I think I passed myself along the way this week

Ever feel like you're never going to catch up?

What a month so far! To Michigan on vacation then back to work one day then off to the DC area for work. I don't know whether I got content being out of the office or whether its just all catching up to me. Today I feel like crap. Went into work later because we were supposed to have a conference call at 4. ( I normally leave at 3:30). Found out they postponed the meeting until tomorrow. D'oh!

Just about the time I was leaving, the manager caught up to me and asked if I would take a look at one of the Execs computers. Ended up setting up email settings on 3 different computers. Ended up working over 45 minutes.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my job and most of the people I work with, but sometimes everything gets piled on and you wonder if you ever will get out from under it.

I did manage to take a bit of time the last couple nights to work on my own computers and update my website photo pages abit. Put my pictures from DC and Michigan up. Now if I can get a couple nights to finish I should be good. The funny thing about websites.. good ones are never finished. I learned that the hard way. HAHA.

Take a bath!!!

Is anyone else sensitive to perfumes and colognes?

Today, for the first time in over probably a month and a half, I decided to go to church. I've been out of town so much the last few months and with my back not cooperating, I haven't been going. I know, I know, baaaaaad me!.

Back to the rant... errr.. what I was saying. I get ready, hop in the the truck and off I go. I arrive at the church, early, no less. I hop out of the truck and walk across the parking lot. As I walk up onto the front walk, BOOM!, I get hit in the face by the smell (AND TASTE) of perfume. Not just a light wiff through the air, mind you, but enough to take my breath away. Immediately, the thought raced through my head

. o O ( If its this bad out here, what is it going to be like IN THERE ????)

I know its not proper to put yourself above God, but in this case, I couldn't see myself getting much out of the service with my eyes burning and my nose draining. I seem to remember that God thought it important to breath. He stirred the breath into that ball of dust and clay that became Adam. I think that's the reason we do it so automatically. Well there is that little quirk that if you stop for too long, you die. (I don't know why people make such a big deal about that). (Sarcasm)

I turned around and hopped back in the truck and left.

I know that utility bills can be expensive, but I've seen the price of some of these "stink 'ems". One could easily take a shower with some good ole fashioned soap many many times for what one little bottle of some of this stuff costs. And at the way the person today was using it, they must have a 55 gallon drum of it at home.

So folks, if you think you smell perdy with that junk on.. think again. Take a bath, a shower, spray yourself off with a hose, take a dip in a pond or lake, play in a mud puddle... please do not assult my senses by dumping that "stink 'em" all over you. When you're sensitive to it.. a little can go a looooong loooong way. (End of rant.. Thank you for your time)

Ever tried redoing a website?

It seems to take forever!

I started the project of redoing my website this past spring because I was quickly running out of room on my alotted space. "How could this be?", I asked myself. After a little checking, I found out just "how it could be". My lowly little website had amassed well over 450 pictures of varying sizes. WOW!

What to do?! I never really planned for the site to look the way it did and was never really satisfied with the layout. So now that I owned a computer capable of running things like Photoshop, I set to work. I created rollover buttons and menus. Framed out the picture pages so that they would be semi organized and load faster. I themed the site to look the same throughout as apposed to the random layout of before.

It seems as though its taking forever, but stick with me, because its not finished yet and my storage space more than doubled. This blog has also been linked to the site so people can read my rantings.

Whos Niki? ( I thought you knew )

Niki is a good friend I've known for quite some time. We met while chatting in the Yahoo Star Wars Chatrooms. I go visit her from time to time in Michigan (thats where she lives, btw). We go to the annual Michigan Ren Fest. I help maintain her computer and keep a website running for her to sell her doll clothes on. She also sells doll clothes at craft shows and such around the area. We get along pretty well and she puts up with my corny jokes. I say 'puts up with', because sometimes they get pretty lame. Niki is the kind of friend you feel comfortable talking about anything with.

(Oh, The picture on the left is at Ren Fest this year. The one on the left is 2 years ago at Ren Fest)

Yes, if you read the last post.. which was actually the first post.. you will notice I have never made it to bed yet.

The First Post

Ok, here we go.

I just returned Friday from another corporate trip to the Washington DC area. Being a pc tech for a large background investigation company, I get the occassional oppurtunity to travel to outside offices.

Tonight, I'm feeling a bit tired from all the running around. Not only did I return from the DC area Friday night, but I had just returned a week ago Friday from vacation at my friend Niki's in Michigan. A day in the office and I was out the door again.

I enjoy travelling. In the link posted above, you will find numerous photos of places I've been and things I like to do.

It's getting kind of late so I think I will meander off towards bed.