no alone time

work is good and should be better tomorrow as I finally get to have a desk (albeit a too small one)... for the past three days I was training with the person who I am replacing and the job she is taking was being done by the guy who’s desk I will be getting... they’ve shared an office for years and it’s been a tad awkward as the office is tight for two and they’ve got history and he’s leaving to be a teacher if he passes the exam he didn’t know he would have to take when he resigned from the position she will be taking so from now until the end of the month he’ll be a part time ‘pool’ staff and nobody wants to mention what he’ll have to do if he does not pass the test (probably return to the units)...

the girl I am replacing, who will remain to share the office with me, keeps the big desk she has because she can, even though my job would be easier if I had the extra space of a much larger L-shaped desk... mine is a small rectangle that barely holds the computer monitor and I have much more hand-writing to do than she does... but hey, seniority and all... she does have to give up the much better computer though as my software requires higher speeds and memory... the IT person says she asked for replacements for the older computers, so she might get the best of both worlds in the end anyway... I’ll figure something out...

maybe I’ll just stack stuff on the floor and moan as I bend over all day, then wrench my back and go out on permanent disability... I could enjoy retirement again... and maybe I should mention my tongue is in my cheek and I’m laughing... oh, not that I was lying (or even exaggerating much) about the less than ideal and quite possibly inadequate size of my workspace and the occasionally unfairness of seniority, but I’ll adjust much more easily and comfortably than I’m putting on and my office-mate and I are getting along very well...

the biggest change I am adjusting to so far in my switch to a day shift position at work is the fact that I have no alone time unless I stay up way past a suitable bedtime for someone who wakes in the morning to work during the day...

and the gym is unavailable to me because it's too busy for hours when I get home from work... that sucks and may force me to invest in a machine for the apartment, though I have no idea where we'd put it and I do not need the expense of a good one and a cheap on could easily be a waste of effort (in carrying home and putting together) and money (one more thing to put off a new computer, music system, camera, and vacation for, dangit)... hopefully I'll compromise on a less expensive solution...

tonight, I headed out to the park and jogged a couple of miles on the trail... need a more balanced workout than running daily, but at least it is some exercise and I still do love to run, even though I am frustrated by my current condition... prudence (who seldom gets much past my outer ears) says I should consider the strain on my knees and ankles as I am no longer as physically young as I used to be... realism joins in and points out I’ve got no fat on my legs and running is not targeting the areas that need work most...

anybody got a winning lottery ticket they want to sell cheap? (Wacko and me, that’s the ticket... in other words, when I ask a question like that or say something with my silliness turned up to max {even if it’s so cleverly disguised as sarcasm or cynicism}, just picture Wacko Warner, my other soul mate, and you’ll hopefully get a better idea of where I’m coming from)...

so anyway, the entries elsewhere that might have been here was pre-empted by a biography that Precious asked me to write for her for school... I took the opportunity to introduce Precious to you by including what I wrote for her as the previous entry... I wrote it in about ten minutes, then stared at it and played with it for two hours... it is past bedtime and this entry is almost over, but I wanted you to see where my writing time went and also, give you an idea of who Precious is, since I mention her a whole lot in this RealTime™ blog because she lives with me in RealTime™...

this night was also enhanced by a very wonderful phone conversation for which I am very grateful and by golly, by which I was humbled... some people just have a gift for sharing the blessing of positivity and love and that is who shared the phone tonight, a blessing of positivity and love... feel free to take a bow if you don’t want the anonymity of this paragraph, I feel lucky to have you around...

it’s time to lay this body down... so my dear ethereal lovers and other strangers who wander through this web world at all hours of the day or night, I hope you are enjoying yourself (especially if you are alone), cuz you can’t really get away from yourself and it’d be a real drag to be with yourself if you didn’t enjoy you... yeah, definitely time to lay this body down, the head may be malfunctioning...

nite nite J