Life, Kids, Technology & that move to another continent
scott I would like to note that on my birthday when I turned 33, I had my Wii age down to 31. My Wii workout is paying off and my eye hand coordination is improving. I am averaging in my 40’s, but just had my best day ever.
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With little fanfare my birthday comes to a close in approximately 5 minutes. The day started for me at midnight when I was still at work. I was trying to conduct some tests during a maintenance window, but due to issues with other tests earlier in the window, the one I was waiting to run had to be scrubbed. I didn’t leave work till well after midnight, but on the bright side I got to sleep in.
My present to myself was going to get my new HD DVR box from my cable provider. It was no small feat in the snow and sleet. I ended up taking a cab back home since I didn’t want to carry the box on the subway. I then headed back down to work for a few hours.
Due to the inclement weather all my birthday plans were canceled since no one (to some extent even I) wanted to go out. It is not a total loss since several of us will get together tomorrow for St. Patrick’s day. This is not the first time this has happened, and for the most part I don’t really mind, but on some level it is a bit depressing to be home alone on this day.
I thought I had kicked my cold, but all the walking around in the cold and wet weather has gotten feeling not so great again. I am not in a full sick mode, but I do have the sniffles. I am off to bed in a minute but I wanted to stop and write a bit. I still find writing right before I goto bed to be very relaxing. I also find that I am my most productive at this time. I would say most creative, but I am just writing about stuff in my life and not writing a novel.
The building I live in has an exclusive deal (aka monopoly) with RCN to provide Cable & Phone service. That sucks for me since I am paying more for less service than I had with Time Warner. I am home sick today so I decided to call RCN and make some changes I have wanted to make on my account. I never watch HBO so I wanted to save me the $10 (yes ten bucks) on that, and I also wanted to see if I could get a HD DVR box. The good news is I can get the DVR. The bad news is I have to pay $50 for them to install it for me. First of all I need someone to bring me a box, not install anything. I don’t want them touching my TV. Second, they were like you can come in and get the box yourself if you want. I am up for that. The only problem is in the biggest city in the country they only have one office. It is only open monday through friday 9AM – 5PM and they close for an hour at lunch time. I don’t get how a service place like that can operate like that. OK so I will go with my existing cable box and get the new one. It isn’t because of the $50, it is because they couldn’t tell me when they would be able to send someone out to me.
My next issue I had was the actual process of removing my HBO. The first guy that I got on the phone right away was more than able to add services to my account, but when I wanted to remove something I had to get transfered to the “retention department”. So I waited on hold for 10 minutes before I got someone on the line. Now both CSR’s were very friendly and helpful. I am not bashing them, I am commenting on the company. I feel there is a difference. This new retention CSR was more than happy to take off my HBO, and even try to throw in some promos to keep me spending. I didn’t bite. During this process I have to have my package upgraded since I was on an old package deal whatever that really means. So my account gets upgraded and she removes HBO from my account. Then the CSR tells me what my new monthly total will be after tax’s. I was surprised since it was within $1 of what I was paying for the exact same service with HBO. I question the rep on this and she magically is able to change my plan again (still the exact same features minus the HBO) and I am now saving the $10 I though I was saving by removing HBO. So even if the rep was helpful and friendly I have to wonder if I was intentionally getting screwed? How can they do some magical plan changing and then remove a feature from my account and I am paying the same amount as I was before? It just sounds shady to me. I need to wait for my next bill or two to see how this really plays out.
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I am still working on a few larger posts that I don’t seem to have time to finish. I want to get all my ideas out, so they will arrive whenever. It doesn’t help that I am a pharmacology experiment gone wrong since I am fighting a cold this week. I think the Coldeze is working, or this slight reprieve in how I feel is just the calm before the storm today. Half my team is or was sick. My boss was out today and two of my team was out last week. I just want to purge whatever it is out of my body before the festivities of this weekend. I don’t want a cold or anything to ruin my 3 day March holiday. If you don’t know what I am talking about see this blog post from last year. It covers it pretty well, as do some of the posts right after it.
And for the record, even with a cold I actually got my Wii age to be my actual age (well my age that I will be on Friday that is). And people say I am not in shape! It only took me a week. Now I just have to keep my age down.
Well I am off to take some sleepy time medicine so I can hopefully be coherent for work tomorrow. Must be in full recovery mode by the 15th.
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So what is your Wii age? If you have a Nintendo Wii you know what I am talking about. If not you must think I am crazy. I have been doing the Wii workout for about a week now. I am getting better, but I still am averaging a Wii age of 40-50:( I am still working at it.
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I finally rewired my TV so I can use the Wii this morning. I can tell you that after on a little while with this thing I can see how addictive it can be. The only limitation is my arm’s began to hurt. As I was breaking in my new system Jayson called and wanted to hang out. He brought his Wii controller over and we went head to head. He has had his Wii for longer so he kicked my ass at Wii Spots. Granted he is in better shape than I, but he did have more practice. After only like two hours I was tired. I am going to try to pace myself and do like about a half an hour a day with this. It is fun though!!!
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I am on my way to Jayson’s to finally pick up my Wii after weeks of waiting for his friend to drop it off. After I get it I am off with him and Danny to the movies.
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I am off to meet my dad for a ride to Morgan’s birthday party. It is amazing she is 4 years old today!
As I have said before I am a fan of the cold weather. Part of it is that I get migraines in the excessive heat and I am not conformable at work when it is too hot so cold plus working environment with poor heating is a plus. My last job the heat was like a sauna but my current office is nice when it is cold out, but I digress. The downside of the cold is the lack of exercise for me. I have not been able to get myself mentally in the mood to get a gym membership. That on top of the fact that all the athletic things I like to do require me to be outside makes it difficult to do a work out when it is 30 degrees and snowy. I guess if I have to choose I would still pick the cold over warmer weather!
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How in the world do people do this whole online dating thing? I have finally agreed that it is a good idea for me since the whole setup from friends and family isn’t really happening. The only problem is how do you be witty and funny when email a bunch of potential dates that you think you have interest in? I mean I know I can be witty and funny, and good at creative writing but this stuff is hard. I have come to realize that part of my problem is my issue with taking posed photos. I cannot smile on queue. It is an affliction I have had since like middle school or earlier. I just cant do it. That factored with I tend to take photos allot so I am not in them as much. Why do people always assume that since I am in the technology field I can use a dam camera (I am talking to you and others Carrie)? I think that may be hindering me but who knows.
Just a bit frustrated, and tired. Mostly tired. I am off to bed…