- I use three main computer programs at my job every day. All day, every day. All three of them are being replaced within the next two months. The only thing not being changed is that we will still use Microsoft Windows, so emails will still be Outlook, etc. But that's probably 10% of my day, most of what I do is using specialized, fairly complicated software that has taken years to fully learn and get used to. But now it's aaaall changing. I know I am smart enough to learn the new programs (at least eventually) but I kind of hate new stuff just in general, and having all three change completely and at the same time is going to be stressful for all of us.
- The lease is up soon at the office building where my company is located, and apparently there is at least a very solid chance that we will either move, or the company will try to downsize the area that we are renting and we will be reorganized within the same building. Either way, things will change, and it's certainly possible that my department's isolation in a back room will end. Anyone who knows me at all know that I am a BIG FAN of being isolated...
- At home we have an iMac, and we were delighted when the new OS was released last week. It was only $29! That's surprisingly inexpensive. We immediately downloaded it and were horrified to see that our very old version of Photoshop no longer works. We have CCS2 and it's so old it's not compatible with the new OS. Oh, this is a huge bummer. It'll cost $199 to upgrade to the newest version, CCS5. If we don't upgrade now, the new version of Photoshop (CCS6) will be released (there's no official date yet but it could literally be any day now) and it'll be so far ahead of our poor old CCS2 that we won't even be able to upgrade it, we'd have to purchase the whole full program for $699. We both love Photoshop, I had been trying to get back into digital fine art and Greg uses it all the time to make the graphics for his site. This is sickening, we would have been happy with the old one forever. I guess we will have to pay $199, which will make it even that much longer before we can afford to buy the laptop we've been saving for.
- I had planned to go visit Mom next month, but my brother and sister want to have a birthday party for her; Mom will be 90 on September 30th. That's great, and I am excited for her to have a nice gathering, but that means I'll have to wait another month and a half before I can see her. My wedding anniversary is the very next day, October 1st, so my plan now is to drive up to GA on Wednesday the 27th, spend three nights in the retirement home guest room visiting with Mom, then have breakfast with her on Saturday morning October 1st and drive home that day. Greg and I took two vacation days on Monday October 3rd and Tuesday the 4th, so we'll have a little three day weekend together to celebrate our anniversary.
- I have to admit, I am slightly anxious to get my blood test results back. What will they show? Is my cholesterol too high, do I have the beginnings of arthritis, do I have a thyroid problem? Gads. I am trying not to worry about it, because it could be all good news. I should hear on Thursday. I mean, the giant bloody purple bruise in the crook of my elbow has almost entirely gone away, so that should mean the results are ready, right?
