travis’s brain dump

Hopefully no one should notice from the outside world but those of you logging in to post comments, etc will for sure. I’ve upgraded Wordpress to the latest version. It’s a little odd, but I’m getting used to it. Now I have to upgrade 2 more, lol.

** Also just realized that the subscription plugin has been offline since the upgrade to 2.3.3. Oops! Should be fixed now.

Geez…. I think this is a serious lapse in posting on my part. I just noticed it’s been 21 days since I last posted. Between daylights savings and the rush that’s been going on here at work piled with everything going on at home I guess it makes sense. Well… hi… I’m still alive!

Let’s see, what’s been going on…

Work, work and well more work. There have been so many changes going on here it’s been ridiculous… I literally increased the workload by almost double this month I think. It’s good though, they are fun projects, just time consuming. I’m really enjoying it, with the exception of the all nighter I had to pull last week. I don’t even remember the last time I have been up for over 24 hours but this time was definitely *NOT* fun. OH wait… I do remember. It was when I drove from Denver to Phoenix and then to Mexico back in May. LOL That was definitely more fun than this was.

The home life is buzzing for sure. I’ve gotten almost everything figured out for materials on finishing the basement off so it’s time to start making the budget and planning. I can’t wait to rip that freakin place apart and get all that finished up. If the first room we did is any indication then it’s going to look so nice when it’s done. We’ve already started getting some of the planning started for the kitchen/living room run which should kick off in the spring of next year. Yes, the planning for the downstairs was started last year so we’re right on track for another one. 

We’re making some more progress on Andy’s truck too this week. The lift is going in! It’s a modest lift, but none the less it should change the look of the truck especially with the new wheels/tires going on. You know pictures will be posted.

The blogsite will probably have some quirks with it over the next couple of days, I’m installing the new version of WP that just came out. It’s supposedly a complete overhaul so this should be fun. ^^

Well, that does it. There will be more to update shortly I’m sure.

Pick a schedule and stick to it… that’s what I say. I’m beginning to understand that those people in Arizona weren’t acting on a fried brain but more so common sense when they decided to reject daylight savings and remain on the same time no matter what. I don’t mind it so much when we fall back an hour but this whole going forward an hour is not for the human body! I have been so completely screwed up today.

This morning, my alarm going off felt like 4:45 am instead of 5:45. I’m not a morning person by ANY measure of the word so this was already a rude awakening. Let’s not forget the fact that getting to sleep  at a decent time is a pain in the rear …. 12:45am still feels like 11:45pm to me! Eating lunch at 12:00 was another fun one… it felt odd and now I feel like I’m hungry all over again. The only positive to it is that I will be tricked into feeling like I’m going home early today when I’m actually leaving on time…

I seriously doubt I’m the only one feeling like this. Feel free to leave a comment with your rant. In fact, I want to hear about your horrible monday too. It might make me feel better… LOL I’ve got a meeting in 15 minutes. I believe it should be rescheduled. I’m pretty much done for the day, hehe.

Early bed for me tonight!

So today was upgrade Andy’s truck day!

This is one thing I do absolutely enjoy about the warmer weather returning. We all get out there and start modding our vehicles. I’m hoping sometime in the next few weeks I’ll be able to get my turbo sent off and start working on my cars again. Once I get the Corolla back on the road and mobile, then it’s time to start collecting parts for the Camaro and we get to start putting it back together this summer hopefully!  

Andy’s was the biggest one yet for his truck however. He’s been like a little kid all week long with his parts coming in. It has been most entertaining to say the least.

Here’s a couple shots.

Before:

During (grill installed):

During (putting together the bullbar):

After:

Andy is still waiting on the fog lights to come in but those will be minor additions compared to this one.  Either way, the truck looks awesome now! I can’t wait til we can lift this bad boy!