The end of yet another weekend….

Since my recent switch to the night shift, this was the first ‘weekend’ from work that I stayed up all night and slept all day. Well, I tried to. This is something I want to keep up for a couple of weeks to reset my circadian rhythm so I can work my shift without caffeine loading and generally becoming a zombie.

But anyway, here’s what I did this weekend:

• Tried moving my tower into my new case, only to realize that I didn’t have long enough SATA cables.
• Tried to install my new CPU cooler that I had bought several months ago, only to realize that I’m stuck the Hewlett-Packard’s cpu cooler. Then I realized that what I had was actually working pretty well (I guess AMD processors just run cooler…).
• F*cked up my Tower when I tried putting it back together. It still turned on, and the desktop loaded, but the USB hubs are fried on it.
• Ordered a new tower off of eBay. It’s not really new (it’s actually used), but’s similar enough to what I had before, that I can part out the old Tower and use them in the new one.
• Watched Van Helsing on Netflix.
• Saw Captain Underpants on Netflix, too.
• And I assembled one of my Star Wars models (sister and brother-in-law gave me a 72nd scale X-Wing by bandai for Christmas, and I went a got the A-Wing and the Y-Wing off of eBay, too). Tonight I assembled the A-Wing…

And there was also the standard laundry run, and the couple of bags of garbage out to the dumpster, too. But the weekend must come to an end. It is time to retire and go to bed. Goodnight (even though this is being written at 7:30 in the morning…).

Well, this just stinks….

Hello, I’m writing this at 2:30 in the morning. Got the job transfer that I was wanting, and it happened sooner than I thought it would. So I’m no longer in hardware sales, but in overnight maintenance. It’s a mess. It can be hard work. But I like it. I like cleaning stuff. And it’s something that I can see the immediate difference I make (from dirty to clean). And also I can catch a bus both ways without having to wait at the bus stop for an hour, or walk 4 1/2 to 6 miles, or ride the bike. And the pay raise that comes with overnight work doesn’t hurt much, either….
So, I bought myself a birthday present last week. A new case for my tower. So, today, I decided to try and ‘move into’ it. It didn’t go over well, Got the old tower broken down, and it start with the risers for the motherboard.Everything seemed to fit except for one thing. The SATA cables. What I had was too short, so I ordered some more, and then put the old tower back together (thoroughly dusting it, of course). SO I got it reassembled, and turned it on. And no USB mouse. Or keyboard. I verified with my laptop that the mouse was working. SO I f*cked up my motherboard and related components when I tried moving everything over. So goodbye to my tower. May my HP Pavilion 500-214 spend all eternity frolicking in the Beer Volcano & Stripper Factory. Ramen.
But I still have my laptop. And I can do anything on my laptop than I could do on my tower (some items I haven’t installed on my laptop due to space considerations). I can still surf, game, watch TV & Blu-Ray, and still have a computer in general.
So, I’m going to be using my laptop for the near future. I’ve already ordered a replacement computer. A HP Pavilion 500-314. Yes, I know it basically my previous computer with a slightly stepped up processor. But I also know that all the comonents that I’ve bought for my old computer will work on this one, and therefore I won’t have to upgrade much on this one.
As for the case that I’ve bought. I’ll chuck that up to folly. I’ll store it in the closet until I decide to build my own, in the future.

Good Morning People!

It’s 4:30 and I just woke up. It’s my day off (actually the second day of my weekend). Notwithstanding the demise of my Tower last night, my laptop is still working. And my replacement tower has shipped already. Battlebots is on the TV.
Did I mention that I have the day off, and absolutely nothing planned. I even washed and put away my laundry last night…

My weekend report….

Normally I work Thursdays through Mondays. But this weekend was different. With the all the smoke from the wildfires, the air quality was listed as unhealthy. And since my commute home does now involve serious cardio (I have a bike), I can no longer afford uber, and my plantar facsiitis precludes me from walking 4+ miles, I decided to stay belowdecks Monday, and I called out. Technically, I wasn’t really sick, but I was calling out for reason of my health….

