While I am writing this, I am waiting to board my flight back home to Iowa. Over the last few days I have been in Washington, DC for work. Since working from home I have been traveling back to DC for the end of each fiscal quarter to put together reports, meet with co-workers and hang out in DC.
The trip was pretty good overall. I got a lot of work done, and got to hang out with friends and family. Though I got slot of work done it was often hard to keep my eyes from crossing. The picture above is just a teaser of the data I had to skim through. On top of that, since I didn’t have a secondary monitor, I was clicking back and forth all day between windows.On Thursday, we got to take a break from work and go to a private showing of the new Ocean Hall exibit at the natural history museum that is partnered with NOAA. I suggest that if you are in the area that you should go check it out.Anyway, all in all, I am ready to go home to Iowa City and sleep in my own bed.
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Apparently I am one of the top ten blogs in Iowa. In a recent google search of my name I found myself being listed in an article about some of the most popular blogs in Iowa. See the article here.
Cute… another reason to stay here in Iowa.
Since the last post, things have slowed down and I can actually take a deep breath. It took my roommate Brad and I a little bit, but we have pretty much settled into our Iowa City apartment (we finally got a table for the dining room). At work I have practically finished a project that started in mid-July, and the same for two out of work projects in the web development world. For the first time in a about a month, I was able to get out rack up a few miles out of town on my bike. I was huffing and puffing the whole way.
Here are some other things that happened since I last posted:
I lost my 4GB USB drive while disc golfing a few weeks ago. I thought that my hard drive was dying on my MacBook Pro and decided to put all my files elsewhere. Almost all my non-media files made it on to my USB drive including my senior thesis and all of my other academic work, all of my web development work not currently on a web server, and some personal creations over the years like Photoshop and Flash files to musical recordings. Pretty much all of my digital accomplishments are now gone, either picked up by someone, stepped on, or weathered. I have moved on but I still get a sick feeling when I think about it.
A few friends and I organized a tailgate for the Iowa Vs. Iowa State football game. I volunteered my truck and it was a muddy good time until I had to get my truck out. Since my truck lacks weight and four-wheel drive, I had to be towed out. I am still cleaning the mud off and out of my truck. Good people, good times and a win for the hawkeyes. I can’t complain too much.
My iPhone has been fun. I haven’t had any problems with it since the original replacement. I am addicted to Sol Free the solitaire game and Tris which is no longer available due to ripping off Tetris. I hope to take more photos with it and post them to my Flickr.
I had jury duty and made it to the last selection round before I was dismissed. I wonder why most of the young folks were dismissed from a marijuana possession case?
For about a week I was looking at buying a house in Iowa City. The places I want are still too expensive, and the places I can possibly afford aren’t really catching my eye.
Finally I am preparing to head back to Washington, DC for a few days. There are some end of fiscal year reports that I should be at work for.
