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I feel that my mood and mental state lately has caused me to short change you dear reader. I haven't had the mental desire to really right anything of any substance and there's a bunch of stuff you have been missing out on only because my quasi-depression as of late has made it seem unimportant.

I do know that I am really getting frustrated with things. I have been stuck at home not doing anything, scrambling for work to do. It really has reached the point of driving me nuts. Because it's not like these are 'days off'. I spent the majority of this week sitting in a chair in the office ready to answer whatever email or problem came through. And I really do have to be available like I am on call. It's driving me nuts.

The weather isn't helping. I know I have said this before, but this rain needs to fucking stop. After the worst winter in 20 years, the non-stop rain has been pushing me to the limit. The biggest problem is the lack of variation in the sky. It's just grey. All day. All the time. One constant color. Is it 9am? Is it 2pm? Who the fuck knows, it's grey.

Then we have the state of the world. We have Rex saying he is willing to nuke N. Korea. Lovely. I haven't had to worry about the possibility of nuclear war since the 80s, can we keep it that way please?

I did accomplish something pretty big yesterday. Got up and went to DMV at 6:40am. I was the first in line. I even have a #1 thing from the number machine. In CA you never got one of those as they just rolled over numbers. It was kind of cool have "You are #1". Yes, I saved it. Leave me alone.

Why was I at DMV? License. In between being bored this week I read the dmv handbook and took practice test after practice test. Time to put it into action.

Got in right at 8, paid my $5, took the test, passed. The woman filling out the form asked if I wanted to carry my motorcycle privileges over and I asked if I had to take another test and she said, nope, just pay an extra $80. Done and done. Paid the base $60 for the regular class C and added on my M for $80 more. I now am officially licensed and a resident of OR. What a trip. I was out of there by 8:25am.

On another note, I am in a bit of pain. I slept funny on my left arm and it is really hurting. I was hoping some sleep would fix it and it did to some degree. A hot shower is on tap next to help it. But it's making typing hard. Yeah, I hurt it bad.

Made corned beef last night because I could. We did go out after dinner last night. Stopped at the store to get a couple of things in prep for B's mom coming in a couple of weeks. B is starting to get anxious about it. She had me go to maintenance and get touch-up paint to cover some things. I spent some time yesterday afternoon following behind her as she marked spots with painter's tape. But she picked up a spare pillow and a couple of other odds and ends for her mom to use. 18 days until she arrives.

There. That's a proper entry. Maybe forcing myself to do this will help get me back on track. Thanks for sticking with me.