This puppy learns FAST!! She learned how to sit on command in two days!
A collection of blurbs stemming from mostly the motorized projects that I do. Some posts mixed in have to do with my experiences in X-ray school. (Some entries are from older blogs that I killed off.) Some of my toys are a Mazdaspeed Miata that I work on and take to the track, a little Harley that I can't stop modding and an old Yamaha RD400 that I've been collecting parts for over the past 15 years. When I'm not wrenching, sometimes I mountain bike, sometimes I snowboard, sometimes I make beer.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wow! My Life is a Whirlwind!
Just a quick update on how much things can change in just one week...
Well, first of all, that Chemistry exam went great- I topped the class with a score of 99. Nothing to complain about there, but with the addition of a new house member, my study time has been decreasing. I had two Anatomy exam this week, one written and one practical. With the new pup settling into the household, it takes about five times longer to get anything done- translation, I only got 20% of my studying done for those tests. I think they both went fine. I'm estimating B's of some sort for both of those exams, but we'll just wait and see.
Cookie is coming along fine. In less than one week, she's learned that the crate belongs to her and that she can feel comfortable going in and out of it. Her biting has already improved, not being quite as hard, as well as her chewing on furniture. She rarely has any accidents in the house (only when I don't read her signals) and she has not yet once soiled her crate! We're teaching her some simple commands already. She already knows how to sit on command, but only more reinforcement will really solidify it for her. Yesterday, she got a bath, so she smells like baby powder now, all fresh and new. Next week, we'll get her to a vet for some more shots. She might start puppy classes too.
Well, first of all, that Chemistry exam went great- I topped the class with a score of 99. Nothing to complain about there, but with the addition of a new house member, my study time has been decreasing. I had two Anatomy exam this week, one written and one practical. With the new pup settling into the household, it takes about five times longer to get anything done- translation, I only got 20% of my studying done for those tests. I think they both went fine. I'm estimating B's of some sort for both of those exams, but we'll just wait and see.
Cookie is coming along fine. In less than one week, she's learned that the crate belongs to her and that she can feel comfortable going in and out of it. Her biting has already improved, not being quite as hard, as well as her chewing on furniture. She rarely has any accidents in the house (only when I don't read her signals) and she has not yet once soiled her crate! We're teaching her some simple commands already. She already knows how to sit on command, but only more reinforcement will really solidify it for her. Yesterday, she got a bath, so she smells like baby powder now, all fresh and new. Next week, we'll get her to a vet for some more shots. She might start puppy classes too.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Meet Cookie!
She's our new baby and she's so sweet! We found her today at the Humane Society- just in time to mess up my study schedule for my Monday's exam! It's her first night, but she's doing a good job!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Update
Things are going well for me right now. My illness seems to be getting better. My balance and thinking is nearly back to normal. Once a week, I still get some flu-like symptoms (fatigue, sore skin, etc.), but I would say I'm about 98% recovered. I've been getting back on the motorcycle, riding to school- that has been great.
I'm just concluding my third week of classes and so far I've been getting A's on all my quizzes and labs. In the next couple of weeks, I'll have some midterms, so we'll see how I'll do on those. I see lots of reading in my future.
A couple of days ago, my desktop PC went on the blink. It got the Blue Screen of Death (bsod) and wouldn't stay on. I had to rebuild the operating system. I reverted from Windows 7 back to Vista. I narrowed down the problem to either 1) bad RAM 2) a bad hard drive or 3) dust on the motherboard. Yesterday I took the computer apart, reseated the memory and ran some tests. Luckily, it just took some blowing on and checking the connections and all turned out good! Saved me a hundred bucks in memory!
I'm just concluding my third week of classes and so far I've been getting A's on all my quizzes and labs. In the next couple of weeks, I'll have some midterms, so we'll see how I'll do on those. I see lots of reading in my future.
A couple of days ago, my desktop PC went on the blink. It got the Blue Screen of Death (bsod) and wouldn't stay on. I had to rebuild the operating system. I reverted from Windows 7 back to Vista. I narrowed down the problem to either 1) bad RAM 2) a bad hard drive or 3) dust on the motherboard. Yesterday I took the computer apart, reseated the memory and ran some tests. Luckily, it just took some blowing on and checking the connections and all turned out good! Saved me a hundred bucks in memory!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Rendez-vous at Northstar
Hey all, I'm on a bus to Tahoe, heading to Northstar with my good friend, Ross. If anyone happens to be in the area, meet us at mid-station for lunch, say about 12:30p? Have a safe drive, because there's going to be snow all day long!
~ Eddy
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~ Eddy
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Life is But a Dream...
Well, well, well...Talk about a 180! I knew this year would be a year of change, but I never imagined just how much change. The segway from last year into the new year was through some mysterious viral illness that my doctors never really fully identified. It put me in slight a disoriented stupor for about three months. During that time, I elected to take time off from work, feeling that I wasn't up to snuff, having needed to perform at such a high caliber in mission critical environments. I had a lot of time to be introspective about my life, my career and my employer.
The end result was that I never went back to work. Rather, I quickly enrolled in some classes at a nearby junior college and decided to start heading into the health industry working as a radiological technician. I had about one week to scramble with registration, finding the right classes and getting into them, before instruction began! But it must be fate, because I got exactly the classes I needed! It's not going to be easy and the path is long, but I feel great about my decision, that this is the right direction for me to go.
If that isn't enough, one weekend, my wife and I ran down to a nearby Humane Society and adopted a puppy!
Monday, February 1, 2010
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