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I'm feeling off.
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Maybe I'm not listening to enough music?
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I woke up this morning extremely sore. It wasn't unexpected, I'd had quite a time the day before, and I knew I'd hurt the next day. It took a lot to get going this morning, and I was tempted several times to call the day off and pull the covers over my head. I didn't though, I had stuff to do, and I'd already slacked off and taken a day off this week.
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So I got up, and I went to work. It's funny. I remember having a cup of coffee in the morning. I remember doing a little installer coding. I'll be damned if I can remember ANYTHING else! I'm sure I did stuff, but I don't really remember too clearly what the stuff was.
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I did get some very cool coding done though, nearly as good as I'd do if I was drinking (it always comes out better after a drink for some reason), and I'm sure it'll get used right quick.
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I left on time, and came home. I was going to wind my night down, then I noticed i was out of a few essentials, so out the door I went, and I did a little shopping. All the music playing at the grocery store was so depressing! I was feeling a touch weird before, but now I'm back home with my purchases put away, and I'm definately less up than I'd like to be.
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I should talk a little about my vacation I guess, since I haven't really written about it yet. I keep meaning to, but life gets in the way.
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The trip to nelson was insane. I was up by 4:30, and out the door by 6:15 in the morning. Ugh! That made for a long day no matter what I did. The weather was so hot, and in a black car with no air conditioning, that's serious. I drove pretty much straight through from vancouver to nelson, stopping only for gasoline and the occasional bottle of water. In retrospect, I should've grabbed more water bottles along the way to stay cool, since I started getting dizzy a few times, and 4 times nearly died. Luckily I moved fast enough at the right times, and got nothing worse than a bad scare and a racing heart.
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I visited Jeremy briefly, but his house was looking chaotic, and I was soo tired, so I snuck out to BBI and grabbed a room for the night.
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I spent about 3 solid days at the BBI, getting a VOIP phone system running, and everything was working perfectly when I left. Nath's a good guy, so I don't mind helping him. He got a deal really, when you think of the average cost of a tech, but then again it was my vacation, I was doing it because I wanted to, not because I had to, and that reduced the stress tremendously.
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Ana was out there also, I haven't seen my cousin in over a year. She's getting better, but still has a ways to go. She's got this amazing personality, it flips and flops so rapidly, it makes my brain hurt. I spent a day hanging out with her, and by the end of it I'm ashamed to admit I was glad to be by my self again. I guess I'm getting more picky in my old age (oh, i turned 31 on the first day of my vacation), and am less likely to happily put up with other people's shit.
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She's got this way of pressuring you into doing what she wants. I didn't like it. I don't think it was the situation she's in, though that couldn't have helped. I think it's a personality trait, and it's one I hadn't been exposed to before.
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I visited with Tom in the shop, and damn it was good to see him. He's still the same kid, though he's growing up well, and has matured into a fine tech. All those years I was tempted to pound the knowledge into his head with a hammer, and he turned out good despite my meddling. Just goes to show I guess.
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I met up with Anj too, I hadn't seen her since my last visit, and our meeting was rather brief, as they all are. We ate a late lunch at the heritige, and took a little time to catch up. She was pleased to hear I'd met someone, and asked some surprisingly insightful questions. It kind of took me aback, when I realized of all the people I know, only she asked those questions without me volunteering information. Hmmm..
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I left nelson early this time around. I still had a few days free, but I realized my free time coincided with my lady's, which rarely happens, so I hurried back to victoria, and took the friday ferry across to Port Angeles. This time around I met her parents, and her son.
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It was a good meeting. It's a whole entry in itself, and I'm not really up for that much writing.
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In fact, I'm feeling a little… tired.
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I'm going now.
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