Time Machines and junk...
WOW! It's been like 6 years, and somehow this is still here. That's not a bad thing. I like the ability to look back and all that. I am a nostalgic person. So this helps that. But WOW! I went through everything, and the first post was from back in 2005. 12 years. That's like a whole other lifetime.
So let's jump into the meat and potatoes of this, shall we? First off, just celebrated 8 years with the company. Yay me! The company is no longer Caddo Electric however. We have "consolidated" with Kiwash Electric and become CKenergy Electric Cooperative. I put consolidated in quotes because it was a consolidation in name only. It has become a merger as time has progressed. All the business practices have gone to Caddo's, systems have gone to Caddo's, policies to Caddo's... etc, etc, etc. Not that it was totally terrible for the Kiwash folk, it's just kinda crappy overall. We've changed GM's twice. We had Oscar as an interim after Bob was booted out, and then Oscar was put into check, and Clint Pack, our accountant, was made GM. That's been nearly 2 years ago now. The entire landscape of things here has changed. My boss will retire around year's end, and I have no idea who I will answer to when she goes. Though, truth be told, everything is in a tizzy right now, so I figure I'll know in the next week or so.
Life wise, I have a teenager in the house now, and a tween just behind her. They're amazing kids. I know every parent must say that, but they are. Gabbi is intellegent, tall, and big-hearted. That last part is her greatest strength and weakness. JB is also intelligent, athletic, easy going, and tremendously hard headed. He is his father's son, but what he got in looks, he made up for in personality from his mother. Yeesh! Those 2 scare me together. :) Tracy and JB are too alike. But a son tends to gravitate to his mom, and a daughter to her dad. It's just the way of things from my experience.
Still living and loving Gotebo. It has it's moments. Especially living within a mile of my in laws, but that is just what that is. I end up doing more, it feels, at the mother and father in laws than my own home, but there are worse things. My house is in great shape, there are just things I'd like to get done on occasion that don't, because I'm helping others. Moral of the story kids, don't be altruistic all the time. You'll have no time for yourself. I don't mean that. Live what the Bible says, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And you wouldn't crap on yourself on purpose, would you? No. The answer is no.
Tech wise, even more WOW! I had a Motorola Droid the last time I was on here. That thing was amazing, but boy has android come forward since then. And the specs of a phone. Light-years of difference at this point. PC's still are what they are. I was running XP though still when I posted last as well, and am on Windows 10. Again, huge difference. Processor speeds haven't jumped much, but the number of cores has. And the standard amount of RAM keeps going up. I keep a few things open a day, program wise, but using Chrome as my browser, I keep like 8 to 10 tabs open in it all the time. The web changes pretty quick too. I'm a Tweeter these days. I have 2 accounts, one for myself, and one for my gaming. Though, the email this is attached to is my gaming account. Oh well. I think the reason I started this blog here was to keep it more to myself anyway. One of those things I'll just pass the password on to my kids one day and let them look through. More reason to keep this up. I digress. Let's move on to gaming.
Well, I saw posts I made about Oblivion. That was an excellent game. Didn't keep my attention for a huge amount of time, but excellent none the less. And since then, it's sequal has come in the form of TES V:Skyrim. I've logged over 300 hours in that game. Well, that's what Steam tells me. It may be more. I've played it. A lot! But I don't think it holds a candle to my newest obsession. Hearthstone! Oh I have played so much of that. Been nearly 2 years at it now, and I have most all the cards ever printed in the game. I've not made legend yet. And that could be a while yet, but I keep after it. LOVE that game. It fills the spot that Magic left after I split from all my friends years ago. And by split I mean just we all grew up and went separate ways. Life in general. I still play other things. Just not nearly as much as I do Hearthstone. It's just nice to have something you can sit down and play a quick game, then put it away and go on with life. I'm not invested, time wise, like I am an RPG. It is just fun to me. And that is all that really matters, isn't it?
