User talk:TheEileen/Dec 2007
December 2007
12-03-2007
I'm back. Updated the wiki and the list and lots of movement including two posted projects. My loverly fooferkids did a big bunch on several projects to move them along and up and out. I spoke to my friend Don who is going to look over the instructions for installing the guiguts software for the Mac and see, in his linux/unix experience (and mac stuff) if he can help me get it on my Mac. If he can (and fingers crossed in a big way), then I will start to see what I can do in Post-Processing. I am going to continue to whittle away at content this week and so on.
I had last week off and went to Sedona. It was nice, chilly but nice. I would say that I am glad I went but have no desire to go back. It truly cemented my decision about trying to sell my time-shares. I just don't want to have to go on vacation. It was great when I could do it with my mom and family, but as a single person, not much good to me.
I am off this week also, to use my "use or lose" leave. Plus, I can sort of detox (I hope) a bit more and recover from my vacation. I have a book from the library with CD on how to do photoshop which I'm hoping, as I do the examples in the book, I'll finally commit to memory. I have things I want to do and I'll spend the hour practising from a podcast or something, but just never seemed to then DO it on the photo or image I wanted to do it on, so I'd forget in between. I am planning on sitting down and finding those images I want to work on and having them AT HAND when I do the training. Then immediately go to the image and do it there also.
I want to go to a movie or two or three and see a few on DVD also. I want to NOT THINK about work and what's waiting for me. We'll see how that goes. I also find I want to play my computer game and just totally veg, more than I want to work on some pages. And it's my vacation ... so I'm gonna! :VEG:
12-06-2007
Updated list and wiki and no movement beyond one thing off list to waiting. I've done some feedback and working on content. Saw the Bee Movie today. Will see at least one other movie tomorrow and can't believe I am back at work in three days. I need another week. I wish I had another week. I can afford to take the week but new intern starting and deadline next wednesday mean ... no taking another week.
Whine ... I wanna week! Gosh it's been lovely being off. When am I gonna win that lottery? Oh right, I have to buy a ticket. ha!.
12-11-2007
Updated list and wiki and not much movement but two recent F1 projects skipped straight to PP and posted. Good! Not much work on any thing DP related recently, work taking its toll. I'm dealing.
12-22-2007
Updated the list and wiki twice now but first time with time to update here. Not much posted but some movement along the lines. Still no more new content except some formatting masterclasses I'm working on. One may be posted today and I should be able to do the other tomorrow.
Home life is a little better. I got a friend to try DP and she likes it. I have an intern at work now which is short term more hassle but long-term, I sincerely hope, a reduction in stress. It won't be a workload reduction since it should mean that I can finally get to many things I haven't been able to get to because I was too busy. But I hope for stress reduction. The holidays are not a big issue for me - so that doesn't add to my stress.
Let's see - transmission needed fixing and had to argue with warranty company about it. In the end, I honestly went with the option that cost them the most even though it also cost me, because a) they pissed me off and b) I'd rather have a brand new transmission in this car which I plan to keep for at least four-five more years.
I got some odd rash that we finally figured out what I had touched (or what had touched me) that gave me a big old itchy rash on the left side of my neck ONLY (dish towel, I realized that I always sling the dishtowel over my left shoulder while working around the kitchen. That the only food I'm allergic too is shellfish and so therefore, I don't have any in my house would not clear up what was ON the dishtowel ... but all are washed (as is every other piece of linen in my house) and if these last five little pops would GO AWAY, I would be happy.
And a car hit me. Well, bumped me lightly but you know, a light bump from a 2000 pound car is still not a fun thing. Darned thing rolled backwards down the hill as the guy in it (GUY!!!) didn't apparently notice the 50 people walking behind his car. At that instant, there was me (about two feet from car) and a few kids who were on the other side of me (further from car). The car suddenly touched/bumped/hit me, I shrieked, the kids scattered, the car went forward and I stood there shaking and freaked out. I had never realized, truly realized before that there is no way to dodge those things. The car didn't knock me off my feet but it was a close thing and I was so startled (wasn't expecting it) that when it did and I tottered I just flashed on "if I go down and he keeps rolling back, I will be run over". Since I wasn't (knocked down or run over) everyone was all "oh, okay then - don't whine". Um. Ow! I got no sympathy, not one bit. I also didn't make a fuss but I really was surprised at the lack of "gosh, how are you? can I see the amazing bruise you must have?" humph.
Back to formatting class and pages!
12-27-2007
I updated the list and wiki on the 24th but not here and updated both again today. On the 24th very little movement. Today we had two posted projects. I have managed a little content work, got my friend to give me some tips on checking for PPing to see if I can get that software working, need to do my mentoring and think I am coming down with a cold
I was drinking a mocha this afternoon and literally (I mean LITERALLY) between one sip and the next, my nose started to drip, my throat started to scratch (with that post-nasal drip thing), my muscles tightened, and I got a chill. I looked at my cup like, "what are you filled with cold germs or something?" I've been gargling with hot salt water and taking aspirin and drinking oj since. I could call in sick tomorrow, but I don't actually want to, I'm catching up nicely and feel and have felt happy every day after work this week. Job well done! I say to myself. No one (much) is around and bugging me, so I can work on what I a) want and b) need to. I'll see how I feel, I'm about to go do my yoga, always keep exercising - it helps stave off longer and make duration shorter, I've found over the last 10 years. (Watch me be complaining about my cold two weeks from now!)
I'm afraid the mentoring feedback will have to wait until morning. After yoga ... sleep! :zzzzzz, cough, sniffle, zzz, hack, zz, sniffle, sniffle, z, cough, z, cough, z, sniffle cough, damn it!, start at ceiling in annoyance and sniffle:
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