Just a lazy weekend..

Sitting back listening to the radio on the recliner and I decided to post on my blog. It’s been a while. A lot has gone on but not much of it has been with me. My Mom moved from my Brother’s house to Florida and she seems to be doing okay down there. I am not going to get into all the details surrounding my Mom moving but the move to my Brother’s house was seen as a temporary thing from the beginning. It will all work out best for everyone in the long run.

Work has been really good. It’s just been a lot of helping residents and doing projects. These projects fill the time between service calls. We have a junior programmer (former support guy like me) whose last day is Friday so we’re all going to lunch on Thursday as a team. I’m still doing the Biggest Loser competition at work and I’m down 21.5 pounds so far. I am also the IT Team leader for a walking program we’re doing at work. It’s called Walk To Wellness and we’re all getting pedometers to track our steps. Each week my team turns in their steps to me and I submit the total as a team. We’re competing against other teams at work. It should be fun and I walk a lot.

As far as tech stuff goes, I haven’t been worrying too much about new computer stuff or cell phones. I have an Android phone I like an an iMac I’m happy with. I guess the cool new thing will be that work is replacing our crappy Blackberry Bold 9330 (I think?) with newish Android phones, the Motorola Photon 4G on Sprint. It’s basically the same as my personal phone with a slightly bigger screen and better camera. I am looking forward to it because I hate Blackberry phones. It’s technology from the 90′s and is only still around because of business users. It’ll be nice to get rid of them in our business.

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Random junk..

Last night I actually watched the Super Bowl. It was a good game. The local team is the Patriots and I am not a fan of them so I’m glad they lost.

Today is the start of a new week without the old boss. It should be interesting to see how things shake out. I think I will get more done because I’ll spend less time explaining things to a manager who doesn’t understand anything. I’ll also be “micro-managed” less so I can focus on the task at hand rather than needless little tasks for no reason but to satisfy a boss.

My Mom is coming to visit in a little less than two weeks and I’ll be on vacation. That should be fun if we can think of a few things to do. Hopefully the weather stays like it is and it doesn’t snow a ton. That would put a damper on any plans to go places.

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Micro post: Current weight

Just weighed myself. I’m at 264 pounds. Stay tuned for future weigh ins.

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The Biggest Loser..

I’m sure some people who read this have heard of the NBC show called The Biggest Loser. At my place of business we have a full gym and we’re now starting a competition at work based on the weight loss television show. I joined the competition and I’ll be tracking my weight loss (hopefully) and working out as part of a team. I’ll have free access to a gym that normally costs $25 a month. This competition lasts through May. If the gym works out maybe I’ll pay after May. We have a company “intranet” site like a wiki and I’m posting my weigh ins there and I’ll also post them here. It’ll be motivation to try harder and be accountable. We’ll see how it goes. Wish me luck.

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Trip to Northampton today..

Today I worked in Northampton, MA for my company to go check out some technology they had at that facility that we’re getting. It was okay but I hope we get a newer version of it. The version they have is pretty buggy but the idea is great. I do IT for a senior community and this is basically a simplified touch screen computer for seniors. I’m looking forward to working with it and supporting it for the residents. We’ll see how that goes. The facility I went to is an older place that was kind of creepy but it was a good break from the usual. I’m still a little under the weather so I’m cutting this short to get some sleep.

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