Time to hit you with a hybrid

I'm dubing this a "hybrid" because I'm going to mix 2 posts into 1. Obviously I never updated after work to talk about the stuff I had wanted to last night but was too tired to do so I'm just going to mix it with today's stuff.

Let me start of by acknowledging how incredibly beautiful that last 2 days have been. It's been great. Today it almost hit 90... A little hot for me but definitely not complaining about the sun. There are also certain "advantages" to being on a college campus when it's that warm... ANYWAY I'm starting to get a little bit of color already even though I've been working inside all week. Watch out, if I'm lucky I'll come back to school tan and buff. Or not, but it's fun to dream. I've been trying to partially compensate for my lack of working out (due to my job) by cutting back on my portion size. Like today at lunch I only got the 6 inch sub instead of the 12. Maybe it'll help me keep from getting fat till I can make it back to the gym regularly. (Yes, I know that I'm not fat)

I wasn't feeling so good this morning. It happens every year as soon as it gets hot again. I have this thing about starting to get dehydrated. A gatorade and a powerade later I'm feeling better. In the summer I get compulsive about drinking. I drink water and gatorade constantly to stay well hydrated.

This morning sucked. I had to unpack 200 wireless access points. If I remember to take my camera tomorrow I'm going to take a picture of all the boxes, it's insane. I never want to look at another one of those again, but that won't happen since I'm part of the crew that's going to be installing them. Yesterday when the UPS guys delivered them he called the back of his truck the "red sea" because they came in red boxes. My legs and arms were definitely sore last night from unloading all those.

Aside from all the APs in the last 2 days I've ripped out several hundred feet of wiring from various buildings on campus (mainly the chem/bio building and marts hall). They re-wired the phone system so I get to go in and tear out all the old stuff. It's kinda fun in one of those destructive senses to walk into a wiring closet and just start cutting wires and ripping boxes off the wall. But after doing it all day it gets really old.

Yesterday I decided to check out Peking Garden for lunch. Trust me, for all you locals you need to check it out. I had only ever been there for dinner. It wasn't very busy at all. The owner was waiting on people. I no sooner walked in and he had me take a seat and was bringing me soup and a pot of tea. It's a pretty good deal if you ask me, bowl of soup, pot of tea, entree, rice, fried noodles (those crunchy cracker tasting things) with duck sauce, and a fortune cookie for $5.25. The service was good since it was the owner. He no sooner heard the clink of ice in your glass and was back with a refill. Because it wasn't crowed you got your food right away. I was there for 15min and already had my meal (that was including having time to eat the soup and munch on the fried noodles). The food was really good too. The General Tso's was tender and crispy with just enough spice and they gave you a couple big pieces of fresh steamed broccoli with it. Very tasty. I was pleased so I left him a nice tip.

I really need to learn to eat slower. I'm required to take an hour for lunch. I've been going out and still having time to eat without rushing and get back with 20-30 min of my break left. So I've been walking around campus with the extra time. Admiring the scenery as they say, walking around on the back part of campus with all the trees and such, watching the animals run around, etc. It's relaxing.

Today at work my iPod was definitely proving it's worth. I had it on all day. My day consisted of Straylight Run and Fall Out Boy. Suprisingly enough those 2 groups took the whole day to get all the way through. I didn't think I had that much of their stuff but I guess I do. FYI, you should all go out and listen to "Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway)" by Straylight Run. It's been stuck in my head so maybe if I'm lucky it'll get stuck in someone else's and leave me alone (good song though).

After work I got a call about going to see a movie. I hadn't eaten dinner yet and they had so I said if I was back from getting pizza before they left I'd go with them. Well I got back just as they left so I wasn't able to go. Although I didn't really feel like seeing Miss Congeniality anyway so I guess I saved myself some money. I guess in a sense I'm glad I wasn't going with them cause not only did I avoid a movie I didn't feel like watching but I also got to watch Lost, that and I also feel very scummy from work today and wouldn't have been able to shower.

I asked yesterday if I could get access to a computer for when I have to kill time at work. They said no... Even though they spend all day on e-bay... They said it would be too much of a time waster. Let me just say though that I had to sit there for 45 min yesterday morning waiting for my supervisor to get there. She's late for everything. Late in the morning. Late after lunch. (And with my luck she's gonna google me and find this blog and then fire me after reading it. Oh well, free speech.) So today I went to the library (where they have the tech support desk) and asked about getting a temporary student account. Silly me thinking it was only fair for me to have access to the wireless network I'm helping to install. I mean seriously, why would a computer guy have any reason to use a computer?!?

Steve told me last night that he is getting a grill from his bro so now I don't need to buy one for the apartment next year. Time to move on to the next item on my list. I'm still definitely thinking about that TiVo. It was pretty nice having access to TiVo's this past year. I'm also still looking at that new DVD burner... And then there's the airport express, that looked pretty nice although I'm not completely sure if we'd use it enough to justify the price. Have to do more research. Maybe I should just start out by buying my sunglasses. I know I definitely NEED those. (I don't need that specific pair but I need a pair to wear with my contacts.)

Congratulations, I think you should all be caught up with my life now!

Ciao,

Eric