New Hardware

Our office ordered a high volume scanner to grab all the documents we need to place on our website.

It arrived on Monday and the technician installed it today. Tomorrow they're supposed to train us on usage but it's not really necessary since it's all software driven and we're pretty good with figuring out software.

According to Jim

Just taking a look at this sitcom and I know there is no where near reality.

In the real world there is no one who looks like Jim Belushi that would be able to get a woman like Courtney Thorne Smith as a wife.

Let's face it guys, cheerleaders don't go for C- guys

Ahh

I actually had sleep. For the first time in about 2 weeks I woke up refreshed. I don't have the option of getting 10 hours sleep a night. Maybe I'll try that during the weekends.

I'm just so busy doing nothing that it occupies my time.

Ugh

I left early because I'm terrified that I'll fall asleep on the way home and get into a car accident. So in what is a small level of desperation I sucked down 2 cups of double espressos and vibrated my way to my car.

I managed to not kill myself. So all-in-all it was a good ride.

Now to get some sleep.

Insomnia?

I woke up at 1:00 a.m. with only 3 hours sleep. That coupled with the fact that I didn't sleep much this weekend sets up for a long day.

I will have to get up and walk around the office several times so I don't fall asleep at the office.

I thought it was just a movie

I never knew that there was really a hotel built from ice. I thought is was just a James Bond movie thing.

My way of relaxing.

I have been playing alot of City of Heroes and now City of Villains online. I don't play much of the single player games anymore.

Since I'm alone now, this is what I do to keep myself occupied when I'm not working in the house.

Yes, pretty lame but that's all I have.

Out with the boys again.

Today I hung out with old friends and dis a bit of pencil and paper roleplaying. We usually play Dungeons & Dragons or Champions. Today was a Champions session.

It's been several years since I played, I haven't been with the guys since I med my wife and we've had our son. That's about 3 or 4 years now.

I know that many folks consider it a loser thing but I don't think or worry about those things.

I had a good time, even though I was tired as all hell,

Drats

I guess I'm gonna have to get used to the idea my wife has a form of schizophrenia. Today she's not too sure about coming back home at this moment.

I understand this deals with her mother but I will have to pull the plug on this at some time. She's putting herself through a ton of stress that she doesn't deserve or need.

Of course, I have to admit to a degree of self-serving attention here because I miss her and ou son immensely.

It pains me to get telephone calls from her in pain.

Problems afoot

My wife called me last night distressed because of problems with her mother and sister. Our final decision is for my wife to come home now. It will cause problems out there but I think it will be better with her here. Of course she'll be trading one level of stress for another but we'll be together.

For one thing we don't have a bed anymore. I've been sleeping on the couch and our home looks more like a warehouse than an apartment. I'm not sure what will happen now or when her timetable for return is but we'll figure something out.


The part that burns me is the cost of shipping all the items back home that I sent to them. It cost me about $500.00 to send the packages out there so it will probably be another $500.00 to send them back home.

Turkey day

This may be one of the most depressing days yet.

This is our first Thanksgiving my wife and I will be apart, that coupled with this as our son's 2nd Thanksgiving and he's advanced so much that it's killing me to be here alone.

Yesterday my wife told me our son started running.

I miss them so much, I'm feeling sorry for myself. I just have to find a way to deal with it.

Price of gas

Queens Boulevard
Rego Park, Queens, NY

Another dime drop in low grade from last week but mid-grade and high grade get a six cents drop from last week.

Tension at the office

Today I got into an argument with my boss. He wanted me to give him a solution to our website issue.

The thing is I had a solution but it's not the one he wants. When I developed the site I made it as simple as I can make it. The problem is simple isn't always time effective and that's what he wanted to avoid.

I had to get creative with what we had available to ur and what my HTML skills allowed, not to mention my budget was $0.00 dollars. So I got it to work but there were a myriad of details to follow. That's what he didn't want now.

Yada...Yada....Yada, he stormed off frustrated with me because I didn't have an an acceptable answer and I asked him, "What do you want me to tell you, because I see this is how this conversation is going, so I'll lie to you".

Lazy Sunday

Well yesterday was a sluggish day. I met up with my buddy who had my jacket, of which I consider myself very fortunate. I was very worried about identity theft or the possibility of it.

We hung out for a couple of hours. I picked up City of Villains which looks like a cool game. I already play City of Heroes so it doesn't add to my subscription cost.

I was so tired that I fell asleep at 5:00 p.m. watching television. Eeks.

Aftermath

Well...

I woke up in bed fully dressed. The kicker is I don't remember much of last night after a few beers.

The part that really bothers me is that apparently I lost my jacket. That's not a big deal because I can always buy another one.

The bad part is the jacket contained my paystub from last week, which contains my name, address and social security number. Bad move on my part. I also think I left my bank deposit slip as well.

I'm calling the bar to see if my jacket is there but so far no one's picking up.

Uh oh

I changed my mind. I'm going to the bar cause I gotta get out of here. I need to blow off some steam.

Time to go out.

I made a commitment to go to Hogs and Heffers in downtown Manhattan tonight but I think I'm going to cancel because I don't want to get too wrecked.

Without my wife here I'm afraid I might not be able to control myself.

