Changes....

Well...things finally changed today. I was asked to pack my desk up and go home!!

The writing was on the wall. I pretty much saw it coming.

So here I am now....Working from home! Not in a make $1,000,000 in your spare time flipping homes...work from home. Instead I am doing my normal job, just much closer to my bed!

Here's an example of how my day has been altered: my usual day consists of a total of 90min between lunch and breaks...the rest, is work time.

On a normal day for lunch I will re-heat my lunch and watch some random TV show that I have brought in on a flash drive, then spend about 10-15minutes surfing the web. For my break I will surf the web or read a book. Not a lot else that you can get done at 10:30 at night.

Today though was a nice change of pace. I was able to run to Best Buy and return a Cat6 cable I didn't need. Drop a package off with my parents for delivery to the post office. Grab a bit of dinner at the Greek Pita and watch a little Hollywood Treasure over on Syfy.  For my break I fixed a bag of popcorn, watched some Criminal Minds, straightened up my office, started some laundry, and wrote this. All in about 30 min.

Maybe it isn't a big change. Or even a dramatic change. But, I feel like I will be getting more out of my day if ever day can be as packed as this. Maybe in the future I will mix in some video games and cooking just for fun!

Ugh...

So...for some reason the power went out at the house last night.  Apparently that was the straw that broke my external hard drives back.

The Western Digital drive was about three years old. But, that is 750gb of data that I won't be getting back anytime soon.  I had a lot of the data backed up on other drives that weren't plugged in at the time. Mostly I lost my iTunes library. But, since I no longer own most of the CD's that are in the library I took precautions to double back that up.  So all that was really lost was a crap ton of downloaded movies and music videos. Most of which were taken from movies I already own so, while a process, I can get that back.

Right now I just have the drive plugged into a different port on my computer hoping for signs of life to the point where I can back up the most important files to my computer hard drive for a transfer to another, as yet to be purchased, hard drive.

Suck......

Random thoughts...

I need to take more pictures so I can justify paying the cost to renew my flickr account!!

I guess that is what vacations and random trips to cool places are for!

Strange thought..

Not sure why I am thinking of this...but since I moved to Arizona I have dropped from a Fat and Sassy 300lbs to a less fat (but no less sassy) 280lbs. Since then I have realized a life long goal...

Pants and no BELT.

Not sure if it's the weight loss or just a really good pair of jeans. But, I like it..and I am still a little scared by it at the same time.

Personal Update!

Ok..so a lot has happened since the last time I blogged! Granted none of it has been important!

I am now gainfully employeed, full time, at Progressive Insurance here in sunny Phoenix AZ. So far so good. I don't think I have jacked anything up yet! But, it's early!

I have been reading again. Which is a nice break from past tradition! I have found myself revisiting a tried and true stand-by... CHRISTOPHER MOORE.

I have recently read (or Reread)

Lamb: The gospel according to Biff, Christ's boyhood pal
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Practical Deamon Keeping
A Dirty Job
lust lizard of melancholy cove
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

and I am getting ready to read:
Fluke
You SUCK
and coming November 10th, 2009 FOOL

So...yeah...not a whole lot going on!

Too much fun...

So I just had the chance to do something that I have always wanted to do....rip my father, Don Shields, a new one in public! But, in a good way!

Pops is retiring from teaching at the end of this year and the teachers thought it would be a good idea to have me "Roast" him during the teachers development day today! I had a great time...and even better...I got it on tape!

Not sure how long I went..but if I can get it on my computer I may have to post it here so that everyone who had my dad as a teacher/coach can enjoy!