I figured a couple weeks is kind of a long time between posts so here is what is happening.
First off, Happy Birthday to my nephew James. Some of us got burnt at his party which was at the beach and at my parent's house. It was a good time and is always a good time seeing the Kansas and Indy folks come up to visit. Even better when the KC family moves back into the state of Indiana.
Update:
Neil is growing hair.
Work is going fine. The nights are still hard to get used to, but I am beginning to be able to catch and correct my mistakes without much assistance. Next week I go solo at night while the second shift scheduler takes his vacation and then I will be solo again a week after that.
I have a couple errands I need to take care of this week. One of the important ones is getting my license renewed or I will not be able to go gamble anytime soon. I do need to get a haircut before that and also let my lack of sun on my forehead even out a bit before the picture.
I am thinking I would like to get some kind of device to play my iPod on while at home. The option is one with a docking station for the iPod or to get some computer speakers and just plug it straight to the iPod. Either way, I will want to have a subwoofer for it. This might be the thing I would want for my bday so gift cards could be used for this. From what I saw, Target seemed to have a better selection that Best Buy and the prices seemed less too.
That's it. I am exhausted.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
I do not know why, but I cannot get my cursor to jump into the Title line of this post. That is weird. I gave up on trying to accomplish that, so I will move on.
Work seems a little better, but the stress is very high for me. But, all the stress is self inflicted at this point and it is hard for me not to feel it. I know I am not alone in feeling stress from any changes in life, jobs, marriage, etc; and I am sure I can get past this eventually.
I appreciate all the advise I have received over the past couple months and especially in the past few weeks after beginning my new job. It will take sometime to get over all of this and begin to have full confidence in what I am doing, but I hope the transition is quick. I had the same feeling when I left Jewel for CI at the beginning, the only difference was that I did not realize I was not going to have to do a lot of thinking/decision making for the next couple of years.
The World Series of Poker Main Event has begun last Friday and they are down in participants by 25%. This is in direct correlation with the internet poker sites in America being shut down because of the federal government. I know $10,000 is not the same as it used to be when they first began running this tournament 37 years ago, but ten grand is still 10 grand.
This year's payout is only going to $8.25 million compared to the $12 million+ that Jamie Gold won last year. The good news is that he is already out of the tournament after the first day. I didn't think he was that good and as is the growing trend in poker, he was way too cocky and talked too much. I really think that is the problem with poker these days; there is too much trash talking and criticizing of styles of play. I know there is not one best way of playing, but in the long run the "lucky" players will get eliminated from any tournament. Just sometimes they will last a little longer than they really should. On that note, I will say that I do miss not going to Vegas with my buddies this week, but maybe sometime in the fall I can take a long weekend and get to play some cards. Until then, I will try and play a couple times at the boats in the area and see if I can improve my play.
Thanks again for everyone's prayers, advise, and encouragement over the past couple weeks. I know I will need them to continue, and I thank all of you in advance for them.
Work seems a little better, but the stress is very high for me. But, all the stress is self inflicted at this point and it is hard for me not to feel it. I know I am not alone in feeling stress from any changes in life, jobs, marriage, etc; and I am sure I can get past this eventually.
I appreciate all the advise I have received over the past couple months and especially in the past few weeks after beginning my new job. It will take sometime to get over all of this and begin to have full confidence in what I am doing, but I hope the transition is quick. I had the same feeling when I left Jewel for CI at the beginning, the only difference was that I did not realize I was not going to have to do a lot of thinking/decision making for the next couple of years.
The World Series of Poker Main Event has begun last Friday and they are down in participants by 25%. This is in direct correlation with the internet poker sites in America being shut down because of the federal government. I know $10,000 is not the same as it used to be when they first began running this tournament 37 years ago, but ten grand is still 10 grand.
This year's payout is only going to $8.25 million compared to the $12 million+ that Jamie Gold won last year. The good news is that he is already out of the tournament after the first day. I didn't think he was that good and as is the growing trend in poker, he was way too cocky and talked too much. I really think that is the problem with poker these days; there is too much trash talking and criticizing of styles of play. I know there is not one best way of playing, but in the long run the "lucky" players will get eliminated from any tournament. Just sometimes they will last a little longer than they really should. On that note, I will say that I do miss not going to Vegas with my buddies this week, but maybe sometime in the fall I can take a long weekend and get to play some cards. Until then, I will try and play a couple times at the boats in the area and see if I can improve my play.
Thanks again for everyone's prayers, advise, and encouragement over the past couple weeks. I know I will need them to continue, and I thank all of you in advance for them.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Work update
I am 8 days into the new job and I get am receiving some positive feedback from the scheduler who is training me. I am picking up the reports needed to be run and all functions of the computer system being used. Now, I need to get better at noticing the types of runs and how much work each machine has on hand and schedule as needed. I will be working second shift next week and then begin working with the corrugators, the converters, the design group, and some of the shipping people just to get a flavor of what is happening throughout the company.
It was great seeing my family the past week and hanging out with the nephews. They are always a lot of fun and can keep everyone on their toes. I think it is safe to say they talk a lot and do not like the feeling of being ignored. Every statement has to be acknowledged by someone. Otherwise, it is like a broken record but it will only get louder.
Happy early birthday to Dave as he finally hits the big 30. Your present is sitting on my weight bench.
It was great seeing my family the past week and hanging out with the nephews. They are always a lot of fun and can keep everyone on their toes. I think it is safe to say they talk a lot and do not like the feeling of being ignored. Every statement has to be acknowledged by someone. Otherwise, it is like a broken record but it will only get louder.
Happy early birthday to Dave as he finally hits the big 30. Your present is sitting on my weight bench.
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