Eating fish in a land locked state

My wife isn't feeling too good. We only spoke once yesterday, the night before she ate linguine with clam sauce out there and it didn't sit too well with her.

Free again

I am no longer tied down to the bidding process. I can now feel my normal level of hostility rather than the elevated levels of serial killer. I don't want to feel too over the top. It gives me too much tension and stress.

Price of gas a year ago

Price of gas

Queens Boulevard

Rego Park, Queens, NY

Another week another dime. I guess the line of logic from the oil magnates would be, "Look at the amount of money you're taking out of the mouths of our employees families."

News on my son

My wife told me my son is now saying "mama", "cracker" and "Benny" (my mother-in-law's dog). There were two or more words but I can't remember.

I miss them both so.

Work sucks.

Bidding is starting to come to a halt for this month. We're supposed to hit another 20 or so bids for next month but that's all rumors.

We hired another employee to help out with the bidding process but it turns out that she's already looking for another job.

Just my luck that I'm about to be cut loose from the Bidding Department that I'm gonna get stuck in even longer.

Like Michael Corleone said, "Just as I'm getting out they pull me right in!"

Happy face

I realized I haven't posted a picture in a while so here goes.


I noticed this one on MSNBC.com and thought it was too cool to just let it sit.

Semi-Busy

It's been two days and my legs still ache for the walking I did on Friday.

It doesn't seem like a big deal but considering that amount of walking was the most excercise I got in the last year I suppose I should be happy my legs didn't fall off.

I still had to take a walk and pick up more tape to seal the boxes.

Another busy Saturday

I sent another 2 boxes out to my wife, they contain only a few toys for the baby, plus a few diapers and things.

I also included the booster chair for the baby. My wife was hoping for it.

I kept myself busy today packing a few boxes and grocery shopping.

Lousy Friday

Today I took a half day at the office to make a doctor's appointment.

It turns out my blood pressure is too high and my blood sugar is high as well. I have to cut on my smoking and alcohol consumption.

To make matters worse the subway system lost power on the line that takes me home. I had to walk a couple of miles to get home.

What should have been a 1 hour trip back turned out to take 3 hours. My legs began to cramp up in the last 1/2 mile.

Still going

I picked up 10 small boxes to pack the books in our living room. I'm hoping to have them all packed by the weekend.

Topsy turvy

I left early today.

I didn't plan on leaving early it just happened. I left at 4:00 thinking it was 5:00. I was thrown off between the time difference and my not changing the time on my clock at the office.

Price of gas

Queens Boulevard

Rego Park, Queens, NY

Another week and another dime. This on the day they testify before Congress. I'm still not impressed.

Back to work

Heading into the office and I don't know what I'll do. My stress is still making me a little jittery.

A me day

I took a personal day today because I just couldn't deal with things today.

I had a bit of anxiety and anger. I know that if I went into the office I would end up doing something that would get me into trouble. So I took the day off rather than get fired or quit.

My levels of stress are just driving me up a wall.

Wierd weekend

I was going to see Doom today but I was too tired because I didn't sleep much last night. I was up since 3:00 in the morning and fell asleep in the middle of the day.

I woke up at 5:30 in the evening. My first worry was that I woke up on Monday morning and I was running late. I turned on the television to see the news and the TV's guide told me it was still Sunday. Lucky me.

That was a bit disorienting.

Not much of anything

I sent off another 2 boxes to my wife. I did a little grocery shopping and that's about it.

I was feeling particularly lazy.

Now what?

I woke up at 2:00 this morning with numbness in my left arm. I was worried that I'm having some kind of stroke but it went away mostly.

I still have a little numbing in my pinky and ring finger. I think I just pinched a nerve but I'm worried that this is something that will get worse.

There's never a good time for this kind of thing to happen but this is one of the worst times.

Office craziness

Heavy bidding at the office today. We have a bid going in on a semi-large job for the DEP. In DEP terms it's a small job, it's estimated budget is $11,000,000.

Things are a bit frantic here today.

Yesterday we had a large amount of drama here. Something about harrassment. I don't know all the details and I don't think I want to. Let them all fight it out and those of us on the outside will just do our jobs.

Not too sharp

I was watching television this morning before heading into the office and I was watching a KFC commercial that's been on for weeks or months for their wings but I never really paid attention to it.

I actually heard it and realized they were playing Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama to push Kentucky Fried Chicken.

That don't make much sense to me.

I'm such a geek

I got home and my copy of Star Wars Episode III was waiting for me. While it's not a big deal by any means I now have all six movies.

It gives me a sense of accomplishment.

I liked this episode although I think they went to great means to tie up all the loose ends.

Price of gas

Queens Boulevard

Rego Park, Queens, NY

Another 10 cents in a week. This comes after Exxon reports a 74% increase in profits for the last quarter.

We're supposed to feel sorry for them. The sad part is that there will be no backlash and the oil companies will get away with it.

Trick of Treat

My niece and nephew went trick-or-treating last night as Kung Fu Masters. The fact that they just came back from martial arts training didn't hurt any.

They had a good time and gathered a nice haul of candy. My sister is good at limiting the kids' intake. Ironically when we were kids, my sister and I had no such monitoring. Perhaps that's the reason she's so diligent about it.