Well, as with all my latest posts...this one is long overdue as well. But here's an update finally in the form the most favorite snippets about what's been happening in my world.
(1) I turned in a week notice a week ago and my last day of work with my current employer was this past Monday. I've turned in the notice for only a week because my new job that I got (congratulations to me) starts the day after Memorial Day. I would describe the job in more details but right now I'm not sure what to disclose on it since it involves a bit of confidential work information. But we'll see what happens. I'm excited about it but also kind of missing my previous employer. It's probably the only job and company I've actually enjoyed a lot since I was laid off from them the first time. And since the company I enjoyed so much hired me back, they also planned to shut down I'm sure before they hired me back the second time but I was glad to go back to work for them even if I left them this time before they terminated my employment since the company was closing for good and permanently this time.
(2) I'm also starting a new apartment search which isn't the most fun in the world. I want to find a new place to live that's about five miles from my new job. My current apartment is about 5 miles from where I live and I would like my new place to be as close to where I live. Gas is creeping up and I'm not sure if it is because it is the Memorial Day weekend or if just gas period is going back up again. I found an apartment I like that has an upstairs balcony overlooking the trees which makes it so peaceful. But I'm not sure about the neighbors around. And this particular unit isn't available for even a viewing until the first week of June because someone is currently a resident in the rental unit I reserved a deposit for. So hopefully in a few weeks I'll be able to see the actual unit and make sure it's clean and nice and comfortable...and non smoking for sure. I'll keep you posted on that. I'm excited about having an apartment that has windows you can open and a sliding glass door you can use to go out into the balcony and let some fresh air inside the apartment when the weather turns cooler. Right now we're in the middle of summer here in the south and we have heat and humidity at this point. But hopefully that's going to change in the near future.
I guess that's all for now. I'd like to write more but just not feeling overly expressive. Have a safe and relaxing Memorial Day weekend!!
Friday, May 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Snippets/Comments/Blog Updates
Well the weekend came and went...here's a update...finally.
And of course in snippets:
(1) I had an interview today for a new job. I didn't mention this before but my current position is going away by the end of the year because the company lost a contract. So the entire company is closing down operations. I will miss this company. It's a great company. I enjoy the position a lot. The technology is a bit behind the modern day world of Windows Vista and Office 2007 but the work environment is very nice. I actually worked for this company before back in 2008 and was laid off. I left in good standing so the company hired me back a year ago...only this time to close down complete operations. More details as it evolves...I would likely take this new job I interviewed with today if offered the job. I guess the good news is there are two positions and a total of six people that are being interviewed. So the odds are somewhat good. I'm also friends with one person that works there already so that might help. I didn't get coached on the interview questions so I think it was fair to all parties.
(2) For the past few days I think I've been nursing a cold or flu. I had a fever so I went to the urgent care facility close by to get checked out. I had a fever of 102 and felt a little achy but nothing else. No real cough...no sore throat, nothing. So I'm not sure. My mom was sick recently so maybe that has something to do with how I feel now. I'm not sure. I just hope to feel better soon. It's no fun. I've missed at least two days this week...and did go in twice to work but left both times not feeling well.
(3) My friend Jeremy is still feeling the loss of his partner. I really just can't imagine how he must feel right now. The loss of your husband, wife, partner has to be a very trying time in your life. I can only hope he can heal and move on once he has time to grieve. I think the most important he takes time to sort his feelings and get help if needed. Jeremy I know you read this please let me know if you want/need to talk. I'm here for you. I wish you nothing but inner peace.
I guess that's it for now. I know regular updates although short would be better than a long time between updates. I'll do my best to do this more often. Have a good week ahead!!
And of course in snippets:
(1) I had an interview today for a new job. I didn't mention this before but my current position is going away by the end of the year because the company lost a contract. So the entire company is closing down operations. I will miss this company. It's a great company. I enjoy the position a lot. The technology is a bit behind the modern day world of Windows Vista and Office 2007 but the work environment is very nice. I actually worked for this company before back in 2008 and was laid off. I left in good standing so the company hired me back a year ago...only this time to close down complete operations. More details as it evolves...I would likely take this new job I interviewed with today if offered the job. I guess the good news is there are two positions and a total of six people that are being interviewed. So the odds are somewhat good. I'm also friends with one person that works there already so that might help. I didn't get coached on the interview questions so I think it was fair to all parties.
(2) For the past few days I think I've been nursing a cold or flu. I had a fever so I went to the urgent care facility close by to get checked out. I had a fever of 102 and felt a little achy but nothing else. No real cough...no sore throat, nothing. So I'm not sure. My mom was sick recently so maybe that has something to do with how I feel now. I'm not sure. I just hope to feel better soon. It's no fun. I've missed at least two days this week...and did go in twice to work but left both times not feeling well.
(3) My friend Jeremy is still feeling the loss of his partner. I really just can't imagine how he must feel right now. The loss of your husband, wife, partner has to be a very trying time in your life. I can only hope he can heal and move on once he has time to grieve. I think the most important he takes time to sort his feelings and get help if needed. Jeremy I know you read this please let me know if you want/need to talk. I'm here for you. I wish you nothing but inner peace.
I guess that's it for now. I know regular updates although short would be better than a long time between updates. I'll do my best to do this more often. Have a good week ahead!!
Friday, April 12, 2013
An Update...A Short Update
This blog hasn't had regular updates...that's the bad news. The good news is this weekend I will update. I totally 100% promise to update.
On a sad note, please share with me some sympathy for my good fellow blogging friend Jeremy. His blog is to the right called "New Homo Blogo". His partner passed away recently and from what I've read he's having a very hard time right now.
Please send him up a prayer and wish for his healing.
Have a good Friday everyone!!
On a sad note, please share with me some sympathy for my good fellow blogging friend Jeremy. His blog is to the right called "New Homo Blogo". His partner passed away recently and from what I've read he's having a very hard time right now.
Please send him up a prayer and wish for his healing.
Have a good Friday everyone!!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Writer Dude Checks In Again...
Well, hello there...I realize a new blog posting is long over due so here goes with my world soon to be famous snippets and bits of information from my world.
(1) I'm still NOT biting my finger nails. The nails have grown out well and I need to post a new picture of them for you to see. Not bragging or anything but the nails do look a lot nicer than they used to be. No longer torn up and looking ugly. No longer bleeding or the pain I used to have when I'd bit them down low and then have pain because of that. No way now...they are looking good. I've noticed now that I scratch myself because of the length and probably will trim them again soon...but I hope I can say very soon that I'm a reformed finger nail biter. And it's pretty nice...but they still look tempting at times to bite and look ugly again. I guess this is just repressed energy or focus on something like that.
(2) I'm still at work at the same company I used to work for but I'm having serious doubts about the company's long term viability here. I enjoy the job very much...well most days at least but I tend to think this company will close its doors here and move back up north or send jobs to another outsourced company that can do the labor more cheaply. I work in a contact center of sorts providing help to the center manager and staff and agents and also provide outside support to remote users and other persons within the company in other states. I don't travel with the company which I'm not really overly disappointed in so that makes me happy. I don't like to fly and I would prefer not to have to drive 700 miles to get to a destination. And this position is only straight hours, set hours, Monday to Friday without having to be on call or have extra duty work outside of a normal 40 hour work week. The only call people have a higher ranking and job title and that also suits me just fine.
