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This morning I had thought that I forgot something as I got into the car. I had my iPod, my badge, the laptop computer, my mobile phone, and of course, my keys. I went ahead into work anyway. I have this habbit that I always feel for my wallet as soon as I get out of the car, get out of my seat, or pass through crowds. (Paranoid?) Anyhow, I immediately felt naked. Ok, not really, but I definately felt like a part of me was missing.

I drove home for lunch since I had no money and was starting to fail at holding out until dinner. I arrived, got my wallet, and kissed Angel. I nuked some of the Lean Pockets that she didn’t care for and sat down for part of The Twilight Show on the Sci-Fi channel. As I began to kiss Angel goodbye, a loud knock came at the door. The UPS guy had me sign for a big box from DELL. My nephews birthday package had arrived.

I think I had a good day today. I made a big breakthrough with some coding at work on a task that I wasn’t sure of completing. It was one of those days where your head is in deep thought for the bulk of the day trying to work out some code.

After work I went shopping and was pleased that my shopping cart wasn’t filled to the brim. I stocked up on some extra good food for Angel and I hope that she is pleased. I even got a few of the old things that I used to get for her before we got married. It’s the little things in life that make you feel good. I wasn’t even stressed out shopping. I usually just focus on getting in there and getting back out.

I arrived home and found that I didn’t have much room in my freezer. Angel and I went though a few things. I found a box of fishsticks that were almost gone so I heated them up for dinner. Angel dug into the chicken tenders and we put them on the same pan. I started getting a little jealouse when I started smelling her chicken tenders. I should have gone for a few myself.

I sat down and had dinner while watching the television. I began to wonder if FireFly is available on DVD yet, because I’ve missed just about every show there is. Now that I saw the movie Serenity, I am more interested in seeing the story around it. I still need to look into getting a digital recorder from my cable company because the show comes on before I get home from work.

I went through the mail and found that Rowland from DarkCompass had made good on his word and sent me a CD from the UK. There were 5 stamps of a queen in different colors and a post mark from what appeared to be Wales. I don’t know what is more exciting - the CD or the postmarked stamps from a different country. The CD has a few of his earlier podcasts and he also mentioned something about putting a few others on for me to listen to.

Rowland usually records his DarkCompass podcasts during his ride into work on the metro. Just for fun, I found a little program called Scrolling LED Bitmap Generator to create the following animated GIF:

I got a bottle of premixed mudslide and had a small glass. I’m not a big drinker and its been a few months since my last drink. I like the drink, but the problem I have is that the bottle is too big for me. One of the many things I lack is a few local friends to help me with this problem. I wonder how long that bottle will be setting at the bottom of the fridge this time. Anyhow, if you are in the Northern Virginia area, at least 21 years of age, and wouldn’t mind helping me out one evening, send me an email.

From there I found one of our cat toys as I was hiding the big box from DELL into one of the rooms downstairs. We lack cat toys with feathers on sticks. This one even had a bell on it. I played with Skyler, Prince and October for a while and then brought it up to Bandit. October watched from the corner of Angels bed and growled as I played with the little kitten. Bandit had a blast. Octobers finally got so mad that he walked out of the room. Skyler sat under the dresser and Prince walked back and forth keeping his eyes on the prize. I gave in and let those two play with it when I was done with Bandit.

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