I went out to Blue Knob in PA for some skiing yesterday. I was pretty decent, considering the warm temperatures. Toward the end of the day, the loose stuff was swept away revealing the ice sheets underneath and I quit trying to deal with that mess. I also managed to fall ( Read more... )

So what have I done since spending all of January sick with one bug after another (they queued up)? To be honest, I don't remember much. I've ridden horses a few times and last weekend, I went skiing. My legs didn't hurt afterward, so I guess I use the same muscles for both activities. It was fun, but expensive, what with the hot tub ( Read more... )

In no particular order, interesting things from the past two weeks:

• I visited my family for New Years and arrived just in time to see the fireworks going off nearby. Perfect view from the highway, audible from the house. We had a fire. (In the fireplace (except for the one time a piece of wood exploded and a fiery chunk of ember landed on my ( Read more... )

I'd stayed up late working on a website, so I woke up late around 9am with Snowflake purring furiously upon my shoulder. The first order of business was purging my computer of a trojan that had snuck on somehow. Meanwhile, I had breakfast while Keith took down our tree. Finally, I went to the stable ( Read more... )

We didn't run parcels this morning, though we should have, and we're still expected to scan our own if we want to get out anywhere near on time. Not that any of us did, regardless. I got back just a bit after six by skipping lunch and driving fast enough to upset people. One resident gave me a card that featured reindeer piloting airplanes with ( Read more... )

Work has been absolute chaos. This new postmaster can't organize or delegate for shit. Every day she's trying to reinvent the wheel when all of us have delivered more Christmas seasons than her. It's just stupid. Of course, half of it has to do with lacking clerks to sort out the mail to us in time. The three we have go as fast as they can, but ( Read more... )

I went to work. It was work. I also had a follow-up doctor's appointment in which we all concluded that lab tests are only useful some of the time. Also, I am well. After work, I worked on a website while the cats took turns trying to get my attention.

So, not dead yet, despite thinking I might break in half or sweat to death, last night. All praise antibiotics and doctors who can make educated guesses despite inconclusive lab results. It's nice having a competent doctor who calls repeatedly to check on you and make certain she guessed right while waiting on blood work to be processed ( Read more... )

We're continuing the deliver parcels after delivering your route strategy. I guess it works but the eleven hour days are shitty as always. I found a dead deer on my route today. It wasn't nearly as disconcerting as the dead dog.

In other news, because I've been bugged about it, here's my Amazon wishlist.

The past month, in summary: I've kept volunteering at the stable, I keep riding better, I keep doing aikido, I went on vacation in NH and rode horses there, bought maple syrup and helped organize a local union meeting at the post office. There are more detailed back-posts for anyone curious ( Read more... )