New washer/dryer!! plus other ramblings....

We got a new washer/dryer with part of our tax return! the old ones were on their last legs, so after many years of service, they were given a proper retirement (Best Buy hauled them off) and we now have a new pair! It is strange, though, to not be able to hear them running down to the end of the block, much less standing in the garage :) Also strange - the dryer has a light in it, like a fridge! (Okay, I know, I just came into the 21st century :) ) who knows what newfangled contraptions they'll come up with next?

I have been working in Austin for about a year now - it was the first week of April last year when I started with Oracle as a contractor - it doesn't seem that long, but there you are... time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

(ugh.)

Where does the time go??

Wow - it's been almost a week since my last update! A lot has been going on - I have been working like crazy on my arcade cabinet, trying to keep our dogs from killing each other and bugging us to death, and of course the normal workday stuff... you know, life :) anyway, I am still going to include the tale of the Elder Caribou for those who haven't heard it before. I just have to find the cycles to sit down and do it.

In other news, it rained last night rather hard, starting about 0300 - I woke at 0430 when the hail started in, came in to shut the computers down and disconnect the antenna from the Icom. Afterwards, I didn't sleep very well, partly because the dogs were freaking from the thunder. There was flooding in the low lying areas and it took an hour and a half to get to work because of flooding and accidents. Why don't people learn to slow down and get off the phone when it is raining?? geez. Of course, all the rain means it is time to mow the lawn again, once it dries up a bit.