Days of my life
Well, a bit has happened since the moose experience. But not all of it is good. Actually, a lot of it is bad, but I'm trying desperately to find the good in all of it.
I read recently, "God will only give you as much as you can handle." Okay God. I'm getting to the point where I cannot take any more. I appreciate you teaching me restraint, humility, responsibility, fear, compassion, PATIENCE...but enough is enough.
Can't fill you in all of it now, but in other news...:
Been deer hunting a bit. Not really into it, because I have a full freezer. However, I would like to have a bunch of meat to cut up for sausage and goodies...saving my precious moose for unadulterated straight hamburger.
Joined a gym with a full-size pool and brand new equipment! Just have to wait until it's all set up and ready before I set up a real schedule there.
Bought a seasons pass to Silver mountain. That should pay off quickly with how much I'm planning on going. Just start snowing already!
Ok, so. Let's hear about all this "bad" stuff.
- We had three projects progressing simultaneously at work. The one we had totally prepared and ready (data-wise) was dropped because the Forest Supervisor said so. Now we are scrambling with the others. Annoying...so much for a summer of field work.
- I hit a deer on 15th street the other night. Made the same dent I had from the last deer a little bigger...so no real damage, but still!
- My truck starts hard sometimes...I'm worried I'll get stuck somewhere. But taking it in they say, "well, we can't tell what's wrong until the computer tells us." Nice.
- It's the holiday season, so consequently I have power, phone, insurance, gifts, trips, doctor, prescription, and other bills to think about as far as money is concerned. Money is never plentiful around this season.
- I'm turning 29
- My computer decided it didn't want to burn CDs anymore. Installing a new DVD burner made my original DVD reader die. Now all the bays are incapacitated. Not sure what to do now.
- My kitchen sink drain just decided to clog...again. I took it apart and found no clog. A full bottle of drain cleaner didn't solve it either. Fantastic.
- Work is slow because people are leaving for their well deserved leave. I'm bored at work because they aren't there to give me any. Consequently, I will be bored for a month...then busier than I can even imagine.
- Just found out the other day that my Grandma isn't as well as she could be. It just adds to all of it.
- I had a sty in my eye, causing me all sorts of pain and light sensitivity. Now going on day two of wearing my glasses...which aren't fitted entirely perfectly and making that area behind my ear hurt = headache.
Now, here's the good side of all that. What I'm TRYING DESPERATELY TO DO.
- One less project = less work and less stress
- The deer only made an existing dent larger...the brush guard works yet again! Saved money.
- The truck starts hard, but it still starts.
- I can still pay all my bills, I still have money coming in...so buying gifts isn't as bad as it could be.
- I'm not 30 yet...and that really doesn't mean anything anyways.
- I learned a lot about computers trying to install the drive. And I'll figure it out...just need to learn.
- My drain? Well, that's a reoccurring problem. Nothing I can't solve by using a 5-gallon bucket underneath the drain until it's fixed. (Landlords problem)
- Work is slow = more opps to find extraneous work around the compound / forest. Going to go lay in a retention unit next week and paint some boundaries. No complaints there.
- Grandma is 98! Congratulations for her! She taught me to read by having me roll around on the floor and do other things to act out the words she was teaching. She is the mother of my mother. She means a lot to me, more than I was able to realize a couple days ago. Now I do.
- The sty? Stress related. Finally broke everyone in at the office to Tom with glasses. Now it's more comfortable to come in with them on.
So, that's all I'm sharing. There's more. Just realize that I am fragile yet sturdy. At least I try.
I have a good group of people around me. Things will happen and I'll get back to where I was. Perhaps in an even better place.
Who knows.
I read recently, "God will only give you as much as you can handle." Okay God. I'm getting to the point where I cannot take any more. I appreciate you teaching me restraint, humility, responsibility, fear, compassion, PATIENCE...but enough is enough.
Can't fill you in all of it now, but in other news...:
Been deer hunting a bit. Not really into it, because I have a full freezer. However, I would like to have a bunch of meat to cut up for sausage and goodies...saving my precious moose for unadulterated straight hamburger.
Joined a gym with a full-size pool and brand new equipment! Just have to wait until it's all set up and ready before I set up a real schedule there.
Bought a seasons pass to Silver mountain. That should pay off quickly with how much I'm planning on going. Just start snowing already!
Ok, so. Let's hear about all this "bad" stuff.
- We had three projects progressing simultaneously at work. The one we had totally prepared and ready (data-wise) was dropped because the Forest Supervisor said so. Now we are scrambling with the others. Annoying...so much for a summer of field work.
- I hit a deer on 15th street the other night. Made the same dent I had from the last deer a little bigger...so no real damage, but still!
- My truck starts hard sometimes...I'm worried I'll get stuck somewhere. But taking it in they say, "well, we can't tell what's wrong until the computer tells us." Nice.
- It's the holiday season, so consequently I have power, phone, insurance, gifts, trips, doctor, prescription, and other bills to think about as far as money is concerned. Money is never plentiful around this season.
- I'm turning 29
- My computer decided it didn't want to burn CDs anymore. Installing a new DVD burner made my original DVD reader die. Now all the bays are incapacitated. Not sure what to do now.
- My kitchen sink drain just decided to clog...again. I took it apart and found no clog. A full bottle of drain cleaner didn't solve it either. Fantastic.
- Work is slow because people are leaving for their well deserved leave. I'm bored at work because they aren't there to give me any. Consequently, I will be bored for a month...then busier than I can even imagine.
- Just found out the other day that my Grandma isn't as well as she could be. It just adds to all of it.
- I had a sty in my eye, causing me all sorts of pain and light sensitivity. Now going on day two of wearing my glasses...which aren't fitted entirely perfectly and making that area behind my ear hurt = headache.
Now, here's the good side of all that. What I'm TRYING DESPERATELY TO DO.
- One less project = less work and less stress
- The deer only made an existing dent larger...the brush guard works yet again! Saved money.
- The truck starts hard, but it still starts.
- I can still pay all my bills, I still have money coming in...so buying gifts isn't as bad as it could be.
- I'm not 30 yet...and that really doesn't mean anything anyways.
- I learned a lot about computers trying to install the drive. And I'll figure it out...just need to learn.
- My drain? Well, that's a reoccurring problem. Nothing I can't solve by using a 5-gallon bucket underneath the drain until it's fixed. (Landlords problem)
- Work is slow = more opps to find extraneous work around the compound / forest. Going to go lay in a retention unit next week and paint some boundaries. No complaints there.
- Grandma is 98! Congratulations for her! She taught me to read by having me roll around on the floor and do other things to act out the words she was teaching. She is the mother of my mother. She means a lot to me, more than I was able to realize a couple days ago. Now I do.
- The sty? Stress related. Finally broke everyone in at the office to Tom with glasses. Now it's more comfortable to come in with them on.
So, that's all I'm sharing. There's more. Just realize that I am fragile yet sturdy. At least I try.
I have a good group of people around me. Things will happen and I'll get back to where I was. Perhaps in an even better place.
Who knows.
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