in record time
September 26th, 2006Yesterday I met Jess for a hot Pho Lunch Date in Carrollton. I hadn't been in quite a while and it was sorely missed. We need to make this, at least, a bi-weekly occurrence.
Afterwards, I dug around in the iPoddery section at Fry's for a few hours. I picked up a cup-holder style FM Transmitter for "my iPod":http://revjim.net/2006/09/25/i-hate-my-ipod-nano/. How very clever. Too bad it "doesn't quite work for me":http://revjim.net/2006/09/26/potentially-illegal-range/.
I also picked up a 1GB mini-SD card for $14 to cram into my "new life partner":http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=781 when she arrives tomorrow. I'm hoping that she will serve me in all the ways that I had hoped my "soon to be ex":http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=453 would. Things started out well for us, really. But a poor set of core features, a host of bugs that would not be exterminated, and a lack of upgrades from her creator crushed her spirit. So now she's just utterly ordinary. Plus she has a case of the downs and she's fat. *AND* large.
I have a coworker that shares in the support of one half of the nation with me (basically, everything south and west of New Jersey). Yesterday he told me that he'd be out of the office over "Myschievia Weekend":http://revjim.net/2006/09/14/attending-myschievia/. I had been intending to ask off for that Friday and Monday, I just hadn't gotten around to it. Generally I don't like to end up with both of us gone at the same time but it shouldn't be too big of a deal if it's only two days. There are others that can fill in in an emergency and two days isn't too long to wait for most non-emergencies that need a helpful hand from me.
I made my drive home from work in record time — almost 40 minutes on the dot. After spending a little time catching up on Jess and her day, we had dinner and then went for a nice jog as the sun was setting. I will be in a much better position to succeed at the the new lifestyle I'm slowly lining myself up for if I lose 20 pounds or so. So much so that I'm considering it a requirement. Before now, losing weight was always optional. Its one of the few changes that I'm actually looking forward to.
I spent the evening editing pictures and trying to set up my iPod while Jess took a bath, talked to her friend Mel, and wrote some poetry. Afterwards we watched "CSI: Miami" which is now sooo terrible that I absolutely love it. Then around 11:30 or so we went to bed.
