Friday, September 30, 2005
Updates:
Well, I've grown lazy with my blog, and that probably due to the current state of affairs in my life. As I get things orgainzed in my life, I tend to want to get my blog organized as well.
Oliver:
He's doing better and he should make a full recovery. I guess I really messed him up by not brushing him well for about 6 months or so. I believe in my last blog I said that I brought him in on a Sat. On Tuesday, I had to bring him in b/c he wasn't eating much and didn't seem to be improving. The vet ran some blood tests and perscribed an appetite stimulator. By the next Sat, Oliver had shown definate improvement. He had gained most of the weight back that he had lost and he was eating well. Wednesday, he puked a huge hairball, but otherwise he seems to be fine. The fact that he was able to cough up such a large hairball really shows me how much fur he must have ingested. I've been combing him everyday since he got sick, and I've been giving him the Laxatone treatment. His feces had a bunch of fur, so I figured he was expelling it, but I had no idea he had a huge hairball left in his stomach. With combing everday, and with me giving him hairball prevention treats weekly, he shouldn't have any future problems.
Stupid laptop:
My desktop busted this week. It reboots within 5 minutes of me turning it on and then reboots within minutes after that. I believe the memory is busted. I had to switch some files to my laptop and I had to hook it up to the DSL line. The location of the touchpad just caused me lose about a paragraph of this blog. My thumb hits it sometimes and this blogger doesn't have an undo button :(
September 28:
Wednesday was my 28th birthday. As my introduction to this entry implied, my life has been offtrack again. I'm sure that my birthday is partly to blame for my current state of depression. Also, add to that the fact that I was unwilling to maintain the status quo and wanted to be impatient with my work, and you have a recipe for disaster. Well, things could be worse, but lately, I'm not just as resiliant as I have been in the past.
Persistence:
I know this lesson, but Sidegames reinforced the lesson to me today in a phonecall. Apparently, he had dropped like 20K trading earlier this week, but he still forced himself to go to work the next day. In contrast, I made a significantly large mistake ( for my bankroll) two weeks ago, and I still haven't recovered mentally. Times like this again make me question my career choices. Part of me wants to get a real job so I don't have to go through this pain.
Sidegames did tell me that he talked to his boss about his huge loss. The boss said that "tilt" and the poor choices that lead to big losses never disapper. Apparently, the boss has been trading for over 30 years and still experiences tilt and bad decision making. I guess the boss told Sidegames that you basically just have to be able pick yourself up after it. I hoping I can do that this weekend.
Desperate Housewives:
I've been abusing Netflix & blockbuster online since I haven't been working. I'm on Disc 6 of the first season of Desperate Housewives. This really is a great show. When I first saw the show, I was attracted by the hot women, but then I soon realized the story is intriguing and I've been hooked ever since. BTW, the first show I happened to watch was the one where Juanita wants
Carlos to fire the maid. I would have kept flipping channels if I hadn't seen Eva Langoria in lingerie in the next scene. That kept me watching long enough to realize that the show is also funny and well-written. I know I'm going to want to watch Season 2 every Sunday, but I'll probably just wait for it to come on DVD next year as NFL football will prevent me from catching the show every week.
Well, I've grown lazy with my blog, and that probably due to the current state of affairs in my life. As I get things orgainzed in my life, I tend to want to get my blog organized as well.
Oliver:
He's doing better and he should make a full recovery. I guess I really messed him up by not brushing him well for about 6 months or so. I believe in my last blog I said that I brought him in on a Sat. On Tuesday, I had to bring him in b/c he wasn't eating much and didn't seem to be improving. The vet ran some blood tests and perscribed an appetite stimulator. By the next Sat, Oliver had shown definate improvement. He had gained most of the weight back that he had lost and he was eating well. Wednesday, he puked a huge hairball, but otherwise he seems to be fine. The fact that he was able to cough up such a large hairball really shows me how much fur he must have ingested. I've been combing him everyday since he got sick, and I've been giving him the Laxatone treatment. His feces had a bunch of fur, so I figured he was expelling it, but I had no idea he had a huge hairball left in his stomach. With combing everday, and with me giving him hairball prevention treats weekly, he shouldn't have any future problems.
Stupid laptop:
My desktop busted this week. It reboots within 5 minutes of me turning it on and then reboots within minutes after that. I believe the memory is busted. I had to switch some files to my laptop and I had to hook it up to the DSL line. The location of the touchpad just caused me lose about a paragraph of this blog. My thumb hits it sometimes and this blogger doesn't have an undo button :(
September 28:
Wednesday was my 28th birthday. As my introduction to this entry implied, my life has been offtrack again. I'm sure that my birthday is partly to blame for my current state of depression. Also, add to that the fact that I was unwilling to maintain the status quo and wanted to be impatient with my work, and you have a recipe for disaster. Well, things could be worse, but lately, I'm not just as resiliant as I have been in the past.
Persistence:
I know this lesson, but Sidegames reinforced the lesson to me today in a phonecall. Apparently, he had dropped like 20K trading earlier this week, but he still forced himself to go to work the next day. In contrast, I made a significantly large mistake ( for my bankroll) two weeks ago, and I still haven't recovered mentally. Times like this again make me question my career choices. Part of me wants to get a real job so I don't have to go through this pain.
Sidegames did tell me that he talked to his boss about his huge loss. The boss said that "tilt" and the poor choices that lead to big losses never disapper. Apparently, the boss has been trading for over 30 years and still experiences tilt and bad decision making. I guess the boss told Sidegames that you basically just have to be able pick yourself up after it. I hoping I can do that this weekend.
Desperate Housewives:
I've been abusing Netflix & blockbuster online since I haven't been working. I'm on Disc 6 of the first season of Desperate Housewives. This really is a great show. When I first saw the show, I was attracted by the hot women, but then I soon realized the story is intriguing and I've been hooked ever since. BTW, the first show I happened to watch was the one where Juanita wants
Carlos to fire the maid. I would have kept flipping channels if I hadn't seen Eva Langoria in lingerie in the next scene. That kept me watching long enough to realize that the show is also funny and well-written. I know I'm going to want to watch Season 2 every Sunday, but I'll probably just wait for it to come on DVD next year as NFL football will prevent me from catching the show every week.
