What were you doing in Canada, eh?
News ·Sunday August 27, 2006 @ 15:54 EDT (link)
High time for an update. Also high time to update the financial records system; it's been two months since I've added any entries, but now I have plenty of time since Honey's in WV for two weeks (I'll be joining her soon). I dropped her at the airport Friday morning; we left at 0830 and got there around 0930; her flight was at 1130. We thought it prudent to be early given the possibility of traffic (although it wasn't too bad), and the new FAA travel requirements and possible increased searching leading to longer than usual delays.
For anyone that needs a rebuttal to something they may have sent me recently, try that link to a 6-month old post (some filtering required); thanks to LjSEEK.com for a most excellent search engine that I discovered for this purpose. Note also that the amount about 50% low compared to more up to date studies, and even then, it's more than I pay for my car, and it gets me places. Anyway; I got over it and decided not to block the sender from all my domains.
I finally baked the fruit cobbler (crumble) that I was meaning to, about two weeks ago. (AT cooked it for the second part of SW's farewell, which we didn't attend so I got to see it but not taste it.) I put in just about all the fruit mentioned on the page, except I had to substitute peaches for apricots. It's been years since I've had rhubarb, and it was delicious. I ate the last piece Friday; it will be missed.
So I'm home alone this weekend, and I haven't done much except read the Mallorean and watch The Fugitive and U.S. Marshalls and practice piano. I did go looking for garage sales Saturday morning, after my mom called (Hi mom!) but didn't find many and the few I found didn't have anything to tempt me. Heather Morris stopped by Saturday evening after the neighborhood grillout (I would have attended, but had nothing to bring...) to drop off some manuals and warranties for various appliances, and to talk; we should have them over sometime.
I'm also eligible to file my N-400 (application for naturalization) form on our third anniversary, the 30th; my mom's worried about me getting drafted, but (1) you have to register for the Selective Service when becoming a permanent resident ("green card" holder) anyway, and (2) it's only between ages of 18 and 26, so I missed it since I didn't get my green card paperwork until after my 26th birthday, although it's back-dated to the year before. So I'll probably go for it - the U.S. is pretty tolerant about dual citizenships these days, so I'll be able to keep my U.K. and Canadian citizenship - and it'll let me vote, and get a gun (yay).
I came across an old observation that it was 26 hours from my parents' place to Minot, ND. From here, it's 23.5 hours - it seems to be right in the middle. Still on the memory lane trip (I was looking through old entries, trying to find dates for the N-400), I found some debates that MM and I had had over various issues, so I decided to check if her page was still up, and it is, and she has a LiveJournal account, but it hasn't been updated for a while. I'm still digging through old paperwork to fill out the N-400: exact employment, moving, and traffic citation dates can be hard to find. The last thing I need is dates that I was out of the country for 24 hours or more, since I become a permanent resident (i.e. approximately over the past three years). That'll be fun... although this log was written for times like these.
Over the past month I had a good deal of dental work done; first, a cleaning, then about five fillings over three two-hour appointments; the last one was last Wednesday, the 23rd. I don't have to go back there now until February, for my regular cleaning. Our total out of pocket was about $150, not too terrible. Honey had a filling come loose and had to have a cavity underneath it filled, too; fortunately her dentist (we go to different ones; I go to Dr. Brian D, Brooks, since he's not far from work, she goes to a Dr. Dirakshani (sp?)) could get her in quickly to fix it.
At work, we're just finishing B2TR (beta 2 technical refresh); I got what I think was the last Word fix into it, for a License Wizard (OEM tool) related bug. Now we're looking only toward RTM (release to manufacturing) in October, and every bug must be triaged. Also, we're back on Workaholic Wednesdays (work until the bug goal is reached, no matter how late it gets); we've had three so far.
(Title is a nod to "What are you doing in Canada, eh?" quote from That '70s Show, when they end up in Canada talking to the RCMP.
