I am a male adult!

12.22.2009

Monday there was a flurry of activity on my stoop. Within 20 minutes of each other I had a delivery from FedEx (not from Amazon), a delivery from UPS (from Amazon and Newegg), and a failed sales attempt by a little guy selling cleaning products which you could also drink (at least that was what I got from his little demonstration on the stoop).

After all of this was done, I went back to the interweb and looked at my Amazon account to see what else might be coming my way. I'll look at my account and open up the tracking tab to see where things are and when they'll arrive. Whenever I click on something that's been delivered, it usually has a message like "Left on porch" or "Left by door". Today, there was a different message.

Since I'm usually not home when things are delivered, the above option doesn't show up much. I'm just a little amazed that the tracking (and capturing of data) goes to the level of detail that it does. I'm all for that level of detail. That's just the right level of detail. "Delivered to overweight male adult that could really use a shower" would be too much detail.

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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:

• How long does it take to do? Writing a novel would not be easily done by me in a 2-week period. Cleaning the bathroom, that I could do.
• Factor in extra time for real life. If something takes a substantial amount of time (more than an afternoon seems the standard for me), add in time for breaks, eating, going out and doing the normal running around I do on a day-to-day basis.
• Is there anything that has to be done at a specific time or with someone? This will limit the schedule!
• When will I be in the mood to do it? For example, I don't want to come home and work on websites right after work.

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:

• Instead of doing anything truly constructive Sunday, enjoy a Kevin Costner triple feature of Waterworld, Postman, and Mr Brooks. The first two I had never seen, the last I've seen at least twice before.
• Revamp home PC setup
  • Setup dual monitors
  • Setup little monitor as monitor #3.
  • Setup my network storage so I can share files between computers. (So far I'm having a hard time with drive #4, so I may have gotten hold of a bad drive).

• After the drive and network thing are working, finish setting up the Slingcatcher
• Go shooting with Jerry and Shaneva. I haven't been shooting since my brithday. I didn't shoot as well as I did back in March. Maybe it was the peer pressure of Jerry and Shaneva being there.
• Still to do tonight - Go watch MNF at the boss' house as an excuse to play the vibrating football game his two best, dorkiest employees got him for Christmas. If there had been more dorkiers he would have gotten the one with lights.

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!

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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 :)

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Teaser for Jer

12.10.2009

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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:

• It really was just 17% of my grade.
• If I made a 0 on the test, my class average would by 79.3.
• I needed a 60 on the test to get an A in the class.
• This is just a class I'm taking as a prerequisite for the masters program I'm theoretically aiming for, over a year down the road.
• There are other things I'd rather be doing, and some of those I probably should be doing.

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.

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