Tim In a Nutshell

The sad news was that my old Palm Pilot, a Zire 71, was stolen. I initially thought it to be lost. Though at work I heard some reports of things missing from other’s desks in the area. It could be either. Any way you cut it, it sucks. I am out a damn fine Palm Pilot plus the memory card that was in it.

There is a somewhat good side to this. I do have a full backup of my plam pilot that was lost/stolen. Plus, the very important stuff was encrypted, so no worries there. The big bad part of it all is getting a new one to replace it.

I decided to go with the new Zire 72. http://www.palmone.com/us/products/handhelds/zire72/

It is a bit pricey, but I got a $40 break and a $50 mail in rebate from Circuit City, so I saved some cash there. I also got the hard case for it. The soft cases have a bad habit of pressing on the screen. That makes the palm not shot down and drain it’s batter, losing everything on it.

It’s hard to swallow that much to get a new one when the wedding is in only 2 weeks (Yahoo!), saving up for a house, etc. Though I have been rather lost without it. I keep forgetting appointments, todos, almost everything! I am glad LEah has such a good memory, cause mine is failing me more often than not. :-/

Ok, off to get the last of my laundy then bed. I have to teach at 8am tomorrow morning. Teaching on a half day sucks. I need more time to work on the training tools I am developing. Oh, that reminds me. I need to get some books on VBA, Access, and Word. More and more it seems I am becoming one of the main developers for the training team. I don’t mind it, though more time to work on the projects (without sacrificing personal time) would be nice.

This coming weekend is the move to Leah’s apartment. The time is being cut down rather quickly. In no time, Tim will be a married man. I am very excited and the pieces are all falling into place.

We got the rings last week. They look really nice. My ring is titanium with a band of white gold around the center of it. Her’s is a simple platinum band. The capitol was secured for the ceremony and we got a judge lined up for the April 8th date. The license is paid for and all is good. We just got the cakes all tasted and designed today, so things are just about set.

The really fun part of this week was my wedding present to Leah, a new kitten. We found Bronx at work. One of my co-workers needed to find a new home for the kitten. Her boyfriend was extreemly alergic to him, but not to the cat that was there before. We volunteered to take him in. The car ride from their place to Leah’s was fun. We let Bronx wander around the car. It makes driving run when you have a kitten crawling up your arm and around your backrest.

We got home and introduced him to the resident cat, Brooklyn. Notice the naming scheme. There was some initial hissing from Brooklyn since she has been the only cat for some time. Now they have aclimated to eachother and are playing and having a good time. The next step will be getting a dog when we get a house.

To see some pictures of the cat’s, try my picture gallery!

http://madweb.org/gallery/brooklyn

http://madweb.org/gallery/bronx