i tried to ford the river, but my oxen died

If you’re reading this, you’ve obviously noticed the new layout of the site… again. I know some of you are less inclined to change than others, but this one needed to be done.

Originally, I had switched to the mac site, because it came with my computer, as did the program etc. And while it is a lovely program, I don’t like the way mac limits your options. I could basically only edit that site from this specific computer, so if I wanted to make a change at work or at someone’s house or from the road, no go. I didn’t like that. And as I found out the hard way, if you need to reformat your computer, or something happens, you basically lose your entire site. It doesn’t give you an easy way to backup or export your site.

Nice program, too many flaws. So it’s back to basic blogger. And that’s more information than you probably want to know about the blog.

Anyway, I think I’m back from the land of the dead and can have my life back. I worked mad hours, but I survived. And overtime gets taxed at a significantly higher rate than normal, so the government is borrowing my money until next tax season. Nothing new has happened since I haven’t had a life, but I hope to be writing more frequently now that things have calmed down.

Cheers!

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As of today there are only 9 days left until Go Live. That’s kinda scary. The office is crazy, everyone’s stressed, and I get a cold. Or maybe it’s allergies. But despite the pre-arranged madness, it’s all good.

Except that I’ve basically been living at the office. 10 – 12 hour days are the norm. So when I’m scheduled 12 hours a day for the second half of April, it won’t seem like that big of a deal… aside from the whole having to work the graveyard shift. But that overtime is nice. Not only do I get paid time and a half for time over eight hours (yes, I get it daily, not weekly), I also get paid time for working during the part of the day that’s not normal for me. So I effectively get paid 2.5 times over. If I didn’t have so many bills incurred while moving, it would be nicer. As such, most goes towards paying all that off.

And today. Today is beautiful. It was hovering above freezing when I walked in this morning, but on the way home it was about 62. There’s so little humidity here that you can really feel the difference when the sun comes up or goes down. Anyway, my meeting went short today, which it never does, so we adjourned early. And on a whim, I left the office… before five! Mind you my normal quitting time is 4:00, so only one hour late. Not too shabby.

I don’t know if I ever realised how far north Portland is. It’s only the beginning of April, but we already have more than 12 hours of daylight. It’s up when I walk in around 7, and it sets around 8 at night. And there’s still two more months of it getting lighter! It surprises me because I don’t remember it being that dark in winter. Maybe I just wasn’t paying attention.

Anyway, that’s my life since whenever I wrote last. If you don’t hear from me until May, don’t worry. I’ll resurface eventually.

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