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I'm melting!

May 16, 2008
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I think I lost my thin blood from Southern living. It's honestly too hot outside today. Wow. And my office? Sweltering. Too bad I'm working unpaid overtime tonight. It's been a busy, busy day! Grr.

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So today started off with a massive Technology meeting at the District level. Even now I can't figure out if I actually learned anything or not by attending. However, afterwords I did have a wonderful conversation with Vicky - one of the HS techs who is retiring at the end of the year. I got back to my building in time to see the mess that happens when I'm out of building for an extended period of time, answered phone calls, and so on... and then went out to lunch with Juan. I get back from lunch (after being scolded for taking lunch, because obviously techs don't need to eat) and walked into a half-dozen messages on my phone and someone in my office waiting for me. Promptly following was over an hour and a half of offsite trouble shooting with a local printing company whose hardware was too antiquated to open the PDF file that housed the yearbook. Then I had a teacher who manage to change every single file on her laptop to read only access and then wonder why she couldn't delete anything. A secretary who couldn't figure why the email was bouncing back to her (she forgot that emails don't just get sent to "Erin" there needs to be a location "@canby..." attached). And it went on from there.

Now it's officially unpaid overtime as I scramble to get two other laptops up and the lab ready for further student testing on Monday. I need a break... and a cold tea... and snuggles. But damn, it's hot outside.

Tired of Rain

Apr 23, 2008
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I think the Weather Man missed the memo - it's the end of April, not the end of December. I'm sick and tired of the cold, cold temperatures, the rain that seems to freeze on contact, the hail, and yes, even the occasional snow. It's dreary and frustrating to wake up and see a weather forecast that still says for the foreseeable future we'll have lots of rain, cold weather, with a chance for rain. Grrr. Even the natives are getting restless with this weather.

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Oregon (Remember, it's the bloody "i" not an "o" sound.)

Sep 23, 2006
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Oregon weather is strange. I lived for the past couple of years in the South East, specifically in an area that had maybe two seasons a year - extremely warm and mostly bearable. Things are quite different out here in the North West. Take today for example. According to the car, it hit a balmy 83 degrees this afternoon. It was gorgeous, sunny, light breeze, a perfect day to do something outdoors. (Which of course I didn't but that's another thing entirely.) Tonight it's chilly, but far, far from cold, probably peaking out around 50 or so. Perfect to open a window and curl up with a nice fuzzy blanket (I have a thing for blankets anyways, the excuse it just one more thing to add to it). However, three days ago it was barely hitting 50 as our daytime high, rainy/cloudy, and typically what one thinks of when they think Oregon weather. I just don't get it. It's almost as if you need to be able to dress for any possible weather combination, from one far end extreme to the other, all in a space of less than twenty-four hours.

This state really needs to come with it's own instruction manual when you move out here. Or maybe even just a couple of warning labels n' guidelines. Like...

1. Weather is fluid, changes can happen instantaneously, use at your own risk.
2. I-5 is considered a fully functional parking lot for a minimum of 6 hours a day, longer on Friday's.
3. Real estate shopping should be considered an art-form, it is completely acceptable to pay half-a-million dollars for a shack on a hillside. Never you mind that there's a couple hundred hillsides to choose from.
4. Environmentally friendly is a misnomer, we're really concerned about the yuppie population.
5. People are stupid. Doubly so in OR. Get used to it.
6. You can be shot, quartered, and hung for saying "Or-e-gon" as opposed to the correct pronunciation of "Or-e-gin"... and where did that "i" come from?