So the niece came back today, 3 wild fun filled days with my rents @ Disneyland so they came back from hot, to hotter as it was reported 105F in some areas of town, yowza!
I am still not back to full internet status, I dunno, being a tad unpluged helps - lot on my mind as of late, things like finances, apartments, relationships, etc. etc. etc. - just been a crazy 2 weeks with really bad sleep, hoping tonight to get some sleep in, but I am also thinking about calling in at work in the AM and let them know I’ll be in around 10, or not at all, but knowing me I’ll probably just give in and goto work and drag thru the day - I miss Foto Fridays.
Anywhoo - that’s all I have this evening, going to crash out now - hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!
I need a night away from the machine, it has been a long day with computers, and while I would love to continue looking at apartments online, the bottom line is, I need air tonight. I have 2 movies from Netflix, and a pizza on the way, so I am going to unwind in the living room and think happy thoughts (or mildly happy thoughts).
Well tonight I sat down and started my traffic school online, same thing I did previously, and this time instead of 2 days, it was 1 night, well for the quizes and such - now the fun part, the test - taking it to a notary and then faxing it in! Thankfully the receptionist at work is a notary, so hopefully she’ll hook me up with a deal
Today was alright, busy, got some headway on the upcoming end of fiscal year, still 1 thing to find, and a bug to work out (only prints 2 pages of what should be around 150 or so) but all in all it was good, even had good pastrami aside from the last bit that got cold due to someone coming and bugging me - but she’s a nice ol lady we’ll call “Pam” - but she put up some stuff on craig’s list with my magical help.
The bedroom is my pet project while I have the house to myself, mainly because I can flood the hall/living room with junk if needs be! and I am trying to sort out what to do with my couch, I like it, it’s comfy, spent many an afternoon at the old office downtown napping on it, as did some of my friends - memories (*tear*) but the time has come I suppose to maybe donate it to goodwill.
Still back and forth on the bigger project - aka the apartment, I have all the requirements now, 10 pay stubs, 1 which shows my raise, etc. etc. but I am trying to see what happens, as I “might” get this house, but at the same time I am kind of leaning towards the apartment simply because it’ll have things like AC, better cell coverage, a pool you know the little things, but I am going to run the numbers again on my budget, I want to be 100% sure, may need to wait 1 more month to build a bigger pad, but if things keep up as they are with folks giving me money and paying their bills, heck I may have me a steady line of cashflow and then some! God is Good!
Anywhoo - its nearly 12:30 - I am still awake after a LONG day, getting woke up when the squid and rents left, so I should be getting myself to bed, of course it’s covered with laundry, so I may hit the couch and double/triple remind myself to set an alarm out there! Have a Wonderful Fake Friday folks, the real one will be here before you know it!
The only downside to sleeping thru the heat of the day, is an upside, working thru the cool of the night - right now it’s finally cooling off, below 80F and humidity is lower now too, plus a mild breeze it’s down quite a bit from the 102F it was earlier.
I enjoy the summer time, heat doesn’t bother me so much - it’s the back and forth really, thus why I am happy with work that I have AC in the car finally, so that I can stay close to the same temp in and out, but now I just need to get a greater pull of AC to my office, or the OK on the upcoming quotes which will get me a quarter rack to mount the servers in, and vent the heat up thru the intake vs. into the room, at that point I imagine the AC would do fine.
Tonight I went over my accounts, then suddenly one account spiked with funds, literally between clicks - it’s the 15th (duh!) apparently it skipped my mind that it was billing day, and in a matter of minutes transactions galore from payments pouring in from the billing system, quite a big month, few yearly renewals etc. so got plenty of funds for the rise in the price of gas
Anywhoo - I am going to try to sleep thru the cool of the evening as well, though I lay down then I am wide awake again, so we’ll see what happens, maybe some brainless time with Hulu and Netflix to pass the evening in hopes the morning will come and I’ll be rested! A guy can hope! Happy Father’s day to all the dad’s out there! Night!
Just wrapping up the last bits of a very lovely lazy Friday, just a day that did seem to drag, but I made it thru, zoned out watching movies with Dad, and snagging pizza as Mom is out for the weekend @ a baby shower for Harmony, so twas just the guys.
