Month: January 2008

 And we have heat again, too.  Our heat went out over the weekend and the repair guy came over Monday to determine that the system needed a part that he didn’t have with him.  He was back on Tuesday with the right part, however, and now all is right with the world (hooray!).

On the personal front, we’ve been kind of hermit-y lately.  I guess there are a lot of reasons for this and I don’t want to go into all of them here but this year is starting to feel like one of those periods of inward looking where you make some changes to the way you’ve been living your life.  I don’t know yet if this is good or bad.  I’m just trying to let it happen. 

Our home phone’s back on.  Apparently some water got in and shorted out the line.  So the repair guy turned off the affected line and re-routed the signal to the other phone jack in the house.  So we can rejoin the world again. 

So I realized last night that we have been without home phone service for most of the week.  The interesting thing is that I might never have realized this, except the hubby and I were both out at after work meetings last night and I got home before he did.  I was trying to do the good wife thing and call his cell phone to tell him I was home and safe, but when I picked up the phone I didn’t get a dial tone, just a echo-y, static-y noise.

So, I checked the connection, but the phone was still kaput.  When the hubby finally got home he also checked the connection as well as the other phone in the living room.  (Which I had forgotten about, but the cats do frequently knock it off the hook in their attempts to order pizza.)  Still nothing.  I had the guilty feeling that perhaps I had missed the bill (It has been known to happen), so I went online and paid the bill anyway (it was not late, as the bank’s autopay had taken care of it about a week ago, but better safe than sorry, I think).  And while I was at the phone company website, I filed a problem ticket with the phone company.

They’re supposed to call back on the cell phone today before lunch.  I hope it’s something simple that can be fixed without someone having to be home waiting for a repairman.  I honestly have no idea what it could be. 

The upshot of this is, if you need us for something, call the cell phone or e-mail.  I’ll post here when the phone’s back in working order.

As Geoffrey Rush says in Shakespeare in Love “It’s a mystery.”

 This is my first filtered post so I’m just testing to make sure it works.  If you want to read what I’ve already written, check out my FanFiction.net page.  Here 
I have a work or two in progress, so watch this space.

I got the message that I don’t post enough, so I am trying to post more often.

I am glad to have the new year underway.  The holidays this year were very low-key for us.  I certainly don’t mind that, but it’s nice to be back in the routine.

On the work front, they FINALLY have fixed (at least temporarily) the catalog at work so I can catalog again.  Somehow everything I did last year got lost, so I have to restore that, but it’s only a matter of restoring the records, not doing the books from scratch again.  I’m looking forward to discovering my office from under all the books that have been stacking up.

On the creative front, I’ve been doing some fiction writing (which explains where my writing energy is going).  It’s all in the giant robot genre, so I’ve been reluctant to talk about it here.  If anyone is interested, say so and I’ll put on a Transformers filter and post some links and work in progress.  I love beta readers.  I also cleared up the sewing room a bit and hope to do some sewing for us before February *crosses fingers*.

On the personal stuff front, I’m feeling the need to get out and exercise again.  It’s tough to get motivated.  My end of the work day coincides with a major energy low for me, sometimes it’s a struggle just getting the car home.  Taking the extra step to get dressed and go to the gym is very daunting.  I know I’ll have more energy once I do it, but it’s REALLY hard to start.  

The relationship is OK.  The holidays are a downer time for the hubby for personal reasons, but I think he’s enjoying his new job.  He’s a little torn right now as one of his duties is subbing for the receptionist when she’s out and she’s out a LOT.  So he’s not doing as much computer-y stuff as he’d like, but it’s more than he was doing and that’s a step forward.

Also, I got my WoW main to 70 and finally got my blasted epic pally mount with help from the excellent Windmaster’s guild.  *whew*.  We’re working on alts and flying mounts for the Outlands as well as getting attuned for the high level instances.  Lots of work.

There, a proper update and all.

 For myself, I’d like to see 2008 be a year of re-focusing on the things i’ve been putting off.
I will invest time and energy into improving my library. 
I will travel to see my family a few times this year. 
I will get back to the gym and outside to exercise. 
I will FINALLY get the house cleaned up.
I will work dilligently on writing and update my journal at least once a week.
I will be more fiscally responsible so I can afford to buy a house.
I will make something from all that fabric I have been saving.
I will be grateful for my friends and the good things in my life.

I’ve been a slacker, and now I’m going to try to be better.  I’ll re-assess this list at intervals and see how I’m doing.