It's almost the end of week #1 here in Houston. It hasn't been too terrible, but it has most definitely been a challenge. From watching Mom and Dad leave on the bus to the train to Indiana, all the way down to sitting in my apartment ready to pass out after swimming 5 laps in the pool, it's been an interesting week.

I spent most of the evening Wednesday trying to figure out something for internet here. I ended up throwing together the repeater I mentioned in the previous entry, which (knock on wood) has been okay so far. It has dropped connection several times, which has been right in the middle of me trying to do something. I've learned from that to not do anything too important over this "free" connection. I had one case where I needed to change some settings on this server, and actually had the sense to use 'screen' for it so when the connection did drop, I didn't lose whatever I had started.

I have been working this week in others' cubicles, because the shipment of LCD's hasn't arrived for our department yet. I don't know if Edouard held them up or what, but it is quite frustrating to have to stop in the middle of something so the next person can get to work. I guess that's a small blessing though, because it means I don't have to work as late. :P We're supposed to get the rest of the screens sometime by Monday, so I'll probably be back to working long hours again soon.

Because of the weak internet here at the apartment, I still haven't uploaded any more pictures. As soon as I get my DSL connection though, the 200MB worth of images is going straight to the gallery.

Well, I'm going to spend tonight as I have every other night this week: Falling asleep to a random movie from my collection. You are all more than welcome to e-mail me or call (if you have the number), or attempt to talk with me over one of the various messenger services I use (AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Google, Smoke Signal, Semaphore). I look forward to hearing from you.