I've been neglecting this blog for a while now, but I've been finding I have fewer and fewer things to talk about that I can't just say in 140 characters or less on Twitter. I'll try to remedy some of that here, but there's not too much that's been going on that hasn't been related to work. I've spent three of the last four weekends in Gary, IN; one weekend to myself; one with Timoran, Shale, and Atokada; and one with Storm Gryph. Last weekend was in Denver; I got to see Ivan and Kahuki for the first time in months.
Aside from that, I've taken up the game Go and apparently am almost good at the game for a newbie. Which is to say that I'm really not that good at all, but 16 kyu is not bad for someone who has played the game for about a month. Hopefully I can improve my ranking a bit, over time, but that's kinda the whole point of a ranking isn't it?
My next trip home won't have me around the house much. I'm actually going out to see Timanth in California in ... a little over a week now. It's amazing how quickly time flies. I'll be leaving early on August 7 and returning August 11, using up all my time at home for the trip. If anyone down there wants to see us, let me know and we'll try to make plans. It would be nice to get to meet some of the people that I've previously only had the pleasure of seeing as text on a screen. :)
There aren't terribly many reasons for me to be at home - or any one place in particular - so it's not like I'm really missing much by not taking the time back in Pensacola. I'll be there for about half a day on the sixth, which should be adequate time for me to get done what needs to get done in town and still have time left over to enjoy sushi. I'll only be briefly bouncing through home before MFM as well, and for the same reason; I'm just not seeing much reason to stick around town. I might take some time at home and actually spend it at home in October, but I won't even have the days available to do so before that time.
As for living arrangements, I'm starting to have second thoughts about getting a house in the near future. The tax incentives to do so this year are certainly attractive but various things have come up, including drama that has made me reconsider every single city I've thought about moving to, further oddities in the housing market, discovering my credit wasn't as good as I'd hoped, and being concerned about needing to replace my car in the near future. It's still an outside shot, perhaps, but having a home of my own by the end of the year is not nearly the priority it once was for me.
So, really, that's about all I can think of to write here. I'm getting tired and cranky and probably should take this rare opportunity to get more than eight hours of sleep while I can.
