Tranquility Computers

I talked things through with Candi and did a lot of thinking about the situation with this side business I’m trying to pull off and I think I’m going to have a talk with the client tonight and see what they’re willing to put up with to save a buck or two. I mean I may actually be able to pull off doing what they want but it won’t be that soon and they’ll have to spend a good amount of money on software they probably never had to pay for before. If he doesn’t want to go through with it I’ll see if I can find someone else to do the job (for a lot more $$). If he still wants to work with me we’ll have to talk about schedule and software purchases. Personally I don’t know what he’s going to do considering the fact that I wasn’t expecting him to even go with my asking price to begin with!

Had a great night last night and now am well rested (such as it is). Wanted to take the train but didn’t feel like getting up and running to the station at 4:45 in the morning to sleep in a chair instead of my bed!

I love my laptop 🙂

With about 6 hours sleep in the last 3 days, I managed to get a full day’s work in and then manage the wedding rehearsal tonight. I even survived the rehearsal dinner (all for the free food). It’s really pathetic what I’ll do for free food. I’m definitely going to do a lot of sleeping tonight. Got the wedding to run tomorrow. Now to bring the dual 17″ monitors or the 21″…hmmm. I don’t know if I want to go back to 17″ monitors any more. Looks like I’ll be losing some weight tomorrow afternoon!!

Managed to get the newer version of Server 2003 tonight so I’ll be rebuilding another server here pretty soon. It’s always a sacry thing for me considering the fact that there will definitely be a few hours (or even days) when I won’t have the Internet running at my home! What will I do?!

I’ve still got to complete the wedding CD for tomorrow. Looks like I won’t be sleeping just yet…

Well I think I only got about 2-3 hours sleep last night. Late to work again. At least I went and got replacemet tires for the car and made that the excuse. I think I’m not even going to stay late tonight as I just don’t think there’s anything else left to give. Tried that Red Bull drink this morning and I think it did it’s job of keeping me awake through the morning but it sure does taste awful! Blaaaah!!!

The laptop does weigh a ton but I did manage to find a backpack that will hold everything I need to carry PERFECTLY -and only $14!! Got to show off the new laptop to the crew at work too and that was cool.

Sounds like there are more packages waiting for me at home tonight so I think I won’t be getting that much sleep tonight either. I still have to continue working on Dan’s computers and get remote desktop working before I had it all over to him. I’m worried that I won’t have enough time to get it all done in a decent amount of time and still have a life. I think this was all a big mistake now. Oh well. Got to get it done to get the $$!!!

I just pray I make it through the weekend…

Not much sleeping and lots of working -and it doesn’t even seem like we got a lot done! We got our new cell phones, new security doors (that I need to get a special tool to install), our referigerator arrived from Lowe’s and had that installed, and we got new door knobs for the security doors (two of which I have to take back tomorrow since they didn’t have locks with them). Oh well. Church was cool and Chemical Recovery went even better with some new/old blood their to work on and some great talks about politics afterwards with Frank and Luke (I just love that stuff).

The olympics are just captivating -and that’s not good when they run at the time they do at my house! I’m never going to get a decent night sleep until they’re over. On top of that, Candi got a new game for her computer that is keeping us both up late playing it!!!! I sometimes wonder if we’ll ever grow up without having kids around…

I started wroking on my first “real” side job for Dan Sanchez this weekend and I’m still a little unsure of myself and my ability to get the job done in a decent amout of time without sacrificing too much family time in the process. No sleep coming from that either!

Talking to Dave last Friday afternoon was pretty good since he helped me see that I wasn’t working towards any PLAN in my business -jus responding to any opportunity that comes my way from time to time. Not good if you’re going to get anywhere or know when to say “no”. I’ve got to get some time on the train this week to get my head straight about all of this…

Woke up late again this morning. I think that the cold does it for me. I sould program a thermostat to warm up my bedroom 30min before I need to wake up just so I don’t have a chill. Or maybe I just need to be disciplined and not so self-serving! Traffic actually wasn’t that bad this morning though -yaay!!!

Got my new hard drive bracket last night from California PC thanx to eBay (only $25). Sooo happy it was black. I didn’t remember if I was specific on what color I wanted. I was afraid I was going to have to paint it once I got it. I’ll post some pics when I can borrow a digicam again. Now all my components are black -yaaaaaay!!! All my hard drives are now cooled correctly. I’m going to leave the system on all day today to see how hot everything is tonight when I get home. Considering the house doesn’t have AC, it should be a pretty good (albeit a little scary) test for me. Now it’s time to start customizing the new power supply and data cables!

I also won a little computer terminal on eBay for $5 that should be shipped in the next couple of days. That will probably be my next project (if I ever complete my boom box system)… I just never can complete one project without starting two more! I sure hope I get a new digicam soon so I can document all the progress.