My life as a Nielson test subject
So it's been way too long since I've updated my blog. I suspect my last entry
might have mention Edosan's triumphant return to Hoggtowne, and then left it
at that. Then again, I've been pretty busy since then..
The first three weeks Ed was back we went out almost every night. Usually just
for dinner, but it still kept me busy. We visited Bento almost daily
since we've both become addicted to Boba
Milk Tea with tapioca pearls (yummm). On the 13th, Edosans woman, Ayaka,
moved to Florida. Our house was starting to get a bit crowded with Ed &
Ayaka, Dali & Thor, and myself & Sandy. Plus, my mother came into town
last weekend dragging her cat on her way to Jensen
Beach. Last weekend was a zoo with everyone here. Ed and Ayaka were
able to move into their new apartment Saturday morning, and mom arrived about
an hour after they left -- eek!
Last Sunday Sandy walked for her graduation. She still has one more class
to finish, but since St. Leo only holds
commencement once every year in Gainesville, she walked early.
Work has been hectic. I've had a number of 20 hour days this past month; we
had a drive failure on my E450 which dragged everything to a screeching
halt. It's all better now, but it made for some long weeks. I also had to
miss a day to go down to Orlando and have the shaft seal on my bike fixed.
I've been reading a little bit again lately.
Although it's been hectic, I've found enough time to read a few books.
One of them was Defcon One which I picked up at a local geocache. I dropped off The Lions
Game in exchange. I enjoyed DO, but only in the manner that it's sometimes
nice to read dimestore trash novels.. Pinkman
lent me Odyssey to
Ushuaia, which I sank my teeth into and read in a day. That book was a
bit dangerous because it just strengthens my dream to head south of the border
to chase penguins. I'm currently reading The Memoirs of Fredric Mistral,
who was a French poet in the 19th century, and Take Time for Your
Life, which is about time management. I found both in the hall outside of
my office, and although I'll probably finish Memoirs, I think TTFYL will wind
up in the circular file cabinet before I am done..
We also have had the opportunity to perform our duty as a Nielson Media family
last week. Our week started on the 15th, and it was probably pretty boring as
far as TV viewership goes; remember all that stuff I mentioned about 20 hour
work days and people running in and out of here? Well, Sandy was pretty busy
with her finals as well, so we've not been watching much telly, and what little
we have watched is probably a little odd. We caught "gun tech" on OLN - they
had a neat segment on WWII era weapons, and although we had never seen "gun
tech" before, I found the segment fascinating. Sandy watched "Texas Justice"
one day. And, the rest of the shows were just the evening and morning news.
I think we bored them.
Well, I'm off on vacation next week for three weeks. I'm leaving Gainesville
at noon on Thursday and riding to Texas. There I'll camp for the night, then
head on to Socorro, NM on Friday. A quit visit to the VLA, then off to Moab.
I've got to be in Salt Lake City on the third for a tuneup and tire, then I'm
heading to Custer for the Sport-Touring
National Meet. Who knows when I'll be back, but I've got up to three weeks
of vacation that I'm approved for (and another 6 weeks of leave still in
reserve on top of that, damn I need to vacation more).
Posted at: 22:10 on 22/05/2003
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