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Feeling Healthier though not Better
Jan. 19th, 2007 01:19 amI seem to be over the worst of whatever I had caught that made me sick. I've been basically at home in my apartment since Firday night. I did go to work Thursday hwoever. But I didn't go until I was only intermittently coughing up "lung butter" only once very 4 hours. not a pretty visual but very description :-)
Work was work. I'm not doing as much as before now that we have the two other sysadmins but I'm still involved. Both of them have been under the weather the last few weeks so I've been helping out. However, the time when they won't need me to help them out is right around the corner. They are both quite competent and that is very relieving. It also makes it much easier to look seriously for other employement. Nothing firm yet but I have a feeling I might get an offer in the next week or so. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
I did something very stupid to someone that means the world to me. I apologized and it was accepted but I still feel quite awful. Unfortunately, despite the apology, the damage has been done and I'm afraid that there a positive path back that I can see. You would think I would eventually learn from some of my past mistakes in this area. *sigh*
I have realized that I have three weddings to attend this year, one of which I am currently scheduled to be a member of the bridal party. While looking at my finances, I'm not quite sure how I'm going to be able to attend all these weddings. Even without the house purchase, that many trips starts to add up quite quickly: airfare and hotel stays can easily be $500 a trip. And if I drive up, I will have to burn vacation time to do it to be able to safely drive those distances as none of them in Atlanta. Despite the number of times its explained to me, I still find it bizarre that folks go home to their parent's home towns to get married when they live in other towns and all their friends do too. This is probably going to occur for all three weddings which is probably more bizarre. Oh well, the price of friendship can be high :-)
I've got a traffic court appointment Friday afternoon. I got a ticket for having an expired tag and an expired license. With all the crap at work, I had simply forgotten to get them renewed by the end of November (my birthdya was Nov. 22nd). I got ticketed on Dec. 2nd. Joy. Total cost of the fines is just shy of $400. *sigh* All my fault. But it still sucks. I'm strongly considering pleading "not guilty" but somehow I think that isn't going to get the judge to show me any leiniency. I really don't need to giving up $400 in fines when I'm considering purchasing a house. :-)
House hunting is going quite well. Found three really good possibilities. one of this practically screams to have a party: a 20x20 foot sun room with built in benchs and a 6 foot bar in one corner :-) Unfortunately that house has a really ancient electrical box and wiring (i.e. no ground wires, just 2 prong outlets everywhere) so its not really on the list. The other two are quite nice and very spacious and *almost* affordable. I need to spend some more time with the mortgage agent and see what I can finagle.
That's all for now. I've been trying to keep up with all your folks and your journals but being sick kinda put me behind. Don't worry, I'll catch up as time permits.
Work was work. I'm not doing as much as before now that we have the two other sysadmins but I'm still involved. Both of them have been under the weather the last few weeks so I've been helping out. However, the time when they won't need me to help them out is right around the corner. They are both quite competent and that is very relieving. It also makes it much easier to look seriously for other employement. Nothing firm yet but I have a feeling I might get an offer in the next week or so. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
I did something very stupid to someone that means the world to me. I apologized and it was accepted but I still feel quite awful. Unfortunately, despite the apology, the damage has been done and I'm afraid that there a positive path back that I can see. You would think I would eventually learn from some of my past mistakes in this area. *sigh*
I have realized that I have three weddings to attend this year, one of which I am currently scheduled to be a member of the bridal party. While looking at my finances, I'm not quite sure how I'm going to be able to attend all these weddings. Even without the house purchase, that many trips starts to add up quite quickly: airfare and hotel stays can easily be $500 a trip. And if I drive up, I will have to burn vacation time to do it to be able to safely drive those distances as none of them in Atlanta. Despite the number of times its explained to me, I still find it bizarre that folks go home to their parent's home towns to get married when they live in other towns and all their friends do too. This is probably going to occur for all three weddings which is probably more bizarre. Oh well, the price of friendship can be high :-)
I've got a traffic court appointment Friday afternoon. I got a ticket for having an expired tag and an expired license. With all the crap at work, I had simply forgotten to get them renewed by the end of November (my birthdya was Nov. 22nd). I got ticketed on Dec. 2nd. Joy. Total cost of the fines is just shy of $400. *sigh* All my fault. But it still sucks. I'm strongly considering pleading "not guilty" but somehow I think that isn't going to get the judge to show me any leiniency. I really don't need to giving up $400 in fines when I'm considering purchasing a house. :-)
House hunting is going quite well. Found three really good possibilities. one of this practically screams to have a party: a 20x20 foot sun room with built in benchs and a 6 foot bar in one corner :-) Unfortunately that house has a really ancient electrical box and wiring (i.e. no ground wires, just 2 prong outlets everywhere) so its not really on the list. The other two are quite nice and very spacious and *almost* affordable. I need to spend some more time with the mortgage agent and see what I can finagle.
That's all for now. I've been trying to keep up with all your folks and your journals but being sick kinda put me behind. Don't worry, I'll catch up as time permits.
