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February 22, 2006
What would Jung say? 
My favorite neighborhood building, that which was a tire center that is across from that which was a Wonder Bread plant, now no longer has a roof.
Big open buildings like that really capture my imagination. I think it's part of my obsession with rooved, contained outdoor spaces. I wonder what Jung would say.
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There is not much to tell here. I've been doing a whole lot of knitting, of course, and squeezing in some decluttering. Especially in the office. I'm getting a different desk (which comes this afternoon!), so what a good excuse to go through everything, and fill the waste and recycling bins a couple times. I've been doing some computer file cleaning as well.
Though. It is an exciting day. We've gotten our new search appliance, so I've been busily adding thesaurus items. Even without a thesaurus, this is going to be such the better search engine than our previous ones (we've had Microsoft Index Server, and mnogosearch). But I have been so frustrated for so long with our search results that going through our error logs and finding things to add to the thesaurus has been a pleasure.
Though, I feel a bit uncertain about the whole thing. Everything is so up in the air right now at work that I'm not sure if I should be promoting things or ignoring them, and I'm fairly certain that doing either will get me in trouble. I doubt I'm going to get any direction, so, I'm just trying to think about the users.
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With this morning's quote, it really made me realize that I need to get some exercise. It's such a vicious cycle: frustration with work, come home and camp in front of the TV and/or the computer, drink too much, wake up the next morning feeling worse, drag self to work... I need to break the cycle and take care of myself, but I'm feeling so drained in the evenings and the mornings that making that change is hard.
Where is my tenaciousness? I seem to have lost that resilence.
Posted at February 22, 2006
Comments
I am struggling to get back into my routines as well. Hang in there.
Posted by: neca at February 23, 2006 8:48 AM
Changing is such a hard thing to do. I'm in a school that runs by quarters, and while winter quarter is almost over, I still haven't adjusted to it. The spring weather we're starting to have is helping me feel a little more energetic after being tired and cranky all winter.
I meant to be encouraging, and am just rattling on about my issues. The point is, as the seasons are changing, we can latch on to that energy a bit and make some changes ourselves. I just flipped through a Terry catalog that had come in the mail, and just looking at all of that cute floral cycling gear has me excited about going on some longer rides and runs. Weather's becoming more bike-commuter friendly, as well. Getting on the bike in the morning will be 90% of the battle, I'm sure. Or just embrace the fact that you need a little down time, relax, and pick a date to get back into a new groove. (All easy for me to say; not so easy to do.)
Hang in there. Have you been watching the Amgen Tour of California? That's getting me pysched to bike as well. Only a couple days left to catch it (on ESPN 2).
Posted by: Tricia at February 23, 2006 10:51 AM