sleep ... or lack thereof. will i ever learn??? spend friday night at apex. got home around 4 because it was more than hot and crowded. music was good -- dj blaine spun. the first time anyone's really heard from him since the sunday mass closed down. i was with kelly and he got a bit moody because of the environment. no biggie -- we hopped into a taxi and headed back home. jason, josh, and ron were there just chatting away ... still in the same please where we left them earlier. collin was on his way out for some reason. mind you -- it's 4am! it's 1:38 pm now and i'm in bowie at the 'rents house ... STILL AWAKE. lies, gurl. i haven't seen them in person since march -- i guess it's about time i showed up, right? i think it's going to be nation tonight. going to hang with david -- that'll be fun. he's fun to dance with. the boys / roommates are having a bbq at the house. i'm not really in the mood. we'll see.

what a great day today. sunny-not humid-NICE. im unusually full of energy this morning too. something must be up. oh yeah...payroll is done! ha ha.

okay. i'm home now. i don't know why i choose to pay and extra $40/month for unlimited online access through my cell phone.  i guess me forcing myself to browse and use the web on my pda phone is justification.  i just had issues earlier with trying to write / type / publish my blog while using my pda stylus and the jarring movements of the bus ride. 

i have to get my shit out of storage soon.  they're about to begin the auction process if i don't pay it up by saturday.  oops.

tomorrow should be a piece of cake day at work.  i just have to attend some kind of *sensitivity* training in the AM and then to do some off-site interviews for prospective new hires at work.  thank you --- I NEED A BREAK bad.

ugh. this really sucks using this format. no pix or anything on this particular program called EUDORA WEB. I will explain later when I get home.

riding the bus home now. too jumpy to be trying to make entries on the palm pilot using the character recognizer so i'm typing this in using the onscreen keyboard. talk about tedious! anyway-it was a rough day at work. the day started off with me having to escort a crewmember to the drug testing facility because he was involved in an accident on the ramp at the airport.

its raining. its late. i'm on the bus. i'm doing this blog entry on my palm pilot phone. its not that easy. i'll stop now. ;-)

Beat down tired!  That's all I can say right now.  I worked in Boston all weekend.  Helped out with that station in their *time of need*.  Hey -- it's well over 20 hours over-time -- I'm not complaining.  Crazy me -- I don't sleep at all the day before I have to return to my regular work.  No one to blame but myself. 

just got back from a wine tasting event with my boss.  it was supposed to be a dulles airport business corridor networking thing and my boss wanted to check it out after work.  i dunno -- i'm just now getting used to hanging out in gay bars meeting and socializing with people let alone doing the same thing in the *real world* per se.  that is to say, HOW BORING!  meanwhile -- the deed is done.  i've met a few important airport and tsa people.  that's what counts.

work in general is in turmoil at the moment.  we're almost a dozen or so people down from our staff due to some kind of on-the-job injury or personal family issue.  the general morale of the crew is down as well because of the general hardship of working without the proper coverage.  it's just funny how the people who complain the most are the ones who don't really do any work.  hmmm.   my boss is torn on one end.  the crew is stirring up trouble on the other end.  i'm right here in the middle being pulled this way and that way.  lucky me!  funny, though, how i'm getting these weird accolades and verbal tokens of appreciation from the staff when i never got them before.  someone must've said something about me being stressed out or something.

Finally getting myself back on track.  It's been a crazy past few weeks.  Finding myself in situations where i just *have* to go out and *have* to have fun at the expense of not sleeping is kinda rough on the 36 year old ya know?  Hey -- I'm just making up for lost time I suppose.

david redid my homepage tonight.  check it out:  www.mikealmacen.com
 
:-)

Friday once again ... was sick earlier on, but I'm over it again ... sorta.  Just a little plegmmy (sp?) cough.  Yum! 
 
Finally moved into my new place.  I can actually say it's really *nice*.  I have my own room once again.  Sleeping in my own bed.  Having the opportunity to be able to close my door when I want to be alone.  Come to think of it -- I haven't had that luxury in more than a year since I left the DC area the spring time before last.  Wow.  The space is great; a 3 level townhouse/condo.  The new roommates are great too.  Both Collin and Josh are at the total extremes to what I am all about -- it makes for a good mix of people and personalities.  One incredibly interesting year to say for sure!
 
Over the past couple of weeks I've been making new friends and such.  Moreso than ever before.  My circle of *friends* and acquaintances has tripled almost.  Kinda cool considering my geeky past.  A-list, not necessarily, but definitely not your normal run of the mill crowds.  :-)

my mind's been wandering lately. just thinking about too much stuff. 1 more day til the big move. i should be excited but i'm not. it's 6:00am and i'm actually here at the airport. i arrived here at 4:30am -- amazing -- i'm actually sane and lucid! it's been months (seems like an eternity) since i've done this. i'm actually helping out with a little over-time at the ticket counter to help with the fourth of july holiday rush. it seems like it's under control ... for now.

It's the first day of the month! I'm actually finally starting to get myself settled here in DC. I finally signed the lease on a new place with Josh and Collin last week. Funny how I've been holding back on making any kind of commitment until now (almost 3 months since I've officially been transferred back). It's been a big struggle personally and professionally, but I think I'll stick it out for now. I think I just got too confortable living with Tony and sleeping on his couch. I'm really glad to have a friend like him. He's put up with a lot and would most definitely do the same for him. Work on the other hand has been getting me down. Being the office bitch is just not cute. Yes, I get paid a lot more. Yes, I have primo work hours. Yes, it's *cushy* work compared to what I used to do. I just don't see myself doing general admin work my life! I almost quit last month over the fact that I was finding it difficult to complete my move back to DC. Getting paid more AND living in a more expensive city basically evened me out compared to my old situation in Oakland. Top that off with the fact that I received no corporate relocation assistance made it harder. I'm terrible with money and just don't know how to budget. Thank God Collin has a knack for that -- I'm actually sort of on the right road right now. I'd never imagine I could even put up $1200 for an initial payment on our place. I did somehow!!! Oh well - I'm ranting on and on about nothing. What else is new. That's all i do here. It's 6:27pm -- I'm still at work. I gotta go.