From all the lackluster of my new job, the good ol' Ner Yerk heat and humidity, and the fact that I am basically pooped all the time, I just haven't had it in me to even keep these updates updated once a month! Sheesh, Sue! You have to do better than that! :)

My new job is about to bore me to tears! I suppose I shouldn't complain too much, but I spend a good group of my time twiddlin' my thumbs! Now, I suppose some people would find that the "ideal" job - no responsibility - no pressures - no deadlines - but, if you can picture a job where there is basically no nothin' - then I think even those who prefer the lack of stress atmosphere would be climbing the walls from the stress of having the day d-r-a-g.... Don't get me wrong! The people are great to work with. And the company is c-o-ol! But I am NOT a thumb twiddler - not by a long shot. So, for me, that's more stressful than having too much to do. On the bright side, I finally got to type a letter last week, and only had to wait 6 weeks to do it! Yikes!

Good Old Ner Yerk! You know, people can blame all this odd weather on El Nino all they want to, but they only do it because they finally gave it a name! This whole thing goes in cycles - years of too cold - years of too wet - years of too hot - etc. So, this is year of the return of the "Dog Days" of summer. Hot - Humid - sticky - yucky - blech stuff! Seen if before, and God willing, will see it again. Can't say as I like it, but I would still prefer this kind of weather to snow! Few complaints here - mostly because I'm too busy being pooped from it! :) I think I have vegetableitis! :) I wonder who I would go see to help cure this? A Vegetableologist? :)

Well, as some of you have probably noticed, Geocities has taken on a new look. First, they made it mandatory for all Featured pages (of which this is one) to have the ads at the top of most of the pages. OK, so I redid all the pages to accomodate this. Then they added this Goecities branding thingy at the bottom of all the pages. OK, so we'll try to live with that. But now I get this e-mail from Geocities telling me that they are doing away with the Featured Page program. They're "replacing" it with what they call "The Best of Geocities". But guess who does the judging? A computer! They tell me that maybe I'll make it into the new program - but it's up to the pute! Talk about going too tech! Makes me wonder how this pute will be doing the judging? If it judges on lots and lots of babbling on - then I'm a shoe-in! :)

Since I have time on my hands at work - and the use of a scanner - I decided to scan my driver's license. The picture on it was taken on my birthday in 1996 and is the last known photo I have of myself prior to getting the RAI done in November 1996. Anyway, I've added this to "my collection of goiter photos" on the Over Time Page. If anyone is interested in seeing it, the link is here. To be very blunt - I looked like hell! Too bad the neck shot wasn't full so you could see just how much it had grown since March 1996. (The photo next to it.) But there is no mistaking how much worse I looked in just 4 months. Granted that driver's license photos aren't the best, but this one was very true to life. YUCK!! The woman who was taking the photos made me retake it three times. She was trying to make me look my best! And I did! A-YUCK-O!!! She didn't like the way my eyes were protruding! Little did she - or I for that matter - know what was in the making, huh?

Well, folks, time for me to get myself together for work. Had one of those sleepless nights last night where I just couldn't get back to sleep for nothing. Been up since 1:30 AM! But at least, for the most part, I can blame it on the heat! :) Hope everyone has a fun and SAFE 4th of July weekend! Me, I think I'm gonna veg! :) Til next time!