Monthly Archives: August 2006

I actually got some work done.  I got nearly all my emails caught up and I’m very happy that I got all my receipts caught up.  Those needed to be done so I don’t fall even more behind when we head out to Washington.

I’m actually starting to find my desk.  It was really starting to piss me off every time I looked at it.  A messy desk is not a normal thing for me growing up, but it seems to have become the norm the last year.  And that really annoys me.  So getting some of that work done, was great on getting rid of a huge annoyance.

Now what I need to do is actually finish up a letter to Melinda and get that off.  Then my next big project will be working on the pics from this summer.  I really need to get those done.  But it will be hard since I miss the kids.  =(

We just got done watching our Soprano dvd and put it off in the mail.  Damn, I can’t wait for the next one.  They are addicting.

I actually got a few things done today considering our time started out being wasted by having to wait for a delivery that we should’ve received yesterday.  =(

After we got that we ran to the store and picked me up a new handless headset for my cell and Christina Aguilera’s new cd.  It is the 1^st time in about 10yrs that I picked a cd on the day that it was released.  =)  But I really enjoy her voice and her courage to take the risks for musical growth.

I then lost time trying to work our scanner.  We brought it about 6 months ago and have always used the printer function, just never the scanner.  So that gave me a few hours of grief.  I finally got it figured out. =)  So that was cool.

Once that was all figures out, I set myself up back out on the patio got some work done while listening to the new cds while cooling off & getting some exercise with a dip in the pool here and there.  I even got a good start on a letter to my sister, which serves as a good outline for my aunt & extra ma. =)  Now I just need to go through it.

I have to big projects that I didn’t get to touch, working some family pics and our receipts.  =(    But I’m happy that I got some other work done that I hope leads to a step in the right direction.

I’m not looking forward to work tomorrow for 2 reasons.  One, I still have so much that I need to do at home.  Two, because even though I felt we did really good on getting things done while the boss was out of a town, I have a sense of dread that it wasn’t enough.  Oh well…….that is life, I can only do so much.

Harold has set up a date for our FFL draft, now I just need to make sure that my schedule doesn’t change.  =)  I’m looking forward to football season.  It’ll give me some fun things to have on my mind.  =)

• Current Location: office
• Current Music: golden silence
• Current Mood: calm

I just had a big dinner, I’m sitting out here in the patio looking at the pool thinking how nice it would feel to jump in if I wasn’t feeling so stuffed………..lol It is my day off and I’ve been enjoying it while trying to get things done.

I ran to the post office today and got some things shipped to my family. Charles had read all 3 of the 4 Harry Potters I sent home with them. Heather is still reading one of them. So I had purchased the latest 2 book and sent them off. They started school today, so I’m not sure when he’ll get time to read them, but at least he’ll have them. =)

My 15 yr old god daughter, Cassie, (HOLY SHIT! That makes me feel old) called today. She had a rough summer visiting her biological father and had just got home and need someone different to talk to about it. She ended up seeing a side of him that we have always hinted at but never really told her about.

Sandi had never fully told her everything about what had happened between her and her father, just wanted her to grow up knowing him in her own way and knew that she would eventually see him for what he is. Sandi grew up not knowing her biological father and just didn’t want that to happen to her daughter, even though she would’ve been justified in not letting her know about him.

I feel bad for what she saw and heard from her father as he fought with her stepmother, but in some ways I’m glad that she saw things on her own. So when she asks questions of her mother (who doesn’t lie about what happened) she knows she isn’t just saying it to say mean things about her father. Cassie is a very smart girl and is starting to make the connections on the things he says compared to the things he does.

I’m just glad that she feels comfortable enough to contact me on her own when she needs to. I don’t get to see her or her brothers & sister enough and that bothers me.

I just hope that Heather, Charles, & Cheyanne feel the same way.  I’m missing them. I look into the spare room and expect to see them. I try not to think about them too much, because it brings me down when I think about missing them.

I partly figured out why I have such a hard time getting things done while set up in the office. It is because Harold wants to play catch up with programs on TV and I can’t concentrate when he does that……gggrrr I want to get work done and he wants to watch TV. I have shows that I’m addicted to, but when I want to work I just want music. Actually, if I had to choose between TV and music, music would win nearly every time.

I think I also just hate the feeling of being cooped up. It drives me nuts.

So if I want to get things done, I’m just going to have to set up else where. =)

I need to actually try and get some letters done. The bulk of the letters are from my blog. So that part is easy enough. I just haven’t done it since April………lol

Current Location: patio

Current Mood: busy

Current Music: Against All Odds – Phil Collins