yes, it has been a while since i've written. i've been consumed with barbie demands. all i can say is that she is one high maintenance b. the past three weeks have been 50 - 70 hour work weeks. there were lots of last minutes "improvements" to the system and it is finally in place. i had to spend an extra day up in el segundo since they weren't as prepared as they should have been for my arrival. and the dude i was working with napped and read a book while i was working ( he was supposed to be taking notes!). it was an......experience. now i know what it's like to deal with a full engagement with a very high maintenance client. it takes quite a bit of patience and some long hours to get it done some times. but it was worth it and i loved doing it. it was great to be the person in charge and i've learned a TON. i really do enjoy my job even with the ups and downs and pains in the arse that just are inevitable in an industry like this. AND to make things more rewarding, barbie gave me parting gifts :0)
in other news, i redecorated my entire bedroom and i am LOVING it!! i'd had the same furniture since high school (not kidding) and it was time for a major change. i now have dark wood furniture of two three shelf book shelves, two side tables, and one armior. they are simple yet very elegant. i now have plenty of space for all my books and even some room to display my knick knacks! now all that's left to be done is for kate and i to put together my new duvet covers :0) guess i just got into a home improvement kick cause i even updated the laundry room - yes, i lead an exciting life :P
wish i could tell ya more but most of the other time has been spent training (not enough time though) and hanging with friends (more than usual which has been great). i have gotten in some looooong runs with jess and donovan which has been therapeutic and necessary. each week gets a little longer and always difficult with some hills. i did get to see katie shoe and jeff while i was in el segundo. i do miss seeing them and karen. got to see karen a tiny bit this weekend and was hoping she was going to drop by but it didn't end up working out that way unfortunatley.
guess i've just been feelin in a funk lately. feel just blah. don't know if that's cause i've spent way too much time working and not enough time for just me or if i just need to get out of town one weekend. i do feel like i haven't been working out enough and i've been neglecting tnt but i don't think that's it. just feeling kind of off. it's like i don't want to hang out with people but i dont' want to be alone and if i do hang out with people, i only want to hang out with one or two not a group. bizarre i know but it's just a weird funk i'm in!! i'll scrape myself together soon enough and be back to as normal as i get in no time :0)
more later since barbie is gone for a while.........
~danban
2/13/08
the barbie chronicles...install
so tired. so many changes in the installation. they weren't prepared. i sat around and waited for a looooooooooooong time for these people to get their shit together. keep working overtime to make the changes. and tomorrow should be the last of it. hopefully. beyond empty and dragging ass. poor craig has had to take SO many calls and answer questions about dumb stuff. whatevs i'm tired.
night!
~danban
night!
~danban
2/8/08
WAY past empty and still goin
so this week has been a shit storm at work. i've worked 40 of 66.5 hours over the past three days and am barely standing. i'm VERY ready for the weekend and for kalyn to visit and for kim to visit and for some time to sleep. i think tonight i'm going to have to pass on alana's party (unfortunatley) and just pass the effff out when i get home.
yesterday i finally took *some* time to myself (meaning i didn't work the entire night) and went for a run with donovan. it was a good one but i was feeling the pain of it from being so tired and not having worked out all week. he was nice to wait for me when i was going slower than him but it was a challenging run and we both made it in better time than jess and i did last week (by 10 mins). it was GREAT to get out and do something and get away from work.
from there i went to bry's to get t's hard drive and then off to t's to try to fix his computer. his external drive wasn't working so we put his stuff on mine and then attempted to recover his os. no success. there was this weird noise coming out of his tower then the computer rebooted itself after the recovery process. makes me think it's a problem with his hardware but i'm not an expert at hardware so whatevs. he said he was going to get a laptop cause his computer's so old that he needs to replace it anyway.
not the most exciting of nights but at least i was away from work most of it. i did work while i was at t's and waiting for the recovery disks to work their magic. anyway, i'm off to yet another meeting which probably won't be productive or interesting at all.....yay. the weekend can't come fast enough for me!
~danban
yesterday i finally took *some* time to myself (meaning i didn't work the entire night) and went for a run with donovan. it was a good one but i was feeling the pain of it from being so tired and not having worked out all week. he was nice to wait for me when i was going slower than him but it was a challenging run and we both made it in better time than jess and i did last week (by 10 mins). it was GREAT to get out and do something and get away from work.
from there i went to bry's to get t's hard drive and then off to t's to try to fix his computer. his external drive wasn't working so we put his stuff on mine and then attempted to recover his os. no success. there was this weird noise coming out of his tower then the computer rebooted itself after the recovery process. makes me think it's a problem with his hardware but i'm not an expert at hardware so whatevs. he said he was going to get a laptop cause his computer's so old that he needs to replace it anyway.
not the most exciting of nights but at least i was away from work most of it. i did work while i was at t's and waiting for the recovery disks to work their magic. anyway, i'm off to yet another meeting which probably won't be productive or interesting at all.....yay. the weekend can't come fast enough for me!