(3) I am also volunteering in another capacity with access to new technology and software and hardware applications my current position does not offer. The volunteering is two days a week for four hours a day. So by the end of the week, like this week, it's Thursday, I'm pretty worn out and sleepy. And last night I didn't sleep as well as I could have liked because I find as I get older, the ability to wind down from work and clear the mind is more and more difficult. But it's really not that bad I say. Just need to wind down the mind without prescription sleep aids and melatonin and other natural sleep enhancements.
(4) For those of you who may remember, the TV show Alice from the 1970's was on Netflix so I rented a one disk of the greatest shows deemed by some person.
Below is a clip of the show:
And the one particular episode had a football player tell Linda Lavin the star of the show that he was gay...and Linda Lavin has a son named Tommy. Once this football player tells him he's gay...Linda Lavin has doubts about the gay guy taking her son on a fishing trip. But Linda Lavin's character relents and they say they will remain good friends.Which is nice but i seriously doubt most people will come around that quickly...but I have to realize it takes time for people not exposed to us gay people to feel differently about us. But it's still amazing for a show from the 1970's to have something so adult like gay themes back then. If I had remembered this episode in my past, maybe I could have grown up happier and more adjusted. But I think that would also mean I'd need more love and acceptance from my parents...which I really don't have nor had growing up. But that's another story...a different story.
Thanks for stopping by...as always promise to write again soon!!
(1) I'm still NOT biting my finger nails. The nails have grown out well and I need to post a new picture of them for you to see. Not bragging or anything but the nails do look a lot nicer than they used to be. No longer torn up and looking ugly. No longer bleeding or the pain I used to have when I'd bit them down low and then have pain because of that. No way now...they are looking good. I've noticed now that I scratch myself because of the length and probably will trim them again soon...but I hope I can say very soon that I'm a reformed finger nail biter. And it's pretty nice...but they still look tempting at times to bite and look ugly again. I guess this is just repressed energy or focus on something like that.
(2) I'm still at work at the same company I used to work for but I'm having serious doubts about the company's long term viability here. I enjoy the job very much...well most days at least but I tend to think this company will close its doors here and move back up north or send jobs to another outsourced company that can do the labor more cheaply. I work in a contact center of sorts providing help to the center manager and staff and agents and also provide outside support to remote users and other persons within the company in other states. I don't travel with the company which I'm not really overly disappointed in so that makes me happy. I don't like to fly and I would prefer not to have to drive 700 miles to get to a destination. And this position is only straight hours, set hours, Monday to Friday without having to be on call or have extra duty work outside of a normal 40 hour work week. The only call people have a higher ranking and job title and that also suits me just fine.
(3) I am also volunteering in another capacity with access to new technology and software and hardware applications my current position does not offer. The volunteering is two days a week for four hours a day. So by the end of the week, like this week, it's Thursday, I'm pretty worn out and sleepy. And last night I didn't sleep as well as I could have liked because I find as I get older, the ability to wind down from work and clear the mind is more and more difficult. But it's really not that bad I say. Just need to wind down the mind without prescription sleep aids and melatonin and other natural sleep enhancements.
(4) For those of you who may remember, the TV show Alice from the 1970's was on Netflix so I rented a one disk of the greatest shows deemed by some person.
Below is a clip of the show:
And the one particular episode had a football player tell Linda Lavin the star of the show that he was gay...and Linda Lavin has a son named Tommy. Once this football player tells him he's gay...Linda Lavin has doubts about the gay guy taking her son on a fishing trip. But Linda Lavin's character relents and they say they will remain good friends.Which is nice but i seriously doubt most people will come around that quickly...but I have to realize it takes time for people not exposed to us gay people to feel differently about us. But it's still amazing for a show from the 1970's to have something so adult like gay themes back then. If I had remembered this episode in my past, maybe I could have grown up happier and more adjusted. But I think that would also mean I'd need more love and acceptance from my parents...which I really don't have nor had growing up. But that's another story...a different story.
Thanks for stopping by...as always promise to write again soon!!
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Checking in...
Hey there...welcome back to my world.
I know I've been absent lately but life is just busy lately...and I do need to take time to write things down and I hope to get a new entry out there soon.
Excuses..excuses I know.
Stay tuned. I promise one soon!!
I know I've been absent lately but life is just busy lately...and I do need to take time to write things down and I hope to get a new entry out there soon.
Excuses..excuses I know.
Stay tuned. I promise one soon!!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Fingernail Not Biting Status Update And Other Blather
Hello everyone welcome back...It's Thursday night and I thought I'd write a few quick lines before I go to sleep and get back into a Friday at work.
Snippets are pretty good things...so let's continue:
(1) Nail biting. The nails continue to grow at this point. See the pictures just below. I do pick at the skin around the nails but so far haven't bitten them at all...but I'm very very tempted to do so. But I haven't and now we're into the 10th day of the new year and the nails are starting to look much nicer. I hope I can really stop biting my nails this time around. I get nervous and I have chewing gum at my desk but I really want to stop. I'm tired of nasty looking finger nails. Perhaps maybe in two or three months I'll be no longer tempted to bit them off and make them look nasty.
The last one is my left hand...and a mess of computer wires too. It's not easy to take a picture with your smart phone and make it not blurry on the left hand...or is it the other way around?
(2) Work is going well...it's been a little bit slow. I moved back to working evenings again mostly since our PC project is out of the way. I do come in for our morning meetings and today I stayed rather than go back home. Tomorrow we have another meeting at 10 a.m. so that might help with getting me back home earlier rather than later. Been working on deploying computers in my building to replace..(Jeremy I know you can appreciate it...Optiplex GX270 workstations).
(3) My dad's birthday was today. He turned 81, I am tempted to call him but I may just wait until tomorrow when he is off work. We haven't been getting a long very well lately and I really would not want to call him so late...nor do I want to face whatever drama he may come up with on a phone call.
I'll have to write more over the weekend. I'm just sleepy but I did want to give a fingernail progress report. Have a good weekend!! And I'll write again soon!!
Snippets are pretty good things...so let's continue:
(1) Nail biting. The nails continue to grow at this point. See the pictures just below. I do pick at the skin around the nails but so far haven't bitten them at all...but I'm very very tempted to do so. But I haven't and now we're into the 10th day of the new year and the nails are starting to look much nicer. I hope I can really stop biting my nails this time around. I get nervous and I have chewing gum at my desk but I really want to stop. I'm tired of nasty looking finger nails. Perhaps maybe in two or three months I'll be no longer tempted to bit them off and make them look nasty.
(2) Work is going well...it's been a little bit slow. I moved back to working evenings again mostly since our PC project is out of the way. I do come in for our morning meetings and today I stayed rather than go back home. Tomorrow we have another meeting at 10 a.m. so that might help with getting me back home earlier rather than later. Been working on deploying computers in my building to replace..(Jeremy I know you can appreciate it...Optiplex GX270 workstations).
(3) My dad's birthday was today. He turned 81, I am tempted to call him but I may just wait until tomorrow when he is off work. We haven't been getting a long very well lately and I really would not want to call him so late...nor do I want to face whatever drama he may come up with on a phone call.
I'll have to write more over the weekend. I'm just sleepy but I did want to give a fingernail progress report. Have a good weekend!! And I'll write again soon!!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
New Years Goals--STOP Nail Biting
Happy New Year everyone!!
I wish all of you a sincere and happy upcoming 2013!! I'm just checking in for a few moments and will post more this week.
