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July 06, 2007

Bringing ya up to speed

It's been a busy period since my last post way back on April 7th. It's been two months tomorrow since I last had the opportunity or inclination to post anything on this site. That doesn't mean that nothing has been happening and that my life has become stagnate. Actually, it's quite the opposite.

These days, having the spare time to do something simple like posting a comment on my Web site seems more like a luxury. I've been spending a significant amount of time at work, especially in the past month, trying to play catch-up because I've been so darn swamped. I've spent this time attempting to re-structure my department, as we've had a few people leave within a matter of weeks from each other. So, I've promoted some people from within my department (I'm all about being able to bring people up) and am now actively looking for replacement technicians.

By the time I get home, I'm beat. There have been quite a few times in the past two months where I've passed out on the couch almost immediately after walking in the door. I'll wake up right before bedtime, head up the stairs to the bedroom and go right back to sleep again. On days where I can actually do something productive after I get home, I've been working to improve the house on the inside. I've tried my luck at electrical wiring with a startling degree of success (i.e. the house has yet to burn down) by installing two wireless ceiling fans and a single hanging light.

The work on the yard has been an effort in frustration and futility. It hasn't really rained since early spring, and the grass stays dried out and mostly dead. I attempted to keep the yard watered twice a week, but realized rather quickly that any attempt to keep moisture in the ground was pointless. The heat and humidity seem to suck it out of the soil almost as quickly as it penetrates past the top of the earth. I haven't canceled my lawn treatments as of yet ... it's my last ditch effort to keep some kind of green in my lawn. I water the sucker for about 4 hours after the treatment to get the nutrients into the soil and then leave it be. Maybe come fall, I'll have a jungle in my back yard.

In other news, Amanda graduated from college in May. I've never been so proud of her. We've been through a lot together in the past 8 years that we've been together, and this is one of the last major hurdles that she has to go through. When we met, she was in college down at Murray State. She left college to come back home ... partially because she wasn't happy there and partially because she wanted to be with me. I told her that I would get her back into college, even if it meant that I would have to pay for it myself. Well, I kept my promise and we finally saw the end of the road about a month ago. Now that she's out of school, she's looking diligently to find a full time job that pays somewhat decent.

Here's to hoping that we find a good place for her. No one seems to appreciate her hard work...

Amanda and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary last month on the 17th. Hard to believe that it's been a year since that crazy day. We've all heard the expression that time flies as you get older. As each year passes, I tend to believe that statement more and more. I honestly don't know where the past year has gone. It doesn't seem like that much time has honestly passed. But then, I sit down and think about what has been accomplished in that year, I can honestly see that the time has passed. And has I think about time passing by, it makes me think of my upcoming 30th birthday, and that I will be 40 years old in just 10 more years.

I feel like I've just started my life ... how can I be so far along in age?

On a different topic, I got to meet some very nice people from California recently. At work, we're in the process of rolling out a brand new, proprietary printing system that will be used for production. Two of the people that are responsible for this system came here to Kentucky to help get the ball rolling. I knew that they had (and have) a significant task ahead of them, so I did everything in my power to make sure that their stay here was as enjoyable as I could possibly make it. Along the way, I believe that Amanda and I made two new friends from Ania and Jordan. They were a joy to have here and I hope that I will see them come back in the near future ... or maybe I will see them on their home turf when I finally get to make my way out to Cali.

Well, I think I've said enough for one post. Maybe things will start to calm down here in the next few weeks and I will be able to get back to a semi-regular posting schedule.

Until then!

~out...

Posted by ed at July 6, 2007 10:11 PM

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