What a short week at work (2 days).  However, there was enough to do and enough stress yesterday to cover a whole week's activities.

Commuting this week is a breeze .... 20 minutes to work 35 minutes home.  That will change on Monday when everybody returns to work ..... 30 minutes to work ... 1-2 hours coming home.

Work is kind of sucky right now. There's a gazillion things to do before year-end and I seem to get more dumped on me every day.  Also, I seem to be "doing" all the work ... while the others "talk" about the work.  HEY JOSH, want to give me a hand?  Sure could use some excel spreadsheet assistance !!

We now have "Indonesian broadband". Overall, its not too bad ... and about 10 times faster than dial-up.  Its a T-1 phone line type system running through a 4-port ADSL router.  Right now, have all 3 PCs hooked up directly.  I may try to network the girls' PCs so that they can access the i-net from their bedrooms.  BUT, I'm not sure I will be sucessful - the house is made of concrete and I suspect I won't be able to get a strong enough signal from PC to PC.

A couple of Houston friends are coming in next week for a business trip; Paul Sanchez and Nat Simpson.  I am looking forward to seeing them ... they are good friends (especially Paul ... as we both lived/worked in Angola).

About the electrical stablizer ... mechanic looked at it ... said it is OLD ... and it is broke .... stage right ... now back to the company ... wonder if they are going supply one that works ... I'm certainly not going to buy one ... and the owner isn't either.  For now, it is turned off.

Well, enough blogging for today .... I'm already tired and haven't even left for work ....

ciao ciao