Jamey Wright - Tech Pages

Much to my displeasure, I started back to school on Tuesday.  It was really nice not having to worry about school assignments and getting stuff turned in.  I hate that it took the events of April 27th to get a break but at least they were understanding and gave a 60 day leave of absence without affecting my financial aid.  It appears as though some changes have been made to the curriculum and classroom environment for the better.  It looks like we may not spend as much time writing but I'm not holding my breath.  It looks like we may actually be doing some practical exercises.  If so, that it AWESOME!!!  In previous classes it seemed like all we did was write and it seemed like so much of it was just busy work and didn't really apply to the overall course program  So far, this seems a lot better. Amanda brought me her computer a few weeks ago and I finally picked it up from Mom's on Thursday.  I managed to get around to opening up Sunday ev...

Part II For a long time I had my doubts about doing this.  It was something I wasn't sure I wanted to commit to or even it was something I could even live with.  This is going to be a HUGE change... a huge change in more ways than one.  This is a lifestyle change and it changes people's lives.  Sometimes these changes are for the good and sometimes they are not.  I like to think that I have my head screwed on right and that any changes will be for the good.  I know there are a few people that have their doubts.  I have my doubts that everything will stay the same as it is now.  I have my doubts that everyone that really matters will be 100% supportive of my decision.  I had doubts that it would really work for me.  I had doubts about me. Doubts about myself??  Why?  Why not?  For as long as I can remember I have thought I was fat.  As a kid in elementary and Jr High school I always felt that way and even got the s...

Ok,  I missed posting FOUR nights in a row.  Shame on me.  But have really good reasons, I promise.  (That's what they all say, huh?) Wednesday... Hmmm... What did I do Wednesday?  Wednesday was, just like every other week, hump day.  There was nothing particularly exciting or even remotely interesting about work Wednesday.  Mom did call me and ask me to come by their house and help dad unload a small cabinet that was given to mom by her cousins Becky and Cindy.  I had been wanting to talk to mom about something anyway so it seemed to be a good idea.  After work, I went over there and helped dad move the cabinet.  No big deal.  It is kind of neat and probably worth a dollar or two.  After bringing the thing in, dad went to Uncle Ray and Aunt Sherry's house to feed their dogs while they were away.  I figured this would be a good time to talk to mom.  It generally was, but...  I was never able to bring up what I ...

Tuesday.  What an uneventful day. I am trying the diet thing again and it is terrible as usual.  It is time to do something.  I have to get my weight under control.  I am at a point that I have never been at and I am miserable.  I had gotten into the habit of getting a tenderloin, egg, and cheese biscuit from Hartselle Exxon.  They are so good but I am sure they are really bad for you too.  We bought some Eggo bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit scramblers for me to eat for breakfast instead.  Surprisingly, the biscuit portion is pretty good.  Unfortunately it is more cheese goo than eggs and bacon though.  If you know me, you know I am not a big cheese fan and this cheese goo is exceptionally unappealing to me.  Give me some bacon!  Obviously, I will have to explore other breakfast options.  Lunch has been equally lack-luster.  For the past two days it has been a turkey sandwich on wheat bread with sour cream and onion ...

No post for Sunday...  I sat here and stared at the screen and simply could not find anything positive to say.  Circumstances from earlier in the day had made me ill and the kids (one in particular) had driven me up the proverbial wall.  So far, the kids are heading down the same trail this evening....  Yesterday we laid Aunt Marjorie to rest.  Although I don't really remember that much about her or Uncle Raymond, they were always nice to us and there was always this sense of mystery about them.  At the funeral the pastor recalled Marjorie from years past and shared little tidbits as is typical in at most funerals.  The most touching/memorable thing was that she was being buried on the day of what would have been her and Raymond's 64th wedding anniversary.  I saw a lot of people brush away a tear after that. After the funeral, family and friends gathered at Raymond and Marjorie's house.  While talking with family, I just happened to look ...

Ah the weekend....  Yeah right.  Saturday almost always means a day of running around and doing things; very rarely is it a day to rest.  Most of the time it is even difficult to find time to do chores around the house or yard.  Today was no exception.  It was nice to sleep in to 9:30 this morning but it did kind of make us behind for everything else today.  It started as a typical Saturday.  Go get breakfast and then go to the grocery store.  We don't always get breakfast on Saturday mornings but it's at least once a month.  Then there's the grocery store.  It's usually Wal-Mart in Cullman.  Ah  yes, the Saturday freak show.  People of Wal-Mart has nothing on Cullman Wal-Mart on a Saturday.  After giving Murphy USA too much money for not very much gas, we were on the way home.... on the way home at 15 minutes to 1:00...  and we're supposed to be somewhere at 2:00 PM.  Great, just great. Because I have bee...

Well, here we are.  Music from Joe Satriani playing at a comfortable level and the keyboard within easy reach...  What in the world am I doing?  Why in the world am I blogging?  I never really considered myself as someone who would blog but as of late my mind just seems so overloaded with stuff.  In the last couple of months I really feel like my head is going to explode some days with everything swirling around in there.  Those of you that really know me probably think that everything in my head relates to computers, IP addresses, radio frequencies, and all kinds of other techno babble BS.  I will admit that there is a lot of that crap floating around in there, but by far it not the only thing there.  I am human too, I have feelings and emotions.  Some people would say "Keep a Journal".  BAH!  I hate journals.  I relate those to assignments from High School.  Besides, with the problems I have with my hands, it hurts too...