And last, but not least. I still suck as a Christian. My walk with Christ hasn't gotten much better. I harbor less hate than in the years prior, but a friend of mine and I have determined that that is what comes with being in your 30's as well. You just don't put as much effort into things as you used to. Again, my Christian walk included. I talk with God often, and no it's not something audible. It's just things don't seem to be where I feel like they should. And maybe the reason is because I put more of ME into the mix then Christ. I don't know. God deals with me often. I guess I'm just too human for my own good. Pray for me folks, I can always use it. With everything said, I hope you are doing well, and the day is blessed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aDGbt_qSHY
So let's jump into the meat and potatoes of this, shall we? First off, just celebrated 8 years with the company. Yay me! The company is no longer Caddo Electric however. We have "consolidated" with Kiwash Electric and become CKenergy Electric Cooperative. I put consolidated in quotes because it was a consolidation in name only. It has become a merger as time has progressed. All the business practices have gone to Caddo's, systems have gone to Caddo's, policies to Caddo's... etc, etc, etc. Not that it was totally terrible for the Kiwash folk, it's just kinda crappy overall. We've changed GM's twice. We had Oscar as an interim after Bob was booted out, and then Oscar was put into check, and Clint Pack, our accountant, was made GM. That's been nearly 2 years ago now. The entire landscape of things here has changed. My boss will retire around year's end, and I have no idea who I will answer to when she goes. Though, truth be told, everything is in a tizzy right now, so I figure I'll know in the next week or so.
Life wise, I have a teenager in the house now, and a tween just behind her. They're amazing kids. I know every parent must say that, but they are. Gabbi is intellegent, tall, and big-hearted. That last part is her greatest strength and weakness. JB is also intelligent, athletic, easy going, and tremendously hard headed. He is his father's son, but what he got in looks, he made up for in personality from his mother. Yeesh! Those 2 scare me together. :) Tracy and JB are too alike. But a son tends to gravitate to his mom, and a daughter to her dad. It's just the way of things from my experience.
Still living and loving Gotebo. It has it's moments. Especially living within a mile of my in laws, but that is just what that is. I end up doing more, it feels, at the mother and father in laws than my own home, but there are worse things. My house is in great shape, there are just things I'd like to get done on occasion that don't, because I'm helping others. Moral of the story kids, don't be altruistic all the time. You'll have no time for yourself. I don't mean that. Live what the Bible says, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And you wouldn't crap on yourself on purpose, would you? No. The answer is no.
Tech wise, even more WOW! I had a Motorola Droid the last time I was on here. That thing was amazing, but boy has android come forward since then. And the specs of a phone. Light-years of difference at this point. PC's still are what they are. I was running XP though still when I posted last as well, and am on Windows 10. Again, huge difference. Processor speeds haven't jumped much, but the number of cores has. And the standard amount of RAM keeps going up. I keep a few things open a day, program wise, but using Chrome as my browser, I keep like 8 to 10 tabs open in it all the time. The web changes pretty quick too. I'm a Tweeter these days. I have 2 accounts, one for myself, and one for my gaming. Though, the email this is attached to is my gaming account. Oh well. I think the reason I started this blog here was to keep it more to myself anyway. One of those things I'll just pass the password on to my kids one day and let them look through. More reason to keep this up. I digress. Let's move on to gaming.
Well, I saw posts I made about Oblivion. That was an excellent game. Didn't keep my attention for a huge amount of time, but excellent none the less. And since then, it's sequal has come in the form of TES V:Skyrim. I've logged over 300 hours in that game. Well, that's what Steam tells me. It may be more. I've played it. A lot! But I don't think it holds a candle to my newest obsession. Hearthstone! Oh I have played so much of that. Been nearly 2 years at it now, and I have most all the cards ever printed in the game. I've not made legend yet. And that could be a while yet, but I keep after it. LOVE that game. It fills the spot that Magic left after I split from all my friends years ago. And by split I mean just we all grew up and went separate ways. Life in general. I still play other things. Just not nearly as much as I do Hearthstone. It's just nice to have something you can sit down and play a quick game, then put it away and go on with life. I'm not invested, time wise, like I am an RPG. It is just fun to me. And that is all that really matters, isn't it?
And last, but not least. I still suck as a Christian. My walk with Christ hasn't gotten much better. I harbor less hate than in the years prior, but a friend of mine and I have determined that that is what comes with being in your 30's as well. You just don't put as much effort into things as you used to. Again, my Christian walk included. I talk with God often, and no it's not something audible. It's just things don't seem to be where I feel like they should. And maybe the reason is because I put more of ME into the mix then Christ. I don't know. God deals with me often. I guess I'm just too human for my own good. Pray for me folks, I can always use it. With everything said, I hope you are doing well, and the day is blessed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aDGbt_qSHY
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