The week has been week-like Got a new customer, lost 2 sadly on the FH side, which happens now and again, especially with the lower end hosting, but I picked up a new customer that covers those lost, amazing how things sometimes appear to balance each other out.
Monday I am getting the new mailservers online, looking forward to offering the enhanced service as part of FH’s offerings, and in time the business class packages on TN - but spent some time today re-working the possiblities of TN’s logo, I really need to get some outside help as I created the original TN logo, so I am a tad close to it, but I may ask Dan and Adam both to take a peek at what I have currently and see if they can bring it up to 2008.
But this weekend brings some fun I hope, I may tag along with Scott and buy myself a Costco card, be nice to goto Costco as needed, especially for Yakitory! But I may also just sleep away the weekend and call it good, but should be a relaxing one (I hope) might even get my AC installed in my bedroom since 100F+ days are coming soon.
Anywhoo - going to go search thru NetFlix instant views, and see what I can find.. sadly missed BSG and Doctor Who - but I’ll catch em on the flip side I’m sure…. just sad BSG (which has been getting good) is going to disappear after this episode till 2009, but Stargate Atlantis is possibly around the corner, so I may live for now I’ll zone out and sleep.
Not a ton to say, just one of those days, things wrapping up - got a raise, get health insurance tomorrow, possibly dental & vision - almost a real grown up now… man what is this world coming to? lol.
Busy is just my middle name as of late, actually have a project I was supposed to run tonight, but I was too tired to think, all I have now is the things that always grind on my mind, life choices, emotions, projects, but no active thought to work with, just ideas - this constant flow … but it was nice to see Bones was on TNT a older episode I hadn’t seen, so I enjoyed watching it, like The Office and some other TV shows, it’s one of those shows I caught the later seasons, and now I am re-visiting the original stuff, and it’s a good show, I just like to work with a more mature character dev & story line than have the patience to see it built — and no I am not one of those read the last page of the book kind of people.
Just really sitting here tonight just taking it all in, this job, my business, my health, my projects, my emotions - it’s been a roller coaster of a year, from tight funds, to doing okay, to a raise which will help quite a bit re-build things like my savings, but also give me some extra room to play with Thrust Networks, things moving forward it seems - and heck the lady down the street even told me a relationship would happen for me soon - so I mean she has to be right - Ms. Right, come on down! But being a touch silly aside, things are going good, Matt is coming down the 21st, active in church again via the Hub, great friends, supportive family, fun jobs, just ready to let go of some things and just let it happen for once instead of finding all that could go wrong and really moving forward.
Anywhoo - that’s my random bit for the evening, going to hit the pillow, set my phone as a backup alarm as the weather is really really windy, and last thing I want is my alarm to NOT go off, so for now, farewell - sleep well, and enjoy your Fake Friday. Night.
So for a few days I keep trying to blog, but nothing ever comes of it - but today I had to - so much going on, had to get some of it down out of the ol brain, but just also a lot of busy busy coming up - for instance the title, Tuesday I get my quotes, for virtualizing the entire office - all desktops to virtual setups, rather clever idea, and work-able too… so we’ll see what the final price point is, and go from there, who knows may work, or my fear will come true and my boss/admin board will go “Huh? No.” as they sometimes fear things that are new / different.
Sorting out some projects, been one of those weeks where a pile of projects seemed to all take various twists and turns, one ended - never got to production, but now sorting out the final bits, should go smoothly though I hope - but more are on the horizon, thankfully not as involved, and with folks who want simplicity vs. complexity, not as fun, but easier to complete
Weather is heating up, was 104F coming home from work today, of course it’s still mighty toasty out, but welcome to summer! Need to work on my bedroom a bit, or look at apartments - basically something with more advanced cooling than the swamp cooler - but as usual I’m sure I’ll survive, already loosing some weight from the lovely shift in weather, but that’ll go away with Winter.
Anywhoo - just rambling now so I think I’ve reached my goal, and I am going to call it a night, nearly midnight and I feel ready for sleep, just don’t wanna wake up for work tomorrow - but I’ll do my best. Night.
you know the little things, but I am going to run the numbers again on my budget, I want to be 100% sure, may need to wait 1 more month to build a bigger pad, but if things keep up as they are with folks giving me money and paying their bills, heck I may have me a steady line of cashflow and then some! God is Good!