First off, I'm trying to bite my finger nails as we start in 2013. Below are my pictures taken on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 on the left and on the right. Notice how bad they look. My new goal for this year is to stop biting them completely once and for all. I've started before and stopped...so now I turn to this blog as a way of trying to make sure I'll stop this time for good.
Below are my two pictures...
I really want to stop biting them so I'm trying to reduce stress and just avoid nibbles completely. I'll post a picture every other day and keep you updated on its progress.
Until this week...
I wish all of you a sincere and happy upcoming 2013!! I'm just checking in for a few moments and will post more this week.
First off, I'm trying to bite my finger nails as we start in 2013. Below are my pictures taken on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 on the left and on the right. Notice how bad they look. My new goal for this year is to stop biting them completely once and for all. I've started before and stopped...so now I turn to this blog as a way of trying to make sure I'll stop this time for good.
Below are my two pictures...
Until this week...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Yet Again More Snippets From Your Blogger Guy...
Well, with sincerest apologies my blog post is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overdue. So in keepiung with with the CNN Headline News process...I present to you my snippets.
(1) Since we last talked...I have a small victory to celebrate. I'm so very happy that Barack Obama won for President again in 2012 that I can stand it. I'm glad and proud that he recognizes me and my partner as actual human beings. I had sincere doubts that he'd not win this election because of all the negative campaign commercials and smear tactics used by all the super PACS and other organizations hell bent on not giving Obama a second term. For those who voted for him, I say this...never underestimate the power of large groups of people in the political process. And oh yeah CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT OBAMA!!
(2) Work is going well...been busy lately. We have a PC Refresh project going on...something I know Jeremy can appreciate. We're helping by having people remotely setting up computers and then we go in and configure them using remote control utilities. More often than not a lot of the people have very little IT experience so it can be taxing at times...but the project appears to be going well nonethless.
(3) I bought me one of the below for Christmas...and it's even more amazing to me than I thought it would be. I bought decaffeinated coffee to brew but combined it with chocolate syrup and trying it with mini chocolate chips this weekend when I don't have to get up at any particular time. So stay tuned. I'll take some pictures. It's easy and fun and tasty...but the machine is a little bit loud. Kind of louder than a blender. I guess it's that way because it's grinding up the larger size ice chunks in the blender.
(4) Life is going well. I'm trying to get organized but lately the internet and just chilling out after work is what I prefer to do. I do try and take time to exercise at the local college...I go between 3 and 4 miles over an hour which is a pretty spiffy walking pace. I cheated today and bought fast food after my walk and shopping trip to Target...I felt like i deserved it. And I think I did. Two sandwiches and french fries. I polished it off at home with some sweet tea (decaffeinated also) and then some soy milk smoothie drink. A picture of that is also below:
(5) I plan to go home this weekend to visit my partner and his siblings. So far it looks like his two sisters from out of state will be there tomorrow night, his other sisters that live close by, his brother, his mother, and his nephews from out of state and their wives...so it's going to be busy. Plus my partner is going to be cooking a whole turkey for a dinner tomorrow night. I hope to be home before it's done so I can see how it turns out for him. He's excited. He's also making Pepperridge Farm dressing so it should all be delicious. I might just need to grab a sandwich on the way home to make room for a home cooked meal. He usually doesn't cook so this is an especially nice treat.
(6) I have decided for sure to get back and blog more frequently. I also decided I'm going to take some pictures and paste it on a sheet of paper and write some poetry. There's really no good excuse why I can't start writing more...it's a good source of expressing yourself.
I guess that's all for now. Hope all of you are well...be safe and have a great weekend!!
(1) Since we last talked...I have a small victory to celebrate. I'm so very happy that Barack Obama won for President again in 2012 that I can stand it. I'm glad and proud that he recognizes me and my partner as actual human beings. I had sincere doubts that he'd not win this election because of all the negative campaign commercials and smear tactics used by all the super PACS and other organizations hell bent on not giving Obama a second term. For those who voted for him, I say this...never underestimate the power of large groups of people in the political process. And oh yeah CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT OBAMA!!
(2) Work is going well...been busy lately. We have a PC Refresh project going on...something I know Jeremy can appreciate. We're helping by having people remotely setting up computers and then we go in and configure them using remote control utilities. More often than not a lot of the people have very little IT experience so it can be taxing at times...but the project appears to be going well nonethless.
(3) I bought me one of the below for Christmas...and it's even more amazing to me than I thought it would be. I bought decaffeinated coffee to brew but combined it with chocolate syrup and trying it with mini chocolate chips this weekend when I don't have to get up at any particular time. So stay tuned. I'll take some pictures. It's easy and fun and tasty...but the machine is a little bit loud. Kind of louder than a blender. I guess it's that way because it's grinding up the larger size ice chunks in the blender.
(6) I have decided for sure to get back and blog more frequently. I also decided I'm going to take some pictures and paste it on a sheet of paper and write some poetry. There's really no good excuse why I can't start writing more...it's a good source of expressing yourself.
I guess that's all for now. Hope all of you are well...be safe and have a great weekend!!
Friday, November 23, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving To All
Well Happy Late Thanksgiving everyone!! I'm in South Carolina for a few days spending the time with my partner's sister, her husband and two kids. It's a break from being a little bit further down south back home. I had two personal days I needed to take before the end of the year and scheduled the time around now so I could enjoy them and get out of the house on a visit.
Here's a few more snippets:
(1) I'm glad President Obama pulled off another election victory. I was a bit surprised in my inner circle of friends back home who said he'd easily do it. I really thought at this point we'd be hearing blather upon blather from Mitt Romney but I'm glad to say that didn't happen. I can't image what he'd have to say about now even before he was President. I do say that Obama has my best interest at heart...and I'm glad he's our President. Certainly he's not perfect but Romney would have been far less perfect for me and my life than Obama. Here's hoping this next term is better for Obama than his last one.
(2) We thought to go into Walmart and check into the sites and sounds of shopping on Thanksgiving since the store was open close to where my partner's sister lives. Early on in the day there were only a few people shopping. Parking was close to the store. Registers were open and all was calm and cool and collected. Later in the night, around 8:30 p.m. the parking lot was completely packed and people were driving around searching for elusive parking spots around the entire Walmart. I'm sure if it was that chaotic at the store parking lot the inside of the store was even worse. I'm not one to stand in line or fight crowds for any bargains. In fact, at this point in my life, I have nearly everything I want/need to exist. But kudos to those Target, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy shoppers who are so dedicated. Just mark me as one that isn't that into Black Friday shopping and chaos.
(3) The kittens that were dropped off on the dirt road seem to be doing well. One of my previous who lives in Georgia coworkers adopted one and she seems to be doing really well. The other two, a gray kitten and a gray and white kitten seem to be doing quite well in life at my partner's sister's place of business back in lower Alabama. We had a chance to seem them through the glass window last weekend. They seem to grow so fast and still look as cute as they used to when they were very small. I'm going to see if I can get pictures of them again soon to post.
(4) I didn't spend Thanksgiving with my actual biological familiy this year. Instead, my partner and I talked about visiting his sister in South Carolina and we confirmed she was okay with the visit so we hopped in the car and drove the six or seven hours up to see her. And it was time well spent. It's actually kind of nice to be in a household that holds the same liberal beliefs that I do and be around a family that is so welcoming and encouraging and affirming. So I'm sure it's nice to spend time with your own family but I told my sister when I politely declined her invitation that we'd try to have another meal sometime not on Thanksgiving so we could all get the family together. I'm of the unusual opinion that you can be a family more than just one day out of a year that is a recognized holiday. We'll see how that goes.
