I’m still being thrown off at work. My two coworkers were gone again today. We think the one has the Plague (or at least a bad case of the flu). On top of that, I didn’t have to do my morning routines of filling up the server room humidifier (the tanks weren’t even half empty) and starting up the kiosks in one of the exhibits (it was closed for a private function all day). Add to that running out to the zoo’s new west office to solve a calendar issue (a twenty-minute drive for a five-minute problem, something we were afraid of when this started) and running out to get a replacement laptop for one we sent in for repairs at the beginning of the year, I was discombobulated for most of the day. I don’t know what I’m going to do with both of my long-running projects now complete. I no longer have to call and harass people for repairs or recycling.
I found out that Pandora released a Blackberry application today. Finally, music while I’m driving! I haven’t been able to determine if notifications for calls and messages will still go through while it’s playing though; I’ll likely find out in the next couple of weeks. I’ve started up a swing music station in celebration. So far it’s playing decent music, much better than the last time I tried when I ended up with Fleetwood Mac.
Remember that internet connectivity issue I was having? When I got to thinking about it, I remembered that I turned on WiiConnect24 at about the same time the issues started. I turned it off about a half-hour ago and haven’t had any issues so far (usually it’s only about 10 minutes or so before I have to restart my wireless).
While checking out news sites today, I found out that about a mile away from my apartments, a suspicious package was found that had to be called in to the bomb squad. They determined it wasn’t an explosive, but it’s still slightly disquieting.
Even more disquieting is the shooting that happened this afternoon a couple of miles east of me, and a couple of streets north from my aunt. Someone was shooting at cars (and possibly some people they had an altercation with), prompting a five-block radius being locked down, including where my aunt lived and a school that a friend of mine works at. No one was injured, but this is the type of issue that made me want to leave my old neighborhood. Granted, this one is still a hell of a lot better, but I can definitely deal without this.
I’ve gotten a lot of good news from friends today, a balance to a lot of the bad news I’ve been hearing lately. I can only hope it continues.
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I hope it continues too. Now, I want to hear what the little happy devil sounds like.
Anytime you want to feel better about where you live, a daytrip to my old neighborhood in Chicago might be quite informative.
see... I knew it had something to do with the Wii! Remember, I complained about how often it renews it's connection. I have had no (nada, none) conection problems since the Wii moved out! :-)
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