First Memorial Day Off in 5 Years

by Brett Deaton on June 1, 2011 in Life with No comments

This past Monday’s Memorial Day was the first time in five years I had off from either work or class. I had the day planned out: wake up, get the daily Reach Achievements, wash some dirty laundry, clean, go out to eat with a friend or two and then relax for the remainder of the day. Great idea right?

Most of it went to plan. I even took out the trash. I was a busy little be until around 3pm. I haven’t eaten yet and I was getting hungry. I knew it was too late to each lunch but too early to eat dinner. I began sending out text messages to some friends on whether to eat or not.

Decline after decline, my heart sank lower and lower. Am I really going to spend my Memorial Day all alone? Fantastic!

Since I no longer have Facebook I was unknowing of a Brother’s birthday. Sucks, but it’s not like I was invited to celebrate it. I mean it’s not like he returns text messages anyways. Sigh, enough gripes. He’ll eventually come around and maybe text me back. Maybe.

Fast forward to this Tuesday evening when I shot after some food, and up came some bubbling dramatic crude. Yes, it was all me and I will take a bow. **Bows** Oh well. Lesson learned and so goes on to live another day. Am I still kinda pissed about being left out? Sure. Will I care later this week? Probably not. Will I call someone out on it? You betcha!

My first Memorial Day off in 5 years and I celebrated it with obligatory me time. Fail.

Why I Decided to Temporarily Leave Facebook

by Brett Deaton on May 28, 2011 in Life with 1 Comment

I never wanted to make a fuss about leaving Facebook. One of my biggest pet peeves is doing something for attention. Announcing the closing of one’s facebook is comparable to individuals saying they are going to kill themselves. In the end, they just want attention.

I am not one of those. I do want to try life without the lure of Facebook leading it. You see, I have been on Facebook for the last 6 years. Six years this month. I remember spending a few hours during the Spring Semester getting certain text files ready for Lee University to be included in the College-only website. It was shortly after the summer began when I received a AOL IM from a friend telling me Lee University is now on Facebook!

I have seen countless upgrades and changes to the site. All of which I enjoyed and liked, except for the killing of the “Who’s Online Now” page and what they recently updated.

The last few weeks I have noticed a growing trend. I just grew tired of the same people updated. I had close to 500 friends, and only saw about 20 people regularly updating. I rarely updated my status anymore.

I just grew tired. For now, I have temporarily deactivated Facebook. I am sure I will return, but for now the friends I have, I already stay in contact with so I don’t need a medium to be friends with people I do not.

Post a Day Fail

by Brett Deaton on April 16, 2011 in Life with No comments

Well here I am. Nearly 2 months and a half late on my last entry. I have given up on my post a day resolution of 2011. What have I been up to lately?

Well, in short: work. The job at Lee University has been really rewarding. Working with faculty, helping them achieve their goals for the classroom and possible expansion with technology has been challenging at best.

I am relearning Access so I can build a database. I’ve looked through Lynda.com tutorials and didn’t find what I was looking for, now I working through a textbook from the same publisher I learned Access back for Office 2003. We’ll see how that goes.

The last few days I have been given the day off because I have been ill. How ill? Well, I went into the Health Clinic because of a sore throat. I left (after a chest x-ray somewhere else) being diagnosed with PNEUMONIA!

Yes, Pneumonia. The same disease that sparked my awful year-end tragedy of 2009. This time, I am glad not to be experiencing any pain while breathing, just shortness of breath. I am pretty much over the fever, just dealing with a sore throat (still) and some aches and pain.

What is in store for me? Stay tuned…

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