Well, I did have the best intentions of being a regular blogger. I'm not giving up. I still enjoy coming up with stories and topics to write about and I have several partially written blog posts waiting to be finished. I didn't realize how much effort is required to put something like this together though. Free time is a precious commodity for me right now; school started back up last week and I am astounded at the amount of reading that is required for this semester. I'm already 2 weeks behind in my lecture note taking for both classes, though I do have most of my reading done for this week.
Then there's always the calls for PC help I get around this time of year. I really don't know why, but from September to January it seems like everyone I know calls for assistance with their computers. I walked in the door yesterday to a message on my answering machine from a fellow that I had entirely forgotten about. After not hearing from him for over three years he calls out of the blue for computer assistance. I arranged to help him out this coming Sunday, but I'm not sure my school work load will permit that. I'll have to see.
Speaking of PCs, my home computer is about eight or nine years old and I'm afraid it is starting to die. It is getting slower, the fans are making more racket and the power button is malfunctioning. I've always been suspicious of the motherboard. It is not properly shielded and I've always gotten odd electronic noise though the audio ports with it. It is worse with the on-board audio, but still present with the sound card that I am currently using. I have been snooping around the net looking for deals and I found a nice system at Newegg.com. All I have to do is figure out which of my orifices is containing an extra $1000.
Oh, another reason for less posting is I have had very few trips this year to post about. I was supposed to go backpacking this past weekend, but the Fates again conspired against me and my trip fell through. So I ended up setting the tent up in the backyard and sleeping outside with the kids. They had a blast, and admittedly I did too. Sometimes you need to find pleasure in the small things.
I do have a couple of trips brewing for the 2011 season. Hopefully I can pull some of them off. I'm trying my damnedest to hike either the
Cranberry Wilderness or
Dolly Sods in the
Monongahela National Forest this spring. I've always wanted to hike the Cran and from what I hear Dolly Sods is spectacular. If I am to do this though I MUST get my sorry butt in gear and get fit this winter. I spend entirely too much time sitting on my ass. Time time time. That's the only thing I need more of in life.
So, this has been a bit of a ramble, but sometimes that is cathartic for the author. I'll have some more posts soon, until then take care.
Occasional Hyker
