I sigh. I realize its my father's birthday tomorrow. Heck I don't even know if he is still alive and to be honest not sure how old he is. He must have been born in 1938. At least that is the year that sticks out in my mind. That would make him about 66 years old. But I really don't care. And it has nothing to do with me today. And again I think, why am I pondering this useless clump of garbage when there is so much other refuse to digest.

Work is the only thing in my life. Other than being ill this past weekend. It got so bad I hugged the throne for a few moments and got a technicolor view of the contents of my stomach. I save the even more colorful details for a memoir book or something in my sixties, but it floored me out. Which really bugged me because I accepted a job with Kraft and I had hoped to get most of it done during the time I wallowed in misery beneath the comfort of my blankets.

Don't even get me started about where I am in my writing. I haven't given it any time for the past couple of weeks. Not that I don't have anything to write, but I just don't have the time. But after this week things should calm down for a bit and I'll be able to continue on with it.

Enough about me.

Work is crushing me. Although I did go see the lawyer to start the incorporation process. I guess I could have done it myself, but the lawyer seems like a heck of a guy and isn't charging me so much I have to worry about how I'm going to pay bills next month.

How busy am I? I'm working on my current project. They want another project in April. I have a proposal due by the end of the week for another company. It looks to be about an 800 hour project. I was called today by Kraft to write a small program (a 3 day affair or so). I have an upcoming meeting with a company to handle their customizing for Solid Works as well as doing support work. And the guy that is helping me with Greenheck has a company that might want us to do some work on a project this summer. Just a few irons in the pot. Not to mention some erronous reports from people that tell me they will keep me in mind if they need me.

I've been told to stop piddling around and get writing. I wish I was piddling, but my mind gets so fried after a day of programming and writing technical documents that it is hard to get into the stream of writing. Maybe I should try writing at the beginning of the day. I've never really tried writing in the morning, but I guess that might help.

I bought a FoxTrot graphic novel. Its becoming one of my all-time favorite comics. I can really relate to almost all of it. I get a giggle a two from almost every page.

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Thursday already? What the hell happened to the week? Wasn't it Monday only yesterday? *sigh* I feel like I'm running backwards while the rest of the world is passing me by.

On a fun note, I bought the laptop. Its HUGE!!! Its like a mini theatre on the road. I'm trying to get everything installed for work.

I met with my old boss Randy. We are both operating our own businesses and interconnect from time to time to provide each other opportunities. I also got to show off my new toy. Randy got me a DVD. The Tick live action TV series on DVD. I've never really watched it. I hope I'm not disappointed. I loved the cartoon and the comic. I've been a fan of it since the second or third issue almost a decade ago. Why did Randy do such a dasterdly thing? While I used to have many a Tick object in my cubical while at MasterGraphics.

I did some writing last night after I blogged. It felt great. Wish I wasn't so busy and I'd do some more. But things are going well I suppose despite the busy schedule. Well I suppose I better get a move on it.


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I'm supposed to be working. I'm way behind, but here I am staring at my blog. My list of things to do grows each day. I didn't get much done today other than spend some money. I'm supposed to make the money not spend it. Heh.

I purchased a domain name and got someone to host it. I want to improve on the site I have now for my business. I'm putzing around with some ideas. Somehow I want to make it dynamic and worth coming back on a continious basis. Not sure how I'll do that right now and still maintain some professional attitude. Still...I wanna do something different.

Did I say yet that I'm busy and I should be doing something more productive than pecking away at my blog? I should be. I think I'm going to write some. I didn't get to it last night. Tonight I should. Tomorrow I shall be busy programming and such.

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Forever. Okay so it hasn't been that long since I wrote anything of substance, but it has been almost a week since I opened up my word document and typed. Work really has been a bear. Today I went to my new accountant and gave him all my paperwork. He told me go find more money I spent last year and hurry up and spend more money before April 1st. I'm going to incorporate my business then. I told him I had my eye on a plasma TV he snickered and said it had to be business related. Isn't Tech TV a business related expense. It is like having a industry class piped into your home everyday. He said no.

Well I went away for too long. I sought a decent price for a new laptop since mine is turning into a dog. When you are running AutoCAD and trying to compile programs, you need something with a kick. I think this would be an excellent choice as a business expense. I'm looking at the
HP ZD7000 series with the following options:

P4 3.2 Processer w/ hyperthreading (need to see if this is worth $100 more
XP Home (I'll put Pro on it)
512 MB of RAM (If I lose the hyperthreading I'll bump this up to 768)
60GB 5400 RPM (Faster HD or More space...tis a toss up at this point for me. I went with faster)
4x DVD+RW/R CD-RW (I wanted a DVD burner on this machine as well. I'll spend the xtra for 4x)
54g wireless (Not sure if I want this. Need to check two things. First being integrated does it inhibit the signal and will g work with b?)
128 MB FX 5600 GeForce...biggest video ram (makes a big difference)
Docking station...I need that

2298.99 with $200 in rebates....whee...

I need sleep. Night all.
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