(If you’re reading this, it’s because I trust you. Not all my friends have access to this info, so please don’t discuss it with others. Thanks :) Background: My mom lives alone, on a piece of property in Willits, which is about 2.5 hrs North of SF. She has a tiny trailer (not a mobile home, a trailer) and has about 10 small dogs, and about 8-10 each of chickens, ducks, peacocks, and a couple other things I don’t quite remember. She does not work, and is instead on permanent disability and gets paid a small amount from the state. Actually, she does work a bit, cleaning houses here and there, but it has to be under the table or she may lose her state benefits. ...

Everything went fine with the Noc shift and with being on call this weekend, no big emergencies. I was a bit tired last week from a couple of early-morning wake-up calls, but that is not such a terrible thing. Since DB (my boss) and I each covered a shift, now we have some issues to take back to people about what was annoying or what could be improved. Now, about that status report, is it Monday already? (Hee hee :) ...

I’m taking a shift in the NOC today to fill in for someone who couldn’t make it. (Actually I’m here now and it’s almost over, 2 more hours to go.) It’s not as insanely boring as I feared, I have my laptop playing mp3s and I’m just relaxing, it’s cool. Nothing has really exploded yet.

We saw My Neighbor Totoro on Friday during lunch. Excellent flick! It is made by Miyazaki (Kiki’s, Mononoke, etc). It is probably made for a slightly younger audience than Mononoke, but is quite enjoyable for both kids and grown-ups. I want to get a lot more Miyazaki stuff on DVD but apparently it is hard, they aren’t distributed in the US so you have to get imports. Angie says this is because “Disney sucks” and I believe her :)

We had our 10th wedding anniversary last month (June 21). We celebrated by going to Mudds (San Ramon) with a few friends. Mudd’s is a *really* nice restaurant, a block or so away from Crow Canyon Road in San Ramon. Really excellent food, and much of the produce and herbs, etc. are grown on the premises. I highly recommend it, and it is totally worth the drive. We had a somewhat small gathering, Miche and I, Jeff and Laura, Corrii, Darren, and John. Darren and John were also at our wedding 10 years ago, so I was happy they were able to make it. I know there are others of you who would have liked to be there, but we will make it up to you soon… I’m actually glad we had kind of a small group. ...

This is an interesting (and LONG) article on low fat vs low carb diets. My reaction is here…

I have done battle with the AC and won. It is now running and the temp in the front room has gone from 78.1 to 75.6 in about an hour. Anyway, the effect is not instantaneous, but it may keep the room cooler than the outside. (Usually it is the reverse.) I know I have not written in a while. Sorry about that. I have been a bit distracted with work, and with anniversaries and weddings and stuff. I’ll try to recap some of the things that have happened in the last month or so. ...

7/1: none 7/2: none 7/3: none 7/4: none 7/5: none 7/6: none 7/7: none 7/8: none 7/9: none 7/10: none 7/11: none 7/12: walking, 30 min 7/13: none 7/14: none 7/15: none 7/16: none 7/17: none 7/18: none 7/19: none 7/20: none 7/21: none 7/22: none 7/23: walking, 30 min 7/24: walking, 30 min 7/25: none 7/26: none 7/27: none 7/28: none 7/29: does hauling the air conditioner back downstairs count? I was out of breath… :) 7/30: none 7/31: none

We had a brief power outage here at the house. Charon was not on UPS due to previous stupidity that I delayed fixing, but it seems to have come back up OK. Poly was on UPS, its uptime is 356 days. If you notice anything wrong with either of them, let me know. You can email me, or if you are a LJ friend you can use my userinfo page here to page me. (If you’re not on my LJ friend list, check my home webpage for pager info). ...

6/1: bike ride, 45 min 6/2: bike ride, 35 min 6/3: none 6/4: walking, 30 min 6/5: walking, 30 min (wt. 261) 6/6: none 6/7: none 6/8: walking, 30 min 6/9: none 6/10: walking, 25 min (wt 259) 6/11: walking, 30 min 6/12: none 6/13: none (work late) 6/14: none (game) 6/15: none (wt 257) 6/16: bike ride, 30 min 6/17: walking, 30 min 6/18: walking, 30 min 6/19: walking, 30 min 6/20: walking, 30 min 6/21: none 6/22: walking, 30 min ...