iMac Latest

well, i must say that i was worried when i had to take the imac in again today to the apple store. they really ended up ironing out all problems i had with the set up of the computer. plus i learned a couple of neat things about how to set it up for multiple users. they got my .mac account fixed too. it all worked out. i am now a happy camper. :)

the day after tomorrow i leave for my adventure in florida for software training for our new system at work. i just checked the weather, highs in the low 80's & lows in the 60's. here it is warm for a change - it was in the low 30's today. we got a dusting of snow and they are calling for more tomorrow night into monday. as long as my flight isn't cancelled, i'll be fine. 

i just love the new imac. it is just beautiful. i downloaded two rental movies from itunes. cool. i figure i can watch them on my trip. i rented "singles" a movie made in 1992 starring matt dylan and the movie "waitress" starring kerri russell. i can't wait to watch them.  i will try to post on my blog via the cell phone. you've just gotta love technology! i so wish we would've had imacs, cell phones & ipods when i was younger... wow. it would've been wonderful. i remember lugging around my lps at high school. yes, i did that! my age is showing. i don't exactly remember just how many i could carry in my army backpack (which i still have). absolutely NOTHING compared to an ipod, with photos, music, movies, videos. it is amazing. 

i didn't get any time in the art studio today. :( i had too much running around to do getting ready for my trip on monday. i even had to go to work for two hours to get some things done. i update the department intranet manuals. i just love doing that. i'd love to work with technology. design things like websites. write manuals - i even like that as long as the people who need to understand give me some direction on what they want included. i hardly ever get any feedback on the department website. the people i work with are for the most part computer illiterate. there are exceptions, of course. this is where i do get some feedback. as for the rest, i can't even get them to look at the website. it is most frustrating. i know this will change as new people come into the workforce that are used to computers.  it is just sad that some people just don't want to deal with them. they don't want to learn. i know i'll never adapt quite as well as someone who began using a computer as a toddler - but i will learn all i can until the day i die! that i what life is all about. the minute you shut out the world and refuse to interact with it is the day you start getting old... and then you die. i want death to catch me off guard. i won't sit around and wait for it. i pined away enough of my life waiting for happiness to find me. finally i realized i had to go out and find happiness on my own - so i did! you can't be happy if you're not open to it. ready for it. life is full of pleasant surprises. you can't dwell on the bad things or you won't see the good things in life. that's my story and i'm sticking to it. my life now is wonderful. that's all i could think about today was how happy i am. marc makes me so happy. my dogs & cat make me happy. for all i complain about my job, the income i am able to receive makes my life a little easier, so yes, i guess it makes me happy too. i've made a lot of friends at my work. i've been there for over 11 years. that's nothing to sneeze at. i never thought i'd be at a job that long. i've been lucky enough to travel through my job at this employer and my previous employer. i seem to go to florida an awful lot! too many times to count. miami/ft. lauderdale is my favorite. i almost moved there back in 1994 i liked it so much. good thing i didn't because otherwise i wouldn't have met marc. i've also been to philadelphia, arkansas, las vegas, washington d.c. & chicago for work. not bad. i haven't been to europe for work, but i did go there in 1993 with my class for a college course. barcelona spain. i so loved it there. i just felt like i belonged there. like it was home. very strange since i can't speak the language and i didn't particularly like the food. i would go back there in a heartbeat though given the chance. i want to go there with my sweetheart. i know he'd love it too. i want to go to france & england. i so love those countries. that would explain the papillon (france) and cavalier king charles spaniel (england) dogs now, wouldn't it. i also love canada. i went there with marc in 2006. we just loved it there and want to go back again sometime soon. i love the wine there. me, a wine drinker? who would've guessed, but now i love it. i still don't like beer at all. 

in the meantime, we are on the south beach diet. it is going well. i've lost 4 pounds in one week. i hope i can loose another 4 pounds, but most importantly, i feel much better. i don't feel bloated and stuffed after i eat. i hope i can stay on the diet while on my business trip. i will do my best. as long as i can get by with breakfast at the hotel consisting of something eatable, i will do all right. the fun continues. it is getting late, so i'd better go to bed. good night.  PS - you can bet i will get more cloud/sky photos on this trip. stay posted.