From The "You Can't Make This Up" Files

Helped my Mom, Aunt (her sister) and Uncle (her borther) move into their house yesterday. Yes, they all live under the same roof, should save a little on Christmas card and postage this year. The three of them have been a rather Nomadic bunch lately. My cousin remarked that they will all die in that house. I was a little kinder, I said you don't have to die here, but the next move will be by a moving company, even if we have to all chip in.

Speaking of postage, from Fox News:

No Wonder They're Disgruntled
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- Postal workers apparently have no special clout when it comes to being told the check's in the mail.
That's the case in this western Kentucky city, where post office employees are still waiting for their Jan. 12 paychecks.
They seem to have been lost -- in the mail, Postmaster Kristine Fox told the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer.
"Somebody somewhere made a mistake," she said. "And nobody has 'fessed up yet."
Fox said she called several postal centers to try to track down the missing checks but had no success. She said she waited to ask for new checks because she kept thinking the old ones would surface.
"I wouldn't have waited this long," she said. "But Monday was a holiday. And I kept thinking I would find them."
The biweekly checks come from Egan, Minn., she said, and are sorted several times along the way.

Diet Is Die, With A T

I have discovered why there are so many fat asses in this country. Dieting sucks. I put myself on Weight Watchers, to lose about 30 pounds. I need to get myself back into shape to get ready for drill sergeant school, which would be much eaiser if I wasn't carrying 30 pounds I really don't need. So far, I have not been able to get myself on a regular exercise routine, partially due to laziness, partially due to a cough that just won't go away. Wish me luck!

I'm not dead, yet...

Let's see... what's new. I got my annual Christmas cold, spent the holidays totally miserable. Still have a nasty cough, went to the doctors last Friday. He told me we need to get that cough under control. No shit, really? Maybe I should go to medical school, doesn't seem that hard.

I got an A- in my first master's class. WOO HOO!!! I was hoping for a B, since that is the minimum GPA I need to graduate, but I'll take the higher grade.

I have been giving presentations to the sales people at my company this week. Everyone comments how well I do. What, just because I am an engineer, I need to be socially inept??? Oh well, I guess a lot of engineers are socially inept, so I should just enjoy the limelight for now.