eno2001's Journal: Watch this Space...

(Damn. It's been almost two months since my last Journal. I've been TOO busy.)

My "vacation" from my job is over which means I should hopefully have a little more time to post again. What did I do on my "vacation": one month of hard, solid work in the attic in 90+ F heat. My body aches everywhere and that attic still isn't done. What is done: floor has been fixed, cat 5e for gig ethernet on second and third floors is in place with four drops per room, the entire house is insulated, the sealed off crawl spaces have been converted to storage with nice custom built (by me) insulated doors, a low ledge around the stairwell has been built up to three feet to be a bit safer than the original eighteen inches, removed the old nasty in wall gas heater and converted the exhaust port into a portable air conditioner vent, baseboards were removed for stripping in the garage to prevent lead paint dust from getting all over the place, just started patching and skim coating in order to get ready to prime and paint... I'm hoping to have the attic done by late Fall early Winter with only one day a week to work on it now.

Here at work, I've got lots in store for me. Plus I've decided to start taking on speaking engagements to evangelize free/open virtualization technologies to non-profits. So it'll be busy, but "good busy".

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[Captain Splendid]

one month of hard, solid work in the attic in 90+ F heat.

That was stupid. I've got some attic work to do as well, but you won't see me in there until after September. What was so urgent you had to risk dehydration?

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[eno2001]

My job only allowed for me to take vacation in July (was supposed to be June but they preempted that). Starting in August, I have a ton of crap to do that won't allow me to be free again until the Winter holidays likely. Although my boss still prefers that we work on Christmas and New Year's to avoid disrupting service to our public users on workdays (which are pretty much 24x7 now). If I didn't take it then, I wouldn't have been able to take the time off until after New Year's and probably would have lo