Catching Up
So my brother is doing well and has made arrangements to have everything cleared up. He has to serve a few weekends but he's been there before so no big deal. Mom is very relieved. As am I, but still not ready for contact.Things have been way busy lately. Not sure if I mentioned it before but we bought a 55" HD television a couple months ago. This was followed by new livingroom furniture (I think he was tired of my bitching). Then I needed lamps (of course!!). And decided I wanted to paint. Well, we got that started when I decided to have some people over to watch a Senators game, in HD, on the big screen.
So then it was panic time to get everything done before company. Which we did, and, I had the get together this week as planned (hubby had to be in Pennsylvania - we really hate that job of his). It was great!! Definitely need to do this again. And definitely need to take a break with buying furniture for a while!!!
So earlier this year, I got a new car. A 2006 Chev Cobalt... like this one, only black with darker tint...
I was planning to add a cold air intake, headers and a performance exhaust when I heard about the new Camaro at the Detroit Auto Show.
Well holy crap!
At first I heard they were coming out in 2011. But they're actually planning to start in 2009!! That's SOON. And!! AND!!! its got a 400hp V8!!
The reason I'm so excited is that Camaro is my all time favourite car. My first two cars were Camaros. So, this is my next vehicle - hopefully in 2009, and it had better come in black.
By then, this year most likely, hubby will have his truck - so we'll trade in the Cobalt.
What else...
Work is great. I've got 3 big projects on the go. I'm doing literature reviews on ethanol fuel, and N2O emissions - these will probably be written up for a journal (omg I'll be published!) and I'm also working with data from locomotive emissions testing we did last year. Currently our techs are in Montreal doing another round so there'll be 2 reports. I also help manage a research funding program for which my boss is the leader. There's pretty regular work out of it and since year-end is coming, there will be lots of reporting to do.
A day doesn't go by without my learning something new. And I've been here long enough now that I'm able to apply my knowledge to problems without needing guidance. Well, some of them anyways. I never thought I'd have a job doing complex math and chemistry!
University has really paid off.
I'm reading some interesting books right now so I expect to have one of those good old opinion posts. Like a good little atheist.
TTFN (as Tigger would say)
posted by Boo @ 12:44 PM
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