Brent Stace’s Weblog

So, how was my Thanksgiving Holiday? Pretty good except for the fact that I got sick almost as soon as it started >:-(. The only sick or sick/recovering person I was in contact with was Safet, my boss. So, I guess I blame him. I only talked to him for about 30 seconds. I left work 4 hours early to get driving on the road. 2 hours on the road (and about 4 from last talking to Safet) and a sore throat started. Later that night it was a sore throat and a headache. The following 2 days it was the same, then the sore throat left and the cough began with the headache coming and going. So far those symptoms persist, and here it is almost tuesday. Too bad too, I was all prepared for a nice relaxing holiday…been a while since I had one of those. Oh well, maybe Christmas will work out better. Maybe a shot of 1930’s medicine (Whiskey), and another pill will enable me to sleep tonight. **fingers crossed**

So, the temperatures have officially dropped here in the DC area, and they probably won’t be comfortable again until March or so. So in accordance with this, I don’t think I can ride my bike to work anymore. Even with long-johns the wind will still be fierce enough to consider walking. So now a 10 minute commute (including locking, parking, etc.) has become a 25 minute commute. This weekend when Katie was visiting, I started up the fireplace here (lighting the pilot light), but in order to actually use it as intended, the bikes have to be moved to the porch (angering Jenn). Now, I just can’t wait for snow (with possible days off). Christmas is coming, let the holiday season begin!
Today I got my third count in at work (all that is required for 100% production at the legal sweatshop (appropriately named by my office-mate, Charles) (b/c I’m taking days off)). So, in summary, I can relax this holiday weekend and worry about next bi-week’s stress then. Then, I’ll worry again on how to get 4 counts in…maybe I’ll get lucky again!
So, I’m going home this weekend for Thanksgiving. I should be at home or in the Allentown area from Wednesday night until early Sunday. I can’t wait to be stuck in traffic. Hopefully I’ll avoid some/all of it by taking route 1 home. Maybe my dad will recruit me to rake leaves and/or put up the christmas lights around the house in preparation for the next big holiday. Maybe we’ll do some of these activities with stomachs full of TURKEY!

Luck played a big roll in me making production last bi-week. I got my first abandonment count! Maybe this is the beginning of my pipeline. I may have another coming up this bi-week. woo! Jenn and I are psyched for this weekend. Not only is Katie coming down to visit us and do some christmas shopping with us, but we’re all going to watch the new Harry Potter on Saturday morning. Also, for those who care…which is probably no one…I’ve starting working on my card game program again. With what little time I have I can only really put in a couple hours a week into the project. This time, my co-command, James, is starting on his path to learning cocoa and joining in on the project. Maybe this can actually happen. My hope never dies.

For those readers who are not reading this in the DC area, Fall, in my book, as officially begun here. Everyday (or night in most cases now) when I leave work, I notice the trees becoming more colored. Today one of the trees I’ve been monitoring has lost about 1/2 it’s leaves…all today. I’ve also noticed more leaves gathering on the ground near my apartment complex. To me, this means fall has begun. Thankfully, I don’t have to rake them, hehehe dad. I doubt I’ll have a picture of this on here. I don’t seem to have a very good eye for photographing the fall colors.