User talk:TheEileen/Aug 2008
August 2008
07 Aug 2008
Updated list and wiki. Some movement, no posted projects. haven't managed any time on my images. I know it's because I have to "relearn" photoshop. If I used it regularly, I'd manage to keep the ideas in my head, but I just can't seem to get this in! Anyway, one of these days ... then more content.
It has now become hot this week. In the mid 80's. The house is 84-85 when I get home but I can open the windows by 7:30pm as it's cooler outside by at least 4 degrees by then. That helps cool the whole house down, the hot air inside heads outside where it's cooler and my fans (I hope) suck in cool air from the downstairs and make it all work better. I was massively dizzy and nauseated yesterday, mainly because I was so dizzy. It was the vertigo again, probably a result of being on my feet and so hot the day before. Tuesday was the employee picnic. Lots to do, up and out for hours serving, serving, serving. I did good in keeping my sunscreen up, just a tiny little farmer's tan on my arms and face. I drank lots of water and managed to not have heat stroke/poisoning/etc. the next day, as I realize I had the previous three years. :rolls eyes at self: But I do think the vertigo was from that day. My recently sprained ankle was SO swollen when I got home, I didn't do the things I planned (including going to bed early) because I needed to sit with it elevated above my heart for a good hour to get the swelling down. Anyway, I went into work and had a few people ask why. The answer was because work has air-conditioning which my house does not so if I had stayed home, I would be hot and dizzy and have nothing much to distract me. Going into work, I was much cooler and usually if I work a while, I get involved and distracted and the next thing you know, voila, I feel better. And if I don't, I'm already right there at the hospital! Ha! Anyway, I felt mostly better with just a little residual dizziness by the time I got home.
12 Aug 2008
Updated list and wiki. Some movement and two posted projects, one is Jana's first. Yay! I have figured out the process for my images. I open in Photoshop, remove color and "save as web..." This allows me to resize them. Then I open in HP image edit to remove the excess blurriness. I've gotten through pages 1-20. Now, I have my original scans starting from page 26. I'm going to see if I get a better image removing color from the scans and then highlighting or if it works okay from my crops. Then I'll keep going.
I did several items I meant to on my list. I'm proud of myself. The weather has been about mid to upper 70's and either overcast in the am and sunny in the pm or vice versa. Today was a vice versa and it was 80 in the house when I got in but 75 outside dropping to 56 tonight. I'm loving it - the house is not getting that hot. We'll see what September is like. So far, I am handling this year's weather much better than before. I'm enjoying my yoga more also. Really able to relax into it, even with the tight ankle muscles. I treat the heat in the room like I'm doing Bikram :giggle:
Oh so tired!!! Going to bed.
17 Aug 2008
Updated list and wiki and no movement anywhere. Oh well. I'm nearly caught up in forums again. I've managed some proofing but worked late nearly every day this week so not much CP work. Although I've got it down to a little rhythm that works well. There was a Fred/Ginger marathon on tv yesterday so not as much as I'd planned got done. Apparently, it doesn't matter I have them all on video; if they come on tv, I must watch!
Whew. The temps have climbed in the last few days. It has been in the mid-80's and my house has been mid to upper 80s. It is nearly impossible to sleep deeply; I must remind myself this is my "short of sleep month". I will simply NOT sleep well in this heat. As I sit in my house and read the forums or just watch tv, sweat slowly drips off of me. I feel sticky all the time. It's hard not to want to constantly take a shower. :grin:
I'll be leaving mid-day tomorrow for a trip to Vancouver, WA for training. I am giving the training one of the days. I have this massive powerpoint but no time to truly figure out a better way to do the training. If I remember from last time, only one person out of the 8 will likely start. I have to emphasize that they can work with me the first few times. It'll take more of my time then but it'll be worth it if even one of them gives it a try.
The advantage to the trip? Hotels and such where there will be air-conditioning. The disadvantage will be hotels with bad beds. Even with my topping, it can still bug the heck out of my back. I can only hope the one offsets the other and I can sleep a little better down there so as to not be so cranky. And the timing is off for biology. I have no control over the travel (no car of my own) so that can be really annoying to keep asking people to pull over every hour. The person I'm going with, hmmm, I'm still very up in the air. At the moment, I am not happy with him because I'm sensing a trend at work from him that is not a good thing. The most annoying part is, as his supervisor, which I never wanted to be but there you go, I have to figure out how to get him to correct it. So not only do I not get the right work out of him, but since it's an interpersonal way he deals with people, I have to get him to realize that he needs to change this and so far I've begun to realize he is very stubborn in his way of agreeing with you and generally saying "yes, of course" and then not changing. OR he listens, nods, appears to agree, and at the end, makes the exact same argument over again clearly having not actually listened to anything you've said.
Him: They are not helping me. I have to yell at them. Me: Their job is not to help you. Him: Yes :nod: Me: Your job is to help them. Him: You're right :nod: Me: And yelling won't make it easier. Him: Of course. :nod: Me: So, you'll stop yelling and work with them? Him: But they aren't helping me. I have to yell at them.
- rolling eyes but wishing I could just thump some sense into him:
23 Aug 2008
I updated the list and wiki. I also wrote a fairly long entry on the 23rd which is gone. I have a vague recollection that there was yet another delay in my submission and I think I copied and then forgot to try again. Oh well.
29 Aug 2008
Updated list and wiki. Two projects posted. Yay. Yes, something is up, my network is slow. Dunno if it is the machine or the line. I happens for all pages, not just DP, so it's my end. I'm gonna be hanging with friends most of the weekend, so may not get as much done as I'd like here. We'll see.
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