Christmas Vacation!

12.21.2009

Ah, Christmas vacation. 2 little words that mean so much. Primarily, no going work. No going to work, good. No going to work and still getting paid, gooder!

For the past couple of years, I've taken a week's vacation in addition to the company provided week between Christmas and New Years to enjoy quality time at home and try to get shit done (henceforth to be referred to as "GSD"). The key part of GSD is making a list of what you want to get done, then see if it can realistically be done. Those factors affecting if it can be done include but are not limited to:

It's a good system, it seems to work for me. As such, I've been making a list of what all to do on my vacation. Here's how the first Friday through Monday has worked out:

There's still more to do this week. In fact, Wednesday is Muchachomas with Jerry as he babysits me while the car is off getting the nav system and splash guards installed. That leaves Tuesday a little open, but that's scheduled mainly for laundry as it stands. Tuesday also has a batch of Amazon parcels coming. Maybe there will be something note-worthy there? Hmmmm, tune in later to find out!


random road trip

Xmas Vacation!

12.18.2009

Today after work (which I'm hoping will be about 3:00) I start my Xmas vacation. If there are no emergency calls, I won't go back to work until Jan 4.

I wonder if I can remember to go back :)




Teaser for Jer

12.10.2009




Final-ly

12.08.2009

Today I took my Accounting I final exam. It wasn't really a "final" in that it didn't cover the whole course, just the last 3 chapters. It was also weighted the same as the other tests. For some reason, I've been stressing and worrying about the content of those 3 chapters because some of the terms just weren't sticking in my head. I was putting way too much importance on this test because:

So after a 12 year break from school, I'm focusing way too much on getting an A. I think I made at least a 60 on that test. There were 3 spots where I know I was getting the math right but had to make up the account names because I just couldn't remember what they were supposed to be. But at least now I'm not worrying about it. I didn't even go look up what the account names should have been after I got home.

Now I've just got 8 more work days until my Xmas vacation begins. That I'm looking forward to. I may have to make a list of what all I want to do to make sure I optimize my play time.


random

Air in tire GOOD!

11.22.2009

About a month ago I got a bicycle and was amazed at all the advances in the bicycle sciences over the past 20 years. Disc brakes, shocks, GPS, and there's probably heated seats out there somewhere. It came time yesterday, after trying to take a ride around Matt's neighborhood, for me to air up the rear tire. I'm paranoid about tires and wheels since that's where all my weight's going, so I pay special attention to those first couple of hundred feet of a ride. Yesterday, I heard the distinctive noise of too much rubber under low air pressure on the road. As such, my ride was almost a minute long before I loaded up and came back to the house.

One of the accessories I got was an overly complicated air pump. The tubes in the tires have a Presta valve, which I had never heard of before getting the bike home and trying to figure out what that funny looking valve stem was. So, I hooked up the pump to the tire, pushed down, and not a damn thing happened. I had gotten a spare inner tube on my last trip to the bike shop, and I could inflate it fine. What was I doing wrong?

Thanks to Al Gore's Information Superweb and Yahoo, I found that I needed to unscrew a tip of the valve that I didn't even know was there. Afterward, I was able to pump up the tire to the recommended 40-65 psi (I picked 60!), up from the 30 psi that I managed to get down to. Part of that 30 was probably me letting air out while fiddling with the valve stem trying to figure out how the silly thing worked.

So now I have properly inflated tires. It's raining and I probably won't go for a ride today. I'm ready for tomorrow, though.




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