It’s been a while, and I’m short on time, but I thought I should drop in a line.
Life’s been busy. The lady I was interested in seems to be lukewarm when it comes to me, and I’ve backed off accordingly. She’s sweet, and she makes me laugh, but there’s nothing to be gained by pushing when she’s not interested.
Work has taken off (again). I have a full workload today, and have for every day for the past 2 weeks. I’ve even worked a bit on the weekends, though not as much as I should have.
We’re adding 40 people at work over the next month, so it is going to be “interesting times”. I didn’t get over to vancouver to see my mom while she was up due to the fact that every time I cleared my workload, they gave me more work, and all of it urgent.
I’m not complaining mind you, we talked a few times on the phone, and that was more conversation than we’ve had in a while (as a family, we don’t really keep in touch like we should). She’ll write me off and on throughout her travels, so I’m looking forward to that.
Things are quiet on the love-life front, but that’s ok for the moment, I really have been insanely busy, and I’d hate to ever give the impression to someone I was interested in that they’d have to play second fiddle to a job.
My raise came through in all it’s glory, and I’ve spent and spent, as is commonly the case. An ipod 2 weeks ago, and some car repairs next week, and that’ll eat up the raise plus a bit. Mind you, the repairs need to be done, and the ipod was for my sanity (it helps), so no real regrets. I’m still putting money away for my taxes, and as soon as J gets his done, I can do mine, and then I’ll know for sure how much I owe. I think I’m at the halfway mark for what I’ll need to pay, so I’m still furiously pouring money in, so I don’t get caught by suprise.
I’m still smoking, but I’m not smoking much, and I’ve started skipping meals I normally bought at work, and that’s a huge savings, plus the dietary changes are helping with my health. I’ve managed to take off about 7 pounds that I’d put on during christmas, and little by little I’m going to whittle it down to where I want to be, which is the point where all of my clothes fit properly (some are a little tighter than I’d prefer).
I’ve gotta run, it’s after 8, and there’s 8 computers waiting for me to work my magic, as well as several other projects which will need to be done before sunday. If I can manage to do them today, then I get a weekend!
A little birdy told me K was coming to the island in march, and I’m extremely excited. That’ll be a blast, it’s been such a long time. Luckily she’s coming after our main project is released to the public, so I should have a few days with no urgent work appearing right when she does.
Anyhow, cheers, I’m outa here.