Month: April 2005

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Wah!

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I'm lonely.

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It's been quiet all night.  I hadn't really thought about how quiet it gets.  I'm out of touch with the people I used to talk to.  Normally that doesn't bother me all that much, but right now it's … uncomfortable.  I get wrapped up in my own projects from time to time, and that makes it really easy to put everything else on hold.  It's only when I'm all caught up, when the work's all done, and my home projects are finally finished, that I realize how much I hate the silence.  The few people I could call right now wouldn't help with that any unfortunately.  I guess it's something I'll just have to live through.

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Tomorrow I get my car maintenanced.  I'm doing it a full month before my vacation, so that any bugs can show up and be fixed before I go 800ish KM to nelson.  I have to say, the way I'm feeling now, I almost don't want to go.  Perhaps I need a break more than I'd realized.  I worked part of this weekend too, and it's an all to regular occurence.  I'd like to say it doesn't effect me, that it's just another day, but maybe I'm reaching my limits without even knowing it.

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I'm tired of talking to myself.  I'll go away now, thanks.

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Ok, I have to tell you about my day.  It totally rocked.

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I'm on the last little bit of my cold, I can feel it melting away, so my head was clearer than it's been in a week or two.

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I finally started to get systems trickling in from our supplier, and filled a few system needs even without them.

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I got my taxes done, and paid the $110 I ended up owing.  I then took $3600, and gave it to Josh, so he's not totally screwed by his taxes, which grew because he'd hired me.  It's funny, my savings account is flat, but I feel FREE.

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I also got my overtime pay, which means I have nearly a full paycheck sitting in my checking account which doesn't need to go anywhere right away.

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My junior techs have been confirmed, they're starting by monday.  I sent a kindly worded letter to clayton, thanking him for his help and support, without which I would've been truly screwed.

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I've got work and meetings and enough excitement to keep me going, and it looks like I won't have to work the weekend.  How does life get any cooler than this? 

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Honestly?  The introduction of someone suitably female and interested.  I wish I could add that as a final seal on the “this day seriously rocked” seal, but it's not to be.  No matter, everything else has gone so extremely well I refuse to focus on the parts that are still marked pending.

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Oh, and I even have 2 more paychecks before car insurance time, so I might be able to get some repairs done on my car before I take it on my vacation road trip.

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Oh, and I was mistaken for a 26 year old today.  Heh 😀

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And someone brought me COOKIES!!!!!

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I love days like these.

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I'm better.

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In fact, I'm a whole lot better.  My flu has faded to an unpleasant memory and a lingering warmth.  My cold is just sniffles, which are something I can live with.

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I finally got my tax information today.  I'm covered.  I can afford it.  Hell, I'm going to see about paying it off tomorrow!

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My new tech recruits are in the works, the HR department is now going head to head with Clayton Stark, and I pity them. 

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And better still, I managed to get the accountants to start processing my overtime (figuring that it was the difference between eating and not), and I should actually have enough after this to keep my car on the road.

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On top of that, I managed to clear away a fair bit of the pending work from last week, so I'm feeling pretty good about myself.

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Personally I only owe about $110, though I'm going to split the debt J incurred, it only seems right, he was going to help me when he legally didn't have to, and now i have a bank account full of cash I'd already written off.  Better it's done and no worries eh?

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Anyway, going to go, I have stuff to do before I sleep, and a full work week ahead.

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I hope yours is improving also!

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Damn, temperature going back up.  Can't focus my eyes.

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Stop this crazy ride, I wanna get off!

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My fever finally broke, and my temperature's back down to the point where I'm not hallucinating and randomly passing out.  I'm glad, because it means I should be well enough by tomorrow to tackle all the work I wasn't able to do this last week.nnI slept for about 11 hours last night, and most of yesterday.  It's all a bit of a blur, but it seemed to take forever for the day to pass, and not in a nice way either.  nnI want to write more, but I'm feeling worn rather thin at the moment, so I'm going to stop for now.

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The minutes pass so slowly when you're sick.

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I've been fighting this fever since it woke me at 1 am in all it's glory, and I've finally given up on the idea of sleeping.

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I'm right back up in the 102-103F range again, and that's icky.  Plus lying down i can't stop shuddering, and that if nothing else will guarantee the minutes pass like days or weeks.

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Lucky me though, I did get to sleep around 10, so I got nearly 6 hours, though not unbroken, I'll take what I can get.

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Hey K, this is funny, for once I'm up ultra super insanely early, and you're no where to be found!  Hopefully you're getting some well-deserved rest.

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Jerrett just hired Ben to work at BraveNet.  If you don't know WTF i'm talking about, don't worry about it.  I think it's going to be an… interesting time.

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More later, when I can type more than 3 works without sneezing!

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I can't sleep.  I'm too hot.

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I'm very not good.  I hate being sick!  I'd much rather be working, I've got lots I should be doing, but I can't concentrate.  I've got my balcony window open, and there's a cool breeze blowing in, but it's not really helping.

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I think monday's going to be quite interesting.  I've got to take a little time off work to get my tax stuff from Josh, plus 2 meetings, plus hopefully two flunkies, a battle with the accounting department, 1 conference call, 1 battle with HR, plus a few computer fixes.

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I have to be at 100{99f4aabb8f9a8b7318031e7dd7e1d4d33a10ca1a288a083cef0cdea647a62112} monday, or I'll get steamrollered in a big way.  That won't do.  Plus I've got to start looking into that raise I've been thinking I'm earning.  If it's tied to a performance review by HR, I'm pretty fucked.  Hopefully I'll get C.S. or C.C. to do it, which should ensure it happens with a minimum of fuss and bother.

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I'm going to jump on a few more projects too I think, because I'M STUPID. 

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I can't help it though, I'm fearful of running out of things to do.  That's an aweful place to be. 

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Anyway, I can't breathe, and this is getting more difficult.

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I'm going to sit outside in the rain I think, and try and cool down!

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Bye!

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Ow.

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102F and rising.

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That's not cool.

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Oh my good god. I'm so sick.

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A fever's been brewing for a few days now, and it finally hit with full force today at work. The whole package, shakes, fever, and coughing and sneezing fits. I JUST managed to drive home around 1, when it finally got to be too much for me, and I nearly t-boned some poor motorist.

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It's my own fault though, I've been putting in a lot of extra time recently, not giving myself time to recover, and it's finally caught up with me.

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It's been a busy week. My workshop's built, my programming work is nearly done, and I'm getting two junior techs (i picked them!)

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Mind you, I bypassed the entire HR hiring chain, so I'm well on my way to making enemies. But I figure, who knows my job better than me? I don't need someone who understands management politics, I need someone who understands COMPUTERS.

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I feel like I've been beaten evenly over every part of my body. It's extremely painful. It's making it hard to concentrate.

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I'm going to go lie down.

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Oh, for anyone interested, this is Me.

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Yay.. don't everyone applaud at once!

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