Day 115: Weekend is coming

I'm once again starting to feel productivity course through my veins once more.  I was able to complete 2 tickets today at work which I was quite pleased with and once again provided continued assistance to a co-worker who had started I believe about a month ago at this point.  Thursday is appearing to be more of the same.  I received a green light to start working on more difficult tickets again since the high priority tickets are no longer of great concern.  Hopefully by Friday I'll have another 2 tickets done so I can have 5 releases scheduled and good to go for next week.

Once I got home I decided to embark on a journey to try to cook rice.  At first I was a bit concerned/worried but it actually came out alright.  It was missing a single element which I couldn't exactly pinpoint until after I finished eating and had time to think about it.  Sadly it was sugar which would have added a bit more taste to it.  I'll remember that for next time when I decided to reheat it and perhaps have it for dinner on Friday or perhaps tomorrow depending if one of my friends are down for hanging out tonight.  This week will start back up the productivity over there too so looking forward to that.

With the eating done I sat down and played a good bit of  "Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes" which has been consuming me a good bit.  I plan to be done by next week so I can start concentrating my time on reading my Network + book again.  I've been reading it lightly at work but I want to invest more time in it so I can start preparing for my exam next year.  I plan to read it at least 2 more times before going to take it. Continuing the rant to finish one exam each year would be great. 

I'm getting a bit sleepy now so I'll be concluding for tonight.  Night all!

Day 64 Back to the Blogosphere

Finally glad to be back and blogging again. Given that yes I should probably be sleeping already (which is a bit lame) but none the less good to be back in the groove of things. Hopefully I can blog every night this week assuming I don't forget or doesn't get placed on the back burner too long. Any who let me get on about the details of my day.

Work wise I was able to jump back on my project again which was great. I had difficulties creating on specific test scenario but after some manipulation and a database refresh I was good to go. So pretty much my day revolved around that.

Once I got home I finally did the last step of my tax related stuff (putting stamps on the envelopes) so those will be sent out tomorrow morning. I did a bit more brainstorming for my card game and was able to effectively explain the game to a friend over a text chat so that made me feel pretty confident about it. Aside from that not much else happen. Talked to a friend over the phone that I meet a couple weekends ago. She's super busy so I was looking to plan another hangout session in the future. Which I'm glad I did as the next time she's free is about a month from now. Just glad I'm not aggressively perusing anything more as it would become stressful. Its a nice thought but best to take things slow. Though I plan to have more open discussions in the future.

That's about it for today. The only plans I have set for tomorrow is stopping by a friend's place to drop off my external and then back here to relax for a bit. Once my MP4 player charges up a bit more I'll be heading off to bed. For this post that's all for now sleep for me later all!

Day 46: Looking foward to this weekend

Alright, so tonight I plan to have another quick post since well. I have to be up early if I want to make sure I get off by noon on Friday. Why noon on Friday? Well I honestly don't feel like sticking around at work for an hour after lunch simply because I have to stay for lunch, eat lunch and plot ways to kill my lunch hour which usually leads to just reading or resting my eyes. Though enough about that on to my day.

Work wise today went alright with the exception of playing around with stocks where I lost a good bit of money. I set aside a good bit of money to play around with stocks and get better at them. Also I figured if I do it correctly I can make a good bit of pocket money that can be used to take more days off work. Although if it goes in the other direction and I go out a good bit of cash then I'll just put the rest back in the bank account and call the learning experience a day. Other than that I did get a good bit work done relating to the new project so plus there. I'm just hoping that I can go in a different direction with it tomorrow but will see.

Once work was done I went back home my sister and nephew came over to spend sometime with my dad and pick up her V-Day gift from him. I spent sometime with him and played a small bit of Shining Force. The games a bit slow but I don't mind playing it. Aside from that had a handful of good conversations online which was nice. That's about it I'm going to head off to sleep now. Later all!

Quite pleased with the outcome of this weekend.

