Well, at least it is Friday and also I am feeling decently well today. Might be because it is Friday. Things going on:

* Gaming tonight so yay!
* Averaging about 7 miles of walking workouts a week.
* Minor weight loss so bleah.
* Chocolate is barely gaining weight and the vet has put her on more meds. This time a pancreatic enzyme twice a day on top of the three others she's already getting. Vet thinks it might be some trouble with her pancreas. Previous thoughts included stomach cancer that is hardening the walls of the stomach so that it can't absorb nutrients. Which might still be a possibility... *sigh* She's also scheduled for weekly vet visits for the next month.
* Lilly is still being a right pain... It's almost at the point of kicking all the cats out of the bedrooms permanently... which neither of us really want to do, especially as Chocolate likes to curl up with us. She's going to the vet Monday to check for potential UTI. So either dimiss or fix that problem... if dismissed that just means its behavorial... which is harder to correct.
* Work is continuing, though utterly boring. Supposed to be working on an initial notification for the Chemical Manufacturing rule, but I have to run it past my boss... and she's got so much going on that I hear from her about it once every two or three days... She brings me edits, I get them done in 15 minutes and send back, and two days later we discuss it again... Was annoyed this morning with the copier/printer as was having issues getting it to print ledger sized sheets. Finally figured out what the problem was and how to get it to work. But for a while was very confusing and annoying. Boss also asked why I was doing it when it was another person's task. It's because they didn't know how to do it and neither did I since the initial attempts weren't being successful and I couldn't figure out what was the problem to even tell the other person how to do it. Finally did and everything went smoothly from there.
* Am enjoying my new mix CD despite the issues involved in putting it together. Windows Media is not an easy program for creating MP3 CDs... Used Nero and there I had to hunt down the actual files. But got it done and now have a CD with a wide range: Bond, Aerosmith, Camelot, Queen, Riders in the Sky, Nox Arcana, Brian Setzer, Savatage, Dr. Horrible, The Lost Boys, etc. Leads to pretty strange shifts.
* Witchcat has another interview today. Hopefully one of them turns out as an offer for her.
* Oh, also found a site with free ringtones that can be downloaded to the computer and transferred to the phone... except my phone doesn't have a removable memory where I can load the ringtone onto it and then put it in the phone... Am looking around for USB type cables that can hook the computer to the phone and do it that way.

Current Music or book: Brian Setzer: Swingin' Willie (William Tell Overture)

Grabbed from NiRi: ( Yes... another meme )

Hmm... so is this why even the engineers in the office come to me (when they really shouldn't) with questions on computers, math, and several other things? Course... I do go to them at times for help on hazardous waste regulations and water pollution issues, but then that is also their primary area of expertise and what they have been doing for 20+ years.

Anyways... was a real chore to get out the door today. Just bleah. And I still ended up forgetting my gloves. At least it's warmed up and I didn't really feel a need for them. Got all the way to the parking lot before I realized I still hadn't drunk my tea (though at least I remembered to bring it!). Bleah... Tuesdays...

Watched "The Runaway Bride" as well as "Music and Monsters" which was the Doctor Who Confidential about the Children in Need concert that Doctor Who put on. In many ways it reminded me of the Star Wars in Concert, but with the added bonus of the actors portraying the aliens (Dalek, Cybermen, Clockwork robots, and the Ood) coming out into the audience. Well, the Dalek didn't, he stuck to the stage... but they didn't hand Nick a script for the voice of the Dalek so he improvised :P Hehehe... 2000+ people shouting "EXTERMINATE!" I also liked during the rehersals where he had the Dalek giving grief to the orchestra: (to the conductor) "You seem useless. You do not play any instrument."

But first... ( a MEME )

Friday was work as normal... until it started snowing/sleeting and raised the snowpanic level to a frosty orange :P I wasn't too worried though considering the amount of salt spray that was already coating the roads and also I figured if I rushed out when everyone else did, I'd just be stuck in that lemming dash. However, it did pick up even more and I guess to alleviate the mass traffic jam issues of the last snow dump (6-7 years ago?), the State closed it's offices early and sent people home. So woot! Avoid messy snow driving and home early?! Hehe, though once home, we did go out on some errands. In hindsight, should have taken the trash too... So, spent most the day at home playing on the computer, then watching Doctor Who. Finished up Season Two and really laughed/enjoyed the Cyberman/Dalek confrontation :) Brilliant dialog!!! Watched the series of Doctor Who Confidential (cut-down version) as well. Nothing like Doctor Who with a cup of cocoa on a snowy day :)

Saturday we prepped for a trip to Lenoir City, despite the snow. Unfortunately, found out the dump was closed... probably due to the snow... so had to take the garbage back home and double bagged it so it wouldn't stink up the house and hopefully the kitties wouldn't tear into it. See... the hindsight thing. (Witchcat plans to take it tomorrow as the dump is typically closed today. And it didn't stink up the house, nor did the cats tear into it fully. So all good) Even the main roads and hwys like Briley and I-40 were in pretty bad condition... It wasn't until we cleared Lebanon that the snow was fully cleared off I-40. However, after that point, it was smooth sailing. Got to Cookeville, loaded up the brothers and headed off following the parents... since Mom insisted that we follow them and not drive alone *sigh* What are you gonna do about your own parents? Anyways, didn't have any problems at all and arrived quite early to the restaurant. So, Witchcat and I took a stroll through the snowy lands nearby where some locals were sledding :) Much fun :) Grandpa seemed quite surprised to see so many of us when he was brought in for his 80-th surprise birthday party :P All but one of his kids made it and several other relations showed up. Was quite good and of course we ate too much :P Headed back home and the roads remained nice and clear so got home earlier than expected. Rather than drive on back home, we spent the night there. Which allowed us enough time to go sledding at the farm after feeding the barn cats. Took a bit to develop a good run as we would break through the crust and just have powdery snow, but eventually we got it going well :) My brother Emory and even my mother joined us in sledding :) Then went home and played Ninja Burger :)

