一人

生まれる時、一人で生まれる。

死ぬ時、一人で死ぬ。

その間、生きている時、一人で生き続ける。

I stopped off at Walmart tonight on the way home from work and bought a HDTV antenna. I'm trying it out for a few days, gonna see how I like it. I'm considering getting rid of my cable, I don't watch it enough to justify the cost, and it'd be a lot cheaper to get what few shows I do watch from iTunes.

Still have my job.  Waiting for them to decide what it is they're going to do.  We just lost our plant manager today, he's been transferred to another plant over in the UK to do cost cutting over there.  The interim plant manager is one of the mid-level managers who's getting a temporary promotion, should be interesting to see how the politics of this one shake out.

Only thing I'd want about his job right now is, at least it's a *safe* job.

I'm going thru the budget looking for things to get rid of.  Cable TV and eating out are at the top of the list.  There may not be much I can do at this point, if it does come to me getting laid off, but at least I'll be in as good a shape as I can.  There's too much fat in my monthly expenses anyway, it's good to trim it back.

Waiting.

They just announced layoffs today at work. Don't know who or how many or when, just that'll happen.

Fuck.

It's that time of year again...

Birthday's coming up. Oh yes it is. Like a fart in a crowded elevator, you know it's about to happen, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it...

Ordered some shirts and a nice watch I've wanted for quite a while. Birthday presents for myself. There's one other thing I'd like to get, but it's got a $500 price tag on it and that's just too much.

Motorcycle went back to the shop Friday. They're gonna clean out the carbs and send me the bill. The shop guy showed me how to drain the carb bowls. Sniffed the gasoline coming out, said it was rank as hell, no wonder I was having problems getting the bike to run. Hopefully the damage won't be that bad. I just wanna RIDE the thing, you know? :P

No progress on the boyfriend front, but I'm starting to not care so much. I'm getting out more on my bicycle, and the exercise I'm getting is really helping me feel better about life. Rode ten miles this afternoon doing errands and it felt GREAT. Definitely gonna be doing a lot more of this over the summer, in addition to working out. :)

Now if only I can get rid of this insomnia... :P