not that there was any real reason i was away. laziness i suppose.
right
it’s tuesday, i’ve always felt tuesday has sort of gotten the shaft. i mean it’s pretty benign, sandwiched between the dreaded monday and oft maligned ‘hump’ day. tuesday is the jan brady of the week. not sure where i’m going with this. but anyway…
let see, what’s new. well not all that much. really.
commuting sucks. it took a year for me to get sick of it, but it has officially happened. the stupid trains dont’ run on time, and i’m sick of getting home so late. there i said it. otherwise life at the DFTU client is pretty quiet. i have a big ass, widowless office to myself (though i still have a playschool desk) the project i am managing requires about 20 hrs of work a week, at the most. the other stuff they have me doing is another 5 hrs, or so. so there’s a fair amount of free time.they want me on site 40 hrs a week in case something comes up, hey i shouldn’t complain. i’d trade busy days for not leaving the house though. oh well grass is always greener.
we headed up to my parent’s compound this weekend for visit. it’d been a long time since we were up there and now that natty has free time on the weekends we can do such things. we decided with some prompting from my folks to take the train up. and i have to say, except for hauling the capt’s car seat around, it was rather pleasant. apparently, we also sidestepped a huge delay on the hutch on friday, so really, you can’t beat that. The visit was short and pleasant, the capt seems to have a natural ability to butter up my parents. not a bad skill to have-certainly one i never had, tee hee.
life at the fort is quiet, i seem to have lost all my gardening skills and have really gotten good at killing plants that i am trying to help/move/care for. that sucks. mr. henry has had some health issues. his shoulder was hurthing him again, so 300 bucks at 3 prescriptions later, he’s back in good form. well an there you have it. you’re up to date.
write some comments–lazy people!
5 responses so far ↓
1 acw // Oct 2, 2007 at 2:21 pm
What’s your commute time like? I think in the past you’ve mentioned that it was like an hour and change. Mine is 20 minutes and I think it sucks.
2 jefke // Oct 2, 2007 at 4:29 pm
train ride is about 60 mins depending on if it’s express or not etc. about 15 mins to get to the train station (usually low stress) then anywhere from 10 to 20 mins on the red line.
now that’s when the trains are running right. i’ve been stuck underground for 45mins to an hour and then there’s the trapped in union station or on a train fun as well.
oh well.
3 acw // Oct 4, 2007 at 11:10 am
What about the MARC? Is that a possibility? I’ve heard good things.
4 jefke // Oct 4, 2007 at 11:15 am
oh i am on the marc, hmm sorry for the confusion. it’s ok overall, i’m just, get this, bitter.
5 bobbyopulent // Oct 5, 2007 at 9:12 am
compound? elaborate are you and heir to something? anything?