A Little More Than I Can Give

Today has been the (seemingly) busiest day I've had in quite awhile. Not necessarily busy because of what actually needed to be accomplished today, but because of the number of things that have been added to my plate for the short term future.

In trying to finish my associates degree, which I only need three classes to complete, I started a college algebra class today. Technically, I started it a week ago, but the class officially starts today. I've gotten a bit of a head start, but this is the first time I've taken an online class that had a fully interactive website and didn't just involve the professor e-mailing the students assignments and us submitting the assignments via e-mail. It took me most of the first week just to get the hang of all the features the websites (yes, there are multiple sites associated with this class) offer. It's been about ten years since I've touched a math textbook, so I'm hoping that I won't be too rusty and that I can find the time.

At work, I've fallen behind in my training (not entirely my fault) and I'm trying to have that complete by the end of the month. One of the major issues I have with on the job training in the military, though, is that I'll learn how to do a bunch of different tasks, but I won't necessarily learn them hands on because the hands on opportunities aren't available. So, in three years when a situation comes up that I'm supposed to be able to handle, I won't remember what to do. Also, I got tasked with a huge project: I have to look at the existing lights on the airfield, combine them with the new lights that are going to be built during our airfield lighting project and number them all. This will probably also involve having a map made with all of the light numbers on it. I'm supposed to have this completed by July before our inspection.

Finally, I found out today that I do indeed have a hernia and that it needs surgery. I won't be able to schedule this surgery until tomorrow, but it will knock me out of work for probably a couple of weeks. I'll be glad for the time off, but with some of the manning issues we're having, I know it's going to put the office in a tough spot. Oh well, at least my girlfriend E and I will be able to spend some time together (hopefully).

Here's to hoping that I've got what it takes to persevere through the next several months.

Forever and a Day

That feels like how long it's been since I've visited my poor blog. I guess I relegated it to the darker corners of the interwebz. That's what happens when you get lazy and/or have a lack of things to discuss. And what do I get as a prize for returning? 50+ spam comments on my last blog entry. Since most of it looks like it was in Hongul, I'm figuring I picked up some spammers while I was in South Korea. Those crazy Koreans!

Anyways, hopefully I'll be back to update this more often. I don't have a whole lot of inspiration at the moment, but we'll see what happens.