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Sleep, I know you not.

Sooooooo sleepy today. I stayed up late last night watching tv with Jim. I should know better — I do know better. But it was one of those “togetherness” moments, and I’m a sucker, hehe. When the alarm went off at 5:30, my body protested loudly. LOL! Oh well, I’ll go to bed early tonight to make up for it. Lucky for me I only had one meeting today (unlike the 4 I have tomorrow, plus the IPSA meeting at the McWayne Center!), so thankfully my day has been pretty light overall.

I swear, I have the coolest workmates. We often end our meetings by sitting around talking about movies, telling jokes, and generally just pal’ing around. Today we hit up “Will It Blend?” and watched an iPhone meet a gruesome end. I’m told that I enjoyed it too much. :grin:

Just now, I was challenged to a bout of fencing (using pens of course, LOL!). So I think I’m going to finish up some experimentation I’ve been working on with a test SharePoint site and wrap it up so I can go home early. Heck, I’ve already borked up one of my test systems this week, so I honestly can’t do any worse!

Ok, where’d I leave off?

Ok, now for the catch-up — am trying to remember where I left off …

Jim and I had found our reception site. The booking is pending, no big thing, but due mostly to discrepancies between the original quoted terms and the actual written contract we received, so we’re awaiting word from the Marriott rep. No deal breakers or anything, but mainly that the contract contains wording that reads as having additional costs which were not in the original quote or we were told that would not apply to us. Lesson learned long ago: Get it in writing! Jim and I don’t want any surprises (financially speaking) so we are being particularly anal about getting every single thing in writing “just in case.”

We had tried booking it last weekend, but their system was down. (Something about some kind of bar code verification equipment they were replacing, so the invoices couldn’t be printed or something like that…) No biggie getting the contract later via email gave us a chance to sit down and really examine it.

I’ve been having nightmares almost every night … just about all are wedding-related (or family-related). I dreamed last night that a particular party who isn’t invited to the wedding showed up anyway, and was stinking drunk (very true to his “real life” form). So I guess I’m obsessing and worrying about every little thing. I know, I know, I should relax — and everyone else is telling me this, LOL!

I was supposed to go work out last night, but didn’t because I had so much to do, and am feeling a little guilty about it now. Jessie left last night to go over to Jim’s mother’s house. They are riding down today to go see Jim’s brother and his family. Both Jim and I had really wanted to go with them, but taking off work just wasn’t feasible. (And it’s nice to have an extra “night alone” once in a while!)

I’m enjoying the new phone mobile device. :mrgreen:

Jim and I spent most of the 4th looking at various places for Bluetooth headsets, but found little in stock (or that we liked). After looking online this week, we’ve settled on the Plantronics Explorer 350. Jim likes the Discovery 655, but after researching each, it looks like the Explorer 350 will be more comfortable.

I did manage to get a nice case for my Ocean. CompUSA was one of the places open Wednesday. They had several foneGEAR models that I liked and their Leather Case for Blackberry 8700 fit the Ocean perfectly.

This particular case has a magnetic flap and the magnet activates the Ocean every time I open it. (It was designed for this very purpose for the Blackberry and the Motorola Q … yay it works with Helio devices too apparently!)

Work is going well. I’m up to my elbows in SharePoint documentation at this very moment and am already scheduled to take several programming classes, so I’m really looking forward to that. I’ve also started on my web developer’s certification — it’s mostly remedial stuff, but the classes are free and it’ll be another piece of paper I can add to my resume. (A funny thing I think, but I don’t have ANY degree or document certifying that I can actually do my job, so this will be nice!)

I’m finding that I sit in meetings more than anything else, and a good bit of the time it’s for projects with which I’m either not involved, or cannot even start on yet. *shrug* I sat in one earlier this week for an OCR project that one of my coworkers had been working on. It was kind of nice because my MACESS experience came into play for that one. It seems they were having some trouble with the bar code verifier and a manager of another department had wanted to get a hold of some bar code verification software, so I was able to help out there.

While you were away …

Well, a lot has happened since I slept through this weekend (metaphorically speaking, of course). The Bluegrass Festival was Saturday, but due to the haze and amount of sheer crap in the air — and the fact that I had been out in it all day — I was in no shape to go Saturday night, which was a huge disappointment. Oh well, perhaps next year there will be no Georgia fires polluting our air … or perhaps the rain will hold off longer? ??:

I finished the tail-end fixings of my fouled-up WordPress upgrade last night. I have replaced the slider/hide script in my sidebar with a modified version of the one that came with the iMP-Links plugin. It’s a lot easier on older browsers and will save your preferences (using cookies) so that any section you had “open” will stay that way upon your return to this site. Neat huh?

