i’ve got what appears to be some kind of throat cold, i’m still not sleeping well (usually too cold), i can’t concentrate on work right now because an event will transpire in 30 minutes, i’m not getting much stuff done after work these days (although i read a couple more pages of ‘The Book of Five Rings’ by Miaymoto Musashii yesterday). right now i am extremely anxious…

Bailey went out for a short prowl tonight and brought me back her biggest catch that i’ve seen yet. i find it amazing that she carried it all this way, up the stairs, up and over the window sill, to deliver it next to her food dish – for me. it definitely surprised the heck out of me. ;) less favorable news is that i may be coming down with something.

Kaya has given me two free books because they are ‘Eastern Economy Editions’ with thin paper. i don’t mind though. isilon was going to throw away a lamp which is pretty abused but i took it home and fixed it up. i had to do a little soldering but it saved me $20. sweet!

it is very nerve-racking each time i do that. i’m getting my procedure more well-defined so as to alleviate some of the unknowns, but the idea that just the right failure would cause me to need to drive to bellingham is always on the back of my mind. all the big sites seem to be up, mail works, and my qa program says everything is OK – i’m going to bed.

i was accepted into the PMP! words cannot describe the anxiety and excitement that i feel (notice i tried anyway ;)

i couldn’t accept being forced to pay $12 because of an honest mistake. i contacted Chase again, coincidentally talked to the same rep, and managed to convince him to waive the charge this one time. at work, I just found out that our second candidate accepted the offer. i will have two new personnel starting on March 1st. this is very exciting. i need to do reviews of my current members ASAP.