For once I must admit that this was one of those weekends in which I can reflect back on and smile. Its not to say it was one of the best weekends I've had but in terms of meeting some of the basic criteria of being a 'good weekend' it definitely did a good job doing so. Friday, Saturday and with the conclusion of Sunday I really can't complain with not necessary the amount of task completed but more so the enjoyment from said activities. Beginning with Friday I was able to get off work a bit earlier than usually but not the earliest day I can recall. Most of Friday afternoon was spent playing Cogs and watching esport streams. Watching streams are taking up a bit of my time as of late and I really need to ease off them a bit. That was essentially my day until Tyler came along late Friday night and spent well over 6-7 hours playing video games.

We started off with Bloodline Champions and transitioned over to Dungeon Defender. Bloodline Champions went well and Tyler seemed to enjoy himself with Dungeon Defenders. Once I explained how the game worked his engagement towards it increased greatly. Last time he said he tried it, it was 6 am int he morning, I was on the couch asleep and he didn't really understand what was going on. But with a small bit of tutorial/insight it seemed to make more sense. Think the best part of it all was watching the sunrise before heading off to bed.

Saturday I found myself waking up at 3 in the afternoon with very little on the agenda with the exception of obtaining a rather cheap monitor. Initially I thought it would be going on sale at might. Little did I realize it meant midnight on the west coast. So most of Saturday was spent...well I wanna say lazy but that's not entirely true. A portion of it I spent finalizing hotel cost for Magfest while another portion revolved around determining what activities I wanted to engage in for Saturday. I spent a bit more time playing Cogs as I'm starting to enjoy the increase difficult of each puzzle. A small bit of istropic was played and ended up going 4-2 so can't complain about that. Slowly drawing closer to evening out my win / lost ratio. There was a bit more Dungeon Defenders played that evening once Tyler got off work but we ended up only playing a couple hours and I had to bail during a boss fight due to the monitor deal. I feel a small bit bad about that. After I claimed my monitor I watched some esports streams and then went out to the grocery store (opens at 7 am). Then from there went to sheetz came back ate some 'breakfast' and went to bed around 10 am. Sunrise number 2 was viewed during this time as well.

Sunday has been pretty laided back as well as today has consisted of polishing up plans for the b-day party and relaxing. I'm hoping that int he next hour or so I can head off to bed but something tells me I'll probably be too awake for that. Think that's about it for ow and will be concluding this post. Good night all!

Already looking forward to the weekend.

Usually I'm not one to look forward to the weekend but as of late its been a nice means of escape to just kick back relaxed and not worry about a darn thing. These past due days have really messed up my sleep schedule but its mostly due to the fact that I've picked up some new hobbies/activities that are causing me to stay up later than I care to admit. Though once things normalize again all should be well.

Yesterday wasn't too vexing as once work was complete I went out to the polls to vote and shortly after came back in. The remainder of the evening consisted of isotropic and meditating towards the end. I actually couldn't concentrate this time around as my thoughts were cluttered and I was unable to get some thoughts out my head even after the initially breathing. I found the pressure point once more and was able to control it a bit better which was a nice change.

As for today much of the same played some isotropic and picked up a few rounds of 'Bloodline Champions' which I recently got Tyler hooked to. Also a friend and myself agreed that we weren't going to focus any more effort in trying to communicate with a long time friend which we've been trying to help out. Its been more of a burden then a help and haven't gotten much appreciation out of it so were just backing off. Spent a good bit of the evening talking to my dad and washing cloths...the cloths should be done so now I'm off to rest...night all!

Decided To Start Meditating Again

Due to the circumstances of events which occurred later last week (or rather to be more direct yesterday) I decided to spend an increased amount of time improving myself. For starters I made it a goal to go upstairs at least of 8:45. I was initially successfully at this until an even more recently happening has resulted me to blog this evening. The last time I I actually recall meditating was back in freshmen year of college which resulted in me essentially breaking down in tears by the end of the session. Needless to say the results were some what similar tonight in terms of drastic my reaction was.

I began meditating around 8:25 with deep breathing for the first part of the session. Once I begin to feel light head or rather to the point that my mind was clear I focused on absolutely nothing. This is always a satisfying feeling so I had no complaints on that note. The initially issue occurred when I started to feel a pressure in my head. It wasn't necessarily a headache it was more so just tense feeling in the forefront. Instead of trying to release the pressure I decided to concentrate on applying additional pressure to it. It wasn't necessary painful but it did feel a great deal tense and it slowly began to move to what it felt like my arms and torso. After it built up to a point I let it go but was unable to locate it again.