(5) Speaking of sister, I have two sisters and I recently told the remaining sister that I was gay...but I said it by email instead of in person. I figured she'd have no problems with it...which she didn't...but it's nice to have the one remaining family member aware. Perhaps that will draw us a little closer together at some point int he future. Now at least I don't have to hide around when I talk with my partner and she's around nor do I have to try to find out excuses of why I'd rather stay around him than come and visit her home on Thanksgiving. My partner enjoys his family quite a bit and really doesn't have a lot of personal friends he keeps in regular contact with at this point in time. But I feel I'm pretty social and I enjoy having friends. So I think there's a balance there and it's just nice to have the remaining closet door opened to my sister now.
(6) I think Black Friday shopping is a bit overrated. There's something wrong about standing in lines all night to get a slight discount on merchandise at stores that open or stay open on Thanksgiving. I tend to think the electronics marketplace is a bit over saturated with merchandise and stuff all coming in from China to meet the needs of the consumers. I do admire people that enjoy that but it's just not for me. I'd much rather just sleep in my cozy bed and wake up and get on with my life.
(7) The job is still going well. I'm a bit wondering how long the current job will last. The company I work for is sort of in a dying stage...without giving much to detail...they support a dying product that has completely evolved from the early days to the modern days. An HR person took me aside a few weeks ago encouraging me to look for work elsewhere because it is possible my position and that of the company in my location would possibly be reducing staff again and shutting down. So I looked for work and even had an interview with a company he suggested. That's one other thing that is annoying. If you interview, why can't a person bother to call you back or give you regular updates on a status of a job opportunity when they know you are interested. And from what I heard they were interested in me. All I get is silence. I emailed the person who interviewed me on 11/07 and he said he'd get back in touch with me quickly regarding the employment opportunity but I didn't hear anything back. Perhaps it's me being obsessive but I like to know what's going on so I email him back again and he replies saying he is waiting for his boss to be in town so they can coordinate another interview. But again nothing happens on it. I guess all people that do interviews don't realize the sense of closure job seekers sometimes want like me. But we'll see...maybe it will still be available in the future. I'm just not so sure...but I'm okay with it at this point. I'm enjoying my current job and while I hope I still have a job in a year from now...if something happens, so it goes.
Well that's enough for now. I wish you my readers a very Happy Thanksgiving!! More to come soon!!
Here's a few more snippets:
(1) I'm glad President Obama pulled off another election victory. I was a bit surprised in my inner circle of friends back home who said he'd easily do it. I really thought at this point we'd be hearing blather upon blather from Mitt Romney but I'm glad to say that didn't happen. I can't image what he'd have to say about now even before he was President. I do say that Obama has my best interest at heart...and I'm glad he's our President. Certainly he's not perfect but Romney would have been far less perfect for me and my life than Obama. Here's hoping this next term is better for Obama than his last one.
(2) We thought to go into Walmart and check into the sites and sounds of shopping on Thanksgiving since the store was open close to where my partner's sister lives. Early on in the day there were only a few people shopping. Parking was close to the store. Registers were open and all was calm and cool and collected. Later in the night, around 8:30 p.m. the parking lot was completely packed and people were driving around searching for elusive parking spots around the entire Walmart. I'm sure if it was that chaotic at the store parking lot the inside of the store was even worse. I'm not one to stand in line or fight crowds for any bargains. In fact, at this point in my life, I have nearly everything I want/need to exist. But kudos to those Target, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy shoppers who are so dedicated. Just mark me as one that isn't that into Black Friday shopping and chaos.
(3) The kittens that were dropped off on the dirt road seem to be doing well. One of my previous who lives in Georgia coworkers adopted one and she seems to be doing really well. The other two, a gray kitten and a gray and white kitten seem to be doing quite well in life at my partner's sister's place of business back in lower Alabama. We had a chance to seem them through the glass window last weekend. They seem to grow so fast and still look as cute as they used to when they were very small. I'm going to see if I can get pictures of them again soon to post.
(4) I didn't spend Thanksgiving with my actual biological familiy this year. Instead, my partner and I talked about visiting his sister in South Carolina and we confirmed she was okay with the visit so we hopped in the car and drove the six or seven hours up to see her. And it was time well spent. It's actually kind of nice to be in a household that holds the same liberal beliefs that I do and be around a family that is so welcoming and encouraging and affirming. So I'm sure it's nice to spend time with your own family but I told my sister when I politely declined her invitation that we'd try to have another meal sometime not on Thanksgiving so we could all get the family together. I'm of the unusual opinion that you can be a family more than just one day out of a year that is a recognized holiday. We'll see how that goes.
(5) Speaking of sister, I have two sisters and I recently told the remaining sister that I was gay...but I said it by email instead of in person. I figured she'd have no problems with it...which she didn't...but it's nice to have the one remaining family member aware. Perhaps that will draw us a little closer together at some point int he future. Now at least I don't have to hide around when I talk with my partner and she's around nor do I have to try to find out excuses of why I'd rather stay around him than come and visit her home on Thanksgiving. My partner enjoys his family quite a bit and really doesn't have a lot of personal friends he keeps in regular contact with at this point in time. But I feel I'm pretty social and I enjoy having friends. So I think there's a balance there and it's just nice to have the remaining closet door opened to my sister now.
(6) I think Black Friday shopping is a bit overrated. There's something wrong about standing in lines all night to get a slight discount on merchandise at stores that open or stay open on Thanksgiving. I tend to think the electronics marketplace is a bit over saturated with merchandise and stuff all coming in from China to meet the needs of the consumers. I do admire people that enjoy that but it's just not for me. I'd much rather just sleep in my cozy bed and wake up and get on with my life.
(7) The job is still going well. I'm a bit wondering how long the current job will last. The company I work for is sort of in a dying stage...without giving much to detail...they support a dying product that has completely evolved from the early days to the modern days. An HR person took me aside a few weeks ago encouraging me to look for work elsewhere because it is possible my position and that of the company in my location would possibly be reducing staff again and shutting down. So I looked for work and even had an interview with a company he suggested. That's one other thing that is annoying. If you interview, why can't a person bother to call you back or give you regular updates on a status of a job opportunity when they know you are interested. And from what I heard they were interested in me. All I get is silence. I emailed the person who interviewed me on 11/07 and he said he'd get back in touch with me quickly regarding the employment opportunity but I didn't hear anything back. Perhaps it's me being obsessive but I like to know what's going on so I email him back again and he replies saying he is waiting for his boss to be in town so they can coordinate another interview. But again nothing happens on it. I guess all people that do interviews don't realize the sense of closure job seekers sometimes want like me. But we'll see...maybe it will still be available in the future. I'm just not so sure...but I'm okay with it at this point. I'm enjoying my current job and while I hope I still have a job in a year from now...if something happens, so it goes.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Found Kittens, Job Security, And Other Blather
Hey there, welcome back to my world...the snippets seem to work out well so it may be a format I'll continue with for a little while longer.
(1) Work--been busy off and on. Last night was very slow so I hope it picks up again with stuff to do. I feel bad that I'm not busy but I can't just make work appear either. I'm tempted to ask my boss what else I can do to keep busy but I figure I'd better find something instead of him first. We'll see what's going on. The storm in the northeast has impacted the project we were working on and I'm hoping as things calm down up that way the job will get busy once again. I feel a need to prove myself to myself and to my boss so he knows that I'm part of the team and important.
