This working six days a week thing is for the birds.
So, now I’ve started my class. And I’m working overtime and weekends. And I’ve come to realize that there’s probably not a snowball’s chance that I’ll be able to get back to the other test until after this class (and its attendant test) is over and done with, which means I’ll have to re-study pretty much everything that I studied last fall.
In other words, I am well and truly up shit creek sans paddle.
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As I look at the end of 2010, I find I feel divided.
Well, divided and a bit depressed. I’m hoping that I can chalk that up to the stress of the holidays and the lack of light due to winter. Given that I already wrote about it last year (at least I think I did, but I’m far too lazy to look it up right now), I suspect that a bit of seasonal affective disorder is going to play a role in my life going forward more and more fully.
As for feeling divided, I’m finding I’m more and more torn between needs and wants.
Posted in Random Thoughts
…to wish everyone who celebrates a Merry Christmas!
Posted in Friendship, Random Thoughts, Stuff I Like
I give. Yield. Acquiesce.
I went back to work Thursday of last week. I’d been keeping track of how things were in my absence (remote connections being the mixed blessing and curse that they are) and, realizing that the more I delayed my return, the deeper the hole I’d have to clamber out of, decided I had to go back. Plus, office politics being the complex little thing they are, I couldn’t afford to offend the wrong people and miss the infamous holiday party.
And I thought, truthfully, that I was on the mend. Until I got home Friday.
Posted in Books, California, Computers, Life, Random Thoughts
Ugh.
Work is stressful. Studying is stressful. The insanity of the holidays is upon us. Which, you know, is stressful to.
And now it appears that I’m becoming sick.
Posted in Random Thoughts, Stuff I Like, Writing
So, yeah, the last few weeks have been a bit stressful. But there are various things I do to keep me ‘goin.
First, and foremost, hanging out with my friends, at least on a semi-regular basis. Then there’s things like taking the time to read all of your blogs (as best I can), take occasional breaks, and treating myself to a decent meal every now and again.
And, of course humor. And a big source of that are the infamous and varied sites of the Cheezeburger network. Sometimes funny, sometimes so-so, and sometimes giving me a hearty belly-laugh that is oh-so-needed.
And now, without further adieu, a few favorites from the last few weeks:
Posted in Friday Sillyness
Howdy strangers!
Just dropping out of the WWOSU (Wonderful World Of Study Hell) to say Happy Thanksgiving to everybody.
Especially all of you who keep on stopping by, eagerly awaiting the day that I’ve gotten past these silly tests and start talking about, you know, INTERESTING stuff again.
Posted in Random Thoughts
Posted in Computers
(As promised from my last post. And, yeah, I do miss this stuff; hopefully I’ll get back to it someday soon…)
Stonewall Peak, located in the heart of Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, isn’t the tallest peak in the park; that honor goes to Cuyamaca Peak to the west, reached via a 7-mile trek up a long, exposed fire road. Stonewall Peak isn’t the highest, longest, or steepest trail in the park. If you’re out to bag only the most impressive-sounding hikes, Stonewall Peak isn’t for you.
What Stonewall Peak does have, however, is an all-encompassing view of the park and the surrounding countryside, looking out over the Sweetwater River Valley that crosses through the park, off to distant deserts and inland seas, out to the distant Pacific (at least I think it was the ocean), and even bringing into view the white domes of Palomar Observatory. All of this reached after a couple of miles of gentle climbing up one of, in my humble opinion, one of the best-designed trails I’ve been on.
Over the two miles of ascent, you’ll gain only about 400′ per mile. Even with my current case of plantar fasciitis, such a gentle grade allowed me to forget about my foot or even the effort of climbing. Instead, the hike was a great walk, with ever expanding views along the way.
Posted in Hiking
It’s Sunday, which for the past couple of months most of 2010 has meant mental break day. Grab lunch and go to a park, sit around and watch T.V., read something other than thick technical textbooks, attempt to go for a hike. In other words something, nay, anything other than a) staring at a computer at work while working or b) staring at a computer at home while studying.
For some reason, though, I felt the need to sit down today and work on a hiking post, of all things, which I’ll put up online sometime in the next few days. Yes, it’s on the computer, which shocks no one more than me, but at least it’s not work or study related.
Wellllll… that’s not quite true. At the moment I’m also dialed in to work installing security updates remotely. But I’m doing it from the comfort of home, so I’ll give myself a pass on this one.
Posted in California, Camping, Computers, Friendship, Hiking, Life, Travel, Work
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