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Happy New Year!  It's a little late, but I have been thinking of you all.

So, I went to DC for the New Year.  It was interesting; I made the decision so late, then had travel delays, and I'm pretty sure I screwed up several people's plans...Totally worth it, though.  There was dinner at a friend's house on Thursday, and game night on Friday, in addition to a very nice New Year's party, and an okay brunch the following morning.

Came home late Saturday to find that my parents were having family over Sunday.  It was nice yet strange to see my Dad's cousin and his wife.  Cousin looks so much like my Dad; more than my uncle does, so that's a little odd.  And, I haven't seen them in so long, they now are retired and have three grandchildren. I don't think any of their kids were even married the last time I saw them.

Came back to work yesterday and immediately had to jump into moving issues again.  This time, they're even letting me mess with the floor plans!  I know, I'm a little scared, too.  With my luck, I'll have people sitting in hallways or something.

So, guess who forgot to charge her laptop last night, and then had to sit on the train this morning twiddling her thumbs.  Yup, that was me.  I usually carry the laptop charger with me, so I can plug it in wherever I go, but I didn't have it this morning for some reason, so I couldn't charge on the train or plug it in under my desk when I got here.  Depending on the moving insanity today, I might run over to the Apple store and get another to keep in my desk.  I keep an extra cell charger here, no reason not to have one for the computer.

Not a damn thing got done at home last night.  Okay, I took out the trash and did some dishes, but it's not like that was taxing.  And writing...Snort.  Yeah, right.  It was hard to write WITHOUT A COMPUTER.  My poor little laptop is under attack; either by a very sneaky virus, or a software issue.  I updated, ran virus scans, and defragged for 5 hours last night, and this morning when I turned it on it was still not working correctly.

I'm probably gonna have someone look at it, since I don't seem to be doing any good on my own.  The whole thing is very upsetting.  It's a new computer, after all (okay, it came to me re-conditioned, but it's new to me).  Should have sucked up the extra cost and gotten the Mac I wanted in the first place.

So, I'm going to try to write some more at work today, but if I were you guys I wouldn't hold my breath on reading anything new just now.  I'm thinking I'll have to get the documents off my computer and re-format my hard drive, in a last ditch effort to fix the computer myself, and that will take a few days off of my schedule.

Wish me luck with the machine; for now, I'm trying not to think about it.

It was a nice weekend.  Fun was had by all, and I managed to get the lawn mowed!!!  Of course, that means I had someone mow it, due to continued absence of lawnmower, but it got done, which is a big step in the right direction.  Also makes it easier to find the broken glass in the ground.  At some point, there was a hell of a party in that yard.

Sunday,  mymagritteand I were supposed to go to the DC Tribal Cafe, and we both flaked.  Which was kinda nice, as neither of us was left wandering Dupont alone, wondering where the other was.  Bad, though, as no bellydancing, coffee, supporting local performers stuff happened. I did cut my hair, though.  Which, I know, I'm not supposed to do myself anymore.  I just can't seem to stop.

The Wireless connection at home was spotty all weekend, for some reason.  I kept wandering into the room where the modem is (roommate's room) and playing with it, wandering back to my computer and messing with it, wandering downstairs to check the cable TV, etc.  Can't figure it out.  It started working long enought for me to check the weather this morning, which was a nice freebie, but then it went off again before I left.

Evidently I missed a lot of activity in the news this weekend, due to the internet issues.  Although, as I avoid news like the plague, chances are I wouldn't have heard anything either way.  Part of Eastern Market burned. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043000272.html?hpid=artslot   Very sad, I love that place.  Also, evidently part of the Bay Bridge in CA was destroyed by an exploding oil tanker.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042900512.html  And, not so much a landmark, but there was evidently a factory/refinery fire in OK.  Sheesh.  Who designated this the weekend for landmarks burning?  Can I give them a vote of no confidence?

Oh, and we're having a luau!!!  Tentatively scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, but I think it'll be changed to the weekend after.  A friend, who offered to help with the cost of outrageous decorations, will be out of town for Memorial Day.  Would be very wrong to have her buy 200 leis (or however many we end up needing) and then hold the party when she can't be there.  So, much like the Toga Party last fall, chances are party prep will consume me through much of May.  Also, my birthday!!!!

To work now, TTYL.

I hung out with some old friends last night, at what had to be the lamest party I've ever been to as an adult.  Imagine a bunch of 30-somethings sitting around in a circle, singing along to 80's music that none of them know the words to, playing balloon volleyball.  Yeah.  I drank a lot, and went home early.  On a happier note, I did get back the board game they borrowed from me and never returned.

Packed some things I'm not likely to use in the next two weeks, which likely means I'll suddenly need them Tuesday.  Still hate moving.  I have a huge stack of boxes of books and photos standing in my room at the moment, as well as the plastic storage container sculptures in the dining room.  Not quite the packing hell my life turned into the last time I moved, but still daunting.

Oh, and I'm finally finished transfering files to my new computer, which means it's about time for the dread ancient machine to head off to the great dumpster in the sky.  I have mixed feelings, but I'm hoping they go away, soon.

Yeah; so I'm as lame as the party last night at the moment.  I'm also dreading going back to work tomorrow, but that's a story for tomorrow, I'm sure.

Anyone remember this site?  You would put in a URL, and it would retrieve a page which had been taken off the net, through some computer magic that was explained to me a few times, but that I never really got.

I was thinking about the fact that my internet traffic has evolved to go to different places; that I don't spend time at the sites I used to go to every day.  So, I took a minute out of my morning to visit some old friends.  Specifically, cruel.com, and lileks.com.  I was pleased to discover that both sites are still pleasant diversions.

And, in a strange convergence of internet interests and topics, this article was posted at cruel.

Have a swell day!

The trouble with having two jobs at once, is that nothing is ever where you need it to be. Also, the running from desk to desk, then performing job duties that make you walk the entire office. And then there's the fun skipping lunch factor.

I have gotten no writing done at work, so it will have to be worked on at home for the forseeable future. Which, I suppose, I should be doing anyway, but rarely manage to except on weekends. New home computer should be arriving by the end of this week (SQUEE!) and then I'll have to take some time to transfer files, etc. So, what I'm trying to say is, I'm buggered in the writing department. I feel very un-productive.

More later, I'm sure.

Oh, before I forget... Many thanks to edgehead220373  for the adorable icon. So much fun!