(2) The HR guy where I work mentioned there's another job I may be interested in where his wife works and has encouraged me to apply. I had an hour long interview where the guy who was doing the hiring sat and talked (I kid you not) at least 50 minutes of the entire 60 minute interview. I think he's interested in me but he has to wait for his boss to coordinate a time to do a video conference interview since the boss's boss is actually out of state. I've followed up twice with the person I interviewed with and expressed an interest in the position but it's just hard to know if I'm being considered or not. And I don't want to push it or sound overly pushy about the position but this new position would be nice because of the day time hours instead of afternoon and evening hours I work now.
(3) Someone dropped a box of kittens off on the dirt road where my partner and I live on the weekends. For the past few weeks we had been feeding them from bottles with mother's replacement milk and now they are finally starting to eat solid foods and drinking water and using a litter box. That's very good news. One of my former co-workers adopted one of the kittens and my partner's sister adopted the other two at this time. So I'm happy. I had two adult cats of my own and I don't think they'd really go for itty bitty kittens running around the house.
(4) My dad is stopping work for the final time by the end of December 2012. My mom is getting overly worried about the loss of income. She's starting to act very poor in conversation by talking about making vegetable patties using mashed dried lima beans mixed with corn. I've never seen her make these before and she's using the rational that she is trying to use food that is leftover in the refrigerator trying to reduce food waste. I think she's actually a bit depressed about my dad leaving his work and she's trying to figure out how they will survive economically. But I'm sure they will. She and my dad will just have to cut out some expenses like the daily newspaper and I'm not sure what else.
I guess that's all for now...I go into work soon and I wanted to get this out...including a few pictures of the kittens above and a few down below:
Have a good week and we'll write and chat with you soon. Now off to my regular blog reads myself!!
(1) Work--been busy off and on. Last night was very slow so I hope it picks up again with stuff to do. I feel bad that I'm not busy but I can't just make work appear either. I'm tempted to ask my boss what else I can do to keep busy but I figure I'd better find something instead of him first. We'll see what's going on. The storm in the northeast has impacted the project we were working on and I'm hoping as things calm down up that way the job will get busy once again. I feel a need to prove myself to myself and to my boss so he knows that I'm part of the team and important.
(2) The HR guy where I work mentioned there's another job I may be interested in where his wife works and has encouraged me to apply. I had an hour long interview where the guy who was doing the hiring sat and talked (I kid you not) at least 50 minutes of the entire 60 minute interview. I think he's interested in me but he has to wait for his boss to coordinate a time to do a video conference interview since the boss's boss is actually out of state. I've followed up twice with the person I interviewed with and expressed an interest in the position but it's just hard to know if I'm being considered or not. And I don't want to push it or sound overly pushy about the position but this new position would be nice because of the day time hours instead of afternoon and evening hours I work now.
(4) My dad is stopping work for the final time by the end of December 2012. My mom is getting overly worried about the loss of income. She's starting to act very poor in conversation by talking about making vegetable patties using mashed dried lima beans mixed with corn. I've never seen her make these before and she's using the rational that she is trying to use food that is leftover in the refrigerator trying to reduce food waste. I think she's actually a bit depressed about my dad leaving his work and she's trying to figure out how they will survive economically. But I'm sure they will. She and my dad will just have to cut out some expenses like the daily newspaper and I'm not sure what else.
I guess that's all for now...I go into work soon and I wanted to get this out...including a few pictures of the kittens above and a few down below:
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Snippets and A Few Other Blather Moments
Hey everyone, welcome back to my world...here are some recent snippets.
Have you ever wondered that gasoline tastes like? I thought about that tonight as I was pumping gasonline. I don't want to drink much but I'm just very slightly curious on what it tastes like. I'm pretty sure it's dangerous and won't be good for me but part of me is just a little curious.
Work lately has been erratic. My schedule has been changing as the company is working to update hardware in different distribution areas. I've been spending time working day hours and getting off while the sun is still out in the afternoons. Tomorrow morning I go in early at 6:00 a.m. And hopefully it will go well. For those in IT you may say this is familiar. We ask employees to back up files to the server or to thumb drives or external hard drives but so many of these employees aren't backing up the files to the server path that was emailed to them. And what's frustrating is the network we haven isn't all that fast so it takes quite a bit of time to move files around on the computers.
Life is good lately though. Work has been tough but I try to get off work early and go walking at least five miles or get up early before work and walk the same five miles. There's something nice about going on a walk in the trails close by to where I live. There aren't a lot of people and you are surrounded by trees and nature. So that's very relaxing and a chance to ponder life.
Next weekend I plan to drive my sister to Birmingham, Alabama to visit a botanical gardens and take in a Fright Night at a place called Sloss Furnace. You can read more about it by clicking here. It sounds a little scary but it's something my partner and I have been wanting to do for quite some time. So hopefully next weekend we'll actually see it.
I guess I'll write more over the weekend. It's getting late and morning will come by far too quickly.
Have a good Friday and weekend!!
Have you ever wondered that gasoline tastes like? I thought about that tonight as I was pumping gasonline. I don't want to drink much but I'm just very slightly curious on what it tastes like. I'm pretty sure it's dangerous and won't be good for me but part of me is just a little curious.
Work lately has been erratic. My schedule has been changing as the company is working to update hardware in different distribution areas. I've been spending time working day hours and getting off while the sun is still out in the afternoons. Tomorrow morning I go in early at 6:00 a.m. And hopefully it will go well. For those in IT you may say this is familiar. We ask employees to back up files to the server or to thumb drives or external hard drives but so many of these employees aren't backing up the files to the server path that was emailed to them. And what's frustrating is the network we haven isn't all that fast so it takes quite a bit of time to move files around on the computers.
Life is good lately though. Work has been tough but I try to get off work early and go walking at least five miles or get up early before work and walk the same five miles. There's something nice about going on a walk in the trails close by to where I live. There aren't a lot of people and you are surrounded by trees and nature. So that's very relaxing and a chance to ponder life.
Next weekend I plan to drive my sister to Birmingham, Alabama to visit a botanical gardens and take in a Fright Night at a place called Sloss Furnace. You can read more about it by clicking here. It sounds a little scary but it's something my partner and I have been wanting to do for quite some time. So hopefully next weekend we'll actually see it.
I guess I'll write more over the weekend. It's getting late and morning will come by far too quickly.
Have a good Friday and weekend!!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
A Few Snippets and Other Random Blather
Well, I'm back again and I think I'll just share a few snippets to catch you up to date since our last chat...and so the entries won't be so few and far between as they were of recent.
(1) Work...it's been going well. For those who work in IT, our company is updating equipment in remote locations outside of my city and state put in by the employees in those locations. Today was my first live experience and it was pretty interesting. I had to instruct an employee how to hook up a network cable, mouse, and keyboard, and then sign into the workstation to allow me to remotely access it as an administrator and install Windows 7 software updates, a special player for the online learning application used within the company, and to active the whole Microsoft Office 2010 products. (Gee, as a side note, I sound like such a techie type person with all that geek talk...but since my good friend Jeremy talks about it...I thought why not...we could compare notes from time to time.
The strange thing is the employees back up their files onto a server located in another location before the computer swap outs happen...amazingly enough some employees have a whole lot of stuff saved and at least at first...only 250 MB of storage space is available for all the employees in the location to save their stuff on the server. So one employee had by themselves about 750 MB of stuff so I had to have our system administrator increase the quota for the location...twice. It's finally done...and one machine appears to be having a problem with a hard drive. I'm also realizing I'm a bit rusty on Windows 7. It might be a time to upgrade my own personal laptop from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Everything always seems to look different each time.
