Returning to work has been interesting. I found that my notebook that I had been using to record morning lab meetings was used while I was away, but pretty much no other items I had created for quality control had been getting used. I think I'll pull the boss aside tomorrow and get squared away once and for all with whom I'm supposed to be training to replace me. Given the calendar, I'm seriously considering finishing two weeks from tomorrow as I'm not sure if I'll even be in town by that point.
Upgrading the RAM on this laptop was surprisingly cheap. 2GB of RAM for $35? That's unheard of for someone who usually messes with desktops. It could be that the parts are just smaller. Anyway, it was a funny ordeal. What should have taken 15 minutes took two hours over the course of the day. The laptop's original RAM had stickers over the part numbers, so the first Geek Squad guy read the label but couldn't figure out why the RAM chips wouldn't fit in the slots. The second Geek Squad employee was this young girl, probably not even out of high school, who figured it all out in minutes. What took her so long was finding the right parts throughout the store as some had been misplaced.
I got a hair cut from my cousin-in-law-in-law who is an accomplished cosmetician (stylist for the layman). The encounter was funny too. She thought that my wife and I had already left the country, so she wondered if I had flown all the way cross-country just to get a haircut from her. I had her trim down my scruff (that I have let grow for three weeks now because of the craziness) so that I can completely shave it tomorrow. I also had the neck cleaned up and the sides trimmed down. She agrees with my wife that the longer hair sets a lot better on my head. She said I could probably let it grow out to even six inches and it would look fine. I don't think I could let it grow that long. Here are some before and after photos.
A brief aside... I actually researched online the general effects different hairstyles create. The goal is to have an oval-shaped appearing head because that is the most natural and appealing human head shape. This is generally achieved by using the hair to blur the shape-defining features and create the illusion of an oval-shaped head if you don't have one.
I have a combination of a long and triangular shaped head. You can see how the beard rounds out the sharp chin I have and the fluffy sideburns widen out the otherwise narrow head shape. Glasses also aid in rounding out a long face as it hides the outline by the temples. The long look of my head is exaggerated with my hair both not blurring the scalp line and adding length where there is already too much overall.
I know...great that you know all this, so why don't you do something about it? I already have. My present look is already slightly different than what it used to be. I'm gradually trying little things here and there to settle into a comfortable alternative.
My wife purchased Ove Gloves before February. I kept them as one of the select items to hold onto while I stay in the house. They work really nicely! The pizza was really tasty too!
Very little chatter from Georgia today. She did not do Land Nav today, but I don't know if that is because of rain that was expected or because of her blisters. She spent dinner with co-workers so I'm sure she is in high spirits. She does have Land Nav tomorrow, and she's hoping to pass her test for that tomorrow as well. Last class she had she learned some plotting tactics as far as taking the test goes that she hopes to employ this time around. I hope everything goes well tomorrow!
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