The Last Twelve Months or So...
Most of my last few posts have been what I'd call 'filler' with no real content. I haven't been particularly informative about what's been going on in my life.
Hopefully this will catch you up.
I don't know if I ever officially mentioned it – I may have, but I can't remember, and I'm typing this off-line so I can't really check – I got married last September. Yeah, I know it's March, but chances are, if you're reading this, you already knew.
So Diane and I got married, and we've got an apartment in Augusta. At this point we've more or less settled into a groove, and the day to day of our new life together is comfortable and we're both very happy.
So we've had our first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years as a married couple. We've had and recovered from our first fight. We've done a budget, and we're not constantly arguing about money. Things are going well. On the 16th of this month we'll have been married six months. That doesn't sound like a very long time, I guess.
I'm still with the credit union. It's been a busy year at work, to be sure. I spent a couple of months on loan to another credit union, which was very interesting. Since I've been back I've worked in two different branches, back and forth, doing loan work full time, which is a step up for me. We've changed our name and our charter and this week I've started working at a third branch, learning some things that will ultimately lead to another step up. I'm pretty happy with how things are going at work. The credit union has been good to me, and I don't expect things to change in that regard.
My brother recently enlisted in the US Army. He's down in Missouri, attending Basic training. As far as I know, he's doing well, I've talked to him once since he left, and I guess he calls Mom once a week. He seems to be alright, but I worry about him. He's never really been on his own before – I'm sure he's fine. Before he left, he used to come down every once in a while. More than once, I've started to ask Diane if I could invite him down for dinner before I realized that he wasn't exactly available. Hopefully his stint in the military will go by quickly.
I recently installed Ubuntu on my laptop. I'd decided that I wanted to run GNU/Linux full time on my laptop, and my friends Tim and John helped me to choose the Ubuntu distribution. Ubuntu's philosophy is that it 'should just work.' For the most part, that's the experience I've had. I had to jump through some hoops, and ultimately downgrade my BIOS to get it installed, and I still don't have functioning wireless, but aside from that...
I'm still working on my book. For those of you not aware, I wrote a book last November, as part of NaNoWriMo, and now I'm in the process of editing it. I'm going through it myself, and my friend Amy is making a pass through it as well. I had a really hard time letting someone else read it, mainly because it's a really rough draft. The only reason Amy has it, is because she also just finished a book, and we orchestrated a trade. She's had some kind words about my work, so I feel a little better about the situation. I just started reading her book, and I'm excited about getting through it so we can trade comments and edits. I'm only 20 or so pages into her book, but it seems pretty good so far.
I'm only working three days this coming week, and then I'm off for 11 Days. I'm really looking forward to the time off. I intend on screwing around as much as possible. I've got a season of Battlestar Galactica to get through, among other things.
After hearing about it for years, I finally got a chance to listen to 69 Love Songs, by The Magnetic Fields. It's worth tracking down, if you're even a little curious. It comes highly recommended.
Well, I guess that's it for now. I know I've said this over and over again the last few years, but maybe I'll post more often. Maybe I won't, but I'll be thinking about it.
Hopefully this will catch you up.
I don't know if I ever officially mentioned it – I may have, but I can't remember, and I'm typing this off-line so I can't really check – I got married last September. Yeah, I know it's March, but chances are, if you're reading this, you already knew.
So Diane and I got married, and we've got an apartment in Augusta. At this point we've more or less settled into a groove, and the day to day of our new life together is comfortable and we're both very happy.
So we've had our first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years as a married couple. We've had and recovered from our first fight. We've done a budget, and we're not constantly arguing about money. Things are going well. On the 16th of this month we'll have been married six months. That doesn't sound like a very long time, I guess.
I'm still with the credit union. It's been a busy year at work, to be sure. I spent a couple of months on loan to another credit union, which was very interesting. Since I've been back I've worked in two different branches, back and forth, doing loan work full time, which is a step up for me. We've changed our name and our charter and this week I've started working at a third branch, learning some things that will ultimately lead to another step up. I'm pretty happy with how things are going at work. The credit union has been good to me, and I don't expect things to change in that regard.
My brother recently enlisted in the US Army. He's down in Missouri, attending Basic training. As far as I know, he's doing well, I've talked to him once since he left, and I guess he calls Mom once a week. He seems to be alright, but I worry about him. He's never really been on his own before – I'm sure he's fine. Before he left, he used to come down every once in a while. More than once, I've started to ask Diane if I could invite him down for dinner before I realized that he wasn't exactly available. Hopefully his stint in the military will go by quickly.
I recently installed Ubuntu on my laptop. I'd decided that I wanted to run GNU/Linux full time on my laptop, and my friends Tim and John helped me to choose the Ubuntu distribution. Ubuntu's philosophy is that it 'should just work.' For the most part, that's the experience I've had. I had to jump through some hoops, and ultimately downgrade my BIOS to get it installed, and I still don't have functioning wireless, but aside from that...
I'm still working on my book. For those of you not aware, I wrote a book last November, as part of NaNoWriMo, and now I'm in the process of editing it. I'm going through it myself, and my friend Amy is making a pass through it as well. I had a really hard time letting someone else read it, mainly because it's a really rough draft. The only reason Amy has it, is because she also just finished a book, and we orchestrated a trade. She's had some kind words about my work, so I feel a little better about the situation. I just started reading her book, and I'm excited about getting through it so we can trade comments and edits. I'm only 20 or so pages into her book, but it seems pretty good so far.
I'm only working three days this coming week, and then I'm off for 11 Days. I'm really looking forward to the time off. I intend on screwing around as much as possible. I've got a season of Battlestar Galactica to get through, among other things.
After hearing about it for years, I finally got a chance to listen to 69 Love Songs, by The Magnetic Fields. It's worth tracking down, if you're even a little curious. It comes highly recommended.
Well, I guess that's it for now. I know I've said this over and over again the last few years, but maybe I'll post more often. Maybe I won't, but I'll be thinking about it.