(2) My oldest sister is coming into town to visit this week. She comes in this Friday night and leaves on Monday morning at 8 a.m. A very short visit if you ask me. She's coming to visit my mom because she is celebrating her 80th birthday this upcoming Saturday. I was tasked to ask my mom what kind of birthday cake she wanted and she asked for a caramel cake with caramel drizzled icing. I thought it was a rather unusual request so I asked my partner about if he thought that was strange or unusual. He also seemed surprised at the type of cake she wanted. So funny thing, while at home, I looked at the local grocery store ad and in the bakery there, they had a two layer caramel cake with caramel icing on it. So I bought it on Sunday and it's currently in my refrigerator at my apartment. We'll see if it holds out until Saturday. I've been quite tempted to cut the cake and see what it tastes like and just get my mom another one. We have a gourmet grocery store here that has a caramel cake rolled in roasted pecans which looks far better than my $10.00 cake...but the really good looking cake is $25.00 so we'll see which one I decide to go with.
(3) I guess I'm a bit sleepy now so I may close out for now...but doing my best to keep in touch with more regular updates. I worked from 8 am to 4:45 pm today so I'm a bit sleepy. Tomorrow I go into work in the afternoon so I hope to have some time to wash clothes, dishes, and go on a nice long walk. Fall is in the air here and I'm glad of it. I hope the weather in your part of the world is as equally nice.
Have a good rest of your week and thanks for stopping by.
(1) Work...it's been going well. For those who work in IT, our company is updating equipment in remote locations outside of my city and state put in by the employees in those locations. Today was my first live experience and it was pretty interesting. I had to instruct an employee how to hook up a network cable, mouse, and keyboard, and then sign into the workstation to allow me to remotely access it as an administrator and install Windows 7 software updates, a special player for the online learning application used within the company, and to active the whole Microsoft Office 2010 products. (Gee, as a side note, I sound like such a techie type person with all that geek talk...but since my good friend Jeremy talks about it...I thought why not...we could compare notes from time to time.
The strange thing is the employees back up their files onto a server located in another location before the computer swap outs happen...amazingly enough some employees have a whole lot of stuff saved and at least at first...only 250 MB of storage space is available for all the employees in the location to save their stuff on the server. So one employee had by themselves about 750 MB of stuff so I had to have our system administrator increase the quota for the location...twice. It's finally done...and one machine appears to be having a problem with a hard drive. I'm also realizing I'm a bit rusty on Windows 7. It might be a time to upgrade my own personal laptop from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Everything always seems to look different each time.
(2) My oldest sister is coming into town to visit this week. She comes in this Friday night and leaves on Monday morning at 8 a.m. A very short visit if you ask me. She's coming to visit my mom because she is celebrating her 80th birthday this upcoming Saturday. I was tasked to ask my mom what kind of birthday cake she wanted and she asked for a caramel cake with caramel drizzled icing. I thought it was a rather unusual request so I asked my partner about if he thought that was strange or unusual. He also seemed surprised at the type of cake she wanted. So funny thing, while at home, I looked at the local grocery store ad and in the bakery there, they had a two layer caramel cake with caramel icing on it. So I bought it on Sunday and it's currently in my refrigerator at my apartment. We'll see if it holds out until Saturday. I've been quite tempted to cut the cake and see what it tastes like and just get my mom another one. We have a gourmet grocery store here that has a caramel cake rolled in roasted pecans which looks far better than my $10.00 cake...but the really good looking cake is $25.00 so we'll see which one I decide to go with.
(3) I guess I'm a bit sleepy now so I may close out for now...but doing my best to keep in touch with more regular updates. I worked from 8 am to 4:45 pm today so I'm a bit sleepy. Tomorrow I go into work in the afternoon so I hope to have some time to wash clothes, dishes, and go on a nice long walk. Fall is in the air here and I'm glad of it. I hope the weather in your part of the world is as equally nice.
Have a good rest of your week and thanks for stopping by.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Sometimes It's Fun To Think On The Past
Wow okay, finally an update...sorry to be missing in action. I've not felt like writing much but I did write this recently about my mother...so here goes:
Sometimes it’s just nice to sit back and remember the days
of your youth…
I grew up as the only boy to my mother’s two daughters and
the youngest of my family. I remember well times spent riding in a white ford
pickup truck with my mom on Saturday mornings running errands. We’d go grocery
shopping at the local Piggly Wiggly grocery eight miles away in Florida and then
stopped for other essential items at the Bill’s dollar store located right next
door before returning home.
We grew up on my grandfather’s land, a large 20 acre farm in the woods of Florida.
Our family lived in the country lifestyle with occasional trips into town. Mostly my sisters and I
stayed at home because we couldn’t afford many visits further into town. Public libraries and other social outlets and
activities were just too far away.
So we kept our visits to town or “the Can” as I used
to call it to my sisters and parents.
Shopping on Saturdays was my social outlet of the week since
my parent’s really didn’t attend church growing up. There were brightly lit
grocery store aisles full of food and people and things to look at that never
seemed to grow old. I’d see some of my classmates and shyly would grin at them
too terrified to speak and more than likely they were too shy to speak to me.
But the grocery store visits… I really enjoyed it. My mom
would go around the store looking at prices and putting some items in the
grocery cart as she attempted her best to make the meals out of a week’s worth
of shopping. This was back in the day before grocery store scanners too which
made for an even more interesting experience because sometime my mother would
put an item in her cart that didn’t get priced with stickers. My mom would hold up the others waiting
patiently in line and giving blank stares non-verbally saying they’d rather be doing
something else than shopping for groceries on a Saturday.
I grew up poorer than other kids my age. I’d stare at the
food selections my mom would gently place into the cart and think about how
tasty those food items would be once my mom magically would transform a box of
dry spaghetti mix into an amazing dish of noodles, sauce, and Parmesan
cheese. I’d daydream about other meals
of the week when my mom would place some frozen vegetables or entrees into the
cart. I’d also sit back in the car on
the trip home daydreaming about scarfing down the packages of food in a hunger
filled attack.
I did always enjoy going out with my mom since my dad worked
all day Monday to Friday and visited his brother and sister far from the small town where I lived.
Older people weren’t all that interesting to me back in my youth. Since my dad
was gone Saturdays, I never really did
get to experience a lot of time around him growing up and even though I miss
that contact now looking back I know that was how it was to me. I realized my mom was the most important
thing to me and our closeness was confirmed with each and every shopping trip
on Saturday mornings.
Sometime later in life, I can’t exactly put the date on it,
we progressed to still going out on Saturdays for grocery shopping but that
would come later in the day while she and I would go to second hand thrift
stores first. We’d still look at dinner
plates or forks or spoons and other kitchen items for the home…and sometime in
the past my mom advanced into buying used clothing there too.
I remember having to try on used shirts and pants for the
next school year a tiny bit embarrassed but also excited about having some
newer clothes to wear.
When not shopping for clothes at the one or two thrift
stores, I’d wander around looking at all the things to buy. A thrift store in the day used to have pricing selected based on the discretion
of the cashier. Not exactly like today’s experiences with labels and prices
affixed to merchandise.
