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March 30, 2009
Toes & Fingers
I got up this morning and finished installing all the software, copying backup files, hooking up the phone.. then I found out that TWBD had busted his shoulder on the BMX track yesterday on the Indian Princesses campout with The Daughter. He purposefully didn't call me so that I wouldn't attempt to cancel the NYC trip. I probably couldn't have anyway but now I will just worry the entire time that he's gonna wind up needing surgery. Apparently they rate these things on a scale of 1 to 5 and he's a 3. I did, however, manage to get a first class upgrade on Virgin America for the entire flight to NYC. I also discovered that my last meeting on Thursday gets done at 1pm so I'm gonna try to see if I can change my flight to Thursday but since it is not Alaska, I'm not sure I'm allowed to do that.
This afternoon I planned to go run on the treadmill again but I really felt more like doing yoga. I turned on the heater in the yoga room at the house and started with sun salutations. I did standing and half primary and closing. It felt good to stretch.
After this trip I get to be home a little over 3 weeks. I'm really looking forward to that.
Posted by ashtangagirl at 12:42 AM | Comments (1)
March 29, 2009
Blowing In the Wind
When I got my new work computer, the first trip I brought it and my MacBook. I realized I couldn't do that all the time so I enabled myself as much as I thought I needed to for personal data connectivity while on trips and on my last trip I took only the work computer. The night before the trip I updated my phone from the MacBook, synched my email to the hard drive, yada. Went on the trip, came home, MacBook wouldn't turn on. In combination with that, my new iPhone has been dropping calls to the point that I don't feel like I can trust it to take a work call.
And so begins the lesson in why I've never used Macs before and why I will never again. I made an appointment at the Genius bar for this morning, arrived just on time. When it was my turn, I explained I had one question about my iPhone and another about my MacBook. I was promptly asked whether I'd made TWO appointments. I'm only allowed one question per appointment. So I was asked to choose, get my iPhone looked at or my MacBook Pro.
Ridiculous Customer Service Mark # 1.
So I told him about my MacBook. The Genius insisted I had spilled something on it. Apparently, no power is getting to the computer and so I must have spilled something. When i told him that, no, I'd been on a trip, he said maybe somehow something got spilled on it. Regardless of my argument, he then told me the computer had to be sent in so I asked if we could pull the hard drive out and reformat it or swap it out as there was sensitive information on the hard drive. He told me no. I went further to explain that the line of business I work in and that I could not relinquish the drive without knowing it was cleaned. And that was when I learned that while MacBooks look great, run great, feel great.... MacBooks are painfully not capable of being fixed easily. To make a long story short, after the Genius couldn't help me, I called Apple, twice, called the only retailer here in San Diego and no one can simply reformat the hard drive for me without me sending off the computer for a few days. In addition, while I could do this myself, it would void the warranty which my computer is still under so then I'd have to pay to get the logic board fixed.
Of course, when the Genius told me he couldn't help me with the computer, he did give me a new iPhone and snidely asked me if it was backed up.. uh, duh, you idiot, it's synched to my freaking MacBook. Then my choices became deal with the phone that drops calls or get a new one htat I couldn't synch back to my iTunes to retrieve my last backup. I chose the latter and walked out with a middle finger.
I hate to say it but I actually did. I was so angry. Not only did the Genius not offer a single supportive or positive statement but he was accusatory, completely regardless of customer service and completely unhelpful. The people on the phone at Apple were equally inconsiderate.
The conclusion is that MacBooks are great... if you don't work with sensitive data, if you don't care that anything could break at any time and, if it does, you are without your computer for an indefinite period of time and anyone can see anything on your hard drive (without bitlocker) and there is no way to get a simple interface pulled out of it with any type of regard for what you actually use a computer for.
Had this been a PC, I'd have pulled the disk out, mounted it in an enclosure and formatted with the classic "format d:\" and been done with it.
So I've now spent my entire day trying ot get my work computer setup correctly... amongst a painful set of problems, one after another.
In good news, I've been eating about 80-90% raw and running on the treadmill. My outer quads are burning which is good. I was debating yoga tomorrow but, since I'm going to NYC, I figure I should just wait til I get back.
Posted by ashtangagirl at 12:28 AM | Comments (1)
March 26, 2009
6 and 1/2 Dozen
So I gave up my MacBook Pro :( This past trip was the first trip where I didn't have it with me... I just took the company issued laptop. Since this is my first company laptop in over 8 years, I thought I should probably at least try to keep personal from corporate. This meant, however, that I didn't even look at my personal email, my blogging software, any of this things and I realized how out of touch I feel without dealing with my personal stuff for over a week. Everything from paying bills to keeping tabs on friends is through this thing.
Last trip to Seattle went over by 4 days. Work is fine, going well, just busy and I'm now in the throes of learning the politics of this big company. This may be my largest problem... I'm just not a political player and I'm not really sure I want to be.
No exercise, no yoga... I wish it was easier than it is. It isn't. I know it has to come soon.
Posted by ashtangagirl at 12:24 AM | Comments (1)
March 9, 2009
Hard Working
Today I did one of those little Facebook things where you make a "note" - I don't often do those types of things on Facebook but I thought it would be fun for them. When asked what they are proud of me for, they both said (and, yes, they were asked separately without the oversight of the other) that I was a hard worker.
I stopped and thought about this a few times unsure of how to interpret this. There are many rat holes available to the average over-analyzer here. I have still not decided.
I tweaked my knee yesterday on the rollerblading trip we took... now I can't even walk down the stairs normally.
I feel like all the changes in my life I've made at the expense of yoga. I'm irritated by it. This is wholly a world of my making, I agree. I am still skipping rocks trying to find the footing.
Posted by ashtangagirl at 10:34 PM | Comments (0)
March 8, 2009
Embers
I think my blog is dying... it seems I don't have much inclination to write it all down here anymore. It's been yet another month without practice. This time due to the 3 week flu. I only just started to feel normal around Friday. I'm not beating myself up over it anymore... creating a fluid and stable lifestyle right now is my number one priority.
The kids and I went and bought rollerblades today. We rollerbladed a few miles and then hung out in the sunshine. Tomorrow starts work again... next week is another trip... then another week at home, followed by a week in New York City. I can't even get excited about the prospect of practicing in the city...
Posted by ashtangagirl at 11:06 PM | Comments (4)