For a period I attempted to locate it again eventually found it but this time I decided to let it go. This created a feeling as though my pulse was beginning to slow down which was a bit interesting. This next part is a tad bit weird and probably due to me losing focus. While my eyes were still closed (in my head) I looked to my right and saw a figure that was cloaked in black. Instantly I knew it was me simply because he/she was about my height and spoke of locating the numbness again. While I must admit it was an interesting feeling and like most humans if I could harness its power it might be a great deal helpful. The timidness eventually subsided and I agreed that I wish to locate it again. At this point the pressure came from both sides of my head in which I began to focus on it. Though not much time was allowed as my cell phone went off which ironically was my mom. I ignored it.

Once the meditation session was complete I felt...to be honest a bit frighten but I wasn't sure exactly why. I was afraid to touch things, too concerned about sitting down and the idea of lying in my bed was simply unheard of. Evening lying on the floor seemed a peril. Though after talking to myself for a short bit I finally lied on the floor and began to ramble about my experience. Which made me instantly think of my blog and come down stairs to write the information. Oddly enough I'm already looking forward to my next session but all the same...a bit worried. While last year I was able to learn how to blank out my thoughts on command thus clearing my head of all thought along with suppressing my emotions strong mental control I'm unsure where this path will lead me. Its one of my 2012 goals to learn more about myself so will see soon enough.

For now I'm going to attempt to climb into my bed again and obtain some rest. Good night all!

My Diligence Has Fallen Short Again

Its been drawing close to a week since I last updated my blog so I'm taking the opportunity now to play some catch up and give a brief overview of this weeks past events. There's no real structure for the blog this time around so I might start off with a discussion about work then switch gears to an evening activity that I was planning to hold with friends. With this advance warning I do apologize for the what may seem like a segway gone out of control train of thought. With that forewarning I shall begin.

This week at work was overall productive as I was able to release a regular amount of content to production. Recently I've become the only member on my team once again which has resulted in me essentially stating 'I can't attend to this because' then stating my reason simply due to priority. None the less I have been receiving praise for the effort I've put into my work thus far and with this incentive I'll keep attempting to do my best to complete as many task as possible. There is still that overshadowing concern of not having a job come February but its hasn't been too pressing for multiple reason that I won't state here. I do plan to update my resume this week with the most recent information relating to my latest position just in case all does not bold well. The IT job scene is still looking good as it only took 8 months for me to land my last position so honestly can't complain. Though I'm hoping that whatever role I'm placed in next that it will provide me with the opportunity to possible leave early on Friday or cap at 40 hours a week as I've honestly gotten use to the limitation...which is sort of a bad thing in retrospect of things. None the less I am glad that my personality is one that can engage in my job role and enjoy it.

Outside the realms of work I've been spending most of the week playing a specific game on steam called "Cogs" and attempting to go to bed early which has sort of been working. I've been able to lie to rest however not stay asleep long enough. I'm sure its directly related to not burning off all my energy before resting which is one of my goals to focus on in 2012. Aside from this there hasn't been a great deal of anything else. I haven't focused as much time as I've wanted to but I do plan to do so in the future. Also to note I don't actually recall much of what I did after work last week with the exception of isotropic on occasion with a small bit of HoN. There were plans to hang out with some friends on one day but that fell through and another day in which I thought they were going to fall through it actually resulted in people coming over. That overall evening went well as much board gaming ensued.

This weekend I have to admit I was exceptional lazy as I spent a majority of it watching esports streams. Its actually something I'm considering removing from my routine schedule as it does eat up a great deal of my time that I could be investing into other activities. It was the Canada Cup this weekend so I spent most of my time watching that with the exception of Friday where Tyler came over to hang out and we played a game via steam called "Bloodline Champions". That was basically my weekend with a small bit of disappointment towards the end of it but due to living so long I'm no longer phased by such disappointments. If anything its just going to encourage me to distance the world and learn more crap.

Which on this note I shall conclude this evening and head upstairs in a bout 15 minutes to prepare for bed. Good night all!