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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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There is still time, they've extended the deadline, unfortunately this led to my sister's business being without email for a half a day. I had sent her an email when renewal for her domain was coming up and she said "oh I'm just going to go with this free one" ok, sure... guess things aren't going that well, go ahead and use the free site.

Well, when it expired, sure enough I get a call "my email isn't working". Huh, yeah, didn't think of the email aspect "If I told you email was included would that have changed your mind? - Yes" well then... dualy noted. In any case she was kinda upset, it seemed like she thought I had slacked on sending her an email where in my mind I was thinking "ok, I did all this setup for her, and now she doesn't want it - ok, no problem - she's got it" I didn't take into account that she wasn't considering email. I hadn't considered email. Domain is domain, if you have domain covered, as is email covered... she didn't know that, oh well, live and learn.

So besides pissing off my sister I haven't done much with work. It's been crazy with the recent projects, and working with the UK which means getting up 4 to 5 hours earlier (given whatever the current daylight savings is set to). So I've been burning out sooner then later. I'ts 2pm and I'm off work. Not sure if that's common knowledge but I started at 4am and otherwise I'm going to explode and/or fall asleep.

I've been working quite a bit, but still some time for the child in the evenings. I can't remember if I've named him online yet - might as well not start now if I haven't. I know the name of my child and if you know me you know his name as well, darn, just gave away that he's male... or did I? :)
In any case it's been great seeing the baby mature - almost 8 months and counting. I remember our friends reaching 8 months and thinkng wow... we're not quite there yet, but yeah, we're here now, and in another couple it'll be 12. Time was measurable by the seasons in most cases, but now we've got a whole human who evolves by leaps and bounds by the day, let alone the month, or the year. Time just keeps on keeping on regardless.

I'm thankful for my child, and really think this will all be so fleeting. Nicole's already thinking of another one, but at least my retentive self can infuse a little control in holding off for the time being. There is much work, career, and additional planning to be done. If we're ever to be organized and have a handle on things, 1 is all we can handle from a financial standopint.

I can't describe the feeling I get when my child looks up at me in adoration and comfort and satisfaction. There is something that comes from within at seeing a human who depends on you, who recognizes you, who appreciates and loves to see you. It's a beautiful thing and < soapbox > I just hope that all have the opportunity to have a secure enough life to sponsor a new life. I see many a person who is in no position and where I am not one deny them that, at the expense of the child I am willing to deny them that.

There's just too much badness in the word to bring a fresh child into. If you need a child that badly, it's a great goal to pull yourself out of said badness first.
< / soapbox >

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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So the baby is on the way, 4 days until the due date. The baby's room is finished, floor sanded, resealed, walls painted, and furnished. Nicole and I both wanted a braided rug as we both have fond memories of racing matchbox cards along the braids. It's a built in racing track. I remember setting up my blocks in a track shape and using the braids as built in lanes. We settled on a nice braided cloth one from Thorndike Mills in Palmer. I'd say they're the de facto manufacturer of braided rugs mainly because they are the only ones I've ever heard of.

Since the room's been done I've gotten into the habit of looking into the room at night time and the morning, opening the door which has been closed to keep the cats out, just getting used to the image. I can imagine the baby there in the crib, all snuggled and peaceful in a warm loving house. It's a nice thought, but never thought I'd get to this point.

There's the usual concerns about how to change them, settle the crying, alleviate the gas bubbles, and hold the baby securely while trying to do things with one hand. I've always handled babys well (I think), but I never got all that much face time with any given tiny baby. I'm really looking forward to holding my son or daughter in my arms, looking at them and knowing they are part me.

I'm sure they'll run into the same issues I did growing up and I hope I can help them through it. Not to say my parents didn't try but they just didn't seem to have much of a clue. They were so old by the time they had me, things had been much different when they were children. Generations had gone by since, and their childhood memories didn't really give me much to work off of. I hope I can provide some insight to help prepare my child for the life that lies ahead.

Nicole and I both agree on the same rearing theories so I'm hoping that we'll be a good team.

Labels: 2009, baby, status

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

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The baby is coming in two months (give or take) and I'm feeling a bit... stressed?
I'm excited for the actual situation, but how I'm going to turn everything around in that short of time is a bit daunting.

I have until the beginning of July to finish everything for school. Once class is done and I think I'm in good shape there but the other one I've fallen quite a bit farther behind. I'm just starting on a paper that should have been done a week or two ago and I don't even know where to start.

We've got the baby's room started. It's primed and painted but needs another coat of paint and then I've still got to do the floor. After we pulled up the carpet there was a nice wood floor underneath, but the previous owners went all fuckall with the ceiling popcorn so it's got to be sanded and refinished and since I was going to rent a sander for the occasion I figured I might as well do the office too while I'm at it, since that floor has certainly seen better days.

On top of all this the bathroom is still being redone downstairs. At least we've got the upstairs one so we're not without during all this, but it's taken some time. They're doing good work thus far so I'm not complaining but there are additional concerns and decisions to approve as far as things we need to replace now they've got everything apart or the allotments for improvements to the items we've budgeted for.

