Flashback in Technology History

I started cleaning out some old totes this weekend, trying to consolidate, and came across all my old floppy disks and CD backups. I remember using these floppies like it was yesterday to back up all my files from my first laptop. Now, a mere 11 years later, I have taken all these floppies from 4+ years worth of work, and copied all these files onto a USB stick... that's right, what took dozens of floppies to back up now is on technology smaller than my thumb. I look at the microSD card in my phone, smaller than my thumb nail, and marvel at the 5555 floppy disks worth of information that can go on this 8GB little piece of plastic... then I wonder how much smaller can we get technology.... and how long will it take us to search for it when we lose it in the couch cushions...

Long Overdue...

I'm posting my long overdue update.  Yes, I realize it's been, wow, 4 months, but hey, when you work with computers all day long, often the last thing I want to do is sit on the computer at home, even though I took a long time to put together my computer... but that's another adventure.

In the last 4 months I've gone to the Houston Rodeo, Johnson Space Center (NASA), finally hung pictures on my walls and unpacked a little more, gone to New Orleans with my community band, and help out on Saturday mornings with people from work who are training for the MS150 coming up.  Details on all these will be coming along with pictures.

Now for some sad news I figured I'd better share since it's on Facebook.  I came home from New Orleans on Sunday to find that Spork (my boy guinea pig) was sick.  He's been sick before, but this time he didn't drink anything for at least 2 days.  So Monday I picked up some fresh veggies and tried to get him to eat them, but he did nothing, didn't even notice they were there.  Tuesday morning he looked even worse and didn't even have fight when I squirted water in his mouth to get some water in him.  I came home from work that evening, and Spork didn't make it.  So it's just me and Turtle now - she's doing ok, I think she realizes now that he's gone, but we've had some bonding and she's not sick so she'll be fine.  

I'll post more another time.

Take care!  Happy early Easter!

I sat in church the last 2 weeks just looking at the Christmas trees and garland all decorated with soft white lights singing Advent/Christmas hymns, and it feels like December. Then after the service, I get up and walk outside without a coat into the sunshine and think I'm back in summer. Friends have emailed me and mentioned the massive amounts of snow and say "beat that!"

Well... when was the last time your town made national news for snow FLURRIES! Yes, in case you haven't heard, Houston had snow yesterday. About 3:40pm, I got the news that it was snowing outside. Of course this is from multiple sources since they all know I'm from the north and used to seeing snow in December. So I ran out along with a few others who were all bundled and shivering... I'm in short sleeves... to look at the few flakes falling from the sky. Of course started wandering around like a kid trying to take pictures of A snowflake. Later after work, I came out and there was accumulation!! Snow actually stayed! My band had our annual Christmas party so I went to that, slid a bit on the road so there was even ice. When I came out, well, people from Texas were just fun to watch as they just looked at the snow dazed and confused as to how to drive.

Enjoy the pictures!!

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Boxes, boxes, fewer and fewer boxes!

I am pretty proud... after 109 items delivered to my home, only 10 are left to be unpacked!!! Here are the updated pictures!

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It's hard to believe that in only 4 days it is Thanksgiving... and I'm still in shorts. I have the opportunity to join the Rice University band for the Houston Thanksgiving parade so I'll be marching... in a 3 piece pinstriped suit... in 70 degree weather. Then later that night I'll be playing at a tree lighting ceremony with the Houston Concert Band. Hopefully I'll have pictures to share of that as well! In the meantime, enjoy the pics below!

New pics!

Well, I've only been in my new apartment 2 weeks and I've actually done some major unpacking... of course the pictures I'm posting now are of when the boxes came... a little behind! :)

There's also pictures of what else has been happening. In mid-October, Jonathan, September, and I checked out the Texas Renaissance festival. It was fun! The next few pictures are of Jonathan's desk - gotta make a big deal for the 40! :)

It's starting to look like... fall... well, it felt like fall the last few days. It's been under 70 the last few days. I even woke up to frost on my car! I still have my hopes for snow!!

Soon, pictures of my apartment unpacked! :)

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November Nutiness

At the request of a friend, I am updating my blog... really, I planned on doing this earlier this evening but being an adult and doing laundry (in my own apartment!) got away from me...

So, close your eyes... wait, then you can't read the blog... open your eyes and imagine what it's like outside if you can't see out a window. It's the first week of November, children are still on a sugar high from Halloween, the leaves are almost gone, I've heard reports of snow already up north. What season is this? Easy, FALL! Now I look out my window... should it be daylight I would see green leaves on trees, a gentle breeze, and people walking around with shorts on. What season is this??? Um... summer still??? It's very interesting now that I'm not around children as much, I almost missed the fact it was Halloween, and even though I see what month t is daily, it still doesn't feel like November. It's like I'm caught in some weird time warp where summer never ends... I am being honest, I still have my AC on. It's 80 during the day still... and last night when it got down to 57, yes, DOWN to 57, I finally wore my sweatshirt for warmth, not just because it's comfy.

I've noticed things like this before, like going to Lowe's and seeing the Christmas tree display with all the lights (again, I'm wearing capris and a T-shirt) and the fake snow around the base of the tree. I then wondered, why on earth would you put fake snow around a Christmas tree in the south. Sure, in most of the country, like where evergreens are more native, there's snow. But only in extreme rare cases is there actually snow that falls to the ground here... so white Christmases are NOT normal here, so why try and create something fake? It'd be like people up north decorating a palm tree instead of an evergreen. I can already tell this will be a weird Christmas!

The apartment setting up is coming along nicely. I got my things about 2 weeks ago and am down to about 10 boxes left to unpack... and then hang up pictures and other decorating. Most of my clothes are unpacked, and I was glad I got rid of those extra sweaters and sweatshirts... I'm already looking at the 16 I have going, "When am I going to wear these?" I know it get's colder........... eventually.......... Pictures will be coming soon of the progress.

The new apartment

Well, here you go, the first set of pictures of my new apartment! I called again today and my things should be here sometime next week for sure, and may even be loaded onto a truck this weekend. Here's hoping!!!

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