~danban
2/6/08
lazy arse
work has demanded control and faulty software is the reason i chained myself to my desk this week. so what happened was that the image i was working on somehow ended up corrupted and i couldn't even restore the db's to a new, clean image. so, long story short i had to start two months of work all over again today and it's gotta be done by the end of the week so that we can test and re-test and i can provide my client with a clean, perfect environment. SHIT! so this means that i need to get it done no matter what. i gave up working out with Jess on tues and gave up my swim and heroes night for work - boooooooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!! so thus i feel like a lazy arse even though i'm only physically lazy not productivity. i am exhausted! making some progress tonight and should be in decent shape for tomorrow's fun filled adventure called work.
night!
~danban
night!
~danban
2/5/08
bbbblllaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
so this day has been hectic as hell......work has been insane.....i'm ready for the end of the day.....the only reprieve is working out with jess tonight :0) OH and dinner with bry (a maybe as of now). so everything at work seems to be falling apart at the seams and guess who gets to fix it!! all of a sudden i've become the "expert" at this stuff and i've never even gone through training!!!!!!! i'm totally making this stuff up as i go most of the time! i'm feeling a BIT uneasy about my install next week and fear that it will fall flat on its face.......keep your fingers crossed for me.
tonight........a couple bottles of wine and re-naming of 50 fields. yes, it's going to be a party. of one.
~danban
tonight........a couple bottles of wine and re-naming of 50 fields. yes, it's going to be a party. of one.
~danban
2/4/08
all over the place
i felt like i was ALL over the place this weekend. running around like a crazy person!
friday was our annual meeting at work to discuss what happened last year and what we want for this next year. it was a short and very informative meeting and in true lmr style, we cut out two hours early and went to happy hour! it was great to have almost everyone together for happy hour and seriously get to chat with people that don't make it out ever on regular work week nights. so that lasted til about 6:30 then i went to have dinner with craig and his kids cause it was zoe's birthday and honestly i would've gone home and to sleep early if not to dinner. the kids were hyper as kids are but hilarious as kids can be. and at one point zoe declared that she was now my kid!! hahaha ...... riiiiight! she decided later though that she'd stay craig's kid cause i was going out for indian food the next night instead of chucky cheese!
saturday was a goooooood workout just a little frustrating. we did the tamarak brick where we start in the parking lot by the beach. we head south for about 2.5 miles and loop back. then we run .7 miles down the boardwalk and .7 miles back on the sand. i think my legs were still tired from the 7 mile run that jess and i did on thurs cause they were NOT cooperating. they kept cramping up and turned rock solid and refused to work at all. so the first loop i was the mentor in the back making sure that everyone found the turnaround. so i started off behind with legs that kept cursing at me. then the second loop, donovan and i walked about a quarter of a mile back to find jess who apparently had a flat according to a biker who passed by. we found out eventually that she didn't have a flat and we were just wasting time! oops!! so, that put me even further behind. the third loop wasn't bad and three was all i had in me for the day. i eventually caught back up with jess and we finished around noon. of course had to head to lunch but stopped by b&l first for some gear. grabbed some pizza and beer and had a nice little lunch with the filpi's and jess and wife (i'm horrible and forget her name).
after all that fiasco, i needed a nap so took about a half an hour of one. headed over to grab kuu and we headed to indian. i love ashoka! this time though the chef got a little happy with the spices and everyone was sweating! we headed to kate's after for some cranium then i had to take kuu home. came back to hang out and we headed to the blarney across the street. live music, good drinks, and some wackos that made the night interesting. bry got drunk and we decided to head home (luckily there was a last call to cut bry off!). sobered up by looking through pics and just random videos online. headed home and into bed around 3!!
sunday was glorious.......i slept til 1 :0) i haven't done that in FOREVER and it was wonderful! drug my lazy butt out of bed to go visit tita rica. headed over to the boss's and hung out for a few hours. then headed off to get kuu and supplies for rica. spent a little time hanging out after the store run and got to talk with rica about the coming weeks and her treatment etc. i'm gonna head over there after work today to hang out and help kuu with her science fair project! then headed to the filpi's to end the night. i love those two - they're definitely keepers in my book! we watched the end of the game, had some good wine, even better spicy sausage sandwiches, and watched house. i eventually drug my butt up and out to my car and off home.
all in all, GREAT weekend just a LOT of running around! after all that, i need a few mellow nights at home! this coming weekend promises to be crazy as well!