I'm worried I can't get everything baby-ready in time, and in order to do all these pending items I kind of need to be home but we keep making ourselves busy. VT was last week, and NY this week - Pregnancy: Get it While it Lasts! (The Mom Tour)

I'm currently ready to head to our last birthing class, so once Nicole's lab is done at school we'll at least have Wednesdays back to normal. I might not be able to squeeze all the house stuff into a weeknight, but it might help me catch up on my school assignments. It's a great class, really interesting, but I'm so not getting what they apparently think I should be getting out of this because I read the materials but have NO idea what they're talking about in the writing assignment that's based on them. "wait... what do you mean 'all the different views?' I can name one... I think"

It all builds on itself so I'm starting to get a little tense. Work has been well, at least. Everything finally settled down, but apparently today was "nothing based on Access will work properly and needs to be fixed" day. There's a potential good thing coming up in the prospect of a trainee at work. They shuttle college graduates on a "fast path" to management - sending them to various areas a few months at a time to get as broad of a perspective as possible. We're getting one in my area and I'm going to be the mentor, so it'll be a little practice and I'll see how I do. I don't really want to get into the management side, but I'm thinking that might be the only route that'll get me any more moolah in this area and I would like to think my background would mean I could recommend and deligate well.

Ultimately I'd like to do full time programming, hopefully it'll be varied enough to keep me interested. I'd need more official training and if I can ever get to it I've got some additional programming classes coming. My development plan - read: list of classes for a degree - is fairly intense and involved so I might not really get to the actual programming classes until later. I know .NET but I've only been through official VB6 classes so I'm really looking forward to it for the best practices end of things.

Labels: 2009, baby, school, status

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Thursday, January 01, 2009

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I wanted to note that I'm feeling pretty good now. A weekend of relaxing and eating did me wonders and I've been careful to posture properly at work to reduce undue need for a backeeotomy.

We spent almost new years at Jen and Matt's, ate some ribs, played some wii and then got home in time to see the big sparkly thing... forget what it was but it was sponsored by Nivea.

Labels: consumerism, holidays, new years, status

posted @ 10:20

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

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This blizzard will be the death of me, I'm currently attempting to ward off back spasms with muscle relaxers and aleve. I was just getting over it too, and now I've done WAY too much shoveling. I am writing to try and keep my mind off the spasms, pain, and absence of breath I'm feeling, so I won't be hurt if you stop reading here :)

It started a week ago Thursday. I hurt my back doing nothing special - I was sitting in my office chair and turned right to grab my laptop out of the case on the ground. I didn't feel anything right away, but by the end of the day I was feeling it.

I worked Friday from home and then had Monday and Tuesday off to recuperate so I didn't think much of going to Nicole's family's Christmas Party on Sunday. I still hurt, but it wasn't bad enough to keep me home. By Monday I was feeling good. So good, in fact, that I decided I'd surprise Nicole by putting up the Christmas lights outside. Otherwise the whole day was me resting by watching TV and video games.

Alas, Tuesday was going to be another wash - holed up in bed all day so I finally got an appointment with the Chiropractor. He adjusted, it didn't feel quite as wonderful as it normally does but I figured it was due to it being out for so many days thus far.

I went to work Wednesday and Thursday with little to no issue and then this damn storm came up on Friday. I shoveled Friday night and though I hurt in the morning I needed to shovel Saturday because our damn snow blower is delayed until Tuesday. We couldn't find the one we wanted in the stores around here so we went online. Amazon got our hopes up by saying it would be delivered the next day... FedEx tracking brought us back into the reality that we'd be waiting another few days.

No sunflower means shoveling and when it's coming down about 2 to 4 inches an hour, that means shoveling several times. I did a lot the first time, though still not the whole driveway. I tried to at least keep the area around the cars and the plow deposits at the end of the driveway clear but it... just... kept... coming.

This morning I finished up the picture for our Christmas cards so we'll be sending those out tomorrow. I beat several stages of both Fallout3 and GTAIV then I watched the whole football game today, an absolute slaughter by NE in the snow. It almost feels like it's getting worse with me applying heat and not moving much. I'm wondering if I should stretch, I need to move, I'm getting a bit stir crazy.

Our driveway really needs a complete shovel, as does our front steps and sidewalk. I know the neighbors must not think much of me, but I just can't do any more shoveling. I can't move, or walk well, and shoveling will just make it worse. I wish the neighbor kids would come over and ask. I kinda thought they would after seeing me shovel. I'm weird with kids & neighbors though, never know what to say, or even what to say when they start the conversation, put the two together and I have no idea how to interact.

I had moved around enough snow previously to be able to get out with the car both earlier today and a little while ago. Nicole and I just went to go pick up the invitations after submitting them online and for food earlier today. It was really bad out there, the Subaru cut right through it, but I did emulate a plow somewhat on my exit and re-entrance.

*Whew* The spasms have finally subsided after a double dose, but along with them goes my thoughting ability. I'm too young for back problems, if this is just the start of it, I hate to see what's in store for my future. I'm working from home again tomorrow, and not sure about the rest of the week but this is crazy.

Labels: blizzard, holidays, lament, snow, status

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Monday, April 02, 2007

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I haven't been up to too much, just hangin out, workin, bought a house, and makin eggs.
(check out the other sets, my pumpkin from Holloween is in there)

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