October 13, 2006

Reformat Successful

Made it though another week, almost. At least on Saturday I don't have to leave as early because there is almost no traffic. Saturdays are also usually a little bit slower, but since attendance is a big problem at the call center (and probably most call-centers) the calls are pretty much non-stop. Still, Saturdays are slower and feels calmer. Tonight instead of watching TV I'm writing. The computer reformat went fine and my computer is running well. He guided me through doing it and it was pretty smooth. So far I have only reinstalled MS Office, McAfee and several free spyware programs, the bare minimum. Haven't needed to use some of my other applications or been desperate to play Hoyle card games or the Movies game, a studio simulation that is a lot of fun, slightly addicting.

North Korea nuclear tests are really frightening. I still have a friend that lives in Seoul. Occasionally since I returned and it has been such a disaster finding a stable job and floundering to find a career direction, I have wished I had stayed or wanted to return to Korea. Now I'm glad that I haven't.

October 08, 2006

Quick Update

Having some computer problems, so my drive is getting reformatted and I'll have to reinstall everything. My brother-in-law, a talented computer tech, will do the reformatting for me. He just started a new job as a network administrator so we are having a family celebration dinner tonight for him. They have moved to Bellevue now to be close to their jobs. The business cards that I ordered for networking arrived yesterday. VistaPrint did a great job and I got to personalize them with the same red tulip photo that I am using now on this blog for my profile. That was taken this April when I went up to Mt Vernon for the tulip festival. I got lots of wonderful pictures at Roozengaarde, a tulip farm. Just making this quick because the computer will be down for a while. Things are very busy. Going to go in to work tomorrow, my usual day off, and to put in some overtime. They are asking all of us to do some and I can use a little extra money. Holiday season is approaching. I had a pumpkin pie latte and a pumpkin muffin this morning for breakfast at a favorite local coffee shop. Those are some seasonal favorites.