Autumn Equinox
Last night was all hallows eve, which is typically one of my favorite nights of the year. It’s part of that whole pagan / mother earth / trying to be in tune with the natural cycles of life thang resurfacing. Instead, my night was again dominated by my more recent past. I slept 4 hours the previous night. After driving many miles around the central Willamette valley, I got to bed around 01:00. I was awake at 05:00 without external stimuli. Great. I tried to go back to sleep, but couldn’t. Eventually, I got rolling and my day dragged. After a long day at work, I went to Costco to drop-off and pick-up needed items. Then I tried to get a few things done in the apartment before I crashed. One step in front of the other. Still breathing? Yes. OK. Next step…
On the work front, the budget application that I have been working on was demoted in priority. After busting my ass for 3 weeks… I now have a little room to breathe. The new target date is for the end of the year. I’m now writing code for the network team. I am extracting employee info from the personnel management system: first name, last name, site name, phone number, etc. It’s just basic contact info kind of stuff. Once I get this finished up, I will return to the budget app and alternate that effort with writing new backup utilities for all users. I’m entertained. I get to learn new stuff, without a massive deadline hanging over me AND I get to contribute to projects that might help to foster a more positive image of our IT organization within the company. Cool.
So…
Where am I at? That seems to be the question.
- I am sleeping alone.
- I get up and go to work. (Beat the boss in this morning.)
- I unpack a box and/or set up a shelf every night. Very soon, I need to make a push to clear my things out of the woman’s place. Because of circumstances not entirely within my control, I have not had time to pack up my stuff and make the transition. I think the lag causes more suffering for both of us.
- I have ordered cable and broadband. Thursday night, I should be back online without having to hack so poor sap’s network.
- I am waiting on a referral to start seeing a counselor.
- I bought a vacuum and a microwave last night.
- I returned my defective X-Box 360 to Costco. Hopefully, at lunch I can score another one with the same racing game. Otherwise, I’ll buy the ‘Arcade’ bundle and immediately pick up Project Gotham Racing.
- I have not had a chance to play my guitar yet. My new instrument cable should be in today. That should make things easier. Until then, it’s not much of a priority.
- I need to make another IKEA run, but that will need to wait until I know more of what I need and what it damaged from the last run.
- I need to saddle up and burn a shit load of fuel. Maybe it is time for me to dissappear for a weekend. Queue the Sony, pull on my winter armour and just go… North, south, it doesn’t much matter. Just go. Burn the fuel, push 130 mph for kicks, write in my journal, and sleep is some strange room hundreds of miles from my ‘real’ life. Maybe? Maybe not.
Progress with pain. Now if I could just start sleeping through the night…