Sunday we got up and headed to Mass. Was interesting to note that a former calculus professor of mine was apparently also the musical leader at the church. Came back to the parent's house and sat around a bit before visiting Aunt Willie and then heading home to take care of the kitties. At least all the roads around Nashville were mostly clear by this time. Watched all the episodes of David Tennant's video diary for his first season of Doctor Who which was cool. And speaking of... It's great to see the series getting the love and attention it has gotten. Including such things as the National TV Award (I guess Britian's equivalent of the Emmy) for Best Drama, lighting of the Christmas Tree if Cardiff (where BBC is headquartered), and a special celebrity edition of The Weakest Link which was referenced in one episode :P

Poor K-9...

Happy Anniversary to my sweet and wonderful love, witchcat07! Though we've only been together a mere 4 years, I know for sure I always want to be with you :) Love you sweetheart :)

Two Lumps

For all you beer lovers out there :P

Happy birthday to heatermcca :) Hope you have a great and fun day :)

Well, at least some things were accomplished. First, loaded pretty much all the music back onto to the computer. Probably still have some things to put on there, but first I will have to find those CDs :P Also will want to set up playlists for particular music I'm sure.

Also sorted out a lot of minis for something else. Still need to get the cards for those I pulled and cross check to make sure I have enough of the right cards for the minis.

I also got the maps drawn for the next adventure so that's set.

And over the past week, cleared 8 miles of walking workouts. And did one of the new yoga workouts on Sunday.

My friend David is currently helping teach his 5 year old daughter her numbers 1-20... so he made a small D&D adventure for her :P And it seemed to go over very well. Hehe, starting her young :)

I used to have the iTunes program installed due to having a little iPod shuffle thingy. And so I would rip music into both the iTunes format (acc) and mp3 so that I could copy them to CD and DVD and play them in the car or work. However, since I have very rarely used the iPod, it really just meant I had a jumble of multiple copies of entire albums... very messy. So, working on cleaning up the mess. First off, determine which songs are unique and I don't have on any CD and put them somewhere safe. Did a lot of that last night. Then pulled off iTunes which had the really bad habit of wanting me to install extra stuff as well as not following where I had put the files if I moved them around. Once I pull off the unique ones, I'll delete all the rest of the music and start rebuilding. This is especially necessary as there are several CDs we've gotten that haven't been added yet. And then I can also figure out playlists as I work on reloading things and perhaps set up new mp3 discs for the car and work. Cause even though I do have 120 songs on the one disc... after a year, it's getting a might repetative :P

Or those with aversions to spiders
( Cut for your protection )
In less creepy news: Asteroid sneaks up on Earth. Wednesday had a close pass by an asteroid discovered only Monday. Came within 1/3 of the distance from Earth to the Moon. Course with it's size, it likely wasn't a danger, but then there is Apophis in 2029... that will pass within perhaps 1/9th of the distance of Earth to the Moon. At least more accurate and recent measurements have shown a decreased chance for an impact by this one. I also find it interesting that it is named for the primary Goa'uld villian of the initial Stargate series :P

Well, was a mostly fun weekend. It did have it's issues though...

Good: Friday was work as usual. Yay... fun... Anyways, after that, it was off to gaming :) The group finished up Lost Mines of Karak so that's good :) Hopefully the next adventure will go well also. I think they in general liked the adventure.

Bad: Friday the upstairs bathtub wouldn't drain. I suspect an ice blockage in the drain... Luckily the pipes don't appear to have burst or anything as there was no leaking water. I tried bailing the bathtub out, then pouring boiling water down the drain. Didn't work that time... May try that some more or just wait for the weather to warm up. Luckily the downstairs shower still works fine.

Good: Saturday I headed off to Vandy and helped by directing several bouts for the Junior Olympic qualifiers. I don't think I made too many mistakes this time :P Though of course I was only directing epee so not much room for mistakes to happen. We were trying to get through them as fast as possible, but still ran long. They even turned out most the lights on us at one point :P Luckily some of the strips were directly under some of the remaining lights and we were able to do some bouts in the dim lighting :P They eventually turned them back on.

Bad: Drain still clogged. Really worn out from directing all day. In bed around 9:30 on a Saturday...

Good: Sunday we took it pretty easy and relaxed. I played quite a bit on GW, though remained annoyed at the slow drop rate of an item I was hunting. Then we went off to see Sherlock Holmes at the theatre. *shock* Yes... a movie... in a movie theatre... I think Star Trek was the last one we went to see at a theatre. Anyways, the movie was quite fun and good :) I quite enjoyed it :) Afterwards had ice cream and wandered around Barnes and Nobles as Witchcat had a gift card for there she was itching to use :P Came home, tried out the new pilates workout that Witchcat had ordered and had supper.

Bad: Witchcat picked up a lot of trojans and worms on her computer that are being a real pain to remove. And this just 10 days after I reformatted her HD and replaced all the software on there... I've researched out what appears to be the main worm that is opening the doors for all the others and I can hopefully get rid of it tonight. I blame the LolCelebs site... because the virus's fake alarms start popping up right about then.