My mom and I would
jokingly tell one another that “Miss High Prices” was working that day and that
we’d need to be careful what we selected because that expensive pricing lady
would charge higher amounts for than
other cashiers.
I’m sure I would buy some things in the store too with my
fifty cents a week allowance. I remember being extremely delighted buying a
portable radio in the shape of a robot who had red eyes that would light up
when you turned on the radio. A little bit freaky by today’s standards but I
was just amazed at radio and electronic gear.
Sadly on a visit to an air show at Pensacola Naval Air
Station the radio was dropped when I exited the car and smashed into several
pieces and then the robot was no more.
I remember carrying the broken radio home that day and then
I never saw it again. I probably had my thoughts directed toward something else
and my parent’s secretly threw the radio away in the garbage can. I guess my thoughts would easily change from
week to week but that radio…a transistor radio was my favorite thrift store
purchase of all time.
I did scour back to second hand stores looking for another
radio like the one I broke but never found another one like it.
Which brings me back to the modern day...
Thirty years later my mom and I still plan to go out
shopping at thrift stores on Saturdays, browsing shelves upon shelves of used,
and gently used, and just plain junk at Goodwill and various other
thrift stores.
At times now, I will pick a place out of my mom’s field of
view and watch her gently pick up items she likes but has no need for and
gently examine it like she’s seeing it for the first time. She keeps that same
amount of excitement of seeing things for sale used that she did when I was a
young boy. Sometimes the items will find
the way into her cart and the cash register. She seems to carry a bit of
proudness for finding something now that would be far more expensive if bought
new.
The same experience goes for grocery shopping. She still
carefully studies the labels and products before purchase and keeps meal
planning in the back of her mind. The
food selections have changed with her tastes and dad’s preferences, but food
buying is still enjoyable for her.
I still remember those days well from the past and how much
closer they brought my mom and me. My
mom and I shared a common bond of mother and son that makes me smile. I’m
hoping I live to be 82 and shopping in a second hand stores at that age and
seeing the excitement of gently used stuff for sale. And in keeping the same gentle spirit of my
mom having the ability to never turn old and being unable to see the value of
living life for the moment even if there’s a lot of stuff I never need to buy
there.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Well I'm back again....and a few more snippets before I drive off to work on a Tuesday.
(1) An employee was removed from office yesterday. I believe she was terminated but I'm not sure if she was terminated or resigned or just got fired...if there's a difference in all of that. I'm a little unsure of my own job's future...I was before she was released from the company...but our management usually doesn't do a lot to reassure employees everything is okay and she was let go for _________________. I don't need intricate details of why she was let go...just wondered if it was general downsizing or another reason.
(2) It's been rainy here in Florida for every day for what seems like the past seven to ten days. I tire of the day after day rain storm coupled with an increased amount of humidity that makes a morning walk a bit more unbearable than normal. Plus enter into the equation of a happy walk are the bugs like shown below...deer flies. Little annoying swampy little bugs that swarm around you as you walk like fresh meat. The partner and I have taken to cutting a branch off a small shrub and waving it around as a way of getting these annoying biting bugs off my path. So far they branch keeps them at bay but with increased humidity the walks are getting less enjoyable in the early morning. We'll probably go back to walking in the shopping mall soon.
Wait.
Quick there's one on the screen.
Please squash it now.
(3) It's Tuesday and not overly a bad day. I work afternoon to evenings tonight. Not a bad schedule. I have some work to keep me busy so I hope it's not too crazy with work. I really do enjoy my job...a little bit unsure of the future of my job since I got laid off from this position four years ago. We'll just have to wait and see. But hopefully I will be there for a bit longer.
(4) Not much else to report. My middle sister is flying out to see my other sister in California later this week. My middle sister usually wants to "try and get up with me" all the time with phone calls and voice mails and emails...but it seems to never happen. Goodness knows I've tried. Her latest was to get up with me again but I told her it might be easier once she gets back from her trip since she is flying out on Thursday morning.
I guess that's all for now...have a good week ahead and to my friend Jeremy...safe travels and journeys to you as you go to new places and see new things.
Thanks for stopping by!!
(1) An employee was removed from office yesterday. I believe she was terminated but I'm not sure if she was terminated or resigned or just got fired...if there's a difference in all of that. I'm a little unsure of my own job's future...I was before she was released from the company...but our management usually doesn't do a lot to reassure employees everything is okay and she was let go for _________________. I don't need intricate details of why she was let go...just wondered if it was general downsizing or another reason.
(2) It's been rainy here in Florida for every day for what seems like the past seven to ten days. I tire of the day after day rain storm coupled with an increased amount of humidity that makes a morning walk a bit more unbearable than normal. Plus enter into the equation of a happy walk are the bugs like shown below...deer flies. Little annoying swampy little bugs that swarm around you as you walk like fresh meat. The partner and I have taken to cutting a branch off a small shrub and waving it around as a way of getting these annoying biting bugs off my path. So far they branch keeps them at bay but with increased humidity the walks are getting less enjoyable in the early morning. We'll probably go back to walking in the shopping mall soon.
Wait.
Quick there's one on the screen.
Please squash it now.
(4) Not much else to report. My middle sister is flying out to see my other sister in California later this week. My middle sister usually wants to "try and get up with me" all the time with phone calls and voice mails and emails...but it seems to never happen. Goodness knows I've tried. Her latest was to get up with me again but I told her it might be easier once she gets back from her trip since she is flying out on Thursday morning.
I guess that's all for now...have a good week ahead and to my friend Jeremy...safe travels and journeys to you as you go to new places and see new things.
Thanks for stopping by!!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Snippets From Your Blogger Writer Dude On Current Life
Why yes...here's another blog entry written by me again. I realize I'm long over due...so let's get to the latest news happening around this part of the world.
(1) I am fast into my second month of my new job back in my hometown. I'm enjoying the job overall...I sometimes wonder if I should just do certain things rather than clear the things I do with my manager...or at least on some issues. Case in point...an employee needed to have her license key validated for Outlook 2010. The originally installed key was not recognized and her Outlook license was going to expire in two days. Since she already had the client installed on her PC you could enter the license key but the application wanted to take her into a wizard for the installation of the software. Since she already had the software, I didn't want to proceed further and cause her folders and archived emails in folders to disappear. So I did ask my boss and he said it was okay to proceed. She is an assistant manager and while I want to do the right thing for her, I was a little concerned this might give her difficulties. So I waited to be sure I had the blessings of my direct manager which I did. So today, I will proceed further. I guess in a few instances I want reassurance what I do won't make something worse. But again overall I enjoy the job. I work 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday so I'm about caught up in my good sleeping pattern. But that's another snippett.
(2) Work is 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday. I work through my lunch and eat at my desk and I enjoy that schedule. I could go in to work earlier at say 1:00 or 1:30 p.m. to have a full hour lunch or thirty minute lunch but I overall enjoy working right thru lunch. Gives me more time to do what I want to do in the morning. So basically I get up by around 7 a.m. weekday mornings and go for exercise for an hour to an hour and a half. Then I go home and shower and relax and prepare lunch for the day ahead. Then I have time to do other things (except blogging) but I'm putting it on a schedule...I really am!! I can buy groceries, go out with my mom to lunch and shopping and still have time to zip home, grab a fast shower and dash off to work. I like it also because it does give me some time to relax in the morning and in the late afternoon early evening work is at a more relaxed pace. If given a choice to work during the day time Monday to Friday I'd probably choose it over evening hours, but for now it's a job and I'm happy to be at work.
