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Thu, 22 May 2003

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   [ /diary ] #


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