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And the hits just keep on comin'...

Mood: Grumpy.
Music: Trainspotting, Primal Scream.
Game: World of Warcraft, Wipeout Pure, Lumines
Book: Nothing. Got any suggestions?
Muffin: Strawberry-Peach.
Punchline: Nothing.

I've been looking forward to my tax refund because I could use an influx of cash to smooth out some bumps in my cashflow.

Of course, when I got home last night, a letter informed me that they've decided to keep my entire refund against a balance owed to the government from a previous year, in spite of the fact that I'm paying them back already.

I suppose it's not the end of the world. But it never ceases to amaze me how bad my finances are. I got too used to having far more expendable income than was healthy. I should have saved almost all of it. If I had lived like I'm living now when I was living in London and Hong Kong, I'd be just about retired. That, by the way, is not an exaggeration.

Anyway, I woke up yesterday morning with a headache so bad, I could hardly see. I think it was a combination dehydration/allergy/sinus headache. When I woke up, I immediately decided I couldn't work like that, so I called in sick. I downed a pair of sinus tabs, closed the window, turned on the humidifier, and drank two glasses of water. Then I went back to bed for two hours. When I woke up, I felt a bit better...at least I could think. My sinuses still felt heavy, but I could see. So I showered, got dressed, and went to work.

About halfway through the day, I started feeling really low energy again...drank some tea and grabbed a pair of decongestant tabs from Colin...and in an hour or so, I started to feel OK. Not great...but OK.

Good enough to fabricate a panel at work last night, anyway. Nothing out of control. Just a couple of controllers, a power supply, and so on. But it was really theraputic working with my hands. I like working with my hands far more than working with computers. I think I'd be much happier doing a trade. I don't know why I feel that way. Maybe my father had something to do with it. But I think I'm pretty good at it, and maybe I'll consider that for my next job, whenever that happens.

By the time I got home, my head felt better, mostly. And that's when I got the letter from the IRS.

It wasn't all bad. I got two games in the mail yesterday. Lumines, and Jade Empires. I was playing World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, scattered in with Lumines...I didn't even get a chance to slot Jade Empires. I think I'm gonna hold off on that until the weekend...really get a tasty day of couch gaming in. Should be fun.

Today's another day, though. Finished the panel I started last night, dealt with the computer room AC unit which decided to freeze up, and did my normal morning routine. And that's when I spilled a full cup of tea on my desk, soaking my desk calendar, phone, and assorted junk on my desk. Nothing like a morning beverage incident to really set the tone for a day, huh?

Considering lunch now....

Posted by Glenn at April 19, 2005 12:06 PM