I am so tired right now. For the past week, I kept intending to post an update but I just haven’t had the time. In addition to work and everything else going on in life, I’m going to school full time to finally complete my degree in BS/BIT. Well, each class is 5 weeks and they are very fast-paced, much like summer school. I started back with the University of Phoenix a year ago, but at first, the school only matriculated about half of my credits. I had to appeal a few times until finally they used all but 8 of my credits. (See END for new Mood Reflecting Subtitles.)
So far, I have a 4.0 GPA and I only have about 16 classes left before I will finally have a completed degree. I am very excited but anyway, enough boring you with all that nonsense.
A couple of weeks ago, Nate decided he wanted a new iMac so, despite that I am finally no longer in “buy” mode, we ended up getting a really nice iMac (see the attached pic). It came with Mac X 10.5 (Leopard) and naturally I spent the next few days setting it up and playing with it! I got each of our MacBook Pro’s and the PC upstairs networked to the iMac. Leopard is a nice operating system (OS for other techies out there…but I have to spell some things out for others who may not know), but there are a few bugs that still require some attention. AOL, for example, or even the second Beta version for AOL Desktop for Mac, is not fully compatible for Leopard. (Like all pictures, click on them for larger view.)
Changing directions a bit, I am about to pass out right now. I’m just really tired and in a lot of pain. I don’t know how, but I hurt the back of my neck. For the past two weeks, it has felt like I pulled a muscle and no matter what I do, it won’t help the discomfort.On a better note, yesterday was Election Day for Virginia—yea I don’t know why, but VA has an election every year it seems. As it turns out, Democrats picked up enough seats to gain control of the State Senate but fell just a few seats short of taking control of the lower house. Because it’s much easier for incumbents to maintain control over their seat, Democrats are paving the way to take control over both houses in the next legislative election and just in time before Virginia’s 2011 redistricting.
OK, I admit, I began writing the entry the other night, which was the 7th. I literally passed out last night while I was trying to write this. I was kicked back in the recliner, much the same way I am currently, only last night I reached the point that I couldn’t even hold my eyes open any longer. But now, here I sit, sipping on a nice hot tea and relaxing to some soothing music playing from my exuberant iTunes library.
I have so much that I want to write about and throughout the day, I think of thousands of things I’d like to mention. The truth is, this blog is only here for the sake of my sanity; I know that no one reads it because everyone leads busy lives and people rarely have time to deal with the menageries of their own lives much less taking time out long enough to read about my mundane monologues. I only began to keep online journal after my brother’s untimely demise a couple months ago. I thought it would help me sort through everything.
My cousin’s wife is about to drop her third kid any day now (which means a third wonderful Godchild!) and my friend’s mom nearly died a few weeks ago. My brother’s widow is pregnant with a baby—or babies—that will not have the distinct privilege of knowing their father. Those are just a few of the things on my mind. Anyway, I best end this now and save this contemplation for another time.
Until next time…
NK
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