Marching through the years

Got an email blackmail message recently. As the world community grows, the scum apparently "rises" to the surface.

wouldn't you think that, after two months, dealing with windows xp would get easier? Instead, the machine has to be rebooted at least multiple times a week - sometimes multiple times in a day.

Healthwise, I'm breaking out in hives - either that or an allergy. Yuck!

Even more use of Windows - and even more regrets. Was informed this week that entire group needed to use Outlook calendaring. And company policy is that you don't get an outlook account unless your mail moves to outlook. So now I have the limitations of outlook instead of the openness of solaris, text emails, ability to grep, etc.

Sigh.

ugg - windows

i'm trying to use a new windows machine at work. when I try to start up a stream to a radio station, the stupid thing stops after about 20-30 minutes. On linux, it just plays (unless the server itself has problems).

And man did I have trouble even getting the speakers to play.

Oh well, they call it progress...

still struggling - my biggest problems seem, at least right now, with the two females in my life - wife and daughter.
Sigh.

Summer is unofficially over, now that we've suffered through Labor Day (well, I did get some extra sleep - that was nice). Time for the kids to get into the school groove. My two still hasn't had a full week of school... that will come next week.

well, two of the kids have, in fact, moved out...well, as much of a move as one gets when the person moving has no real new location, so they leave nearly everything behind. I've a lot of hurt over all of this, but I'm old and won't be around forever, so I guess it is okay.

back again

wow -nearly a month's gone by since the last post. Problems at home vary but continue - one "child" working away from home for a while... in theory. Another "child" determined to do whatever she wants, but still living at home, eating food there, because she doesn't make enough money to do whatever she wants...

Meanwhile, we try to continue life as best we can ... the four of us.

Yesterday, the boys removed an old dresser that was mine 30-40 years ago.
It's made of pressed wood, with a cardboardish type material for the bottom of the drawers. It never did stay together very well, and so when my wife got a newer one, the old one is finally being "put out to pasture". Kind of sad, in a way, to see one of the last pieces of my childhood being thrown away.

so much confusion over the past month. going through yet another crisis with kids, etc. having to do with jobs, etc.
I wonder if these things ever settle down...

Well, back to post a quick hello. Most of my time these days is on xanga because that's where the majority of people I know writes.

life continues at its hectic pace. my health improves slowly. my mind slowly seems to be improving. however, other areas of life continue to be ... stressful.

Well, I'm on the mend after work on a large hernia. Doc says I've had it since birth - it just got worse after I strained it - probably moving trees this past winter during the ice storm.
Should be back to normal in a couple of weeks.

health doesn't seem to be improving. Now my knees are giving me fits. Last nite, I almost fell in the basement trying to start some laundry. And now there are more tests the doctors want to do...

News in the past week or so - more health problems ... blah! Also, went to see the "All Things New" tour stop here in Columbus. Loved it - 3.5 hrs of fun.

I've been dealing with an increasing level of discomfort. It's not really fun - imagine that. I've also been dealing with stress because of various family member actions and really am frustrated over what to do about that situation.

haven't been around here much lately.
More time spent on my xanga blog, and I've been dealing with a health issue.
I have surgery coming up that will likely keep me off the net for a while.

ever feel too old for things? I've been sick for a week or so and feel so out of things that work is just a blur.

Well, you would think that, given I'm on spring break, that I'd have some time to update
this blog. Instead, I've been vegging out. I've been so stressed over various aspects of my life that I've been using the free time to do chores, watch tv, eat, etc. Just normal stuff that I do every day anyways. The only unusual thing that I can think of that I've done is help my daughter get her car title transferred, get her plates, request info from an insurance company, etc.
She's just about at the point where she can use the car - just needs to sign some insurance papers and send a check.

Oh well, I really needed some down time.

spring break tomorrow. ever try to do a vacation with no money and 3 teens + 1?
Sigh

here we are, at the end of march. Weather is, as expected, cloudy/rainy. Temps around 50.
People at home are testy. I have a headache, muscle cramps, and more.

However, I'm better off than others, and so I hang in and move on.