~danban
friday was our annual meeting at work to discuss what happened last year and what we want for this next year. it was a short and very informative meeting and in true lmr style, we cut out two hours early and went to happy hour! it was great to have almost everyone together for happy hour and seriously get to chat with people that don't make it out ever on regular work week nights. so that lasted til about 6:30 then i went to have dinner with craig and his kids cause it was zoe's birthday and honestly i would've gone home and to sleep early if not to dinner. the kids were hyper as kids are but hilarious as kids can be. and at one point zoe declared that she was now my kid!! hahaha ...... riiiiight! she decided later though that she'd stay craig's kid cause i was going out for indian food the next night instead of chucky cheese!
saturday was a goooooood workout just a little frustrating. we did the tamarak brick where we start in the parking lot by the beach. we head south for about 2.5 miles and loop back. then we run .7 miles down the boardwalk and .7 miles back on the sand. i think my legs were still tired from the 7 mile run that jess and i did on thurs cause they were NOT cooperating. they kept cramping up and turned rock solid and refused to work at all. so the first loop i was the mentor in the back making sure that everyone found the turnaround. so i started off behind with legs that kept cursing at me. then the second loop, donovan and i walked about a quarter of a mile back to find jess who apparently had a flat according to a biker who passed by. we found out eventually that she didn't have a flat and we were just wasting time! oops!! so, that put me even further behind. the third loop wasn't bad and three was all i had in me for the day. i eventually caught back up with jess and we finished around noon. of course had to head to lunch but stopped by b&l first for some gear. grabbed some pizza and beer and had a nice little lunch with the filpi's and jess and wife (i'm horrible and forget her name).
after all that fiasco, i needed a nap so took about a half an hour of one. headed over to grab kuu and we headed to indian. i love ashoka! this time though the chef got a little happy with the spices and everyone was sweating! we headed to kate's after for some cranium then i had to take kuu home. came back to hang out and we headed to the blarney across the street. live music, good drinks, and some wackos that made the night interesting. bry got drunk and we decided to head home (luckily there was a last call to cut bry off!). sobered up by looking through pics and just random videos online. headed home and into bed around 3!!
sunday was glorious.......i slept til 1 :0) i haven't done that in FOREVER and it was wonderful! drug my lazy butt out of bed to go visit tita rica. headed over to the boss's and hung out for a few hours. then headed off to get kuu and supplies for rica. spent a little time hanging out after the store run and got to talk with rica about the coming weeks and her treatment etc. i'm gonna head over there after work today to hang out and help kuu with her science fair project! then headed to the filpi's to end the night. i love those two - they're definitely keepers in my book! we watched the end of the game, had some good wine, even better spicy sausage sandwiches, and watched house. i eventually drug my butt up and out to my car and off home.
all in all, GREAT weekend just a LOT of running around! after all that, i need a few mellow nights at home! this coming weekend promises to be crazy as well!
~danban
2/1/08
gettin my legs back
last night was AWESOME! jess and i went for a run and i talked us into a 7 miler with 3 sizeable hills. my legs were STILL sore from tues but we decided that they needed a goooooood stretch. i'd planned on just going down vulcan to encinitas blvd but then changed my mind. good thing jess was up for it! so we went to encinitas blvd then to el camino real then to santa fe then to lake then to birmingham and back to my place. it was an awesome run and we both felt good at the end. like we could run further. next time we'll take the 9.5 mile loop! she's so fun to run with too cause we're around the same pace and we can chat while running or not - whichever suits us. and she's into being challenged and i'm good at talking myself into challenges so i think she'll turn out to be my best running partner yet!
well, bad news about trouble's computer. doesn't look like it's going to be revived. he may have lost all of his pics and files. he took it tolerably well and we hung out and watched a movie. it was great to see him after a month of being busy on both ends.
well, off to our company's annual meeting. i'll post up this weekend about the haps with tita rica and kuu and chris. i did post some new pics of us and tita jean and eliza on both myspace and facebook if you wanna check 'em.
~danban
well, bad news about trouble's computer. doesn't look like it's going to be revived. he may have lost all of his pics and files. he took it tolerably well and we hung out and watched a movie. it was great to see him after a month of being busy on both ends.
well, off to our company's annual meeting. i'll post up this weekend about the haps with tita rica and kuu and chris. i did post some new pics of us and tita jean and eliza on both myspace and facebook if you wanna check 'em.
~danban
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