More updutes (purposely mispelled, inside joke)
Well, I am getting much worse at keeping this thing active, but this time I have an excuse! You see, my computer has actually been dead for a few weeks now. I kinda thought I had already put that here, but I guess not. I went to power it up one day, and it doesn't. It is difficult at this time to know whether it is power supply or motherboard/CPU, given some of the circumstance, they are both likely candidates. The MB, the PSU, and the CPU are all under extended warranties from the somewhat defunct CompUSA. By somewhat I mean that there is no store for me to go sort this out at, but they didn't leave everyone hanging. An insurance company still covers the components, and is arranging to sort this out for me. They are going to just reimburse me the cost of the components, since they no longer make the board that I am using, and I pointed out that I have specific needs.
Anyhow, been without it for a few weeks now, and it will still be bricked for a few weeks more I suspect.
In work related news, there are changes upon us. Two of our four full timers are gone, one of which was also a higher up. One left to pursue other work entirely, and their last day was yesterday. The other will still be in the company, just no longer at our location. Out understanding is that their last day would be a week or so out, but they got a call saying that today is effectively their last day.
I applied to take up one of those full time positions, and am told I will have a good grasp of whether or not I got it by tommorow. I am somewhat nervous about this for a number of reasons, not the least of which is my ankle. For those who are unaware, I have messed up ankles (and practically every other joint, but the ankles are key here). I have made great strides in building up endurance to be able to work on my feet and still manage it. However, it does mean that I can't be on my feet too much in a given day/week/period of time without running into some pretty severe problems. My hope is that with the full time position, there will be some changes that will allow me to spend a bit more time at a desk, and I am told that may well be the case.
