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Jul. 3rd, 2014 04:59 pmI have had a strangely productive week this week. Like, to the extent where I'm starting to look back and kind of blink at myself.
On Monday I booked my flight to Dragon Con.
Excuse me, my free flight to Dragon Con. That free part is important, in that if I couldn't find a Reward Certificate Flight then I wasn't going to be able to go.
Labor Day weekend is Moving Weekend in Boston, and even though my move date has been pushed back to the first weekend of September, I just couldn't justify the cost of the flight there and back. I probably shouldn't be justifying the cost of the Membership, Hotel, and food for the weekend...but I'm cutting myself some slack in that regard.
June has sucked. July is going to be busy as absolute great buggering fuck. August will be full of packing. SO I think I can schedule a bit of a break at the beginning of September.
I may come to regret this decision.
On Tuesday the new computer I ordered the previous Saturday arrived. It's all kind of wonderful. I've named him Bumi.
See, it's been tradition to use Classical names for things that will connect to the network. For the last decade or so our network has been named Virgil, and our apartment The Second Circle. But...the new place will have no such designation. In fact, prior to the purchase of Bumi the only real thing I had that would connect to the network was my Roku.
I didn't name it that! That's the name it came with! So...with Avatar Roku already in the house, I had no choice but to go with Bumi.
NO CHOICE!
Along with Bumi I also bought a rather sizable external hard drive, which is clearly going to be named Wan Shi Tong. He and Lucien should play along just fine, I hope. Poor desk top computer is chock full of learnings and as a result runs slow like molasses. And not even the kind that'll kill you at 35 mph in the dead of winter.
Yesterday I met with my boss and got more information on this BIG PROJECT that I'm working on.
Yes, this would be the one I was convinced would get me fired, so...getting things not just right, but exactly as my boss wants them to be is imperative.
Today I have done nothing but work on that project. And just when I thought I as good to take a break, my boss came in and told me he wanted me to do a whole bunch more stuff. Stuff I haven't the foggiest idea how to do. So that'll all have to wait until Monday to finish.
Not content to just sit around on the internet, as I would usually be, I decided to finally get around to making all the phone calls that needed to be made. I called my Mom. I called the Gas and Electric companies, turning on service for my last month in my current place, and setting the ground work to have those utilities good and squared away at the new one. I even emailed my realtors.
The one who was helping me house hunt needed to be told I was done house hunting for a while. At least until my nest egg recoups from First/Last/Security/Realtor fee payments. And the second, the guy who actually showed us the new rental, to find out if I could have one more walk through of the new property for measurement and picture purposes.
Next, I guess, I'll make a To Do list for Monday Morning, where I'll have to be here bright and early for the Perfect Storm that my next two weeks before vacation will be.
In the meantime, this weekend I will buy boxes and start packing up my library. Set up Wan Shi Tong. Possibly even tackle the attic.
SO yeah...things and stuff.
On Monday I booked my flight to Dragon Con.
Excuse me, my free flight to Dragon Con. That free part is important, in that if I couldn't find a Reward Certificate Flight then I wasn't going to be able to go.
Labor Day weekend is Moving Weekend in Boston, and even though my move date has been pushed back to the first weekend of September, I just couldn't justify the cost of the flight there and back. I probably shouldn't be justifying the cost of the Membership, Hotel, and food for the weekend...but I'm cutting myself some slack in that regard.
June has sucked. July is going to be busy as absolute great buggering fuck. August will be full of packing. SO I think I can schedule a bit of a break at the beginning of September.
I may come to regret this decision.
On Tuesday the new computer I ordered the previous Saturday arrived. It's all kind of wonderful. I've named him Bumi.
See, it's been tradition to use Classical names for things that will connect to the network. For the last decade or so our network has been named Virgil, and our apartment The Second Circle. But...the new place will have no such designation. In fact, prior to the purchase of Bumi the only real thing I had that would connect to the network was my Roku.
I didn't name it that! That's the name it came with! So...with Avatar Roku already in the house, I had no choice but to go with Bumi.
NO CHOICE!
Along with Bumi I also bought a rather sizable external hard drive, which is clearly going to be named Wan Shi Tong. He and Lucien should play along just fine, I hope. Poor desk top computer is chock full of learnings and as a result runs slow like molasses. And not even the kind that'll kill you at 35 mph in the dead of winter.
Yesterday I met with my boss and got more information on this BIG PROJECT that I'm working on.
Yes, this would be the one I was convinced would get me fired, so...getting things not just right, but exactly as my boss wants them to be is imperative.
Today I have done nothing but work on that project. And just when I thought I as good to take a break, my boss came in and told me he wanted me to do a whole bunch more stuff. Stuff I haven't the foggiest idea how to do. So that'll all have to wait until Monday to finish.
Not content to just sit around on the internet, as I would usually be, I decided to finally get around to making all the phone calls that needed to be made. I called my Mom. I called the Gas and Electric companies, turning on service for my last month in my current place, and setting the ground work to have those utilities good and squared away at the new one. I even emailed my realtors.
The one who was helping me house hunt needed to be told I was done house hunting for a while. At least until my nest egg recoups from First/Last/Security/Realtor fee payments. And the second, the guy who actually showed us the new rental, to find out if I could have one more walk through of the new property for measurement and picture purposes.
Next, I guess, I'll make a To Do list for Monday Morning, where I'll have to be here bright and early for the Perfect Storm that my next two weeks before vacation will be.
In the meantime, this weekend I will buy boxes and start packing up my library. Set up Wan Shi Tong. Possibly even tackle the attic.
SO yeah...things and stuff.