(To the user who requested a copy of my modified code: I haven’t forgotten about you, I promise!)

I noticed this morning that the lads at Zooomr have overcome their recent Mark III launch woes, but I have not yet had time to go through my account and play with all the new toys. Glad to see y’all back, guys! :grin:

Work is going swell. I’m learning a lot and so far haven’t fouled up anything too bad. LOL! I’ve been doing mostly classic ASP stuff and SharePoint on the side. This week is probably going to be SP-heavy, so I’m really looking forward to that. :mrgreen:

I have more car drama to add, but will save that until (hopefully!!) the final items are taken care of this week. Now we’re focusing on getting the wedding details hammered out, and already looking at things around the house to spruce up … I’d like to spend this summer working on my wall garden, whereas Jim is talking about working on the patio (last night, he was all about teak outdoor furniture, LOL!).

How much for a normal dream?

It’s often said that a dream’s content isn’t necessarily its meaning. For instance, when I’m worried about something, I dream of tornadoes or other natural disasters. I sometimes dream about falling, or someone close to me dying. From what I understand, these are pretty common themes.

But what about if you’re a developer and you dream about certain applications? A couple nights this week, I have dreamed about ASP, .NET and Sharepoint — because that’s what I’ve been working in at work. In fact, two nights ago I had a nightmare involving Sharepoint, LOL! I dreamed that Sharepoint somehow jumped the digital bounds and somehow “became real” … and I was clicking like mad to try and put it back in its place! :lol:

I’ve dreamt in code before. I’ve dreamt up solutions to various programming problems. I’d dream of something and say to myself while dreaming, “It’s so simple, why didn’t I think of this before? This is perfect!” and when I awoke, I’d be pissed at myself for not remembering the answer or solution to the problem I had been working on. LOL!

So what I’m wondering is … when will dreams become a marketable commodity?

Sir, I’d like a week of dreams about villas in Italy, please. :mrgreen:

And with the day, a new job begins

Well, I was a good girl and was in bed before 10, but didn’t go to sleep until just before midnight. I woke up around 3, then again at 3:30, and again at 4 … at 4:30 I gave up and decided to get up and start the day. I spent a little time going through emails and reading my feeds, sipped some hot jasmine tea and had a Special K protein bar (the chocolate peanut butter ones are yummy!). About 5:30 I started my day and started getting ready for work. hehe, poor Jessie, she had to be up a little early, just before I left for work even. I arrived a little after 7 and spent a bit of time reading over some Sharepoint stuff while waiting for orientation to begin.

Orientation was a long snooze. Ok, not quite literally, but almost! The room was cold (which made me sleepy) and the breaks were few and far between. They fed us though — pizza. (Papa John’s … ugh … the Special K bar in my bag was looking pretty good at this point, LOL!) Orientation ended around 2 and after that I had HIPAA training … ugh. By that point my brain was mush, and worse, the lady sitting behind me smacked her chewing gum almost the ENTIRE TIME. (honestly, woman … do you have ANY idea how unattractive that makes you?)

So now I’m home, combing through 300+ feeds, some 50-something emails, and just whipped up a quick batch of rice cooker jambalaya (finally, real food!!!) for a quick bite of dinner.

I got a job!!!!!!

I received great news from <prospective hopeful> … I’m hired!!!! I went in yesterday to fill out paperwork and will start orientation on Monday. (HIPAA, security, etc. training … it’s been a while!)

You are now looking at the newest Web Designer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. :mrgreen:

YAY!!!! I got a job!!!!!!

hehehe … can you tell I’m excited?

I’ll be doing a lot of Sharepoint work in the new job, pretty much brushing up on my ASP and picking up .NET and Sharepoint development — something that I’ve wanted to do for a while but never had the means or opportunity. This is WAY too sweet to pass up. (And I’ve wanted to work for this place for a long time and have heard great things about them!)

I had every intention of posting this last night when I finally got home, but it was late and I had the biggest headache. ??:

Anyways, I’m so happy to have a job again and will be getting out of the house! LOL!!

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