for forever and finally, it all just clicked. The slow wearing away at the library unpacking and IKEA bookshelf installs has paid off with a nice clean, open library awaiting my books. When an "extra" paycheck came up, I took about a day to decide to order a new computer so that I could load the library database software I wanted, so I can scan the books in downstairs before hauling them upstairs to the library. The new computer came this past weekend and it's beyooooutiful. This coming weekend, I'm going to split my time between processing the books into the library and re-genning my old machine.
The old box will be my mom's birthday present - it's a nice little machine, still speedy and roomy. I just outgrew it. But Mom and Dad have been thinking about getting a computer for a while and I think this will ease them into the notion. And I know Mom will enjoy being online. I can see her getting into the online communities and meeting new people.
maigrey helped set up my boxen for file sharing so we could dump the old into the new (and oooh it just rattles around its big new home!). Took several hours, but it finished before I had to go to bed. I owe her a batch of (healthy, fat free?) baked goods for that! (And shush, maigrey, I have spoken!)
Bitter Mike called late Sunday night and promises to get back to me about a good weekend for visiting. We both got busy right after our last volley of emails, and I'm glad his life is settling down again into something less crazy. Looking forward to seeing him again before the year is out.
I should start writing here again. I keep thinking of things I'd like to write, as they happen, but until they hook to interface directly into my thoughts, I'll probably always be a little sketchy with the updates.
Oh, and the new Krispy Kreme is still under construction.