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Quick redesign

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

I promised a new design and damn if I’m not delivering in a half assed kind of way. I’ve still got a lot of plans for this redesign (I like the three column layout and colors) such as removing the tables in favor of some more CSS oriented layout.

Aside from that not much has changed. I’m in a bit of a jam getting everything ready for leaving for my sisters wedding here shortly. Photos and stories to come soon - I promise!

The simple life

Saturday, December 17th, 2005

This strange thing happens to me every time I go home to Walla Walla to visit my family: I yearn for the simple life. Without fail every time I set foot in my sleepy little home town I for a moment want to move back.

Now mind you - it’s usually gone within a day or two of me leaving Walla Walla, or if I stay for a week or so it’s gone by the time I leave, but still the simple life calls out to me.

Why don’t I do it? Why don’t I take advantage of an easy life with low cost of living? The answer is as simple as the yearning - Walla Walla is too boring for me. It’s simple with no pressures or stress yet at the same time offers nothing to do.

I just sat down and talked with a very long time friend of mine. I’ve known him since I was of a single digit age, and he’s done the Walla Walla to Seattle to Walla Walla living situation similar to mine, but now he’s back in Walla Walla. When I hear him talk about his life I’m jealous - it’s easy, involves no stress, and he gets by just fine without a car. He on the other hand is bored to tears and can’t wait until he gets his act together to move back to a big city again.

I guess the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. There is no ultimate solution for the likes of me. At least I know that I’ll always have Walla Walla to retire to if I end up an old boring fart.

Homeward bound

Friday, December 16th, 2005

I’m just finishing up my week at work here. Today was pretty easy - we had a recruiting brunch, and got a chance to relax a bit. It was a welcome relief after being sick for the last couple of days while stressing out on getting everything together for my mom’s new law office.

I’m going to leave work rather early today as I really want to make sure that I get across the pass before things get dark and icy. If it was not for the pass I would just leave after work, but crossing Snoqualmie after dark in the winter can be a scary thing.

Yoga ending

Monday, December 12th, 2005

Today was the final installment of my beginning yoga class and I must say that I feel quite enriched for having come to it. It’s taught me a few cool things about my body and some great stress management techniques. I feel healthier for it and that’s a great thing in my book.

Aside from feeling well rested I’m hard at work now trying to get everything set up for my moms new law office. I’m handling quite a bit of IT stuff for her and getting all the computers ready to go and purchasing software has been quite a drain on my time. Luckily this weekend I’ll get to drive home to drop it all off and be able to take a much more hands off approach to the whole thing.

Although my mom does not know it I’m pushing her in the direction of open source technologies. I’m hosting all their mail on a linux box, and using Wordpress for their website. They are locked into a closed source (legacy) application for tracking their clients and cases, but down the road I want to see if I can make a replacement for them with MAMP. If they can have something more customizable and easier to use then I think everyone would be better off - not to mention the possibility of dropping Windows entirely!

Now for an evening walk with Skype and a good nights sleep before tomorrow comes.

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