scottobear | Entries tagged with wilma

Danny was a *huge* help when it came to the move. I couldn't have done it without him. He is truly master of all things. (according to his fortune cookie, anyhow.)

Breakfast of blueberry muffins and cold water this morning. Nice christening of the house.

No DSL yet at the new place, and my repair shop told me what I already knew... dead IDE and drives on Bigger brain. Thank goodness for warranty, as I need a new motherboard and pair of Hard drives. Downside is that the parts will take about a week, and all old data on there is toast. A lot of movies that hadn't been yet burned to DVD were lost, but easily recovered. I'm thankful that most of my sentimental pictures and movies are saved online as well as locally. I've got a lot of stuff to reinstall, Newtcam and etc once it gets back home.

Lucky for me Lappie works fine, even on dialup! I just called Bellsouth, and it looks like I'm without DSL until 12/16 "thanks to the hurricane". I call shenanigans on that, but it's not a big deal until I get bigger brain up and running anyhow.

Newt is enjoying all of the new surfaces, and already know how to use the bathroom. Nice comfy evening on the new bed.

No pictures until I find a wireless point to toss images from the palm, but I'm taking before and after shots as the place comes together.

John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - mp3 format

( lyrics )

Found out the my last living Grandmother (Momster's Momster) is in hospice now. She's deteriorated quite rapidly, and they don't know if it'll be two months or two weeks. She's not in any pain, and seems to be at peace. Her lucidity is variable.. she was sounding good last week, and recognized her son and granddaughter... she gets her hair and nails done, and appears to enjoy that.

Not moving *all the way* in today, just getting the bulk of stuff over. Mr. N and I will remain at the old place for another week while the bathroom gets finished...I'd rather kick back ion a realm with running water and a potty. So, I'm going to have to put Newt in bathroom lockup while the truck gets loaded...he's not going to be too keen on that, but the boy'll cope. I like the idea of sliding into the new place gently.

Tropical Storm Gamma... it's following Wilma's track. hopefully it'll ease up before it gets worse. Nice Thanksgiving gift! The upside... not nearly as much loose stuff to blow around this time!

Fortunately Sandrino says "Its only a tropical storm and it will be moving very fast. I wouldn't worry too much. It's not going to ge in the Gulf of Mexico and even if, the ocean is not as hot as it was four weeks ago. Relax."

I'd like a comfy linen/cotton blend suit, and a snappy gray fedora. Not sure where that urge for a summer suit in November came from.

I can't watch TV shows that place in hospitals, at least not around the anniversary of my father's death or his birthday. I had an extended crying jag last night when I remembered that his birthday is coming up in about 2 weeks. First time I've really cried for quite a while. Ultimately cleansing, but think I hurt my side a little bit as a result. Newt was a great comfort to me.

I miss my dad. I miss the way my brother was when he was 12. I think that I get along with my mother better these days than I ever had as a kid.

The office has decided not to pay salaried folks for time away from work due to Hurricane Wilma... I'm going to point them to Hurricane Wilma Disaster Unemployment Assistance. To determine eligibility for Wilma DUA (or standard unemployment benefits), start by contacting the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (Florida unemployment office) or filing an unemployment claim through same by 11/28/2005. For information about other types of Hurricane Wilma disaster assistance, browse the FEMA and FDEM sites.

I'm safe... I worked every day save for 2, and those two days I gave training and tech walk-through to our rep in Texas. I think that everyone else save for ECN and myself will end up getting docked a little more than week's pay. (I wonder if the Big Kahuna will cut herself, too?)

I am a member of 1 clique of size 7

boopydoodle, acoolsecretary, scottobear, oneeyedcat, ilenebook, weezeroni, sedefendendo

Good News / Bad News, dear journal.

Good News: I have full power at my apartment. Air Conditioning and Lights, TV, etc.

Bad News: Big Brain's Hard Drive is crapping out... I can't seem to keep him awake for more than a moment or two before he cycles through and reboots... I'm going to estimate he needs about $400 worth of repairs... mirror the giant drives over to new drives, basically. He had started to die earlier.. I thought it was a power issue, but I see now that it's even worse.

Good News: I dropped it off and it's still covered under the extended warranty.. (this big brain was bought 12/21/03, and he's got 2 years parts and labor covered - a little over a month left to freshen up - I'm also having them do a full system peek, just in case the video card is starting to crap out)

I expect to have it back at HQ within 7 working days. Meanwhile, lappie is a handy backup, just word processing and the like... no major gaming for a week or so.

I've begun sorting the apartment out... packing things into boxes and skimming down to the very basics. All of my books should be ready for transport by the end of the weekend.

Phoenix is going to get some training today after lunch... I think that she has some solid tech potential.

Moment of Lyric: mp3

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Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

( ... )

Combined all of my assorted Scotto feeds on a suprglu page - Scotto's Combo Grotto. nice find, mike!

Current Mood: Psalm 23
Current Music: Ripple - Grateful Dead

Saw Phoenix as I was leaving work today... she's currently jobless - apparently some club drama caused her to bail. We had a hug and got caught up with things. She might be preggers, too. I still don't know what happened with Gil and co. She has a lot more freckles than I realized... I gave her a business card and offered to see if we could find her a gig as a tech (which the company needs).

Amazing how a $100,000 loan can turn into $250,000 when paid back over 30 years. The power of interest.

Broward Traffic Light update -

Total number of Signals:1326
Total number of Signals on Flash:40
Total number of Signals on Full Color:835
Total number of signals on Generator:87
Total number of signals Out:451

Lots of 4-way stops going on until late December, it seems.

State utility regulators Wednesday approved an fuel-cost increase for Florida Power & Light Co. that will hike an average customer bill by 19 percent starting Jan. 1. The increase would drive an average 1,000 kilowatt hour monthly bill up by $16.99 to $108.61, up from $91.62.

I'm on day 17 of having no A/C, no Fridge, no Big-brain computer and no stove or microwave oven. Not really a tragedy. I do fine since I have hot showers, some lights and some internet resources. Students have to make up 6 of the 11 missed school days. (shortened Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, mostly.)

Moment of Lyric: mp3

( ... )

Hey, theres a monkey in my bed said ed
And the universe is turning red
I dont know what it was she said
Something like 'ed is dead'
ohhhhh no

You're a wicked woman

Under my shoes everything will crawl
The places i tread will crumble and fall
You never take heed to anything at all
Your head's too big but your minds to small
Sounds running through my head

( ... )

Other 80s m B-L D -

Celebrate Your Mothers
I Rejection
Migrate Migraine
Mister Mental

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: The Eighties matchbox B-Line Disaster - Chicken