"I'm a soul man...."

Saturday...day of children, yardwork, dogishness and showers, both rain and marital. And, occasionally, those that involve soap and shampoo.

I'm so proud of myself! I actually fixed the saw part of the chainsaw. It's like earning a new merit badge in the home improvement scouts. We are working on trimming back trees and bushes so that we can plant some tomatoes, bell peppers and strawberries.

It's nice that G is home and Micah is here. The last two weeks have been very quiet and have involved me not really talking to anyone after work. Granted, I make up for that while at work. I keep telling myself that I'm going to get out and be more social.

And I hear the sound of the kiddo being resistant to lunch, so that's it for this post. Next stop, the vet for Goldie's ear infection.

Day like any other...

But I'm ready for it to be over...not to be whiney, just that there is no rest for the wicked. Or me, for that matter. i summoned up some energy last night and worked in the yard and trimmed lots of overgrown bushes. It felt good to be outside and getting some fresh air and exercise. Tonight I'm going to take the dogs for a walk as they've been cooped up too much this week.

Things at work are going well, or at least we're staying on top of things and being timely about responding. And, I haven't had to be too much of a bastard. It's a good thing. As soon as we hire two new people, life will get even better!

Just another drive-by post...I'm trying to get into the habit of writing more, as when I get home, I feel like I'm useless for the rest of the evening. Increasing activity at night will change that a bit, I'm hoping.

Back to work o rama!

Just a ride, it's just a ride...

So I'm feeling a bit driven today...although i'm sleepy too. We're keeping up with all the incoming calls and emails for a change, which is pleasant, although my pet projects are being swept to the side for now.
Dear god, it's time to go home...or at least time for lunch.

Come Monday...

So i spent a good chunk of time this weekend working on jefflovesginger.com. It's amazing how rusty i've gotten.

Work today is frighteningly busy, and I'm having trouble focusing...obviously since I'm writing here. All sorts of crap that should've been dealt with last week hasn't been touched. And, I need my second wind to get onto the Tech Talk Tuesday project as well as my own pet documentation project.

AAAaaaauuuugggghhhhh,...Is it too soon to start drinking?

It may be headphone time...

the end all blog all

It's quiet here...G's out of town on business and the dogs are exhausted from a day of guarding the house. From the evil mongol hordes that were I'm sure battering down doors and attempting to rape our cattle and steal our women.

I'm waiting to hear back from one of Kris and Jer's friends, Chris, if he will grace me with an email at "isanevilgenius.com" Kris, in her ever contentious self, chose "thisbitch@..." as her moniker. I thought about going with "thatbitchesarchnemesis@..." but instead chose the ever-popular "jeff."

It was also a day of misquoting cliches and bad puns, but really, what day isn't in my world?
A coworker had a birthday today and one of my teammates suggested key lime pie. That, sadly, lead to this email:

Stop being a social key-limer, Parit.

Mousse you be so flaky?

I swear, I'd like to peach your lights out.

I think I'll stop before ya'll put me in therapie.

i've been playing with the dogs, pulling up weeds, catching up on the latest from my friend Jennifer and generally relaxing this evening. It's been good so far. Also, setting up my iPod. Woot!

Still carrying massive stressness in my shoulders. Perhaps new chairs at work are in order. I couldn't bring myself to run tonight, but am definitely going tomorrow evening.

Tonight is for being a bit sleepy and lackadaisical. If that is spelled wrong, tough.
That's all for now, as the spaniels are clamoring for food!

Odd sight for the day...

...was an ambulance leaving a cemetary. Cuts out the middle man, i suppose.

It was a nice, albeit brief, gathering of G's family at the funeral of her step-grandmother.
I was amazed by the preponderance of flutterbies...er, butterflies. It was almost magical.

Let's see...relevant news from there...Vera's grandchildren from a previous marriage are complete wankers, asking for her wedding ring, mere feet from her open casket. Bubba is opening a chain of Z Pizza stores in San Diego. That's all i got from our brief time at the national cemetary.

I rushed there from the meeting with the big kahuna's from my department where the corporate trainer and i sold them on the idea of having a monthly live meeting called "Tech Talk Tuesday" to address relevant issues with our broad user base. It was very productive, but of course ran long...as we were all running out, we asked the pointed question "Do we have the go ahead?" to the VP of IT and the VP of HR. We recieved their blessings. Literally.

Now we just have to make it work. I'm thinking that for the first one, we need to make an email that resembles a B movie poster..."Attack of the 50 foot Blackberry" or something equally kitchy.

I'm starving and bought comfort food on the way home. We're in for another bout of storms, so I'm off to play with the dogs and get them some exercise and then munching down.