(3) My oldest sister is working on a photo book for my mom's upcoming September birthday. She will be age 80 and it seems like time has just flown by. Looking back, my mom and I have had a lot of good quality time together and I will certainly enjoy that time when I look back in my later years. She was always enjoyable to go out with but at times she can talk passive aggressive or apologetic toward one thing or another that she feels she is doing right or wrong but I have to remind her to stop talking like that because she has no reason to do so. Other than that I enjoy our visits together before work or on the weekend when I stop by to see her.
(4) My dad currently has a pacemaker but is scheduled by his doctor to have some sort of addition to help the heart flow the blood better in his body. So we'll see how that goes. His appointment is scheduled for the middle of August and will require him to be in the hospital for a couple of days before the surgery and afterward. The hospital is also quite far from where my parents live so I invited my mom to stay at my apartment during that time. It's anyone's guess if she will take me up on the offer but I hope she knows she's welcome to stop by and stay the night.
(5) I'm thinking about making some thai cashew chicken in the next week or two. Anyone out there have a good recipe for it? I would like it to taste good and not have any use of MSG. I had some amazing thai food when I was working for my company in a previous job up in Reston, Virginia and I'd really enjoy copying that flavor if at all possible.
(6) I successfully burned out a fuse that connects my car radio and clock together on my Toyota. I researched where the fuse box was located and it's under the steering wheel almost too tiny and far away for my bigger framed body and hands. But I'll work on it this weekend. It can't be that bad. I miss my radio to listen to my CD music and NPR. I do have that at home so life isn't all bad.
(7) It's been about two months since I cut ties with my former friend for what I deemed his unrealistic views on gay equality. I feel at times I probably could have handled this better by saying I didn't agree with him and I could have confronted him to say since he's know he's been gay for 30 years that it shouldn't take that length of time to decide on whether you feel you as a gay person deserve equal protection and treatment in the eyes of the law. But I decided not to. He doesn't like to be told how he should think...rather he claims to want to let him develop an opinion and act upon it. Looking back, I think I should have just quietly let his friendship wane without handling it the way I did with emails and phone calls. I do wonder how he is doing...I do know he does have three other gay male friends who feel exactly like he does...gays deserve no marriage equality under the law...so it's not like he won't be without good company (I use that term loosely) of fellow gay people friends who don't like gay marriage equality. I guess I was sort of an odd lot for him...I was someone who did believe in marriage equality. He actually in his efforts to try and find other people to date befriended two of my friends from my Facebook account only to later defriend both of them because he felt they were far too politically active in their views to be friends with them. There's a fine line I say...a very thin fine line...and one other quote from Maya Angelou I really like...“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
I guess that's all for now...I'm off to check in on my regular reads and post a few entries on the job scams.
Have a good week ahead and weekend...and as Garrison Keiler says, "Do good work, and keep in touch..."
Be well...and be happy!!
(1) I am fast into my second month of my new job back in my hometown. I'm enjoying the job overall...I sometimes wonder if I should just do certain things rather than clear the things I do with my manager...or at least on some issues. Case in point...an employee needed to have her license key validated for Outlook 2010. The originally installed key was not recognized and her Outlook license was going to expire in two days. Since she already had the client installed on her PC you could enter the license key but the application wanted to take her into a wizard for the installation of the software. Since she already had the software, I didn't want to proceed further and cause her folders and archived emails in folders to disappear. So I did ask my boss and he said it was okay to proceed. She is an assistant manager and while I want to do the right thing for her, I was a little concerned this might give her difficulties. So I waited to be sure I had the blessings of my direct manager which I did. So today, I will proceed further. I guess in a few instances I want reassurance what I do won't make something worse. But again overall I enjoy the job. I work 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday so I'm about caught up in my good sleeping pattern. But that's another snippett.
(2) Work is 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday. I work through my lunch and eat at my desk and I enjoy that schedule. I could go in to work earlier at say 1:00 or 1:30 p.m. to have a full hour lunch or thirty minute lunch but I overall enjoy working right thru lunch. Gives me more time to do what I want to do in the morning. So basically I get up by around 7 a.m. weekday mornings and go for exercise for an hour to an hour and a half. Then I go home and shower and relax and prepare lunch for the day ahead. Then I have time to do other things (except blogging) but I'm putting it on a schedule...I really am!! I can buy groceries, go out with my mom to lunch and shopping and still have time to zip home, grab a fast shower and dash off to work. I like it also because it does give me some time to relax in the morning and in the late afternoon early evening work is at a more relaxed pace. If given a choice to work during the day time Monday to Friday I'd probably choose it over evening hours, but for now it's a job and I'm happy to be at work.
(3) My oldest sister is working on a photo book for my mom's upcoming September birthday. She will be age 80 and it seems like time has just flown by. Looking back, my mom and I have had a lot of good quality time together and I will certainly enjoy that time when I look back in my later years. She was always enjoyable to go out with but at times she can talk passive aggressive or apologetic toward one thing or another that she feels she is doing right or wrong but I have to remind her to stop talking like that because she has no reason to do so. Other than that I enjoy our visits together before work or on the weekend when I stop by to see her.
(4) My dad currently has a pacemaker but is scheduled by his doctor to have some sort of addition to help the heart flow the blood better in his body. So we'll see how that goes. His appointment is scheduled for the middle of August and will require him to be in the hospital for a couple of days before the surgery and afterward. The hospital is also quite far from where my parents live so I invited my mom to stay at my apartment during that time. It's anyone's guess if she will take me up on the offer but I hope she knows she's welcome to stop by and stay the night.
(5) I'm thinking about making some thai cashew chicken in the next week or two. Anyone out there have a good recipe for it? I would like it to taste good and not have any use of MSG. I had some amazing thai food when I was working for my company in a previous job up in Reston, Virginia and I'd really enjoy copying that flavor if at all possible.
(6) I successfully burned out a fuse that connects my car radio and clock together on my Toyota. I researched where the fuse box was located and it's under the steering wheel almost too tiny and far away for my bigger framed body and hands. But I'll work on it this weekend. It can't be that bad. I miss my radio to listen to my CD music and NPR. I do have that at home so life isn't all bad.
(7) It's been about two months since I cut ties with my former friend for what I deemed his unrealistic views on gay equality. I feel at times I probably could have handled this better by saying I didn't agree with him and I could have confronted him to say since he's know he's been gay for 30 years that it shouldn't take that length of time to decide on whether you feel you as a gay person deserve equal protection and treatment in the eyes of the law. But I decided not to. He doesn't like to be told how he should think...rather he claims to want to let him develop an opinion and act upon it. Looking back, I think I should have just quietly let his friendship wane without handling it the way I did with emails and phone calls. I do wonder how he is doing...I do know he does have three other gay male friends who feel exactly like he does...gays deserve no marriage equality under the law...so it's not like he won't be without good company (I use that term loosely) of fellow gay people friends who don't like gay marriage equality. I guess I was sort of an odd lot for him...I was someone who did believe in marriage equality. He actually in his efforts to try and find other people to date befriended two of my friends from my Facebook account only to later defriend both of them because he felt they were far too politically active in their views to be friends with them. There's a fine line I say...a very thin fine line...and one other quote from Maya Angelou I really like...“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
I guess that's all for now...I'm off to check in on my regular reads and post a few entries on the job scams.
Have a good week ahead and weekend...and as Garrison Keiler says, "Do good work, and keep in touch..."
Be well...and be happy!!
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