So.....a year, really?

Holy crap. I'm surprised it's been that long.  I get comments from time to time, so it doesn't seem that way.

So, what have I been doing?  Much of the same, going to work, raising kid, singing, softball.

Work - same old, same old.  I'm heading off to a conference in Orlando in a couple of weeks.  So Disney at night may be a possibility.  Looks like I'll get to hang with a pal one night when I'm there.  No hanky panky, I'm sure, so don't get your hopes up.

Raising kid - well, after a good year at school, this year has been a bit rough again.  He's being evaluated for ABA therapy, so we're hoping that does some good.  It's time for me to start reading books again, learning about ABA so I can teach his teachers.  Sometimes, it can be overwhelming.  It's easy to bury yourself into something else for a while, just to escape.

Singing - well, there are these 2 ladies that I frequently sing with at church.  One of them decided that she wanted to perform at our local museum (think very very very small).  There are music events every month, I understand.  I've never been to any of them.  So, performing at the museum means you actually get paid.  $150 for 2 hours (which ends up being 1.5 hrs of music).  However, there's no way that our trio can sing that long.  Our voices just won't hold out.  So we'll take half of the show and share it with a string quartet.  So, now we're at $75 for our half.  We have to share THAT with our pianist.  Less than $20 each.  2 of the 3 of us have not really paid for any of the music.  The woman who really wanted to do this is the one that purchased boatloads of music for us to sing, and organized with the pianist to get all the music recorded so we can practice it.  We're just going to let her keep the money, since she shelled out for the music.  She's not even sure how much money she spent on music.  She just kept buying it if it looked good.  Heh.  So it's taken up a bit of my time this year, practicing weekly.  I ended up not playing softball in the summer, except for tournaments, because of how full my schedule was.

Softball - played a little this summer.  I'm playing fall ball, which is just about over.  The playoffs are going to be a bit cold, since they start next week.  We'll lose out pretty quickly, so it will be over with soon.  Still, I like the people I play with.  They're fun.  Who knows who I'll end up playing with next season.  I'm not sure who else will take me, though.  I gained back all my weight, so I'm fat again.  But I CAN hit a ball well, and play infield relatively well.  I'm not afraid of a guy hitting the ball at me, which goes a long way in playing infield for co-ed softball.  :)

Leisure time - I've started playing World of Warcraft.  I started playing in March/April time frame I guess.  I'd thought about playing it for a while, but never did it. When my niece and her mom kept going on about playing it, I finally couldn't hold out.  I've got 1 character at lvl 80 (hit it this summer).  I've continued playing that character.  I started another alt character, but I don't think I'll play that one.  I started in the same starting area, and doing the same quests over and over again didn't interest me.  I'll think about starting another one soon.  I want to see how Cataclysm shakes out to see what kind of character I want to start.  Heck.  I'm still trying to get really good gear for my 80, and it isn't going all that quickly. I don't have the time to be a dedicated raider, and I"m not getting the good gear from 80 heroics, so it's taking a while.  I've done a few raids, but for the big big fights, no one will take me because my gear isn't quite high enough yet.  Vicious circle that.

On the tech front - loving my Kindle still.  I was an early adopter and I still use it all the time.  Didn't upgrade to the iPhone 4G yet.  Still on 3GS.  I depend on my iPhone, though.  Won't be buying an iPad, though.  I don't really have a need for it.  I use my iPhone if I need to look up something quickly, read my Kindle for books, and if I'm on travel, I take my laptop.  Speaking of, I bought a new laptop, and accidentally bought a behemoth.   Didn't mean to.  I thought I was buying the same size that I had before, but accidentally purchased the next size up.  It has a full keyboard PLUS keypad.  Yes, it's just that wide.  :)  To be fair, I actually use the keypad, so it's nice to have, but it makes for a heavy laptop.  Oh, well.  It's an HP for those of you who are keeping track.  I've thought about buying a Mac, but I don't know how to link my other PC's up to it via the network.  I'm not a networking person, so it's hard enough as it is with PC walkthroughs on the internet.  Heck, you should have seen me setting up the router for WoW.  It works , but I still get this error during downloading saying I'm behind a firewall, even though I set it all up the way I'm supposed to, as far as I can tell.  As long as it works, I'm not going to worry about it.

Life - got the flu a few weeks ago.  That sucked major ass.  Oh, and I have blue in my hair.  :)

Random musings - I wonder if part of the reason for me not updating this any longer has to do with the fact that my bipolar coworker stalked me through facebook, found another internet forum where I posted, and asked me if I was a swinger.  I don't know if it is due to the fact that she read enough posts on that forum, or if she just read the link to my blog and came here and read.  Either way, it was uncool of her.  She fessed up, but she just looked at some pictures of me at a convention/party for that internet forum and researched it from there.  That's crossing a line, and I don't think she is even aware of it.  I've forgiven her, for the most part, but it's harder working with her.  That combined with her behavior due to being bipolar makes work a bit tiring.  I love my job.  My previous group that I worked with, I ranted/vented every time I came home. When I switched branches, that stopped.  I didn't realize how bad it was.  Now that I work with her, I'm ranting/venting again and I don't like that.  I'm trying not to hold it against her, since she has a medical condition, but it's hard.  On top of that, she just views it as everyone is against her, overreacts to everything, sees things/motivations in situations that aren't there and overreacts to that.  And if she reads this, she'll overreact to this as well.  Fuck it.