mandaloo

i should be in bed… but i’m not. this weekend i’ve done nothing but organize my digital music and move files over to my laptop. i’m lame. jeromy’s been working on his computer and getting it ready for quakecon. i still don’t know what to expect from quakecon next weekend. and i’m not even sure that i’m going… and if i am, what days i’ll be there. *shrugs*

i’m planning on moving over some old myspace blogs to here since the myspace site has been blitzing out lately. there are some entries i don’t want to lose, so if you see blogs magically appearing before my original march 2006 start date, don’t be alarmed… i have not found a way to time travel. heh.

it’s been a long and uneventful week.  last night, jeromy and i went and bought stuff to make lunches.  we both have been going out to eat excessively… creating a problem for our wallets and waistlines, so we now have tons of make-your-own-lunch stuff.  i dug out my lunchbox and threw together snacks and whatnot.  we’re trying to eat healthier, too… so this morning, i snacked on grapes and carrots.

jeromy and i were thinking about going to the tsn bbq in granbury this weekend, but jeromy is on call for work and he’s anticipating a busy couple of days.  i have a feeling that most of my time will be spent at my apartment, working on my laptop, and chilling with bacon.  i’m working on getting all my music from my mp3 player and cds and whatnot compiled and organized on my laptop.  there a bunch of crap that i know i won’t listen to anymore, so i’m going to work on getting that stuff burned onto cds so that they can be stored and quit taking up space on my hard drive or mp3 player.

i’ve been distracted lately.  i haven’t been communicating with god as much as i should be.  i was at a stoplight yesterday and i looked up.  i saw the white clouds… and there was just enough wind that i saw them move and all.  very smoothly and majestic.  it was one of those moments where the simple things give you awe.  and for a minute, my perspective was above the traffic and all my little silly worries.  i thought about the big picture and how god might see me and the world.  .  .  and then my light turned green and off i went.  while i didn’t experience a prayer or a great spiritual event, the “recentering” did me good.  i think i need more “look up” moments – so that my heart is reminded about who i am and why i’m here.  i need to go to god more with the little things in my life.  i know that it’s sometimes hard to bring the things we might deem “insignificant” or “little” to our heavenly father, but when we hold onto them, we’re in fact, sending the message that we doubt god’s capacity to help with such things.  when we allow the room and opportunities for god to exhibit his love and power in our lives, great things can occur.

my credit union came through and i was able to get a laptop last night.  i’m thrilled… like, really.  this is really the first computer that is all mine.  so this is huge for me.  there’s so much that it will be good for.  i can’t wait to get all my music organized on it.  it’s an hp pavilion… 1 gb ram, 80 gb hdd, dvd/cd rw drive, etc.  i love it… it’s slick.  (more…)

just got back this evening from my weekend in haskell, texas. i was gone with jeromy and his family for the family reunion. we got there yesterday afternoon and got to the center just in time for the grub. we had barbeque and started to make the rounds. i heard from jeromy that a common question was, “who’s the redhead?” heh. when people saw my name on my nametag, i could see that people would do a mental scan of my last name and try to see where i fit in. i think that it would have been easier if i had put “jeromy’s girlfriend” under my name that way people knew i wasn’t an official member or whatnot. i had never been to a family reunion before. there’s just lots of talking. and since i didn’t know anybody, i just did lots of sittin’ and lookin’ and listenin’. it was nice. i saw the breaks in generations. i really liked seeing the older people. got me thinking about how much history some of those people have seen. everyone i met was really nice and furthered my impression about the good, wholesome, admirable nature of jeromy’s family. there were lots of babies. it was cute to see all of the little families interacting. (more…)

i’m scheming of a way to get a laptop.  i was planning on buying my dad’s from him, but i don’t know if he’s ready to let it go or not.  he uses it infrequently… but every three or four months, he’ll need it.  so that option is kinda out.  i could get one on ebay… but i need to save a chunk of money to get the kind i want and it’ll take some time (and i’m an impatient shopper).    (more…)

it feels like it’s been forever since i’ve posted, but it really hasn’t been that long. my recovery from “the plague” of last week continued on and i’m all better now. i’ve just spent the last three hours going through my mp3 player and the tons of songs therein. what provoked me to do this is that one of my coworkers needs a music makeover … bad. and while i don’t claim to be connected to the pulse of music trends right now, at least i could point him in the right direction. so i basically made him a “music buffet” cd… i put 3-4 songs from groups/artists i like, and that way if he comes back and says, “hey – i like so-and-so…,” i can provide him with more music leads. in the process of doing this, i just played around and listened to things that are current and past favs. sometimes, i stumbled upon songs that i hadn’t heard in years. others brought back memories instantly. but for the most part, it was just good ‘ol rockin in the computer chair. i was in my own little world. i got the sampler cd finished and will be delivering it to my coworker this week. i had been meaning to get this cd done for a couple of weeks now, but i was prompted to get it completely finished when this particular coworker did a random act of kindness in my behalf. i had some certificates in my cube that had little sticky notes over them to cover my “old” last name with my “new” (technically “new old”) last name written on the note. and they’ve been that way for the last eight months or so. about a week ago, they both disappeared from my cube and i just figured somebody in the office jacked them b/c they wanted the plastic cover sleeve things they were in. on friday, while i was out at lunch, i found that the certificates had been returned… with my correct last name printed on them. and when i inquired around about who did it, the process of elimination lead me to a fellow coworker. a male, no less (no offense to guys… but taking care of little details like this are not a typical strong suit). and while it may have seemed to be a silly and insignificant thing to do, it really meant the world to me that someone would go out of their way to have that done. now, when i look up, i don’t see awkward sticky notes that remind me of recent changes of my life as they barely cover up past letters… i see a clean, crisp copy of my current name… happily displayed. it was just really neat. i’m blessed to have people that care that much about me at my workplace. (more…)

this afternoon, i guess my antibiotic decided to kick in or something because i started to feel way way better.  now that it’s evening, i feel almost normal – just except for my ears, but i bet those will feel better in time, too.

i got some work done that i had taken home, so i won’t feel totally overwhelmed when i go back into the office tomorrow.  i hung out at jeromy’s tonight – susan came over and cooked this awesome chicken stuff.  ’twas good – my tummy is still dancing. 

during our sick time together, jeromy and i watched random shows on tv.  the one i liked the most was about manmade disasters… about oil rigs blowing up and stuff.  the thing that made my jaw drop the most was when they started talking about how many times nuclear missles and whatnot were almost set off via computer errors or communications errors.  kinda scary stuff.  i’m sure that they’ve improved the system lots since the mid-1900s and all, but still.  some of the stories made my eyes widen a bit.

my friend brenda called me today.  she had her little baby boy last sunday, so that’s super exciting.  she’s still in the hospital and i would love to go visit her, but with me being all sick, i don’t see that happening.  she’s been a great stepmom to two kiddos, but this is her first child she’s given birth to.  i know that they’re all super glad to have the addition.

tomorrow is wednesday – i’ve got meetings scheduled and it’s gonna be a busy one.  i’m hoping that jeromy will get to feeling better – he’s still not feeling like he’s in tip-top shape.  poor guy. 

i successfully got the photo album and cds together for susan to deliver to her coworker tomorrow.  i’m excited and anxious to hear the feedback about them. 

g’night and farewell.

so i’ve been sick for seven days now. i’m at home and i really want to be at work getting my projects out the door. but i feel awful. ugh.

i thought i would go ahead and post some pics from the wedding i went to last weekend… i took 389 shots so it was hard to pick just a couple to put up here… (more…)