01.26.05
Posted in Old Rantings at 9:19 pm by mdellinger
Well a nother week or so has gone by and I’m still working a wierd schedule, it looks like I’ll probably be on this setup for a while so I don’t know how long it will last. My main problem with it right now is that I have to go an orientation so I can get put on full time benefits, but the only time they do the orientation is at 11 am on Monday, after I have just worked 8 hours and slept for maybe two. I was supposed to go and do this the other day but I overslept (but who can blame me for not knowing I had to do it until that night, and then having to stay up all night, sleep for two hours, and get ready and drive back to Atlanta?)
I’m really not looking forward to trying this again, but I really want to get setup with those benefits. I’ve worked so hard to get this point, and now my body is preventing me from doing it.
Lately I’ve been looking into getting a new computer. The one I have is fine and it works great (for the most part). But I’m thinking about getting a new Mac Powerbook. We used to use those things at UGA and they are sweet. Also I’ve just kinda gotten used to the one at work…and have found that macs are a lot more stable than pcs…and I’ll need that doing websites and stuff.
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Anyway, it’s the next week and I’ve bought the computer. It should be shipped to me on Thursday, so now I’m just counting down the days.
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01.20.05
Posted in Old Rantings at 10:47 pm by mdellinger
Just noticed I’ve started neglicting this already. I knew that would happen, I’ve just been so busy lately I haven’t really had time to. My truck has been acting up some lately and I’ve started looking into getting a new one. The problem is I’ve never done that before and there’s a lot of stuff out there to look at. I also have other expenses that I need to take care of now, and I don’t know if I want to throw another one in there on top of everything else.
I’m psyched about this weekend though, the Falcons are playing in Philly for the NFC championship. I haven’t ever seen the Falcons look this good, I hope they show up and play this weekend. It could be a really good game.
I’m about to get off work (no overnight tonight) so I’m taking off.
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01.04.05
Posted in Old Rantings at 1:55 am by mdellinger
It’s now a new year, and it feels like the time has just flown by. It still seems like it should be the middle of August right now. It definitely feels a lot different from last year.
After a year of being on my own and out of college I have to say that I’m pretty happy with where I am right now. I didn’t think at the beginning of last year that I would be sitting where I am right now (especially at 1 AM). It just goes to show that perserverance really does pay off.
After spending most of last year leaving messages and just trying to get out of that downward spiral of a job that I had, I started thinking that maybe I just wasn’t meant to be doing this. Maybe I needed to look at another field. But if you really want something you can’t just stop trying for it, because really what’s the worst that can happen?
The only thing that kept me calling everyday was the dead-end job I had and a desire to do something better. I had actually started to get stuck in the routine of going to work there and doing the same repetitive work everyday. While at the time it kept me on my feet, it wasn’t what I wanted at all.
Now that a year has passed and I’m finally where I want to be I feel like there’s a load that has been lifted off my shoulders. Aside from the stress of working all night, and trying to fit in a real life around sleeping, I enjoy wha I’m doing now and have to say I’m pretty glad.
It’s also a good thing that Whitney and I are living together now. There are definitely times when I need someone there to talk to and that I can talk about things just to get them off my mind. She’s really a good listener too, much better than I am most of the time.
I’m excited about the new year. It’s looking like my schedule is changing some now that the overnight guy is back from vacation and I won’t have to be pulling as many overnights. Hopefully after a while it won’t be any, but I’ll take one or two here and there over everyday.
I’m also hoping that this recent disaster will slow down some. It seems that as the day goes on the death toll just keeps climbing. To think that on the first night it was bad enough when they were saying 300 people have died, now over 155,000 (Tsunami death toll)
Despite the devastation this has caused, it is nice see the world coming together and helping out. It just shows that when shit really does start hitting the fan, there are still some people there with some decency.
Here’s hoping for a good 2005.
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