My birthday was Saturday. Normally I celebrate it with a day off. This year, I didn’t. Same as last year. Though last year, I had just started at my job, and I hadn’t accumulated enough time off to take the day off (nor was I inclined to ask for a day off when I had been there for less than a week). And this year, I was trying to transfer to another position, and did want to throw a spanner into the works while this was still in the works. BTW, I did get the transfer, though it won’t be effective for a couple of weeks.

Essentially stayed home for the past three days. Mainly due to the aforementioned poor quality air.

And according to the forecast the weather will be about 70 tomorrow. And today should’ve been the last day of 80+  weather. Perhaps in the next weeks, I’ll be retiring my AC until next summer…

Like I said, it was my birthday my past week. And as usual, I bought my birthday present myself. I don’t need a new computer. My tower still works perfectly. And so does my laptop. But I did get a new case for my tower. I bought a CPU cooler a year ago, and I’ve never been able to install it, since I couldn’t get it to fit. And want to use a second hard drive in my tower.

And lastly, for all those who are inclined to celebrate it, I bid you Eid Mubarak….

One year anniversary…

One year ago, I rejoined the work force at my current employer (though I never left it, as I still work at Mrs. Fields). It was a month and a half after I was fired from my previous employer. I started with a 4 hour shift, but I would officially be fulltime 2 months after I started. And today, with the pay raises I’ve received since I’ve started I now take home even more from my current employer than my previous employer. All in all, things are good at my current employer, and I’ve heard on good authority that they’re getting even better….

For the first time since last fall….

I’m now sitting in my easy chair, on my laptop. I think the last time this happened, it was just after I got my laptop. If I can keep my chair clean, I can actually sit it in again. But the issue will be keeping it clean.

I think my next weekend, I will need to continue the Purge….

So, the worst of the heatwave passed a couple of weeks ago,,,,

The worst of the heatwave passed a couple of weeks ago. We’re no longer dealing with temperatures in the 90’s down here in Parkland. But it’s still warm enough that I’m using my room air conditioner. A lot. And my brother is still using the other AC in the living room. I knew I’d be regretting the electric bill when I got it.

On the bright side, my room is now livable. And the cooling season should wind down in a couple of weeks…

A day off realization….

Came home from work last night, and my weekend began. I stayed up a little later, knowing that today was a sleep-in day. But no, I ended up waking even earlier today than I normally would on a work day. So this morning started off with two cups of coffee.

The Mariners swept the ‘Stros in Houston this past week. The first four-game sweep this season. And Robinson Canó is back. He did the crime, he did the time….

Switched the batteries on my laptop today. First time in over a year that I’ve used this one (and looking at the label, I think this one is the one that came with my laptop)….

Primary Election was tonight….

Usually I abstain from voting in the primary. Washington’s primaries are the first two vote getters in the primary go to the fall ballot. But this year, I decided to vote in the primaries. So I voted two weeks ago and mailed my ballot in (now absentee ballots are postage prepaid, though there is also a ballot dropbox at the library across the street).

With what’s going on in Washington (the other one), now is the time to take action. We need to make our voices heard. At the ballot box.

I voted in the primary. And I will vote in November, too….

What I did today…

Yesterday morning, I got a text from my boss at Mrs. Fields to come to the store today and bring in my laptop, too.  I had the day off from my other job (emphasis on the past tense), so I packed my laptop and headed off today. All I had to do was change a couple of prices, reprint the back in 5 minutes sign (a must-have when you’re the only person in the store, and you have to use the can), and print up a new coffee sign.

After that, it was time for lunch, and it was my turn to pay. So, it was Red Robin. Another thing I learned about Red Robin is that sometimes the cheapest burger on the menu is the best one…

Technically, my day off did get pulled out from under me. But I enjoyed lunch today, and a chance to visit with a boss with whom I never get a chance anymore to see (I don’t get to see him that much since I’m full-time at my current job)….